St. Louis Board personnel committee votes to close meeting citing statutes to discuss personnel

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen’s Personnel and Administration Committee voted April 2 to close part of its meeting to the public under the provisions cited as '610.0213' and '610.022' in order to permit discussion of hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting employees.

President Green opened the meeting and confirmed a quorum, saying, 'Three present, you have a quorum.' The committee approved minutes from its March 5, 2026 meeting after an unnamed member moved to approve and the motion was read as moved by 'the alderman from the third' and seconded by 'the alderwoman from the 10th.' The clerk recorded three 'Aye' responses on the minutes vote, and the chair announced, 'By your vote, you sustain the motion.'

Later the chair asked for a motion to close the Personnel and Administration Committee meeting 'under the provisions of 610.0213 and 610.022' to permit discussion of personnel matters; a motion was made and seconded and the clerk called the roll. The transcript records some individual 'I' responses and then states, 'With eight votes.' The record does not identify all individual roll-call respondents by name in the transcript; therefore the count 'eight' is reported in the minutes as read.

The committee asked STLTV to place the public feed in closed session. At one point an exchange in the record asked whether 'Kevin' should enter the closed session; the brief back-and-forth in the transcript is not attributed to a named speaker.

Committee members also moved to excuse the alderman from the 14th for necessary absence and then moved to adjourn; the chair called the motion carried and the meeting adjourned.

The committee did not record additional public discussion of the personnel topics before moving into closed session. No formal personnel decisions are described in the public portion of the transcript.