Saratoga Springs City Council convened an executive session to discuss pending litigation including Louisiana Management Company, LLC v. Saratoga Springs and received an update on opioid litigation.

Mayor Safford announced a motion to enter executive session to discuss the pending litigation. The motion was seconded and the council entered executive session. City officials said there were three items discussed in executive session: a briefing on an existing litigation matter (no action taken), an update on an additional opioid litigation matter, and a matter referenced as Article 7 that will be brought back to the council agenda for Tuesday night.

Staff said they had learned of the potential involvement of one or two additional companies in the opioid litigation less than 24 hours before the meeting and that a motion to authorize outside counsel to continue representation with respect to those companies might be required at the next public meeting if details were available. After the executive session the mayor reported the council had been briefed and that no public action had been taken during the session.

No formal public vote on litigation strategy was recorded in the meeting excerpt; council members indicated the matter may return for formal action once additional details are available.