Council approves executive finance director appointment; transcript shows name inconsistency

Mayor Stimpson Gaillard introduced a nomination for the city’s next executive director of finance at the April 14 council meeting, saying he had nominated "Mr. Logan Gowen Jr." and invited the nominee to stand while praising his finance and capital-planning experience.

Later in the meeting, during consideration of resolutions and appointments, the council’s published item list included resolution 03410, recorded in the meeting as “appoint Logan Ewing as executive director of finance.” The council moved the consent package and passed routine resolutions; the meeting record shows the item listed among approved resolutions but does not include an individual roll-call tally attached to the appointment.

The transcript therefore reflects two different spellings/names associated with the executive finance post: the mayor’s nomination of Logan Gowen Jr. and the council’s agenda/resolution language referencing Logan Ewing. The council did not explicitly explain or reconcile the discrepancy on the record during the meeting.

Council members present verbally approved the consent and resolution items during the meeting by voice vote; no separate recorded roll-call vote or public discussion resolving the name difference appears in the transcript.

Because the transcript contains inconsistent names for the same position and no follow-up clarification in the meeting record, the administration should confirm the appointed individual’s correct legal name and make that correction available in the official minutes or contract documents.

Action recorded in the meeting: item 03410 (appointment of the executive director of finance) appeared on the agenda and was taken up as part of the resolutions; the procedural motion to approve the packet passed by voice vote.