Retirement System trustees vote to hold closed executive session

The board chairman called a special meeting of the Retirement System Board of Trustees on Nov. 4, 2025, and asked for a motion to enter an executive session “for matters pertaining to trade secrets or financial or commercial information or personal or legal matters or matters whose premature disclosure will frustrate the implementation of the proposed agency action,” the chairman said.

Trustee Tomlin Clark moved to go into executive session and Trustee Andre Dorsey seconded the motion. On a roll call, Trustees Tomlin Clark, Andre Dorsey, Leona Smith and Dwayne Callwood voted yes. Trustee Vincent Liger was listed as excused and Trustee Ronald E. Russell was absent; the chairman confirmed that four trustees were present, one was excused and one was absent.

The chairman recessed the meeting for two minutes before the closed session proceeded. The board did not state any additional details about the subject matter beyond the categories the chairman read into the record. No formal action or vote on specific policy items was taken during the public portion of the meeting beyond approving the executive-session closure.

The meeting transcript records the motion and the roll-call votes; no statutes, ordinances or other legal citations were cited on the record when the board moved to close the meeting.