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Asheville council votes to enter closed session citing state statutes
Summary
At the May 21 agenda briefing the council voted by roll call to enter a closed session to discuss privileged/confidential matters and personnel issues, citing North Carolina General Statutes as the statutory basis for the closed session.
Near the end of the May 21 agenda briefing, Council Member Haas moved that the Asheville City Council go into closed session "to prevent disclosure of information that is privileged and confidential" and "to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness" of an individual public officer or employee, citing North Carolina General Statute chapters 143-318.11(a) and 143-318.10(e) as statutory authorization. The motion was seconded by Sage Turner.
Mayor Esther Vanheimer conducted a roll-call vote. The mayor announced ayes for the vice mayor, Councilwoman Sage Turner, Councilwoman Roni, Councilwoman Smith and Councilman Hess; a council member verbally confirmed "Aye." Following the roll call, the council logged out of the public meeting link and moved to a staff-only closed-session link; staff indicated only Emily (HR) would join that closed session.
Because this was an agenda briefing (a meeting intended for discussion), the motion to go into closed session was the formal action recorded in the briefing; no substantive discussion from the closed session was included in the public transcript.
The council reconvened the public-facing portion only to note the closed session; any outcomes or actions arising from the closed session were not recorded publicly in this briefing.
