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Michigan Constitution Art. 4 § 11 protects state legislators from liability for speech in the legislature. A similar clause that applies to local councillors would prevent these sorts of contracts because they wouldn't be binding; the councillors could openly violate the non-disclosure agreement during the council sessions and would be immune from liability for breaching the agreement. That being said, being legally allowed to speak won't persuade a person who doesn't want to speak from staying silent. If the company in question offered a huge bribe to not talk, that's not something that can be solved by the legislature. That's a problem for the prosecutor's office.