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<br />December 8, 2015
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<br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, there
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<br />Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Elizabeth M. Psimas, William E. Moody, Jr., Paige
<br />D. Cherry, Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., *Danny W. Meeks, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, City
<br />Manager Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr.
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<br />15 - 426 - The following call for the meeting was read:
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<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, December 8, 2015 for the
<br />purpose of a Public Work Session.
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<br /> In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting.
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<br />By order of the Mayor."
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<br />15 - 427 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session:
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<br />1. Introduction of New Department Heads:
<br />Mallory Butler, Economic Development Director
<br />Alice Kelly, Chief Financial Officer
<br />Elaine Breathwaite, Director of Behavioral Healthcare Services
<br />Erin Trimyer, Director of Public Utilities
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<br />2. Annual Audit Report - Cherry & Bekaert - Krista Edoff, CPA / Laura Harden, Senior
<br />Manager
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<br />3. Schools Quarterly Financial Report - Christopher Steele, Assistant Superintendent
<br />for Budget and Planning
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<br />4. Council Vision Principles - Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Manager
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<br />5. Disparity Study Update - Solomon H. Ashby, Jr., City Attorney
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<br />15 - 411 - Motion by Dr. Whitaker, and seconded by Mr. Meeks, to go into Closed
<br />Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 A.3 of the Code of Virginia, for the
<br />purpose:
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<br />Disposition of publicly held real property, where discussion in an open meeting
<br />would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the
<br />public body, specifically regarding 4300 George Washington Highway (Tax Map
<br />461, Parcels 8 through 11); and
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<br />pursuant to Virginia Code subsections 2.2-3711 A.7 for the purpose of
<br />consultation with legal counsel pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where
<br />such consultation in open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or
<br />litigating posture of the City, specifically regarding the relocation of the
<br />Confederate monument at the intersection of Court Street and High Street; and
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<br />pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.23711 A.1 for the purpose of discussing
<br />the performance of a member of City Council.
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<br />The motion was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Whitaker, Wright
<br />Nays: Moody, Psimas
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<br /> Motion by Dr. Edmonods, and seconded by Dr. Whitaker, 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:
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