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May 10, 2016 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Elizabeth M. Psimas, William E. Moody, Jr., Paige D. Cherry, *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 - 143 - 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, May 10, 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 - 144 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Portsmouth Public Schools Third Quarter Financial Update - Brittany Dortch, Interim Chief Financial Officer  Councilman Whitaker asked that City Manager Patton come back with ways to combat low high school attendance. 2. Budget Discussion - -Councilman Whitaker -  Elimination of funding for the Sports Hall of Fame. 16 - 145 - Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Mr. Meeks, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 A.6 and A.29 of the Code of Virginia, for the purpose of discussing the award of a public contract involving the expenditure of public funds and the investment of public funds where competition or bargaining is involved, where discussion in an open session would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the City and the financial interest of the City, specifically regarding existing and potential future contractual relationships with the Southeastern Public Service Authority for waste disposal services and the construction of a transfer station; and -pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.7 for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where such consultation in open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the City, specifically regarding Virginia International Gateway, Inc. v. City of Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth Circuit Court case number CL 16001427-00; and -pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.7 for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel employed by the City as to a matter requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel, specifically regarding representation by the law firm McGuireWoods LLP. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright Nays: None Mr. Moody was opposed to the discussion of the Southeastern Public Service  Authority (SPSA). Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Mr. Meeks, 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: