Hideout council votes to enter closed executive session on litigation, security and liability

The Hideout Town Council voted on June 11, 2026, to enter a closed executive session "to discuss pending litigation, autonomous security, and so that we can discuss liability," the council chair said during the meeting.

The motion to move into closed session was made and seconded on the record; the chair then called for a voice vote and members answered "Aye," after which staff stopped the public recording and the meeting room was closed to the public. The chair announced the council would reconvene and be "back shortly." The public portion of the meeting was paused and consideration of the council minutes was postponed until later.

The transcript records the jurisdiction name as "High Dad Utah," which appears to be a transcription error; this article uses the corrected place name, Hideout, Utah. The chair did not give a personal name on the public transcript; attributions to the meeting leader are to "the chair." The transcript did not record who moved or seconded by name nor an exact roll-call tally, and the voice vote was recorded without numeric counts.

A speaker asked a person named Jan to leave the public room immediately before the council closed the meeting to the public. The transcript provides no further explanation for that instruction and no additional public discussion before the closed session.

The council cited pending litigation, autonomous security and liability as the reasons for the closed session. The meeting recording was stopped and the public meeting was closed while council members met in private; no further public actions or outcomes were recorded in the available transcript.