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Votes at a glance: agenda accepted; Little Rangers preschool rates approved; committee adjourned to executive session
Summary
At the Jan. 27 workshop the Methuen School Committee accepted the meeting agenda, approved adjusted rates for the Little Rangers preschool (with one no vote), and voted to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining; roll-call votes were recorded for the adjournment to executive session.
The Methuen School Committee took three formal votes during the Jan. 27 workshop session.
Accept agenda: A motion to accept the meeting agenda was moved by Member Willett and seconded (recorded as from Member DiZaglia). The committee voted in favor; the chair announced, "The ayes have it." No individual dissent was recorded in the transcript for that vote.
Little Rangers preschool rates approved: The committee moved and seconded to approve adjusted rates for the Little Rangers Preschool (the motion text was presented as an adjustment to the preschool’s full-day and monthly rates). After discussion about affordability for staff families and program sustainability, the motion passed with a single recorded no vote by Member DeZaglia (transcript spelling variants for that member appear in the record). The committee approved the rate adjustments for the next school year; the policy and finance implications were discussed at length during the meeting.
Adjourn to executive session: The committee moved to adjourn the open workshop and enter executive session to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining under Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 30A, section 21(a)(3) concerning Unit A and Unit C (nurses and custodians). The chair declared the executive-session purpose and the clerk called the roll; members recorded affirmative votes (recorded roll-call: DeZaglia Yes; Donovan Yes; Keegan Yes; Maxwell Yes; Chabellia Yes; Willett Yes; Mayor Borghaug Yes). The chair stated the committee would not reconvene in open session after executive session.
Vote details and provenance: The committee recorded a single no vote for the Little Rangers preschool rate approval; roll-call votes were recorded for the executive-session motion. Members asked for follow-up materials and fiscal context during the Little Rangers discussion prior to the vote.
Ending: The open meeting adjourned and the committee entered executive session at 7:51 p.m., as announced by the chair.
