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Selectboard approves warrants, goes into executive session on legal/personnel matter
Summary
The board approved two warrants (with noted recusals) and recessed to hold an executive session under 1 V.S.A. § 313 to discuss a personnel/legal issue; the board reported no action taken after the session.
The Williamstown Selectboard approved SB22181 (motion by Scott McCarthy; second by Clayton Woodworth) with Selectboard member Tyler Mitchell recused on a Fire Department item. The board also approved the payroll warrants for Feb. 22, 2026 (motion by Clayton Woodworth; second by Scott McCarthy) with Tyler Mitchell and Cote Griggs recused on those warrants as recorded.
At 8:39 p.m. Selectboard member Tyler Mitchell moved for a five-minute recess and to go into executive session; Cote Griggs seconded. At 8:43 p.m. the board entered executive session under the statutory provision 1 V.S.A. § 313 to discuss a personnel/legal matter. The board exited executive session at about 9:10–9:11 p.m.; no formal board action was reported. "Tyler reported that legal issues were discussed and that there was no action was taken," the minutes state.
The minutes record recusals and motions but do not include a public description of the legal or personnel matter discussed in executive session. The board recorded the procedural steps taken and that no action resulted from the closed deliberations.
