Committee approves real property director appointment, moves to executive session on personnel

The Columbia County Finance Committee authorized filling the director of real property position for a six-year term and then voted to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters at its July 6 meeting.

The committee moved to table one resolution temporarily, then returned to take up resolution number 28, authorizing appointment to the director of real property position with an annual salary noted in the record as $88,899 (documented in the resolution text during the meeting). A committee member made the motion to go into executive session to discuss personnel; the motion and second carried by voice vote.

After the executive session motion, the chair and other committee members spoke briefly, including congratulatory remarks to “Mark,” whom members identified in the public record as the appointee; the transcript records committee members saying “congratulations, Mark.” Committee members noted that the new director will work under the town manager’s direction. One committee member—identified in the record only as “Karen”—said she needed to leave the meeting.

The recorded meeting did not include a public roll-call vote naming individual yea or nay votes; resolution text was approved by voice vote. Details of the executive session and personnel discussion were not disclosed in the public record during the open meeting in keeping with personnel confidentiality.