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Board approves closed session to discuss collective bargaining negotiations

West Branch-Rose City Area Schools Board of Education · January 12, 2026
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Summary

The board voted 6-0 to hold a closed session on Jan. 12 to discuss collective bargaining agreement negotiations under Section 8(c) of the Open Meetings Act; the meeting reconvened and adjourned later that evening.

Vice-President Gary Miller called the West Branch-Rose City Area Schools Board of Education to order at 6:00 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2026, at Ogemaw Heights High School.

Trustee Scott Kartes moved and Trustee Matt Biermann seconded a motion "to approve a closed session to discuss Collective Bargaining Agreement Negotiations under Section 8(c) of the Open Meetings Act"; the board passed the motion on a roll-call vote of 6-0 (Abraham, Withers, Kartes, Miller, Lehman, Biermann). The board entered closed session at 7:05 p.m., reconvened at 7:19 p.m., and Vice-President Miller adjourned the meeting at 7:43 p.m.