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Florence council adopts city manager's evaluation and extends employment agreement by two years

City Council of the City of Florence, South Carolina · January 28, 2026
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Summary

After executive session the City Council adopted the written performance evaluation of the city manager and voted to amend and extend his employment agreement by two years; both motions were approved by voice vote and the mayor was authorized to execute the evaluation.

After returning from executive session, the Florence City Council adopted the written performance evaluation of the city manager as discussed in executive session and authorized the mayor to execute and deliver the evaluation to the manager.

Council then moved to amend the city manager's employment agreement to extend the term by two years and approved that amendment by voice vote. The motions were made and seconded on the council floor and the presiding official recorded the votes as 'the ayes have it.' The transcript does not include a roll‑call tally or record named yes/no votes for individual councilmembers.

Why it matters: The actions formalize the city manager's evaluation and extend his contract term; both items are personnel matters that were discussed in executive session and finalized at the public meeting according to the transcript.

Details recorded in the meeting: A councilmember moved to adopt the written performance evaluation and to authorize the mayor to execute it on behalf of council; a separate motion to amend the employment agreement to extend the term by two years was also made and seconded. Both measures passed by voice vote. The transcript records that one councilmember (Speaker 18) recused themself from an earlier personnel matter during executive session.

The council did not discuss the specific dollar amounts or other terms of the amended employment agreement in the public session.