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McDonald County commissioners hold repeated closed sessions under RSMo. 610.021.3, return to open session
Summary
At the March 11 meeting commissioners repeatedly entered and exited closed executive sessions under RSMo. 610.021.3 between 11:37 a.m. and 1:48 p.m.; the minutes record motions by Commissioners Jamey Cope and Rick Lett and conclude with an 'All in favor' vote to end the session.
Commissioners for McDonald County met in closed executive session multiple times on March 11, 2026, invoking RSMo. 610.021.3, and returned to open session at 1:48 p.m., according to the minutes.
At 11:37 a.m. Commissioner Jamey Cope "moved to go into immediate closed executive session," the minutes state. Later, at 12:48 p.m., Commissioner Rick Lett moved to close that closed session and return to open session with a plan to return to closed session later the same afternoon. At 1:24 p.m. Commissioner Cope again moved to return to closed session "to continue from earlier." Finally, at 1:48 p.m. Commissioner Cope motioned to end the closed session and return to open session; Commissioner Lett seconded and the minutes record "All in favor. Motion passed."
The minutes record that the closed sessions were used "to properly address County Business" but do not specify the subject matter discussed in closed session. The invocation of RSMo. 610.021.3 is recorded in the minutes as the statutory basis for the closed sessions. The transcript does not include additional details, a roll-call vote breakdown, or a public description of the matters discussed while in closed session.
