“Can a county commission in Utah legally hold a private meeting with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior?
No, but it happened with two county commissions in May.
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance has filed suit against the Kane and Garfield County commissions, claiming the commissioners’ meetings with Secretary Ryan Zinke in his review of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument were official meetings that fall under the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act.”

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2017/08/22/tribune-editorial-state-auditor-should-investigate-closed-commission-meetings/