Green Level Town Council deadlocks on agenda to hear resident allegations, adjourns until May 14

At a May 4 special-call meeting at the Green Level Municipal Building, the Green Level Town Council failed to approve an agenda item that would have allowed a resident to speak about allegations involving town personnel and meeting conduct, then voted to adjourn until May 14, 2026.

Mayor Pro Tem Patricia Jones moved to approve the drafted agenda for the special-call meeting; Councilmember Sandra McCollum seconded. Jones and McCollum voted in favor while Mayor Hosea McBroom, Councilmember Remonia Enoch and Councilmember Stephanie Enoch voted against, and the motion to approve the agenda failed 2-3. "I called the meeting to allow a resident to speak to the council," Jones said during the debate.

Town Attorney Eugene Russell told the council the town's code of ethics requires a majority vote to open any formal investigation and described the code's formal accusation process: "the process outlined within the code of ethics is for accusations to be made in a formal way," he said. Councilmembers questioned whether council members named in the allegations could vote on any action to move forward; Russell said they would not vote on a formal investigation under the code's process.

Councilmember Remonia Enoch then moved to adjourn the meeting; Mayor McBroom seconded, but that motion failed 2-3. The council continued to debate whether to allow the resident an extended public comment beyond the usual three-minute limit. R. Enoch noted residents already have an opportunity to address the council during regular meetings; Mayor McBroom said he was not required to communicate with the resident "as he had been personally attacked."

After further discussion, Councilmember Stephanie Enoch moved to adjourn, with R. Enoch seconding. The motion passed 3-2: McBroom, S. Enoch and R. Enoch voted in favor; Jones and McCollum voted against. Mayor McBroom adjourned the meeting and set the next session for 7:00 PM on Thursday, May 14, 2026.

Why it matters: Council debate centered on whether to use a special meeting to hear potentially substantive allegations and how the town's code of ethics governs formal investigations and voting by members who may be implicated. The outcome leaves open whether the matter will be introduced again at the May 14 meeting and preserves the council's option to follow the formal accusation process laid out in the code of ethics.

The meeting record shows a revised meeting notice was distributed shortly after the first notice; the town clerk read the record of the two motions made during the session. The council did not take any formal investigative action at the May 4 meeting. The next scheduled opportunity to address the matter is the May 14 meeting.