AG Clears Little Compton of Open Meeting Complaint

The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office found no violation was made in an Open Meetings case regarding the Little Compton Budget Committee, the Attorney General's Office announced Thursday. 

According to the Attorney General's Office, the Little Compton Budget Committee (“Budget Committee”) did not violate the OMA or the APRA when the complainant requested a copy of the Feb. 5, 2013 meeting minutes on Feb. 8, 2013. 

The OMA requires “unofficial minutes shall be available, to the public at the office of the public body, within thirty-five (35) days of the meeting or at the next regularly scheduled meeting, whichever is earlier.” 

Accordingly, the Budget Committee did not violate the OMA or the APRA by failing to provide the requested minutes at the time the request was made, according to the Attorney General's Office.