Town of Middletown Council recesses open session to discuss land acquisition, bargaining and personnel

The Town of Middletown Council recessed its open session and reconvened in executive session to consider a proposed land acquisition on East Main Road, collective bargaining with the FOP, and several personnel matters, the council announced during its meeting.

Council members present included President Paul M. Rodericks, Vice President Thomas P. Welsh III and Councillors Peter D. Connerton Sr., Christopher M. Logan, Charles Roberts, Dennis Geronimo and Barbara A. Von Villas; a quorum was declared before the executive session item was called. The meeting also recorded a request for the clerk (identified in the transcript only as Wendy) to call the roll.

The agenda item cited Rhode Island General Laws sections 42-46-2, 42-46-4 and 42-46-5 as the statutory basis for entering private deliberations. The transcript lists the executive-session subjects as: a land acquisition concerning East Main Road; collective bargaining matters involving the FOP (the transcript uses the acronym only and does not expand it); and personnel items including discussion of the deputy town administrator and additional non‑classified employees.

A motion was made to recess the open session and reconvene in executive session; a second was recorded and the presiding officer called for a voice vote. The spoken response recorded in the transcript was “Aye,” and the meeting moved into executive session. The transcript does not record a roll-call vote count, the name of the motion’s mover or seconder, or any substantive discussion from the executive session itself.

No further public actions or votes are recorded in the provided transcript. The council’s next public steps and any outcomes from the executive session were not included in the record.