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Board votes to terminate employee after executive session; record shows executive session times
Summary
After an executive session, the State Board accepted the director’s recommendation to terminate employee Vesteral Berger. The board first attempted action in open session, then moved to executive session and later voted to accept the termination recommendation.
The State Board of Career and Technology Education voted to accept the director’s recommendation to terminate the employment of Vesteral Berger following executive-session discussion.
The agency presented the matter under agenda item 3.02 and said the employee was present. The staff noted the authority for closed discussion as the statute permitting discussion of a salaried public employee (cited in the meeting as 25 Oklahoma statute 2021 307 b 1). The board initially attempted to take action in open session but lacked a second for the motion to terminate and then moved to vote on whether to enter executive session. A motion to enter executive session carried; the record states the board entered executive session at 9:58 a.m. and exited at 10:14 a.m.
After the executive session, the board reconvened in open session and voted to accept the director’s recommendation to terminate. The roll-call vote recorded each of the five members present voting yes: Mr. Seaman, Mr. McCullough, Miss Hanning, Mr. Brown and Mr. Dethridge. The chair stated the motion passed and no further public discussion was recorded.
The meeting minutes reflect that the board discussed only items on the agenda during the executive session and that the record reflects the entry and exit times for the session. The employee’s name and that the employee was present were stated during the agenda discussion. The packet does not include a further public explanation of the factual basis for the termination.
