Right now:
The BOA deemed that the meeting constitutes a "strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining," which can be closed to the public under state law.
City counsel asserts that aldermen do not retain a "negotiation role" in this process, and should keep the meeting public.
The BOA has now closed the meeting to the public. The Mayor and over a dozen aldermen are present, as negotiations continue.
A moment ago:
The Board of Aldermen wants to meet in private to discuss any new contract proposals, but a city attorney has suggested that because this may violate the state's Freedom of Information law, any meeting would be required to be open to the public.
The teachers' union and the Board of Education's attorney disagree with this.
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