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Board moves to executive session after heated FOIL dispute and perjury allegation
Summary
A FOIL appeal prompted production of "a couple hundred" town emails; a board member then alleged the presiding official filed a false affidavit, and the board moved into executive session after a motion, second and at least one recorded "Aye."
The board considered a FOIL appeal (No. 303) in which an applicant sought town emails and additional personal-contact records. Staff said they had searched town email and provided "a couple hundred" documents, and that some requested items were withheld as privileged or non-responsive to town-email searches.
During that discussion a board member accused the presiding official of filing a false affidavit in the FOIL matter, claiming the affidavit stated the official did not use a personal account for town business while the accuser said the official had used a town account. The board member said, "the affidavit that the supervisor signed is perjury because he does use Feiner 98 for town business." The presiding official denied the accusation and declined to engage in a back-and-forth on the allegation during the meeting.
Following the exchange the presiding official moved for an executive session, a motion was seconded, and the meeting moved into executive session. The transcript records at least one explicit "Aye" vote (one speaker said "Aye"); the recording does not capture a complete roll-call vote in the transcript provided.
No further details from the executive session are available in the public transcript.
