South Burlington City Council enters executive session to review city manager evaluation

The South Burlington City Council voted Feb. 5 to enter an executive session pursuant to "1 BSA 3 13 a 3" to discuss the yearly performance evaluation of the city manager and invited City Manager Jesse Baker to join the closed session.

Council members moved and seconded the action and approved it by voice vote, with members responding "aye." After the vote the council entered the executive session and announced it would not return to open session.

The motion cited personnel review as the purpose of the closed meeting and specifically named the city manager as the subject of the evaluation. The council made the motion at City Hall during its regular meeting; earlier agenda items included routine business and scheduling details for an upcoming meeting the following day, which members said they would double-check for an exact start time.

The meeting record shows the council referred to "1 BSA 3 13 a 3" when moving into executive session; the transcript does not provide further detail about that citation. The transcript also does not record the names of the members who moved or seconded the motion, beyond the fact that the motion had a second and was approved by a unanimous voice vote.

The council invited Jesse Baker into the executive session when it convened to discuss the city manager evaluation. The transcript indicates the council did not plan to return to open session after the executive session concluded.

This report is based solely on the council's verbal record at the Feb. 5 meeting and does not include any documents or materials discussed in executive session, which are confidential under the authority the council cited.