Trumbull County commissioners enter executive session to prepare for collective bargaining

The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners voted to enter executive session to prepare for and review collective bargaining negotiations under Ohio Revised Code section 121.22(G)(4). An unidentified commissioner moved for the executive session, a motion was seconded and a roll-call vote recorded as affirmative by the commissioners present.

The chairman noted that the executive-session exception permits private discussion of compensation and employment terms but that all formal actions, voting and final decisions must take place in an open public meeting. After the closed session the board reconvened, asked for further business and then adjourned; the transcript records no formal public action or vote taken during the executive session.

The motion cited the statutory authority for a closed meeting to prepare for collective bargaining, and the clerk reiterated that formal decisions must be made in public as required by state law. No additional details about the subject matter being negotiated or any tentative agreements were offered in the public excerpts of the meeting.