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The Great Barrington Select Board convened a virtual meeting on May 28, 2026, with all five members present (Phil, Ben, Garfield, Eric, Steve). After brief announcements and no public comments, the board voted unanimously to enter executive session under two provisions of MGL Chapter 30A. The board did not return to open session.
Uh pursuant to mass general law 7C 30A 20 F. After notifying the chair of a public body, any person make a video or audio recording of an open session of a meeting or may transit meeting through any medium at the beginning of the meeting. The chair shall inform other attendees of any such recordings. The town is recording this meeting. Any member of the public wishing to speak at the meeting must receive permission of the chair. A listing of agenda items or those reasonably anticipated by the chair, which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed, in fact, be discussed, and other items not listed, may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. So we need a first a roll call vote since we are virtual this evening. What's that? My baby crying. Oh, okay, good. No, no, that's okay. That's a good thing. I'm gonna close the door after our vote. Roll call, Phil. Here. Ben. Here. Garfield. Eric. Here. And Steve. We are all present. Select board's announcements and statements. We're only going to do this once. It's listed twice for select board time. So we're gonna save 30 seconds on this. Phil. Uh nothing. Thank you. Okay. Um Ben is shutting the door, so Garfield. No, no, nothing. Thank you. Ben. Good. Thank you. Eric. Uh nothing at this time. Thank you. And I have nothing. Select uh citizen speak time. Media time.