Five Boone County Board members do not complete Open Meetings training until Attorney General gets involved

 

Here is a recent letter from the Boone County Administrator supplying proof that all board member have now completed the  required training regarding open meetings.  A citizen’s complaint regarding Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act caused the Attorney General to require proof that all board members completed the required training.

Note that Chairman Walberg, who chairs county board meetings, was not compliant with the law until February of 2016. How many years has Mr. Walberg been chairman?  Have county board meetings been compliant with all requirements of the Open Meetings Act? Has this county board or the County Administrator “really” taken the Open Meetings Act seriously?

Also note long term members Karl Johnson, Denny Ellingson, and Criag Schultz only recently became trained as did first termer, Sherry Branson.