Section 18.364. Closed session of board; request; documents exempt from disclosure.

(1) A claimant who wishes to have matters of intimate personal privacy considered in a closed session of the board shall request a closed session, in writing, not less than 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the meeting of the board where the claim shall be considered.   The  10-day requirement may be waived at the discretion of the board for  good  cause.

(2)   All documents referred to by the board during the course of a closed session shall be considered part of the minutes of the closed session and are exempt from disclosure as provided by Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being S15.231 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled  Laws.

(3)   When the board, in the course of its deliberations, is required  to utilize or refer to documents which are exempt from disclosure by law or these rules, the chair shall announce in the preceding open portion of the meeting that the consideration of material which is exempt from discussion or disclosure by law or by these rules is required. The board shall then take a roll call vote on the question of closing the session. Upon the recording of a 2/3 vote of the board to close the session, the board shall go into closed session to discuss and consider the material.

History: 1983 AACS.