Council adjourns into executive session to discuss personnel

A staff member called the Special Council meeting to order on July 18, 2025, and the council voted to adjourn into an executive session to discuss personnel, the staff member said. “I now call the 07/18/2025. Special Council meeting to order all Members are present,” the staff member said.

The staff member said the meeting had been called on short notice and moved that the council adjourn into an executive session to discuss personnel matters. The staff member said the motion had been moved and seconded and that the vote requires a two-thirds majority of members present.

The staff member announced the result: “All voting I say aye. Aye. The motion passes. A greater than 2 thirds.” The motion to adjourn into executive session was approved, and the staff member said the council would reconvene at the conclusion of the executive session.

The staff member also noted that “Amanda will stay back to do notes for us,” indicating a single staff member would remain to record proceedings during the executive session. The meeting transcript records the session as a special meeting held solely for the purpose of adjourning into executive session to discuss personnel.

No specific personnel matters were described on the public record in the segments provided, and no statute, ordinance, or other legal authority was cited in the discussion. The motion’s procedural requirements — including the two-thirds threshold and that the motion was moved and seconded — were stated aloud and the vote was announced as passing.

The council’s decision to move into executive session was a formal procedural action recorded during the special meeting; the transcript indicates the council planned to reconvene after the executive session but does not record any subsequent public actions or disclosures about personnel.