The Complainant alleged that the Nasonville Fire District Operating Committee ("NFD") violated the OMA when three of its seven members met with members of another fire district operating committee without providing notice of the meeting or posting the meeting agenda or meeting minutes. The Complainant also alleged that the NFD did not allow public comment at a meeting. Because the OMA only applies when a quorum of a public body convenes for a meeting, the NFD did not violate the OMA when three of its seven members met because there was not a quorum. Nor did the NFD violate the OMA by refusing public comment because the OMA expressly provides that it does not require a public body to permit public comment. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-6(d). Accordingly, we found no violations.
