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Board enters closed session to discuss pending litigation; schedules joint Farm Bureau meeting
Summary
The Linn County Board entered closed session to discuss pending litigation under a cited Iowa code provision, then recessed with an announcement of a joint meeting with the Linn County Farm Bureau at 4 p.m. at the Farm Bureau building in Hiawatha.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors moved into closed session March 31 to discuss pending litigation. A supervisor moved that the board "enter into closed session as pursuant to code of Iowa 21.51 C. 20 SAIL," the phrase recorded in the meeting transcript. The motion was seconded and the board recorded voice votes; the chair directed entry into closed session.
During the roll call portion recorded immediately before the recess, the transcript records two named voice votes as "Yes": the record shows "Mai Chide? Yes. Renny Marquardt? Aye." The chair then stated the board would move into closed session.
After noting the closed session, the chair also announced a recessed return and a joint meeting scheduled at 4 p.m. with the Linn County Farm Bureau at the Farm Bureau building, 1323 Boyson Road, Hiawatha, Iowa. The board recessed to proceed to closed session and to return later for the public recess and the joint meeting.
No details of the pending litigation are included in the public transcript beyond the statutory citation read into the record; matters discussed in closed session are not part of the public record under the cited statute.
