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Members vote to enter executive session under Mass. law to discuss collective bargaining
Summary
Members voted to go into executive session under Mass. Gen. Laws c.30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss collective bargaining strategy after a member made a motion and another seconded it; the transcript records several 'Yes' responses and at least one absence but does not capture a complete roll-call tally.
Members present at the opening of the meeting moved and voted to enter an executive session under Mass. Gen. Laws c.30A, §21(a)(3), to discuss strategies related to collective bargaining.
A member moved that the meeting go into executive session "pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws c.30A, §21(a)(3), to discuss strategies with respect to collective bargaining as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public body," and another member seconded the motion. The chair indicated agreement that an executive session was appropriate.
The clerk conducted a roll-call. The transcript records affirmative responses from Miss Valentine, Miss Crawford and Miss Hurst and records Miss Gresham as absent. Other participants were called and spoke, but the transcript does not capture a clear, complete tally for every name called. The motion was put to a vote and the meeting moved to an executive session to consider collective bargaining strategy.
The move invoked the statute that permits a public body to meet privately on collective-bargaining strategy when public discussion could harm the body's bargaining position. No further detail about the bargaining topics, affected units, or next public steps was provided in the recorded segments.
The meeting proceeded into the closed session following the roll-call vote; the public portion of the meeting ended at that point in the available transcript.
