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Burlington council meets in closed session to review city manager candidates, plans announcement Oct. 7
Summary
At a Sept. 22 special meeting, the Burlington City Council voted to enter a closed session to review prospective city manager candidates under local ordinance and state statute; the council said it expects to announce a decision at its Oct. 7 meeting.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington City Council held a special meeting on Sept. 22, 2025, and voted to enter a closed session to review prospective candidates for city manager, the council announced.
At the start of the meeting, Beverly Smith, city clerk, read a code-of-ethics reminder and asked whether any conflicts of interest existed; none were reported. Council Member Ronnie Walt was recorded as absent and excused.
Unidentified Speaker, who led the meeting, moved that the council go into closed session citing Burlington City Code of Ordinances section 2-18(a) and North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11(a)(6) as the legal basis for discussing prospective city manager candidates. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; the official record in the transcript shows the council answered 'aye' with no opposition reported.
The council later reconvened in open session, and the presiding Unidentified Speaker said, "I do appreciate council how deliberate they've been in this process as we've been working through this and how thoughtful they've been," and added that the plan was to expect an announcement at the Oct. 7 council meeting. No further council comments were recorded in the transcript.
Other routine business at the meeting included adoption of the agenda and a motion to adjourn; both were approved by voice vote, and the meeting was then adjourned. The transcript does not record individual vote tallies or the names of members who made and seconded the motions.
The closed session was explicitly authorized under the cited local ordinance and state statute for the purpose of reviewing prospective city manager candidates. The council provided no additional details on candidates, selection criteria, or timeline beyond the stated Oct. 7 announcement date.
