Kim Horiuchi submitted a written objection to the remaining district transition team during its Wednesday meeting.

"The purpose of my objection is that I have reason to believe that this committee will be discussing issues beyond the scope of the designated reasons for closing this meeting today, which are listed on your agenda as property and potential litigation," said Horiuchi's statement.

She objected not only to closing Wednesday's meeting but six others where personnel issues were the stated reason.

Horiuchi said she was told the team would discuss on Wednesday a joint proposal detailing how district assets will be divided, but that item was not listed on the agenda. She said the Deseret Morning News, where she works, had published an article stating the team would be discussing that proposal.

"If they did discuss the proposal then they are in violation of the Utah open meeting law because they did not post it on their agenda and it was behind closed doors," she said.

Ralph Haws, chairman of the remaining district transition team, said his team has never held a closed meeting in which they discussed something other than what was advertised - property related to the division of assets and liabilities or personnel matters.

Horiuchi said the team has no staff and thus could not be spending that amount of time in discussions about personnel unless it was district personnel.

Haws said the division of assets proposal was briefly discussed at the meeting but was not a violation because it has a potential for litigation. "We had legal counsel and the proposal that was approved by the transition team was discussed as our preparation for potential arbitration," Haws said. "It's clearly with in the bounds of the open meeting law."

As for personnel, he said Horiuchi's claim is not accurate.

"Not one single time we have discussed personnel who is employed by the Jordan district," Haws added. Haws said the personnel in question was an attorney the team needed to hire.

Horiuchi's letter will be added to the meeting's minutes as part of the public record.