The Chattanooga City Council has changed its business meeting time, a move that leaves just one impression: Council members are limiting public access to their business, which is our business.

During an Oct. 24 meeting, council Chair Raquetta Dotley proposed a change that would push back the 6 p.m. business meeting to … who knows? The new schedule calls for the voting meeting to start after a brief recess following the 3:30 p.m. agenda and committee meetings.

The rest of the council went along with Dotley’s proposal.

The announcement of the time change appeared in the public notice section of the Times Free Press on Oct. 29, a week ago. Media releases were sent out on Monday announcing the schedule change that went into effect on Tuesday.

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