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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I In summary, the Open Meeting Law creates a broad rule requiring meetings of public bodies to be conducted in public. In determining whether a meeting must be open, a public body must consider the subject of the meeting. In the event the meeting addresses subjects or data that is not classified as private, do not involve discussions on labor negotiation strategy or are not covered by the attorney-client privilege, the meeting must be open. The votes of the members must be recorded and any public materials must be made available to the public for inspection. In the event that the meeting involves a discussion of not public data, the public body should determine whether any disclosure relates to a matter within the scope of the public body's authority, is reasonably necessary to conduct the business or agenda item before the public body, and is without malice. The public body must then determine whether it may close that portion of the meeting pursuant to an exception to the Open Meeting Law or whether it must discuss the data in an open meeting after taking precautions to ensure that not public data is not released unnecessarily. In the event that the meeting involves a discussion of labor strategy, the public body must first obtain a majority vote in an open meeting to hold the closed meeting. The public body must tape record the meeting and insure that no other business is discussed during the closed meeting. In the event that the public body attorney, the meeting may be closed only litigation and the meeting is called is meeting with its if there is pending to discuss litigation 14 47