County schedules special meeting April 14 to discuss litigation and budget appeal involving Sheriff Eric Flowers
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Summary
After a closed session, the board announced it had terminated closed deliberations in litigation and a related administrative budget appeal involving Sheriff Eric Flowers and set a publicly noticed special call meeting for April 14 at 9 a.m. to discuss the matters.
After recessing into a closed session to receive legal advice, the board reconvened and announced the closed session in the case Eric Flowers v. Board of County Commissioners (Circuit Court case no. 2025CA000769) and a pending administrative proceeding related to the sheriff’s 2025 budget appeal (administrative case SBA25004) had terminated.
The chair said the board had “reached a consensus to have a special call meeting” to publicly discuss the matters on April 14 at 9 a.m. and confirmed the meeting will be legally posted and noticed. General counsel Jennifer Schueller identified both case numbers in the record when the board opened the closed session earlier in the meeting and noted the closed session was expected to take about one hour.
No substantive details of the litigation or appeal were discussed in public following the closed session; the board’s next step is to meet publicly on April 14 as announced. The public notice and agenda for that special call will be posted as required by law.
