Development Authority again closes meeting to discuss property acquisition and disposal

Since January 2025, the Habersham County Development Authority has placed an executive session on property acquisition and disposal on its agenda under the state open-meetings law exemption, O.C.G.A §50-14-3 (b)(1), at nearly every regular and special meeting.

The authority has voted several times to actually enter those closed sessions. In March 2025 it voted 4-0 to go into executive session, and in June 2025 it voted 7-0 to close the meeting for property acquisition and disposal along with litigation.

The authority closed meetings for the same purpose again in July 2025 (5-0) and August 2025 (6-0), and the item kept appearing on agendas through the rest of 2025 and into 2026.

Most recently, the authority voted 5-0 in July 2026 and 5-0 in September 2026 to enter executive session, each time also citing pending litigation, and an October 2026 agenda listed the same property acquisition and disposal item again. No record shows what property was discussed or any decision to acquire or dispose of property.