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Council votes to meet in closed session; manager reports on opioid funds, small grant opportunity and snow removal
Summary
Council voted to enter closed session after the city manager's report under cited RSMo exemptions. Assistant City Manager Lori Phelps reported opioid-settlement funds given to Saints Ministry for recovery-center chairs, noted a $75,000 extension-office grant opportunity with no city match, and thanked crews for snow removal.
The Poplar Bluff City Council voted to hold a closed meeting after the city managers report under the cited sections of the Revised Statutes of Missouri. The roll-call vote to enter closed session recorded seven yes votes.
During the manager's report, Assistant City Manager Lori Phelps said the city issued opioid-settlement funds to Saints Ministry to purchase chairs for the ministrys recovery center and that the recipient expressed appreciation when the check was delivered. Phelps also reported a small grant opportunity from the extension office (she cited a contact, Susan Odom, and said the grant is roughly $75,000 and requires no city match) and indicated staff would explore possible projects. Phelps thanked the street, police and fire departments for their work on snow removal during the recent storm.
The council made the motion to go into closed session following the manager's report and approved it on roll call; specifics of the closed meeting were identified by statute citations during the announcement. No substantive decisions tied to matters in closed session were reported publicly at this meeting.
