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Select Board enters executive session on MBTA Communities Act litigation and does not return to open session

Middleton Select Board · May 5, 2026
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Summary

The Board voted unanimously to enter executive session under G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss litigation strategy related to the MBTA Communities Act (M.G.L. c.40A, §3A) and adjourned without returning to open session.

On a motion by Rick Kassiotis, seconded by Debbie Carbone, the Select Board voted unanimously by roll call to enter executive session under G.L. c.30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss litigation strategy where an open meeting may harm the public body's litigating position. The matter concerns the MBTA Communities Act (M.G.L. c.40A, §3A). The board did not return to open session and adjourned from executive session.

The vote and statutory citations were recorded in the minutes; no further details of the litigation discussion are public because the board moved into a closed session and did not reconvene in open session.