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March 8, 2016 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Elizabeth M. Psimas, William E. Moody, Jr., Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., *Danny. W. Meeks, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, City Manager Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr. 16 - 73 - The following call for the meeting was read: th "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6 Floor Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2016 for the purpose of a Public Work Session. In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. By order of the Mayor." 16 - 74 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Superfund Burton’s Point Clean-Up (Atlantic Wood Industrial Superfund Site Update) - Randy Sturgeon, Remedial Project Manager, Environmental Protection Agency 2. City Assessor Report - Janey Culpepper, City Assessor 3. FY 2017 Budget Initiatives Cost Savings - Gloria Washington, Budget Manager 4. FY 2016 Budget Alerts - Alice Kelly, Chief Financial Officer  Mayor Wright asked that Staff bring back a full report on the new model for the golf courses. 5. HRA Option Plan - Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Manager  There was a consensus of City Council to continue with the $1400 for the HRA program for this year. 6. Virginia Retirement System Investigation - Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Manager 16 - 75 - Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 A.1 of the Code of Virginia, for the following purpose: -Discussing assignment, appointment, promotion, performance, demotion, and salaries of employees of a public body; and evaluation of department, specifically regarding assignments in the Fire Department and executive compensation. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Edmonds, Whitaker, Wright Nays: Moody, Psimas Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Dr. Whitaker, pursuant to Section 2.2- 3712(D) of the Code of Virginia, certifying that to the best of the Council Members’ knowledge during the immediately preceding Closed Meeting of the City Council: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and 2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion, by which the Closed Meeting was convened, were heard, discussed or considered in the meeting by the City Council.