NATCHEZ — Natchez aldermen spent two hours in executive session Wednesday talking with Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Director Kevin Kirby and his attorney about Kirby’s job performance, but ultimately took no action.

Natchez Mayor Butch Brown said several aspects of Kirby’s job performance were discussed.

“We have had an in-depth explanation from him on several subjects having to do with the performance of his job,” Brown said.

Kirby’s attorney, Daniel M. Waide of Hattiesburg, said he was pleased with Kirby’s presentation in the closed door meeting.

“I can’t tell you what went on, but I can tell you he did good,” Waide said.

Ward 4 Alderman Tony Fields said the meeting with Kirby was informative, but he believed the board was not ready to make any decisions.

“I feel like we need more information, and we’re going to need more time to talk as a board to really try and do what’s best for everybody,” Fields said.

Kirby has been under fire by members of the Natchez Convention Promotion Commission board since a Feb. 12 heated discussion at the Visitor Center between Kirby and another member of the staff,

Ultimately a NCPC board member asked Kirby to leave the building.

The commission passed a resolution at its Feb. 29 meeting rescinding all authority Kevin had to represent the commission.

Despite the commission’s authority over budgetary and operational matters at the CVB, Kirby is a city employee, and under the authority of the mayor and board of aldermen.

The commission has discussed earlier this month alleged unauthorized spending by Kirby on behalf of the commission, including the purchase of a Lincoln vehicle for his use. The vehicle has a city license plate, but is otherwise unmarked. NCPC members took the keys away from Kirby earlier this month.

Kirby’s performance was also discussed behind closed doors in a combined meeting March 2 between the aldermen and the NCPC.

After the March 2 meeting, Fields asked for Wednesday’s meeting in order to hear Kirby’s side of the story.

“We gave Kirby just as much time as we did the (commission) to get a full picture of what’s going on,” Fields said after the meeting.

Natchez Mayor Butch Brown said several aspects of Kirby’s job performance were discussed.

“We have hard an in-depth explanation from him on several subject having to do with the performance of his job,” Brown said.

Kevin’s attorney, Daniel M. Waide, said he was pleased with Kirby’s presentation in the session.

“I can’t tell you what went on, but I can tell you he did good,” Waide said.

Aldermen also approved the rezoning application by the Rev. Stanley Searcy and Bennett Consulting Group Vice President of Development Holly Knight, who plan to develop the historic Brumfield School building into apartments.

Aldermen agreed to rezone the Brumfield schools and a neighboring parcel to allow multi-family and mixed-unit residential purposes on the lots.

Local resident Dale Scott, who owns the two parcels immediately next to the school, came to the hearing to express her concerns about security, noise issues, and drainage problems.

Scott said she was concerned about how the development will affect her retirement.

“I fought for years to be able to come back and live here,” Scott said. “It’s about my quality of life at this point.”

Searcy, who said Scott was like a sister to him, said the facility will feature state-of-the-art security cameras, firm rules against loitering and all construction will be under the guidance of an engineer to guard against worsening drainage issues on Scott’s property.

The board granted the rezoning application unanimously.

The Brumfield Regency Apartments project is now applying for funding, and Searcy said construction would begin in 2017 if all goes well.