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Public Minutes

The recording of minutes for public meetings and governmental hearings follow prescribed rules. Often speakers' words are recorded verbatim, or with only minor paraphrasing, so that every speaker's comments are included. This is generally required at public hearings that are called to address a particular issue. Many government agencies will record verbatim minutes for all council meetings, such as Allegheny County, PA.

Publicly held companies are generally required to keep minutes of the proceedings of: (a) general meetings, (b) meetings of Board of Directors and (c) meetings of committee of the Board of Directors.

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