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Mr. Thomas R. Santurri County Attorney Escambia County Legal Department 28 West Government Street Pensacola, Florida 32501

Dear Mr. Santurri:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question:

MAY A COUNTY COMMISSIONER LEGALLY AND VALIDLY CAST A VOTE ON AN ITEM PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHEN THE COMMISSIONER LISTENS TO AND TAKES PART IN THE DEBATE ON THE QUESTION BY MEANS OF A CONFERENCE CALL-TYPE TELEPHONE HOOK-UP AND WHEN THE COMMISSIONER VOTES ON THE ISSUE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE VOTE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE BOARD…