Glocester Town Council votes to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining and potential litigation

The Glocester Town Council voted to convene an executive session to discuss collective bargaining and potential litigation, the council said during its meeting. The motion passed on a council roll call and the body recessed into a closed session.

The presiding official moved “to seek to convene the executive session, for discussion only by town council pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(2), sessions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation or potential litigation,” and asked the clerk to call the roll. The clerk recorded Councilor Burlingame voting “aye,” and other councilors indicated their assent; the presiding official then declared the motion passed and the council moved into executive session.

The motion cited the Rhode Island open-meetings statute that authorizes closed sessions for matters involving collective bargaining and litigation. No additional details about the subjects of bargaining or the nature of the potential litigation were stated on the public record before the council left for the executive session.

The clerk conducted the roll call before the recess. After the council voted, the presiding official directed members to step out of the room so the body could convene the closed session. The public portion of the meeting ended at that point; no subsequent actions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.