Commission directs executive director to proceed with reduction in force after closed session

The commission voted to direct Executive Director Kyla Guyatt to move forward with a reduction in force following an executive session on agenda item number 8.

The Chair moved "to direct Kyla Guyatt to move forward with the reduction force as discussed in executive session," and the motion was seconded. After a roll call the motion passed.

A staff member reported to the body upon return to open session that the board had discussed only agenda item number 8 and that no votes were taken during the executive session itself.

The post-session motion authorized the executive director to proceed with personnel actions as discussed in private. The commission recorded the motion’s passage in open session; members announced their votes and the Chair declared the motion passed.

The commission did not provide further detail in open session about the scope, timing, or staffing impacts of the reduction in force. The executive director and staff will carry out the direction given in the motion.