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Town council votes to enter executive session to discuss litigation, bargaining and a probate‑court interview
Summary
The Nussbaum Field Town Council approved a motion to enter executive session under Rhode Island law to discuss pending litigation and a candidate interview for probate court; the motion passed on a roll call with all members present voting 'Yes.'
The Nussbaum Field Town Council voted to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining, potential or pending litigation, and personnel matters — including an interview of candidates for probate court.
The presiding official cited Rhode Island General Law 42‑46‑5(a)(2) for sessions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation and 42‑46‑5(a)(1) for discussions of job performance or character involving named individuals. The chair also listed several pending cases that would be discussed, including an International Brotherhood of Police Officers matter involving the town and a set of consolidated property‑related cases listed by case numbers in the public record.
A motion to add the additional executive session item and to proceed was made and seconded. The motion was approved on a roll call vote: Beauregard — Yes; DeCristofaro — Yes; O'Hara — Yes; Puntzak — Yes; Miss Alff — Yes. The transcript records the motion, a second, and the unanimous roll call; the mover and seconder were not identified in the provided excerpt.
The council’s stated reasons for executive session were litigation and collective bargaining (42‑46‑5(a)(2)) and personnel matters, including an interview for probate court (42‑46‑5(a)(1)). The meeting proceeded to executive session after the recorded roll call; no substantive discussion from the closed session appears in the available transcript excerpt.
