McAlester council recesses into executive session to discuss Project 46 under Oklahoma statute

The McAlester City Council recessed into executive session to discuss economic development matters tied to "Project 46," citing state law as the justification. The presiding officer said the council would move into closed session "with compliance with title 25 3 0 7 pursuant to Oklahoma statutes. OS 13 c 11" to consider the project and possible open-session action.

Councilor Stowell moved the motion to recess into executive session and a second was recorded (identified in the record as Councilor Wozzeck/Wozniak). The clerk conducted a roll-call vote; Councilor Stone, Councilor Wozniak, Councilor Woodley, Councilor Bayh and the Mayor all answered "Yes," and the presiding officer announced, "And we are now in executive session." The record later states that no votes or polls were taken during the executive session.

The council’s public record of the closed meeting notes only that the listed items were discussed and that no formal votes occurred in the executive session. The council later returned to open session and resumed public business.