Long Branch City Council closes public portion, approves executive session under Resolution R 3126

The Long Branch City Council moved out of its public session and into an executive session after adopting Resolution R 3126 at a workshop meeting.

The chair asked for a motion "to close the public portion of the meeting," which was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote, after which the chair requested adoption of Resolution R 3126. The resolution, read into the record, said the council would go into executive session "to discuss the following: attorney‑client privilege, administrator update." A motion to adopt the resolution was seconded and approved by voice vote; no roll-call tallies or named movers/seconders are recorded in the transcript.

During roll call prior to the motions, the clerk announced attendance: Mr. Ras was absent; Mr. Vieira, Mrs. Whittis and Mr. Dangler were present; Dr. Vote was absent. The clerk also certified that "this meeting has been published in the newspaper in accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act and posted as required by law." Those procedural statements were entered into the record before the council moved to close the public portion and enter executive session.

The actions the council took were procedural and did not place substantive matters on the public record. The transcript records the council's decision to hold a closed executive session under the stated grounds; the content of the executive session and any subsequent deliberations were not disclosed in the public portion of the transcript.

The workshop moved into executive session immediately after the vote. The transcript does not specify who made or seconded either motion by name, nor does it provide a numerical roll-call vote; where the transcript does not supply a detail, it is noted as "not specified."