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Athens‑Clarke County Mayor and Commission enter executive session to discuss threatened litigation
Summary
The Mayor and Commission met in a special called session Feb. 17, 2026, voted unanimously to enter an executive session to discuss threatened or pending litigation, and then adjourned. No details of the litigation were disclosed in the public record.
The Mayor and Commission of the Unified Government of Athens‑Clarke County met in a special called session Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, at City Hall and voted unanimously to enter an executive session to discuss threatened or pending litigation, then adjourned.
Clerk of Commission recorded that Mayor Girtz and Commissioners Davenport, Link, Taylor, Wright, Fisher, Johnson, Culpepper, Myers and Thornton were present; Commissioner Hamby was absent. Commissioner Culpepper moved to enter executive session to discuss threatened or pending litigation, and Commissioner Fisher seconded. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
Following the vote to go into closed session, Commissioner Taylor moved to adjourn; Commissioner Davenport seconded. That motion likewise passed unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m. The public record in this transcript does not include any details of the litigation discussed in executive session.
Because the session moved into executive session, the commission did not take any further public actions on the substance of the litigation during the special called meeting. No ordinances, appointments, budgets or other formal public actions were recorded in the transcript for this session.
