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Harwood council holds executive session on possible Fargo annexation
Summary
The Harwood City Council went into an executive session on Oct. 6 to discuss negotiating strategy and legal advice regarding potential annexation by the City of Fargo; the closed session ran from 8:14 p.m. to 8:50 p.m., and the meeting adjourned at 8:52 p.m.
The Harwood City Council entered an executive session at the Oct. 6 meeting to discuss negotiating strategy and to receive legal advice on reasonably predictable litigation and threatened litigation related to annexation by the City of Fargo.
The motion to begin the executive session was made by Jamie Nettum and seconded by Chris Higgins. The written minutes cite authority for the closed session under North Dakota Century Code §44-04-19.1 (subsections 2, 5 and 9) and §44-04-19.2. The session began at 8:14 p.m. and ended at 8:50 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:52 p.m.
No substantive details from the executive session are recorded in the public minutes; the council cited statutory authority for confidentiality of negotiation strategy and legal advice.
