Madison County commissioners vote to enter executive session to discuss sale of surplus real estate

Chris Walls, chair of the Madison County Board of Commissioners, called the June 16 meeting to order and the board quickly moved to consider routine business before turning to a request for closed-door discussion.

At a June 16 meeting, a board member moved and a second was recorded to send the board into executive session to discuss the sale of surplus real estate, citing information obtained that morning. The motion was seconded and the board held a roll-call vote. The transcript records the roll call as: “Mr. Shay — yes; Dr. — yes; Mr. Wallace — yes.” The chair announced the board would proceed into executive session.

The request to move into executive session was described in the meeting as coming after new information was received at about 6 a.m.; the official who raised the timing noted it as the reason to consider the matter immediately. No additional public details about the property or proposed sale were discussed in open session before the vote.

The meeting then paused for the executive-session portion; no public action on the sale was recorded in the open portion of the transcript included here. The board’s next public step or a future vote on any sale was not stated during the recorded discussion.