Westborough Select Board Enters Executive Session on Seven Legal Matters

Select Board · Meeting of January 6, 2026

Westborough Select Board entered executive session January 6 to discuss seven active legal matters and a real property transaction, conducting no open-session business. The board, meeting remotely via Microsoft Teams under state remote-meeting law, voted 4-0 to close after Chair Johnson pulled the meeting's only open-session item — a Cable Advisory Committee contract that had not yet been finalized — along with two executive session items: contract negotiations preparation for Town Manager Todd Minardi and approval of prior closed-door minutes. Member Patrick Welch moved to enter executive session citing five pending court cases, including Ferris Development Group versus the Town of Westborough in Worcester Superior Court, multiple Westborough SPELL LLC matters spanning Suffolk County, federal district court, and U.S.

Bankruptcy Court, and a CarMax Auto Superstores tax case. The board also cited the real estate exemption for properties at 231-2 Turnpike Road and 57 Brigham Street, with Johnson declaring open deliberation would have "a detrimental effect on the town's negotiating position."

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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.