According to mytowngovernment.org, which anyone can look at, shows the Templeton agricultural commission met 3 times in 2019, 2 times in 2020, no meetings listed for 2021 and 1 meeting in 2022.
Explain to me again why we have this public body?
Massachusetts open meeting law states - The Open Meeting Law requires public bodies to create and approve minutes in
a
timely manner. A “timely manner” is considered to be within the next three public body meetings or 30 days from the date of the meeting, whichever is later, unless the public body can show good cause for further delay. The Attorney General encourages
minutes to be approved at a public body’s next meeting whenever possible. The law requires that existing minutes be made available to the public within ten days of a request, whether they have been approved or remain in draft form. Materials or other
exhibits used by the public body in an open meeting must also be made available to the public within ten days of a request.
I requested meeting minutes from the January 25, 2022 Ag comm. meeting on July 14, 2022, finally got draft minutes August 10, 2022. Who knows when minutes will be approved and posted according to OML. So much for the 10 day rule, hey, that means an OML complaint is valid!
