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Council holds closed session on land matters; later announces plan to offer abandoned right-of-way on North Main Street
Summary
After an executive session citing Georgia open-meetings law for land discussion, the council ratified closed-session actions and placed a resolution on the agenda to offer abandoned right-of-way at 2995 and 2997 North Main Street for action at the next regular meeting.
The Kennesaw mayor and council entered an executive session to discuss land as permitted under Georgia law, then returned to open session and ratified the closed-session actions.
At the work session the presiding officer moved to enter closed session “as allowed by OCGA 50-14-2 and 50-14-3(b) and pursuant to advice by the city attorney for the purpose of discussing land.” The motion was seconded, the council voted in favor, and one councilmember (Madeline) withheld support during that roll call, according to the meeting record.
After the closed session the council voted to direct the presiding officer to execute an affidavit in compliance with OCGA 50-14-4 and ratified the actions taken in closed session, confirming that the subject matter discussed fell within the exceptions to the open-meetings law. The motion to execute the affidavit was seconded and carried.
Council members returned to the open meeting and prepared a public agenda item: a resolution to offer an abandoned right-of-way at 2995 and 2997 North Main Street. The mayor said the item will appear on the agenda for the next regular meeting and that at that time a councilmember who needed to recuse from the matter would do so.
No further details about the right-of-way transaction, the parties involved, or any terms were disclosed during the work session.
