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Council debate over HR hiring and staff relations highlights tensions with city manager

City of Live Oak City Council · April 15, 2026
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Summary

Council members pressed for a promised HR workshop and accused the city manager of making unilateral personnel changes; the manager denied hiring an HR person and councilmembers asked for clearer scheduling of a workshop on HR and an assistant city manager proposal.

Council members used the meeting to press the city manager over personnel decisions and the scheduling of a promised HR workshop, with one council member accusing the manager of making a unilateral change before the council could hold the agreed workshop.

A council member said the council had agreed to wait until after the election to schedule an HR workshop but then discovered what the member described as changes to job descriptions and…

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