Alcohol panel meets in private
Members of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety met in a closed session Tuesday at the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building.
Victoria Sharp, one of the committee's liaisons, told The Daily Iowan that members of the press are not yet allowed at the partnership's meetings pending a vote on the matter. Neither Sharp nor other panel members were able to give a timetable for the vote.
Though the committee is composed of many public employees who meet in public buildings, it doesn't fall under the state's open-meetings law as outlined in the Iowa Code. It makes no binding decisions, nor was it created by a state order, both of which would require the group to open its meetings.
According to a panel official, Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta gave an update on game-day alcohol issues and Iowa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine spoke about house parties at Tuesday's meeting.
— by Sam Lane
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