Council votes to enter closed session to discuss contract award and probable litigation under FOIA provisions

The council approved a motion to enter closed session under provisions of the Freedom of Information Act applicable to certain deliberations that may be held in private. The motion cited clauses of the FOIA (noted in the staff motion as subsection a of section 2.2‑3711 and specific clause numbers) for discussion of the award of a public contract for a new public school and for consultation with legal counsel about probable litigation.
Why it matters: Closed sessions under state FOIA provisions are allowed for certain topics where public discussion would harm bargaining positions or involve privileged attorney‑client communications. The council's stated purposes were contract negotiation strategy for a public‑school contract and legal advice about probable litigation.
Vote and procedure: The motion to go into closed session passed with recorded "Aye" votes from the listed members in the work session record. Staff read the statutory bases into the record as part of the motion.
Ending: The work session then proceeded to other planning items after the closed-session motion and recorded vote; the transcript does not include the closed-session discussion content.