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Council schedules executive session for legal advice on potential lawsuit, clerk confirms no decisions were made in session
Summary
A motion to enter an executive session for attorney‑client privileged legal advice about a potential or threatened lawsuit was made and seconded; a staff statement read into the record said counsel provided legal advice and that no decisions or votes were taken while in executive session.
The council moved into an executive session to receive legal advice related to a threatened or potential lawsuit. A councilmember moved to enter executive session and the motion was seconded and approved; the chair recorded the aye vote.
A staff member read a statement into the public record after the executive session indicating that "counsel received legal advice where the legal advice relates to pending, threatened, or a potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney client privilege" and that "no decisions were made and no votes were taken" while in the executive session. The transcript records the motion and the clerk's statement but contains no further detail about the subject matter or next steps.
