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Attorney: Fair board's vote broke open meeting laws

The Great Northern Fairboard’s failure to publish an agenda notifying the public about holding a vote on hiring a fairgrounds manager violated the state’s open meeting laws, attorney Mike Meloy with the Freedom of Information hotline said Friday.

Fair board Chair Paul McCann said today he will talk with the Hill County commissioners about whether a law was broken when the board hired Dave Brewer as the new Fairgrounds Manager. If so, the board can vote again at its next meeting April 18.

The state’s right-to-know laws require a board publish an agenda 48 hours prior to a vote being...

 

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