Sparta zoning board moves into executive session to discuss "woods situation"

The Sparta Township Zoning Board moved into executive session during its Aug. 4 special meeting after the chair asked for a motion to do so and members voted in the affirmative. The chair opened the motion, which was seconded, and called for the voice vote: "All those in favor? Aye." The board then recessed into executive session.

The action followed a brief public portion during which the chair thanked attendees and said the board would "be in touch once I know the next steps" regarding what the chair called "the woods situation." The motion and second were recorded in the public transcript but the mover and seconder were not named on the public record. The transcript records the board answering "Aye" to the voice vote; no roll-call vote tally with names was provided in the public segment.