Gresham-Barlow SD 10J board recesses to executive session to discuss evaluation under ORS 192.660

The Gresham-Barlow SD 10J Board of Directors met for a special work session on Oct. 2 and recessed into an executive session to discuss "the evaluation of [a] public officer" under Oregon law, the board's presiding member said.

The meeting opened with the presiding board member (identified in the transcript as the Chair) noting four board members were present and that two—Sean Holly and a person identified as David—were absent. The Chair moved "to approve the meeting agenda as presented," a second was recorded, and the Chair called for and closed a voice vote in which attendees in the room answered "Aye." The motion was approved in the room; the transcript does not record individual yes votes by name.

The Chair then announced the board would "recess into executive session" to discuss an evaluation of a public officer pursuant to ORS 192.660. The Chair told attendees that executive sessions are closed to the public, that "representatives of the news media and designated staff shall be allowed to attend," and that the media are "specifically directed not to report on any of the deliberations during the executive session except to state the general subject of the session as previously announced." The Chair also stated, "No decision may be made in executive session." All of those statements were made on the record during the meeting.

After the executive session the board reconvened its special work session. The Chair said the board maintains a running list of future agenda topics and is working to include items, but noted the agenda is currently "stacked" with routine year-end work. The Chair closed the meeting and said the board will meet next in the council chambers at 7 p.m.; the transcript records no subsequent votes or formal actions after the executive session.

What the executive session covered in detail and any deliberations remain confidential under state law. The only formal on-the-record actions captured in the transcript are the approval of the meeting agenda and the board's recess into—and return from—executive session. The meeting was then adjourned.

The board used the statutory authority cited in the transcript (ORS 192.660) to hold the executive session; the transcript does not provide additional details about the public officer under discussion, any follow-up directions to staff, or any scheduled public action related to the item.