CHATHAM — Chatham Town Manager Nick Morris announced his resignation earlier this week, citing that a majority of the council shows no desire to work with him as “silly games are being played.”

It came at the conclusion of Monday evening’s council meeting. Just before Mayor Alisa Davis was set to adjourn, Morris got up from his designated seat and handed Davis and William Riddle, a council member who leads the personnel committee, his resignation letter.

While the town of about 1,200 residents does not record meetings for the public, a private citizen does. The meeting videos are uploaded to YouTube. This particular one had 34 views as of Wednesday afternoon.

Morris, who spent 32 years in the military, went to Sturgis, South Dakota, to meet up with buddies from combat last week, he told

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