Town Council of the Town of Middletown recesses to executive session to consider personnel, litigation and land acquisition

The Town Council of the Town of Middletown recessed into an executive session to consider personnel matters, potential litigation, collective bargaining, land acquisition and a matter before the Public Utilities Commission, officials announced.

Acting Fire Chief Robert McCall announced that the council would “recess open session and reconvene an executive session” pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws as recited during the meeting to discuss those matters. After a motion and a second, council members responded “Aye,” and the meeting moved into executive session.

The council’s announcement listed the statutory authority and the scope of topics to be discussed in executive session, including personnel regarding the fire chief, potential litigation, collective bargaining (referenced with "Neary / town hall" in the meeting record), land acquisition and a Public Utilities Commission matter described in the transcript as "DACA number 22 Dash 42 N G Dash S B 2021 Dash 04 O'Mill Lane." The meeting record did not specify further details, dates, or the identities of parties in potential litigation.

Roll call indicated the presence of council leadership and a quorum before the recess. No substantive public discussion or votes on the executive-session topics were recorded in the open portion of the meeting transcript provided; the council recessed to discuss the listed items in closed session.

The council did not announce outcomes of the executive-session discussions in the open record included in the transcript; any formal actions resulting from those closed-session discussions were not specified in the provided text.