(a) Executive Session. The members of a public body may hold an executive session at a regular, special, or emergency meeting of the public body for the purposes set forth in ORC 121.22(G). Other, intertwined issues may be discussed in executive session, but only if those issues have a direct bearing on the topic that is a permissible subject of executive session discussion.
(b) Method.
(1) Motion: A motion for executive session must state which one or more of the approved matters listed in ORC 121.22(G) are to be considered in the executive session.
(2) Roll Call Vote: Members of the public body may adjourn into executive session only after a majority of a quorum of the public body approves the motion by roll call vote, and the vote must be recorded in the minutes of the public body.
(3) Persons Present: The public shall be excluded from a properly called executive session; however, the public body may invite anyone it chooses to attend the executive session.
(4) Exiting: The Chair of the public body may call the return to open session. A motion to end the executive session is not necessary.
(5) Minutes: The minutes need only reflect the motion and roll call vote, as the motion will indicate the general subject matter of purpose of the executive session.
(c) Effect. A resolution, rule or any other formal action of any kind is invalid unless adopted in an open meeting of the public body. A resolution, rule or formal action adopted in an open meeting that results from deliberation in a meeting not open to the public is invalid unless the deliberations were for a purpose specifically authorized under ORC 121.22(G) and conducted at an executive session held in compliance with this section.
Statutory Reference: ORC 121.22
(Ord. 2021-23. Adopted 12/29/21)