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Trust committee approves minutes, then enters executive session to discuss potential property acquisition
Summary
The Housing Trust approved minutes for its Jan. 14 meeting and executive minutes, then unanimously voted to enter executive session under MGL c.30A §21 to discuss potential property acquisition; recorded ayes included Paul, Ellen, David and Doug.
The meeting opened at 7:04 p.m. with the committee moving quickly through routine business and approving minutes before shifting into a closed-door session to discuss a possible property purchase.
Members debated and approved corrections to wording in the January 14 minutes — including replacing phrasing with 'maximum density of 6 units per acre' and changing references from 'affordability level' to 'share of affordable units.' A motion to approve the January 14 minutes was moved and seconded and the record shows votes in favor from Paul, Ellen and Doug.
The committee then approved the executive meeting minutes with an 'approve and retain' motion. After completing the open-session business, the chair read a motion to enter executive session, citing MGL chapter 30A, section 21, exemption 6, and said the board would not return to open session because an open meeting could be detrimental to the town’s negotiation position. A motion to enter executive session carried with recorded ayes from Paul, Ellen, David and Doug.
No substantive details about the property under discussion were disclosed in open session; the chair described the vote as a routine procedural step when potential acquisitions are discussed. The meeting moved into executive session at the close of the public agenda.
