Meeting moves into closed session after motion; reason not specified in transcript

Meeting participants voted to enter a closed session after a motion and second; the transcript records the motion and a voice vote but does not record a statutory reason or subject matter for the closed session. "So time to go into closed session. I have a motion to go into closed session," the chair (name not specified) said. A board member (name not specified) moved; a second was recorded and the motion carried on a voice vote.

Why it matters: closed sessions remove discussion from the public record and are used only for statutorily permitted topics. The transcript does not include the statutory basis or topic for the closed session, so no information about its subject is available in the public portion of the record.

Details: when the need to state the reason was raised, a presiding officer said, "We have to say it. Wait. I have to use the words. I'll use to go to closed session for the reasons to have you." The transcript ends after the motion and voice vote. No further content or votes from the closed session are recorded in the provided transcript.

Discussion versus decision: the recorded decision was to enter closed session; no substantive discussion about the closed-session subject is in the transcript.