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Somerset selectmen vote to enter executive session on personnel bylaw matter
Summary
At a May 6 joint meeting, the Somerset Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 to enter executive session under G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining or litigation concerning the Consolidated Personnel By-law — Financial Analyst. The meeting opened at 6:02 p.m. and adjourned at 8:28 p.m.
Selectman Smith called a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the Somerset Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners to order at 6:02 p.m. on May 6, 2026, at the Somerset Water Department (Commissioner’s Office). Present were Selectman Smith; Selectman Costa; Selectman Bednarik; Town Administrator Mark Ullucci; Chairman Cadorette; Robert Lima; and Superintendent Christopher Wickman.
Selectman Costa moved at 6:03 p.m. that the board enter executive session pursuant to G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(3), which permits closed-session discussion of strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation when an open meeting could be detrimental to the public body’s position. The motion identified the subject as the Consolidated Personnel By-law — Financial Analyst. Selectman Bednarik seconded the motion.
The board approved the motion in a roll-call vote of 3-0: Selectman Smith — aye; Selectman Costa — aye; Selectman Bednarik — aye. The minutes record shows the motion was made to convene an executive session rather than to take a public vote on policy or appointments.
Later in the evening, at 8:28 p.m., Selectman Costa moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded by Selectman Bednarik and approved by the same 3-0 roll-call vote.
The written meeting record includes the note, "Respectfully submitted by: Approved: June 18, 2026 Jessica Dasilva," indicating the minutes were submitted and marked approved on June 18, 2026. The meeting transcript and minutes list participants by title and last name (for example, "Selectman Smith," "Selectman Costa," "Selectman Bednarik"); given the record does not provide given (first) names for those selectmen, this article uses the identifiers as they appear in the meeting minutes.
No additional public details about the executive-session discussion were recorded in the public minutes provided here. The board’s next public actions or any formal outcomes that might result from the closed-session discussions were not specified in the public record of this meeting.
