The Torrington Board of Finance voted to enter an executive session at a Nov. 21 special remote meeting and invited the city assessor and mayor to join the closed session.

An unidentified meeting official asked for "a motion to enter into executive session pursuant to CGF," and the motion was recorded as made by Mrs. Inocido and seconded by Mrs. Stroud. The official then called for a voice vote; several board members responded "Aye," and the body moved into executive session.

The official specifically asked that Assessor Stacy Maldonado be invited into the executive session and later proposed inviting Mayor Lehi Spino as well. Both invitations were accepted on the record before the meeting was moved to private breakout rooms. The transcript contains no on-the-record discussion of the subject matter to be discussed in the executive session.

The transcript records the meeting began at 11:34 p.m. and that a quorum was present via Zoom, with members named on the record as Mrs. Traub, Mrs. Pesky, Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Inocido. The session host noted a participant connectivity issue and asked members to text when they were ready to return to the main session.

The board cited "CGF" as the authority for the executive session in the recorded motion. The transcript does not identify which statute or rule "CGF" refers to; the record therefore does not specify the legal code or statutory citation authorizing the closed session.

No formal votes on policy, budget items, appointments or contracts were recorded on the public record during this meeting beyond the procedural motion to go into executive session. The meeting proceeded into private breakout rooms after the voice vote.

The Board of Finance did not place additional materials or subject-matter details on the public record during the portion of the meeting provided in the transcript. The board did not record a roll-call vote or provide a tally on the public audio beyond the series of "Aye" responses captured in the transcript, and the transcript contains no further public business or decisions.