Select Board Executive Session Meeting Minutes 3/23/22 - 6pm
Executive Session Minutes of 3/23/22 – 6PM Meeting
Meeting Opened at: 7:54pm
Select Board Members Present: Steve Weisz, Chair, Justin Makuc and John Weingold
Also Present: Melissa Noe
Discuss entering executive session to continue review and consider approval of the following sets of Executive Session minutes: 10/4, 3/2, and 3/16/22, discuss possible amendments to 2/2/22 and 11/17/21 minutes. A motion was made to enter Executive Session to review and approve the minutes of 10/4, 3/2, and 3/16/22, as well as to discuss possible amendments to 2/2/22 and 11/17/21 minutes. Justin clarified for the record that an executive session did not end up being held on 3/16/22 so that should be stricken. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved. Roll call was taken, John present, Steve, present and Justin, present. The Board agreed that it will not return to open session. They entered executive session at 7:54pm.
Minutes of 11/17/21: Justin suggested one amendment to the previously approved minutes of 11/17/21, which was to include, as a “document used at the meeting,” the email that was sent to Corinne Hood Greene from the Board during the meeting. Steve had an issue with the amendment as it would now include attaching all the complaints sent to the investigator and he feels based on comments from counsel that they will first need to be redacted. Steve suggested Justin send them to counsel first for redaction and the present the amendment once that has been completed. Justin protested that the same complaints were referenced in the 11/4/21 Executive Session minutes because the email to the investigator was a document used at that meeting. Justin also stated that whether it eventually needs to be redacted for public release or not, the document was still used at the meeting. As there was not a majority to carry this amendment through the Board moved on. The minutes of 11/17/21 Executive Session were not amended.
Minutes of 3/2/22: A motion was made to approve the minutes of 3/2/22 as amended and release them to the public. The motion was seconded and approved 2 – 0 as John was not present for that meeting.
Minutes of 2/2/22: A motion was made to approve the amended minutes of 2/2/22 but not distribute to the public until the investigation has been completed. The amendments to the already approved minutes were made by Justin to add detail to the discussions. The motion was seconded and approved 2 – 0 as John was not present for that meeting.
Minutes of 10/4/21: A motion was made to approve the minutes of 10/4/21 as written and amended by Justin. John will not approve Justin’s version and wants his version to be the one approved as he says his are a transcript and this set of minutes will be the most important ever approved as they will likely be used in future litigation. Justin argued that his minutes are very thorough and are a combination of all three versions created and noted that John’s version is missing several items required to be in a set of minutes, like location and time of the meeting. As there was no second the motion failed. Steve did not participate in the discussion or vote to approve a set of 10/4/21 Executive Session minutes.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 8:25pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Town Administrator
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
cc: Website (www.montereyma.gov)
Select Board Members
Minutes Book
Town Clerk
Any documents used in the meeting are listed below and are available by request at town hall.
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