Special board approves amended agenda, votes to enter closed session

A special board approved an amendment to its meeting agenda to add a discussion of “board leadership and communication” in open session, then voted to move into a closed session under Missouri law during a special meeting on Oct. 17, 2025. The meeting convened at 9:13 a.m., and the board recorded the move into closed session at 9:16 a.m.

The amendment — offered during consideration of the agenda — proposed adding “a discussion of board, leadership and, communication as an agenda item in open session, following the closed session items.” The motion to amend was seconded and passed on a roll-call vote with four members voting yes and two voting no: Miss Foster voted no; Mister Conover, Miss Jones, Mister Marston and Doctor Collins Adams voted yes; Miss Hubbard voted no. The transcript records the motion as “approved.”

After resolving an order-of-business question, the board then approved the agenda as amended by a subsequent roll-call vote in which all recorded members voted yes: Miss Foster; Mister Conover; Miss Jones; Mister Marston; Miss Hubbard; and Doctor Collins Adams.

Later in the meeting a motion was made to move into closed session “pursuant of, the revised statutes of the state of Missouri 6 10.” The motion was seconded and approved by roll call, with all recorded members voting yes. The meeting record shows, “We are moving into closed session at 09:16AM.”

The actions recorded in the transcript were procedural (agenda amendment, agenda approval and a vote to enter closed session). The transcript does not record substantive discussion on the added agenda item before the board entered closed session, nor does it record any public deliberation or final outcomes about board leadership or communication in open session.

The meeting opened with roll call and a quorum was announced. Following the votes described above, the board moved into closed session at 9:16 a.m. The transcript does not provide additional detail about the closed-session topic(s) or any further actions taken while the board was not in open session.