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Lancaster County ad hoc committee holds executive session on county administrator search
Summary
The Lancaster County Council ad hoc County Administrator Interview Committee voted unanimously to enter an executive session to discuss one personnel matter: the county administrator search and to meet with representatives of the search firm Find Great People. No motions or votes were taken during the closed session.
The Lancaster County Council ad hoc County Administrator Interview Committee met and unanimously approved a motion to enter an executive session to discuss one personnel matter: the search for a county administrator and to invite representatives of the search firm Find Great People to participate.
The chair sought and received the motion under item 5a, citing South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1) as the authority for the closed meeting. The motion was described on the record as moved by Mister McGriff and seconded by Mister Luis/Louis; the chair announced the committee entered executive session.
Merc duPont, speaking for the record after the closed session, summarized the outcome: “The ad hoc county administrator interview committee met in executive session in regards to 1 item, the discussion of a personnel matter pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1) relative to the search for a county administrator. No motions were made. No votes were taken.”
Before the executive session the committee handled routine business: it approved the meeting agenda and the minutes for April 1, 2026 and for two earlier April 7, 2026 meetings (10 a.m. and 3 p.m.). Each approval was moved and seconded and the chair announced the results as unanimous.
The committee adjourned after returning from executive session. No formal actions, votes, or appointments related to the county administrator search were recorded on the public record during this meeting.
