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Costa Mesa council recesses to closed session to discuss opioid settlement, two lawsuits and city manager appointment
Summary
The Costa Mesa City Council recessed to closed session on Tuesday, Sept. 16 to confer with legal counsel on the National Opioid Settlement involving Purdue Pharma, two pending lawsuits, and to consider a city manager appointment; no outcomes were disclosed on the public record in the provided transcript.
The Costa Mesa City Council recessed to a closed session on Tuesday, Sept. 16 to confer with legal counsel on the National Opioid Settlement involving Purdue Pharma, two pending lawsuits — Schaefer v. City of Costa Mesa and People of the State of California v. D'Alessio Investments (440 Fair Drive and 1779 Newport Boulevard) — and to consider a public employee appointment for the city manager, the city clerk read.
Those items were listed under the closed-session agenda pursuant to California Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1) for existing litigation and section 54957(b)(1) for public employee appointments, the…
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