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Council directs city attorneys to send attorney-client privilege letter to Human Rights Commission
Summary
After a closed session on March 16, the East Lansing City Council unanimously directed city attorneys to proceed with recommendations from counsel, including issuing an attorney-client privilege written communication to the Human Rights Commission concerning complaints submitted by Mr. Smith and Mr. Woods and requesting that the commission review the correspondence in closed session.
After a brief recess on March 16, the East Lansing City Council voted unanimously to direct the city attorneys to take the steps recommended in closed session, including sending an attorney-client privileged written communication to the Human Rights Commission about complaints filed by Mr. Smith and Mr. Woods and asking the commission to consider that correspondence behind closed doors.
The motion was offered by Council Member Meadows and seconded by Council Member Whan, and passed on a unanimous voice/roll-call vote. The council said the closed session was conducted under the Michigan Open Meetings Act's attorney-client privilege provision; the motion asked the Human Rights Commission to enter closed session to review legal correspondence and advice.
The directive gives the city attorneys authority to carry out the steps described in their attorney-client communication presented in closed session. The council did not debate the contents of the legal advice in public or release the correspondence; council members recorded an affirmative vote and directed the city attorney to proceed.
No members of the public spoke during the meeting's audience communications period after the vote, and the council moved to adjourn.
