June 8 / MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

as reported by PATTI STOKES

... continued from our June 15-28 issue

After a 5-minute recess, the town council reconvened at about 8:40 p.m. Job description. Mayor Pro Tem Derek Foy presented the council with a town administrator/clerk job description which he had created based on research that interim town clerk Dale Martin and deputy clerk Robbie Wagoner had done.

Referencing North Carolina General Statute 160A-146, which includes a provision for how a town council in a council/mayor form of government can create new staff positions “… in order to promote orderly and efficient administration of city (or town) affairs…,” Foy noted the town currently has five employees (three part-time and two full-time), each being “individual contributors.”

“Comparing this to a business, if a private company had individual contributors reporting to a board without a leader, it wouldn’t make much sense,” Foy said. “We need a leader at Town Hall to manage the business of the town and provide direction on a day-to-day basis.”

The job description Foy presented