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Robersonville council authorizes payment for mayor's conference hotel stay and adjourns recessed meeting
Summary
The council voted to authorize payment of a hotel charge for Mayor Tina Brown's stay at the NC Mayor's Association Conference and unanimously approved a motion to adjourn the Nov. 13, 2024 recessed meeting. The minutes cite G.S. 159-28 for the required approval.
Mayor Tina Brown called the Nov. 13, 2024 recessed Robersonville Town Council meeting to order and asked for a motion to approve payment of a credit-card charge for a hotel stay at Embassy Suites Wilmington Riverfront "as required by G.S. 159-28." The minutes record the mayor requesting approval of a $224.54 charge.
Mayor Pro Tem Claudie Wilkins, Councilwoman Debra Armstrong, Councilwoman Chiquita Ward, Councilman David Jenkins and Councilman Glen Cowan authorized payment to the hotel for accommodations on Sept. 17 and 18, 2024. The minutes state the invoice as $225.54 and note that Mayor Brown paid for the first night and the town paid for the second night. The minutes do not identify who made the motion or who seconded it for the payment authorization.
The minutes reference the statute by number only; G.S. 159-28 governs municipal accounting and financial-controls procedures and is cited as the legal basis for recording and approving this debit. The record contains a discrepancy in the dollar amount: the mayor's motion request references $224.54 while the invoice recorded in the minutes is $225.54. That inconsistency is noted in the clarifying details below.
Later in the minutes, Councilman David Jenkins moved to adjourn; Councilwoman Chiquita Ward seconded. The motion passed unanimously and the recessed meeting was adjourned.
Recorded actions from the minutes include authorization of payment for the mayor's hotel charge and the unanimous adjournment; the minutes do not record additional expenditures or follow-up assignments tied to this item.
