Garrett Park Town Council votes to enter closed session on personnel matters

The Garrett Park Town Council met in a special session by teleconference on June 24, 2026. Mayor Stroud called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., and the council — Councilmembers Gerilee Bennett, Chris Deutsch, Phil Schulp and Erika Selli — along with Assistant Town Manager Kayla Buker, were listed as present.

Councilmember Phil Schulp moved that the council enter a closed session pursuant to Maryland Code, General Provisions Article, Section 3-305(b)(1), to discuss the employment and compensation of candidates for employment over which the council has jurisdiction and other personnel matters that affect a specific individual. Councilmember Chris Deutsch seconded the motion, which the minutes record as approved unanimously by the members present.

The meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m. The meeting minutes include a signature block for Barbara B. Matthews, Town Manager/Clerk-Treasurer, and note that the minutes were approved at the Town Council’s July 13, 2026 meeting. The record does not provide further public details of the closed-session discussion, consistent with the statute cited.

Under Maryland law cited in the motion, governing bodies may meet in closed session for specified personnel matters; the minutes identify the constitutional basis the council relied on but do not disclose the substance of the personnel discussion or any decisions reached in the closed session. No motions or votes beyond the motion to enter the closed session are recorded in the public minutes for this meeting.

The special meeting lasted approximately two minutes from call to order to adjournment; no public comment or extended debate appears in the record.