Council, Council committees and all other boards, commissions, committees and other decision-making bodies of the city shall conduct all meetings in public called for the following purposes, except for executive sessions which shall be closed to the public:
(a) Unless required by law or the affected party requests a public hearing, to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee or regulated individual. Except as otherwise provided by law, no public body shall hold an executive session for the discipline of an elected official for conduct related to the performance of his or her official duties or for his or her removal from office;
(b) (1) To consider the purchase of property for public purposes or for the sale of property at competitive bidding, if premature disclosure of information would give an unfair competitive or bargaining advantage to a person whose personal, private interest is adverse to the general public interest. No member shall use this division as a subterfuge for providing covert information to prospective buyers or sellers. A purchase or sale of public property is void if the seller or buyer of the public property has received covert information from a member that has not been disclosed to the general public in sufficient time for other prospective buyers and sellers to prepare and submit offers.
(2) If the minutes of the public body show that all meetings and deliberations of the public body have been conducted in compliance with this section, any instrument executed by the public body purporting to convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any right, title or interest in any public property shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with this section insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees or transferees of the property is concerned.
(c) Conferences with an attorney for the public body concerning disputes involving the public body that are the subject of pending or imminent court action;
(d) Preparing for, conducting or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment;
(e) Matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules or state statutes or ordinances of the city;
(f) 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; and
(g) In a situation, incident or occasion which, in the sole opinion of Council, constitutes an emergency concerning the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health or safety.
(Ord. 6779, passed 11-28-1975; Ord. 6837, passed 3-16-1976; Ord. 7472, passed 3-17-1981)