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Council nominates Chris Middagh as president and conducts two closed sessions on financial matters
Summary
Councilman Paulsen nominated Chris Middagh as council president (vote recorded with Middagh abstaining from his own nomination); the council voted to enter closed session at 8:43 p.m. and again at 9:18 p.m. to protect the city’s financial position.
At the Dec. 17 meeting Councilman Paulsen moved, and Councilman tenBensel seconded, to nominate Chris Middagh as President of Council. The motion passed by roll call; the minutes record Middagh abstaining from the vote on his own nomination.
Later in the meeting the council moved into closed session twice to protect the financial position of the city. The first motion, made by Councilman Middagh and seconded by Councilman Paulsen, authorized a closed session at 8:43 p.m.; the motion carried. The minutes record a second motion to enter closed session at 9:18 p.m., moved by Councilman tenBensel (minutes indicate tenBensel seconded his own motion), which also passed. The minutes contain no substantive details about the matters discussed in closed session, consistent with Nebraska open‑meetings exemptions cited by the council when protecting financial information.
The meeting adjourned at 9:18 p.m. and the City Clerk certified the minutes and public notice procedures.
