UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees defend secretive vote on provost, take a new one in emergency

UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees defend secretive vote on provost, take a new one in emergency meeting


The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees again approved a new provost in an emergency meeting Tuesday, though its chairman insisted a secretive vote last week on the same issue was legal and appropriate.

“While I am confident that we took the action appropriately last week, it is important to me that we end any speculation as to validity of this appointment and the salary votes,” said board Chairman David Boliek. “The integrity of the university, the integrity of the board, is important to me.”

Boliek said the state open meetings law and the Human Resources Act have “competing strands” that sometimes make it complicated to decide what information should be disclosed to the public at what time. While everyone may have their own opinions as to when that information should be disclosed, Boliek said, it is up to the board to make that decision.

“I will tell the the board and the public that I don’t intend to call an emergency meeting, a special meeting, every time social media or the student newspaper decides to question something the board does,” Bokiek said.

Read more: https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/12/14/unc-chapel-hill-board-of-trustees-defend-secretive-vote-on-provost-take-a-new-one-in-emergency-meeting/