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Bladen County commissioners add personnel item and call closed session citing attorney-client privilege
Summary
At the March meeting commissioners added a personnel item to the closed session agenda and later moved into a closed session citing statutory authority for attorney-client privilege and personnel matters.
The Bladen County Board of Commissioners voted to add a personnel matter to item 13 on the agenda and later voted to move into closed session to discuss attorney-client privileged matters and personnel.
Early in the meeting a commissioner stated the need "to add personnel to further session" under item 13. A motion to add the personnel item was seconded and approved by voice vote with commissioners responding "aye."
Later in the meeting the board voted to convene a closed session, citing the statutory language as read into the record: "MCG 1 40 3 Dash 3 18 Dash 11 80 3" for attorney-client privilege and personnel. The motion was seconded (the transcript records Commissioner Cameron as second) and the board proceeded into the closed session.
Why it matters: closed sessions are the standard procedure for discussion of attorney-client privileged communications and personnel matters, but they remove those deliberations from the public record. The board did not disclose details about the personnel matter or attorney-client topics in the public portion of the meeting.
The meeting minutes reflect the procedural motions and the statutory citation read into the record; no further public details were provided.
