Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Executive Session topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Town Board votes to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters and seek legal advice
Summary
At its June 18 work session the town board voted by voice to enter an executive session "for the purposes of discussing personnel matters involving specific individuals and to seek legal advice on various matters." The transcript does not record who seconded the motion or a formal roll-call tally.
The Chair opened the Town Board work session on Tuesday, June 18 and moved that the board "go into executive session for the purposes of discussing personnel matters involving specific individuals and to seek legal advice on various matters." Members voiced their assent and the motion proceeded into an executive session.
The motion was announced by the Chair and, after someone said "2nd," the Chair called for a vote. The transcript records the Chair asking "All in favor, aye," followed by responses of "Aye," indicating the motion carried by voice vote. The transcript does not identify who seconded the motion or provide a roll-call vote tally.
Executive sessions are routinely used by local governing bodies to discuss confidential personnel matters and to obtain legal counsel outside the public portion of a meeting. The record here does not specify the particular personnel issues to be discussed or the legal matters for which counsel was sought.
A brief, unclear scheduling remark appears earlier in the record—"CF to 05:15"—but the transcript does not clarify its meaning or effect on the agenda. The Chair also noted the action occurred "almost exactly at 07:00." No further public discussion or subsequent actions are recorded in the transcript provided.
