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Bay City commission approves release of city attorney opinions on ‘welcoming city’ resolutions
Summary
The Bay City City Commission voted 8–1 to approve a mayor-sponsored resolution directing the city attorney to prepare and release redacted legal opinions related to the 2025 'welcoming city' resolution and any future 2026 welcoming-city resolutions; commissioners debated timing, scope and legal privilege.
The Bay City City Commission voted 8–1 on Feb. 9 to approve a mayoral resolution authorizing the release of public, redacted legal opinions and memoranda prepared by the city attorney about the 2025 ‘welcoming city’ resolution and any future welcoming-city resolutions in 2026.
The measure, added to the agenda at the start of the meeting, directs the city attorney to review existing attorney work product, prepare a public version with legally required redactions and post those materials on the city website before the Feb. 16 commission meeting "to the fullest extent permitted by law."…
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