B-320 Executive Sessions
Authority | District Board |
Effective Date | January 16, 1974 |
Revision Date | January 20, 2021 |
Reviewed Date | September 17, 2008 |
Related Policies | |
Related Forms, Policies, Procedures, Statute | Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 |
Executive/closed sessions of the District Board shall only be held as permitted by Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 Exemptions. Matters discussed in closed session may include:
Deliberating concerning a case subject to judicial or quasi-judicial trial or hearing.
Considering dismissal, demotion, licensing, or discipline of any college Employee.
Considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any college Employee.
Considering strategy for crime prevention.
Deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of college property, investing college funds, or conducting other specified college business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session.
Considering financial; medical; social; personal histories; or disciplinary data of specific persons.
Conferring with legal counsel for the College.
Consideration of requests for confidential written advice.
Considering all matters related to acts by the College which, if discussed in public, could adversely affect the College, its Employees, or former employees.
If any person requests an opportunity to present complaints to the District Board about a specific Employee, such complaints shall first be forwarded to the President/District Director. Notice shall be given to the Employee against whom the charges or complaints are directed. If the complaint is not resolved at the administrative level, the matter shall be scheduled for the District Board's executive/closed session.
No adjournment of a public meeting into an executive/closed session shall be made without publicly citing the applicable State Statutes and announcing the general nature of the business to be considered at such closed sessions. No other business shall be taken up at such executive/closed session.
No formal action of any kind shall be introduced, deliberated upon, or adopted at any reconvened open session within 12 hours after completion of an executive/closed session unless public notice of such subsequent open session was given at the same time and in the same manner as the public notice of the meeting convened before the executive/closed session.