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February 8. 2005 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, February 8, 2005, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Elizabeth M. Psimas, *Ray A. Smith, Sr., Interim City Manager James B. Oliver, Jr., City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 05 - 54 - The following call for the meeting was read: "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6th Floor Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 8, 2005 for the purpose of a Public Work Session. In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. By order of the Mayor." 05 - 55 - Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 (A) of the Code of Virginia, to discuss or consider the following: employee personnel matters, as per subsection 1; and the acquisition or sale of real property for a public purpose, as per subsection 3. The subject matter shall be personnel and real estate matters, and the purpose shall be to permit frank and orderly discussion of this confidential subject matter, which includes negotiating strategy. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote. Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, pursuant to Section 2.2-3712(0) of the Code of Virginia, certifying that to the best of the Council Members' knowledge during the immediately preceding Closed Meeting of the City Council: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and 2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the Closed Meeting was convened, were heard, discussed or considered in the meeting by the City Council. The motion was adopted by a vote of 5-2. (Heretick, Randall) *Councilman Ray A. Smith, Sr. arrived at 5:15 p.m. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 (A) of the Code of Virginia, to discuss or consider the following: subsection 3, the acquisition or sale of realty for a public purpose, or the disposition of publicly held property; subsection 5, prospective business expansion which has not been previously announced; and subsection 7, consultation with legal counsel about specific legal matters requiring legal advice, as authorized by paragraph 7. The subjects of the meeting are real estate, economic development, and legal matters. The purpose of the meeting is to permit confidential discussion of negotiating strategy. The motion was adopted by a vote of 6-1. (Heretick)