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Board of Aldermen votes 5-0 to enter closed session on personnel matter
Summary
At a special Feb. 10 meeting, the Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to go into a closed session under RSMo 610.021(3) to discuss hiring, firing, discipline or promotion of a particular employee; no other details were disclosed.
The Board of Aldermen voted 5-0 at a special meeting on Feb. 10, 2025, to go into a closed session under RSMo 610.021(3) to discuss hiring, firing, discipline or promotion of a particular employee, Mayor Felling said.
Mayor Felling opened the meeting, called the roll and said, “Alright, we have no public participation tonight, so I would like to ask for a motion to go into closed session, RSMO 610.0213. Hiring, firing, discipline, or promoting a particular employee by a public governmental body when personal information about the employees is discussed or recorded.” Alderman Cleave made the motion and Alderman Madrigal seconded it. After a roll call vote — Aldermen Cowley, Cleave, Madrigal, Stewart and Lesh voting yes — Mayor Felling said, “With a vote of 5 to 0, the ayes have it. And we will now go into closed session.”
The meeting record includes no public comments and provides no additional information about the personnel matter discussed or any decisions reached in closed session. The board cited RSMo 610.021(3), the Missouri statute authorizing closed meetings for certain personnel matters, as the basis for the closed session.
