April 8, 2014
<br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, there were
<br />present:
<br />Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Paige D. Cherry, William E. Moody, Jr., *Marlene
<br />W. Randall, Elizabeth M. Psimas, *Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., City Manager John L.
<br />Rowe, Jr., City Attorney George M. Willson.
<br />14 - 139 -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, April 8, 2014 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 />14 - 140 -The following items were discussed in Public Work Session:
<br />1. Martin Luther King (MLK) Project Reminder -James Wright, City Engineer
<br />2. Budget Discussion -John Rowe, City Manager
<br />• Anti-idling vehicles -Dennis Bagley, Director of General Services
<br />3. Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) -John Rowe, City Manager
<br />• Public Utilities Fund -Bryan Foster, Director of Public Utilities
<br />• Storm Water -James Wright, City Engineer
<br />• Schools CIP -Carol Swindell, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) / Nita Mensia-
<br />Joseph, Deputy City Manager
<br />• General Fund -
<br />- Municipal Facility Projects -Dennis Bagley, Director of General Services /
<br />James Wright, City Engineer /Chief Hargis, Police Chief
<br />• Fleet Management -Dennis Bagley, Director of General Services
<br />• Parking Authority, Drainage and Street Improvement -James Wright, City
<br />Engineer
<br />4. Audit Review of Schools -John Rowe, City Manager /Carol Swindell, CFO
<br />14 - 141 -Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to go into Closed
<br />Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia, for the
<br />following purposes:
<br />- Discussion concerning the disposition of publicly-held real property in the
<br />Downtown and Cradock areas of the City, where discussion in an open meeting
<br />would adversely affect the bargaining position of the City, as permitted under
<br />Subsection A.3.
<br />The motion was adopted by the following vote:
<br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright
<br />Nays: None
<br />Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Mr. Edmonds, 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 />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.
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