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Council holds first reading of cybersecurity policy; moves to executive session for security details
Summary
Council introduced ordinance 2025-26 on a cybersecurity policy required by state direction and requested a brief executive session to discuss security-sensitive implementation details that the speaker said are not public record; the council moved into closed session citing a statutory exception.
On Dec. 9 the Pepper Pike City Council took up ordinance 2025-26 for first reading, described by a speaker as a cybersecurity policy the state directs municipalities to adopt. The presiding officer asked the law director and relevant staff to join a brief executive session after the public meeting so councilmembers could be briefed on security-sensitive measures.
The speaker who introduced the policy said the city’s insurance carrier required certain security upgrades for cyber coverage and that Lieutenant Colbert (referred to in the discussion) would explain technical details. "The state has a requirement that the city adopt a cybersecurity policy," the speaker stated, and added that some parts of the policy and related security arrangements must be discussed outside public session because, as cited on the record, the policy itself "is not a public record."
At the meeting’s close the presiding officer moved to enter executive session "pursuant to section 1 21.22 g 6 of the IRR device code to discuss details relative to the security arrangements and emergency response protocols for a public body or a public office, if disclosure of the matters discussed could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the security of the public body or public office." A motion was made on the record to enter that closed session.
