Sycamore board votes to enter executive session citing personnel and negotiations exceptions

The Sycamore CUSD 427 board voted to enter executive session under statutory exceptions for personnel matters and collective bargaining.

The chair asked a member (Alex) to make a motion; an unnamed speaker moved "to enter executive session pursuant to 5 ILCS 1 22 c 1, the employment, appointment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, and 5 ILCS 1 22 c 2, collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees." The motion was seconded and approved by roll-call vote; the board went into executive session. When the board returned to open session, the chair announced the time as 06:48 and members promptly moved to adjourn.

The motion invoked statutory exceptions as read aloud during the meeting. (Transcript citations rendered the statute as spoken; the board cited statutory personnel and negotiation exceptions during the motion.) The public record in the open session does not include further detail about the subjects discussed during the executive session, nor any votes taken in closed session recorded in the public transcript.

The board reconvened and adjourned shortly after returning to open session.