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Finance committee recommends releasing funds for additional Solicitor’s Office attorney
Summary
Following an executive-session personnel discussion under S.C. Code §30-4-70(a)(1), the Finance Committee voted unanimously on Dec. 15 to recommend that full Council release funds budgeted for an additional Solicitor’s Office attorney in January; the transcript does not specify the amount.
The Chesterfield County Finance Committee voted on Dec. 15 to recommend that County Council release funds budgeted for an additional attorney in the Solicitor’s Office in January.
County Attorney Coleman R. Bryant advised the committee that the members would enter executive session under S.C. Code §30-4-70(a)(1) to discuss employment matters related to the Solicitor’s Office. The committee entered and later exited executive session; Committee Chair Todd Smallwood reported that no votes were taken in executive session.
After returning to open session, Committee Member Bishop Johnnie McLendon moved that the committee recommend releasing the budgeted funds for an additional solicitor attorney in January; Committee Member Ethan Foard seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The transcript does not record the dollar amount of the budgeted funds or further conditions tied to the release.
The committee’s action was a recommendation to full Council; the transcript does not show whether Council later approved the release, nor does it record any personnel names or specific terms discussed in executive session.
