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Ripon council authorizes legal defense in Liberty Self Storage development‑fee dispute
Summary
In a closed‑session readout, the Ripon City Council unanimously authorized the city’s legal counsel to defend the city in litigation filed by Liberty Self Storage LP concerning a dispute over development fees; no other reportable closed‑session actions were announced.
At the start of the public meeting the city attorney provided a readout from closed session: the Ripon City Council convened in closed session at 5:00 p.m. with all members present and voted unanimously to authorize the city’s legal counsel to defend the city in litigation filed by Liberty Self Storage LP concerning a dispute over development fees.
The readout, delivered immediately after the city returned to open session, stated there was “no reportable action” beyond the authorization to counsel. The city did not provide further detail about the substance of the litigation in the public readout.
The closed‑session action authorizes the city to proceed with legal defense in the pending case; no settlement, agreement or other public action was announced and the council did not disclose a vote tally beyond saying the authorization was unanimous.
