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Burke County board votes to move into closed session citing pending litigation and personnel matters
Summary
The board moved to enter closed session to consult the attorney on pending litigation (Burke County v. Semmelwein Head Road 25 and related citations) and to discuss qualifications or performance of public employees; the chair indicated the session would include the county attorney and invite Code Enforcement Officer Bradley Kirkley for one matter.
Near the end of the meeting the chair moved that the board enter closed session "to consult with the board attorney in order to preserve the attorney client privilege" and to consider the qualifications, competence and performance of public employees. The motion cited North Carolina General Statutes and a pending case reference (recorded in the transcript as "Burke County versus Semmelwein Head Road 25" and related NCGS citations).
The chair said the board would relocate to the kitchen for the closed session and that the county would invite Code Enforcement Officer Bradley Kirkley to participate for one of the matters. The transcript does not include the closed-session discussion or any subsequent public action from that session.
The chair's motion included statutory citations used to justify a closed session under state law; the transcript records the statutory reference text but contains transcription artifacts in the citation numbers. No subsequent public vote tally related to the closed session appears in the provided excerpt, though the chair proceeded to direct the relocation and participant list on the record.
