The ruling could affect other local governments whose boards met virtually during the start of the coronavirus pandemic on issues unrelated to essential services.
had violated the state’s Freedom of Information Act by approving the zoning ordinance overhaul virtually instead of in person because the matter did not fall under essential operations covered by a county “continuity ordinance” passed during the early days of the pandemic.
Officials in Loudoun County said they aren’t likely to be affected because they had a different “continuity ordinance” than Fairfax’s. Prince William County Board chair Ann Wheeler said her board never met virtually.The ruling also isn’t likely to affect any decisions made by the General Assembly in virtual meetings, which operates under different transparency standards, several state lawmakers said.
For local officials, “it was uncharted territory; they were trying to figure things out in a very compressed time and had to deal with what existing law did or didn’t say,” Rhyne said.Even so, other states briefly relaxed their open records laws during the pandemic, particularly the response times to public records requests, while Virginia did not, she said.
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