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Millville City Commission authorizes closed session on police staffing and union contracts
Summary
The Millville City Commission unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a closed session to discuss police department personnel shortages and contract negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association and the FMBA.
At a Millville City commission work session, commissioners voted unanimously to authorize a closed session to discuss personnel shortages at the police department and contract negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) and the FMBA.
The commission’s action, moved and seconded on the floor, directs the body to meet behind closed doors under attorney–client privilege and the personnel exemption to discuss staffing and collective bargaining matters. Commissioners also agreed to add the FMBA to the closed-session notice for contract negotiations.
The item was introduced as a single resolution authorizing closed session for two topics: staffing shortages in the police department, and PBA contract discussions, both cited as falling under attorney–client privilege and contract negotiation exceptions. A commissioner proposed adding the FMBA to the list of labor organizations to be discussed, and that addition was included before the vote. The motion and second were recorded on the agenda but not identified by name in the meeting transcript.
A roll-call vote followed. Commissioner Hewitt, Vice Mayor Watson, Commissioner Casa Boone, and Mayor Romanek each recorded “yes,” and the mayor declared the motion carried. The transcript did not record any “no” votes, abstentions, or named amendments to the resolution.
The commission opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a statement that the meeting was being conducted in accordance with the Oakland Public Meeting Act of 1975; the municipal clerk also confirmed there were no changes to the work-session agenda. No members of the public addressed the commission during the public-comment period for agenda items.
Because the substantive discussion and any deliberations will occur in closed session, the commission did not provide additional details in open session about specific staffing levels, hiring plans, or the content of the PBA and FMBA contract discussions. The resolution authorizes the commission to discuss those topics in closed session; any formal actions resulting from that executive-session discussion would be recorded in a subsequent open-session item if and when the commission votes on a public action.
