Members vote to recess into executive session to discuss personnel appointment

At a special meeting on Jan. 16, 2026, members voted 6-0 to recess into an executive session to consider the appointment of public personnel under the charter as cited in the meeting record.

The public portion of the meeting consisted of opening remarks, a roll call and a motion to enter executive session. The presiding officer opened the meeting and asked the clerk to call the roll. The clerk called named members in sequence and recorded attendance; one member, Mister Teeter, was noted as excused.

The presiding officer asked, “I would entertain a motion and a second to recess to executive session for matters pertaining to the appointment of public personnel, charter section 2.11 a.” A motion and a second were made on the record; the clerk then conducted a roll call vote. Vice President Catone, President Cole, Mister Betts, Miss Vermillion, Miss Parker Jones and Miss Russell were recorded as voting yes. The motion carried by a 6-0 roll call vote and the meeting recessed to executive session. The mover and seconder were not identified in the public transcript.

No substantive discussion of personnel or additional public deliberations are recorded in the provided transcript. The public minutes in the transcript end with the recess into executive session; no outcome of any personnel appointment appears in the public record provided here.

The transcript cites "charter section 2.11 a" (variously referenced during the meeting) as the authority for the executive session. The meeting did not disclose further detail on the personnel matter in open session.