When the Open Public Meetings Act was enacted in 1976, there was no such thing as e-mail, but a county prosecutor has concluded that Evesham, N.J., council members ran afoul of the statute by carrying on an e-mail discussion about a proposed ordinance.
In an Aug. 4 letter opinion, Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi said the exchange met the statutory definition of a meeting, which encompasses not just face-to-face gatherings but those held “by means of telecommunications equipment.”
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