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The Pike County Board of Commissioners met on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 9 a.m. in the Main Courtroom of the Pike County Courthouse as is their normal meeting place. The purpose of this session was for an Executive Session only. The following is the agenda for the meeting.

EXECUTIVE SESSION ONLY

1. CALL TO ORDER ....... Chairman Briar Johnson
2. SILENT INVOCATION ....... Chairman Briar Johnson
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ....... Chairman Briar Johnson
4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA - (O.C.G A. § 50-14-1 (e) (1))
5. EXECUTIVE SESSION
a. Chairman Briar Johnson requests Executive Session for discussion or deliberation on the appointment, employment, compensation, hiring, disciplinary action or dismissal, or periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee or interviewing applicants for the position of the executive head of an agency, as provided in O.C.G.A. § 50-14-3(b)(2), germane to personnel.
6. ADJOURNMENT

Agenda subject to revision.

Today's meeting was attended by commissioners James Jenkins, Ken Pullin, Tim Guy, Tim Daniel, and Chairman Briar Johnson as well as County Clerk Angela Blount and County Attorney / Manager Rob Morton.

9:02 a.m. The meeting began with a silent invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance. The motion was then made to go into Executive Session. The Commissioners and County Clerk went into the back room while County Attorney / Manager Rob Morton remained at the table.

9:22 a.m. County Attorney / Manager Morton went into the back to talk with the Commissioners.

9:43 a.m. Commissioner Tim Daniel had to leave the meeting.

9:47 a.m. The remaining Commissioners came back into regular session.

9:48 a.m. The motion was made to adjourn and approved 4-0.

[Note from the Editor: My only concern with this meeting today was that the livestream wasn't running like it normally is. Many people in the community turned on the YouTube Channel so they could watch this meeting -- even if it was only an Executive Session with no action -- and there was no livestream. How do I know? They contacted me to find out what was going on.

Transparency for our Board of Commissioners is important. I hope that all future meetings will be livestreamed even if it is "just" (fill in the blank here). Everyone can't attend a meeting at 9 a.m. but many were trying to watch today both during and after the meeting.]

The Pike County Board of Commissioners has its own YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@pikecoga where citizens can (normally) watch the meetings both in real time and after the meeting to catch up on county business. Thank you to the Commissioners for providing this service to Pike County citizens.

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