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Coats commissioners add manager-search item, unanimously approve consent agenda and anti-pornography resolution
Summary
At its Dec. 12 meeting, the Town of Coats Board of Commissioners amended the agenda to add a Mid Carolina Council of Government proposal for a manager search and unanimously approved the consent agenda, including minutes, an attorney bill and a resolution prohibiting viewing pornography on town networks and devices.
The Town of Coats Board of Commissioners met Dec. 12, 2024, at Coats Town Hall and voted to amend its agenda to include a proposal from the Mid Carolina Council of Government on a manager search, then approved the consent agenda, including a resolution prohibiting viewing pornography on town networks and devices.
Mayor Chris Coats called the meeting to order at 7 p.m., led the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance and confirmed a quorum. Mayor Coats proposed adding to Section IV, New Business an Item E titled "Mid Carolina Council of Government Proposal for Manager Search." The board approved the amendment on a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell and a second from Commissioner Shirley Allen; the motion was recorded as unanimously approved.
The consent agenda passed unanimously on a motion by Commissioner Kelvin Gilbert, seconded by Commissioner Monique Warren-Clegg. The consent items included approval of the Nov. 14, 2024 minutes; approval of the town attorney bill for services rendered Nov. 1–30, 2024 (the packet notes a letter of rate increase); and adoption of a "Resolution Prohibiting Viewing of Pornography on Town Networks & Devices." The board’s vote on the consent agenda was recorded as unanimous.
Town Manager Nick Holcomb and Finance Director/Town Clerk Connie Lassiter were listed among staff present; Brian Taylor was listed as town attorney. No further discussion or public comment on the consent items is recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
The board moved on after the approvals to the next agenda items.
Meeting attendance recorded: Mayor Chris Coats; Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell; Commissioners Monique Warren-Clegg, Kelvin Gilbert, Jerry Beasley and Shirley Allen; Town Manager Nick Holcomb; Finance Director/Town Clerk Connie Lassiter; and Town Attorney Brian Taylor.
