After adjourning a brief meeting, city council went into closed session tonight, presumably to discuss a refund being requested by residents from the Brandy Creek community for three of the years it was inside the city limits.

Mayor Emery Doughtie said later this evening no action was taken on the matter following adjournment of the closed session, in which County Attorney Glynn Rollins sat in on as well as City Attorney Gilbert Chichester. “I think we're going to let Gilbert think about it some more and see how the county reacts. Sometime in the next week or so we will get to it. We want to make sure we do the right thing as well as the legal thing. We had ourselves a good hour's work listening to Gilbert and Glynn.”

Following adjournment of the regular meeting, the mayor said each government involved in the refund request would address it during meetings. The commissioners will address the matter at its work session Monday night. The Weldon City Schools Board of Education must also address the matter.

At issue is money the residents of Brandy Creek say they are due for the years 2007-2009 when it was in the city limits following a 2005 annexation to pave the way for the Carolina Crossroads Music and Entertainment District. The annexation has since been annulled.

The years in question are when residents and the University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights say residents had to pay taxes that skyrocketed from 700 to 1,200 percent.

The money sought is broken down as follows: $27,000 from the county; $24,000 from the city and $6,000 from the Weldon school district.