What constitutes a meeting under the Open Meeting Law?
Section 67-2341(6) defines “meeting” to mean “the convening of a governing body of a public agency to make a decision or to deliberate toward a decision on any matter.” (Emphasis added.) “Decision” is then defined by section 67-2341(1) to include: . . . any determination, action, vote or final disposition upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order, ordinance or measure on which a vote of a governing body is required, at any meeting at which a quorum is present. (Emphasis added.) The term “deliberation” is defined by section 67-2341(2) and means “the receipt or exchange of information or opinion relating to a decision, but shall not include informal or impromptu discussions of a general nature which do not specifically relate to a matter then pending before the public agency for decision.” (Emphasis added.) Note that this does not require any discussion or preliminary decision making. Even the receipt of information relating to a “decision” — i.e., a measure on which the governing body
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