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Committee adjourns to closed session under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(e) to discuss potential property sale
Summary
Meeting adjourned to closed session under Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(e) to "deliberate or negotiate the sale" and negotiation strategy for district properties; roll call noted one absence.
The Board of Education committee of the whole voted to adjourn to a closed session under Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(e) to "deliberate or negotiate the sale of potential sale developing potential sale and negotiation strategy of district properties," the meeting chair announced.
The meeting record shows the chair made the motion to adjourn to closed session, a second was recorded, a roll call was taken and the meeting adjourned to closed session. The transcript identifies Marce Ruiz as absent for the roll call. The record does not include a public vote tally by named members or further discussion of specific properties; those matters were moved into the closed session and are not part of the public transcript.
Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(e) permits a governmental body to deliberate or negotiate the purchase, exchange, lease or sale of real estate when competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. The committee's stated purpose for the closed session was to discuss potential property sales and negotiation strategy; the transcript does not specify the properties under consideration, any offers, or a timetable for decisions.
After the roll call and the recorded second, the chair said, "Adjourned to closed session." No formal public action about property disposition was recorded in the public portion of the meeting.
