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Town of Coats authorizes mayor to contract with Elizabeth Krige as interim town manager
Summary
At an emergency March 5 meeting, the Town of Coats Board of Commissioners authorized Mayor Chris Coats to enter into a contract with Elizabeth Krige to serve as interim town manager at $60 per hour plus mileage. The action followed a closed session called under NCGS 143-318.11(6).
The Town of Coats Board of Commissioners at an emergency meeting on March 5 authorized Mayor Chris Coats to enter into a contract with Elizabeth Krige to serve as interim town manager at a rate of $60 per hour plus mileage. The resolution was approved unanimously by the five members present.
The board called a closed session under North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11(6) before taking the action. The minutes record the board entered closed session at 7:04 p.m.; they state the board reconvened in open session and approved the mayor’s authority to execute the interim manager contract. The minutes do not specify the subject matter discussed in closed session beyond citing the statute.
The motion to allow the mayor to enter into the contract was made by Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell and seconded by Commissioner Monique Warren-Clegg; the minutes record the vote as unanimously approved. Members listed as present for the emergency meeting were Mayor Chris Coats, Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell, Commissioner Kelvin Gilbert, Commissioner Shirley Allen and Commissioner Monique Warren-Clegg; Commissioner Jerry Beasley was listed as absent. Finance Director/Town Clerk Connie Lassiter prepared the minutes; the meeting record contains a signature line that appears to include a typographical or transcription error and a different surname, which the minutes also present inconsistently.
The minutes also record a motion to adjourn, moved by Mayor Pro Tem Marc Powell and seconded by Commissioner Shirley Allen, and state the meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m. That adjournment time conflicts with the reconvene time (recorded in the same minutes as 8:35 p.m.); the minutes do not reconcile the discrepancy.
The board did not include further public detail about the closed session discussion in the minutes. The recorded administrative action is the mayor’s authorization to contract with Elizabeth Krige for interim management at the stated hourly rate; no additional terms, contract length or effective date were specified in the meeting record.
