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Council votes to enter closed session to discuss purchase of water rights/real property
Summary
At the meeting’s end the council made a motion to go into closed session to discuss a potential purchase of real property related to water; the motion passed and the council moved into closed session.
Near the end of the session, Hurricane City Council voted to go into a closed session to discuss the potential purchase of real property and water rights. The mayor asked for a motion; a councilmember moved and another seconded. Council members discussed procedural requirements for closing a public meeting and confirmed the vote to proceed.
The council observed the statutory requirement that a supermajority is required to close an open meeting when the necessary quorum is present; staff advised on the applicable standard. The motion passed and the council recessed into a closed session to discuss the potential water acquisition.
