Council votes to enter closed session to consider land-lease and sign agreement

The Isanti City Council unanimously voted to return to open session and then to enter a closed session to discuss a proposed land lease and signage agreement, the meeting transcript shows.

Council Member Peterson moved to bring the meeting back into open session, and Council Member Lundine seconded; the council then polled its members and the motion carried 5-0. Shortly afterward, a council member said, "I make a motion to go into close session," which was recorded as "Motion by Council Member Lundine, second by Council Member Peterson." The council again polled members with "All in favor say I," and the motion to enter closed session carried 5-0.

The chair announced the closed session would be held "pursuant to Minnesota statute 13D.05 subdivision 3C for consideration of lease agreement for a sign," indicating the statutory authority cited in the record for closing the public meeting. The transcript records that the closed session topic was described as a "land lease and signage agreement proposal," but the public portion of the record includes no further details about the lease terms, parties, dollar amounts, property location, or the precise content of any signage proposal.

Because the council moved into closed session under the cited statute, substantive deliberations on the lease and signage proposal took place outside the public record in this portion of the meeting. The transcript available ends before any public description of the closed-session outcome; the council did not state, on the public record, any final action or decision reached in closed session.

Meeting actions recorded in the public transcript include two council motions with unanimous 5-0 tallies: to return to open session and to enter closed session under Minnesota Stat. 13D.05, subd. 3(c). No votes on the underlying lease or signage agreement were recorded in the public segments of the transcript.