The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners voted May 28, 2025, at the Sussex County Administrative Center in Newton to enter an executive session to discuss a time‑sensitive litigation update related to “Newton Green” and to consider personnel matters, the board said.

The move was announced during the public meeting when a staff member read the resolution: “Providing for an executive closed session not open to the public in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 10:4‑12,” the staff member said. The resolution later lists N.J.S.A. 10:4‑12(b) as the statutory exception authorizing closure for matters relating to litigation, negotiations and the attorney‑client privilege and N.J.S.A. 10:4‑13 for personnel matters.

The resolution named two specific agenda items for closed‑door discussion: item 7, “matters relating to litigation, negotiations and the attorney‑client privilege,” with a parenthetical reference to Newton Green; and item 8, “matters relating to the employment relationship/personnel.” The board’s reading of the resolution said deliberations conducted in closed session “may be disclosed to the public upon the determination of the Sussex County Board of County Commissioners or provided by law that the public interest will no longer be served by such confidentiality.”

A motion to adopt the executive‑session resolution as amended was moved and seconded and was carried; the board recessed to the closed session. The public meeting record does not include a roll‑call vote tally in the transcript and no formal vote tally was read into the public record at the time the meeting moved into executive session.

The board’s public statement also reminded attendees that adequate notice under the Open Public Meetings Act had been provided earlier in the year and that the meeting record would be posted as required. Members said the board may take formal action after returning from executive session, but no specific action was recorded in the public portion of the meeting.

The board later recessed to a closed session; the transcript indicates the meeting would reconvene to the public when the closed‑session business was complete. The Newton Green litigation update was characterized in the meeting as time‑sensitive; no additional details about the litigation, parties, or timeline were disclosed in the public portion of the meeting.