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Syracuse City Public Arts Commission votes to go into executive session for legal advice on open meetings law
Summary
The commission voted to enter an executive session to consult legal counsel about open meetings law; motions to enter and to reconvene were made and approved and no further public action was taken at this meeting.
The Syracuse City Public Arts Commission voted to enter an executive session to receive legal advice about open meetings law.
Chair Benny Guzman called for the executive session on legal advice and a motion was recorded. Guzman announced the purpose as consultation with legal counsel on open meetings law and asked for a vote; members moved and seconded the motion and the commission voted in favor. Guzman said the group would move across the hall to the iLab for the closed session and return to close the public meeting.
At the public meeting the commission did not record a roll-call vote tally by name; Guzman stated the motion passed after members said “all in favor.” The motion to enter executive session was attributed on the record to Lisa (mover) and Manuel (second) during the meeting’s recorded exchange.
After the closed discussion, members reconvened in open session, voted to come back into open session and then closed the meeting. No formal employment or policy decisions were announced in public after the executive session.
The commission’s public record for this meeting shows the motion to seek legal advice on open meetings law and the subsequent procedural votes but does not include a detailed vote tally in the transcript.
