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Smithfield council holds and certifies closed session on real‑property acquisition
Summary
Council entered a closed session under Code of Virginia §2.2-3711(A)(3) to discuss acquisition of real property to be held for public purposes, then certified the closed session when it reconvened and returned to open session.
The Smithfield Town Council began its July 1 meeting by moving into a closed session under Code of Virginia §2.2-3711(A)(3) to discuss the acquisition of real property to be held for public purposes.
The mayor asked for and received a motion to go into closed session "for the purpose of discussion of the acquisition of real property to be held for public purposes pursuant to 2.2-3711(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia," and the motion passed by recorded voice votes of the council.
After the closed session the council returned to open session and conducted the required certification that the closed session had addressed only the stated subject. A council member stated for the record that the closed session had addressed only matters concerning the acquisition of real property to be held for public purposes under the cited Code of Virginia provision.
No additional details about the property discussed or any decisions made in closed session were disclosed during the open meeting record.
