Sunshine Act: Establishing a Meeting Quorum

At the February 16, 2022, “Basics of the Sunshine Act” webinar, George Spiess, Chief of Outreach and Training, PA Office of Open Records, reviewed what constituted a meeting covered by the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act. In this audio segment from the presentation, Mr. Spiess answers my question about establishing a quorum. In particular, can members of a committee participate remotely – via speaker phone or Zoom – AND be counted as part of the quorum to thereby make it an official meeting? The answer to that question depends upon whether we are talking about committees of a first-class township, second-class township, or borough.