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December 9. 2008 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, December 9, 2008, there were present: *Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor William E. Moody, Jr., *Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Elizabeth M. Psi mas, *Douglas L. Smith, Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., City Manager Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 08 - 519 - 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, December 9, 2008 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." 08 - 520 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) - Robert Bylot, Cherry, Bekaert and Holland 2. City Council Liaison Reports Councilwoman Elizabeth Psi mas - . Announced that at Chesapeake Service Systems annual event the City of Portsmouth received the City of the Year for assisting those with disabilities. 08 - 521 - Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Heretick, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 (A) of the Code of Virginia, to discuss: appointments by City Council, as per subsection 1; legal matters requiring the advice of legal counsel, as per subsection 7; and the sale of publicly owned real property, as per subsection 3. The subject matter shall be appointments by City Council to boards and commissions, the pending lawsuit over courthouse construction, and development for the prior I. C. Norcom High School site. The purpose shall be to have confidential discussion of candidates for appointment and also negotiating strategy. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, pursuant to Section 2.2- 3712(D) 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.