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First Selectman Carol Jones leads Deep River selectmen into executive session over counsel issue
Summary
The Deep River Board of Selectmen entered an executive session March 12, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. to discuss issues involving the town's general counsel; the closed meeting ended at 5:11 p.m. and the board adjourned. No public details of the executive-session discussion were recorded in the minutes.
First Selectman Carol Jones called a special meeting of the Deep River Board of Selectmen to order at 3:30 p.m. March 12, 2026, at Richard H. Smith Town Hall and asked for a motion to enter an executive session to discuss issues with the town's general counsel.
Selectman Duane Gates moved to enter executive session and Selectman Cynthia Torres seconded; the motion passed 3-0. The public minutes record that Town Attorney Jane Marsh and Town Building Official Richard Leighton were invited into the executive session. The minutes do not describe the subject matter discussed in closed session or record any substantive public action tied to that discussion.
The executive session was closed by Jones at 5:11 p.m. and the board immediately considered adjournment. Gates moved to adjourn, Torres seconded, and the motion passed 3-0. The meeting was adjourned at 5:11 p.m.
The record available in the meeting minutes contains only the motions to enter and to end the executive session and the invitation of the town attorney and building official into the closed meeting; no ordinance votes, contract awards, or other public decisions were recorded in the posted minutes for this special session.
