The Henderson City Council met Monday night for its regular monthly meeting to conduct routine city business but then went into closed session to discuss a personnel matter.
Mayor Melissa Elliott said she would entertain a motion to go into closed session.
The Council did vote to adjourn into closed session, which had not been included on the agenda that was sent to the press and posted on the city’s webpage.
Upon returning to open session, it was learned that Mayor pro tem Garry Daeke and Councilperson Geraldine Champion will work together to be the liaisons for separate, independent, third-party investigations that will be taking place into two matters: one involving employee surveys pertaining to the mayor and a second that involves accusations made against the manager.
The Council voted unanimously to make Daeke the liaison between the council and the two independent, third-party investigating entities that will look into the matters.
Champion requested that all information that is learned during the investigation be shared with the entire council, to which Daeke replied that would certainly be the case.
The procedure of discussion and voting got a bit complicated when Elliott suggested that Champion join Daeke as a liaison, but that suggestion did turn into what happened.
It’s unclear whether there was an addendum to the original motion or whether a secondary motion was made to include Champion as a liaison. Nevertheless, the vote was 6-2, with Council members Lamont Noel and Sam Seifert voting against the motion.
No further details were discussed about who will conduct the investigations, when they will commence, how long they should take or when results will be available.
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