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February 28, 2012 <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, there <br />were present: <br />Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., William E. Moody, Jr., <br />*Stephen E. Heretick, Paige D. Cherry, *Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., City Manager <br />Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. <br />12 - 76 -The following call for the meeting was read: <br />"Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6t" Floor <br />Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 28, 2012 for the <br />purpose of a Public Work Session. <br />In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. <br />By order of the Mayor." <br />12 - 77 -The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br />1. Annual Assessment Report - Janey Culpepper, City Assessor <br />2. Hot Topics - <br />- Coast Guard City Celebration Bike Ride -Brannon Godfrey, Deputy City <br />Manager / Lavoris Pace, Communications Director <br />- Toll Opposition Resolution Discussion -Kenneth Chandler, City Manager <br />- Courthouse Staffing Discussion -Kenneth Chandler, City Manager /Colonel <br />Gomoke, Sheriff's Department <br />12 - 78 -Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to go into Closed <br />Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia, to <br />discuss appointments by City Council and sale of publicly owned real estate pursuant to <br />subsection (A)(3) of that code section. <br />The subject matter of the meeting is to discuss the qualifications of candidates <br />for appointment to boards and commissions and also the sale and development of <br />Cradock High School. <br />The purpose of the meeting is to permit confidential discussion of candidates and <br />a real estate transaction where competition or bargaining is involved. <br />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Whitehurst, Wright <br />Nays: None <br />Motion by Mr. Edmonds, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, pursuant to Section <br />2.2-3712(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 />1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting <br />requirements by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and <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 />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Whitehurst, Wright <br />Nays: None <br />On motion, meeting adjourned. <br />