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East Lansing council unanimously votes to enter closed session on collective bargaining and legal advice
Summary
At a March 10, 2026 special meeting the East Lansing City Council voted 5–0 to adjourn into closed session to discuss strategy and negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement and to consult with city attorneys about privileged attorney–client correspondence under the Michigan Open Meetings Act.
The East Lansing City Council voted unanimously on March 10, 2026, to adjourn into a closed session to discuss strategy and negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement and to consult with city attorneys regarding privileged attorney–client correspondence, citing the Michigan Open Meetings Act.
A council member read the motion authorizing the closed session and the chair recorded the motion as moved by Mayor Pro Tem Grigsby and seconded by Council member Singh. The council then approved the motion on a roll-call vote: Council member Whelan — yes; Council member Meadows — yes; Council member Singh — yes; Mayor Pro Tem Grigsby — yes; Mayor Altman — yes.
The motion, as read in the meeting record, sought two specific authorizations: to "discuss strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of [a] collective bargaining agreement" under the Michigan Open Meetings Act and to "discuss and consult with the city attorneys regarding privileged and confidential attorney–client legal correspondence that is exempt from disclosure by state law" under the act’s cited subsection. The council recorded the legal authority invoked in the motion as the Michigan Open Meetings Act.
After the vote, the council adjourned into closed session. Upon returning, council leaders told the public that the regularly scheduled meeting would begin in a few minutes and that public-comment slips would be called during that regular session. No members of the public addressed the council during the special meeting’s public-comment period.
The special meeting then formally adjourned; officials said city engineers needed about five minutes and planned to reconvene the regular meeting at approximately 7:05 p.m.
