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June 22.2010 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 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, *Douglas L. Smith, City Manager Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 10 - 301 - 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, June 22, 2010 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." 1 0 - 302 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Tidewater Youth Services Commission (TYSC) - Linda Filippi, Executive Director 2. New Port Infrastructure Status - Richard Hartman, City Engineer 10 - 303 - 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: personnel matter involving individual employees or potential employees of the City, as per subsection 1; matter requiring the advice of legal counsel for the City, as per subsection 7; and the possible sale of publicly owned real estate, as per subsection 3. The subjects of the meeting are protection of public safety with regard to transferring booking responsibilities from the Sheriff's Office to the Portsmouth Police Department, and proposed plans for an expanded Midtown Tunnel. The purpose of the meeting is to permit confidential discussion of these matters. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Mr. Heretick, 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. The motion was adopted by the following vote: