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Approval To Go Into Executive Session Regarding: Active Litigation Strategy
SUBMITTED BY: Sheri Pierce, MMC, City Clerk
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Topics of Discussion:
Tax Cap; Escaped Property; C-Plan Adjudication; Cummings v. City of Valdez; Barton v. City of Valdez; AKLNG Project; TAPS Settlement
Discussion with the city attorney regarding active litigation strategy qualifies for executive session under AS 44.62.310(c)(1) and is privileged under an independent attorney-client exception for candid discussion of facts and litigation strategies established by Cool Homes, Inc. v. Fairbanks North Star Borough, 860 P.2d 1248, 1262 (Alaska 1993)
44.62.310(c)(1)
“Matters, the immediate knowledge of which would clearly have an adverse effect upon the finances of the public entity”