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Committee of the Whole votes to enter executive session on public employee negotiations
Summary
Members of the Committee of the Whole voted to move into an executive session to "review negotiations with public employees related to the terms and conditions of their employment," with an 8–0 roll call and one absence; no substantive public discussion was recorded before the closure.
The Committee of the Whole voted to enter an executive session to "review negotiations with public employees related to the terms and conditions of their employment" after a motion was made and seconded during the meeting.
The session was closed under the meeting’s stated purpose of discussing labor negotiations and personnel terms. Committee members completed a roll call and the committee said it would reconvene before the 7:00 p.m. council meeting.
Committee Member 1, a member of the Committee of the Whole, made the motion to move into executive session. Committee Member 2, a member of the Committee of the Whole, provided the formal language for the motion, saying the executive session was "to review, negotiations with public employees related to the terms and conditions of their employment." Missus Knight, a staff member, then called the roll.
Roll-call responses recorded in the transcript show the following votes: Missus C. — yes; Mr. Phillips — yes; Missus Marshall — yes; Mr. Schilling — yes; Missus Westfall — yes; Mr. Pierce — yes; Mr. Sebring — yes; Mr. Whitten — yes. Mr. Twist was recorded as absent. The motion was passed.
There was no substantive public debate recorded in the provided transcript excerpt prior to the vote. Meeting organizers told the audience the group would relocate to the downstairs conference room because of new painting and carpeting and that they planned to return before the 7:00 p.m. council meeting.
No statutes, ordinances, resolutions or other legal authorities were cited on the record in the supplied transcript excerpt. The transcript also does not record any directions to staff, specific negotiation positions, or binding personnel actions during the portion of the meeting provided.
