Paradise Town council asks town attorney to answer constituent emails, recesses to closed session and returns with no reportable action

The Paradise Town meeting’s presiding official asked the council to let the town attorney respond to emails from a constituent, citing a concern about a potential Brown Act violation, then briefly adjourned to closed session. The council returned from closed session with a statement that direction had been given but that there was "no reportable action" before adjourning.

The presiding official said, "there's been a couple of emails we received from Sierra Blaine, and I would like to, have the, town attorney answer him rather than, council members," and later warned, "We get more than 1 and we get a Brown Act violation." The official asked for consensus to have Scott, identified in the meeting as the town attorney, handle the replies; council members did not register any objection before the body recessed to closed session.

After the closed session, the presiding official reported, "direction given, no reportable action taken." The meeting then concluded with an adjournment. The transcript records that Melanie conducted roll call and that Council members Bowen, Colleton, Lang and Lisonbee were present; Mayor Krauter was noted during roll call.

No formal motions, roll-call votes, ordinances, contracts or budget actions are recorded in the meeting transcript. The only identified formal actions are: the council’s consensus to have the town attorney answer constituent emails to avoid possible Brown Act issues and the recess into an executive (closed) session from which the council returned with a statement that it had given direction but took no reportable action.