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SCAC trainer reviews county administrator powers, FOIA limits and executive‑session confidentiality at Beaufort County workshop
Summary
At a Beaufort County Council workshop, John Deloach of the South Carolina Association of Counties outlined the administrator form of government, explained Home Rule authorities and cautioned that attorney‑client privileged legal opinions belong to county counsel as a whole. Councilors asked about censure and penalties for unauthorized disclosures.
John Deloach, representing the South Carolina Association of Counties, gave a training to Beaufort County Council at a workshop focused on the county administrator form of government and legal limits on councilors’ access to information.
Deloach explained that in the council‑administrator model — the form Beaufort County has adopted — “the administrator is the operational head of those departments,” and the elected council holds legislative authority under the Home Rule Act. He told councilors that the administrator prepares the county’s budgets and directs departments, while offices…
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