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Council adopts agenda and votes to enter executive session on contracts, legal advice and property matters
Summary
Council adopted the meeting agenda by voice/roll call and later voted to enter executive session to discuss contract negotiations, legal advice and several property/legal matters; roll calls were read by the clerk and affirmative votes were recorded.
At the start of the meeting council moved to adopt the agenda; a motion, a second and a roll‑call reading of members present followed and the clerk recorded affirmative responses. Later in the meeting a council member moved, and another seconded, to go into executive session to discuss multiple items including contract negotiations, attorney‑client legal advice and specific property and litigation matters (listed under South Carolina Code citations). The motion passed on the recorded roll call.
The executive‑session motion specifically listed items for discussion: negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements, a 9‑1‑1 communications agreement, legal advice on a pending claim (Russell Burgess v. City of Columbia), residential intensification within the Historic Preservation Overlay District (120 Clemson Road), relocation of municipal court, and other legal topics. The clerk conducted the roll call and recorded affirmative votes; the motion was seconded and carried.
