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Long Branch City Council moves to close public portion, seeks executive session on attorney‑client matters and administrator update
Summary
At a regularly noticed meeting, Long Branch City Council members moved to close the public portion of the meeting and to adopt Resolution R30-205 to enter an executive session to discuss attorney‑client privileged matters and an administrator update concerning Administrator Shirley; the transcript does not record a final vote tally.
Long Branch City Council members moved to close the public portion of their meeting and sought to adopt Resolution R30-205 to enter an executive session to discuss attorney‑client privileged matters and an administrator update concerning Administrator Shirley, according to the meeting transcript. The transcript does not record a final vote tally or the text of a final vote.
The meeting's presiding official opened the session and called roll. Councilmember Rassus, Councilmember Moe and Councilmember Viera were recorded as present; Councilmember Dangler and Councilmember Wittus were recorded as absent. A meeting clerk certified that the meeting had been published in the newspaper "in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act" and posted as required by law.
The presiding official asked for a motion to close the public portion, saying, "I need a motion to close the public portion of the meeting." The motion was seconded, and a voice response of "Aye" was recorded on the motion; the transcript does not provide a roll-call tally or named votes.
Shortly thereafter the presiding official requested a motion on an executive session, stating: "Executive session, I need a motion to adopt the following resolution. Resolution R30-205 be resolved that the city council will go into executive session to discuss the following. Attorney client privilege, administrator's update, Administrator Shirley." That motion was seconded; the transcript ends before a formal, recorded outcome appears.
The transcript documents only the motions and seconds; it does not include a formal roll-call vote or an announcement that the executive session had begun. Executive sessions for attorney‑client privileged communications and administrative or personnel updates are generally closed to the public under state open‑meetings laws. The city council's minutes or a subsequent public statement would be the official record of any final vote or formal action on Resolution R30-205.
No other substantive matters were discussed in the portions of the transcript provided.
