Special executive session recessed for attorney consultation on pending litigation

President Cole called the special executive session for April 27, 2026, to order and asked clerk Dee to call the roll. After roll call and brief attendance notes — including that Miss Parker Jones would be late — Cole said he would "entertain a motion and a second to recess to executive session for matters pertaining to the conferences with an attorney for counsel concerning disputes involving counsel that are subject to pending or imminent court action, charter sections 2.101 c." President Cole then solicited a motion and a second; the transcript records that a motion and a second were made.

A subsequent roll call on the motion recorded affirmative responses for Vice President Catone, Miss Vermillion, Mister Betts, President Cole, Miss Russell and Mister Teeter. Clerk Dee announced, "We're recessed," and the meeting moved into an executive session. The transcript does not identify who made the motion or who seconded it by name, and it does not record any opposing or abstaining votes in the public record provided.

The purpose read aloud on the record — consulting with legal counsel on disputes that are the subject of pending or imminent court action under charter section 2.101(c) — indicates the session was closed under the stated charter exemption for attorney conferences. The public portion of the meeting contains no further discussion of the underlying dispute, motions, or planned next steps; the transcript ends with the announcement that the body had recessed into executive session.

Attendance as recorded on the public roll call included Mister Betts, Vice President Catone, Miss Rasul (initially recorded "here"), Mister Teeter, Miss Vermillion, Miss Russell and President Cole; Miss Parker Jones was noted as running late. The transcript does not provide additional details about the litigation at issue, the attorney(s) expected to attend, or any timetable for returning to open session.