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2020 Open Meeting Law Opinions Op. Nev. Att'y Gen. 1 (2020)

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                                     AAR  D. FJESSICA L. ADAIR
    AARON D. FORD                                                     Chief of Staff
      Attorney General
   KYLE E.N. GEORGE                                             RACHEL J. ANDERSON
                                                V General Counsel
 First Assistant Attorney General
CHRISTINE JONES BRADY            STATE OF  NEVADA                HEIDI PARRY STERN
                                                                    Solicitor General
 Second Assistant Attorney General  OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
                                100 North Carson Street
                                Carson City, Nevada 89701

                                   July 20, 2020

   Sent via U.S. Mail

   Mr. Tod Corbin




          Re:   Open  Meeting  Law   Complaint,  OAG  File No. 13897-277
                Elko  County  Board  of County  Commissioners

   Dear Mr. Corbin:

         The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is in receipt of your complaint
   alleging violations of the Open Meeting Law (OML) by the Elko County Commission
   (the Board) regarding Elko County's alleged attempt to seek legal action to keep
   you from attending public meetings (the Complaint).

         The OAG   has  statutory enforcement powers  under  the OML,   and  the
   authority to investigate and prosecute violations of the OML. Nevada  Revised
   Statues (NRS) 241.037; NRS 241.039; NRS 241.040. In response to your complaint,
   the OAG  reviewed your complaint and attachment, several sets of Board meeting
   minutes, documents from the Wells Justice Court, and the relevant authority.

                            FACTUAL BACKROUND

         The County of Elko is a County of the State of Nevada that was created in
   1869 pursuant to NRS 243.055. As such, the Board is a public body as defined in
   NRS  241.015(4) and subject to the OML.

         Your complaint alleges that Elko County undertook legal action to prevent
   you from attending public meetings and specifically names four individuals, only
   one of who is a member of the Board.1 The Complaint includes an attachment of a


          1 Your complaint also alleges various other facts related to the Town of Montello's water
    system. After reviewing the complaint and the attached documents, none of these allegations
    relate to a possible violation of the Open Meeting Law. This investigation was limited to the single
    alleged violation of the Open Meeting Law.


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