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Commissioners certify executive session and authorize motion to intervene in pending litigation
Summary
Following an executive session on threatened or pending litigation under Indiana law, the board certified the session’s scope and authorized county legal staff to file a motion to intervene in the matter discussed.
Dearborn County commissioners certified the content of an earlier executive session and authorized county counsel to file a motion to intervene in litigation that was discussed in that closed session.
At the start of the meeting the board stated the executive session had been called under Indiana Code 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(2) for discussion of initiation of litigation or litigation pending or threatened in writing. A commissioner moved to certify that only the stated litigation topic was discussed in the executive session; the motion passed by voice vote.
The board then took a separate motion to authorize the county attorney (the meeting record references the request from the presiding official) to file a motion to intervene in the specific matter discussed in executive session. The motion was presented and passed; the text in the meeting record indicates the motion carries and the board provided authorization by recorded action.
The meeting minutes record the statutory citation and the two formal votes—certification of the executive session and authorization to proceed with a filing—both adopted by voice vote.
