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Do you believe Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District has violated the Public Meetings Law?

Before you can file a complaint with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, you must submit a written grievance to the Clackamas SWCD directly. The written grievance needs to include:

1. Date of submission of the grievance.
2. The name and contact information of the person filing the grievance.
3. The date that the alleged violation of the Public Meetings Law occurred.
4. A description of the facts and circumstances of the alleged violation of ORS 192.610 – 192.705.

The written grievance must be submitted to the public body within 30 calendar days of when the alleged violation happened.

OAR 199-050-0070(2)

The public body has 21 calendar days to respond to your written grievance.

The public body’s response should acknowledge the receipt of the written grievance and address it in one of the following ways:

• Deny the facts and circumstances alleged in the grievance. Provide the public body’s version of events and why those facts are not a violation of the law.
• Admit to the facts and circumstances alleged in the grievance, but deny that they are a violation of the law.
• Admit to the facts and circumstances alleged in the grievance and that they were a violation of the law. Explain the steps the governing body will take to address the violation.

Once you receive a response from the public body, or if you do not receive a response within 21 days of filing your grievance, you can move on to filing a complaint with OGEC.