Erving Select Board Enters Executive Session Over Police Chief Contract Talks

ERVING -- March 24, 2021, Erving Select Board votes to close its meeting for police chief contract negotiations. The board, chaired by Jacob Smith, convened Wednesday via GoToWebinar and dispatched its only substantive open-session item, a brief COVID-19 update noting a Monday reverse-notification to the public and a planned departmental Phase 4 reopening meeting, before voting to enter executive session under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30A, Section 21A2 to conduct strategy and contract negotiations with the chief of police, a non-union position. The board stated it would not return to open session after the closed meeting. No contract terms or dollar figures were disclosed publicly.