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Long Branch City Council adopts Resolution R 68-25 to enter executive session
Summary
The Long Branch City Council voted to close the public portion of its meeting and adopt Resolution R 68-25 to convene an executive session to discuss attorney-client privileged matters and administrative topics, the presiding officer said.
Long Branch City Council adopted Resolution R 68-25 and voted to close the public portion of its meeting so members could meet in executive session to discuss attorney-client privileged matters and administrative items, the presiding officer said.
The move began after a roll call showed several members absent and prompted a motion to remove the meeting’s public portion. Presiding Officer said, "I need a motion to close the public portion of the meetings." A motion was made, seconded and approved with all members responding in the affirmative. The council then considered a motion to adopt Resolution R 68-25; the motion was moved, seconded and approved with all in favor.
Why it matters: Executive sessions limit public access to deliberations on certain topics, including attorney-client communications and specified personnel or administrative updates. The presiding officer also stated the meeting had been published in the newspaper “in accordance with the open public meeting act,” indicating the council considered statutory notice requirements before closing the public portion.
At roll call, Mr. Dangler and Mrs. Willis were recorded as absent. Mr. Rassus, council member, and Dr. Boat, council member, were present and participated in the motions. The adopted resolution listed three subjects for the executive session: attorney-client privilege, an administrator's update, and an administrator's charity. The council provided no further public details about the substance of those topics on the record.
The record shows the council approved both (1) closing the public portion of the meeting and (2) adopting Resolution R 68-25 to go into executive session. The meeting transcript records the council’s certification that notice had been posted in compliance with the open public meeting act before the votes. No named vote tallies or recorded individual votes beyond the verbal “Aye” responses appear in the transcript.
The council’s action directs that discussion of attorney-client privileged matters and the named administrative items occur in executive session; the public record does not include the content or outcome of the executive-session discussion.
