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Hoboken council debates closed session for budget briefing; administration to seek legal memo
Summary
Council President proposed a closed session to brief all nine councilmembers on a recent S&P report and potential impacts to credit and federal funding; several councilmembers pushed for a written legal justification and Corporation Counsel recommended a narrowly tailored closed session on potential federal‑funding impacts linked to litigation.
Council President Ramos moved to hold a closed session to permit administration to brief the full council on the city’s budget outlook and the implications of a recent S&P report. The president said the goal was "to have all nine of us hear it at the same time" and to allow the council to "take it from there." Several councilmembers pressed for clarity about why budget discussion warranted exclusion of the public.
Corporation Counsel responded that discussion about potential impacts to the city’s credit rating…
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