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Smith County commissioners convene executive session to discuss attorney–client privilege

Smith County Board of Commissioners · April 3, 2026

Summary

The Smith County Board of Commissioners moved into a 30-minute executive session April 3 to discuss an attorney–client privilege matter; the session produced no recorded action when the board later reconvened.

The Smith County Board of Commissioners convened a special session April 3 and immediately voted to go into an executive session at 9:25 a.m. to discuss an attorney–client privilege exception. Commissioner Jim Gwennap made the motion and Commissioner Brady Peterson seconded it; the minutes record that the motion "carried unanimously." Present for the executive session were the three commissioners, County Clerk Ashley Maxwell and Sam Walenz.

The board reconvened at 9:58 a.m. and the minutes state that no action was taken as a result of the executive session. The minutes note that they are not official until signed by the commissioners and attested by the county clerk.

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