Notice of Executive Session
Name of governing body Town of Eaton 
Date of meeting March 26,2024 Time of meeting 4:30pm 
Place of meeting Eaton Community Center Address 600 E. Harris Street Eaton, IN 47338
The governing body named above will conduct an executive session pursuant to Indiana's Open Meetings Law. IC 5-14-1.5-6 (b) for the following reason(s):
(I) Meeting is authorized by federal or state statute (other than IC 5-14-1.5-6).
(2) For discussion of strategy with respect to any of the following:
(A) Collective bargaining.
(B) Initiation of litigation or litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing. As used in this clause, "litigation" includes any judicial action or administrative law proceeding under federal or state law.
(C) The implementation of security systems.
(D) The purchase or lease of real property by the governing body up to the time a contract or option to purchase or lease is executed by the parties. (By law, -all such strategy discussions must be necessary for competitive or bargaining reasons and must not include competitive or bargaining adversaries.-)
(3) Interview(s) and negotiations with industrial or commercial prospects or their by the department of commerce, the Indiana development finance authority, the film commission, the corporation for science and technology, or economic development commissions.
(4) To receive information about and interview prospective employees.
(5) With respect to any individual over whom the governing body has jurisdiction:
	(A)to receive information concerning the individual's alleged misconduct; and
	(B)to discuss, before a determination, the individual's status as an employee,  a student, or an independent contractor who is a physician.
(6) For discussion of records classified as confidential by state or federal statute.
(7) To discuss before a placement decision an individual student's abilities, past performance, behavior, and needs.
(8) To discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees. This subdivision does not apply to a discussion of the salary, compensation, or benefits of employees during a budget process.
(9) To consider the appointment of a public official, to do the following:
(A) Develop a list of prospective appointees.
(B) Consider applications.
(C) Make one (1) initial exclusion of prospective appointees from further consideration.
(10) To train school board members with an outside consultant about the performance of the role of the members as public officials.
(11) To prepare or score examinations used in issuing licenses, certificates, permits, or registrations under IC 25.
(12) To discuss information and intelligence intended to prevent, mitigate, or respond to the threat of terrorism. 
(a) A final action must be taken at a meeting open to the public.

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