One way to see if your local government is obeying the law (and coincidentally engaged in good government) is to read some minutes.
Some Maryland counties (and some cities and towns) have Web sites with minutes. (Since they all use Word for their documents you might imagine it would be easy enough to make a practice of posting minutes on the Web.)
Some convert them to PDF files.
The Act requires that minutes are kept; approved without delay; and made available to the public - which can mean that you can go get copies, it doesn't necessarily mean they are in electronic form.
Here is my list of counties (and Baltimore City) Web sites; note that some call their minutes "Journals"; some put agendas up but not minutes; and so on.
Maryland Counties
Allegany County Government Online
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore County Government
Baltimore City Council Journal
Calvert County
Calvert Previous Agendas 2007
Caroline County
Caroline County Minutes
Carroll Govt
Cecil County
Cecil Minutes
Charles County Government
Charles Co Minutes
Charles Co BoardDocs Public
Dorchester County
Dorchester Meeting Minutes
Frederick County
Frederick County Minutes
Garrett County Online
Garrett Public Meeting Minutes
Harford County
Harford County Council
Howard Co
Howard CC Journals
Montgomery County
Prince Georges : Home Page
PG Action Agendas
Queen Annes Minutes
St. Marys County Government
St. Marys Minutes
Somerset?
Somerset County Library - Your Library Link (No county government web site)
Talbot County County Council
Washington County
Washington Co Minutes
WICOMICO COUNTY
WICOMICO Minutes
Worcester County
Worcester County Mins
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