Oak Park School District board moves into closed session citing attorney–client privilege
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Summary
The Oak Park School District board voted to enter a closed session under the Michigan Open Meetings Act, citing attorney–client privilege; the motion was seconded by Trustee Tyler and affirmative roll-call responses were recorded for Colpron, Madison, Herman Cain, Scott and Howard.
Unidentified Speaker 1 moved that the Oak Park School District board enter a closed session “as permitted under the Michigan Open Meetings Act, section 8 1 h” for the purpose of attorney–client privilege; the motion was seconded by Trustee Tyler and adopted after roll call.
The motion text, as read in open session, stated: “Be it therefore resolved that as permitted under the Michigan Open Meetings Act, section 8 1 h, the Oak Park board shall enter into closed session for the purpose of attorney client privilege.” The motion was seconded and no discussion followed.
Unidentified Speaker 1 asked Miss Griffin to call the roll. When called, Colpron, Madison, Herman Cain, Scott and Howard each responded “Yes,” as recorded in the transcript. After the roll call, Unidentified Speaker 1 said, “We’re now in closed session,” and the meeting moved out of the public portion.
The board cited section 8(1)(h) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act as the statutory basis for a closed session limited to attorney–client privileged matters. The transcript does not record any debate about the need for the closed session, nor does it record a public description of the specific legal matter discussed in closed session.
The meeting record indicates the board proceeded into the closed session at the conclusion of the roll call; no further actions in open session are recorded in the provided transcript.