Linda read a resolution authorizing the board to enter an executive (closed) session under the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, citing NJSA 10:4-12 and related statutes.
The resolution stated the subject matter to be discussed was authorized by NJSA 10:4-12(b) and specifically listed “matters relating to collective bargaining agreements, PBA contracts.” Linda read that text into the public record before the board moved to close the meeting.
A motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded in the public meeting; commissioners indicated the executive session would last about 20 minutes. The public transcript records the reading of the resolution and the motion to enter executive session but does not include the closed-session deliberations or any subsequent formal action taken in executive session.
The resolution included the board’s statement that deliberations in closed session may be disclosed to the public when confidentiality is no longer necessary under law and that the board might take formal action after the closed session.