§ 2-68. Executive sessions.

(a)

Executive sessions of the board may be held for the purpose of conducting business expected from public access requirements as authorized by O.C.G.A. §§ 50-14-2 and 50-14-3. Where a meeting of the board is devoted in part to matters within the authorized exceptions to public access requirements, any portion of the meeting not subject to any such exceptions shall be open to the public. The minutes of such portions of meetings not subject to any such exception provided by law shall be taken, recorded and open to public inspection as provided in O.C.G.A. § 50-14-1(e).

(b)

No executive session shall be held except pursuant to a majority affirmative vote of the board of commissioners taken in a public meeting. The minutes of the public meeting shall reflect the names of the commissioners present, those voting for the executive session and the specific reasons for the executive session. Minutes of the executive session may be maintained by the clerk of the board of commissioners at the direction of the chairman. Any such minutes shall be maintained in a confidential file and shall not be subject to disclosure, except that disclosures of such portions of minutes identifying real estate to be acquired by the board may only be delayed until such time as the acquisition of the real estate has been completed, terminated or abandoned or court proceedings have been initiated.

(Ord. of 5-14-1996, § 1-18)

State law reference

Procedure when meeting closed, O.C.G.A. § 50-14-4.