Sayreville Board votes to enter executive session citing Open Public Meetings Act

The Sayreville Board of Education voted to go into executive session to discuss personnel issues, a student matter and matters covered by attorney–client privilege, the board announced at the start of its meeting.

Board staff read a resolution invoking "Section 8 of the Open Public Meetings Act, chapter 231, public law 1975," saying the statute "permits the exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances." The resolution listed the subjects to be discussed in closed session as "personnel including but not limited to agenda items, a student matter, and matters falling under attorney client privilege," and stated the matters will be made public "at such time as the need for non disclosure no longer exists." The resolution took effect immediately.

Presiding remarks requested a motion to enter executive session; a motion was made and then recorded as coming from "Allison" with a second from "Jeff." During the roll call on the resolution, board members who stated their vote as "Yes" were Mr. Fernandez, Ms. Hernandez, Ms. Napolitano, Ms. Pabon, Mr. Smith and Ms. Bloom. The board moved into closed session following the vote. No further public detail about the matters discussed in executive session was provided in the public portion of the record.

Before the closed session the board noted that the meeting notice had been sent to the Home News Tribune and the Star-Ledger and posted with the borough clerk and on the secretary's bulletin board. The public record ends after the board entered executive session; the resolution said the items discussed would be disclosed when non‑disclosure was no longer required.