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East Brunswick board votes to enter three-hour closed session under Open Public Meetings Act
Summary
The East Brunswick Board of Education voted to enter a closed session citing exceptions under the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act; the closed session was estimated to last three hours and the board said no action would be taken during it.
The East Brunswick Board of Education moved and approved a motion to enter a closed session under the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act.
The chair cited the statutory exceptions that permit nonpublic discussion of topics inappropriate for the public meeting and referenced the Act when announcing the closed session. The board stated the closed session would be "estimated to be three hours," after which the public meeting would reconvene and "action will not be taken."
The motion was made, seconded and put to a vote; the chair stated the board would be "enclosed" and reconvene in about three hours. The record does not include the mover or seconder by name nor a roll-call vote tally in the public transcript.
The board’s announcement followed the public-comment period and the board’s prior recitation of public-meeting procedures and videotaping policy. The board identified the Open Public Meetings Act as the basis for the closed session; the statute cited in the meeting notice is N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b), which governs the exceptions permitting closed sessions.
The board said no formal action would be taken during the closed session and set an estimated duration of three hours before reconvening in public.
