Woodford County fiscal court moves into closed session to discuss opiate litigation and property acquisition

During a special meeting of the Woodford County fiscal court in its Committee of the Whole, members voted to enter a closed session to discuss pending opiate litigation and a property acquisition exception under Kentucky law.

Judge Executive K. noted the agenda item and read the open-meetings exemptions: the committee would go into closed session under KRS 61.810(1)(c) for pending litigation (the "opiate litigation" referenced on the agenda) and KRS 61.810(1)(b) for property acquisition. Judge Executive K. asked for a motion to close the public meeting for those purposes; Squire Gentry moved, Squire Varner seconded, and members voted aye to enter closed session. Judge Executive K. specified that the county attorney, the court clerk, Lucas Witt (the EDA consultant), and members of the fiscal court were to remain in the courtroom while others would be excluded for the closed session.

The committee did not discuss details of the litigation or the property acquisition in open session; the motion and roll-call vote to enter closed session were recorded in public minutes. No substantive actions or outcomes on those matters were announced before the session recessed into closed session.