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Board of Aldermen adjourns to closed session to discuss personnel matters
Summary
At a Sept. 3 special meeting the Board of Aldermen voted to go into closed session under Missouri statute exemptions to discuss hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting particular employees; the motion was moved by Alderman Stewart and seconded by Alderman Hoeven.
The Board of Aldermen voted Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, to adjourn into a closed session to discuss hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting particular employees under Section 610.021(3) and (13) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
The presiding official announced the intent to move to closed session and cited the statutory exemptions. Alderman Stewart moved to adjourn to closed session; Alderman Hoeven seconded the motion. A roll call vote was held and the board proceeded into closed session.
The meeting opened with a roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance. The presiding official asked whether there was any public participation; the record shows no members of the public in the seats at that time. During roll call several members answered present; the transcript records an alderman arriving at the door and a brief exchange about whether a member was locked out before the meeting recessed into closed session.
The presiding official described the narrow purpose for the closed session as personnel matters exempt from open-meeting requirements under R.S. Mo. §610.021(3) and (13), which the meeting transcript characterizes as relating to “hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting of particular employees.” The board took a formal vote to enter closed session; the public portion of the meeting was then paused.
No other substantive agenda items were discussed on the public record in the excerpts provided; the transcript does not specify any personnel named, specific allegations, or follow-up reporting timelines. The board did not announce further public action in the provided record before adjourning to closed session.
