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South River Mayor and Council to move into executive session on property acquisition and contract negotiations
Summary
The council voted to enter executive session to discuss property acquisition and contract negotiations; no public action was announced for after the session.
The Mayor and Council voted to go into executive session at the May 5 meeting to discuss property acquisition and contract negotiations. The clerk read Resolution 2025-168, citing N.J.S.A. ch. 231 (1975) allowance for excluding the public when circumstances warrant confidentiality.
The resolution states the council may or may not take formal action after the executive session and that records of the closed discussion will be released when confidentiality is no longer required.
Why this matters: property acquisition and contract negotiations can affect future municipal projects, budgets and land use; the council kept the subject matter specific in the resolution but did not disclose details in the public meeting record prior to entering closed session.
What happened next: the council moved into executive session by motion and second; the meeting transcript excerpt ends with the motion to close the public meeting and convene the closed session. The clerk and council stated no public action would be taken during the remainder of the open meeting.
