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File #: 25-1432    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 9/9/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/25/2025 Final action: 9/25/2025
Enactment date: 9/25/2025 Enactment #: 219499
Title: Requesting that this Council convene in Executive Session to discuss the proposed settlement of opioid litigation involving the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case.
Code sections: Executive Session -

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Requesting that this Council convene in Executive Session to discuss the proposed settlement of opioid litigation involving the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council convene in Executive Session pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, Section 21(a)(3), to discuss the proposed settlement of opioid litigation involving the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case. Discussion in the open session of the council meeting may have a detrimental effect on the City of Somerville's litigating position and strategy.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to address any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor