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Asheville City Council votes to enter closed session to continue city manager interviews
Summary
At an afternoon session, the Asheville City Council voted to go into closed session to continue city manager interviews and to discuss qualifications and employment terms, citing North Carolina statutes on confidential information and personnel matters.
The Asheville City Council voted to enter a closed session during its afternoon session to continue interviews for the city manager position and to discuss related employment terms.
Councilman Hess moved "I move that the actual city council go into closed session for the following reasons," reading a motion that cited state statutory authority for withholding privileged or confidential materials and to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character and fitness of a prospective public officer or employee, including negotiating compensation and material terms of an employment contract. The motion was seconded and, when the presiding councilmember called for a voice vote, councilmembers responded "Aye." No opposition was voiced on the record.
The council’s stated legal basis on the record referenced North Carolina statutes governing public records and closed sessions for personnel and negotiatory matters; the council cited Chapter 132 of the General Statutes and § 143-318.11(a)(1), (5) and (6) as the authorization for the closed meeting. The council said the closed session would include the continued city manager interviews and discussions of compensation and related contract terms.
After the voice vote, the presiding councilmember asked about minutes, and staff indicated minutes were ready but would be consolidated with today’s records; the presiding official also requested confirmation that the chamber was secure before proceeding into closed session.
No additional public details about candidate names, compensation figures or outcomes were disclosed on the record before the council left the open meeting. The council did not announce a date for any public decision, and next procedural steps were not specified on the record.
The council’s discussion and motion are recorded on the public transcript; the stated reasons for the closed session were personnel qualifications, confidential information, and negotiating employment terms under the cited North Carolina statutes.
