In Gorman v. Central Coventry Fire District, Board of Directors and Fay v. Central Coventry Fire District, Board of Directors, OM14-09, this Department concluded that five (5) matters/violations warranted further investigation. Specifically, these matters included the Board's: (1) failure to timely post open session minutes on the Secretary of State's website; (2) failure to maintain and post on the Secretary of State's website its August 18, 2013 and October 21, 2013 open session minutes, as well as post on the Secretary of State's website public notice for the August 18, 2013 meeting; (3) failure to maintain executive session minutes for those meetings post-July 2, 2013 that were not provided to this Department for in camera review; (4) discussing matters during the July 25, 2013, July 31, 2013, August 18, 2013, and August 28, 2013 meetings that were not appropriate for executive session; and (5) convening into executive session, and possibly discussing in executive session, an improper topic during its October 7, 2013 meeting. After reviewing submissions from the Board, this Department has determined that there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the Board willfully or knowingly violated the OMA.
