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Story County supervisors adopt 'option 4' for evaluations of board direct reports after debate over closed‑session rules
Summary
After an extended discussion about court precedent and open‑meetings law, the Board voted to adopt option 4 for evaluating its two direct reports; staff warned a recent Court of Appeals opinion (now before the Iowa Supreme Court) narrows when evaluations may be conducted in closed session.
The Story County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 took direction to adopt option 4 for evaluating the two positions that report directly to the board, after a lengthy discussion about whether personnel evaluations must be handled in open session or may, in part, occur in closed session.
County staff told the board a Court of Appeals decision earlier this year — arising from a City of Cedar Rapids matter — narrowed the circumstances when a board can go into closed session for an employee’s evaluation. Staff member…
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