Sterling Select Board enters executive session on contract negotiations.
Select Board · Meeting of February 4, 2026
Sterling Select Board convenes and immediately enters closed session on labor and contract strategy. Chair Kirsten Newman and the five-member board unanimously voted to conduct three consecutive executive sessions addressing Fire Chief, Dispatch Unit, and Firefighters Unit contract negotiations under Massachusetts law. The board adjourned at 6:01 pm without returning to open meeting, having conducted no public business.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of February 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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