Charlotte council moves into closed session to consider personnel performance reviews

Charlotte — The Charlotte City Council voted to go into closed session to consider personnel performance matters, the meeting record shows.

City Attorney Leslie Fite moved "to go into closed session pursuant to NCGS 1 43 dash 3 18.1116 to consider the performance of the of individual public officers or employees, specifically the city manager, city clerk and city attorney," and the motion was seconded. The presiding official called for "All in favor," and multiple attendees answered "Aye." The chair declared the motion unanimous.

The meeting opened with a brief statement that the session was a closed meeting for "performance check ins" involving the city attorney, the city clerk and the city manager. Introductions and a roll call-style reading of participants followed; names spoken in the public record included Sheila Simpson (city of Charlotte human resources director), JD Masuera Arias (council member, District 5), La Juana Mayfield (council member at large), Ed Driggs (District 7), Kimberly Owens (council member, District 6), James Mitchell (mayor pro tem) and Dante Anderson (District 1). The transcript also refers to the mayor in the roll call.

Because the council went into closed session to discuss personnel matters, the content of deliberations is confidential under the statute cited in the motion as stated on the record. The meeting record does not include further public action or any recorded vote tallies by name beyond multiple spoken "Aye" responses and the chair's statement that the motion was unanimous.

The meeting proceeded into closed session for the stated purpose of performance check-ins; no public details of those discussions were recorded in the transcript.