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3. Dismissal; considering dismissal of public employees.
Meetings can be closed if they "consider the . . . dismissal . . . of an officer or employee" where such consideration involves matters of privacy, unless the officer or employee requests an open meeting. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92-5(a)(2).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-1410(1)(d) allows public body to meet in closed session for "[e]valuation of the job performance of a person when necessary to prevent needless injury to the reputation of a person and if such person has not requested a public meeting."
An executive session may be held to consider the dismissal of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member, or individual agent, or public school student. Idaho Code § 67-2345(1)(b).
May be closed, but vote to dismiss employee must occur in an open meeting. McKay v. Board of Supervisors, 102 Nev. 644, 730 P.2d 438 (1986). See N.R.S. 241.030(2) supra.