Sec. 3-34 Executive Sessions. 22

   a.   Executive sessions may be held only in the following instances: 1) where authorized by federal or state statute; 2) for discussion of strategy with respect to: collective bargaining, initiation of litigation or litigation which is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing, the implementation of security systems, or the purchase or lease of real property up to the time a contract or option to purchase or lease is executed by the parties; however, all such strategy discussions must be necessary for competitive or bargaining reasons; 3) interviews with industrial or commercial prospects or their agents; 4) interviews with prospective employees; 5) with respect to any individual over whom the governing body has jurisdiction; to receive information concerning the individual's alleged misconduct, and to discuss, prior to any determination, that individual's status as an employee, student, or independent contractor, 6) for discussion of records classified as confidential by state or federal statute; and 7) to discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees.

   b.   A final action must be taken at a meeting open to the public.

   c.   Public notice of executive sessions must state their purpose or subject matter. The requirements stated in Sec. 3-32 of this chapter for memoranda and minutes being made available to the public is modified as to executive sessions in that they need identify only the subject considered.

   d.   A governing body may not conduct an executive session during a meeting, except as otherwise permitted by applicable statute or ordinance. A meeting may not be recessed and reconvened with the intent of circumventing this subsection.

(Ord. No. 885, § 5, 3-10-82)

 

Notes

22	22   I.C., § 5-14-1.5-6.1, addresses executive sessions.