Any provision of this Charter or general State law notwithstanding, the meetings of every public body of the City of North Olmsted shall be open to the public at all times, unless a majority of the public body determines that it is necessary to hold an executive session, closed to the public, solely for the purpose of considering any of the following matters:
(a) To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaint 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 public bodies shall hold an executive session for the discipline of an elected official for conduct related to the performance of his/her official duties or for his/her removal from office. If a public body holds an executive session pursuant to this section, the motion and vote to hold that executive session shall state which one or more of the approved purposes listed herein are the purposes for which the executive session is to be held, but need not include the name of any person to be considered at the meeting;
(b) 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 of a public body 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 of a public body 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 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 which 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.
If a public body holds an executive session to consider any of the matters listed in Paragraphs (b) through (f) of this section, the motion and vote to hold an executive session shall state which one or more of the approved matters listed in those divisions are to be considered at the executive session. (Amended 5-8-90; 11-3-20)