The Guilford County Board of Commissioners met on Friday afternoon, June 27, to hold a very rare special closed session to discuss a personnel issue and, when the board came out of that closed session, the commissioners voted unanimously to accept the retirement notice of Guilford County Manager Mike Halford.
Guilford County just adopted a new fiscal budget on June 19 and Halford did not appear at that time to be anywhere near ready to leave Guilford County government.
Board of Commissioners Chairman Skip Alston said Friday, in a prepared statement, “On behalf of the entire Board, I want to thank Mr. Halford for his service to the County. Having served as Manager since 2021, he has helped to support and guide the County’s progress toward our strategic goals. We certainly wish him well.”…