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Burrillville council moves into executive session on collective bargaining with police lodge, later seals minutes
Summary
The council entered an executive session June 25 to discuss collective bargaining with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 27 and later voted to seal the executive-session minutes, noting one vote was taken in the closed session.
On June 25 the Burrillville Town Council voted to go into executive session under the town's open-meetings reference cited during the meeting to discuss collective bargaining with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 27.
The agenda item identified Michael C. Woodtown, town manager, as the subject of the executive-session request. A motion to enter executive session was made and seconded; the council voted in favor and returned to open session after the closed meeting.
After returning to open session the council approved a motion to seal the minutes of the executive session. The motion to seal the minutes was made by Mr. Gadalon and seconded by the vice president; the council clerk noted that one vote was taken during the executive session. The sealing motion passed on council voice vote.
The council referenced the state open-meetings provision in presenting the executive-session motion; the transcript identifies the citation as “open meetings law, subsection 42-46-5-82” as the authority invoked for the closed discussion on collective bargaining.
No additional details about the subject matter of the bargaining session or the content of the closed deliberations were disclosed in open session. The council recorded the executive-session action in the meeting minutes and the sealed minutes are now part of the town's executive-session record consistent with the council's motion.
Council members said no further public action was taken in open session on collective-bargaining terms during the meeting.
