HomeMy WebLinkAbout05152024 PACAB Work Session Laydown - City ClerkII. WHO IS COVERED BY THE ACT?
The Open Meetings Act requires that many governmental meetings be properly noticed and open to the public. To whom do
these requirements apply?
B. Governmental Bodies
For OMA purposes a "governmental body" means an assembly, council, board, commission, committee, and any other
similar body of any public entity.6 Both home rule and general law municipalities are covered equally.? By its terms, the act
also applies to members of a subcommittee or other subordinate unit of a governmental body if the subordinate unit consists
of two or more members.
And this can be found in the body of the Open Meetings Act itself as well:
AS 44.62.310(h)(1) "governing body" means an assembly, council, board, commission, committee, or
other similar body of a public entity with the authority to establish policies or make decisions for the
public entity or with the authority to advise or make recommendations to the public entity; "governing
body" includes the members of a subcommittee or other subordinate unit of a governing body if the
subordinate unit consists of two or more members.
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