Raymore council votes to enter executive session citing state statute 610.021(3)

The Raymore City Council voted to move into an executive session to discuss personnel matters, citing state statute “6 10 dot 0 2 1 subsection 3,” during its March work session.

A councilmember moved to enter executive session “to discuss personal matters as authorized by state statute 6 10 dot 0 2 1 subsection 3.” The motion was seconded. The mayor then called a roll call. The transcript records the roll call answers as: Councilman Baker — Yes; Councilman Bill McCarver — Yes; Councilman Burke — Yes; Councilman Serco — Yes; Councilman Inger — Yes; Councilman Holman — Yes; Councilman Mills — Yes.

The motion carried on the roll call recorded in the transcript. The council proceeded into executive session; no further detail about the personnel matter was provided in the public work-session record.

The council cited the statute on the public record when making the motion; the transcript records the exact phrasing the mover used when invoking the legal authorization.

Vote at a glance

- Motion: Move into executive session to discuss personnel matters as authorized by state statute 6 10 dot 0 2 1 subsection 3. - Mover: recorded in transcript as the councilmember who spoke the motion (name referenced in the meeting as "Mister Homan"/"Holman" in adjacent turns). - Second: not identified in the transcript (speaker said "I'll second"). - Roll call results (as recorded in meeting transcript): Baker — Yes; Bill McCarver — Yes; Burke — Yes; Serco — Yes; Inger — Yes; Holman — Yes; Mills — Yes. - Tally recorded in transcript: Yes 7; No 0; Abstain 0; Absent/Recused not recorded.

No substantive discussion of the personnel matter was held in public; the executive session was called under the statute referenced and the council adjourned to closed session.