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Oak Island Town Council approves contract to hire new town manager, effective Sept. 28
Summary
The Oak Island Town Council on July 23 approved a contract to hire Catherine Cathy as town manager, with a start date of Sept. 28, following a closed-session discussion; the motion passed unanimously.
The Oak Island Town Council approved a contract on July 23 to hire Catherine Cathy as the town's new town manager, with her first day set for Sept. 28, the council announced after returning from a closed session.
A committee member moved "Very excited to make a motion to approve the contract with Catherine Cathy for our new town manager, as presented, with her 1st day to be effective September 28," and the motion was seconded; the chair then called the question and said the motion passed unanimously. The motion and unanimous outcome were recorded on the open meeting minutes after the closed-session portion of the special meeting.
The approval followed a closed session the council held to discuss potential land acquisition and personnel matters under North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11(a)(5) and (a)(6). The council did not disclose details of the closed-session deliberations on the public record but returned to open session to take the employment action.
No individual roll-call vote totals or individual votes were recorded in the transcript; the chair summarized the result as "motion passes unanimously." The motion text as stated on the record authorized the town to execute the contract "as presented," with the start date specified as Sept. 28.
The council adjourned soon after the approval; the meeting record does not list further public schedule items or an implementation timeline for the new manager beyond the effective start date.
