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Amanda Martin quoted on New Bern finance director resignation


December 11, 2014 About SMVT

New Bern aldermen accepted an agreement with the city’s former finance director who resigned suddenly after a closed session of the Board of Aldermen.

SMVT attorney Amanda Martin was quoted by the Sun Journal in their coverage:

Amanda Martin, general counsel for the N.C. Press Association, said if the finance director did resign, aldermen had no obligation to advertise the resignation.

“If someone resigns, you make a request and you find out they resigned,” Martin said Wednesday. “If aldermen discuss and make a decision to terminate the employment of an employee, that has to be done in open session.”

But Martin said it was “highly unusual” to give someone who resigns a severance package.

“And you would not expect a release clause,” she said. “If someone resigns, they just move on.”

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