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Select Board votes to enter executive session on police bargaining grievance
Summary
The Select Board voted to convene in executive session under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss strategy on a Norfolk Police bargaining-unit grievance; the motion passed in roll call and the board left the public meeting for the closed session.
At the close of its March 30 meeting, the Norfolk Select Board voted to enter executive session under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A, Section 21(a)(3), which permits closing a meeting to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining where an open meeting could be detrimental to the public body’s negotiating position.
The chair requested a motion and the board approved convening executive session to discuss strategy and the police bargaining-unit grievance; the motion was moved and seconded, and a roll-call vote was taken. The chair called the roll and the board affirmed the motion. The board did not return to public session at the end of the executive session, as noted on the record.
Why it matters: Executive sessions for bargaining strategy are routine when public discussion could compromise negotiations; the board followed statutory procedures to close the meeting under the specified legal exemption.
What’s next: The board will handle the grievance in closed session and will report any public actions as required once appropriate under law.
