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Committee goes into closed session to discuss security protocols for elected officials and meetings under Wisconsin statute
Summary
The committee moved into closed session Dec. 9 under Wisconsin Stat. 19.85(1)(d) to consider strategy for crime detection or prevention related to security protocols for elected officials and council meetings; the body reconvened in open session and adjourned without public disclosure of the closed discussion.
The Madison Common Council Executive Committee voted to enter closed session Dec. 9 to consider strategy for crime detection or prevention, citing Wisconsin Statutes 19.85(1)(d) and the notice provisions in section 19.852. The chair asked whether there was any objection to taking a unanimous vote; seeing none, staff moved the meeting into closed session.
After the closed session — during which the committee discussed security protocols for elected officials and council meetings — the committee reconvened in open session and the chair entertained a motion to adjourn. The chair then recorded a unanimous vote to adjourn.
Why it matters: the committee used the statutory authority for closed‑session discussion of strategies related to crime prevention and security protocols. Because the discussion occurred in closed session, the committee did not disclose details of the security strategy in open session.
No votes on policy measures tied to the closed session were recorded in open session; the committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.
