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Flint Council votes to hire own attorney, delays decision to settle water crisis cases against city
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Kate Fields looks through documents during the Flint City Council meeting at City Hall on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 in downtown Flint. Kaiti Sullivan | MLive.comKaiti Sullivan
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FLINT, MI The City Council is hiring its own attorney to represent it in matters tied to the Flint water crisis and will wait before deciding whether to join in a settlement of residents’ lawsuits against the city, the state of Michigan and others.
Council members voted 8-1 on Thursday, Dec. 17, to postpone a vote until its meeting Monday, Dec. 21, on whether to use $20 million from its insurance carrier to join the proposed $641-million settlement. ....

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