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Southern Shores council approves procedural items, waives conflict-of-interest and adds closed session
Summary
Council voted to add a closed session to the end of tonight's agenda, approved the consent agenda (including a retirement resolution for Deputy Chief Slagle), approved a conflict-of-interest waiver to allow Hornthal Riley to represent both town and CPOA interests, and authorized the town manager to be the town's voting delegate for the NC League legislative goals.
The Southern Shores Town Council conducted several procedural votes at its Jan. 7 meeting, approving an amended agenda that added a closed session, passing the consent agenda (which included a retirement resolution for Deputy Chief Slagle and several budget amendments), approving a conflict-of-interest waiver to permit shared representation, and authorizing the town manager to serve as the town's voting delegate for the North Carolina League of Municipalities legislative goals process.
Early in the meeting the mayor announced, and the council approved by voice, adding a closed session to the end of open session after a motion by Paul (council member) and a second. Later in the consent agenda the mayor said the packet included a resolution recognizing Deputy Chief Slagle's retirement; the council approved the consent agenda by voice vote.
Cliff introduced a proposal to relocate SSCA and CPOA file storage to 13 Skyline and said the rental arrangement would require a conflict-of-interest waiver because the firm Hornthal Riley represents the CPOA in some matters. Council Member Paul moved “that we approve the resolution waiving the conflict of interest” and Rob seconded; the council voted in favor and the mayor announced the resolution was approved.
On new business, Cliff described the League's process for compiling legislative priorities and said he had compiled the council's top-10 selections; the council voted by voice to approve the top-10 list and authorized Town Manager Cliff to be the town's voting delegate to the League's executive committee process.
Near the end of the meeting Town Attorney Philip Wrenthal requested a motion to go into closed session pursuant to NCGS 143-318.11(a)(3) to preserve attorney-client privilege; the council voted by voice and the mayor announced that the council was entering closed session.
All votes reported in the transcript were taken by voice and recorded in the meeting as "Aye" with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript. The meeting then moved into closed session as announced by the mayor.
