Waterloo trustees enter executive session citing prevention of needless injury to an individual

The Village of Waterloo Board of Trustees met in a special session on May 18, 2026, and voted to enter an executive session at 6:01 p.m. Trustee Nikki Ewing moved to enter the closed session and Vice-Chairperson Bill Rotert seconded; the roll-call vote recorded Rotert, Ewing and Chairperson Travis Harlow as voting yes. Trustees Corie Sass and David Rochford were listed as absent.

Chairperson Travis Harlow restated the stated purpose for the executive session as "the prevention of needless injury to an individual," and the minutes note that the individual had not requested a public meeting. The board returned to open session at 6:58 p.m. after a recorded motion by Trustee Ewing and second by Chairperson Harlow; the roll-call vote on returning noted Ewing, Harlow and Rotert voting yes. The meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m. Melissa Smith, the village clerk/treasurer, recorded that the next regular meeting is scheduled for June 8, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.

The minutes state the meeting began at 6:00 p.m. in the Village Office at 509 S. Front Street and that the location of the Open Meetings Act was announced. The record does not disclose the subject matter discussed in the executive session; the minutes identify only the statutory justification and the fact that the affected individual did not request a public meeting.