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Norfolk County commission holds private executive session on bargaining and litigation
Summary
Commissioners voted unanimously to enter executive session under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining or litigation and later returned to open session to continue the agenda.
At the start of the Feb. 11 meeting, the commission voted to enter executive session under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss strategy concerning collective bargaining or litigation. A commissioner moved the motion, it was seconded and the roll-call vote was recorded as unanimous in favor.
The presiding official said an open meeting could have a detrimental effect on the public body's bargaining or litigating position, the statutory basis cited in the motion. The commission later reconvened the open session and resumed the published agenda.
Why it matters: Executive sessions allow public bodies to discuss sensitive legal or labor strategy in private when disclosure would harm the public interest. The commission’s action followed the cited state statutory authority.
