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Council enters closed session to discuss litigation status of city revolving loan fund
Summary
The Common Council moved into closed session under state statute 19.85(1)(g) to confer with legal counsel about strategy concerning litigation related to a city-issued revolving loan fund; the motion carried unanimously.
The Common Council voted to enter a closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(g) "conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved," to discuss the status of a city-issued revolving loan fund.
Nut graf: The council invoked the litigation exception to the open-meetings law to receive legal advice and discuss strategy with counsel; no substantive details of the litigation were disclosed in the public record during the meeting.
Details and outcome: A motion to go into closed session was made and seconded and the council recorded an aye vote; the meeting minutes record the motion as carried. The transcript does not include additional public details about the subject matter beyond the statutory basis and the reference to the revolving loan fund’s status.
Ending: The council proceeded into closed session for attorney-client strategy and no public actions or votes regarding the litigation were reported in the public portion of the record.
