Title
Closed Session Request - Security Measures
Body
Agenda of: September 11, 2019
Item No.: 2019-326
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Randal M. Brown, General Counsel
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: September 8, 2019
RE: Closed Session Request - Security Measures
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Randal M. Brown, General Counsel, The Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) agrees to meet in closed session, pursuant to Section 8, (h) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act which permits a Public Body to meet in Closed Session "to consider material exempt from discussion or disclosure by state or federal statute." Under Section 13 of Michigan's Freedom of Information Act, GLWA's Security Measures are exempt pursuant to the following subsections:
(1)(b) Investigating records compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that disclosure as a public record would do any of the following:
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(v) Disclose law enforcement investigative techniques or procedures.
And:
(1)(n) Records of law enforcement communication codes, or plans for deployment of law enforcement personnel, that if disclosed would prejudice a public body's ability to protect the public safety unless the public interest in disclosure under this act outweighs the public interest in nondisclosure in the particular instance.
And:
(1)(u) Records of a public body's security measures, including security plans, security codes and combinations, passwords, passes, keys, and security procedures, to the extent that the records relate to the ongoing security of the public body.
And:
(1)(y) Records or information of measures designed to protect the security or safety of persons or property, or the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information systems, whether public or private, including, but not limited to, building, public works, and public water supply desi...
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