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Motions to adjourn and to enter closed session fail as board splits over process
Summary
The board voted down motions to adjourn early and to enter closed session under OMA §8(f); commissioners instead approved a two‑hour recess before later advancing finalists.
Several procedural motions failed during the special meeting, reflecting a divided board over timing and confidentiality in the administrator search.
An early motion to adjourn — proposed to give some commissioners more time to review application packets — was put to a roll call and failed (four in favor, seven opposed). Chair Tippels asked the body to proceed because most commissioners said they had completed their review.
A later motion to go into closed session to review candidate materials under OMA §8(f) also failed to meet the board's supermajority threshold. The roll call again split the board and the chair recorded that the motion failed for lack of the required 0.667 majority. After debate, Commissioner Josh moved to recess for two hours to allow additional review; that motion carried on roll call and the meeting recessed.
