Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 19:56:46 GMT -6
University of the Virgin Islands board to consider Open Records Act decision in secret
University of the Virgin Islands President David Hall said the school’s board of trustees will go into executive session at its meeting on St. Croix on Saturday to discuss whether they will begin complying with the territory’s open records law.
For years, the university has continually violated the Virgin Islands Open Records Act by refusing to provide the public with salary information about its staff and employees.
Even after Attorney General Claude Walker sent a formal letter in March to Hall stating specifically that “the Open Records Act applies to the university,” Hall declined to release the information.
“The executive committee of the board did discuss the AG’s opinion and felt that this decision was of such great significance that the entire board of trustees should be provided an opportunity at its next meeting to address this situation,” Hall told The Daily News a few days after receiving a copy of Walker’s opinion. “This item will be on the board’s agenda at that meeting on June 4.”
Read more: www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/uvi-board-to-consider-open-records-act-decision-in-secret/article_f0f4e0ed-4fff-5bdb-bd28-2e5e58aee8a5.html
University of the Virgin Islands President David Hall said the school’s board of trustees will go into executive session at its meeting on St. Croix on Saturday to discuss whether they will begin complying with the territory’s open records law.
For years, the university has continually violated the Virgin Islands Open Records Act by refusing to provide the public with salary information about its staff and employees.
Even after Attorney General Claude Walker sent a formal letter in March to Hall stating specifically that “the Open Records Act applies to the university,” Hall declined to release the information.
“The executive committee of the board did discuss the AG’s opinion and felt that this decision was of such great significance that the entire board of trustees should be provided an opportunity at its next meeting to address this situation,” Hall told The Daily News a few days after receiving a copy of Walker’s opinion. “This item will be on the board’s agenda at that meeting on June 4.”
Read more: www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/uvi-board-to-consider-open-records-act-decision-in-secret/article_f0f4e0ed-4fff-5bdb-bd28-2e5e58aee8a5.html