Recording or written minutes required
- content
- fees
Source:
Section 192.650 — Recording or written minutes required; content; fees, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors192.html
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Notes of Decisions
This section does not purport to require or authorize public officials to make statements outside of public proceedings or to extend an absolute privilege to officials who choose to do so. Adamson v. Bonesteele, 58 Or App 463, 648 P2d 1352 (1982), aff’d295 Or 815, 671 P2d 693 (1983)
This statute does not create a duty of public official to speak to the public through the press. Adamson v. Bonesteele, 295 Or 815, 671 P2d 693 (1983)
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 192.630. Harris v. Nordquist, 96 Or App 19, 771 P2d 637 (1989)
This section requires that minutes of executive sessions be kept for reasonable time, and one year is reasonable. Harris v. Nordquist, 96 Or App 19, 771 P2d 637 (1989)
Attorney General Opinions
Recording and making available to public all votes of “governing bodies,” (1979) Vol 39, p 525