The City of Tuscaloosa council approved the minutes of its previous meeting in a voice vote after a motion and second; seven members said “Aye” and one member voiced opposition before the chair declared the minutes approved.

Later in the agenda, a member moved and the council seconded a motion to convene in executive session. Scott, speaking in his capacity as city attorney, read and certified the legal grounds for executive session discussion, saying the council could discuss “security plans, procedures, assessments, measures, or systems” and matters related to real property negotiations and preliminary competitive negotiations, among other statutorily permitted topics. He framed the certification as necessary to protect information that, if publicly disclosed, could be detrimental to public safety or to the city’s negotiating position.

The council then took a voice vote to enter executive session; the chair announced the motion carried and the public portion of the meeting recessed for a closed session. No additional public action on the certified topics was taken during the open portion of the meeting.