The Complainant alleged that the Exeter West Greenwich Regional School Committee violated the OMA by improperly convening into executive session during its June 28, 2018 meeting. The undisputed evidence established that the School Committee convened into executive session pursuant to R.I. Gen....
The Complainant alleged that the Exeter West Greenwich Regional School Committee violated the OMA when it asked him to leave prior to the start of the June 26, 2018 School Committee meeting. The School Committee noted that an executive session was scheduled to take place at the start of the meeting,
Complainant alleged that the Fire District committed various violations of the OMA in connection with multiple meetings. This Office declined to review allegations that were submitted to this Office after the statute of limitations expired as to those meetings. This Office determined that the...
The Complainant alleged that the Western Coventry Fire District violated the OMA when an executive session agenda item for its April 18, 2019 meeting failed to sufficiently specify the nature of the business to be discussed and when the April 18, 2019 meeting minutes related to that item failed to...
The Complainant alleged that the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation ("Corporation") violated the Open Meetings Act ("OMA") in relation to an emergency meeting of the Corporation Board of Directors ("Board") that occurred on April 14, 2019. The Complainant alleged that the meeting could...
The Complainant alleged that the Corporation violated the APRA when it denied his request for detainee records. This Office found that the Corporation violated the APRA when its denial failed to state that no portion of the responsive documents or records was reasonably segregable. See R.I. Gen....
The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the OMA by having insufficiently specific agendas for its December 11, 2018, January 8, 2019, and February 26, 2019 meetings. This Office concluded that several of the agenda items identified by the Complainant did not provide fair notice to the...
The Complainant alleged that the City violated the APRA when it provided a list of City police officers in response to her request for officer addresses, but redacted each officer's city or town of residence. We observed that the APRA expressly mandates disclosure of "the city or town of residence"
The Complainant alleged that RIAC violated the OMA because its agendas for two meetings contained an executive session item that did not cite to a subdivision of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a) as a basis for convening into executive session. Our in camera review of the executive session minutes...
The Complainant alleged that the Subcommittee violated the OMA when it discussed and took action on items not listed on its agendas for two separate meetings. The undisputed meeting minutes revealed that during the public comment section, certain discussions were initiated by Subcommittee members...
