Personnel committee votes to enter closed session to discuss hiring and personnel matters

The Board of Aldermen’s Personnel Administration Committee of St. Louis City voted 3-0 on April 23 to close portions of its meeting so members could discuss personnel matters related to hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting employees.

The chair told the committee, “On today's agenda, we have, 1 item that, will be addressed in closed session,” and moved that the meeting be closed "underneath provisions of section 6 1 0 dot 0 2 1 3" to permit confidential discussion of personnel actions. Another member seconded the motion and the clerk called the roll; the motion carried with three aye votes as recorded by the clerk.

Before the closed session, the committee approved minutes from its April 17 meeting after a motion and second; the clerk recorded aye votes that sustained adoption of those minutes. After the closed session, the chair announced, "We're back in session," and stated there were no further items on the public agenda for the day.

The chair asked that the alderwoman from the tenth be excused for a necessary absence; the committee noted the excusal. A motion to adjourn followed, received a second, and the chair declared the meeting adjourned.

The meeting included routine procedural steps—roll call, approval of minutes and a motion to move into closed session under the statutory provision cited in the meeting (spoken as "section 6 1 0 dot 0 2 1 3"). The committee did not announce any public votes or outcomes resulting from the closed session during the open portion of the meeting.