The Northumberland County Board of Supervisors met in closed session during its June 2025 special-called meeting to discuss personnel matters. The board made a public motion citing the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the specific statutory text read into the record as the basis for the closed session.

The public motion read into the record asked that the board convene in closed meeting "pursuant to Virginia Freedom of Information Act, section 2.23711 a 1, for the discussion and consideration of personnel matters," and noted the county administrator and assistant county administrator were invited to attend because their presence would reasonably aid the board’s consideration of the topics.

After the closed session the board returned to open session and certified by roll call that only matters lawfully exempted under the Virginia FOIA and identified in the motion were discussed. The roll call certification recorded votes of "Aye" from Supervisors Williams, Long, Brand, Fisher and Haney.

No personnel action taken in closed session was described in the public record at the time of certification; the board proceeded to amend a prior school-budget motion on return to open session and continued with the remainder of the agenda.