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Board moves into closed session citing North Carolina statutes; voice vote authorizes private deliberation
Summary
The Bertie County Board voted to enter closed session under state law authorizations; commissioners later returned to open session and proceeded with business including a legal recommendation from the county attorney.
Chairman Balance moved the board into closed session citing authority under North Carolina law permitting private deliberations. Commissioner White supplemented the motion by reciting a statutory reference aloud; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
After a period in closed session, the board reconvened in open session and County Attorney Lloyd made a recommendation that the county withdraw as a plaintiff from ongoing opioid litigation. The board then moved on to formalize that recommendation with a public motion and vote.
The transcript preserves the board's invocation of state statute but the exact statute numbers as read aloud in the meeting are garbled in the record. The board read the motion into the public record before and after the closed session and completed a voice vote to authorize the private deliberation.
