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Madison school board votes to enter closed session on contract talks, litigation and personnel
Summary
At a special meeting, the Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education voted to enter closed session to consider collective bargaining strategy on wages for district bargaining units, consult with legal counsel regarding litigation, and consider personnel matters under Wisconsin Statutes section 19.85(1)(e), (g) and (c).
The Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education voted at a special meeting to enter closed session to discuss collective bargaining strategy on wages for district bargaining units, consult with legal counsel on litigation, and consider personnel matters.
The presiding officer moved, "I move that the board of education go into closed session for the purpose of, 1, considering negotiation strategy regarding, like, bargaining based wages for all MMSD bargaining units pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes section 19.85(1)(e), 2, conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategies to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or likely to become involved pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes section 19.85(1)(g), and 3, we're considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes section 19.85(1)(c)." Maya seconded the motion when asked, saying, "Second, Maya."
The motion passed and the board moved into closed session. The audio record captures Board Member Mosner Falta as "Aye," Board Member Muldrow as "Aye," Board Member Saravo as "Aye," Vice President Pearson as "Aye," and the presiding officer as "Aye." The recording prompts Board Member Castro for a vote but does not capture Castro's response in the available transcript; the board chair then stated, "And myself, aye. Thank you. We will go into closed session."
Under Wisconsin Statutes section 19.85(1), those subsections permit governmental bodies to close meetings to the public for specified matters including collective bargaining strategy, consultation with legal counsel about litigation, and consideration of employee performance or personnel records. The motion as stated specified those three statutory purposes, and no further public debate or detail about wage proposals, litigation specifics, or individual personnel matters was included in the recorded portion of the meeting.
The board then recessed into the closed session recorded in the meeting minutes.
