Board of Health votes to enter executive session to consider open meeting law complaint

The Board of Health for the Town of Reading voted unanimously on June 18, 2026 to enter an executive session to discuss an open meeting law complaint filed June 8 by Kendra Cooper and said it would adjourn from executive session without returning to open session. The chair moved “to enter into executive session under purpose one of the open meeting law to discuss an open meeting law complaint filed by Kendra Cooper against the Board of Health dated June 8th, 2026, and to invite Health Director Ade Solarin and Town Council member Evra Fried into the executive session, and to adjourn from the executive session,” and Kevin Sexton seconded the motion.

During a roll call taken after the motion, Carrie Janelle, Kevin Sexton, Joan Wetzel and Rick Lopez each answered “yes,” approving the motion to enter executive session and to adjourn from it. The chair instructed staff to stop the public recording and to move the RCTV feed into the waiting room; a host confirmed that recording was stopped and Hayley was assigned to take the executive session minutes.

The transcript shows the board repeatedly confirmed members were in locations where they could not be overheard before leaving open session, and that Health Director Ade Solarin and Town Council member Evra Fried were invited to join the executive session. The recording and access-management steps were still being completed at the end of the provided transcript: participants asked whether RCTV was manned and could be moved to the waiting room.