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Board enters closed session in emergency meeting; no public actions disclosed
Summary
The Town of Coats Board of Commissioners convened an emergency meeting and voted unanimously to enter a closed session under NCGS 143-318.11(6); they reconvened and adjourned with no public record of actions taken.
Mayor Chris Coats called an emergency meeting of the Town of Coats Board of Commissioners to order at 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2026. After an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, the board voted unanimously to move into a closed session under NCGS 143-318.11(6). "Resolved, to go into closed session," the motion read; it was moved by Mayor Pro Tem Kelvin Gilbert and seconded by Commissioner Todd Pope.
The board entered closed session at 7:01 p.m. and reconvened in open session at 8:46 p.m. In open session the board approved a motion to adjourn, moved by Commissioner Marc Powell and seconded by Commissioner Todd Pope, and the meeting ended at 8:46 p.m. The transcript records no substantive public discussion or formal public actions taken during the meeting; any matters discussed in closed session are not included in the public record.
