Lakeville Select Board and Wage and Personnel Board vote to enter executive session under M.G.L. c.30A §21(a)(1); will not return to open session

On Aug. 4, 2025, the Town of Lakeville Select Board and Wage and Personnel Board voted to enter an executive session under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A, Section 21(a)(1) to discuss the reputation, character, physical condition or mental health of an individual and to consider discipline or dismissal of a public officer, employee or staff member, and they voted not to return to open session.

The action came during agenda item number 2 at a joint meeting held at the Lakeville Council on Aging. A motion to enter executive session “pursuant to MGL chapter 30 A section 21 a 1 to discuss the reputation, character, physical condition, mental health rather than professional competence of an individual or to discuss the discipline or dismissal or complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member, or an individual and not to to to return to open session” was moved and seconded; a roll-call vote followed.

Board members recorded on the vote were Plug (aye), Candido (aye), Carboni (aye) and Hunt (aye). The boards’ recorded outcome was to approve the motion and proceed to closed executive session without returning to open session. The transcript does not contain further public details about the subject of the executive session; under M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(1) matters concerning an individual’s reputation, character, health or discipline are commonly discussed in closed session and are not disclosed in public minutes beyond the legal citation and the vote to enter closed session.

No additional actions, motions or council discussion related to this item are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.