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East Orange Water Commission votes to enter closed session on personnel, contracts and litigation
Summary
On May 6, 2026 the Board of Water Commissioners approved Resolution 9A to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters and contracts/litigation; the closed session ran from about 5:11 p.m. to 6:28 p.m., after which the Board voted on a transfer to the City.
The East Orange Water Commission approved Resolution 9A at its May 6 special meeting, authorizing a closed (executive) session to discuss personnel-related matters and contracts and litigation. The motion to approve Resolution 9A was made by Commissioner Shantel Harrison, seconded by Commissioner Fatimah McConnell, and carried unanimously at the public call for a vote.
According to the minutes, the Board entered executive session at approximately 5:11 p.m. and identified the items for private discussion as (1) Personnel Committee matters and (2) Contracts and litigation matters. The public meeting resumed at about 6:28 p.m., after which the Board presented and approved Resolution 8A (a $4,000,000 transfer to the City of East Orange) in open session.
The minutes record the executive-session start and end times but do not disclose the substance of the closed deliberations, consistent with standard executive-session practice. The record lists Commissioners Alison Rolling, Shantel Harrison, Emmanuel O. Awe and Fatimah McConnell as present during the meeting; Commissioner Sherkera Lucas was noted as excused.
