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Council votes unanimously to extend employment contract to Brian Tucker as county administrator
Summary
After an executive session on a personnel matter under South Carolina Code, council returned and moved to extend an employment contract to Brian Tucker to hire him as Lancaster County's new county administrator; the motion passed unanimously (vote count not specified in the transcript).
After meeting in executive session pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1) and 30-4-78(1) to discuss a personnel matter, the council reconvened in open session and the chair made a motion to extend an employment contract to Brian Tucker. "Council is going is making a motion to extend an employment contract to mister Brian Tucker," the chair announced, and the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
The council instructed that a news release would be issued but asked that county employees be notified internally first to avoid employees learning the appointment via media. The chair noted the contract's effective date would be subject to notice requirements and that Tucker would need to provide any required notice to his current employer before starting.
Nut graf: The hiring motion concluded the meeting: council voted in favor of offering the county-administrator contract to Brian Tucker and approved the motion unanimously on the record; specific contract terms and start date were not read into the public record at the meeting and will be finalized administratively.
