(Mayor Ivan Court – file photo)
Common council is taking another step in a bid to deal with the ongoing civic pension plan funding woes — but — this one may end up behind closed doors.
Council has approved a motion by councilor Carl Killen to meet with all parties involved in the pension issue with the aid of a mediator to discuss how to share in the fund’s projected shortfall — a meeting Mayor Ivan Court thinks should be in a closed session so the kind of frank discussion needed will flow around the table.
That sentiment is shared by a majority of councilors — but — the Common Clerk suggested the meeting begin in open session and could move into a closed session shortly after.
No date has been set — acting city manager Pat Woods has been tasked with finding an independent third party to chair the meeting.
