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Motion to certify closed-session legality draws a recorded dissent in Patrick County meeting
Summary
A committee member moved to certify that the closed session discussed only matters lawfully exempt from open-meeting requirements; the transcript records at least one participant saying, 'I do not certify,' and at least one vote of 'Aye,' but the final tally is not clearly recorded in the transcript.
A committee member moved during the meeting to certify that, to the best of each member's knowledge, only matters lawfully exempt from open-meeting rules were discussed and that only such public business was transacted in the closed session.
The committee member stated, "I move to certify that to the best of each member's knowledge, 1, only public business matters, lawfully exempted from other media requirements and 2 only such public business." The motion was seconded and brought to a roll-call vote. During the roll call the transcript records a participant saying, "I do not certify." Later in the same vote a committee member said, "And I vote aye as well." The transcript's speaker labels do not make it possible to unambiguously attribute the dissenting remark to a named member, and the full vote tally is not recorded in the available transcript.
Because the transcript does not clearly capture a complete, attributable roll-call on this motion, the meeting record as provided does not allow a definitive statement here about whether the certification passed or failed.
