Hauppauge board enters executive session to discuss appointment, legal advice and safety

The Hauppauge Union Free School District Board of Education voted Oct. 14 to enter an executive session to discuss matters “leading to the appointment of a particular corporation,” to seek legal advice from the board’s attorney and to address matters that would affect public safety, a board member said. The board said it would return at 8:00.

The motion to move into executive session was made during the open meeting and seconded by Dr. Pratt, who is identified in the record as a board participant. After the second, the presiding participant asked, “All in favor?” and then closed the public portion of the meeting.

Executive sessions are closed to the public under state law when boards discuss appointment and legal-advice topics or when public-safety deliberations require confidentiality. The transcript does not specify the name of the corporation under consideration, what legal questions the board sought advice on, or the exact public-safety issues to be discussed.

No formal roll-call vote or tally appears in the public record excerpt; the meeting record shows the motion was seconded and the board moved into executive session. The board announced a planned return time of 8:00.

The board’s statement and the second appear in the meeting transcript during the Oct. 14 session; the executive session itself and any outcomes from it were not included in the public excerpt.