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Hertford council unanimously retains interim manager after closed session
Summary
After a closed session invoked under state personnel law, the Town of Hertford council voted unanimously to make Interim Town Manager Janice McKenzie Cole the permanent town manager.
The Council of the Town of Hertford voted unanimously Jan. 23 to retain Interim Town Manager Janice McKenzie Cole as the town’s permanent town manager following a closed-session meeting.
The council entered closed session at 6:41 PM under N.C. Gen. Stat. §143.318.11(a)(5) and (6), a statute the meeting cited when discussing certain personnel and property matters. The council left closed session at 7:12 PM and then took the public vote. Mayor Pro Tem Ashley Hodges moved to retain Cole; Councilman Jerry Mimlitsch seconded the motion, and all five council members voted in favor.
Cole had served as interim manager at the time of the vote. The public minutes do not record the council’s closed-session discussion or any detail about the basis for the appointment beyond the unanimous vote. The council adjourned the meeting at 7:14 PM.
The decision provides leadership continuity as the council begins work on its upcoming budget season and other town projects noted earlier in the meeting.
