001sure probably yes number one yes mayor William Gartner I'm staying okay well then we keep going until we have one a decision one way or the other so that was a tie vote is that what you're saying yes and it's one abstention okay yes is there any further discussion before we vote again sure I'll say that I think it would be useful for me to have an executive session before discussing it in the open session um okay I I think it's it's clear that members of the public as well as interested parties include you know are are watching us carefully and what we say and what we do and I think having the benefit of a executive session to discuss before we go into open session is frankly what was missing last time we discussed
002this and would be useful tonight any further discussion okay I'm not hearing any so we'll go ahead and we'll vote again uh secretary action please remember Denise no uh secretary Eckstrom thanks for that rationale Glenn I'll say no remember Johnson Assad no Vice chair martini no Cher primary yes number one yes Mary Gardner no okay so with that the majority decision is that we move into executive session okay so members of the committee um and the superintendent and recording secretary all have a separate link to join the executive session um you can actually log off of this I will stay logged in as will gctv I will mute and turn my camera off on this and move into the executive session and we will meet there but we need to vote on the executive session
003yes yes thank you we sure do thank you Glenn so many procedures all right so go ahead Amy yep the item two on the agenda is about to enter into executive session first went to mglc30 section 21A subsection 3 which is the exemption to discuss strategy I don't think this is the right exemption the 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 I do declare the committee will return to open session um is that the correct one that is correct and I'll move it okay and is there a second and any discussion or can we move right to a vote I think we already discussed right when we tried to just
004go to item three so let's go ahead and vote so remember Denise yes secretary extreme yes remember Johnson Assad yes remember Martin or blister Martini yes yes number wall I think member while um logged off to go to this session oh she probably did yeah sorry guys mayor weedy Gardner yes okay we are entering into executive session see you on the other side thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] the world [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign
005[Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] workers [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Laughter] okay we are back into the public session appreciate everyone's patience we are going to move right into item three on the agenda which was a previously tabled item that we would like to bring to the table a vote we need to do a roll call oh okay go for it remember deneve here secretary yes secretary extra of Miami here remember Johnson massage present moisture Martini here pretty sure remember wall
006she not back I don't see her let's just go ahead with the rest of the Roll Call see if we have a corner mayor wegartner they both having trouble okay let's see if we can find them the mayor's coming in okay there's the mayor I just sent Gene the link again okay guys did you finish the roll call besides her uh no mayor Whittier Gardner she's muted but she's here I'm here um let's try to move ahead at least with the bringing the motion forward yes um member wall texted and said she was having issues getting back in with zoom so I shared that um secretary Eckstrom had resent the link so thank you she may need both the link and the passcode and people she will need the passcode I had to put it
007in thank you so let's try to get at least started with bringing the item forward from the table as I started to say uh agenda item three is a public vote to approve Providence Christian Academy as presented to the school committee this was previously tabled at the July 12 regular meeting we'd like to bring it to the table that the Greenfield school committee approved the operation in the city of Greenfield of Providence Christian Academy beginning in the 20s to 2023 2024 school year and do I have a motion to bring that from the table I'll second oh did I hear it first because it was already on the table okay fair enough um and we had a second okay and how about discussion anyone request whether we could take a break while we wait for
008a member wall to join you want to take a break while we wait for a member wall to rejoin our our group okay um yeah I guess so I hope yeah we can we can't have discussion while we're waiting for her that's what I'm trying to do is just moving along we can start discussion while we're waiting for member wall to join I can even call her I'll call you go ahead there you go you call her um discussion of the motion uh mayor way to Gardner go ahead thank you um I do plan to vote Yes on this although I do so understand I want the public to understand I do so um in saying that my approval does not equate to an endorsement of the private school's teachings thank you mayor Wayne Gardner
009uh looks like remember Johnson we saw it also has his hand up I plan to abstain I feel I haven't gotten sufficient information on the curriculum to make an evaluation other discussion looks like we're still trying to help member wall um I I will I will add my own comments um as originally I plan to vote to approve um this uh it should have been a simple up and down vote of something that's already allowed in state and federal law and um we should certainly consider that uh the department of Elementary and secondary education has put us in the unique and unfortunate position of making a decision where we maybe don't necessarily have the right information or even the actual power to do anything except to prove which is a perfectly bureaucratic thing from we
010see all the time from the state and federal government um I will also say that as I said at the last meeting um these are our neighbors and I want nothing more than uh folks to have the choice to educate their children in a way that they feel um comfortable with and have the um in this great nation have the ability to do that and I respect that regardless of what I might think of any one person's or any groups individual views that is their right any other comments Vice chair ekstrom how we doing yeah excuse me may I interrupt yes please um superintendent or chair do you know if there's a limit on the number of participants that we can have because Gene is being denied oh what is the error message I have
011a low-tech um proposal that um member ekstrom put member wall on speakerphone and yes please say it that way yes please which we have plenty of precedent for in this body even before the pandemic we would regularly have members participate for entire meetings by phone um that is totally allowed all right and I recommend that let's just do a test to make sure everybody can hear her uh member wall can you hear me yes and can everyone here remember well yes yes indeed okay can everyone see that it says her name on there and I don't know and that was definitely her voice do we have further discussion thank you for resolving that all of you and do we have further discussion on the motion Gene any comments no she says no okay ready to
012move to a vote then uh secretary estrom remember Denise no secretary Eckstrom yes Amber Johnson Assad abstain Vice chair martini Epstein Joe Peretti yes remember wall yes mayor woodygartner yes we have a majority in vote of yes can you can you read the tally please we have four yeses two abstentions and one no thank you with that said I appreciate everyone's uh working through this and attendance as well and I would ask for a motion to adjourn so moved and we do because we're remote we do need a roll call please remember genev yes secretary extra was yes remember Johnson Assad yes chair Marty Vice chair martini yes you can be cheer cheer Freddy yes remember wall yes mayor wittygartner yes at 6 56 p.m thank you everyone [Music]