Warren County committee moves into executive session to discuss collective negotiations with SUNY Adirondack

Warren County’s Personnel Administration Higher Education Committee voted May 1 to move into an executive session under Public Officers Law §105(1)(e) to discuss collective negotiations pursuant to Article 14 of the Civil Service Law involving representatives of SUNY Adirondack.

The committee chair called the meeting to order and asked for a motion to approve minutes before introducing the item involving SUNY Adirondack. Because the subject was described as sensitive, the committee voted to go into executive session. The chair said attorney Larry Paltrowitz and President Duffy would be included; a representative of SUNY Adirondack, Mr. Peltowicz, was present for the meeting.

The legal basis for the executive session was stated as Public Officers Law §105(1)(e) and Civil Service Law Article 14. The motion to enter executive session was adopted by voice vote; the chair recorded the result as carried after asking “All those in favor say aye.”

No substantive discussion of the collective-negotiations topic was conducted in open session and no details of negotiations were recorded in the public portion of the transcript. The committee moved into the executive session immediately after the vote.

Meeting participants identified in the public record for this item included attorney Larry Paltrowitz, President Duffy, and a SUNY Adirondack representative, Mr. Peltowicz. The transcript does not record the names of members who moved or seconded the motion nor an individual roll-call vote; the action was taken by a voice vote and reported as carried.