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Supervisor Collins corrects social media post and will vacate PSA seat, board says
Summary
Chairman Dixon told the board that Supervisor Collins created a county-business social media account without the required disclaimer; Collins fixed the post and, as a result, will vacate his seat on the PSA board, the chair said.
Chairman Joey Dixon told the Carroll County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 5 that it had been brought to the board’s attention that Supervisor Collins recently created a social media account discussing county business without including the disclaimer required by the county’s social media policy.
Dixon said the omission "has now since been corrected," and that "as a consequence, Mister Collins will be vacating his position on the PSA." The transcript records the chair’s statement and notes the vacancy as a board action; no further disciplinary measures or formal sanctions were recorded in the public minutes.
County staff and legal counsel had earlier cited the county social media policy as a subject discussed in closed session, but the open-session statement limited itself to the corrective action and the resulting vacancy on the PSA board. The transcript does not include the social media post itself or the text of the county policy; those items would be part of county records or the personnel file if maintained separately.
