Thayne council authorizes town attorney to explore petition approach to Fire District

Thayne — At a special meeting on Aug. 6, 2018, the Thayne Town Council voted to allow Town Attorney Kevin Voyles to begin researching a petition approach related to the local Fire District.

The meeting opened at 5:30 p.m. with Councilman Heward presiding. Clerk Hillstead recorded that Councilman Woolley, Councilman Heward, Councilman Schwab, Clerk Hillstead and Town Attorney Kevin Voyles were in attendance. Councilman Woolley moved to approve the agenda as finalized; the motion carried.

At 5:32 p.m. the council moved into an executive session after a motion by Councilman Woolley, seconded by Councilman Schwab. The transcript records the start and end times of the closed session — 5:32 p.m. to 6:11 p.m. — but does not state the statutory basis or subject matter for the executive session in the public minutes.

After returning to open session at 6:11 p.m., Councilman Woolley moved, with Councilman Schwab seconding, to "allow Kevin Voyles to start looking into a petition approach to the Fire District." The transcript records that the motion "carried." The public minutes also contain the phrase "No action taken" earlier in the record; the transcript does not clarify whether that phrase refers to a result from the executive session, a prior agenda item, or to the petition inquiry itself.

The meeting record shows there were no comments from the audience during the public comment period. Councilman Woolley then moved to adjourn, seconded by Councilman Schwab, and the meeting adjourned at 6:12 p.m.

The transcript does not include roll-call vote tallies, details of the executive session discussions, or additional detail about the scope or deadline for the town attorney’s investigation. Any next steps — such as a staff report, ordinance, or formal petition filing — were not recorded in the available transcript.