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City council adopts resolution R-169-25 and moves into executive session to discuss attorney-client matters and administrator update
Summary
During a brief meeting, the city council voted to close the public portion and enter an executive session under Resolution R-169-25 to discuss attorney-client privileged matters and an administrator update; the meeting had been published in the newspaper as required by open meetings guidance.
The city council voted to close the public portion of its meeting and enter executive session under Resolution R-169-25 to discuss attorney-client privileged matters and an update concerning Administrator Shirley. The action was taken during the council's regularly scheduled meeting when the presiding officer asked for and received a motion and second to adopt the resolution.
The matter was introduced when the presiding officer said, “I need a motion to adopt the following resolution. Resolution number R-169-25. Be it resolved that the city council will go into executive session to discuss the following,” and identified “attorney client privilege, administrator’s update, Administrator Shirley.” The presiding officer also stated that the meeting had been published in the newspaper “in accordance with the open public meeting,” and asked members to keep an eye on time because council members planned to attend an event that starts at 7 p.m.
Roll call as read by the presiding officer recorded that Mister Asos and Missus Wittes were present, Mister Veyer and Mister Dangler were absent, and Doctor Veyer was present. After a motion to close the public portion and a motion to adopt Resolution R-169-25, the presiding officer called for the vote: “All in favor, aye.” When asked if there was any opposition the presiding officer said, “None. We will go into executive session.” The transcript does not record individual roll-call votes or the names of the motion’s mover and seconder.
Executive sessions are closed to the public when they meet statutory criteria such as attorney-client privilege; the council’s presiding officer explicitly referenced attorney-client privilege as the subject for the closed session. The transcript indicates the council followed its public-notice practice by publishing the meeting in the newspaper, as stated by the presiding officer.
Because executive sessions are confidential, the transcript does not include substantive details of the attorney-client discussion or the administrator update. The council adjourned the public portion to proceed to the closed session; no further public action was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
