North Carolina’s public records law allows for the release of town hall surveillance video that shows Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney and a woman at Town Hall in the early morning of Oct. 11, 2024, a lawyer for WBTV argued before a judge in March.
jmarusak@charlotteobserver.com
MOORESVILLE
The Mooresville Board of Commissioners voted 4-2 Monday night in favor of a resolution expressing “no confidence” in Mayor Chris Carney and requested that he resign.
“Public confidence has been shattered,” commissioner Dana Tucker said before making the motion before a packed audience at Town Hall, which broke out in applause after the vote.
Public confidence in town leadership has continued to erode since Carney’s late-night visit into Town Hall with a woman on Oct. 10, 2024, and lawsuits by former town employees who said they were forced out for raising concerns about the mayor’s actions, commissioners who voted for the measures said.
“Public trust is not an option,” town commissioner and mayor pro tem Eddie Dingler told the audience. “It is the foundation of local government.”
Carney apologized to the audience and then left for a back room in Town Hall before the board discussed and voted on Tucker’s motion. He declined to comment to The Charlotte Observer as he left Town Hall after the vote, but said he will have more to say on Tuesday.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
This story was originally published April 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM.
