Public commenter urges investigation and resignation over alleged closed-session disclosures

During public comment, Esco Latimer accused city-connected individuals of sharing confidential information from closed sessions and depositions with his former wife and daughter, and he asked the council to open an investigation and for Abby Covington to resign. Latimer said he had been quoted verbatim by family members and that he was charged thousands for records requests he has pursued.

Latimer described sworn testimony he said contradicted public statements by a city employee and urged immediate action: "I'm asking her to resign immediately due to her, crossing the lines of for what she's supposed to be doing." Councilors did not announce immediate investigative action on the record in the public session; the item preceded other agenda business and a later motion to move into closed session on attorney-client and personnel matters.