Pontiac council moves into closed session to consult on settlement strategy in Eggverse case

The City Council of Pontiac voted to enter a closed session on legal strategy for the case Bruce Eggverse v. City of Pontiac (Oakland County Circuit Court case no. 25-214635CZ).

An unnamed presiding official read a resolution citing the Open Meetings Act provision for privileged attorney consultation and asked for a motion. Councilman Carrington moved to enter closed session, and Councilwoman Campbell supported the motion. Deputy Clerk recorded Campbell, Carrington, Goodman, Jackson, James, Jones and Austin as voting in the affirmative; the presiding official announced "7 yeas, no nays." The council moved into closed session at 4:03 p.m.

Councilwoman Jones moved, and Councilman Carrington supported, a motion to end the closed session at about 5:12 p.m. Clerk Starks called the roll and recorded affirmative responses from the same named council members. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn moved by Councilman Goodman and supported by Councilman Carrington; a final roll call recorded the seven named members as voting to adjourn and the meeting time was recorded as 5:13 p.m.

The resolution was read into the record as invoking the Open Meetings Act's provision for attorney consultation (as stated in the meeting: "section 8 1 e of the Open Michigan's act 15.2681 e"). The council's public record in the transcript does not disclose subjects discussed during the closed session; Michigan law permits such sessions for privileged attorney consultation on settlement strategy. The transcript contains minor transcription anomalies in numeric tallies (for example, an instance of "70 ayes" and a separate line showing "788") that appear to be formatting or capture errors; the roll-call responses in the record indicate seven affirmative votes for the closed-session motion and for the adjournment.

No members of the public addressed the council during the meeting.