Harrison County board members voted by voice to enter an executive session shortly after reconvening at 9:30 a.m. The motion, made and seconded during the meeting, was approved by a voice vote recorded as “Aye.”

Board members said the closed session was authorized under the Mississippi Code, as amended, and listed three topics for discussion: a personnel matter involving qualifications for the Harrison County administrator; potential litigation involving a subdivision; and strategy regarding Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) contributions for storm damage to county beaches. Members debated briefly whether the FEMA topic qualified for executive-session discussion before the vote.

The motion to enter executive session did not specify the particular statutory subsection of the Mississippi Code; the transcript records only the general reference to the Mississippi Code, as amended. The meeting record shows that one board member raised the FEMA/beach-damage topic and another said it might qualify as strategy related to potential litigation. No additional details about the personnel matter, the subdivision litigation, or FEMA funding were disclosed in the public record before the board recessed into the closed session.

The board’s public remarks indicate the executive session was convened for deliberations that the board deemed appropriate to hold outside the open meeting. The voice vote was taken on the motion to enter executive session and recorded as "Aye"; individual roll-call votes were not specified in the public transcript.

Following the vote, the board moved into the closed session and no further public business related to the three topics was included in the transcript provided.