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West Branch City Council enters closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) and then adjourns
Summary
At a special Oct. 14 meeting, the West Branch City Council approved the agenda, moved into a closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) from 5:31–6:28 p.m., then resumed and adjourned at 6:29 p.m. No public action from the closed session was recorded in the minutes.
The West Branch City Council met for a special session Oct. 14, 2025, approving the agenda before moving into a closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i).
Council Member Colton Miller moved to approve the agenda; Council Member Jerry Sexton seconded and the motion carried on a voice vote. Mayor Roger Laughlin called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Roll call recorded Council Members Tom Dean, Colton Miller, Mike Horihan, Jodee Stoolman and Jerry Sexton present. City Administrator Adam Kofoed and City Clerk Alycia Friis were listed as staff present.
Shortly after the opening, Miller moved and Sexton seconded a motion for the council to go into closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i); the motion carried on a voice vote and the closed session began at 5:31 p.m. The minutes record that the closed session ended at 6:28 p.m., when Miller again moved and Sexton seconded a motion to end the closed session and resume the regular meeting; that motion also carried on a voice vote.
The council then proceeded to adjourn. Miller moved to adjourn, Sexton seconded, and the meeting adjourned at 6:29 p.m. The published minutes do not report any formal votes with tallies, nor do they disclose the substance of the closed-session discussion.
