17-IB55 10/11/2017 FOIA Opinion Letter to Mr. Albert Porach re: FOIA Complaint Concerning the City of Newark

Petitioner alleged that the Council violated FOIA by failing to provide seven days’ notice of its September 18, 2017 meeting and that a special meeting was unjustified. DECIDED: This Office was satisfied that the City met its notice obligations by providing an explanation as to why seven days’ notice could not be given and, to the extent FOIA requires exigency or compelling need to justify a special meeting, the City satisfied this burden.