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Radford City Council approves employment agreement for city manager Todd Meredith
Summary
Radford City Council unanimously approved an employment agreement naming Todd Meredith as the city—s next city manager; Meredith will start July 21. The council met in closed session under Virginia Code 2.2-3711(A)(1) to consider prospective candidates, and allowed one councilor to join remotely.
Radford City Council voted unanimously at a special meeting to approve an employment agreement naming Todd Meredith as Radford—s next city manager; Meredith is scheduled to begin work on July 21.
The approval followed a closed-session discussion convened under Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1) to consider prospective candidates for employment. Mayor David Horton announced the motion to convene the closed meeting and later asked for a roll-call vote to approve the employment agreement; the recorded votes were Yes from Mrs. Artrip, Mrs. Foster, Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Guy Wolford and Mayor David Horton.
The council also moved and approved a separate, procedural motion to allow Councilor Guy Wolford to participate by phone; Wolford told the meeting he was in Nashville, Tennessee, on vacation. After the vote the council publicly introduced Meredith and invited him to speak.
Meredith, who the council said has served as town manager of Pearisburg since 2017 and previously worked as a public-school teacher, thanked the council. "I'm most appreciative," he said, adding he looked forward to working with council and staff to "put together a vision for the city" and to build operational capacity.
Mayor Horton described Meredith—s record in Pearisburg, saying Meredith led initiatives on infrastructure, fiscal stewardship and regional cooperation and had served on the Giles County Public Service Authority board and on the board of directors for Carilion Giles Community Hospital. Interim City Manager Craig Meadows, who has served since January, told the council there were 17 applicants for the position.
Council members who spoke during the public portion of the appointment welcomed Meredith and said they expected him to help the city build reserves and improve efficiency; several referenced his background with Six Sigma and prior fiscal work. The council said a more formal introduction and welcome will occur at a meeting later in June and again in July when Meredith assumes full-time duties on July 21.
The meeting concluded with the council setting its next meeting for June 17 and directing staff to post a press release with further details about the hire.
