The attorney general’s office proposed formal rules for state and local governments to ensure their meetings remain open to the public during ‘social distancing’ emergency restrictions on gathering in person, Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today.
The new regulation for complying with the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) during an emergency includes:
If the members of the public body are not physically gathered in one place – for example, if the meeting is conducted by telephone or videoconferencing – then members of the public must be able to join in the electronic conferencing in order to listen to or observe. …
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)
