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CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor
Amáda Márquez Simula
Councilmembers
John Murzyn, Jr.
Connie Buesgens
Nick Novitsky
Kt Jacobs
City Manager
Kelli Bourgeois
Public Safety Bldg—Training Room, 825 41st Ave NE
Monday, April 05, 2021
6:00 PM
MINUTES
The following are the minutes for the special executive session of the City Council held at 6:00 pm on
Monday, April 5, 2021 at the Public Safety Building in the Training Room, 825 41st Ave NE, Columbia
Heights, Minnesota. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this hybrid meeting was held both virtually and
in-person.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Mayor Márquez Simula called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
Present: Mayor Márquez Simula; Councilmember Buesgens; Councilmember Jacobs; Councilmember
Murzyn, Jr.; Councilmember Novitsky
Also Present: Kelli Bourgeois, City Manager; Aaron Chirpich, Community Development Director; Paul
Reuvers, Attorney at Iverson Reuvers; Nicole Tingley, City Clerk
EXECUTIVE SESSION
1. Discuss Litigation- In the matter of the complaint filed against the City by Jeffrey Bahe and
Robert Williams
Motion by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Murzyn Jr., to close the meeting
per Minnesota Statute 13.05 Subdivision 3(b), attorney-client privilege in order to discuss the
Jeff, Bobby & Steve’s Auto World, LLC v. City of Columbia Heights, Court File No. 02-CV-20-3682
and Jeffrey Bahe and Robert A. Williams v. City of Columbia Heights, Court File No. 02-CV-20-
3146 cases with attorney Paul Reuvers. A roll call vote was taken. All Ayes, Motion Carried 5-0.
The meeting closed at 6:02 pm.
The City Council, City Staff, and Attorney Reuvers had a discussion regarding the Jeff, Bobby &
Steve’s Auto World, LLC v. City of Columbia Heights, Court File No. 02-CV-20-3682 and Jeffrey
Bahe and Robert A. Williams v. City of Columbia Heights, Court File No. 02-CV-20-3146 cases.
Motion by Councilmember Jacobs, seconded by Councilmember Murzyn Jr., to reconvene the
open session. A roll call vote was taken. All Ayes, Motion Carried 5-0.
The meeting returned to open session at 6:23 pm.
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ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Councilmember Buesgens, seconded by Councilmember Jacobs, to adjourn. A roll call vote
was taken. All Ayes, Motion Carried 5-0.
Meeting adjourned at 6:23 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Nicole Tingley, City Clerk/Council Secretary