Committee member moves to enter executive session citing South Dakota law

A committee member moved that the meeting enter an executive session, citing South Dakota Codified Laws §1-25-1 and §1-25-2 as the legal basis for a closed session.

The motion was introduced when the speaker said, "I have a motion," and proposed moving into executive session under the cited statutes. Another participant said "Second," but the transcript does not identify who seconded the motion. The record then indicates the meeting proceeded immediately toward a closed session.

Why it matters: South Dakota Codified Laws §1-25-1 and §1-25-2 authorize certain meetings or portions of meetings to be closed to the public for specified subjects. The transcript shows the meeting used those statutory sections as the asserted legal basis for closing the session; the specific subject to be discussed in executive session is not stated in the transcript.

The transcript ends as participants prepared to enter executive session; no roll-call vote or formal tally of votes is recorded in the available text. If further action or a vote was taken in the closed session, that is not reflected in the provided transcript.