Commissioners call emergency executive session |
| September 24, 2013 |
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In accordance with Idaho Code 67-2343, the Board
of Boundary County Commissioners will meet to
hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday,
September 25, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will take place in the Commissioners’ Chambers in the Courthouse for the purpose of going into executive session under Idaho Code 67-2345, subsection 1(a) to consider hiring a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent, and (f) to communicate with legal counsel for the public agency to discuss the legal ramifications of and legal options for pending litigation, or controversies not yet being litigated but imminently likely to be litigated regarding Boundary Volunteer Ambulance. There is no information available to define what constitutes an emergency, which allows short notice to the public, or what is to be discussed in executive session except in a broad sense; Idaho Code 67-2345 is purposely vague so as to allow a governing body to consider and discuss sensitive and narrowly defined issues outside the public eye. In any case, neither an emergency nor executive session is typically called lightly. There can be no official action taken during executive session; a motion may be agreed upon, but no vote can be made until the governing body reconvenes in public. Under an emergency declaration, however, that public meeting may be called immediately after the executive session, if deemed necessary. |