Council debate over town litigation: differing counts and interpretations aired during public comment
Councilors and other speakers disputed how many open or closed legal cases involve the town; an attendee/official read a list from the record claiming many listed matters are closed and some are collection cases handled on contingency.
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During public comment and council discussion, members aired competing interpretations of a document listing legal matters in which the town is named. Councilor (S4) criticized the number of lawsuits and suggested the council has spent significant money on litigation. Unidentified Speaker (S6) read from the submitted list and said roughly 67 entries showed the town in a case heading but that many on the list were marked closed or unassigned.
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