CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Attorney General's investigators were unable to determine if three Curry County commissioners held an illegal meeting in November.
But according to an opinion issued Friday, investigators admonished commissioners to exercise caution when gathering in a quorum.
In February, the Clovis News Journal complained about what it believed was a violation of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act.
The complaint followed the Nov. 17 discovery that Commissioners Wendell Bostwick, Caleb Chandler and Dan Stoddard had lunch with Eastern Plains Council of Governments interim director Richard Arguello at a Clovis sandwich shop.
The newspaper claimed the meeting constituted an illegal quorum because the group discussed county business, based on Arguello saying he acquainted the group with his agency and its services.
Bostwick says no discussions of county business took place while the quorum was together.
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Information from: Clovis News Journal
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