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Executive Meeting Purposes (HRS Section 92-5) 1. Professional or vocational license applicants 2. Personnel matters 3. Authority of labor negotiator or negotiator to acquire public property 4. Legal matters with board's attorney 5. Criminal misconduct 6. Sensitive matters relating to public safety 7. Private donations 8. Matters confidential by law or court order This slides shows the eight statutory purposes for which the Sunshine Law allows a board to go into an executive meeting closed to the public. 1. To consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for professional or vocational licenses; 2. To consider the hire, evaluation, dismissal, or discipline of an officer or employee or of charges brought against the officer or employee, where matters affecting privacy will be involved; provided that the individual concerned may request an open meeting, in which case an open meeting shall be held; 3. To deliberate the authority of persons designated by the board to conduct labor negotiations or negotiations to acquire public property, or during the conduct of such negotiations; 4. To consult with the board's attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the board's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities; 5. To consider proceedings regarding criminal misconduct; 6. To consider sensitive matters related to public safety or security; 7. To consider matters relating to the solicitation and acceptance of private donations; and 8. To deliberate or decide upon a matter that requires the consideration of information that must be kept confidential pursuant to a state or federal law, or a court order. If the board's reasons for going into an executive meeting do not meet one of these eight statutory purposes, then it cannot close its meeting to the public. 20