Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Governance Closed Session topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board moves into closed sessions to discuss legal opinion and property for youth sports facility
Summary
During the Committee of the Whole meeting commissioners voted to enter two closed sessions under the Open Meetings Act: one to review a written legal opinion and another to consider purchase or lease of real property tied to the proposed youth sports complex.
The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners, meeting as the Committee of the Whole, voted to adjourn into two closed sessions under Michigan's Open Meetings Act to consider privileged legal and real estate matters.
Commissioner Wheeler moved and Vice Chair Pro Tem Hepler supported both motions. The first closed session was taken under MCL 15.268(8)(h) to consider a written legal opinion addressing the implications of specified presidential executive orders; the second was taken under MCL 15.268(8)(d) to consider purchase or lease of real property related to the proposed youth sports facility complex.
Clerks conducted roll-call votes as required by statute; the motions passed. The transcript records the motions, seconding members and recorded "yes" votes for each roll call. Minutes from both closed sessions were approved at the conclusion of the Committee of the Whole proceeding.
Neither the legal opinion nor detailed property terms were read into the public record during open session; the board approved closed-session minutes and reconvened the regular meeting afterward. Further public disclosures will be subject to attorney-client privilege, real-estate confidentiality rules and any future public agenda items where the board chooses to report outcomes.
