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County attorney discloses $5 million lawsuit; commission holds executive session
Summary
County Attorney Bin Minter told the Cusseta‑Chattahoochee County Commission the county is a defendant in a public lawsuit with an asserted amount of $5 million; the commission entered executive session to discuss legal and personnel matters and reconvened without votes.
At the Oct. 1 regular meeting, County Attorney Bin Minter told commissioners that “the county is being sued” and stated the asserted amount of the public lawsuit as $5 million, then asked that details be discussed in executive session. The motion to go into closed session was made at 6:57 p.m.; the meeting reconvened at 7:44 p.m.
After the closed session, Chairman Charles Coffey said the subjects discussed were within the legal exceptions to the open meetings law and that no votes were taken while in executive session. An affidavit of attending members filed in the record cites consultation with counsel, personnel matters and other statutory exceptions (O.C.G.A. references appear in the affidavit text). No further details of the lawsuit were released during the public reconvening.
