Ulster County Audit Committee votes to enter executive session to review external audit proposals

The Ulster County Audit Committee approved the March 18 meeting minutes and voted to enter an executive session to review external audit proposals, the committee chair said at the start of the May 15 meeting.

The chair opened the meeting and asked for approval of the March 18 minutes. "Motion to approve the meeting minutes," a committee member said; the motion was seconded and the chair called for a voice vote, saying "Aye" and declaring the motion carried.

Shortly afterward the committee agreed to move into executive session "for the purpose of reviewing the external audit proposals," and to invite legislative staff, the purchasing department and "legislator Collins," the chair said. A committee member formally moved to enter executive session and the chair seconded. The chair called the vote, said "Aye," and then announced, "We're now in executive." The transcript contains no public discussion of the audit proposals' content.

The transcript includes an unclear remark about "the twentieth at 03:30PM to in person" made during the transition to executive session; the meaning and any associated scheduling or decision are not specified in the record. The meeting resumed only to complete a motion to adjourn: a committee member moved to adjourn, it was seconded, and the chair called a final voice vote before closing the meeting.

Because the committee entered executive session, the transcript does not include deliberations or votes on the external audit proposals themselves; any review, scoring, vendor selection or recommendations developed in executive session are not part of the public transcript.

The committee did not record a formal roll-call tally for either the approval of the minutes or the vote to enter executive session in the public transcript. The next public step or any follow-up reporting by staff is not specified in the record.