Does a public body lose its right to close a meeting if a private citizen attends it?
So long as the meeting is closed using the proper procedures and a valid exemption is invoked, the public body may invite any parties necessary to the discussion to attend. The meeting does not lose its closed-meeting status due to that person’s presence, again, so long as the rest of FOIA’s rules are followed.
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