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I would suggest that we should not drive our
public officials underground, but we should recognize that
under some limited circumstances there may be such need and
therefore leave it to the legislature to define these
circumstances very clearly, for all to know, and hope that
everybody would act accordingly.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion?
Delegate Mentzer.
DELEGATE MENTZER: I would like to support
Judge Sherbow's amendment, and would like to read from the
Curl<»tt Commission; Care must be exercised to insure that
decisions made by any Board which may succeed the Board
of Public Works will be made in the open, at public meetings,
where hearings are held, proper minutes kept, and decisions
subject to public scrutiny.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Bard.
DELEGATE BARD: Mr. Chairman, I would suggest
that we really are as one in connection with the signi-
ficance of public hearings when they are important as
such, and that we recognize fully that there are rare
occasions when this just would not be possible, nor even