activity that relates to the Board’s responsibilities and does not exist within the geographic boundaries of the district. Utah Code § 53G-4-202(1)(a), (b), (3) (2018) Location of workshops or executive sessions Where the Board holds a workshop or executive session on the same day as a regularly scheduled Board meeting, the workshop or executive session must be held at the same location as the regularly scheduled meeting, unless: 1. The regularly scheduled meeting is not being held where those meetings are usually held, and the workshop or executive session is held in the usual meeting location; or 2. Any of the meetings being held on the same day is a site visit or traveling tour for which appropriate public notice has been given; or 3. The workshop or executive session is an electronic meeting and the requirements for holding such a meeting have been satisfied; or 4. Because of emergency or extraordinary circumstances, it is not practicable to hold the workshop or executive session at the regular location where Board meetings are held. Utah Code § 52-4-201(2) (2006).
1.0110.05 BOARD MEETINGS: CLOSED MEETINGS Issue Date: 11/13/14 Updated: 3/26/18 BEC Closed Meetings
A closed meeting may be held upon a two-thirds affirmative vote of the board members present at a meeting for which public notice was given pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 52-4-202, providing a quorum is present. No resolution, rule, regulation, contract or appointment shall be approved at a closed meeting, nor may the Board interview an applicant to fill an elected position at such a meeting. The recording and minutes of open meeting at which the vote is taken to hold a closed meeting shall contain the reason or reasons for holding a closed meeting and the votes, by name, of the members present, either for or against the proposition to hold such a meeting. Utah Code Ann. § 52-4-204 (2013) Purposes of Closed Meetings Closed meetings may only be held for the following purposes: 1. Discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual; a. However, the Board may not interview a person applying to fill an elected position, midterm vacancy or temporary absence in a closed meeting regardless of whether the interview may include a discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of the applicant. 2. Strategy sessions with respect to collective bargaining or pending or imminent litigation; or
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