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Coats board enters closed session during special March 3 meeting
Summary
The Town of Coats Board of Commissioners met in a special session March 3, 2025, unanimously voted to enter a closed session under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318.11(6), reconvened at 10:30 p.m. and adjourned the same night. Minutes were prepared by Finance Director/Town Clerk Connie Lassiter.
The Town of Coats Board of Commissioners convened a special called meeting on March 3, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners' Meeting Room at Coats Town Hall. Mayor Chris Coats called the meeting to order and confirmed a quorum consisting of Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell and Commissioners Kelvin Gilbert, Shirley Allen and Monique Warren-Clegg; Commissioner Jerry Beasley was absent.
During the meeting Commissioner Shirley Allen moved that the board enter a closed session pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318.11(6); Commissioner Kelvin Gilbert seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously. The board recorded entering closed session at 7:03 p.m.
The minutes do not disclose the subject matter discussed in closed session. The record shows the board reconvened in open session at 10:30 p.m. after a motion to reconvene made by Commissioner Kelvin Gilbert and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell, which passed unanimously.
Mayor Chris Coats then called for a motion to adjourn. Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell moved to adjourn, Commissioner Monique Warren-Clegg seconded, and the motion was approved unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
Finance Director and Town Clerk Connie Lassiter prepared the minutes. Town Attorney Alton Bain and Justin Hembree of the Mid-Carolina Regional Council of Governments were listed as present in the meeting record.
