East Lansing council holds closed session, authorizes mayor and city attorney to act on confidential legal memo

Speaker 1 called the East Lansing City Council special meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, and the council took roll call before moving through a short agenda.

Speaker 3 moved to enter a closed session, saying, "I move that we enter into closed session under section MCL 15.268 sub 1 sub h for the purpose of discussing an attorney client privilege memorandum that is exempt from disclosure." The motion carried on a roll-call vote with Council member Altman, Council member Meadows, Mayor Pro Tem Singh and Mayor Brookover recorded as voting yes.

The council left for that closed session and later returned to open session at 6:24 p.m. After reopening, Speaker 3 moved "to authorize the city attorney and Mayor Brookover to proceed in the manner recommended by the city attorneys in their confidential and privileged attorney client legal memo dated 10/09/2025." The motion was seconded and passed on a roll-call vote with the same recorded yes votes.

The meeting record shows the council also approved the meeting agenda, moved to excuse Council member Watson, and ended the special session by unanimous voice vote. The chair opened the period for public comment but recorded no speakers.

The motions taken after the closed session reference a confidential attorney‑client memorandum; the council described the document as privileged and exempt from disclosure under the cited provision of the Michigan statute (MCL 15.268(1)(h).) The council did not disclose the contents of the memo in the public meeting record.

The meeting adjourned after the final procedural motions.