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Meeting moves into executive session to discuss school nurses' bargaining
Summary
Members voted to enter executive session under a cited state statute to discuss collective bargaining strategy involving Springfield Public Health Nurses and the United Food and Commercial Workers union; the motion passed on a roll-call vote and the public meeting did not resume.
A meeting body voted to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining strategy with the Springfield Public Health Nurses and the Professional and Health Care Division of the United Food and Commercial Workers union concerning school nurses, the presiding officer announced.
A committee member cited a state open-meeting provision as the legal basis, saying, "Pursuant to Mass General Law chapter 38, section 21 a 3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Springfield Public Health Nurses, professional and health care division, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, and local for 59 school nurses," and added that discussing the matter in public would be detrimental to the public body's bargaining position. The chair declared that basis for moving into executive session.
The motion to enter executive session was moved by Miss Hurst and seconded by Miss Gresham. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote; the members who were called—Miss Valentin, Miss Crawford, Miss Hurst, Mister Gomez, Miss Gresham, Miss Ronanel and Mayor Sarno—voted in the affirmative and the motion passed. The presiding officer then stated, "We will not be returning," and the meeting proceeded to close the public session.
The action places bargaining strategy discussions about the school nurses behind closed doors under the cited statutory exception. No further public debate or details of bargaining positions were disclosed in the record; the public meeting did not resume after the vote. The next items on the agenda were not taken up in public.
Next steps: the body moved into executive session as authorized and did not return to the public meeting; any future public updates will depend on decisions made in that closed session or subsequent public filings.
