Beaufort County caucus moves to executive session to get legal advice on multiple lawsuits, detention‑center repairs

Beaufort County's council caucus voted to move into executive session to receive legal advice on several pending matters and an emergency facilities repair, the chair said.

"At this time, we need to go into executive session under South Carolina code section 30‑4‑70(a)(2) and 30‑4‑70(a)(1) to receive legal advice on matters covered by the attorney‑client privilege," the chair said, listing multiple cases and matters the caucus would discuss. The items named included "Beaufort County versus South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund," emergency repairs for the Beaufort County Detention Center, "Cindy Carter versus Beaufort County," and "Redfish Holdings LLC versus Beaufort County." The chair also read a phrase included verbatim in the transcript as "UPF Litigators, Ultra Processed Food Litigation." The caucus said those matters fell within the attorney‑client exception cited in state law.

The transcript records a motion to move into executive session and a second; the transcript does not consistently capture separate speaker turns for the mover and seconder, so the record here notes that the motion was made and seconded without identifying the individuals who made or seconded it. The chair told attendees the caucus would move into another room for the executive session and expected to return at 6:00 p.m., saying, "This meeting will last until 06:00." The announcement also included a procedural note that any items not covered in the caucus would be taken up at the start of the county council meeting.

This report is based entirely on remarks in the public portion of the caucus as captured in the transcript; no votes or deliberations that occurred inside the executive session are included because they were not part of the public record provided.