| Tioga Airport Group Told It Broke ND Meetings Law |
| 11/13/2009 |
| Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the Tioga airport authority violated North Dakota`s open meetings law. The authority held a closed meeting last August to review a letter from an outside attorney. The board gave no legal reasons for closing the meeting, and Stenehjem says the secrecy was not allowed. North Dakota`s open meetings law allows public boards to hold closed meetings to speak to their attorneys about possible lawsuits and legal strategy. In the Tioga case, the airport authority`s lawyer didn`t attend the meeting. Stenehjem says a meeting cannot be closed just to read a letter from a lawyer. The Tioga Airport Authority`s former chairman has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $250,000 from the board. Eugene Knutson is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in February. |
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