<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div> <div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>. . . <b><i><u>Executive Sessions</u></i></b></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the July 6, 2015 Moscow City Council Agenda:</div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold';"><br></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold';">"Adjourn </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold';">– </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman,Bold';">Motion to Take a 5 Minute Recess and Reconvene in Executive Session Per Idaho Code
74-206(1)(C)(F). The meeting will not reconvene."</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of Title 74 (Transparent and Ethical Government), Chapter 2 (Open Meetings Law), Paragraph 74-206, Idaho Statutes at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title74/T74CH2SECT74-206.htm">http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title74/T74CH2SECT74-206.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>(Sub paragraphs, applicable to the above particular session, are <b>highlighted</b>)</div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: start;"><span class="f11s" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"TITLE 74 </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span class="f11s" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL GOVERNMENT</span></div><div style="text-align: start; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="f11s" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CHAPTER 2 </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span class="f11s" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">OPEN MEETINGS LAW</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span class="f11s" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">74-206. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS -- WHEN AUTHORIZED.[EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2020] (1) An executive session at which members of the public are excluded may be held, but only for the purposes and only in the manner set forth in this section. The motion to go into executive session shall identify the specific subsections of this section that authorize the executive session. There shall be a roll call vote on the motion and the vote shall be recorded in the minutes. An executive session shall be authorized by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the governing body. An executive session may be held:</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(a) To consider hiring a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent, wherein the respective qualities of individuals are to be evaluated in order to fill a particular vacancy or need. This paragraph does not apply to filling a vacancy in an elective office or deliberations about staffing needs in general;</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(b) To consider the evaluation, dismissal or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent, or public school student;</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>(c) To acquire an interest in real property which is not owned by a public agency</b>;</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(d) To consider records that are exempt from disclosure as provided in </span><a href="http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title74/T74CH1.htm" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">chapter 1, title 74</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, Idaho Code;</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(e) To consider preliminary negotiations involving matters of trade or commerce in which the governing body is in competition with governing bodies in other states or nations;</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>(f) To communicate with legal counsel for the public agency to discuss the legal ramifications of and legal options for pending litigation, or controversies not yet being litigated but imminently likely to be litigated. The mere presence of legal counsel at an executive session does not satisfy this requirement;</b></span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(g) By the commission of pardons and parole, as provided by law;</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(h) By the custody review board of the Idaho department of juvenile corrections, as provided by law; </span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(i) To engage in communications with a representative of the public agency's risk manager or insurance provider to discuss the adjustment of a pending claim or prevention of a claim imminently likely to be filed. The mere presence of a representative of the public agency's risk manager or insurance provider at an executive session does not satisfy this requirement; or</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(j) To consider labor contract matters authorized under section 67-2345A [</span><a href="http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title74/T74CH2SECT74-206A.htm" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">74-206A</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">](1)(a) and (b), Idaho Code.</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(2) The exceptions to the general policy in favor of open meetings stated in this section shall be narrowly construed. It shall be a violation of this act to change the subject within the executive session to one not identified within the motion to enter the executive session or to any topic for which an executive session is not provided.</span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; padding-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(3) No executive session may be held for the purpose of taking any final action or making any final decision."</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>I'll keep this statute readily available. Somethin' tells me I'll be usin' it more and more . . . as time goes by.<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>