NSBNews.net photos by Henry Frederick / Embattled Police Chief Diane Young stands in the back of the meeting room while the city commission vote to shut down the police department in favor of coverage by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

NEWS ALERT: Oak Hill commissioners voted 3-2 to immediately shut down the police department after an intense one-hour discussion about embattled Police Chief Diane Young and the issue of marijuana plants found on Mayor Mary Lee Cook's property and whether the chief had something to do with it.

City Clerk Administrator Laura Goodearly was fired. As of 7:15 p.m. Oak Hill was officially under the direction of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

All of the guns and ammunitions were collected from the officers by Commissioner Doug Gibson.

Gibson initially called for the immediate termination of Young, but after Commissioner Ron Engle suggested shutting down the entire force, Gibson and the mayor agreed wih him, with Commissioners Kathy Bittle and Linda Hyatt, staunch supporters of the chief as the minority dissenters. Huyatt wasted no time calling for Goodearly's firing with all four commissioners agreeing to do just that with the lone vote against it by the mayor.