Memorandum 12-178 Executive Session to Discuss Court Cases

Office of the City Clerk  491 E. Pioneer Avenue
  Homer, Alaska 99603
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Jo Johnson, CMC, City Clerk (907) 235-8121
Melissa Jacobsen, CMC, Deputy City Clerk II ext: 2224, 2226, or 2227
Renee Krause, CMC, Deputy City Clerk I  Fax: (907) 235-3143
      Email: clerk@ci.homer.ak.us

MEMORANDUM 12-178

TO:   MAYOR WYTHE AND HOMER CITY COUNCIL
FROM:  JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK
DATE:  DECEMBER 3, 2012
SUBJECT:  REQUEST FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO AS §44.62.310(C)(1 & 5), MATTERS, THE IMMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE OF WHICH WOULD CLEARLY HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT UPON THE FINANCES OF THE GOVERNMENT UNIT AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE (CITY ATTORNEY UPDATE ON COURT CASES: AUCTION BLOCK VS. CITY OF  HOMER, GRISWOLD VS. CITY OF HOMER, AND NEAL VS. CITY OF HOMER).

Pursuant to Council’s Operating Manual – “Any Councilmember, the Mayor or City Manager may place consideration of an executive session on the agenda…”
City Manager Wrede requested an Executive Session regarding “City Attorney Update on Court Cases: Auction Block vs. City of  Homer, Griswold vs. City of Homer, and Neal vs. City of Homer” for the Special Meeting of December 10,  2012. This has been publicly and internally noticed since that time.
Attorney Wells will be present.

RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the request for Executive Session and conduct immediately in the Conference Room.