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Whitfield County commissioners approve agenda, hold multiple executive sessions on personnel and litigation
Summary
At a Sept. 4 special-called meeting in Dalton, the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the agenda and entered a series of executive sessions described only as 'Personnel' and 'Potential Litigation'; the minutes record no public policy decisions.
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners met in a special-called session on Sept. 4, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in Dalton and unanimously approved the meeting agenda. Commissioner Greg Jones moved to approve the agenda and Commissioner Robby Staten seconded; the motion was recorded as approved 4-0, with Commissioners Jones, John Thomas, Robby Staten and Barry W. Robbins voting in favor.
The meeting proceeded into multiple executive sessions. At 5:00 p.m. the board entered an executive session for 'Personnel' after a motion by Commissioner Barry W. Robbins, seconded by Commissioner Greg Jones; the minutes record the motion carried 4-0. Present for that session were Chairman Jevin Jensen, Commissioners Robbins, Thomas, Jones and Staten, County Attorney Robert Smalley, County Administrator Bob Sivick and Human Resources Director Jackie Carlo. The board returned to open session at 6:00 p.m. by a motion recorded as approved 4-0.
At 6:01 p.m. the board entered an executive session for 'Potential Litigation' on a motion by Commissioner Robbins with a second by Commissioner Jones; that session ended at 6:11 p.m. by a motion from Commissioner Robbins seconded by Commissioner Robby Staten, also recorded 4-0. The board then again entered an executive session for 'Personnel' at 6:12 p.m. (motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Staten) and left that session at 7:00 p.m. following a motion by Commissioner Robbins and a second by Commissioner Jones.
The board returned to executive session for 'Potential Litigation' at 7:01 p.m. on a motion by Commissioner Greg Jones, seconded by Commissioner Barry W. Robbins; the minutes record the session concluded at 8:00 p.m. after a motion by Commissioner John Thomas, seconded by Commissioner Greg Jones. All motions recorded in the minutes show a 4-0 approval with Commissioners Jones, Thomas, Staten and Robbins listed as voting in agreement.
The minutes identify no substantive public actions, policy adoptions, or votes on ordinances or contracts during the open portions of the meeting. The record lists attendees and staff present for executive sessions (County Attorney Robert Smalley, County Administrator Bob Sivick and Human Resources Director Jackie Carlo) but describes the executive-session matters only by type ('Personnel' and 'Potential Litigation') without further detail. The meeting minutes were signed by Chairman Jevin Jensen and County Clerk Blanca Cardona and dated Oct. 14, 2024.
Because the minutes record only procedural motions and closed-session topics, there are no public deliberations or decisions on county policy to summarize beyond the motions and timing recorded in the minutes.
