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Council approves home‑rule petition and votes to enter executive session on Royal 401 Elm LLC litigation
Summary
On committee recommendation the council approved a home‑rule petition to amend charter section 59A (filling mayoral and council vacancies) and later voted unanimously to enter executive session on pending litigation involving Royal 401 Elm LLC, declaring it would not reconvene in open session.
The council approved a proposed home‑rule petition to amend charter section 59A — which addresses procedures for filling vacancies in the offices of mayor and council — on the recommendation of the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee. The motion was moved and approved by recorded vote.
Later in the meeting the city solicitor asked the council to move an executive‑session item regarding litigation involving Royal 401 Elm LLC to the end of the agenda. The chair read a motion to meet in executive session under Purpose 3 of the Open Meeting Law to discuss litigation strategy if an open meeting could harm the city’s position. The council voted 11–0 on a roll call to enter executive session and the chair declared the council would not reconvene in open session.
The transcript records the Land Court case number (25 Misc. 000631) and states the council's decision to meet in executive session for strategy discussions; no substantive litigation discussion was conducted in open session.
