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Dear Mr. Turner:

As the City Manager for the City of Venice, Florida, you have asked for my opinion on substantially the following question:

Are personal notes, taken by a city employee in the course of conducting his official duties and made for the purpose of assisting him in remembering matters discussed, public records subject to public disclosure?

In sum:

Personal notes, taken in the course of conducting official business by a public employee, are not public records subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, if the notes have not been transcribed or shown to others and were…