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Committee tables changes to board members’ access to contracts and management information pending legal opinion
Summary
After a lengthy exchange, the committee voted to table proposed revisions to the board’s request-for-information policy (access to contracts and privileged management materials) and asked the city attorney to advise whether the Board may require redactions or withholdings for privilege.
The policy committee paused an effort to limit or redefine board members’ access to management information and contracts, voting to seek a legal opinion before making any changes.
One committee member argued that contracts are squarely within the Board’s fiduciary responsibility and opposed language that would place contracts under 'privileged management' and limit board review. "Contracts are certainly the purview of the board," the member said,…
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