Charlotte County supervisors hold closed session to discuss county administrator hiring process

The Charlotte County Board of Supervisors convened a special closed session to discuss candidates and the process for hiring a county administrator.

A certification to go into closed session was read aloud at the start of the meeting. An excerpt read from the record stated that the closed meeting was being held "pursuant to Virginia code section 2.2 dash 3 7 11 8 1" for "discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for employment ... Specifically, the board will discuss applications and the process for hiring the position of county administrator." The certification language was read by Miss Thorpe.

The motion to enter closed session was made, seconded and approved by roll call. After the closed session, supervisors signed a certification stating that, to the best of each supervisor's knowledge, only matters lawfully exempt from open-meeting requirements and identified in the motion were discussed. The certification recited language referencing "Virginia code section 2.2 dash 3 7 1 2 point b" and the Freedom of Information Act.

The record shows a roll-call procedure for both entering the closed session and for certifying its lawful scope; individual supervisors recorded in the roll call included Supervisor Thorpe, Supervisor Smith, Supervisor Carwell, Supervisor Toons, Supervisor Shook and Supervisor Davis.

No further details about candidates, interviews, or hiring decisions were disclosed in the public portion of the transcript.