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Richmond council enters executive session to discuss national opioid class-action litigation
Summary
The Richmond City Council voted to go into a closed executive session under Section 42-46-582 to discuss pending national opioid class-action litigation; roll-call votes were recorded as 'yes' for Councilors Madnick, Amishano, Reynolds and Wilcox.
An unnamed council member moved that the Richmond City Council enter an executive session pursuant to Section 42-46-582 to discuss pending national opioid class-action litigation; another unnamed member seconded the motion.
The motion passed on a roll-call vote with Councilor Madnick, Councilor Amishano, Councilor Reynolds and Councilor Wilcox recorded as voting “yes.” Following the vote, the council recessed into the executive session.
The mover read the motion aloud: “Make a motion to enter executive session pursuant to section 42-46-582, pending litigation, national opioid litigation class action,” and another member said “Second.” The roll call returned four affirmative votes. The public transcript shows the council then proceeded to leave the public chamber for the closed session.
The council cited Section 42-46-582 as the statutory authority for closing the meeting to the public to discuss pending litigation. The transcript does not record any debate of the merits of the litigation in public nor specify any further actions to be taken in open session following the executive session.
