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Howard County Council votes to close special meeting for personnel discussion
Summary
During a brief special meeting, the Howard County Council voted to adjourn into a closed session under Maryland law to discuss the performance of one or more specific employees.
The Howard County Council at a special meeting voted to close the session under the General Provisions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, section 3-305(b)(1), to discuss a personnel matter.
The motion to close the meeting was moved and seconded; the administrator called the vote. Chair Walsh, Ms. Young and Mr. Youngman voted yes. Council members Jones and Ms. Rigby were noted as not present. After the vote, the council adjourned the special meeting to go into closed session and ended the livestream, saying they would reconvene in the Banneker Room for a February legislative public hearing at 7 p.m. The council stated that no further business would take place after the closed session.
The statute cited, General Provisions Article §3-305(b)(1) of the Annotated Code of Maryland, authorizes a public body to meet in closed session to consider the appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, compensation, removal, resignation, or performance evaluation of an individual employee. The council’s use of that statutory authority was the sole substantive item on the special meeting agenda and was resolved by the recorded vote described above.
No details about the personnel matter itself were disclosed in the public portion of the meeting. The council instructed viewers to rejoin the livestream at 7 p.m. for the legislative public hearing scheduled to follow the closed session.
