(a) The members of Council or any other public body or board of City government may hold an executive session, from which the public is excluded for any of the following purposes:
(1) Personnel matters, including the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion or compensation of one or more public employees or officials;
(2) Purchase, sale or the development of real property where premature disclosure of information would give an unfair competitive or bargaining advantage to a person, or otherwise adversely affect the general public interest;
(3) Imminent or pending litigation;
(4) Preparing for, conducting, or review negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment;
(5) Matters required to be kept confidential by Federal law or rules or State statutes;
(6) Specialized details of security arrangements where disclosure of the matters discussed might reveal information that could be used for the purpose of committing, or avoiding prosecution for, a violation of the law;
(7) The employment of, or discussions with, legal counsel or professional consultants or concerning reports or proposals submitted by such counsel or consultants;
(b) An executive session may be held upon the determination by a majority of a quorum of Council to other public body, by a roll call vote, to hold such a session, setting forth the general purpose or purposes for which such session will be held.
(c) All formal or legal action of Council or other public body, such as the enactment of legislation or the adoption of rules or recommendations, shall be taken in an open meeting, not closed to the public.
(d) All executive sessions, and the reasons therefor, shall be noted and made a matter of record in the minutes of Council or other public body.
(e) Council executive sessions or other executive sessions by other public bodies of City government shall be attended by the members of Council or the appropriate board of such other public body and by whomever else is deemed necessary by Council or other public body and who is requested to attend by at least a majority of the members of Council or other public body.
(Ord. 92-27. Passed 3-10-92.)
The Logan County Common Pleas Court is authorized and shall be permitted to use the Bellefontaine City Council Chambers for trials on an as needed/as is available basis while the Court is displaced from the Logan County Courthouse.
(Res. 12-44. Passed 7-10-12.)