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Madison executive committee approves minutes, moves into closed session on crime-prevention strategy
Summary
The Madison Common Council Executive Committee on Oct. 7 unanimously approved prior minutes and voted to enter a closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(d) to consider strategy for crime detection or prevention; no substantive details of the closed session were released.
Alder Alderlinck called the Madison Common Council Executive Committee to order on Oct. 7 and led the body through routine business before the committee voted to meet in closed session under state law to consider strategy related to crime detection or prevention.
The committee unanimously recorded approval of minutes from its prior meeting before taking the closed-session vote. Alder Alderlinck said the committee was considering a closed session “pursuant to Wisconsin statute 19.851 d, considering strategy for crime detection or prevention,” and asked for a motion to move into closed session. When no objection was raised, Alder Alderlinck recorded a unanimous vote to go into closed session.
The committee reconvened in open session later in the meeting. Alder Alderlinck confirmed the executive committee had “considered strategy for crime detection or prevention” while in closed session but did not disclose substantive discussion or any decisions made during the closed session. The committee then considered future agenda items, recorded none, and adjourned.
The meeting began with a roll call establishing quorum and included the following members noting their presence or absence: President Bittaberg (present), Vice President Govindarajan (excused), Alder Eugene (present), Alder Madison (present), Alder Matthews (present), Alder Ugar (present), Alder Lankella (present), Alder Tishler (present), and Alder Figueroa Cole (present). During the meeting Alder Figueroa Cole was designated a voting member in the absence of Vice President Govindarajan.
The only legal authority cited on the record for moving into closed session was Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(d), with the committee also referencing Wisconsin Statute 19.852 regarding reconvening in open session. The committee did not release additional materials or a vote tally listing individual votes; the meeting minutes were recorded as a unanimous vote for the actions taken on the record.
No members of the public were registered to speak during the public comment period, and no substantive policy debate was recorded in open session. Because the committee’s closed-session discussion was taken under a statutory exception for strategy related to crime detection or prevention, details of that discussion were not disclosed when the committee returned to open session.
