City Attorney seeks private Council meeting on firefighting foam litigation

Lawyers want to brief the Council behind closed doors on the city's pending PFAS foam cases before any action.

City Council· posted Nov 2Report

The City Attorney asks the City Council to meet privately with its lawyers about pending lawsuits over aqueous film-forming foam, a firefighting foam linked to PFAS contamination. The Council must state publicly which law allows the closed meeting before holding it.

What happens next

Council to schedule and hold the closed session

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Hydee Feldstein Soto

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