At the close of the public agenda the Mississippi Transportation Commission voted to go into executive session to discuss a settlement offer and a damages lawsuit.

Speaker 8 said the commission needed to go to the legislature and noted there would be a presentation on a settlement offer and damages lawsuit. A motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded; Speaker 1 said the motion was carried and announced a five-minute break before executive session. The transcript records that the executive session was requested under statutory authority (Section 25-41-7 of the Code) for pending litigation.

No details of the settlement, the parties, or the litigation were discussed in the public portion of the transcript; the request was presented as an agenda item and handled per the commission's procedural rules.