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Board holds two closed sessions for a personnel evaluation and attorney-client letters under the Open Meetings Act
Summary
The board convened to closed session twice on Nov. 10—first under Open Meetings Act §8(1)(a) for a personnel evaluation and later under §8(1)(h) to consider attorney correspondence—then reconvened both times into open session.
At 6:54 p.m. the board moved into closed session under Section 8(1)(a) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act to consider a periodic personnel evaluation requested as a closed hearing by the individual. The motion to convene to closed session was made by Valerie Bury and supported by Dorreon Simmons-Gaines; roll call recorded five ayes and the board reconvened at 8:16 p.m.
At 8:17 p.m. the board again moved into closed session, this time under Section 8(1)(h) of the Open Meetings Act, to consider two letters from its attorneys dated Nov. 4, 2025 and Oct. 20, 2025, which the minutes state are exempt from disclosure by attorney-client privilege. Valerie Bury moved and Alan Smaka supported the motion; roll call recorded unanimous approval and the board reconvened at 8:29 p.m.
Both closed-session motions and their statutory citations are recorded in the minutes; the minutes do not disclose further substance from the closed sessions, consistent with the stated exemptions.
