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Middletown council recesses into executive session to discuss collective bargaining and a West Main Road land acquisition
Summary
The Town of Middletown council voted to recess into executive session after reading statutory citations that, as spoken, referenced several sections of state general law; the stated topics were collective bargaining and land acquisition for West Main Road. Recorded votes in the public transcript were limited to verbal “Aye” responses and individual votes were not named.
The Town of Middletown council voted to recess into executive session to discuss collective bargaining and a proposed land acquisition on West Main Road.
An unidentified meeting official opened the session and conducted roll call, during which the transcript recorded the names “Councilor Dennis,” “Councilor Charles r Roberts?,” “Councilor Dennis b Tirano?,” and “Councilor Barbara Avon Villas?” each responding “Here.” After the pledge of allegiance, the official said the meeting would begin with an executive session and then proceed to a legislative agenda including a state senator and representatives.
The official read statutory language aloud, as captured in the transcript, citing what sounded like "general law sections 42 46 6 2, 42 46 4, and 42 46 5" and saying the purposes were collective bargaining and "Land Acquisition West Main Road." The audio/text is garbled in places; the council did not provide corrected statutory citations on the public record during the segments available in the transcript.
An unidentified speaker then made "a motion to recess open session and reconvene in executive session." The motion was seconded in the recorded segments. When the chair asked, "All in favor?" two attendees responded "Aye" in the public portion of the transcript. The meeting facilitator then instructed nonparticipants to leave the room so the council could proceed into executive session.
The transcript does not include roll-call votes by name, a full tally of council members’ votes, or any substantive discussion from inside the executive session. The public record in these segments does not show any decisions or outcomes from the executive session itself; any actions taken there, if any, were not captured in the portions of the transcript provided.
The council indicated it would move next to a legislative agenda with a state senator and representatives after the executive session.
