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<br />November 23. 2010 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, November 23, 2010, there <br />were present: <br /> <br />*Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., William E. Moody, Jr., <br />Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Paige D. Cherry, Dr. <br />Curtis Edmonds, Sr., City Manager Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy <br />Oksman. <br /> <br />10 - 529 - The following call for the meeting was read: <br /> <br />"Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6th Floor <br />Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2010 for <br />the purpose of a Public Work Session. <br /> <br />In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. <br /> <br />By order of the Mayor." <br /> <br />1 0 - 530 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br /> <br />1. Comprehensive Annual Report Presentation - Robert Bielat, Senior Partner, Cherry, <br />Bekaert & Holland <br /> <br />2. Hot Topics <br />City Credit Rating Update - David Rose, Senior Vice President, Davenport & Co. <br />Bond Sale Update - David Rose, Senior Vice President, Davenport & Co. <br /> <br />3. November Elections - Deloris Short, General Registrar <br /> <br />10 - 531 - Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to go into Closed <br />Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 (A) of the Code of Virginia, to <br />discuss appointments to boards and commissions as per subsection 1, a personnel <br />matter, and plans to protect public safety, as per subsection 20. <br /> <br />The subject matter of the meeting includes potential council appointees to boards <br />and commissions, an individual public employee, and also staffing and physical facilities <br />for certain public safety operations. <br /> <br />The purpose of the meeting is to permit confidential of potential appointees, and <br />also sensitive matters related to improving public safety. <br /> <br />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Randall, Whitehurst <br />Nays: None <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Heretick, and seconded by Ms. Randall, pursuant to Section 2.2- <br />3712(D) of the Code of Virginia, certifying that to the best of the Council Members' <br />knowledge during the immediately preceding Closed Meeting of the City Council: <br /> <br />1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting <br />requirements by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and <br /> <br />2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion, by which <br />the Closed Meeting was convened, were heard, discussed or considered in <br />the meeting by the City Council. <br /> <br />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br />