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The Outer Banks Voice – Former Duck Town manager censored by government management agency
Former Duck Town Manager censored by government management agency
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice on March 11, 2022
Christopher Layton. (File photo)
The International City/County Management Agency (ICMA) has publicly censured Christopher Layton, currently acting city manager of Plymouth, North Carolina, for violating its code of ethics with behaviors and incidents that occurred while he was city manager. Municipality of Duck.
The ICMA, which describes itself as a membership organization designed to advance “professional local government,” also announced that it had revoked Layton’s participation in the Accredited Management Program for five years.
On July 15, 2020, Layton was arrested in his Duck office and charged with two counts of assaulting his assistant. On July 24, Duck City Council accepted his resignation and in January 2021 he was appointed Acting City Manager of Plymouth. In July 2021, the criminal case against Layton was decided when a count of assault was dismissed and he agreed to six months of unsupervised probation as part of the case.
But outside of the criminal case, the city of Duck paid more than $315,000 to two former city employees, both women, in settlements related to Layton’s conduct. One of the beneficiaries was the victim in the assault case. The other was a city worker who said she was sexually harassed by Layton.
In its March 8 press release, ICMA said the incidents “demonstrate a tendency for Mr. Layton to engage in unprofessional conduct toward junior employees.”
In an interview with The Voice, ICMA Ethics Director Martha Perego said the agency began investigating Layton following a complaint she received. She added that Layton is a member of ICMA and responded to the agency during its investigative process.
When asked if the censorship had any implications for Layton’s employment, Perego replied that “we are not a licensing agency”. Censorship, she added, “is the highest level of declaration that a behavior is inappropriate”.
Layton did not respond to Voice’s requests for comment on ICMA’s actions.
In addition to the press release, ICMA also sent a letter on March 1 to Duck Mayor Don Kingston outlining these actions. In response to a request for comment from Voice, Kingston sent this email.
“We are aware of the letter and press release relating to the censorship of Mr. Christopher Layton by ICMA, the trade association of which he is a member. We understand that ICMA applies its code of ethics and other matters relating to the professional conduct of its members, based on their own procedures and guidelines.”
The Voice also contacted the mayor of Plymouth, Vershumn Hawkins, but received no response.
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF WISCONSIN – CIRCUIT COURT – ADAMS COUNTY
CREATIVE FUNDING, INC.
815 Commercial Park Road
Box 454
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965,
Case No. 21CV148
Applicant,
v.
RANDALL SCOTT SCOTT
106 Charlotte Street
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina 27948
Respondent.
ASSIGNMENT
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
To each person named above as a defendant:
You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above Creative Finance, Inc., by its attorney, Christopher M. Kern, has commenced a lawsuit or other legal action against you.
Within forty (40) days of February 21, 2022, you must respond with a written request for a copy of the Complaint. The request should be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court, Adams County Courthouse, 402 Main Street, PO Box 220, Friendship, Wisconsin 53934, and to the plaintiff’s attorney, Christopher M. Kern , 815 Business Park Road, PO Box 454, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, 53965. An attorney can help or represent you.
If you do not provide an appropriate response within forty (40) days, the Court may enter judgment against you for an award of money or other legal action sought in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be executed under the conditions provided by law. A judgment awarding a sum of money can become a lien on any real estate you currently own or in the future, and can also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.
As of February 21, 2022.
Plaintiff’s General Counsel
Signed by: Christopher M. Kern
Christopher M. Kern
Status bar number: 1093883
CreativeFinance, Inc.
815 Commercial Park Road
Box 454
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Phone: (608) 254-6855
Fax: (608) 253-5005
[email protected]
PUBLIC NOTICE
NC- INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY – ALBAMARLE
SOUND TO NEUSE RIVER ALLIGATOR RIVERSECOND CREEK-ALLIGATOR RIVER
All interested parties are advised that the Coast Guard Fifth District Commander has received a proposal from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, with plans for modifying a
existing drawbridge over a United States waterway.
WATERWAY AND LOCATION: Alligator River, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Mile 84.2, in Columbia, North Carolina.
CHARACTER OF WORK: The proposed project is to replace the 2.83 mile long 2-lane swing-span drawbridge with a two-lane high-rise fixed bridge on a new alignment of approximately
2,000 feet north of the existing bridge. The objective of the project is to replace a bridge that is structurally deficient and undergoing significant deterioration, due to its age, and to avoid having to carry out
thorough maintenance of obsolete mining machinery.
The existing drawbridge has a horizontal clearance of 100 feet on each side of the swing span and a vertical clearance of 14 feet above mean high water in the closed position and unlimited vertical clearance in the open position. The replacement bridge will be a fixed bridge with a horizontal clearance of 140 feet and a vertical clearance of 65 feet above mean high water.
A copy of Preliminary Public Notice D05PPN-02-2022, which describes the proposal in detail, can be obtained by calling (757) 398-6222 or by visiting https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ ?pageName=pnBridges . Comments on this proposal should be sent to the address indicated in the notice no later than April 01, 2022.
Those who do not speak English or who have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English can receive interpretation services upon request by calling 1-800-481-6494.
Aquellas personas no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o intender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan llamando al 1-800-481-6494.
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