The Laurens City Council voted to enter an executive session during a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 23, which the presiding speaker opened at 5:30 p.m. The meeting had been requested by four council members and a quorum was present; one member was noted as absent.

The presiding speaker introduced the first agenda item, saying, "We begin tonight with an executive session," and asked, "Do I hear a motion concerning this executive session?" A motion was made and the speaker said, "I believe Miss Campbell was the second." After asking for those in favor to say "aye," the presiding speaker recorded affirmative responses and moved forward to close the public portion of the meeting.

Before entering the closed session, the presiding speaker invited gallery attendees to exit council chambers. The transcript records only the procedural motion and the vocal assent; it does not disclose the subject matter of the executive session or any deliberations held in private. No additional public actions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript.

The special meeting was identified in the record as having been requested by four council members. The transcript uses the spelling "Lawrence City Council" in announcing the meeting; this article uses the normalized, authoritative locality name "Laurens City Council" as provided in meeting metadata.