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Council postpones FOIA appeal after parties reach tentative resolution
Summary
A Freedom of Information Act appeal over a tentative collective bargaining agreement was postponed after the city attorney reported the requester and city staff were exchanging emails and had reached a tentative resolution; council agreed to postpone the hearing to allow the parties to finalize a written agreement.
The council postponed consideration of an appeal of a FOIA denial after the city attorney reported the requester had been given the disputed tentative collective bargaining agreement only after negotiations concluded and that the parties had continued discussions. The attorney said the requester and staff were exchanging emails and had reached a tentative resolution that had not yet been reduced to a single written document; the council voted to postpone the hearing until the next regular meeting so the resolution can be finalized in writing (City Attorney, SEG 631–691).
The attorney told the council that, if the parties finalize the written settlement before the next meeting, the matter would not return to the council agenda. Council acted to postpone the hearing and no vote on the underlying FOIA dispute occurred at tonight's meeting.
