Title
Executive Session, pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2.3, for the purpose of consulting with legal counsel or reviewing communications from legal counsel about proposed or pending litigation or contractual matters, and SDCL 1-25-2.4, for the purpose of preparing for contract negotiations or negotiating with employees or employee representatives;
Body
SDCL 1-25-2. Executive or closed meetings--Purposes--Authorization--Violation as misdemeanor. Executive or closed meetings may be held for the sole purposes of:
1) Discussing the qualifications, competence, performance, character or fitness of any public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee. The term, employee, does not include any independent contractor;
2) Discussing the expulsion, suspension, discipline, assignment of or the educational program of a student or the eligibility of a student to participate in interscholastic activities provided by the South Dakota High School Activities Association;
3) Consulting with legal counsel or reviewing communications from legal counsel about proposed or pending litigation or contractual matters;
4) Preparing for contract negotiations or negotiating with employees or employee representatives;
5) Discussing marketing or pricing strategies by a board or commission of a business owned by the state or any of its political subdivisions, when public discussion may be harmful to the competitive position of the business; or
6) Discussing information pertaining to the protection of public or private property and any person on or within public or private property specific to:
a. Any vulnerability assessment or response plan intended to prevent or mitigate criminal acts;
b. Emergency management or response;
c. Public safety information that would create a substantial likelihood of endangering public safety or property, if disclosed;
d. Cyber security plans, computer, communications network schema, passwords, or user identification names;
e. Guard schedules;
f. Loc...
Click here for full text