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Committee votes to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining

Rockport School Committee · December 10, 2024
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Summary

Chair Kathy Riley announced a need for executive session on collective bargaining strategy and the committee approved entering executive session on a roll-call vote, citing potential detriment to the committee's bargaining position if discussed in public.

Chair Kathy Riley said the committee needed to meet in executive session to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining, explaining that public discussion could be detrimental to the committee's bargaining position. The committee took a roll-call vote and approved entering executive session; the meeting did not reconvene in open session that night.

Riley led the roll call, with members recorded as voting 'yes' on the motion to enter executive session. The action followed the committee’s routine practice when bargaining strategy is at issue and was taken consistent with the committee’s statement that it would not return to open session.