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Chair moves Boston Town Council into executive session to discuss personnel and interview job candidate
Summary
At a May 4 special meeting the council’s chair moved to adjourn into executive session under R.I. Gen. Laws 42-46-5(a)(1) to discuss the job performance or character of an individual and to interview a prospective employee; the motion was seconded and roll call began, but no vote is recorded in the transcript.
The Chair called the Boston Town Council special meeting on May 4, 2026, to order and moved that the council adjourn into executive session to discuss a personnel matter and to conduct an interview of a prospective employee.
"I'll make a motion to adjourn to executive session pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 42-46-5(a)(1) for the purpose of discussion of the job performance and or character of an individual and conducting an interview of a prospective employee job applicant," the Chair said.
The Chair stated the person to be discussed had been notified in advance in writing of rights related to executive-session discussion. A second to the motion was entered and the Chair announced, "We have a motion that's made and seconded. I have a roll call," before calling "Council Westgate"; the transcript ends as the roll call begins and does not record a vote tally or formal outcome.
Rhode Island General Laws 42-46-5(a)(1) authorizes a public body to meet in executive session to consider the job performance, character, or physical or mental health of a natural person. The council’s stated purpose at this special meeting was limited to personnel discussion and the interview of a job applicant; no additional public business or substantive debate is shown in the available transcript.
Because the transcript ends while the roll call is underway, it does not record whether the council completed the executive-session vote on the public record or returned to open session. The meeting record indicates only that the council moved to consider the personnel matter in executive session and that the individual had been notified in writing.
Next steps: the council proceeded to roll call and, per the transcript, intended to move into executive session; the public transcript does not include any subsequent vote totals or the contents of the executive session.
