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Mountainside board sets default executive-session start at 7 p.m.; public sessions remain at 7:30
Summary
After debate about meeting efficiency and executive-session length, the board voted to adopt a default 7:00 p.m. start for executive session while preserving the public meeting start at 7:30, with flexibility to notice earlier starts for complex agendas.
Trustees discussed altering the board’s meeting schedule to reduce late‑night sessions and improve efficiency. The discussion weighed options including starting executive sessions later by default, piloting a later public start, or selectively posting earlier start times for known long agendas.
Jordan Hyman (who earlier took the oath) said, “I’ll make the motion to to as a default to start at 7 and preserve the 07:30 public,” and the motion was seconded. The board held a roll‑call vote and approved the change; trustees also emphasized that the board will publicly notice any months when earlier start times are required for lengthy executive‑session work.
Members noted the arrangement gives room to avoid repeated second executive sessions by scheduling targeted earlier starts when known in advance and that the district will continue to notify the public when starting times differ from the default.
What happens next: the board’s default meeting protocol will set executive session at 7:00 p.m. and keep the public session at 7:30 p.m.; the administration will publish the change and continue to notice any deviations for lengthy agendas.
