Unspecified governing body certifies closed-session compliance

An unspecified governing body moved and approved a certification that the prior closed session discussed only matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements. "I move to certify that to the best of each member's knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements and only such public business matters as were identified in the motion to enter into closed session were heard, discussed, or considered during the closed session," said an unidentified board member who moved the certification. After a second, members answered "Aye" when called: Mister Marshall, Mister Kendrick, Mister Perry and Mister Overby; a presiding member also said, "I vote aye as well." The nut graf: certification is the formal statement board members make after a closed session to confirm they discussed only items allowed under open-meeting rules; the meeting record shows members completed that step and recorded their votes. The body of the meeting transcript shows the certification motion was moved, seconded and then confirmed by roll-call style responses. The transcript includes the explicit certification language quoted above and an affirmation by an unidentified member that they would "shall certify." The action was recorded as approved by voice responses. No further discussion or dissent on the certification was recorded in the provided transcript. Ending: The certification concluded without amendment or conditions; the meeting then moved on to ask whether a planned work-session date remained needed and to schedule the next regular meeting.