Published: September 16, 2008 08:31 pm         

Private meeting between county commission, attorney and finance director canceled

A private meeting between members of the Cumberland County Commission, County Mayor Brock Hill, county attorney Jim Thompson and Cumberland County Finance Director Nathan Brock was canceled Monday afternoon by County Mayor Hill. The meeting was originally sceduled to take place following the monthly county commission meeting.

An announcement that the meeting was canceled was faxed to the Crossville Chronicle after press time and after the newspaper was sent to print.

During Monday night's Cumberland County Commission meeting Hill said the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the lawsuit against the Board of Education and another matter.

"Some of the other things that need to be discussed would be better and need to be done in a public forum. We will do that in the future," Hill said.

According to the original announcement from Hill's office, the subject of the meeting was a discussion over the lawsuit filed by Mayor Hill against the Cumberland County Board of Education.

The notice stated, "The meeting is closed to the media and others due to the nature of the subject to be discussed."

There was no explanation given as to why the group was holding a private meeting in order to discuss the results of a public hearing.

No other comments were made about the meeting.