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Baltimore County committee votes to move into closed session for investigatory-file review
Summary
The Baltimore County Administrative Charging Committee voted unanimously on July 1 to enter a closed session to review an investigatory file under Maryland Code, Public Safety §3-104(h). The action was moved, seconded and approved during a special Webex meeting; the committee later returned to open session and adjourned.
The Baltimore County Administrative Charging Committee voted unanimously on July 1 to move into a closed session to review an investigatory file, citing Maryland Code, Public Safety §3-104(h), during a special Webex meeting chaired by Christopher Sewey.
A committee member moved "to have the Baltimore County Administrative Charging Committee meeting [in] closed session to review an investigatory file in compliance with Maryland Code, Public Safety §3-104(h) and to discuss investigations pertaining to actual or possible criminal misconduct," and the motion was seconded and approved by vocal "Aye" responses. Committee Chair Christopher Sewey confirmed the motion passed and the committee proceeded into closed session.
The motion invoked the state statutory exception that allows local public bodies to close proceedings to discuss investigatory files and matters involving potential criminal misconduct. The transcript records the motion language naming Maryland Code, Public Safety §3-104(h) as the legal basis for the closed session.
Before the closed-session motion, the committee unanimously approved the minutes from its June 24, 2026 meeting after a member moved to adopt them and the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. After returning from closed session, the committee took a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Committee Chair Christopher Sewey opened the special session at about 12:02 p.m. on July 1 and noted the meeting was held by Webex. The chair also announced the committee’s next meeting would be at 12:00 p.m. on July 10, 2026, in Room 19 of the Baltimore County Historic Courthouse and by Webex.
The transcript records vocal "Aye" responses to each motion; the record captures three affirmative voice responses in each instance but does not provide a roll-call tally that names each voter. The record also contains an inconsistent name reference: one participant thanks "John" after the closed-session motion is proposed; the transcript does not clearly tie that reference to a speaker label or confirm whether the person thanked was the member who moved the motion.
No details about the investigatory file’s subject matter, the identity of any persons under investigation, or any formal findings were discussed in the open record. The committee’s invocation of Public Safety §3-104(h) indicates the discussion of those investigatory materials occurred in closed session, as stated in the meeting record.
