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Alma council authorizes closed session on litigation, awards bids and approves transit change order; Pine Avenue work to start in March
Summary
At its regular meeting the Alma City Council authorized a closed session on pending litigation, awarded a pavement-marking contract, approved a $16,700 change order for soil borings on the transit building project, and set a March start for Pine Avenue reconstruction.
The Alma City Council on Wednesday took several administrative and contract actions, including authorizing a closed session on pending litigation, awarding a pavement-marking contract, approving a change order for the Alma Transit building expansion and setting a start date for Pine Avenue reconstruction.
Closed session: The council voted to enter a closed session under the Open Meetings Act to consult with the city attorney regarding pending litigation identified as City of Alma v. Summerax and to discuss settlement strategy. The motion cited the Open Meetings Act exception (section 8(e), MCL 15.268) permitting attorney-client privileged consultation when open discussion would harm the city's financial position. The roll call recorded votes of…
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