Commissioners hold repeated executive sessions for non‑elected personnel evaluations

Jul 27, 2026

Between about 9:03 a.m. and 10:07 a.m. the board convened a series of short executive sessions to discuss non-elected personnel evaluations for multiple county employees; no formal action was taken in any session.

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The Smith County Commissioners conducted a sequence of short executive sessions July 27 to discuss evaluations of non‑elected personnel. The minutes record separate five- and ten-minute sessions attended by Road & Bridge supervisors Travis Story and John Kautz and by individual employees including Cole Morgan, Jeremy Presbrey, JR Rice, Jolan Richardson, Isaac Skidmore, Tom Story, David Tucker, Orion Walker, Ethan White and Rickie Williams. Each session was described as an executive session for non-elected personnel evaluation and reconvened to regular session with no action reported.

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