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Commission votes to enter executive session on pending litigation and a personnel matter
Summary
At the Dec. 3 meeting the commission voted unanimously to move into an executive session to discuss threatened/pending litigation (Ron Fenn v. City of Truth or Consequences) and a limited personnel matter regarding the city manager, citing transcript-cited authorities.
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The Truth or Consequences City Commission voted on Dec. 3 to go into executive session to discuss threatened and pending litigation (identified in the meeting as Ron Fenn v. City of Truth and Consequences) and a limited personnel matter regarding the city manager.
The mayor read the executive-session items into the record, citing transcript-listed authority for closed-session discussion: "for item 1, threatened and pending litigation, Ron Fenn versus City of Truth and Consequences pursuant to 10 dash 15 dash 1 8 7, and item 2, limited personnel matter city manager pursuant to 10 dash 15 dash 1 h 2," the mayor stated.
A motion to move into executive session was made and seconded; the roll call recorded unanimous support and the chair closed the regular meeting at about 9:22 a.m. No substantive detail was released in open session about the litigation or the personnel matter.
The nut graf: The commission used its authority to discuss litigation and personnel matters in closed session pursuant to the transcript-cited statutory references. No votes on the substantive matters were taken in open session and no further public details were provided at the meeting.

