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Madison school board votes to enter closed session to discuss bargaining and litigation strategy
Summary
The Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education voted June 15 to go into closed session to consider collective bargaining strategy for all MMSD bargaining units and to confer with legal counsel about litigation strategy under Wisconsin Statute §19.85(1)(e) and (g). The voice vote was recorded as carried; the transcript does not list a numerical tally.
The Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education voted on June 15 to enter a closed session to discuss negotiation strategy related to collective bargaining base wages for all MMSD bargaining units and to confer with legal counsel about litigation strategy.
The presiding official, identified in the transcript only by the first name "Steve," moved that the board go into closed session "for the purpose of one, considering negotiation strategy regarding collective bargaining base wages for all MMSD bargaining units pursuant to Wisconsin State Statute sections 19.85 subsections 1E and two, conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to be involved pursuant to Wisconsin Statute sections 19.85 subsections 1G." Ali Muldrow seconded the motion.
The board conducted a voice vote. Several members responded verbally in the affirmative and Board Member Sarauer was recorded as voting after a brief clarification; the presiding official declared the vote carried. The transcript does not provide a numerical vote tally or identify any dissenting votes.
The board announced that the closed session would be followed by an open-session workshop. No further public deliberations on the substance of the bargaining positions or the litigation were recorded in the public transcript; the matters cited fall under the statutory exceptions for closed sessions in Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) (collective bargaining strategy) and § 19.85(1)(g) (consultation with counsel regarding litigation).
Procedural details not specified in the public record include the numerical vote count and the full list of board members voting in favor. The meeting record shows the board moved promptly into the closed session after the voice vote.
