File #: 17-225    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/27/2017 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 1/9/2018 Final action:
Title: To enter into executive session under 1 M.R.S.A. ?405(6)(E) for the purpose of receiving a legal update from the town attorney, and under 1 M.R.S.A. ?405(6)(A) for the purpose of discussing performance evaluations.
Attachments: 1. Cover Sheet 17-225
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I.                     Council Action Requested.

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To enter into executive session under 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(E) for the purpose of receiving a legal update from the town attorney, and under 1 M.R.S.A. §405(6)(A) for the purpose of discussing performance evaluations.

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II.                     Basis for Council Action.

 

Council approval of this item is required because;

a.                     The order contemplates “consultations between a body or agency and its attorney concerning the legal rights and duties of the body or agency, pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers and matters where the duties of the public body's or agency's counsel to the attorney's client pursuant to the code of professional responsibility clearly conflict with this subchapter or where premature general public knowledge would clearly place the State, municipality or other public agency or person at a substantial disadvantage,” and

b.                     The proposed article contemplates the discussion of performance evaluations for the assessor and town manager, and

c.                     The Town Council is the legislative body of the Town pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter.

 

III.                     Issue Summary.

 

Pursuant to statute, this order requires a 3/5 majority vote.