Whitfield County commissioners approve agenda, hold executive session on personnel

Jevin Jensen, chairman of the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners, called a special-called meeting to order at 6 p.m. on Aug. 17, 2021, at 201 S. Hamilton St., Dalton.

The board approved the meeting agenda after a motion by Commissioner Barry W. Robbins and a second from Commissioner John Thomas; the minutes record the motion as approved 3-0, with Commissioners Greg Jones, John Thomas and Barry W. Robbins noted as in agreement.

Commissioner Robbins moved and Commissioner Thomas seconded a motion to go into executive session "to discuss Personnel," which the minutes record as approved 3-0. The minutes list those present for the executive session as Chairman Jevin Jensen; Commissioners Robbins, Thomas and Jones; Commissioner Robby Staten via teleconference; County Attorney Robert Smalley; and Human Resources Director Jackie Carlo. The minutes do not provide details about the personnel matters discussed.

After the executive session, Commissioner Greg Jones moved and Commissioner Robbins seconded a motion to reconvene; that motion is recorded as approved 3-0. The meeting was then adjourned by unanimous vote. The minutes include a signature block for Chairman Jevin Jensen and County Clerk Blanca Cardona.

No public comment, ordinances, resolutions, budget actions or other substantive policy items are recorded in the minutes for this special-called meeting. The minutes identify attendance, the procedural motions taken and the board's use of an executive session to consider personnel matters; they do not specify outcomes or follow-up steps related to personnel.