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Needham Select Board votes to enter executive session over Stephen Palmer Building units
Summary
The Town of Needham Select Board voted unanimously Oct. 8 to enter executive session under exception 6 to discuss the lease, purchase and value of residential units at the Stephen Palmer Building, 83 Pickering St., and to adjourn at the conclusion of that session without returning to open meeting.
The Town of Needham Select Board voted unanimously Wednesday to enter executive session under “exception 6” to discuss the lease, purchase and value of residential dwelling units at the Stephen Palmer Building, 83 Pickering Street in Needham, and to adjourn at the conclusion of that session without returning to open meeting.
Select Board Chair moved the motion at the start of the special meeting, saying the session was being called "pursuant to exception 6 to discuss the lease the purchase lease and value of real property, in particular, the residential dwelling unit units located at Stephen Palmer Building, 83 Pickering Street, [Needham], where the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body, and chair does declare, and also to adjourn at the conclusion of the executive session without returning to open session." The motion was seconded; the transcript does not identify the second by name.
The board then took a roll-call vote. Select Board members Mary Anne, Josh, Kevin, Kathy and the chair each voted yes, and the motion passed. The board recorded the vote as a standard roll call; no substantive public discussion of the property was included on the public record prior to the vote.
The Oct. 8 meeting opened as a special Select Board session and moved immediately to the executive-session motion. A Select Board member noted that another participant, Marya, was on the line; Marya was not recorded casting a vote in the portion of the transcript provided.
The vote authorizes the Select Board to discuss confidential negotiation strategy and property valuation for the Stephen Palmer Building in executive session. The board also approved adjourning the special meeting at the conclusion of that executive session, rather than returning to open session. No further details about the nature of the lease or purchase terms, timelines, staff directives, or subsequent public actions were included in the transcript.
