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Town council votes to enter executive session over FM Global tax assessment
Summary
The Boston Town Council voted Nov. 20 to convene an executive session to discuss potential litigation and collective bargaining tied to an FM Global tax assessment; the motion cited a statutory exemption and passed on a roll-call vote.
The Boston Town Council voted Thursday night to convene an executive session to discuss potential litigation and collective bargaining linked to an FM Global tax assessment.
An unidentified presiding officer moved "to convene to the executive session, discussion by town council both for other action pursuant to RAGL 42 dash 46 dash 5 82," citing "sessions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation or work sessions pertaining to litigation or potential litigation regarding FM Global Tax Assessment" and listing related dates as stated in the motion. "I'll make a motion to convene to the executive session," the speaker said.
The nut graf: The motion invoked a statutory exemption as stated on the record and led to a roll-call vote. The council recorded affirmative votes and the motion passed, after which the meeting prepared to enter a closed session. Executive sessions remove discussion from the public record except for actions required to be disclosed under law, so the council did not discuss the substance of the tax assessment in the provided public transcript.
During roll call earlier in the meeting the clerk called councilor names for attendance. After the motion was seconded, the clerk conducted a roll-call vote: Councilor Greener responded "Aye," Councilor Steyer responded "Aye," Vice President Erlingame responded "Aye," and a speaker labeled "Councilor" responded "Aye." The presiding officer then stated, "Motion passes."
The motion text as spoken on the record cited "RAGL 42 dash 46 dash 5 82" (the transcript spelling) and referenced "FM Global Tax Assessment" and a series of dates as recited in the motion. The transcript records the statute citation and assessment name only as spoken; the council did not read a fuller statutory name or provide additional document numbers in the public portion of the recording.
No further public deliberations about the merits of the assessment or related litigation were captured in the supplied transcript. The meeting’s public portion included informal pre-meeting remarks unrelated to agenda business, followed by the formal call to order, roll call and the vote to enter executive session.
The council's next publicly recorded step in the provided transcript was to enter the executive session; the public record in this file ends after the presiding officer confirmed the motion passed.
