Lancaster County ad hoc committee holds executive session on county administrator search

The Lancaster County Council Ad Hoc County Administrator Interview Committee voted unanimously to approve its agenda and then entered executive session to discuss the search for a county administrator, citing South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1), the chair said.

The chair asked for a motion “to go into executive session in regards to one item, the discussion of a personnel matter pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1) relative to the search for a county administrator, and to invite representatives of the search firm, Find Great People, in to discuss the item,” according to the meeting record. The motion to enter executive session was moved by Mister Neil and seconded by Mister Luis, and the chair announced the vote was unanimous.

Committee member Merck du Pont reported for the record after the session: “The ad hoc county administrator interview committee met in executive session in regards to one item, discussion of a personnel matter pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws 30-4-70(a)(1) relative to the search for a county administrator. No motions were made. No votes were taken.”

Before and after the executive session the committee handled routine procedure: a motion to approve the agenda was recorded as moved by Mister Luis with a second from Mister McGriff and announced as unanimous, and after the executive session a motion to come out was moved by Mister Luis and seconded by Mister McGriff and likewise announced as unanimous. The committee then moved to adjourn; a motion was made and the chair declared the meeting adjourned.

The transcript does not record a public roll-call vote count or further details about candidates, next steps in the search process, or any direction assigned to staff. The search firm Find Great People was noted as invited into executive session, but the committee’s public record states only that no formal motions or votes occurred while in executive session.