The Town of Needham Board of Assessors voted on April 3 to enter executive session to discuss exemptions, abatement applications and litigation strategy.

John Bolling, chair of the Board of Assessors, asked for a motion "to comply with the provisions of any general or special laws specifically to discuss real estate and personal property exemption and or abatement applications, which are not open to public inspection or to comply with the provisions of any general or special laws specifically to discuss returns of property held for charitable purposes, which are not open to public inspection, or to discuss strategy with respect to litigation as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the government's litigating position." A motion was made and seconded; the transcript records successive "Aye" votes and the chair closed the roll as carried.

The transcript does not record the names of the motion's mover or seconder, nor does it list individual roll-call votes. The meeting audio records affirmative votes only. The board did not state any substantive outcomes or directives on the public record before moving into executive session.