Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission convenes closed session under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(c) to discuss personnel matters

The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission moved into a closed session on March 6, 2025, under Wisconsin Statute §19.85(1)(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data for public employees within the board’s jurisdiction.

Commissioner Spencer, who identified the meeting attendees and presided over the item, asked, “Do I have such a motion?” A motion to convene in closed session was moved and seconded, and the chair called for a voice vote. Several commissioners answered “aye,” and the chair said the motion carries. The board then entered closed session.

The motion as announced said the board could reconvene in open session afterward to address one of the items discussed in closed session. The transcript does not identify who moved or seconded the motion, nor does it record a roll-call tally; it records only that the motion was moved, seconded, and carried by voice vote.

Present at the executive meeting were Commissioners Burgos, Evans, Fung, Horowitz, Ramey, Snyder, Spence, Will Patterson and Commissioner Spencer. Lee Todd, executive director of the Fire and Police Commission (FPC), was also listed as present.

Under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(c), governmental bodies in Wisconsin may hold closed sessions to consider employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of public employees. The commission announced its intent consistent with that statutory authority and then recessed into closed session; the transcript records that the board planned to reconvene in open session to consider at least one of the discussed items but does not record any subsequent open-session action or outcomes in the provided excerpt.

No additional details about the personnel matters to be discussed, any proposed personnel actions, or the timing of a reconvened open session were specified in the transcript excerpt provided.