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Board holds closed session on Pung tax-foreclosure litigation and hires outside counsel
Summary
The Isabella County Board of Commissioners entered a closed session Oct. 21 under Michigan statute to discuss Supreme Court strategy in tax-foreclosure litigation (Pung v. Isabella County) and later approved an engagement letter with Warner, Norcross + Judd LLP to represent the county in the matter.
The Isabella County Board of Commissioners entered a closed session at 6:02 p.m. on Oct. 21 to discuss Supreme Court strategy related to tax-foreclosure litigation, including the pending case Pung v. Isabella County (Case No. 1:19-cv-11887), and to consider material subject to the attorney–client privilege. The board cited MCL 15.268(e) and MCL 15.268(h) as the statutory bases for closing the session and carried the motion to enter closed session.
After discussing the litigation with counsel, the board accepted the closed-session minutes regarding the matter, reconvened in open session at 6:20 p.m., and approved an engagement letter between Isabella County and Warner, Norcross + Judd LLP, authorizing the board chair to sign. The motion approving the engagement letter was carried unanimously.
The minutes do not report the substance of the closed session discussion (the attorney–client and litigation strategy material is privileged), but they record the legal basis for the closed meeting and the hiring of outside counsel.
