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Committee member questions why previously shared packet is now private
Summary
A committee member told the council the packet handed out at an earlier meeting matched material shown in executive session and asked the city solicitor why it is now being treated as a private document after months of public circulation.
A committee member questioned why material that had been distributed publicly at an earlier meeting is now being treated as a private document after an executive session. The speaker said the packet handed out during the initial meeting "was the same exact thing that was given in there" in executive session and argued that the information had already been "out in the public" for months.
The committee member directed the question to the city solicitor, saying council and the vice mayor knew of the packet because it had been shared previously and asking, "So now you're saying to me, I can't share it." The speaker pressed for an explanation of why the document’s status changed and noted that people had previously asked about the material and that it had been shared with others before it became labeled private.
