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Januarv 11. 2011 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., 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. 11 - 10 - 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, January 11, 2011 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." 11 - 11 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. December 25, 2010 Main Library Fire Update - Brannon Godfrey, Deputy City Manager 2. Public Safety Promotional Pay - Toni Smaw-Bembry, Director, Human Resource Management 3. Financial Progress Report - Dave Rose, Davenport & Company 4. Council Discussion on the Undesignated Surplus 5. City Council Liaison Reports Mayor Kenneth I. Wright - . As a member of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) gave an update on the High Speed Rail Committee. 6. Public Safety Services (Sheriff/Police) Discussion 11 - 12 - Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 (A)(1) of the Code of Virginia, to discuss appointments to boards and commissions and the performance of a public official. The subject matter of the meeting is to discuss the qualifications of candidates for appointment to boards and commissions, and also a matter involving a City Council member. The purpose of the meeting is to permit confidential discussion of candidates and personnel matters. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Randall, Whitehurst, Wright Nays: None Motion by Mr. Cherry, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, 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.