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Greene County supervisors authorize closed meeting, announce external review of recent fire safety events
Summary
The Greene County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to enter a closed session to consult legal counsel about probable litigation related to recent public-safety incidents. After returning to open session, the board said it has commissioned a neutral external review and will meet with three volunteer fire companies.
The Greene County Board of Supervisors moved into a closed session on the advice of legal counsel to discuss "actual or probable litigation," then returned to open session and announced an external after-action review of recent events that raised public-safety concerns.
Unidentified Speaker 1, reading on behalf of the board, asked Miss Sheffert to read a formal resolution authorizing the closed session under Virginia Code 2.2-3711(a)(7) and (8). Miss Sheffert read the motion language allowing "consultation with legal counsel pertaining to actual or probable litigation" and the board then recessed for the closed meeting.
A roll-call vote to authorize the closed session was recorded as affirmative. The board later reconvened in open session, and each member certified that "only public…
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