At a special meeting of the Board of Education and the City of Foxborough on July 30, 2022, the presiding officer moved that the body enter an executive session to discuss “purchase, sale, or lease of property, advanced construction planning, investment of public funds, or other matters involving competition, which in fact, public might adversely affect financial or other interest” of the city. The motion was approved on a voice vote and the council recessed into executive session.

The move to close the meeting cited a local rule: “pursuant to chapter 6 article 9 and section 4,” and identified persons authorized to remain for the executive session as the mayor and members of the city council, the city manager, the city attorney and the city clerk. No roll-call vote tally was recorded in the public transcript; a voice vote was taken in which the presiding officer called for ayes and then stated “Motion carries.”

The nut graf: the executive session was convened to discuss matters the presiding officer said could affect the city’s financial interests and competitive standing — categories that commonly include negotiations over property transactions, planning for major construction projects and investment decisions that could influence competitive procurement or private-market responses.

In the public portion of the meeting, the presiding officer made the motion: “I'd like to make a motion that we go into executive session on my property motion.” After a second was requested and the vote taken, the presiding officer announced the body would move to executive session under the cited chapter and section and listed the city officials who would attend.

No further public details were provided about the specific property or project under discussion. The transcript does not record any formal direction to staff beyond the decision to recess to executive session, nor does it record any votes on ordinances, contracts or appropriations related to the cited topics in open session.

Ending: The record shows the council recessed to the closed session under the cited authority; no additional public action or next steps were stated in the portions of the transcript provided.