Middleboro's Selectmen's Meeting Minutes are generally posted on the Town's Web Site.
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A review of the index will reveal missing minutes.
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Here's what the Secretary of State had to say:
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When must minutes of an open meeting be made available to the public?
Minutes of open meetings, regardless of form, are public and must be made
available at the close of the meeting.
There is no requirement that the minutes be transcribed or approved before
they are made public. A records custodian should clearly mark all such
minutes “unofficial.”
Minutes of prior open meetings, regardless of form, should be reviewed and
accepted promptly. Copies of the minutes of all open meetings should be
readily available. Records custodians are strongly encouraged to waive all
fees associated with the minutes of open meetings.
Minutes of executive session meetings must be reviewed and released
regularly and promptly. Executive session minutes must be released to the
public as soon as the stated purpose for the executive session protection has
ceased.
The Open Meeting Law is enforced by the local District Attorney for the
county in which the records custodian is located. Any questions regarding the
content of minutes, requirements to keep minutes or any procedural aspects of
the Open Meeting Law should be addressed to the local District Attorney.
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2 comments:
This stuff absolutely should be on the web ASAP.
It's easy to do and costs nothing. Why do interested people have to jump through hoops to get this information.
And where are the executive session minutes? Maybe I could go to the clerks office and ask for them, but why should I need to? We must make more use of the internet and bring the town web side into the new millenium. In the early 90's, the town web site was pretty spiffy. Now it's just embarrassing
In the Selectmen's Meeting Index:
For the month of October 2007, there is no single entry.
For the month of November 2007, there is only Nov.. 5th and 7th.
For the month of December 2007, there is only Dec. 17th.
For the month of January 2008, there is no single meeting posted.
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