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Middletown council recesses to executive session to discuss personnel and litigation
Summary
At the start of its meeting the Town of Middletown council voted to recess open session and move into executive session to discuss personnel matters — including the police chief, town engineer and shared facilities director — and potential litigation, including Public Utilities Commission docket 22-42NG and case 124-CV-00457.
The Town of Middletown council recessed its open session and moved into executive session to discuss personnel matters and potential litigation, the council president announced at the meeting's opening.
The items the president read into the record included personnel matters involving the police chief, the town engineer and the shared facilities director; potential litigation including Public Utilities Commission docket number 22-42NG (described in the transcript as “the Old Lane” matter) and litigation identified as 124-CV-00457; and collective bargaining matters described in the transcript as “library/NEARIE” and “town hall NEARIE.” The president cited Rhode Island General Laws sections 42-46-2 and 42-46-5(a) as the authority for the executive session.
The meeting record states that Major Jason Ryan, John Mello and Ed Collins were each notified in writing in accordance with Rhode Island General Law 42-46-5(a)(1). The transcript does not record further public details about the substance of the personnel, litigation or bargaining matters.
A motion was made to recess the open session and reconvene in executive session. The chair called for the vote; members responded “Aye.” The transcript does not include a roll-call tally or disclose any votes in opposition or abstention in open session.
After the vote, the council moved upstairs to hold the executive session. No additional public-facing actions or outcomes from the executive session are recorded in the provided transcript.
