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Hardwick Board of Selectmen Enters Executive Session
Original title: Part 1 - Hardwick, MA Board of Selectmen Meeting 8/28/23
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Summary
The Hardwick Board of Selectmen commenced their meeting by immediately moving to enter an executive session. The stated purpose for this session was to discuss strategies pertaining to collective bargaining and litigation, with the rationale that conducting these discussions in an open meeting could detrimentally impact the public body's strategic position. Following a required roll call vote, the motion to enter executive session was approved, and all non-essential personnel were subsequently requested to vacate the meeting room.
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Discussion Highlights
- The initial order of business was to transition into an executive session.
- The executive session was called to discuss strategies related to collective bargaining and litigation.
- It was determined that an open meeting for these discussions could negatively affect the public body's position.
Transcript (110 words)
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- 00:00:02
Our first first order of business is we need to go into executive session reason open law meeting complaint sorry reason to discuss strategies with respect to collective bargaining litigation
- 00:00:21
Made the term maybe detrimental effect is bargaining or litigation position of a public body and the chair so it declares so we just need to have a roll call vote hi
- 00:00:47
Okay so we're gonna go into executive sessions we want to hear Bill and I need us to leave yeah everybody has to okay no problem don't go far
Raw transcript
[00:00:02] um our first first order of business is [00:00:04] we need to go into executive session [00:00:08] um reason open law meeting complaint [00:00:13] sorry reason to discuss strategies with [00:00:16] respect to collective bargaining [00:00:17] litigation [00:00:21] made the term uh [00:00:24] maybe detrimental effect is bargaining [00:00:27] or litigation position of a public body [00:00:29] and the chair so it declares so we just [00:00:32] need to have a roll call vote [00:00:36] hi [00:00:47] okay so we're gonna go into executive [00:00:49] sessions we want to hear Bill and [00:00:51] I need us to leave yeah everybody has to [00:00:54] okay no problem don't go far