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Council adds and holds executive session to hear complaints or charges against an employee
Summary
Councilors voted to amend the agenda to add an executive session to hear complaints or charges against an employee, citing the statutory basis; the meeting record shows the council entered and later returned from executive session but does not record the session's content in open minutes.
The Evanston City Council voted to amend its agenda to add an executive session to hear complaints or charges brought against an employee and later convened that executive session during the meeting. The addition was moved during the agenda discussion and the council voted in favor of placing the item after Resolution 25-63.
When asked to state the purpose of the executive session, a council member read that the amendment was to "meet in executive session, to hear complaints or charges brought against an employee." City staff member Harrison confirmed that the stated purpose "is verbatim statute," providing the council's legal basis for closing the meeting to the public for that matter.
The council voted to enter executive session by the required two-thirds affirmative vote for the statutory purpose and later reconvened in open session; the transcript records the motion, the council's return to regular session and a later announcement that the meeting had resumed. The public transcript does not disclose the content, findings, actions or any personnel decisions that may have occurred in executive session.
