Long Branch City Council adopts resolution to enter executive session on attorney–client privilege and contract negotiations

The Long Branch City Council at a special meeting on July 13, 2026, adopted Resolution R-17526 to enter an executive session to discuss attorney–client privilege and contract negotiations, the council chair said.

The meeting began with the chair calling roll and reading the names Barataro, Dr. Poe, Delta, Brown and Rassas. A city official certified that the meeting notice had been published and posted in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act.

The chair asked for and obtained a motion to open the public-participation portion of the meeting; no members of the public stepped forward to speak. The chair then requested a motion to close the public-participation period; that motion passed after affirmative responses were recorded.

The chair then asked for a motion to adopt Resolution R-17526 “to go into executive session to discuss the following, attorney–client privilege, contract negotiations.” The motion was moved and seconded; the transcript records affirmative "Aye" responses and the resolution was adopted. The transcript does not identify which councilmembers made or seconded the motions or provide a full roll-call vote tally beyond the recorded affirmative responses.

Because the resolution authorized an executive session for matters covered by attorney–client privilege and contract negotiations, no further public discussion of those items was recorded in the meeting transcript. The public record in the transcript ends with the council adopting Resolution R-17526 and preparing to move into executive session.