Concord Light Board moves into executive session to discuss power supply contract

The Town of Concord Light Board adjourned its public meeting on July 14 and entered an executive session to discuss a power supply contract, citing Massachusetts open meeting law exemption number 10 for trade secrets and other competitively sensitive information, Chair John Dalton said.

Board member Chris moved that the board "adjourn the regular session light board meeting and enter into executive session" and that the board "do not return to regular session pursuant to Massachusetts open meeting law exemption number 10 for the purpose of discussing trade secrets or confidential, competitively sensitive, or other proprietary information related to a power supply contract." Tyson seconded the motion.

During a voice vote, the transcript records affirmative responses attributed to Chris, Warren, Nicole and Chair John Dalton. The motion passed and the board proceeded into executive session and did not return to the public meeting. The transcript does not explicitly record Tyson's individual vote.

The action invokes an open meeting law exemption intended to permit confidential discussion of trade secrets and competitively sensitive contract terms; the board did not describe in public the specific contract terms to be discussed. The motion as read identifies the subject only as a "power supply contract." The record does not include further public debate, amendments or a public outcome beyond the entry into executive session.

Attendance recorded during roll call included Warren, Chris, Nicole, Tyson and Chair John Dalton. No further items were discussed on the public record before the meeting moved into a closed session. The transcript does not specify a year for the July 14 meeting date.

Next steps: the board entered executive session and the public record in this transcript ends with that action; no return to open session or subsequent public actions are recorded here.