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Queenstown commissioners move into closed session to discuss potential litigation
Summary
At a May 9, 2018 special meeting, President Willis moved that the Queenstown Commissioners enter a closed session to undertake settlement discussions with counsel and obtain legal advice about potential litigation; Commissioner Schuster seconded and the motion was recorded as unanimously carried. The board reconvened at 12:10 p.m.
The Queenstown Commissioners convened a special meeting May 9, 2018, and at 11:09 a.m. voted to go into a closed session to undertake settlement discussions with counsel and to obtain legal advice regarding a matter described only as "potential litigation," according to the meeting minutes. President Willis made the motion, which Commissioner Schuster seconded; the motion was recorded as unanimously carried and the board adjourned into closed session at 11:09 a.m.
The minutes show the Commissioners reconvened in open session at 12:10 p.m. President Willis then moved to close the closed session; Commissioner Schuster seconded and that motion was also recorded as unanimously carried. The minutes state there was no further business following the reconvening and indicate the document was submitted for the official record.
The attached closed meeting/executive session record in the minutes cites the Maryland Open Meetings Act, identified in the transcript as "Open Meetings Act, Maryland Code Annotated, State Government Article, § 10508(a), 2004 Repl. Vol." The statutory citation in the minutes appears to contain a typographical/transcription error; the office record for Maryland’s Open Meetings Act is commonly cited as State Government Article § 10-508(a). The form included in the minutes lists the customary statutory bases for a closed session (personnel matters; protecting privacy; acquisition of property; business location proposals; investment/marketing of public funds), but several template fields in the attached form are incomplete or contain transcription artifacts, and the minutes do not describe the specific subject matter of the settlement discussions beyond "potential litigation."
The minutes do not list vote tallies or the names of Commissioners present beyond the two motions recorded by Willis and Schuster; both motions are described as "unanimously carried." The document routes the minutes to the town manager and clerk for filing as the public record.
No additional actions, motions, or decisions about the underlying legal matter are included in the minutes.
