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Council moves into closed session citing pending litigation
Summary
After completing votes, the council voted to close the public meeting and convene a closed session for 'pending litigation'; the public recording was stopped and the session proceeded in private.
The Fairfield Town Council voted to close its public meeting and enter a closed session to discuss pending litigation.
Speaker 1 proposed closing the session; Speaker 4 moved to go into closed session 'for pending litigation.' The motion was seconded and passed by roll call. Speaker 3 announced the recording would stop and the council proceeded into a private meeting; council members exchanged brief farewells before staff stopped the public recording.
The council did not give additional details in open session about the subject matter of the litigation beyond the stated reason for the closed session. No votes or substantive outcomes from the closed session were disclosed in the public record at the time the meeting was closed.
