Yadkin County commissioners unanimously enter closed session to discuss personnel

The Yadkin County Board of Commissioners met in a special session on April 14, 2025, at the Yadkin County Government Building in Yadkinville and voted 5-0 to enter a closed session to discuss personnel matters.

Chairman David Moxley called the session to order at 7:20 p.m. and moved that the board go into closed session “pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11(a)(1)(6) to discuss Personnel Matters.” Commissioner Tim Parks seconded the motion; the clerk’s minutes record the vote as 5-0 in favor. The minutes state that, after a closed-session discussion, the board returned to open session and Commissioner Cliff Collins moved to adjourn; Parks seconded and the adjournment carried 5-0.

North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11 authorizes certain meetings to be closed to the public for personnel matters. The minutes and public record for this special session do not disclose details of the personnel discussion, consistent with the closed-session designation.

Present at the special session were Chairman David Moxley, Vice Chairman Frank Zachary, Commissioners Cliff Collins, Ricky Oliver and Tim Parks. Tanya Gentry, clerk to the board, prepared the minutes. The meeting notice lists the session as meeting at 6:30 p.m.; the minutes record the call to order at 7:20 p.m. The minutes were prepared and signed by the clerk and approved by the board on May 5, 2025, according to the filing.

No formal public action on the substance of the personnel matter is recorded in the minutes. The only recorded formal actions were the motions to enter closed session and to adjourn, both approved unanimously.