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Middletown council recesses to executive session to discuss land acquisition
Summary
At a Town of Middletown council meeting, members voted to recess the open session and enter an executive session to discuss land acquisition under Rhode Island open-meetings law; no property details were disclosed on the record.
The Town of Middletown Town Council voted to recess its open session and move into an executive session to discuss land acquisition, citing the Rhode Island Open Meetings Act provision that allows closed sessions for real-property matters.
Council President Paul M. Roderick announced the item and read the council into executive session under Rhode Island General Laws § 42-46-5(a)(5), which authorizes closed deliberations on the acquisition or disposition of real property when public discussion could adversely affect the public interest. The motion to recess the open session and reconvene in executive session was made, seconded, and approved by voice vote; the council answered “Aye.”
The transcript records no public description of the parcel, seller, price or other transactional terms; council members did note that Councilor Thomas P. Welch III was absent and that Councilor Dennis B. Toronto was expected to arrive shortly. The council declared the session was to permit review and discussion of land-acquisition matters and potential action, but did not state any formal decision on the record before entering the closed session.
No additional votes, motions, or substantive details about the property were read into the open record before the council recessed. The meeting proceeded into executive session as stated.
