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Needham advisory board moves into executive session to review technology security systems
Summary
During the March 26 meeting the Technology Advisory Board approved a motion under "exception four" to enter executive session to discuss strategy on security personnel or devices and to review the town's technology security systems without returning to open session before adjournment.
A motion to enter executive session to review the town’s technology security systems was approved at the March 26 Needham Technology Advisory Board meeting.
A board member read the motion aloud, stating the board should "enter into executive session pursuant to exception four to discuss the development of and strategy regarding security personnel or devices specifically to review the town's technology security systems and not to return to open session prior to adjournment." The mover and seconder were not identified on the public record during the open portion of the meeting.
Chairing the roll call, the board confirmed at least three members — Rob, Rich and Lee — answered in the affirmative when the chair requested votes in favor of moving into executive session. The chair then stopped the public recording and transcription for the executive session portion of the meeting.
The motion cited a statutory or regulatory meeting exception (referred to in the meeting as “exception four”) to justify closing the session for discussions about security strategy and systems; no substantive discussion of security details was held in the open session, and the board did not return to public session before adjournment.
The board did not provide additional public materials or a timetable for any actions resulting from the executive session.
