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Palmyra board enters closed session for personnel matters, returns with no action
Summary
The Palmyra Board of Education voted to enter a closed session under N.J.S.A. 10:4‑12 to discuss employment and personnel matters, reconvened after about an hour, and recorded no action on the matters discussed; subsequent motions to return from closed session and to adjourn passed by voice vote.
The Palmyra Board of Education approved a motion on Feb. 4 to enter closed session under N.J.S.A. 10:4‑12 to discuss personnel matters relating to employment, appointment, evaluation or discipline. The resolution cites the statutory exemption for personnel matters and states the board expected the discussion to be exempt from public disclosure until the board attorney advised otherwise.
The board reconvened at 9:16 p.m. after approximately one hour of closed session; the minutes state that 'upon its return from closed session the Board did not take action.' Recorded voice votes show the motions to enter closed session, to return from closed session, and to adjourn were carried unanimously. The minutes list motion details: the initial motion to enter closed session was moved by Dr. Mossgrove and seconded by Ms. Celley; the return from closed session was also moved by Dr. Mossgrove and seconded by Ms. Celley; the adjournment motion was moved by Dr. Mossgrove and seconded by Mr. Toner. The roll call lists nine members present at the start of the meeting.
