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Parlier council disputes special-counsel contract, moves into closed session on two potential litigation items
Summary
Members of the Parlier City Council disputed whether a contract with law firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore had been properly executed and whether a specific assignment existed before the council entered closed session to discuss two potential litigation matters; the council returned with no report.
Presiding officer (unnamed in the transcript) opened a special meeting to question whether a contract and a resolution assigning special counsel duties had been properly completed for the firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, prompting an extended public exchange and a decision to go into closed session on two potential litigation items.
The issue centered on whether a majority of the council had approved the firm's contract in open session and whether a signed agreement or a separately agendized resolution assigning particular matters to the firm existed. An attorney identifying their office as Liebert Cassidy Whitmore told the council that, "my understanding is that the contract between the city and my office . . . was passed by a majority of the council in open session," and that they had been invited to the meeting to discuss an anticipated litigation matter under the Brown Act.
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