Board keeps law‑firm exclusions in contested records request after motion and unanimous vote

A supervisor moved and the board voted to preserve exclusions in a specific records request that had drawn public concern. "I'll make a motion that the exclusions remain to to not include the, the law firm communications," said a board member; the motion was seconded and the Chair called the vote, which board members announced aloud as "Aye." The Chair declared the motion carried.

The vote was prompted by a request tied to vendor ticket 937168 and a public comment alleging that the requester was related to a defendant in a local trial. Letters and specific documents were not read into the record; board members said the exclusions were intended to prevent inadvertent disclosure of privileged or litigation‑sensitive communications while staff and the auditor review the request and the vendor output.