At a meeting of the Village of Cross Plains police commission, members approved the minutes from the Jan. 15, 2020 meeting, heard that no members of the public wished to comment, voted to go into closed session under state law for personnel matters and stopped the public recording before the closed session began.

Speaker 2 opened the meeting and reviewed public-comment procedures, saying, “This is an opportunity for anyone to address the commission on any issue,” and instructing speakers to observe a three-minute time limit. The registration instructions in the record were garbled. After noting there were no visitors, Speaker 2 asked the commission to approve the minutes of Jan. 15, 2020; the commission took a voice vote and Speaker 2 announced the measure was approved.

The commission then moved to enter closed session. Speaker 2 announced the session would be held “pursuant to … the Wisconsin statute Considering employment promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation,” and cited the statutory authority to discuss personnel matters. A motion to enter closed session was made, and the chair called the vote; the commission proceeded into closed session and the public recording was stopped by Speaker 1, who said, “I’m going to stop the recording, as we’re going into closed session.”

After completing the closed-session procedural steps, Speaker 2 sought a motion to adjourn; the motion and second were recorded, the commission affirmed the motion and the meeting was moved to adjournment. The transcript does not provide individual vote tallies or identify members by name; the only explicit date mentioned in the record was the minutes being approved (Jan. 15, 2020).