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County attorney requests executive session to discuss Kathleen Innis litigation
Summary
The county attorney asked the Personnel Committee to enter executive session under Public Officers Law to receive attorney–client communications about the Kathleen Innis v. County of Warren lawsuit concerning correctional medical care; the committee approved the session by voice vote.
The county attorney asked the Personnel Committee to move into executive session to discuss pending litigation involving the county.
"We request for a motion to enter into executive session pursuant to section 105, subsection 1 d to engage in discussions of proposed pending and current litigation...to provide attorney-client communications concerning the Kathleen Innis versus County of Warren in correctional medical care lawsuit pending in the federal district court of the Northern District of New York," the county attorney said. The chair called for a motion; the committee approved and the chair declared they were going into executive session.
The request cited specific statutory bases for executive session; the transcript records the attorney asking that the county's risk manager remain for the duration. No substantive details of the litigation were discussed in open session in the transcript; the committee moved into executive session for attorney–client communications.
