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Beaufort County caucus votes to enter executive session to discuss personnel and pending litigation
Summary
At a March 10 caucus meeting, the Beaufort County body voted to go into executive session to discuss assistant county administrator personnel matters and two pending lawsuits: Redfish Holdings, LLC v. Beaufort County and Beaufort County v. David Coleman.
The Beaufort County caucus on March 10 voted to enter executive session to discuss personnel matters and pending litigation, the Chair said at the start of the meeting. The caucus convened at 5 p.m. and the Chair noted the meeting had been advertised in compliance with the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.
The Chair asked for a motion "to go into executive session for the following items," reading four grounds under South Carolina Code §30-4-70(A). The items listed were: discussion of employment, appointment, compensation, promotion, demotion, discipline, or release of a person regulated by the public body regarding assistant county administrator positions; receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to pending litigation (identified as Redfish Holdings, LLC v. Beaufort County); receipt of privileged attorney-client communications involving county attorneys and staff; and receipt of legal advice related to pending litigation (identified as Beaufort County v. David Coleman).
A motion to approve the agenda earlier in the meeting was made "by Miss Brown" and seconded by "Councilman Bartholomew," and the Chair said the agenda approval was unanimous. Later, a motion and second were recorded to enter executive session; the Chair called for the vote and members responded "Aye," after which the meeting adjourned to executive session.
After a recess, the Chair stated the executive session would be reconvened after the regular meeting and indicated there were no matters arising from that portion of executive session at that time. The transcript does not record any formal actions, findings, or public outcomes from the executive sessions in this record.
The items the caucus cited for the executive session reference South Carolina Code §30-4-70(A); the transcript explicitly names the two legal matters and the personnel topic but does not provide further details on the substance of either lawsuit or on personnel decisions. The caucus noted it would reconvene executive session later in the meeting to continue those matters.
