A group of local businessmen filed a lawsuit earlier this week against the members of the Statesboro City Council, alleging they violated Georgia Open Meeting laws when they held meetings to discuss the 2011 city budget and the restructuring of the police and fire departments. Six men — Earl Dabbs, Charles Olliff, Raybon Anderson, Jody Stubbs, Ray Hendley and Ellis Wood — were named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the city, which was filed in the Superior Court of Bulloch County late Tuesday afternoon. In a press release, the group argues that four meetings held March 31, April 1, 16 and 19 of this year at the Gateway Pond House violated Georgia law because the meetings were not properly advertised and minutes of the meetings were not made available to the public.