Brimfield Township trustees convene executive session under state statute and then adjourn

The Brimfield Township Board of Trustees met in a special session March 12, 2025, and unanimously voted to enter an executive session under Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22(G)(1) to consider an investigation of charges or complaints, then reconvened and adjourned the meeting.

Trustee Mike Kostensky called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Trustee Nicholas Coia moved at 4:01 p.m. to "convene in executive session, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 121.22(G), for the purpose of considering the ... investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual," identified in the minutes as Motion #2025-101. Trustee Mike Kostensky seconded the motion.

The motion passed on a roll-call vote: Trustee Nicholas Coia — Yes; Trustee Mike Kostensky — Yes; Trustee Sue Fields — Yes. The minutes record that the board returned from executive session at 5:15 p.m. The minutes do not disclose the content of the executive-session discussion, consistent with the cited statutory provision.

Following the return to open session, Trustee Nicholas Coia moved to adjourn at 5:15 p.m.; Trustee Sue Fields seconded. The adjournment motion also passed unanimously. The meeting minutes include an attestation that the trustees signed the minutes as a true and accurate record of the proceedings; the minutes also note Fiscal Officer John Dalziel was absent for the meeting.

The public record provided only the procedural motion and roll-call vote; no substantive public details of the executive-session discussion were included in the minutes.