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Council votes to remove economic development director from proposed budget
Summary
Council members voted to take the city’s economic development director position out of the draft budget and leave authority for economic development staffing decisions to the city manager; the motion passed on a recorded council vote.
Flat Rock City Council voted to remove the economic development director position from the proposed budget and asked the city manager to make recommendations about how economic development responsibilities should be handled going forward.
A council member moved to remove the economic development director from the budget, arguing that the manager should decide staffing needs. The motion drew brief discussion and a recorded tally before the mayor called for the vote. Council members approved the motion; the clerk announced the motion had passed.
Council recorded the outcome as a 4–3 result in subsequent discussion (tally provided in the meeting conversation). After the vote some council members discussed next steps for economic development administration and whether duties should be reassigned to the city manager’s office. The motion removed the position from the current budget document; it did not adopt a replacement staffing plan.
Ending: The council action removes the economic development director from the draft budget; any reallocation of duties or future hires will be the city manager’s responsibility.
