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County attorney requests executive session; commissioners vote to discuss pending lawsuit
Summary
The county attorney told commissioners there is a lawsuit involving the county and requested an executive session; commissioners moved, seconded and voted to enter executive session to discuss legal issues, with specifics of the lawsuit not read into the public record.
The county attorney informed Bullock County commissioners that a lawsuit is pending against the county and requested that the commission go into executive session to discuss legal strategy and privileged matters.
"We've got a request for a suit and a lawsuit involving the county," the county attorney said on the record, urging that the commission discuss the issue in executive session because it is a legal matter. A commissioner made a motion to enter executive session to discuss legal issues pending against the county; Commissioner McGowan seconded the motion and multiple commissioners recorded "Yes" votes before the chair acknowledged the motion.
The transcript records the request and the motion to enter executive session but does not include details about the nature of the lawsuit, the parties involved, or any legal filings. The county attorney requested confidentiality by seeking executive session; the public record therefore contains only the motion and the commission's recorded decision to meet privately on the matter.
The commission recessed for the executive session after recording the vote. Any public action resulting from the executive session would be recorded in subsequent public minutes.
