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Council reports closed‑session action on compensation for town manager and town attorney; amounts not released
Summary
After a closed session under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143‑318.11(a)(5), council reported it took action to set compensation amounts for the town manager and town attorney. The meeting record notes a decision was made but does not disclose the compensation figures.
The Garner council convened a closed session citing N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143‑318.11(a)(5) to establish compensation terms for municipal employees. After returning to open session, the clerk announced that closed‑session votes had been taken and that council had made a decision on compensation for the town manager and the town attorney.
No salary amounts, contract terms or individual vote tallies were disclosed in the public transcript. Town staff confirmed only that council had acted in closed session to set compensation amounts for those two positions and that the council returned to the open meeting to adjourn.
Why it matters: changes to compensation for the town manager and town attorney are municipal personnel and budget matters. North Carolina law permits councils to discuss and decide employee compensation in closed session under the cited statute; statutory procedure allows the council to announce that action was taken while withholding specific contract terms if they were discussed in closed session.
