Kevin Craft Mayor Conetoe Has Resigned & Butch Lynch Mayor Pro-tem Will Be The Mayor Until

Kevin Craft Mayor Conetoe has resigned his post effective February 1st. Kevin was elected during the November Election along with new members Delane Bryant and Gerry Butch Lynch. The Conetoe Town Commission was a makeup of the Republican Mayor and 2 Republican Commissioners along with 2 Democratic Commissioners a White female a Black male. Kraft said in the December meeting when he and the council members were sworn in that he was going to do some good things for the town. However the town has been operating without a town clerk for months. Kraft nor the other 2 Republicans attended the January meeting. Kraft was said to have had COVID and the other 2 just didn’t show up for whatever reason. The 1st order of business should have been to advertise and to hire a town clerk so that the clerk could handle the town business such as paying bills, overseeing the staff and other duties of the clerk. On Tuesday February 8 during the regular monthly meeting the citizens will learn how the town will move forward.

Conetoe Town Council Meeting Was A Whole Mess!

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This meeting was a mess. It was clear that this council will need some serious training. This is one of the worst meetings I have ever attended.
The Honorable Clerk of Court Carol A. White swore in the new mayor and the other 4 commissioners. Rep. Shelly Willingham was present and also Deborah Dew-Jordan Tarboro Town Council.

The meeting was crazy because it was clear that the commissioners have no clue about how to carry out a meeting.

The new commissioners sworn in are Republicans Kevin Craft Mayor, Commissioners Donald Mooring, Milton Goff and Democrats Delane Bryant and Gerry Butch Lynch. Delane Bryant is the only female and Lynch is the only Black. Lynch was elected Mayo Pro-tem after a mess took place.

A mess took place when it came time to elect a Mayor Pro-tem. Mayor Kevin Craft said we need a Mayor Pro-tem and he suggested Butch and Bryant nominated him. There was no 2nd because Mooring and Goff would not 2nd. After a brief discussion Mayor Craft said he was asking everybody to leave the room so they could have a discussion because the problem is it is said that Butch do not live in the city limits.

I told him they can not make us leave because he would have to tell us why by stating a statue for personnel. I told folk don’t leave. It was 3 Sheriff Deputies along with the Chief Deputy, Carol White Clerk of Court and Rep. Shelly Willingham. Willingham addressed the Mayor and told him he was going about it the wrong way.

Look at the video to see this messy meeting. I am concerned! I have ZERO Tolerance for messy meetings especially those that are about making decisions for folk livelihood.

Stay tuned!