A special board meeting in Comstock Charter Township that was called to review transparency and ethics in governance took an unexpected turn on Wednesday night when four board members were served with a lawsuit during public comment. The lawsuit, filed by Autumn Smith, alleges that Clerk Nicole Beauchamp and Trustees Kristie Cherry, Bob Pratt, and Terry McIver violated Michigan’s Open Meetings Act by allegedly meeting together in private earlier this month. Smith claims she saw the four official