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Board votes to enter closed session to review legal opinion on circuit-court orders for Grand Lake, Lake Esau
Summary
The board voted to enter a closed session under MCL 15.268(a) to review a confidential written legal opinion about circuit‑court orders dated 11/03/2025 affecting Grand Lake and Lake Esau and to discuss the county’s next steps; the drain commissioner was authorized to attend.
Presque Isle County commissioners voted to enter a closed session under Michigan’s Open Meetings Act provision (MCL 15.268[a]) to receive a confidential written legal opinion and discuss options related to a circuit‑court order dated Nov. 3, 2025 concerning Grand Lake and Lake Esau.
The clerk moved the motion, which explicitly allowed the drain commissioner to participate in the closed session. The board approved the motion and convened the closed session. No substantive public discussion or legal analysis was recorded in the open meeting segment; the public portion concluded when the board entered closed session.
Because the matter was placed into a closed session under the statutory exception for privileged written legal opinions, further details and any legal advice remain confidential unless and until the board votes to make them public or the parties disclose them in court records.
Next steps: the board will conduct the closed session with county counsel (or the prosecuting attorney) and the drain commissioner; any public action or reporting will depend on outcomes of that session or subsequent proceedings.
