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Patrick County board votes to enter closed session on personnel and contract negotiations
Summary
At a Patrick County work session, the board voted unanimously to convene a closed meeting under Virginia law to discuss personnel matters and the award of a public contract; the meeting agenda was approved earlier in the session.
During a Patrick County work session, the board voted to convene a closed meeting under the Virginia Code to discuss personnel matters and the award of a public contract.
The board approved a motion that invoked Virginia Code §2.2-3711(a)(1) to discuss personnel matters and §2.2-3711(a)(30) to discuss the award of a public contract where open-session discussion would adversely affect the county’s bargaining position or negotiating strategy. The motion to close the meeting passed by voice vote; Mr. Marshall, Mr. Kendrick and Mr. Overby each answered “aye,” and the presiding official also voted “aye.” Mr. Perry was not present for the vote.
Earlier in the session the board also approved the meeting agenda by voice vote. The record shows Mr. Marshall, Mr. Kendrick and Mr. Overby answered “aye,” and the presiding official recorded an additional “aye.”
The motion to convene the closed meeting was moved verbally at the work session; the transcript records the mover as the presiding official but does not identify that person by name. The transcript likewise does not identify a member who seconded the motion.
Under the cited Virginia Code provisions, the board may meet in closed session to discuss specified personnel and contract matters. The board did not state details about which specific personnel matters or which contract were to be discussed in closed session, and no further action or outcome on those underlying matters was recorded in the public portion of the transcript.
The public portion of the work session therefore consisted of procedural actions: approval of the agenda and a formal vote to enter a closed meeting to consider personnel and contract negotiations. The board left the public session after the vote to proceed with the closed meeting; the transcript does not include the closed-session discussion or any subsequent public actions.
The record shows: “I move that the board convene and close meeting pursuant to the Virginia code section 2.2-3711(a)(1) to discuss and consider the following personnel matters ... and pursuant to Virginia code section 2.2-3711(a)(30) to discuss the award of a public contract involving the expenditure of public funds and terms or scope of such contract where discussion in an open session would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the county.”
