Middletown council recesses into executive session to discuss firefighters’ bargaining and West Main Road land acquisition

The Town of Middletown council confirmed a quorum and voted to recess into executive session Thursday to discuss collective bargaining with firefighters and a land-acquisition matter on West Main Road.

Chair (S1) opened the meeting, asked the clerk to call the roll and led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance. The clerk (S2) called the roll and announced, “We have a quorum, mister president.”

The chair then announced an executive session citing Rhode Island General Laws, naming sections referenced during the announcement, and identified the subjects for closed discussion as collective bargaining with firefighters and land acquisition related to West Main Road. The chair moved to recess the open session and reconvene in executive session; the clerk seconded the motion. The council voiced agreement with “aye” and recessed into executive session.

No formal votes on ordinances or budget items were recorded in the open session during the segment of the transcript provided. The meeting record in the transcript ends with the motion, second and the voice vote to enter executive session. Any outcomes or decisions from the executive session were not disclosed in the public transcript.