Long Branch City Council votes to enter executive session over attorney-client matters and administrator update

The Chair of the Long Branch City Council moved the meeting into executive session after the council adopted Resolution R-42-26 to discuss attorney-client privilege and an update on the city administrator identified in the record as Shirley.

The Chair opened the meeting and called roll; Councilmember Assis and Councilmember Viera answered present, Councilmember Wittes was recorded absent, and Councilmember Dangler and Dr. Vogt answered present. The Chair also stated, “I hereby certify that this meeting has been published in the newspaper in accordance with the open public meeting act and posted as required by law,” and thanked Amanda for the posting.

After a brief review of the agenda with no changes, the Chair requested a motion to close the public portion of the meeting. A motion and a second were made, the Chair called for the question and members responded “Aye.” The Chair then introduced Resolution R-42-26, saying: “Be resolved that the city council will go into executive session to discuss the following. Attorney client privilege, administrator update, administrator Shirley.” Members moved and seconded the resolution, and the Chair announced the council would enter executive session.

The record does not include names for the motion’s mover or seconder, nor does it provide a roll-call vote tally beyond the Chair’s call for favor and verbal agreement. No substantive discussion of the attorney-client matter or the administrator update was conducted in public; executive sessions routinely close the public record for legal or personnel deliberations. The council proceeded into executive session as the meeting record indicates.