The following is a letter posted on FramGov on November 30, 2014 by Town Meeting Member, Jeff Cox.
Greetings Framingham:
I am not a lawyer, but I am interested if the Framingham Board of Selectman may have violated the Open Meeting Law.
--I have reviewed the minutes of the Board of Selectman meetings (http://webapps.framinghamma.gov/weblink8/Browse.aspx?startid=35)
and noticed that none of the Executive Session minutes have never been
posted. I reviewed that the recent controversy in Wayland over
publishing of all meeting minutes, as redacted, and noticed that they
needed to be published. Is it every appropriate to publish executive
sessions? When?
--I cannot find the meeting that the Board of Selectman approved the
proposal of the potential selling of Town Hall published. Where is the
motion or resolution?
--Were the conversation regarding potential selling of town property
referred to any town committee or Board of Selectman committee? If not
referred, were there private emails or conversations about the potential
selling of this property that may be in violation of the Open Meeting
Law? How can the potential selling of the Town Hall and other
significant meetings be approved without substantial public
conversation? If the Open Meeting were potentially violated, would the
approved vote be invalid?