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Board votes to enter closed session to discuss labor negotiations
Summary
The White Bear Lake Area Schools board voted unanimously to move into a closed session to consider labor negotiation strategy under Minnesota statute cited at the meeting.
The White Bear Lake Area Schools Board of Education voted to move into a closed session to discuss labor negotiations.
Chair Arkan announced that the board would consider labor negotiation strategy and cited Minnesota statutes governing closed sessions on labor negotiation strategy. The chair asked for a motion to move into closed session. A motion was made and a second recorded; the board chair called the question and said, “All in favor, say aye.” The board responded in the affirmative and the chair declared the board in closed session.
Why it matters: Closed-session discussions on labor negotiations may involve bargaining strategy and are permissible under state law cited by the chair. The board did not provide details of the negotiation topics in public before adjourning into closed session.
Board action: The motion to move to closed session carried; the public portion of the meeting ended and the board proceeded to closed session to consider labor negotiation strategy pursuant to Minnesota statute referenced during the meeting.
Ending: The board left the public meeting for the closed session; no substantive negotiation details were discussed publicly during the meeting portion recorded in the transcript.
