A hearing officer recommends the Mississippi Ethics Commission rule the Starkville Board of Aldermen violated the state’s Open Meetings Act last year by discussing a Starkville Parks and Recreation department employee’s job performance behind closed doors, a preliminary report states. The report does not outline a penalty for the violation and allows both the city and complainant, former Starkville Chief Administrative Officer and Dispatch columnist Lynn Spruill, to file written objections to the finding.
