Council recesses to executive session on public personnel, schedules housing steering committee appointments for Sept. 8

On Sept. 4 the council recessed into executive session "for matters pertaining to the appointment of public personnel, charter section 2.101 a," President Catone said. The motion to recess was moved and seconded and carried on a roll call with affirmative votes recorded from present council members. The meeting later reconvened and the council voted to prepare legislation and add a proposed appointment of members to the housing steering committee to the Sept. 8 regular meeting agenda; the motion passed 7-0.

Why this matters: Appointment of members to a housing steering committee can shape near-term housing policy and oversight. The council conducted the personnel discussion in executive session under the cited charter provision and then directed that the formal appointments be drafted for public meeting consideration on Sept. 8.

What happened in the meeting: President Catone asked for a motion to recess to executive session citing the charter provision; after the executive session the council returned and "I would entertain a motion and a second to have legislation prepared and added to the 09/08/2025 regular meeting, appointing members to the housing steering committee," President Catone said. The council voted by roll call; the minutes record "Pass 7 0." The transcript does not state the names of the individuals proposed for appointment in the executive session, nor did it record any public discussion of specific nominees during the public portions of the special meeting.

The council's action on Sept. 4 was procedural: it used an executive session to discuss personnel appointments (a closed-session matter under the cited charter section) and then directed staff to prepare public-legislative language for the Sept. 8 meeting so that final appointments can be acted on in open session. The meeting record does not include the actual appointment votes or the names of proposed appointees; those are expected to appear on the Sept. 8 regular meeting agenda and minutes if and when the council considers them publicly.