The city council plans to meet behind closed doors to discuss buying, selling or leasing property, a step residents won't see debated in public.
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The story
An executive session was placed on the Clarkesville City Council's September 1, 2026 work session agenda to discuss or vote to authorize negotiations to purchase, dispose of or lease property, citing the state's open-meetings exemption for real estate matters.
The council's meeting packet for the same date includes the same item, describing the closed session as covering negotiations to purchase, dispose of or lease property under the open-meetings law exemption.
What happened
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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)
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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