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Alcester council holds two executive sessions, reports no purchase decision

Alcester City Council · October 29, 2024

Summary

The council voted to enter executive session twice—once citing personnel/consultation and later for contract negotiation under SDCL; after the second session members reported they had made no decisions about the downtown property.

During the meeting the council approved motions to enter executive session on two occasions. The first motion, announced during preliminary purchase discussion, cited personnel/consultation authority and the council recorded entering executive session at 06:09. Later the council returned to open session and resumed public discussion of the property before taking a second motion to enter executive session for contract negotiation under SDCL 1‑25‑23(D); the council recorded entering executive session at 06:47.

After the second closed session the chair told members the council had "decided not to make any decisions." No vote or formal purchase authorization appeared in the meeting record; the council adjourned at 07:16.

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