This story has been updated with a clarificationand correction to state “failure to maintain decorum.”
ASHEVILLE – City Manager Debra Campbell sent a memo to City Council in early November outlining a series of incidents related to a Planning and Zoning Commissioner who is described as “combative,” exhibiting a “failure to maintain decorum” during city meetings. The memo said he contributed to resignations on the commission and affected the “integrity, safety, and public trust” of one of the most important advisory boards in the city.
Though council members have not publicly commented on the memo, it was provided as background to City Council’s Nov. 18 vote to remove Jared Wheatley from the Planning and Zoning Commission — a rare move to fire a volunteer adviser from their appointed board…