Did city violate open meetings act?

HARRINGTON – Open meeting laws require city government to notify the public of the time and place of city council meetings and of the agenda for that meeting. The June 10 city council meeting was advertised to be either a conference call or to be held at Memorial Hall. However, four of the five council members had met at city hall based on an email received earlier in the week. The clerk informed the public as late as 4:30 p.m. on June 10 that the 7 p.m. meeting would be by conference call. According to Peter Davenport, “It was by accident that I came to city hall, as I had not read the later...