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Willmar council schedules executive-session reconvening to discuss city administrator evaluation

Willmar City Council · May 5, 2026
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Summary

Council moved and approved reconvening an executive session to discuss the performance evaluation of City Administrator Leslie Valiant under Minnesota Statute 13D.05, subdivision 3(a); legal counsel was directed to provide appropriate notice.

A council member moved to reconvene an executive session to discuss the evaluation of City Administrator Leslie Valiant pursuant to Minnesota Statute 13D.05, subdivision 3(a). The motion also directed city legal counsel to provide appropriate notice to Administrator Valiant of the reconvening. The motion was seconded and carried on roll call with six ayes and zero nays.

Council recorded the motion and vote; the motion's text and the statutory citation were read into the record. No discussion of the substance of the evaluation occurred in open session.

The action places the personnel matter into executive session as allowed by Minnesota law; the transcript does not record details of the evaluation itself or any outcomes reached in executive session. Legal counsel was instructed to ensure proper notice to the administrator before the reconvened meeting date.