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Commissioners move into closed session to discuss real property negotiations under North Carolina statute
Summary
Buncombe County commissioners voted to move into closed session under North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11(a)(5) to "establish or instruct" negotiating positions on the acquisition of real property and then adjourned the briefing meeting before entering closed session.
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted to enter a closed session in order to "establish or instruct the public body staff or negotiating agents concerning the position taken by or on behalf of the public body in negotiating the price and other material terms of a contract or proposed contract for the acquisition[ ] real property by purchase option exchange or lease," citing statutory authority.
County staff read the statutory citation as General Statute 143-318.11, subsection (a)(5). A motion was made and seconded; the chair called for a voice vote and the board recessed the briefing and proceeded to closed session. Commissioners then moved to adjourn the briefing meeting prior to convening closed session.
The transcript records the motion and a voice vote in favor; no individual roll-call votes were recorded in the public briefing transcript.
