Official Action Taken on Added Agenda Items Without the Opportunity for Public Comment Violated the Sunshine Act
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/04/21
Mid-Mon Valley Publishing Company, LLC, d/b/a Mon Valley Independent and Tina O’Dell v. City of Monessen, a Third-Class City, and Matt Shorraw, as Mayor, No. 581 of 2020 (Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court, December 11, 2020). Action taken by a city council on items added to a meeting agenda without providing the opportunity for prior public comment violated the Sunshine Act, but was not invalidated due to ratification at a subsequent public meeting....
By: Tucker Arensberg, P.C.