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Council votes to enter executive session after city attorney certifies security grounds
Summary
The council voted to go into executive session to discuss security matters after City Attorney Holmes certified the statutory exemption for discussion of security plans and critical infrastructure.
The Tuscaloosa City Council voted to enter an executive session for security‑related matters after City Attorney Holmes certified the legal basis for the closed meeting under state law.
City Attorney Holmes told the council, "As your city attorney and attorney lisonbee practice law in the state of Alabama, I can certify that this executive session is to discuss securities, plans, procedures, assessments, measures, or systems with the security or safety of person structures, facilities, or other infrastructures, including without limitation information concerning critical infrastructure, the public disclosure of which could be reasonably expected to be detrimental to public safety or welfare." After a motion and second to go into executive session, the chair called for the vote: "All in favor, say aye." The transcript records an "Aye" response and no recorded opposition in the excerpt.
Why it matters: the council used a statutory exemption to discuss security and critical infrastructure matters outside the public meeting. The city attorney provided the certification required under Alabama law before the council entered the executive session.
Details and next steps: the transcript shows the motion, a second and unanimous voice approval recorded as "Aye" in the excerpt; no further details of the executive session content are in the provided transcript.
