Executive Committee unanimously enters executive session to discuss personnel inquiry; no report returned

The Executive Committee met in a special-call meeting on January 30 and unanimously voted to enter an executive session to discuss personnel matters tied to an inquiry. The chair opened the meeting, confirmed FOIA compliance, and called for a motion to approve the agenda before moving to closed session.

Why it matters: The committee cited sections of the South Carolina Code of Laws as the legal basis for a closed session on personnel matters. The decision to meet in private deprived the public of a substantive update; when the committee returned it reported there were no motions arising from the executive session.

At the start of the meeting the chair asked whether the meeting complied with the Freedom of Information Act; Mrs. Brock responded, "Yes, ma'am. We are." The chair then sought and received a motion to approve the agenda, which was moved by Mr. Crawford and seconded by Mr. Lawson and approved by voice/hand vote.

The chair said the committee would "have an executive session under South Carolina Code of Laws, section 30 dash 4 dash 7 8 8 1" for "discussion of personnel matters relating to an inquiry being conducted pursuant to South Carolina code section 4 dash 9 dash 6 60." A motion to enter executive session was moved by Mr. Glover, seconded by Mr. Bartholomew, and the chair stated the motion passed unanimously.

After the committee returned from the closed session the chair asked for "motions from executive session" and was told there were none. The chair said, "There's nothing to report, so I will call adjournment," and the meeting ended.

What’s next: No follow-up motions or actions were announced at the meeting; the chair called adjournment after indicating no report from the executive session.