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City Council holds closed session, votes to place Cook contract amendment on Monday agenda
Summary
At a brief special meeting, the City Council voted to enter a closed session citing Iowa law and later approved placing an amendment to City Administrator Cook’s contract on the council’s Monday agenda for a public vote; specifics of the amendment were not disclosed at the meeting.
The City Council convened a short special meeting and voted to go into closed session under what the presiding official cited as “Iowa code section 21.51 I to evaluate professional competency of an individual,” then approved placing an amendment to City Administrator Cook’s contract on the council’s Monday agenda for a public vote.
The action matters because the council used a statutory closed-session exception for employment matters and then directed that an amendment be presented at a subsequent public meeting. The council did not discuss contract specifics during the open portion of the special meeting and said the…
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