Council removes item H from consent agenda, moves to consider executive session on property negotiations

An unidentified council member moved to remove item H from the consent agenda during the Anderson City Council meeting; the motion was seconded and passed on roll call.

The clerk called the roll after the motion. The transcript records affirmative responses from Councilman Stanley, Councilman Carlson, Councilman Harrington, Councilman Moss and Mayor Smith Ross; following those responses a presiding official stated, "That amendment has passed."

Later in the meeting the presiding official moved to adjourn into an executive session to discuss offers the governmental body is willing to make or accept in the purchase, sale, exchange or lease or market value of property and to consider preliminary negotiations involving matters of trade or commerce in which the city is in competition with private entities. The mover stated for the record that public discussion would have "a detrimental effect upon the city's competitive position" if disclosed outside the executive session.

A second was requested for the executive-session motion; the transcript ends while the presiding official asked for a second and does not record the result of that motion.

The meeting record includes an earlier request to waive the reading and approve minutes for prior meetings; the transcript includes a request for the motion and a second, but the specific mover and recorded vote for that minutes motion are not identified in the excerpt provided.