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<br />July 23, 2019 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 there were <br />present: <br /> <br />Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, Elizabeth M. Psimas, Nathan <br />J. Clark, Paul J. Battle, Shannon E. Glover, City Manager Dr. L. Pettis Patton, Assistant <br />City Attorney Burle U. Stromberg. <br /> <br />19 - 269 - 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, July 23, 2019 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 />19 - 270 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br /> <br />1. Retirement and Pension Obligation Bonds - Kyle Laux, Senior Vice President of <br />Public Finance, Davenport and Co. <br /> <br />2. Rating Agency Review and Strategies - Kyle Laux, Senior Vice President of Public <br /> Finance, Davenport and Co. <br /> <br />3. City Manager’s Report Review/Report Backs - Dr. Patton, City Manager <br /> <br /> Update on the assessment of the condition of the Portsmouth City Jail. <br /> <br /> Awards received by the City of Portsmouth at the Virginia Chapter of American <br />Planning Association luncheon. <br /> <br /> Portside Project update. <br /> <br />4. <br />City Council Liaison Reports <br /> <br />-Vice Mayor Lucas-Burke - <br /> <br /> Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority update. <br /> <br />19 - 271 - Motion by Mr. Glover, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to go into Closed Meeting: <br /> <br /> <br />-pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.1 for the purpose of discussing <br />and considering prospective candidates for and appointees to boards and <br />commissions. <br /> <br /> The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Psimas, Rowe <br />Nays: None <br /> <br /> Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, 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 the <br />meeting by the City Council. <br /> <br /> The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Psimas, Rowe <br />Nays: None <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />