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Meeting adjourns after tense post–executive-session exchange over counsel and removal of participant
Summary
The council entered closed session to discuss personnel and contracts and reconvened with no action; the meeting ended after the presiding officer asked a participant to leave, the participant disputed removal authority, and the chair declared the meeting adjourned.
The council recessed to executive session to deliberate matters involving appointment, employment, contracts, and a city administrator position, citing the applicable closed‑session authority. The presiding officer announced the executive session began at 6:15 p.m. and that open session would resume at 7:21 p.m.
After the closed session the council returned to open session and said there was no formal action to report. A dispute then arose: the presiding officer asked a participant (referred to in the transcript as William) to leave because the attorney would not return while he remained. The participant responded, "You don't have the authority to have me," and the presiding officer warned, "I will have you moved if you do not," asking the chief to remove him physically if necessary. The presiding officer then declared the meeting adjourned.
