Farmington Board of Education convenes closed session for personnel evaluation and contract negotiations

The Farmington Board of Education met in special session on June 17, 2025, at Maxfield Education Center and voted to convene a closed session under the Open Meetings Act to conduct a periodic personnel evaluation and to discuss collective bargaining negotiations. President Terri A. Weems called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m., and the agenda was approved by voice vote before the board moved into closed session.

Claudia T. Heinrich, treasurer, moved that the board "convene in closed session pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Open Meetings Act (Public Act 267 of 1976), for the purpose of conducting a periodic personnel evaluation, and pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Act for discussion related to the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement," a motion seconded by David N. Turner and approved by roll call. The minutes record the motion as approved 5-0. The board recessed into closed session at 5:04 p.m.; the minutes state the board returned to the special meeting at 6:00 p.m. and adjourned at 6:01 p.m.

No public comments were offered during the meeting. The minutes list as present President Terri A. Weems; Secretary David N. Turner; Treasurer Claudia T. Heinrich; Trustee Cheryl B. Blau; and Trustee Thomas Hull. Angie F. Smith and Vice President Donald Walker, Jr. are listed earlier in the minutes as absent. Staff listed as present included Superintendent Kelly Coffin, assistant superintendents Jennifer Kaminski and Brad Paddock, and executive assistant Colleen Scripture.

The minutes cite the Open Meetings Act (Public Act 267 of 1976) as the legal basis for the closed session. The document records formal motions and votes but provides no substantive public detail of the closed-session discussion; the minutes instead note the statutory authority and the stated purposes for the closed session.