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Dearborn Heights council holds closed session on pending lawsuit, later rejects proposal discussed there
Summary
At a July 8 special meeting, the Dearborn Heights City Council moved into a closed session to discuss pending litigation and later voted to reject a proposal that had been considered during that closed session.
The Dearborn Heights City Council moved into a closed session on July 8 to discuss pending litigation and later voted to reject a proposal the council had discussed behind closed doors.
Councilman Hassan Ahmad moved at 5:43 p.m. that the council go into closed session to discuss the pending litigation identified in the meeting as “Swope, et al. v. [Dearborn] Heights,” specifically naming individuals who might attend that closed session. The motion, seconded by another council member, passed on a roll-call vote, 6–1.
The closed-session motion specified that…
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