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Kentucky Retirement Systems board votes to enter closed session to discuss litigation
Summary
At a special, videoconferenced meeting broadcast from the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority offices in Frankfort, the Kentucky Retirement Systems Board of Trustees voted to go into a closed session to discuss litigation, citing state law and attorney-client privilege. The vote was announced adopted after a motion and second; detailed vote-by-name was not specified in the transcript.
Mister Piercy, chair of the Kentucky Retirement Systems Board of Trustees, called a special meeting and moved that the board enter a closed session to discuss litigation. A staff member read a legal public statement saying the meeting was being held under Kentucky law and was available for public viewing at the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority offices in Frankfort and via Facebook.
The staff member said, "This is a special meeting with the Kentucky Retirement Systems Board of Trustees. This meeting is being broadcast via video teleconference pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statutes Section 61.826," and instructed remote participants to identify themselves and to appear on camera to make or second motions or to cast votes. The staff member also noted that if the broadcast could not be reestablished within 30 minutes, the meeting would be adjourned and rescheduled.
During roll call the clerk, Sherry, noted that trustee Miss Eaves was having technical difficulties while connecting. After confirming there was no public comment, Piercy announced the closed-session motion, saying, "I'll make a motion." The transcript records an acknowledgement, "Glenn with the 1st," and a second by a participant identified as Larry. The chair then called for a vote; multiple members answered "Aye," and Piercy announced that "that motion is adopted."
Before moving into closed session, the chair explained the legal basis for the action, saying the board would enter closed session "to consider litigation pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(c) because of the necessity of protecting the confidentiality of the system's litigation strategy and preserving any available attorney-client privilege." The board then entered the closed session as announced.
The transcript does not record a roll-call vote by name for the motion; the public record available in the transcript shows several "Aye" responses and the chair's announcement that the motion carried. No further discussion or action was recorded in the public portion of the transcript.
