Unidentified Speaker 1, a member of the Personnel Administration Committee, called the Jan. 8, 2026 meeting to order and moved the committee to consider routine business and committee discussions.

The committee approved the minutes from Dec. 23, 2025, after Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to approve the minutes and Unidentified Speaker 1 seconded. The clerk called the roll and the transcript records affirmative responses to that motion.

Unidentified Speaker 1 then asked for a motion "that the personnel committee for the Board of Aldermen go into closed session under the provisions of section 610.021(1) and 610.022 in order to permit the members of the committee to discuss matters related to the hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of employees," according to the transcript. The motion to enter closed session was put to a roll-call-style response and the recorded responses in the transcript were "aye," after which the committee went into closed session. The committee did not disclose the content of the closed session in the public record.

After returning to open session, Unidentified Speaker 1 announced there were no written testimonies and asked for announcements; none were offered. The committee excused an alderman "from the third" for a necessary absence; the transcript does not identify the member by name.

The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn. The clerk called for those in favor to say "aye," the transcript records affirmative and at least one opposing verbal response, and the meeting was adjourned.

The record in the transcript does not provide further detail about items discussed in closed session, and no additional votes or formal actions were reported publicly at the meeting's close.