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St. Louis City Board of Aldermen personnel committee holds closed session on personnel matters
Summary
The St. Louis City Board of Aldermen Personnel and Administration Committee voted June 5 to close portions of its meeting under cited provisions to discuss hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting employees; the committee also approved minutes from its May 27 meeting.
President Green, presiding over the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen Personnel and Administration Committee, moved on Thursday, June 5, 2025, to close portions of the committee’s meeting "under provisions of 6 10 dot 0 2 1 3 and 6 10 dot 0 2 2" to permit discussion of "hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting of employees of the board of aldermen."
The motion to close was seconded and sustained by vote; the committee then entered a closed session that the presiding officer said concluded with all members present. Earlier in the meeting the committee approved the minutes from its May 27, 2025, meeting.
Why it matters: closed sessions remove deliberations from the public record and are governed by statutory authority cited by the committee. The committee’s use of those provisions allowed members to discuss personnel matters in private rather than in open session.
Details of proceedings: President Green opened the meeting and asked the clerk to call the roll. After establishing a quorum, Green said, "I move that we approve the meeting minutes from 05/27/2025." That motion was seconded and carried; the presiding officer reported three "aye" votes for approval. Later, Green moved that portions of the meeting be closed "in order to permit the members of the committee to discuss matters related to the hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting of employees of the board of aldermen." The motion was seconded and sustained. Green asked STLTV to place the committee in closed session and later stated, "With that, that, concludes closed session. All members were present."
What the meeting did not disclose: the committee did not state details of the personnel matters discussed in closed session, and no votes or formal actions on personnel were recorded in the public portion of the transcript. The transcript does not specify individual vote tallies for the closed-session motion beyond the chair’s statement that the motion was sustained and that all members were present during the closed session.
Looking ahead: the meeting concluded with an adjournment motion after the closed session. Any follow-up actions or public disclosures resulting from the closed-session discussions were not stated in the public record of this meeting.
