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<br />February 13, 2017
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<br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Monday, February 13, 2017, there were
<br />present:
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<br />Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Paige D. Cherry, William E. Moody, Jr., Elizabeth
<br />M. Psimas, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Nathan J. Clark, Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, City Manager
<br />Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr.
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<br />17 - 70 - 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, 6:00 p.m., Monday, February 13, 2017 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 />17 - 72 - Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to go into a Closed Meeting
<br />pursuant to Virginia Code 2.2-3711 A.1 for the purpose of:
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<br />Discussion, consideration and interviews of potential candidates for appointment
<br />to Boards and Commissions and for the purpose of discussion and consideration of
<br />performance, disciplining or resignation of specific appointees to Boards and
<br />Commissions.
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<br />The motion was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Clark, Cherry, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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<br />Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Moody, pursuant to Virginia
<br />Code Section 2.2-3712(D) certifying that, to the best of the Council Members’ knowledge:
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<br />1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting
<br />requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and
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<br />2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the
<br />Closed Meeting was convened
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<br />were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting just concluded by the City
<br />Council.
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<br /> The motion was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Clark, Cherry, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe
<br />Nays: Whitaker
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<br />17 - 71 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session:
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<br />1. City Council Retreat Outcomes - John Rowe, Jr., Mayor
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<br />2. City Treasurer’s Report - Jimmy Williams, City Treasurer
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<br />3. FY 2018 Budget Strategic Focus Areas
<br />a. Employee Compensation - Elizabeth Gooden, Human Resource Director
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<br /> City Manager to provide Council with breakdowns to include tenure and
<br />other alternatives to reach the living wage for employees earning less
<br />than $30,000; information is to include, median dollar amount needed
<br />for the group of employees, total dollar amount to bring all employees to
<br />living wage, create dollar brackets representing salary groups and
<br />provide percentages of employees in each, a timeline to satisfy
<br />compensation goal and a wage comparison to other cities.
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<br />b. Retirement/OPEB - Alice Kelly, Chief Financial Officer
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