The Coastal Tourism Commission voted to enter a closed session to discuss the investment of public funds related to Engage Franklin.

At the meeting, the chair read a statutory basis for closed session as stated in the record: "pursuant to perhaps a statute 5 1 e to deliberate investing public funds in relation to business activities of Engage Franklin, a destination marketing (organization), for competitive or bargaining reasons." A motion to enter closed session was made and seconded and members voted in favor; the chair recorded the time the commission entered closed session at 8:17 p.m.

The transcript records the motion to enter closed session and the roll call vote in favor. The meeting later returned to open session, and the public portion continued with administrative items and invoices. No specific actions or outcomes from the closed-session deliberations were disclosed in the open record during this meeting.