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Board moves into executive session to discuss collective bargaining and PBA contracts

5821749 · August 20, 2025

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Summary

The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution to enter executive session under New Jersey statute to discuss matters including collective bargaining agreements and PBA contracts; the public portion closed for a session the board estimated would last about 20 minutes.

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.