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Willows City Council convenes closed session to consider initiating litigation
Summary
At a March 16 special meeting, the Willows City Council moved into closed session at 9:01 a.m. to consider initiating litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d). The council said the closed-session report could not be recorded but will be recited in open session and included in the official minutes.
Willows City Council convened a special meeting on March 16 and recessed into closed session at 9:01 a.m. to consider initiation of litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d), the clerk announced.
The clerk told the council that public comment would be allowed before the body convened into closed session but that no members of the public were present to speak; the clerk noted that public comments are generally limited to three minutes. The clerk also said that, “due to technical limitations with the meeting platform, the close session report out portion of this meeting cannot be recorded,” and that the report-out will be recited in open session and reflected in the official meeting minutes.
Attendance was recorded by roll call. Council member Busby, Council member Pride, Council member Hansen, Vice Mayor Thomas and Mayor Hudson each responded present when called. The clerk identified the first agenda item as Item 4A: conference with legal counsel — initiation of litigation, referencing the statutory authority and the specific transcript reference to a single case as stated by the clerk.
The council recessed into closed session for the legal conference. The clerk said the outcome of that closed-session discussion will be reported in open session and recorded in the meeting’s official minutes; the transcript does not include the report-out content or any formal vote or other final action related to the litigation matter.
