Lancaster County Council ends executive session after legal and personnel briefings

Lancaster County Council reported it met in executive session to receive legal advice on two potential contractual matters and to discuss personnel related to the county administrator's office, and said no motions or votes were taken during the closed session.

Mister Dupont, a council member, told the council for the record that the closed session covered three items: "the receipt of legal advice subject to the attorney-client privilege regarding a potential contractual matter related to the enterprise resource planning," "the receipt of legal advice subject to the attorney-client privilege regarding a potential contractual matter related to impact fees," and "the discussion of personnel matters pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1) related to the county administrator's office." He added, "No motions were made. No votes were taken."

After the executive session, a motion was made and seconded in open session to conclude the closed meeting; a separate motion to adjourn was subsequently made and the council adjourned. The transcript records the motions but does not record a formal roll-call vote for those open-session motions.

The council did not provide additional public details during the announcement about the enterprise resource planning matter, the potential impact-fees contract, or the personnel discussion. The reference to South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1) indicates the personnel discussion was held under the statute authorizing executive sessions for specified personnel matters, as cited by the council.

No further actions or directions were recorded in the portion of the transcript provided. The meeting was adjourned shortly after the council reported the topics covered in the executive session.