§ 16-4-405 — Executive sessions

Wyoming § 16-4-405

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 16: City, County, State and Local Powers
• Ch. 4: UNIFORM MUNICIPAL FISCAL PROCEDURES; PUBLIC
• Art. 4: PUBLIC MEETINGS

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(a) A governing body of an agency may hold executive
sessions not open to the public:
(i) With the attorney general, county attorney,
district attorney, city attorney, sheriff, chief of police or
their respective deputies, or other officers of the law, on
matters posing a threat to the security of public or private
property, or a threat to the public's right of access;
(ii) To consider the appointment, employment, right
to practice or dismissal of a public officer, professional
person or employee, or to hear complaints or charges brought
against an employee, professional person or officer, unless the
employee, professional person or officer requests a public
hearing. The governing body may exclude from any public or
private hearing during the examination of a witness, any or all
other witnesses in the matter being investigated. Following the
hearing or executive session, the governing body may deliberate
on its decision in executive sessions;
(iii) On matters concerning litigation to which the
governing body is a party or proposed litigation to which the
governing body may be a party;
(iv) On matters of national security;
(v) When the agency is a licensing agency while
preparing, administering or grading examinations;
(vi) When considering and acting upon the
determination of the term, parole or release of an individual
from a correctional or penal institution;
(vii) To consider the selection of a site or the
purchase of real estate when the publicity regarding the
consideration would cause a likelihood of an increase in price;
(viii) To consider acceptance of gifts, donations and
bequests which the donor has requested in writing be kept
confidential;
(ix) To consider or receive any information
classified as confidential by law;
(x) To consider accepting or tendering offers
concerning wages, salaries, benefits and terms of employment
during all negotiations including meetings of the state loan and
investment board to receive education regarding and to interview
investment managers;
(xi) To consider suspensions, expulsions or other
disciplinary action in connection with any student as provided
by law;
(xii) To consider, discuss and conduct safety and
security planning that, if disclosed, would pose a threat to the
safety of life or property;
(xiii) To consider an individual student's
eligibility to participate in an interscholastic activity,
including the school activity eligibility commission's
determinative vote on the student's eligibility, pursuant to
W.S. 21-25-204, if the commission is in effect pursuant to W.S.