Closed-door meeting on Camp Bessemer

Bessemer City Council members met before closed doors this week to discuss past due bills for the Camp Bessemer summer operation for the city's poorest children.

None of the bills have been paid and little is know of what went on in the secret session.

The council has been critical of the camp because it was run by one of Mayor Ed May's relatives.

Among the complaints are high costs for electricity and other unauthorized expenses.

—Tribune staff report