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Columbus County commissioners approve general account and reconvene open session after closed session
Summary
The Columbus County Board of Commissioners voted to return to open session after closed session and approved the county's general account; procedural timing for a subsequent closed session was announced.
The Columbus County Board of Commissioners voted to end a closed session and return to regular session, and later approved the county’s general account, according to the meeting record.
Commissioner Scott Floyd moved to recess closed session and re-enter regular session; Commissioner Ricky Bullard seconded the motion. A vote was called — “All in favor? Aye. All opposed?” — and the chair announced, “Motion carried,” indicating the board returned to open session.
Shortly afterward, the meeting record shows a speaker announced that commissioners had discussed a possible settlement with opioid litigation and that no action was taken. The board then moved to approve the county’s general account. Commissioner Byrd moved to approve the general account; Commissioner Watts seconded. The chair called for the vote: “All in favor? Aye. All opposed?” The meeting record again shows “Motion carried.”
The minutes also record a brief recess planned later in the meeting: the board said it would take about a five-minute recess and return to closed session at 6:30 p.m. The transcript does not include roll-call vote counts or named vote tallies for either motion — the record records the outcome only as “Motion carried.”
