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Board adds closed‑session agenda item to update members on two active appeals
Summary
Staff asked the board to add a closed‑session agenda item at the next meeting for updates from legal counsel on two active circuit‑court appeals (Smolen and Johnson cases); staff said these matters are appropriate for closed session discussion with counsel.
At the end of the hearing, staff requested that the Board of Appeals add a new‑business item for the next meeting to go into closed session with corporation counsel to receive updates on two pending circuit court appeals (the Smolen appeal of a zoning administrator determination and the Johnson variance case).
Staff explained the legal updates are the kind of matter best handled in closed session so the board can confer with counsel about litigation strategy and case status; the request was placed on the next meeting agenda after the open‑hearing variance items.
