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Stonecrest Development Authority approves agenda and minutes, schedules virtual April meeting and holds executive session
Summary
The Stonecrest Development Authority approved an amended agenda and past meeting minutes, held an executive session on real estate and personnel, and agreed to pursue a virtual meeting on April 15 with the regularly scheduled April meeting held as a backup.
The Stonecrest Development Authority approved an amended agenda and minutes from October and December 2024, entered and exited an executive session on real estate and personnel, and set tentative alternative dates for April meetings, including a virtual meeting on April 15.
The authority, chaired by Mayor Jasmine Cabell, voted unanimously to approve an amended agenda that added a personnel item under executive session. Members then approved minutes for the Oct. 24 and Dec. 3, 2024, meetings. After a closed executive session for real estate and personnel, the authority voted to accept the executive-session minutes and returned to its regular meeting.
Why it matters: the authority’s decision to pursue virtual meetings follows a recent change in state law that allows development authorities broader use of virtual meetings; authority members said they plan to hold as many virtual meetings as practicable unless in-person attendance is needed for documents or presentations.
Most important facts - Chair Mayor Jasmine Cabell called the meeting to order and led a roll call. Members present included Jennifer Capers, Andrew Shamblin, Chris Seabrook (vice chair) and Joyce Walker; one member (identified as Mr. Ringer in the record) was not present. - A motion to approve an amended agenda (which added personnel under executive session) passed unanimously. - Motions to approve the Oct. 24 and Dec. 3, 2024, minutes passed unanimously. - The authority moved into a closed executive session for real estate and personnel and later returned; the authority then voted to accept the executive-session minutes. - Members discussed scheduling and agreed to attempt a virtual meeting on April 15 and to keep the regularly scheduled meeting on the third-week date as a backup, canceling it if the April 15 virtual meeting goes forward.
Discussion and context During the meeting Chair Mayor Jasmine Cabell said the council would try to hold as many virtual meetings as possible now that the state legislature has expanded the authority’s ability to meet remotely. "We're gonna try to get as many virtual in unless we have to be in person for documents or presentations or something," Cabell said. Members discussed several alternative dates for April and favored April 15 as a virtual meeting, with the regularly scheduled date held as a fallback.
Procedural votes and executive session The authority made multiple procedural motions and recorded unanimous approval for each. The record shows the authority entered a closed executive session to discuss real estate and personnel and later adopted the minutes from that session; the meeting transcript does not disclose the contents of the closed session.
What wasn’t decided No substantive public action or contract awards tied to the executive session were disclosed in the public record. The transcript records only that the authority met in closed session and later accepted the executive-session minutes.
Next steps Members asked staff to circulate calendar alternatives and to pursue holding the April 15 meeting virtually, and they said they would cancel the regularly scheduled meeting if it is not needed.
