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Newton County commissioners enter executive session to discuss litigation
Summary
At a July 21 special-called meeting, the Newton County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 to enter an executive session at 6:05 p.m. to discuss litigation, returned at 6:45 p.m., then reconvened and adjourned; the meeting agenda had been adopted unanimously earlier.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners met in a special-called session July 21, 2026, at the Historic Courthouse in Covington. Interim Madam Chair Linda D. Hays presided; Commissioners Stan Edwards, Andre Cooper, J.C. Henderson and LeAnne Long were present. The meeting was livestreamed on the county YouTube channel.
Commissioner Andre Cooper moved to adopt the meeting agenda; Commissioner LeAnne Long seconded and the board approved the agenda by a 4-0 vote. At 6:05 p.m., Commissioner J.C. Henderson moved that the board enter an executive session "to discuss litigation"; Commissioner Stan Edwards seconded and the motion passed 4-0. The board left the public meeting room for the closed session.
The full board returned to the meeting room at 6:45 p.m. Following reconvening, Commissioner LeAnne Long moved to reconvene the regular session and to adjourn; Commissioner Andre Cooper seconded and all agreed to adjourn. The minutes show the meeting was later approved on Aug. 4, 2026, with a signature block naming Marcello Banes as Chairman and Susan G. Nolley as County Clerk.
The transcript records only procedural actions and times; no public testimony or substantive deliberations on specific policy matters appear in the public portion of the record. The executive session was recorded in the minutes as convened for discussion of litigation but no further details of those closed deliberations are included in the public minutes.
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