Town Council moves to executive session to discuss collective bargaining, land acquisition and personnel

The Town Council voted to recess its open session and reconvene in executive session to discuss collective bargaining, teacher assistance, land acquisition on West Main Road and personnel matters involving the town administrator.

Council President Thomas P. Welch III called the roll and confirmed a quorum before the council recited the Pledge of Allegiance and moved to the executive session. Council members present identified themselves as Councilor Peter D. Connorton Sr., Councilor Christopher M. Logan, Councilor Charles R. Roberts and Councilor Dennis B. Toronto; Councilor Barbara Avon Villas was also named during roll call. Town Administrator Sean Brown was notified and present for the executive session pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a)(1).

The agenda item cited Rhode Island General Laws §§ 42-46-2, 42-46-4 and 42-46-5(a)(2) and (a)(1) as the legal authority for closing the meeting for collective bargaining, teacher assistance, land acquisition, and personnel. The motion made during the open session was to recess the open meeting and reconvene in executive session; the transcript does not record any formal public deliberation or vote count in the open session beyond that motion.

Because the transcript available for this meeting contains only the roll call, Pledge of Allegiance, and the motion to recess into executive session with the statutory citations, there is no further public record in the transcript of substantive debate, decisions, or votes on the listed subjects in open session.