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.
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