Nevada's Attorney General last week ruled the Reno City Council violated Nevada's open meeting law when discussion veered off track at the council's July 22 meeting.

That discussion was supposed to be on text amendments to the city's skyway design guidelines. Instead, it was an opportunity for the University of Nevada, Reno's Heidi Gansert, a state senator and a high-level UNR administrator, to share construction and design details on UNR's proposed Gateway Skywalk project.

The AG's office ruled that council violated the "clear and complete" standard which requires agenda items to clearly state what will be discussed during meetings.

"The clear and complete requirement of the OML stems from the Legislature's belief that 'incomplete and poorly written agendas deprive citizens of their right to take part in government' and interferes with the press' ability to report the actions of government," the AG's office wrote in its conclusion on the OML complaint.