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McAlester council authorizes outside counsel in Bedford case, approves interim manager pay adjustment
Summary
After an executive session, the McAlester City Council authorized the city attorney to hire outside counsel for Bedford v. City of McAlester (CVDash25Dash141) and approved an adjustment to the interim city manager—s compensation; both motions passed on roll-call votes.
The McAlester City Council convened to executive session to receive confidential communication with the city attorney regarding case number CVDash25Dash141 (Bedford v. City of McAlester) and to discuss employment matters related to the interim city manager.
After returning to open session the city attorney recommended two motions: one to "authorize the city attorney to employ outside counsel to represent the city in that case" and a second to implement the compensation adjustment for the interim city manager "in the amount that's discussed in the executive session." Councilor Beatty moved to authorize outside counsel and Councilor Stone seconded; the roll-call vote was taken after Councilor Roden had left the meeting and the motion carried. Council subsequently approved the compensation adjustment on a separate roll-call motion.
Minutes record that only the stated executive-session topics were discussed and that council took formal action in open session on both items. The meeting record lists the litigation by case number and notes the post-executive-session votes authorizing outside counsel and the compensation adjustment.
