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Middletown council recesses to executive session to discuss town administrator and Teamsters bargaining
Summary
The Middletown Town Council voted to recess its open meeting and enter executive session to discuss a personnel matter concerning the town administrator and collective bargaining with the Teamsters, citing Rhode Island statutes authorizing closed deliberations.
The Middletown Town Council voted to recess its open meeting and enter an executive session to discuss personnel matters related to the town administrator and collective bargaining negotiations with the Teamsters.
The council cited Rhode Island General Laws §§ 42-46-2, 42-46-4 and 42-46-5(a)(1) when announcing the closed session. The meeting record shows that Town Administrator Sean Brown was notified in writing under Rhode Island General Law 42-46-5(a)(1).
President Paul M. Roderick, Vice President Thomas P. Welch III, Councilor Peter D. Connorton Sr., Councilor Christopher M. Logan, Councilor Charles R. Roberts, Councilor Dennis P. Tirano and Councilor Barbara Avon Velez answered roll call; Velez noted, “We have a quorum, mister Metzger.” After the reading of the executive-session item, a motion was made to recess the open session and reconvene in executive session, it was seconded, and the council approved the recess by voice vote with members saying “Aye.”
The agenda item listed personnel and collective bargaining as the purposes for the executive session; beyond the statutory citations and the notice that Sean Brown had been notified in writing, the provided transcript does not include further details of the closed deliberations or any subsequent action taken in executive session.
The council began the meeting with the pledge of allegiance and completed a roll call before recessing to executive session. No votes on substantive policy or open-session motions related to the personnel or bargaining items appear in the supplied transcript excerpt.
