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Select Board moves into executive session over potential litigation tied to 40 Oakland Street
Summary
At 4:05 p.m. the Wellesley Select Board voted to enter executive session to discuss strategy concerning potential litigation over the disposition of the 40 Oakland Street parcel and invited town and special counsel to attend.
The Wellesley Select Board voted to enter executive session on March 31, 2026 to discuss strategy related to potential litigation concerning the disposition of the 40 Oakland Street parcel.
Chair Marjorie Freiman asked for a motion at 4:05 p.m. to move into executive session for that purpose. The Board voted to enter executive session under M.G.L. c. 30A §21A, Exemption #3, and invited Executive Director Meghan Jop, Assistant Executive Director Corey Testa, Town Counsel Thomas Harrington and Eric Reustle, and Special Counsel Nicholas Shapiro and Robert Hopkins to join the closed discussion.
The roll-call vote on entering executive session was recorded as follows: Colette Aufranc — Aye; Marjorie Freiman — Aye; Kenneth Largess — Aye; Beth Sullivan Woods — Not Present; Thomas Ulfelder — Aye. The Board later returned to open session at 5:40 p.m.
Because the motion concerned strategy with respect to potential litigation, the Board took the matter in executive session in accordance with the cited statutory exemption. No substantive details of the executive-session discussion were disclosed in the open record.
