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Goldsboro council extends offer of employment to Matthew Livingston after closed-session discussion
Summary
At a meeting, the Goldsboro City Council voted to extend an offer of employment to Matthew Livingston for a three-year contract following a closed-session discussion of personnel. The motion was made by counsel and passed; the salary language in the recorded motion is unclear.
The Goldsboro City Council voted to extend an offer of employment to Matthew Livingston following a closed-session discussion, the council announced at the end of its meeting.
Counsel moved that the council extend an offer of employment to Matthew Livingston for a three-year contract, with the salary described in the motion as "$2.00 $2.04 90" and "other terms as presented in the contract." The motion was seconded and, after no debate, the mayor called the vote and said the motion passed. The mayor told Livingston, "An offer has been extended to you." Livingston was not recorded as speaking during the public portion of the meeting.
The council had first voted to go into a closed session to discuss personnel matters; that motion passed on a 5-2 vote. After the closed session, the council returned and immediately considered the employment motion.
The recorded salary language in the motion is unclear in the meeting transcript. The council stated that other contract terms were as presented in the contract; the specifics of those terms and any effective start date were not specified on the public record. The mayor said Livingston would be given time to review the contract and "go forward as you see fit."
No further debate or public discussion of the appointment occurred on the record, and no vote tally by name was announced for the employment motion.
Votes at a glance:
- Motion to go into closed session to discuss personnel: Passed, 5-2 (vote recorded by the mayor when called).
- Motion to extend an offer of employment to Matthew Livingston (three-year contract; salary stated in the motion as "$2.00 $2.04 90"; other contract terms as presented): Passed (vote called by the mayor; no roll-call tally by name announced).
