Reviewing the Teamster’s responseon May 28, 2009 to Coos County’s motion to quash a subpoena filed to review executive session minutes some interesting points are raised. In particular that the County should not have been using executive sessions to conduct such business as department reorganization.
The Teamsters theorize that the County has been using the veil of executive sessions to hide deliberation from the public. They note Stufflebean’s request to turn off the tape recorder during the December 16, 2008 budget worksession executive session as further confirmation. Regarding the claim of labor negotiations they note that both sides must request an executive session.
Read the response in full, it makes a powerful case that the County has consistently misused the executive session privilege.
The ALJ has requested an in camera review of the documents before deciding which side will prevail in this matter.
