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Port Huron council adds two rival resolutions about city manager; censure dies, support resolution withdrawn
Summary
Council members voted to add both a mayor-sponsored censure and a councilmember-sponsored resolution of support for City Manager James Fried to the agenda. The proposed censure received no motion or second at the resolutions stage and died; the pro-Fried resolution was later withdrawn by its sponsor during council discussion.
The Port Huron City Council on a February meeting added two competing resolutions about City Manager James Fried to its agenda but took no disciplinary action after debate: a mayor-sponsored resolution to censure Fried received no motion or second when taken up and therefore died, and a second resolution drafted in support of Fried was withdrawn by its sponsor during discussion.
The two-page censure text read aloud by Mayor Anita Ashford accused the city manager of "unprofessional and disrespectful behavior" at a prior council meeting and said his conduct "violated parliamentary procedures, meeting rules, the personnel manual for the City of Port Huron, [and] an employment contract which requires City Manager James Fried to conduct himself with the highest standard of conduct, professionalism, integrity, accountability, and transparency." Mayor Ashford moved to add that resolution to the meeting agenda; council then approved adding it for discussion.
Council Member Jeff Pemberton then asked to add a second, opposing…
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