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Public commenter urges release of animal-shelter records; Assembly holds executive session on Cranford v. CBS litigation
Summary
A public commenter, Austin Cranford, urged the city to release records about actions taken at the animal shelter and alleged animals were euthanized by gunshot; the Assembly then entered an executive session to receive attorney-client communications regarding Cranford v. CBS and reconvened without public action.
At the public-comment portion of the Jan. 24 Sitka City and Borough Assembly meeting, Austin Cranford asked the Assembly to release information and records about what happened to animals at the municipal animal shelter and said he had shared material with state investigators. Cranford told the Assembly he believes animals were euthanized by gunshot and said his research and surveillance images led him to that conclusion.
"I am once again requesting that the city release the information as to why, who, and how, the animals were put down," Cranford said during his public comment, adding that he had provided material to state authorities who are reviewing the permitting process.
Following other business, the Assembly voted 5-0 to go into executive session "to receive and discuss attorney-client communications from the municipal attorney and outside legal counsel ... regarding the legal and financial matters affecting the municipality due to the Cranford v CBS litigation." The Assembly met in executive session with outside counsel, then reconvened in public session and adjourned. No public details of the executive-session discussion were released at the meeting.
The Assembly took no public action at the reconvened meeting with respect to the matters discussed in executive session; minutes or future public disclosures, if any, will be governed by standard rules on executive-session confidentiality and any required public-reporting duties.
