By:  Progress For Westhampton Beach

Thank you to the Southampton Press for making corrections online to the story that appeared in its Feb. 12, 2015 print edition.

It is an important correction because it reported that the Mayor was contemplating what, as described, would be an executive session that violated the Open Meetings Law.  The correction makes it clear that the executive session the Mayor described and later held was in all respects proper and legal.

Compare the highlighted corrections below with the print story.

NY Public Officer’s Law §105. Conduct of executive sessions.

Upon a majority vote of its total membership, taken in an open meeting pursuant to a motion identifying the general area or areas of the subject or subjects to be considered, a public body may conduct an executive session for the below enumerated purposes…  employment history of a particular person or corporation, or matters leading to the appointment, employment…

Getting stories completely accurate and correct is always a challenge under the crunch of a deadline.  Some publications would refuse to acknowledge or correct a mistake, the Southampton Press gets honorable mention here.