By JIM BUTLER

The Pineville City Council’s agenda for this evening includes a proposal to enter closed session to discuss Topic A.

That of course is former city employee Brittany Poston’s EEOC complaint and allegations stemming from admitted sexual liaisons with Mayor Rich Dupree and former Chief of Staff Doug Gann.

Those admissions eventually led to Dupree’s decision to resign, an action now scheduled for October 20.

Under the state’s Open Meetings Act at least a 2/3 vote of those voting is required for executive session. The council has 5 members.

They first officially learned of the complaint in executive session in early summer, a session not attended by Dupree. He is not likely to attend tonight’s, assuming the motion passes.

The city officially responded to Poston’s petition in August, reportedly after she rejected a settlement offer.

That confidential response was provided to media outlets by an undisclosed source, setting off a reaction that grew exponentially as weeks passed.

The closed discussion proposal is the last item on the posted agenda.

Before that, council members will hear condemnation and annexation items.

They will also consider introducing an ordinance creating a Community Cat Program.

Working through the animal shelter, such a program attempts to manage a community’s feral (free roaming) cat population.

It involves trapping, neutering, vaccinating and returning cats to the wild.