School board approves agenda, votes to move into executive session on personnel matters

The Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Board of Education opened its May meeting, confirmed a quorum and approved the meeting agenda before voting to convene an executive session to consider prior closed minutes, safety-drill evaluations and specific employment matters.

Board member Mackam moved to approve the agenda and Steve Olson seconded; the chair announced the motion carried and the agenda was approved as presented. The board then approved the executive-session agenda after a motion by Maw and a second by Dennis Fear.

“The board will entertain a motion to convene an executive session at the administration building pursuant to section 19.85 of the Wisconsin state statutes to consider prior closed session minutes, review safety drill evaluations, review specific employment action concerning individual employees, and discuss employee matters,” the chair said when describing the purpose of the executive session.

A motion to convene the executive session was made by Board member Sherry Jasper and seconded by Board member Steve Olson. The transcript records a roll call in which Sherry Jasper, Steve Olson, Dennis Fear and Dave Martin responded; the chair announced the motion carried. The transcript provided does not contain a complete roll-call tally or the votes of every board member by name.

The items listed for the executive session were: review of prior closed-session minutes, review of safety-drill evaluations, and review of specific employment actions concerning individual employees. The record supplied ends after the roll call to move into executive session; further proceedings were not included in the provided transcript.