Minutes of Open Meetings
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-06-19
Failure to provide notice and take minutes of public meetings as required by FOIA are violations of FOIA. Only a court may rule on whether any particular notice is reasonable under the circumstance for a special, emergency, or continued meeting. Once posted, notices should not be removed before the meeting occurs.
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FOi Advisory Council Opinion AO-05-15
Meeting minutes must include a summary of the discussion on matters proposed, deliberated or decided, and a record of any votes taken. A verbatim transcript is not required. A public body has the discretion to include specific comments made at the meeting or not so long as the minutes include the required summary and record…
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-07-06
American Society of Civil Engineers is not a public body because its funding comes primarily from grants. Records provided by the body to the Secretary of Transportation or the Department of Rail and Public Transportation would be public records, though. And because of intense public interest, the ASCE "might wish to consider opening the meetings…
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William H. Turner v. Virginia Board of Dentistry, Department of Health Professions, et al.
Board of Dentistry meeting minutes were inadequate, did not include even a summary of the discussion on a particular subject and decision. Attorney fees awarded for FOIA violation. No wilful violation found.
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FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-34-01
Neither a volunteer fire company nor a committee created to handle the company’s finances are public bodies; the minutes taken by a non-public body nonetheless become public records when they are provided to a public body (such as a city council); a non-public body’s financial records in the possession of a local treasurer are not…
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1982-83 #722
Tape recording of meeting is not an official record if used only as an aid for preparing written minutes.
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Attorney General’s Opinion 1978-79 #313
Minutes or transcripts of a properly held executive meeting are exempt from mandatory disclsoure.