Town Council
Overview of Town Government
Ken Marshburn
Mayor
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919.773.4404 (office)
Term expires December 2023
Kathy Behringer
Mayor Pro Tem
(Council Member)
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Term expires December 2021
Demian Dellinger
Council Member
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Term expires December 2023
Phil Matthews
Council Member
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Term expires December 2023
Gra Singleton
Council Member
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Term expires December 2021
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
The Town of Garner operates
under the council-manager
form of government. The Town
Council is a five-member body.
All seats are at-large. The
Council enacts ordinances and
resolutions, adopts the annual
budget, approves the financing
of all Town operations and capital
projects, and authorizes contracts
of significant scope. The town
manager is responsible for
implementing the policies of the
Council and managing the dayto-day
operations of the Town
government.
MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM
The mayor presides at Town
Council meetings and signs
documents authorized by the
Town Council. The mayor pro tem
is selected by Council members
after each election cycle. He or
she assumes all mayoral duties in
the absence of the mayor.
no term limits.
ELECTION PROCESS
Regular municipal elections
are held in the Town of Garner
every other November in
odd-numbered years and are
conducted in accordance with
the uniform municipal election
laws of the state of North
Carolina. In the mayoral election,
the top vote getter wins. Top vote
getters also win the open seats
for Town Council. If there are,
for example, two open seats for
Council, the two top vote getters
are declared winners.
TOWN COUNCIL VOTES
Official approval of the Town
Council is by majority vote,
provided that a quorum—which is
a majority of the full membership
of the Council and mayor—is
present. Every member must
vote unless excused by the
remaining members, according to
Elmo Vance
Council Member
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Term
4expires December 2023
garnernc.gov
statute. Unless a present Council
member is excused from voting,
his or her silence is recorded as
an affirmative vote.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS
The Town Council has regular
meetings on the first Monday
and on the Tuesday following the
third Monday of each month at
7 p.m. in the Council Chambers
on the first floor of Town Hall,
located 900 7th Ave. These
meetings are live streamed at
facebook.com/townofgarner.
They are also videotaped
and later broadcast on the
Town’s public, educational and
governmental channel, GTV11.
The recorded meetings also can
be viewed on demand on the
Town’s website, garnernc.gov, and
on the Town’s YouTube channel,
youtube.com/townofgarner.
The Council holds work sessions
on the last Tuesday of the month
at 6 p.m., also in the Council
Chambers. In addition, special
meetings of the Council may be
called. Agendas for all meetings
are posted at garnernc.gov/
government/town-council/towncouncil-agendas-and-minutes.
Minutes of all meetings are
kept and recorded by the town
clerk or deputy town clerk. The
minutes are then presented
to the Council for approval.
The minutes, as well as audio
recordings of the meetings and
the aforementioned videos, are
available at garnernc.gov.
The Council receives public
comments at the beginning
of both regular meetings. Any
person wishing to speak may sign
in prior to the beginning of the
meeting or submit a request to
the Town Clerk’s Office by going
to garnernc.gov/government/
town-council.