The presiding officer or a majority of the members of a public body may call an executive session, limited to members of the public body and such other persons as it may designate, at a regular or special meeting of the public body for the purpose of consideration of any of the following matters:
(a) 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, unless the public employee, official, licensee or regulated individual requests a public hearing. Except as otherwise provided by law, no executive session shall be for the discipline of an elected official for conducted related to the performance of his or her official duties or for his or her removal from office.
(b) The purchase of property for public purposes, or 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 and/or 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.
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 City 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 City concerning disputes involving the City 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;
(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) Any matter which would tend to defame or prejudice the character or reputation of any person, provided that the general subject matter for consideration is expressed in the motion calling for such session and that final action thereon is not taken by the public body except as an agenda item at a public meeting.
(Ord. 76-02. Passed 2-10-76. )