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December 14. 2010 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, William E. Moody, Jr., Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Paige D. Cherry, Dr. Curtis Edmonds, Sr., City Manager Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 10 - 554 - 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 14, 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 - 555 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Council discussion on the Undesignated Surplus 2. Hot Topics Standard & Poor's Debt Rating Report Handout - Betty Burrell, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Recognized Gloria Washington who's leaving for the City of Hampton - Betty Burrell, CFO 3. Council discussion of 3% bonus for Constitutional Officers, Council Appointees and grant funded positions. 10 - 556 - Motion by Mr. Heretick, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 (A)(1) of the Code of Virginia, to discuss the performance of a specific public official or official of the city, and also appointments to boards and commissions. The subject matter of the meeting is the performance of a city employee or employees, and also candidates for possible appointment to boards and commissions. The purpose of the meeting is to permit confidential discussion of personnel matters and candidates for appointment. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Randall, Wright Nays: None Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Cherry, 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: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Randall, Wright Nays: None