North Myrtle Beach council will try to remove its city manager on Thursday in a special-called meeting. The meeting is set for 1:30 p.m., with two specific agenda items geared toward the potential removal of city manager Mike Mahaney.

North Myrtle Beach City Council voted Thursday to place City Manager Mike Mahaney on paid administrative leave.

The primary agenda items for the Sept. 19 special meeting revolve around council approving a resolution to put current city manager Mike Mahaney on paid administrative leave, pending their final decision to remove him from that role based on South Carolina Code § 5-13-70.

North Myrtle Beach City Council in a special-called meeting on Thursday voted to remove city manager Mike Mahaney. A document obtained from the meeting says the council voted to remove Mahaney after he “did not pursue the hiring of a Grants Coordinator despite being urged to do so by