MOORESVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mooresville’s mayor and town commissioners met on Tuesday evening for the first time since a former town employee alleged he was retaliated against for alerting his supervisors to a compromising video involving Mayor Chris Carney.
Public comments were held at the beginning of the meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20. You can watch the public comments portion of the meeting in the video player above.
Some Mooresville residents were worried that town officials would try to limit public comment during Tuesday’s meeting since the public comment session from December was not live streamed on YouTube as it normally is.
During an agenda review meeting last week, Mayor Carney asked Mooresville’s attorney to review the town’s public comment policy for an upcoming discussion.
WBTV emailed Mooresville’s town manager and attorney and asked whether the public comment section would be livestreamed. No response has been provided yet, as of this publication.
WBTV planned to live stream the public comment period of the Mooresville commission meeting in case it is not streamed on the town’s YouTube page.
Last week, WBTV was first to reveal that a former employee for the town of Mooresville filed a lawsuit against the town. The former employee claimed he was retaliated against after discovering surveillance video of Mayor Chris Carney in town hall after hours with his pants off.
According to the lawsuit, the video shows Carney entering town hall after midnight accompanied by an adult woman. The complaint alleges the footage later shows the mayor walking through town hall hallways without pants for an extended period.
You can read the entire lawsuit down below.
The lawsuit alleges that after the employee reported the footage to his supervisors, he was investigated, placed on administrative leave, and recommended for termination.
WBTV emailed Mooresville officials, as well as Mayor Carney, about the allegations in the lawsuit. No one had responded.
In December 2024, Carney said the video would show “just me using ... there’s no video of me in my office or anything. I mean, it’s all about me in the hallways. I can’t imagine it would be anything pressing. Just me going to the bathroom.”
Directly following the Oct. 10, 2024, incident, Mayor Carney took an extended and unannounced leave of absence from his office.
WBTV filed a lawsuit in summer 2025 to obtain the surveillance video from October 2024, but has not yet received it.
Jeff Noble, the former IT employee who filed the lawsuit, said he believes the public should be aware of government operations.
In July 2025, WBTV reported on an exodus of more than 100 town of Mooresville employees following complaints of a toxic work environment.
You can read the entire lawsuit filed against the town of Mooresville below.