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Meeting participants question closed-session voting rules and approve Jan. 27 agenda
Summary
Participants in an unspecified meeting debated whether votes may be taken in closed session following open-meetings training and then approved the Jan. 27, 2026 agenda by voice vote with no formal tally recorded.
Participants at an unspecified governing meeting debated whether votes may be taken in closed session before approving the Jan. 27, 2026 agenda by voice vote.
An unidentified speaker cited recent training on open meetings to argue that "you can't take action in closed session," prompting a question about how a body would vote without first reopening to open session. Another unidentified speaker agreed that votes should not occur during closed session and suggested the meeting would need to adjourn or return to open session to take formal votes.
Speaker 3 opened the meeting and called attendance, naming "John Janich, District 3" and "Mister Pat Kaj, chief," and noting that Mister Schulte and Mister Jordan were present. The meeting then reached the agenda item listed as "Consider approval of 01/27/2026 agenda." A motion was made from the board; Speaker 3 asked, "All those in favor?" and an "Aye" was recorded. The transcript does not identify a mover or seconder by name, and it does not record a formal tally or any votes opposed or abstaining.
The record in the transcript is limited to the procedural exchange and the voice vote; no formal resolution, ordinance number, or further action on the closed-session procedural question is recorded in the provided segments. The meeting proceeded after the agenda was approved, with no additional outcomes on the closed-session question noted in the supplied text.
