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Hopewell council votes to end litigation involving Councilor Ronnie Ellis and repeals new conflict-of-interest policy
Summary
At a council meeting, members voted to end legal actions tied to Councilor Ronnie Ellis and later repealed the city—s recently adopted conflict-of-interest policy after discussion of an opinion from the Virginia attorney general—s office.
The Hopewell City Council voted to end legal actions related to Councilor Ronnie Ellis and later repealed a recently adopted conflict-of-interest policy during the same meeting.
Councilor Ronnie Ellis was the subject of litigation discussed in a closed session; after the closed session, Councilor Caitlin Day moved to end “all legal action, injunctions, appeals, demers, to Ronnie Ellis,” a motion Councilor Day seconded and Vice Mayor Joiner supported. The motion passed 4-2 on a roll call: Councilor Harris voted yes; Mayor Pardon voted yes; Councilor Day voted yes; Councilor Stokes voted no; Councilor Holloway voted no; Vice Mayor Joiner voted yes. For the record, the mayor said that Mr. Ellis excused himself from the vote and did not participate in the closed-session discussion.
The council then considered repeal of a conflict-of-interest policy that the city recently had adopted by resolution. Councilor Caitlin moved to repeal the policy, and Vice Mayor Joiner seconded. City staff said the city had received an opinion from the Virginia Attorney…
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