The Greensboro City Council has called a special meeting for 8:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at the O. Henry Hotel, “for the purpose of discussing and defining the [city] manager search process, conducting a discussion and vote on audio recording of this meeting[,] and adjourning to closed session to consider the qualifications, competence, character, fitness, and conditions of employment of prospective city manager applicants pursuant to N.C.G.S. … [,] and returning to open session for further discussion and action related to the city manager search.”
In my opinion, since we are only a few months away from an election for Mayor and City Council, at which all seats are heavily contested, the current City Council should defer taking action on the appointment of a new City Manager. The task would be better left to the newly elected Council that takes office late this year.
As a candidate for City Council from District 5, I call on all of the other non-incumbent City Council candidates to be present with me at the special meeting Tuesday and protest the action being taken by the current City Council to select and hire a City Manager at this time.
If the current City Council is unwilling to postpone the selection process, then they should at least open the selection process to the public and give an opportunity for the non-incumbent council candidates to provide input concerning “the qualifications, competence, character, fitness, and conditions of employment of prospective city manager applicants.”
No comments:
Post a Comment