MAPC officers vote to enter executive session to discuss contract negotiations

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s officers voted to enter an executive session to discuss contract negotiations during a remote meeting on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.

The meeting was called to order at 12:03 p.m., and the chair announced the session was being conducted remotely under Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2025 and made available for public viewing on the council’s YouTube channel. The chair asked for a motion "for the purpose of discussing contract negotiation and also to adjourn the regular session meeting at the conclusion of executive session." Jen moved the motion and Sam seconded it.

A roll-call vote followed. Sam, Jen and Erin voted in the affirmative; Emi had been noted as not present when the roll was taken. The chair announced that the motion carried at 12:05 p.m. and the officers paused the public feed so staff could stop the cloud recording before entering the closed session.

The motion directs that discussion of contract negotiations take place in executive session and that the regular session be adjourned at the conclusion of that closed session. No further public actions, votes on ordinances, budget decisions, or reported substantive public testimony occurred in the portion of the transcript provided.

The meeting notice and chair’s opening remarks stated the meeting was accessible via the council’s YouTube account (userbackmapc / metroboston). The officers paused the live feed to permit staff to stop the cloud recording before proceeding to executive session; the transcript ends with that pause and does not record the content of the closed session or any subsequent actions.