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Lewisburg council approves $100,000 offer for city manager candidate after split vote
Summary
After debate over experience and pay, the Lewisburg mayor and council approved offering Billy Spivey the city manager job at $100,000 a year, subject to a background check; an earlier motion to hire at $110,000 failed.
The Lewisburg mayor and council voted to offer Billy Spivey the city manager position at an annual salary of $100,000, subject to a successful background check, after splitting over an earlier higher offer.
An initial motion to hire Spivey at the previously discussed level (discussed in meeting comments as $110,000) was introduced by Councilman Burns but failed on a council roll call after members raised concerns about Spivey’s lack of municipal city-manager experience and urged interviews with alternate…
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