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<br />June 9, 2015 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, there were <br />present: <br /> <br />Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, *Vice Mayor Elizabeth M. Psimas, William E. Moody, Jr., <br />Paige D. Cherry, *Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., *Danny W. Meeks, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, <br />Interim City Manager J. Brannon Godfrey, Jr., Interim City Attorney Cheran D. Cordell. <br /> <br />15 - 219 - The following call for the meeting was read: <br /> <br />th <br /> "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6 Floor <br />Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, 2015 for the <br />purpose of a Public Work Session. <br /> <br /> In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. <br /> <br />By order of the Mayor." <br /> <br />15 - 220 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br /> <br />1. Golf Fund Update - Nita Mensia-Joseph, Deputy City Clerk <br /> <br />2. PER Properties Update - Robert Baldwin, Director of Planning / James Wright, City <br />Engineer / Mallory Kahler, Interim Economic Development Director <br /> <br />15 - 221 - Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Dr. Whitaker, to go into Closed <br />Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia, for the <br />following: <br /> <br />- <br />Discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for <br />employment; assignment, appointment, promotion, performance, demotion, <br />salaries, disciplining, or resignation of specific public officers, appointees, or <br />employees of any public body; and evaluation of performance where such <br />evaluation will necessarily involve discussion of the performance of specific <br />individuals per Section 2.2-3711 A.1.; and <br /> <br />- <br />Consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members or consultants <br />pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where such consultation or briefing in <br />open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the <br />public body; and consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a <br />public body regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal <br />advice by such counsel per Section 2.2-3711 A.7. <br /> <br />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright <br />Nays: None <br /> <br /> Motion by Mr. Cherry, and seconded by Mr. Moody, 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 /> <br />1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting <br />requirements by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and <br /> <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 /> <br /> The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright <br />Nays: None <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />