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Author    Post   Ryan Eashoo F L I N T O I D What happened at the special meeting? Lots of heavy hitters invited... What's was the purpose and outcome? _________________ Flint Michigan Resident, Tax Payer, Flint Nutt - Local REALTOR - Activist. www.FlintTown.com Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:40 pm  Dave Starr F L I N T O I D They were getting their final four bets down. Other than that, probably nothing of any substance. Cynical, yes. Faith in anyone at city hall - no. _________________ I used to care, but I take a pill for that now. Pushing buttons sure can be fun. When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way. Paddle faster, I hear banjos. Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:33 am  untanglingwebs El Supremo They wanted to show they could have secret meetings and pretend to doing something constructive. i would have preferred a hearing or a panel discussion with public input. Flint has too much secrecy now. Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:38 am  Ryan Eashoo F L I N T O I D Doesn't City Council or any part of city goverment have to have a reason to go into Executive Session? _________________ Flint Michigan Resident, Tax Payer, Flint Nutt - Local REALTOR - Activist. www.FlintTown.com Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:01 am  andi03 F L I N T O I D quote: Ryan Eashoo schreef: Doesn't City Council or any part of city goverment have to have a reason to go into Executive Session? I am under the impression that the main reasons to go into an executive session is if it has to do with lawsuits, personnel issues, and possibly contract negotiations. Not sure about the last one..could be wrong. But lawsuits and personnel issues are primary reasons. Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:43 pm  untanglingwebs El Supremo quote: Ryan Eashoo schreef: Doesn't City Council or any part of city goverment have to have a reason to go into Executive Session? Ryan this was not an executive session and the rules on executive sessions are very clear and can only happen in very specific circumstances. INVITING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, STATE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, SHERIFF PICKELL AND OTHERS TO A MEETING WITH 3 COUNCIL IS NOT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION! Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:35 pm  untanglingwebs El Supremo 15.268 Closed sessions; permissible purposes. Sec. 8. A public body may meet in a closed session only for the following purposes: (a) To consider the dismissal, suspension, or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, or to consider a periodic personnel evaluation of, a public officer, employee, staff member, or individual agent, if the named person requests a closed hearing. A person requesting a closed hearing may rescind the request at any time, in which case the matter at issue shall be considered after the rescission only in open sessions. (b) To consider the dismissal, suspension, or disciplining of a student if the public body is part of the school district, intermediate school district, or institution of higher education that the student is attending, and if the student or the student's parent or guardian requests a closed hearing. (c) For strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement if either negotiating party requests a closed hearing. (d) To consider the purchase or lease of real property up to the time an option to purchase or lease that real property is obtained. (e) To consult with its attorney regarding trial or settlement strategy in connection with specific pending litigation, but only if an open meeting would have a detrimental financial effect on the litigating or settlement position of the public body. (f) To review and consider the contents of an application for employment or appointment to a public office if the candidate requests that the application remain confidential. However, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, all interviews by a public body for employment or appointment to a public office shall be held in an open meeting pursuant to this act. This subdivision does not apply to a public office described in subdivision (j). (g) Partisan caucuses of members of the state legislature. (h) To consider material exempt from discussion or disclosure by state or federal statute. (i) For a compliance conference conducted by the department of commerce under section 16231 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.16231 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, before a complaint is issued. (j) In the process of searching for and selecting a president of an institution of higher education established under section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963, to review the specific contents of an application, to conduct an interview with a candidate, or to discuss the specific qualifications of a candidate if the particular process of searching for and selecting a president of an institution of higher education meets all of the following requirements: (i) The search committee in the process, appointed by the governing board, consists of at least 1 student of the institution, 1 faculty member of the institution, 1 administrator of the institution, 1 alumnus of the institution, and 1 representative of the general public. The search committee also may include 1 or more members of the governing board of the institution, but the number shall not constitute a quorum of the governing board. However, the search committee shall not be constituted in such a way that any 1 of the groups described in this subparagraph constitutes a majority of the search committee. (ii) After the search committee recommends the 5 final candidates, the governing board does not take a vote on a final selection for the president until at least 30 days after the 5 final candidates have been publicly identified by the search committee. (iii) The deliberations and vote of the governing board of the institution on selecting the president take place in an open session of the governing board. History: 1976, Act 267, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;--Am. 1984, Act 202, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984 ;--Am. 1993, Act 81, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994 ;--Am. 1996, Act 464, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996 . © 2004 Legislative Council, State of Michigan Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:53 pm  DELETED Guest DELETED Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:06 pm  untanglingwebs El Supremo According to the act, attempts to circumvent the act also violate the act. 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