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Olive Branch aldermen enter executive session to discuss personnel and attorney consultation
Summary
The Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to leave the public meeting and enter executive session to discuss multiple personnel matters across city departments and to consult the city attorney under a cited Mississippi code provision.
The Olive Branch Board of Aldermen voted Aug. 5 to leave regular session and enter executive session to discuss multiple personnel matters and to consult with the city attorney under Mississippi Code Annotated "25 14 7 4 j," as announced at the meeting.
The motion listed seven executive-session topics: personnel matters in the gas maintenance, planning and development, police, water billing, water maintenance and fire departments, and attorney consultation under the cited code section. Alderman Gil Earhart moved to go into executive session and the motion was seconded; the board voted "Aye" and the mayor stated the board was in executive session.
No substantive personnel details were disclosed in the public transcript; the board acted only to authorize the closed session. According to the meeting record, aldermen returned to executive session following a roll call; further actions taken during the closed meeting were not included in the public portion of the transcript.
