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Committee makes executive‑session minutes a standing agenda item, orders periodic review
Summary
The Charter and Rules Committee voted to add regular review of unreleased executive‑session minutes to the council agenda and to require periodic review with law department input; staff will prepare a tracking sheet of pending minutes.
The Holyoke City Charter and Rules Committee voted to add a standing agenda item to track and review unreleased executive‑session minutes and to require periodic review with the city solicitor to determine whether nondisclosure still applies.
Councilor Bartley introduced the order, citing the state open‑meeting law (M.G.L. c.30A, §22(g)) that requires periodic review of executive‑session minutes.…
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