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Item No. 32
MEMO

 
To:
Mayor & City Council
 
From:
Victoria Feilmeyer, Interim City Attorney
 
Date:
October 27, 2026
 
Subject:
Closed Session
 

I hereby advise Council that the Council has the authority to go into closed session under section 20.17(3) of the Iowa Code, which states that "negotiation sessions [and] strategy meetings of public employers" are exempt from Open Meetings Law, Chapter 21 of the Iowa Code.