Committee moves to executive session to discuss collective bargaining with teachers
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Summary
The committee voted to enter executive session and not reconvene in open session to discuss strategy on collective bargaining with the Algonquin Regional Teachers Association; the decision was recorded by roll call.
At the close of its Nov. 19 meeting the Northborough'Southborough Regional School Committee voted to enter executive session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Algonquin Regional Teachers Association.
The chair moved that the committee convene in executive session and not reconvene in open session because open discussion could have a detrimental effect on the public body's bargaining position; a roll-call vote followed with affirmations recorded for the members in attendance and the committee then adjourned into the closed session.
Why it matters: collective-bargaining strategy affects negotiations over compensation, staffing and contract terms and is generally discussed in executive session under Massachusetts open-meeting law when public discussion could prejudice the committee's position.
The committee did not reconvene in open session after the roll call.
