Committee enters closed session to review Department of Corrections budget evaluation

A committee meeting moved into an executive session to discuss a review of the Department of Corrections budget evaluation and related findings and recommendations. The motion to close the meeting was made and seconded, and members indicated assent by voice vote before adjourning to the closed session.

Legal counsel advised that the discussion involved details in work papers that fall under a closed-session statutory provision, citing “Section 24-6-402” (as stated on the record) as the legal basis for a nonpublic meeting on the matter. Following that advice, a member moved that the committee enter an executive session to discuss the work papers; the motion was seconded and the meeting recessed to the closed session.

The committee’s remarks on the record did not identify specific findings, dollar amounts, or personnel details; those items were referred to the executive session and were not discussed publicly. After the closed session the chair indicated the committee would rejoin the joint budget meeting, but no substantive details from the closed meeting were disclosed on the public record.

Because the transcript records only the motion and procedural steps, it does not specify a vote tally beyond members saying they were in favor, and it does not record any final action taken in public. The authority cited on the record — Section 24-6-402 — was the only legal citation mentioned when justifying the closed meeting.

Notes: The transcript is garbled in places and includes partial or unclear speaker names. This article reports only what was audible and on the public record: a legally justified motion to enter executive session to discuss the Department of Corrections budget review and related work papers.