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Council votes to enter executive session citing MRSA statutes for real property and personnel
Summary
Councilors approved a motion to enter executive session under MRSA exemptions for disposition of real property/economic development and for personnel matters; a roll-call vote recorded only affirmative responses in the transcript excerpts.
At the Feb. 20 workshop the council moved and seconded a motion to enter executive session citing Maine statutory exemptions.
The motion, read aloud by an unnamed speaker, invoked “MRSA 4056(c), disposition of real property or economic development, and MRSA 4056(a), personnel, public official.” After a second, councilors conducted a roll-call vote. The transcript records affirmative votes: an unnamed speaker said “I’m for that,” and councilors recorded as voting “Yes” included Councilor Trimble, Councilor Mallard, Councilor Dean and Councilor Fish. The motion passed on the recorded roll call.
Why it matters: entering executive session removes the discussion from public view under the cited statutory exemptions; no further details about items to be discussed in executive session were provided in open session.
Ending: The council proceeded to executive session; no public actions from that executive session were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
