Glocester council votes to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters

The Glocester Town Council voted unanimously Sept. 5, 2024, to enter a closed executive session to discuss personnel matters, including job performance and applicant interviews. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m., and the council moved promptly into the closed session after a roll-call vote.

An unidentified council member moved “to convene to close the executive session, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42‑46‑5,” saying the topics to be handled in closed session would include "job performance, character, or physical or mental health of a person or persons," and matters related to job interviews and applicants. The motion was seconded by the meeting’s presiding speaker, identified in the transcript as Unidentified Speaker 1.

The clerk called the roll on the motion. Councilors responding by name in the transcript were: Councilor Greyhound (Aye), Councilor Stear (Aye), Councilor Burlingame (Aye), Councilor Arnaud (Aye) and Councilor Worthy (Aye). The roll-call responses recorded in the transcript show five affirmative votes; no votes against, abstentions, or recusals were recorded in the provided segment. The transcript does not include further public discussion after the vote.

The motion and the vote indicate the council invoked the statutory exemption for executive sessions relating to personnel. The transcript records a brief follow-up question — “Just give us how much is this?” — but no answer appears in the provided segment.

No additional actions, deliberations, or outcomes from the executive session are recorded in the supplied transcript excerpts.