Charter Position Search Committee votes to enter closed session to interview candidates for St. Louis County auditor vacancy

The St. Louis County Charter Position Search Committee convened at 12:01 PM and moved to enter a closed session to interview candidates for the vacant St. Louis County Auditor position.

Committee Chair announced the meeting’s purpose as interviews for the auditor vacancy and stated that the committee “takes official notice of and enters and evidence all St. Louis County ordinances and resolutions.” The chair then moved, “I move that we go into closed session pursuant to RSMO 610.021, paren 1, paren 3 and 13, and section 114.020-one, paren 1, print 3, and 13 St. Louis County revised ordinances.”

A second was offered. The Clerk conducted a roll call vote: Council Member Days voted “Aye,” Council Member Harder voted “Aye.” The Clerk reported, “Madam chair, on the motion to go into closed session, you have 2 ayes and 1 absent.” With that tally, the committee authorized the closed session.

After the vote, the Committee Chair instructed staff to prepare the chamber for the closed session and thanked “Lynn” for assistance. The meeting proceeded to prepare for the closed session interviews; no public details about individual candidates or deliberations were recorded in the public transcript.

The committee’s use of RSMO 610.021 and the cited St. Louis County Revised Ordinances was noted on the record as the legal basis for the closed session. The transcript records only the motion, the statutory citations cited on the motion, the roll-call votes, and the transition to closed session; no additional debate or substantive discussion of candidates appears in the public record.