The Kearney R‑I Board voted to proceed to a closed session at the January meeting under section 610.021 of the Missouri Sunshine Law. The motion to authorize a closed session was moved by an unnamed board member (speaker 5), seconded by speaker 6, and put to a roll call. The clerk called roll and recorded affirmative votes (responses recorded as 'Yes' or 'Aye') from trustees in attendance, including Matt Baker and others; the motion carried.

The motion specified that the closed session would occur immediately in January and included any allowable records or votes as provided by the statute. The board recorded the roll call votes by name during the meeting minutes; no substantive topics for the closed session were announced during the public meeting.

The board will proceed with the closed session at the January meeting as authorized.