Executive session rules defined
In a called meeting of the Mitchell County Commissioners Court Monday morning, the court was addressed by County Attorney Ty Wood in regards to policy and procedure relating to outside legal counsel.
Wood told the court he did not mind calling the county’s outside legal counsel, but felt it should be taken through County Judge Ray Mayo first. In addition, Wood made some suggestions regarding executive sessions for the purpose of economic development.
“One of the issues which Judge Mayo and I identified together was putting into place an actual policy and procedure, as far dealing with our outside counsel, especially dealing with essentially any kind of contracts which Mitchell County enters into,” Wood said to the court. “Basically, what we have going right now is we have Bickerstaff as outside counsel for us, but we do not have an actual policy in place that says that legally binding agreements should be reviewed by some counsel before they are entered into.”
