The City of Goldsboro is fortunate to have had an outstanding employee and current Mayor in Alfonzo ‘Al’ King.
Mayor King set the bar high with his 32-year career with the city. He served as Director of Personnel and Safety from February 1979 until his retirement in April 2000. During his tenure with the City, he was a member of the North Carolina Chapter of the International Personnel Management Association, served as President of the Wayne County Personnel Association and the North Carolina Organization of Municipal Personnel Officers, was a member of the North Carolina League of Municipalities Board of Trustees for eleven years and also served on the North Carolina League of Municipalities Board of Directors for two years. Mayor King received formal training through the North Carolina Institute of Government in the fields of Personnel, Purchasing and Municipal Administration.
In January 2002, Mr. King was appointed by the Goldsboro City Council to serve as Mayor for the remainder of the term of Hal Plonk. In November 2003, he was elected to his first full four-year term as mayor of the City of Goldsboro and in November 2007, he was elected to his second four-year term.
Mayor King serves as chairman on the Governor’s Military Advisory Council. He also serves on the Wayne Community College Board of Trustees, the Downtown Goldsboro Development Corporation Board of Directors, United Way of Wayne County Board of Directors, Wayne County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the North Carolina League of Municipalities Risk Management Board of Trustees and the North Carolina League of Municipalities Future Directions Steering Committee.
I had the honor of bestowing Mayor King an award that many dignitaries throughout North Carolina’s history have received on behalf of Gov. Bev Perdue and the State of North Carolina at a surprise reception for the Mayor. Mayor King is now an Ambassador Extraordinary of the exalted order of the Long Leaf Pine.
Congratulations Al and thank you for your service to Goldsboro and North Carolina.