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The City of Crosby violated the open meetings laws by failing to prepare a notice or agenda, failing to post notice at any of the required locations, and by failing to provide notice to the newspaper of a special meeting.  The City of Crosby also violated the open records law by improperly denying requested records based on attorney client privilege.

The City of Mandan Board of Equalization did not violate open meeting laws because no notice was necessary for a meeting it did not hold.

Upon request by the Department of Health concerning the meaning of the phrase “electronic machine-readable code” as utilized in N.D.C.C. § 23-01-05.3, this office has determined that the term is limited to a QR code related to vaccination records but does not prohibit QR code use in normal, everyday departmental activities.

The Lake Region District Health Board violated the law because it failed to properly post and include necessary information in a special meeting notice, and failed to notify the newspaper of the special meeting.