Ivins City Council adjourns to closed session to discuss city manager semi‑finalists
August 07, 2025 | Ivins, Washington County, Utah
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The Ivins City Council on Aug. 7, 2025, voted to adjourn a public work meeting and convene a closed session to discuss the character and professional competence of semi‑finalist applicants for the city manager position under Utah Code §52‑4‑205(1)(a).
Mayor said at the start of the meeting, "Good afternoon. I officially opened this work meeting of the Ivins City Council held this Thursday evening, 08/07/2025." A council member later disclosed privately contacting an acquaintance in Gilbert about one of the applicants and said, "I asked my friend that lives in Gilbert about 1 of the people, so I don't know if that matters." Another council member moved to adjourn the public meeting "to enter into a closed meeting," saying, "I move that we adjourn the meeting, to enter into a closed meeting." The motion was moved and seconded.
Nut graf: The council used a statutory closed‑session exception that permits discussion of an individual's character or professional competence. The action removed that portion of the hiring process from the public record; the number of semi‑finalist applicants and details about them were not disclosed during the public meeting.
During a roll call requested and conducted at the meeting, Council members Anderson, Gillespie, Barton, Smith and Scott each voiced "aye," and the mayor declared the meeting adjourned to the council's conference room for the closed session. The transcript records the council stating the reason for the closed session as discussion of "character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of a semi finalist applicant applicants who have applied for the city manager position," but it does not name applicants or state how many semi‑finalists were under consideration.
The council referenced the Utah open meetings statute as the legal basis for the closed meeting; the applicable provision permits closed sessions to discuss the character or professional competence of an individual. Council members also noted that a roll call vote was required for the motion to enter a closed meeting and conducted that roll call on the record before adjourning.
The meeting record ends with the mayor stating, "Alright, now it's official. We adjourn this meeting. We'll move into our conference room." The council did not return to the public meeting in the transcript provided, and no public action or finalist names were announced before the adjournment.
Ending: The public record for this session is limited to the council's motion and vote to move into a closed meeting; further action or decisions about the city manager search were not included in the transcript provided.
Mayor said at the start of the meeting, "Good afternoon. I officially opened this work meeting of the Ivins City Council held this Thursday evening, 08/07/2025." A council member later disclosed privately contacting an acquaintance in Gilbert about one of the applicants and said, "I asked my friend that lives in Gilbert about 1 of the people, so I don't know if that matters." Another council member moved to adjourn the public meeting "to enter into a closed meeting," saying, "I move that we adjourn the meeting, to enter into a closed meeting." The motion was moved and seconded.
Nut graf: The council used a statutory closed‑session exception that permits discussion of an individual's character or professional competence. The action removed that portion of the hiring process from the public record; the number of semi‑finalist applicants and details about them were not disclosed during the public meeting.
During a roll call requested and conducted at the meeting, Council members Anderson, Gillespie, Barton, Smith and Scott each voiced "aye," and the mayor declared the meeting adjourned to the council's conference room for the closed session. The transcript records the council stating the reason for the closed session as discussion of "character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of a semi finalist applicant applicants who have applied for the city manager position," but it does not name applicants or state how many semi‑finalists were under consideration.
The council referenced the Utah open meetings statute as the legal basis for the closed meeting; the applicable provision permits closed sessions to discuss the character or professional competence of an individual. Council members also noted that a roll call vote was required for the motion to enter a closed meeting and conducted that roll call on the record before adjourning.
The meeting record ends with the mayor stating, "Alright, now it's official. We adjourn this meeting. We'll move into our conference room." The council did not return to the public meeting in the transcript provided, and no public action or finalist names were announced before the adjournment.
Ending: The public record for this session is limited to the council's motion and vote to move into a closed meeting; further action or decisions about the city manager search were not included in the transcript provided.
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