(a) Al1 meetings of all bodies of this Municipality are hereby declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times.
(Ord. 1100. Passed 2-28-77.)
(b) The members of a Municipal body may hold an executive session only after a majority of a quorum of the Municipal body determines, by roll call vote, to hold such a session and only at a regular or special meeting for the sole purpose of the consideration of any of the following matters, which matter or matters shall be stated in the motion:
(1) 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, unless the public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual requests a public hearing. Except as otherwise provided by law, no Municipal body shall hold an executive session for the discipline of an elected official for conduct related to the performance of his official duties or for his removal from office. If a Municipal 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 in this section 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.
(2) 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 Municipal 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 Municipal 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 Municipal body show that all meetings and deliberations of the Municipal body have been conducted in compliance with this section, any instrument executed by the Municipal 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.
(3) Conferences with an attorney for the Municipal body concerning disputes involving the Municipal body that are the subject of pending or imminent court action.
(4) Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing 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) Any other matter appropriate for discussion in executive session under the law.
(c) The minutes of an executive session held under this section need only reflect the general subject matter of discussions.
(Ord. 94-015. Passed 5-9-94.)