OAR 199-040-0025: Complaints

(1) The purpose of this rule is to clarify procedures regarding the opening of one or more preliminary reviews based on a complaint of violations of ORS 192.660 made against member(s) of a governing body. (2) Attendance at any executive session by a member of the governing body will be considered participation in the executive session. (3) When the Director makes a determination to open a preliminary review based on a complaint alleging violations of ORS 192.660 by one or more members of a governing body, the Director will open preliminary reviews on each member of the governing body who the Director has reason to believe participated in the executive session at issue, even if all of the participating members of the governing body are not named or identified in the original complaint. Any preliminary reviews against members of the governing body not named or identified in the original complaint will be opened as soon as practicable based on available information. If the Director receives subsequent information that names or identifies additional members of the governing body who participated in the executive session at issue, preliminary reviews will be opened on them as soon as practicable.