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Cortland council approves minutes, bills and votes to enter executive session on personnel
Summary
At its June 1 meeting the Cortland City Council approved minutes for May 4 and May 18, approved electric and other bills (as recorded), and voted to enter an executive session to discuss hiring/appointment of a public employee; the transcript records roll-call votes for each action.
The Cortland City Council on June 1 approved meeting minutes and authorized payment of bills before moving into an executive session to discuss a personnel appointment.
The council voted to approve minutes from its May 4 meeting. Roll-call votes as recorded in the session were: Chelsea Monroe — yes; Kevin Pyro — abstain; Scott Rally — yes; Chris Vis — yes; Chris Wadley — yes; Alli McGregor — yes; John Buri — yes. The motion carried with one abstention.
The council then approved minutes from its May 18 meeting; the roll call in the record shows unanimous affirmative votes by the members present.
On routine payments, the council approved electric bills and a second motion to approve all other bills. The transcript records the electric-bill total in a garbled form ("$12,58016"); the council treated the total as an item to be paid and approved it after a roll-call vote with one abstention recorded. The council approved other bills recorded as totaling $271,560 on the record.
Later in the meeting Council member John moved for an executive session "to discuss personnel appointment of a public employee" and to invite the council, the mayor, the finance director and the law director. The motion was seconded. On roll-call the votes recorded in the transcript were all affirmative; the council stated no decisions would be made while in executive session.
Why it matters: The votes complete routine council business and authorize payment of city obligations. The executive-session vote begins a closed-door discussion the council said will concern a personnel appointment; the transcript records the participants the council invited but does not include any outcomes from the closed session.
Next steps: The council entered executive session; the transcript excerpt does not record any subsequent open-session decisions.
