Calumet City meeting erupts into shouting match between Ald. James Patton, Mayor Thaddeus Jones

Shouting could be heard from beyond the walls of Calumet City’s closed-door session Thursday as Mayor Thaddeus Jones sparred with an alderman over management of the City Council agenda.

A meeting that began by recognizing high school football players ended immediately after city officials stormed out of their private meeting, where they discussed legal issues under an exception to the Open Meetings Act.

The disagreement started shortly after the aldermen came out of the evening’s first executive session, when 6th Ward Ald.