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Euclid committee recesses into executive session to consult on pending or imminent litigation
Summary
The Euclid City Council Executive and Finance Committee recessed into a closed executive session April 7 to consult with legal counsel about pending or imminent court action under Ohio law; no public actions were taken during the closed session.
The Euclid City Council Executive and Finance Committee on April 7 recessed into an executive session to consult with counsel about disputes that are the subject of pending or imminent court action, citing Ohio Revised Code §121.22(G)(3).
The committee’s meeting began with roll call and a motion to excuse three members — Wotilla, Diebeck and Steele — that was made on the record; the transcript does not record who moved or the outcome of that excusal motion. Committee members then moved the meeting into an executive session in the Law Conference Room. The motion to move into executive session was made by Council member Cosgrove and seconded by Council member Wallace; a roll-call vote recorded affirmative responses from Tolton, Gresham, Cosgrove, Hanam, Wotilla, Tanner and Jaros, and the committee recessed.
The executive session was conducted under Ohio Revised Code §121.22(G)(3), which permits a public body to hold a closed meeting for conferences with an attorney for the public body concerning disputes involving the public body that are the subject of pending or imminent court action. The committee cited a corresponding local rule in the city’s codified ordinances (section 125.05(C)) when moving into closed session.
The committee later returned to the public record; the transcript notes that Councilman Steel was present and that the clerk corrected an earlier oversight regarding his attendance. The meeting closed with a motion by Tolton, seconded by Gresham, to adjourn; the roll call for that motion recorded affirmative responses from Gresham, Cosgrove, Hanam, Latilla, Steel, Tanner, Tolton and Jaros.
No substantive public actions, votes on ordinances, budget items or policy motions are recorded in the transcript beyond the procedural motions to excuse members, to move into executive session and to adjourn. The transcript does not record the subject matter of the legal consultation discussed in the closed session or any formal decisions taken while the committee was in executive session.
