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BOC recesses to closed session for litigation update, reconvenes and approves closed-session minutes
Summary
The board moved into a closed session at 11:02 A.M. for a quarterly litigation update under MCL 15.268 subsections; the meeting reconvened at 11:35 A.M., the board approved closed-session minutes for April 16, and adjourned at 11:36 A.M.
The Berrien County Board of Commissioners recessed the public meeting at 11:02 A.M. on April 23, 2026, to go into closed session for a quarterly litigation update with Corporate Counsel Thaddeus Hackworth. The closed session was called under Michigan's Open Meetings Act provisions referenced in the minutes (MCL 15.268(1)(e) and MCL 15.268(1)(h)). Chairperson R. McKinley Elliott told the board that "the BOC will be going into Closed Session and the meeting will no longer be virtual." The roll call for the motion to enter closed session recorded 11 yeas.
The board reconvened to open session at 11:35 A.M. and then approved the closed-session minutes of April 16, 2026, on a motion by Commissioner Robert Harrison seconded by Commissioner Chokwe Pitchford. The meeting adjourned at 11:36 A.M. The minutes record the legal citations justifying the closed session but do not disclose any details of the matters discussed while in closed session.
