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Citizen challenges use of closed session for Winton Country Club matter; board enters closed session citing Code of Virginia exceptions
Summary
A resident said the board promised that legal counsels recommendations regarding the Winton Country Club matter would be presented in public; later the board moved into a closed session citing legal consultation and litigation exceptions under the Code of Virginia.
A resident told the Amherst County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 5 that the board had committed at a Jan. 21 public hearing to have legal counsels recommendations presented in public on the Winton Country Club purchase-and-sale matter, and urged the board not to discuss the matter in closed session. John A. Marks Jr., who said he lives in District 5, addressed the board during citizen comment and said the Jan. 21 motion had tabled the matter until all members were present and that the board had sought outside counsel to review current and proposed contracts. He said that…
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