001Being the hour, I now call the Gardener City Council informal meeting of Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. to order. The clerk will now please call the role. >> Council Brooks. >> Councelor Craig Cormier, >> present. >> Council General Laws, >> present. >> Councelor Harder, >> Council Heath, >> present. Council Hegeland >> present. >> Council Kazinsquecus >> present. Council Math >> present. >> Council Tisone. >> Council TB Munos >> present. >> And President Tyrus >> present. Announcement of open meeting recordings. Is anyone recording tonight's meeting? >> No response. I will now entertain a motion to move into executive session under the purviews of the open meeting law solely for the purposes as posted. Executive session MGL chapter 30A subsection 21 to discuss union negotiations between the teamsters department heads and the city for reasons
002the city for reasons the chair of the city of council has declared and is confirmed by a roll call vote that is the city council is exemption number two to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-un non-union personnel or conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-union personnel and exemption three to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigation position of the public body and the chair so declares. >> Is there a motion? >> Second. >> Motion made by councelor Daloud, second by councelor Heath to enter into executive session. Is there any discussion on the motion? Councelor Mac, >> just for clarification for the record, um the council president said subsection 21 is actually is it subsection
00322 on our agenda? >> It's a correction on the uh a clerical error on >> on our agenda. Yes. >> Thank you for pointing that out. >> Absolutely. Uh beneath exception three, it has the correct uh citation of MGL chapter 3A subsection 21. >> Thank you, councel. >> Any further discussion? >> The clerk will now please call the role. Council Craig Formier. >> Yes. >> Council Don Lawitz. >> Yes. >> Council, >> yes. >> Councelor Heglin, >> yes. >> Council Kazinskus, >> yes. >> Council Math, >> yes. >> Excuse me. Council Tunis, >> yes. >> And President Tyros, >> yes. >> Eight days. The motion passes. As required by chapter 3A of the general laws, I declare discussing these matters in open session would not be appropriate. The council will now meet in executive session.
004A brief recess will be called as members of the public exit the council chamber and the doors will be shut. Be advised, the city council will not reconvene in open session at the conclusion of the executive session. Following the completion of business within the executive session, the council will adjourn directly from that session. We now recess for executive session.