At a Jackson County Board of County Commissioners meeting, a speaker presented a memorandum from the Office of the County Attorney that, according to the presenter, recommends FDLE and Ethics Commission investigations and an independent probe into multiple staff complaints that name Chairman Jamie Westbrook and Administrator Jim Dean. The memorandum also recommended appointing an interim county administrator pending the outcome of those inquiries.

The presenter summarized the document as advising the board "regarding multiple serious complaints lodged by county staff against chairman Jamie Westbrook and administrator Jim Dean." (Speaker 9). Earlier in the exchange a commissioner said the Florida Association of Counties' attorney had sent a letter to county attorney Jordan advising that she should not discuss aspects of the potential case without that counsel present; one official said, "Yesterday, our attorney ... sent a letter ... telling her that she is not to discuss any aspect of the potential case associated with this matter, with this commission without her presence." (Speaker 1).

Speaker 9 told the board, "I haven't filed a lawsuit against Jackson County," responding to a comment that suggested litigation had been filed. The meeting record shows no formal initiation of a public criminal or administrative investigation at the meeting; instead the board voted to set a separate time for Ms. Jordan to proceed with the presentation or discussion outside the current agenda slot.

No formal vote to open an independent investigation or to appoint an interim administrator appears in the meeting minutes beyond the decision to schedule a different time for the attorney to proceed. The board did not take an immediate formal action on removing or suspending officials; the meeting closed the discussion after the vote to reschedule.

Next steps cited in the transcript: the board directed that a separate forum be scheduled for the county attorney to address the memorandum, and board members acknowledged counsel participation limits flagged by the outside attorney. The transcript does not show that FDLE or Ethics Commission staff have been contacted or that formal complaints were filed at the hearing; those steps would be outside the record of this meeting if and when they occur.