The Town of Middletown Council voted to recess into an executive session to discuss collective bargaining and a potential land acquisition on West Main Road.

Speaker 2 announced the executive session would be "pursuant to revision of around general law sections 42 46 6 2, 42 46 4, and 42 46 5," and identified the agenda topics as collective bargaining and "Land Acquisition West Main Road." Speaker 3 then made a motion "to recess [open] session and reconvene in executive session." The motion was seconded (the second was not clearly identified in the transcript) and passed by voice vote; the transcript records two "Aye" responses.

After the vote, Speaker 2 instructed nonparticipants to exit so the council could convene privately. Speaker 2 also said the council would "get right into the legislative agenda with a state senator and reps" after the executive session, indicating state legislators were expected to join later in the meeting.

The meeting record as read during the roll call identified several councilors by name and established a quorum before the pledge and the executive-session motion. The transcript’s citation of statutory authority is quoted as stated in the meeting and appears to be garbled; it is recorded here verbatim: "42 46 6 2, 42 46 4, and 42 46 5." The meeting did not record additional details about the collective bargaining items or the specifics of the West Main Road land acquisition in the segments provided.

The council moved into executive session after the voice vote; nonparticipants were asked to leave the room. The meeting planned to resume afterward to continue the legislative agenda with visiting state legislators.