Good turnout for RTK Session

Last night's Right To Know Session at Mt. Lebanon Library had a good turnout. I saw lots of familiar faces, including Mt. Lebanon Manager Keith McGill. He was the only one representing an agency. There was no representation from the MTL School District or from any other local government.

The evening began with State Representative Dan Miller introducing the Executive Director of the PA Office of Open records Erik Arneson. Erik began with a PowerPoint presentation, followed by an update from Dan on proposed current legislation, including Senate Bill 411.

Dan and Erik took questions from the audience up until the very last minute the library was open. One of the questions that sticks out in my mind was the question about attachments in a Right To Know. Here is the background. ORO Bonnie Cross would not include the attachments in a RTK which Nick M. requested. She felt that Nick needed to specifically request attachments. Seriously. I'm not joking. I don't know where she gets this stuff. Erik said that the attachments must be included with the requested public records. I hear that she is going to attend an Open Records event next week. I did hear that the assistant manager, Ian McMeans is the back up ORO. I hope he attends too.

I want to thank Dan Miller's office for sending the presentation, as well as thank both Dan Miller and Erik Arneson for a very informative session.

Don't expect a LeboALERT for Dan's RTK session

In my previous post, I shared a link from Dormont's website with an announcement for State Rep. Dan Miller's Right To Know seminar.

Curious minds wondered how our "transparent enough" municipality was going to play this.

Here ya go:

From: Keith Mcgill <kmcgill@mtlebanon.org>
To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
Cc: Commission <commission@mtlebanon.org>; Susan Morgans <smorgans@mtlebanon.org>
Sent: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 1:59 pm
Subject: Re: A LeboALERT planned?

Good afternoon Elaine,

The municipality typically does not send out LeboALERTS for events organized by elected officials, unless the municipality is directly involved with the event or participating in some way.

Keith

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:10 AM, egillen476@aol.com <egillen476@aol.com> wrote:

Hi Keith,

Will you be sending out a LeboALERT for State Rep. Dan Miller's RTK seminar which is this Thursday?

Elaine Gillen

-- 

Keith McGill, AICP
Municipal Manager
412-343-3684
kmcgill@mtlebanon.org 

To which I replied, "Of course."

Shortly after I posted this, I received two examples of LeboALERTS sent specifically for Dan Miller's events.

From: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
To: kmcgill <kmcgill@mtlebanon.org>; repmiller <repmiller@pahouse.net>
Cc: commission <commission@mtlebanon.org>; smorgans <smorgans@mtlebanon.org>; bcross <bcross@mtlebanon.org>
Sent: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 5:41 pm
Subject: Re: A LeboALERT planned?

I do hope that your right-to-know officer participates. 

Below is an email that I received where you sent out a LeboALERT for Dan's mental health summit. And below that, a LeboALERT for another one of Dan's events.

It would be nice if you would be consistent with your LeboALERTs.

Elaine

-----Original Message-----
From:
To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 5:13 pm
Subject: FW: LeboALERT: Get info/RSVP for St...

Here is Dan Miller's mental health summit.

Our commissioners need their heads examined, so I guess it ties in with local government.

> To:
> Subject: LeboALERT: Get info/RSVP for St...
> From: noreply@mtlebanon.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:53:37 -0400
>
> This is an important notice from LeboALERT.
>
>
> Get info/RSVP for State Rep Dan MIller's Disability/ Mental Health Summit Wed &Thurs. at Beth El. http://www.pahouse.com/Miller/RSVP/?id=1081
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For up to date municipal information visit:
>
> http://www.mtlebanon.org - http://pd.mtlebanon.org - http://www.mtlfd.org - http://www.lebomag.com
>
> Also tune to Comcast channel 17 or Verizon FIOS channel 34.
>
> To unsubscribe or change your alerts, visit http://leboalert.mtlebanon.org.
>
> Please do not respond to this message as it is sent from an unmonitored account.
>
> 

-----Original Message-----
From:
To: egillen476 <egillen476@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 5:12 pm
Subject: FW: LeboALERT: Tonight at 7, Jeffer...

Here's a lebo alert for Dan Miller regarding legal issues.

Not sure how it ties in with local affairs.

> To:
> Subject: LeboALERT: Tonight at 7, Jeffer...
> From: noreply@mtlebanon.org
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:04:06 -0500
>
> This is an important notice from LeboALERT.
>
>
> Tonight at 7, Jefferson Middle School: Rep. Dan Miller sponsors Young Adults & Law panel discussion on legal issues for teens/young adults.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For up to date municipal information visit:
>
> http://www.mtlebanon.org - http://pd.mtlebanon.org - http://www.mtlfd.org - http://www.lebomag.com
>
> Also tune to Comcast channel 17 or Verizon FIOS channel 34.
>
> To unsubscribe or change your alerts, visit http://leboalert.mtlebanon.org.
>
> Please do not respond to this message as it is sent from an unmonitored account.
>
> 

If we could just be as good as Dormont...

Did you know that Dormont live streams their commission meetings?

Borough Council Meeting Live Stream

Tuesday, September 06, 2016 at 8:00 AMPlease join us online for tonight's Borough Council meeting at 7:00 PM. To make it easier for residents to stay engaged with their local government, we will now be live streaming our meetings. Please visit https://dormontpa.iqm2.com for a calendar of meetings, with links for agendas and agenda packets. When a meeting is taking place, a "Live Meeting" banner will be prominently displayed. After the meeting, a copy of the video will also be available.

Wow! Dormont has State Rep. Dan Miller's Right To Know Event posted under Community Events.

Will Mt. Lebanon do that? I doubt it. Susan Morgans thinks they are being "transparent enough."