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Dufur SD 29 holds executive session under ORS 192.660 to review personnel complaints
Summary
The Dufur SD 29 board said it entered executive session under Oregon statute ORS 192.660 to review confidential paperwork related to dismissal, discipline and evaluation of staff who did not request public hearings.
The Dufur SD 29 board moved into executive session to review confidential paperwork connected to conduct complaints, citing Oregon law. The Chair read the agenda item saying the session would cover "dismissal, discipline of a… complaint or charges brought against public officer, employee, staff member, or individual agent who does not request an open hearing," and invoked ORS 192.660(2)(b) and ORS 192.660(2)(i) as the statutory basis for the closed meeting.
The Chair told attendees that no one had requested an open hearing and clarified the purpose: "we're essentially just looking at paperwork that's confidential." The board returned to open session and immediately authorized an outside fact-finder to review the complaints and report back to the board. No open testimony or additional public deliberation on the underlying complaints is recorded in the transcript excerpt.
