Utica City School District board tables Item 3, moves into executive session

The Utica City School District Board of Education at a special meeting voted to table agenda Item 3 to the districts regular meeting on March 30 and then entered an executive session to discuss legal matters and the employment history of particular people, the board chair said.

A quorum was established after the clerk called the roll. Board members recorded as present were Jason Cooper, Donald Dawes, Joseph Hovachah Jr., Danielle Padula and James Law. The chair then asked for a motion on Item 3, saying, "I need a motion, I believe it is an item number 3 to Yes. Table the matter to the step to the regular meeting on March 30." Members moved and seconded the motion and a voice vote followed; "Aye" was recorded and no opposing votes were called, and the chair said, "Motion carries."

Shortly after, the chair asked for and obtained a motion "to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing legal matters and the employment history of particular people." The motion was seconded, a voice vote recorded in the affirmative, and the chair said, "We are now going into executive session." The transcript records the board entering executive session; no further public actions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript.

The board did not state who moved or seconded either motion on the public record in the transcript, and individual roll-call votes were not recorded; outcomes were announced by voice. The district rescheduled consideration of Item 3 for the regular meeting on March 30. The executive session was described as limited to legal matters and personnel matters related to specific individuals.