No. 1: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

There was not a flag in the vault where Council met.

No. 2: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL:

The Special Meeting of the Exeter Town Council was called to order at 6:17 p.m., on Monday, April 7, 2025, in the Vault, in the Exeter Clerk’s Office, 675 Ten Rod Road, Exeter, Rhode Island.

Roll Call: Daniel W. Patterson Yes

Raymond A. Morrissey Yes

Diane Bampton Allen Yes

Olivia DeFrancesco Yes

Calvin A. Ellis Yes

Also Present: Vincent F. Ragosta, Jr., Esq., Labor Attorney

Kenneth Sylvia, Esq., Town Solicitor

Lynn M. Hawkins, Town Clerk

Maria Lawler, Town Treasurer

No. 3: EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Because his wife, Janette Morrissey, works in the Clerk’s Office, Mr. Morrissey recused

himself and left the meeting at 6:18 p.m.

MOTION made by Mr. Patterson to enter Executive Session to begin labor negotiations

at the request of Local Union 1322 regarding the two Union contracts (Public Works and Town Hall/Transfer Station/Animal Control) the Town has with Local 1322; seconded by

Mr. Ellis; and voted unanimously in the affirmative.

Council entered into Executive Session at 6:18 p.m., adjourned Executive Session

at 6:45 p.m., and reassembled in Open Session.

MOTION made by Mr. Ellis to seal the minutes of Executive Session; seconded

by Ms. Allen; and voted unanimously in the affirmative.

No. 4: ADJOURNMENT:

MOTION made by Ms. DeFrancesco to adjourn the meeting; seconded by

Mr. Ellis; and voted unanimously in the affirmative.

The Special Meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Lynn M. Hawkins, CMC

Exeter Town Clerk

Approved: June 2, 2025