Records
Meetings of governing body to be open to public
- location of meetings
- accommodation for person with disability
- interpreters
Notes of Decisions
Agency may not deny licensee public hearing on proposed disciplinary action. Spray v. Board of Medical Examiners, 50 Or App 311, 624 P2d 125 (1981), as modified by 51 Or App 773, 627 P2d 25 (1981)
This section does not prevent collective bargaining agreement previously reached through negotiations from being enforceable against employer. South Benton Ed. Assn. v. Monroe Union High, 83 Or App 425, 732 P2d 58 (1987), Sup Ct review denied
Where evidence showed only that quorum of public body gathered in private for social purposes and no evidence showed that any decisions or deliberations toward decisions occurred at those gatherings trial court did not err in granting defendants' motion for summary judgment on claims brought under this section and ORS 192.650. Harris v. Nordquist, 96 Or App 19, 771 P2d 637 (1989)
Entity making recommendations to individual officer of public body is not making recommendation to "public body." Independent Contractors Research Institute v. Department of Administrative Services, 207 Or App 78, 139 P3d 995 (2006), Sup Ct review denied
Prohibition that quorum of governing body not "meet" in private for purpose of deliberation may apply to deliberation other than "meeting." TriMet v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, 362 Or 484, 412 P3d 162 (2018)
Quorum is concept applying to every organized public body. TriMet v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, 362 Or 484, 412 P3d 162 (2018)
Atty. Gen. Opinions
Application of section to Tri Agency Dog Control Authority, (1977) Vol 38, p 1584
Law Review Citations
53 OLR 345, 349 (1974)
Notes of Decisions
A retained labor negotiator is neither a member of a public body nor a governing body, and ORS 192.610 to 192.690 therefore have no applicability to negotiations conducted by a retained negotiator. Southwestern Oregon Publishing Co. v. Southwestern Oregon Community College Dist., 28 Or App 383, 559 P2d 1289 (1977), Sup Ct review denied
Atty. Gen. Opinions
Secret ballot under "Public Meeting Law," (1974) Vol 37, p 183; quality of openness in public meetings of public governing bodies, (1976) Vol 38, p 50; information-gathering sessions as public meetings, (1977) Vol 38, p 1471; Home-rule cities and counties as subject to Public Meetings Law, (1980) Vol 41, p 28; Deliberation of Land Use Board of Appeals following hearings as subject to Public Meetings Law, (1980) Vol 41, p 218; Application of Public Meeting Law to meeting of Multnomah County Committee for Indigent Defense Certification, (1981) Vol 41, p 417; Discussion of salaries of public body in executive session, (1982) Vol. 42, p 362; Student government committees recommending fee assessments and allocations as subject to Public Meetings Law, (1984) Vol 44, p 69; Oregon Medical Insurance Pool is fundamentally private-sector body, under virtually total private control, created by state to fulfill public purpose and is not state agency or public corporation subject to
Public Meetings Law, (1989) Vol 46, P 155
Law Review Citations
53 OLR 339-354 (1974); 55 OLR 519-536 (1976)
Atty. Gen. Opinions
Attorney General's Public Meetings and Records Manual, (1973) Vol 36, p 543; public meetings and records manual, (1976) Vol 37, p 1087; prohibition on disclosing marriage records, (1998) Vol 49, p 21