The Claremore City Council approved a settlement and release agreement with SafeNet Services Inc. after returning from an executive session during which councilors and the city’s attorneys discussed the matter, the city attorney said.

The council held the executive session under Oklahoma statute Title 25, Section 307(B)(4), which the attorney cited in a public statement after the session. During the open-session statement the attorney said the council met to "conduct confidential communications between the city council and its attorneys concerning a potential settlement and release agreement with SafeNet Services Inc." The attorney said no other matters were discussed in executive session and that no votes were taken while in executive session.

After the statement, a council member moved to approve a settlement based on the executive-session discussion. The motion and a second were made, and the council approved the settlement by roll call. The roll call recorded affirmative votes from Miss Baden, Autumn, Feldman, Long, Brokerhoff, Volby and Erwin.

The council did not provide settlement terms during the public session, and the attorney’s statement said publicly disclosing details of the discussion would "seriously impair the ability of the city to conduct the claim and possible litigation in the public interest," citing the statute as the basis for confidentiality. The motion approved the settlement and release agreement as presented in executive session.