Minutes of the meeting show the council voted 4-0 to enter the closed session to discuss the property lease negotiations and personnel matter. The record does not disclose what was discussed or any outcome reached in the closed portion of the meeting.
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Clarkesville council votes 4-0 to enter closed session on property lease and personnel matter
The mayor and council met behind closed doors to discuss possible property acquisition or lease negotiations and a personnel matter, so residents won't see what was actually discussed or decided.
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The Clarkesville Mayor and City Council placed an executive session on its November 10, 2025 agenda, citing a Georgia open-meetings exemption to discuss negotiations to purchase, dispose of, or lease property, along with a personnel matter involving a public officer or employee.
At the meeting, Mayor Pro-Tempore Franklin Brown made a motion for the council to enter executive session to take up those items.
Minutes of the meeting show the council voted 4-0 to enter the closed session to discuss the property lease negotiations and personnel matter. The record does not disclose what was discussed or any outcome reached in the closed portion of the meeting.
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Appeared on agendaproposedExecutive session to discuss property acquisition/lease negotiations and a public officer or employee personnel matter
Meeting to discuss or vote to authorize negotiations to purchase, dispose of or lease property
as provided in Georgia Code section 50-14-3(b)(1)(B)
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Executive session to discuss property acquisition/lease negotiations and a public officer or employee personnel matter
Meeting to discuss or vote to authorize negotiations to purchase, dispose of or lease property as provided in Georgia Code section 50-14-3(b)(1)(B)
ApprovedunknownEntering Executive Session for property negotiations and personnel matters
Mayor Pro - Tempore Franklin Brown made a motion to enter executive session
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Entering Executive Session for property negotiations and personnel matters
Mayor Pro - Tempore Franklin Brown made a motion to enter executive session
ApprovedconfirmedEntering executive session to discuss property acquisition/lease and personnel matters
Meeting to discuss or vote to authorize negotiations to purchase, dispose of or lease property as
provided in Georgia Code section 50-14-3(b)(1)(B)
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Entering executive session to discuss property acquisition/lease and personnel matters
Meeting to discuss or vote to authorize negotiations to purchase, dispose of or lease property as provided in Georgia Code section 50-14-3(b)(1)(B)
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