§ 2-50. Closed sessions.

(a)

Closed sessions of the board of commissioners may be held for the purpose of conducting business excepted 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.

(b)

No closed session shall be held except pursuant to a majority 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 closed session and the specific reasons for the closed session. Minutes of the closed session may be maintained by the clerk of the board of commissioners at the direction of the chair. 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.

(Res. No. 99-01(A), § 1-18, 1-12-1999)