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February 27, 2024 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, there were present: Mayor Shannon E. Glover, Vice Mayor Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, William E. Moody, Jr., *Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Mark A. Hugel, Vernon L. Tillage, Jr., Interim City Manager Mimi C. Terry, City Attorney Lavonda Graham-Williams. 24 - 49 - Mayor Glover called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. "Please attend a called meeting of the City Council to be held in the City Council Chamber, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 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." 24 - 50 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Personal Property Tax Discussion - Franklin Edmondson, Commissioner of the Revenue 2. City Assessor Landbook Overview - Steve Edwards, Interim City Assessor 3. City Manager’s Report Overview - Mimi Terry, Interim City Manager 24 - 51 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to go into a closed meeting: (A) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711(A)(1) for the purpose of discussing and considering prospective candidates for the position of City Manager; and (B) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711(A)(7) for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel and a briefing by staff members pertaining to probable litigation, where such consultation or briefing in open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the public body, specifically regarding a vehicle fire on Effingham Street. The motion to go into closed meeting was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Hugel, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Tillage, Whitaker, Glover Nays: None Motion Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Moody, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3712(D) certifying that, to the best of the Council Members’ knowledge: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under 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 closed meeting just concluded by the City Council. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Hugel, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Tillage, Whitaker, Glover Nays: None On motion, meeting adjourned.