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Council votes 6‑0 to enter closed session on auditor, manager performance and board appointments; later certifies closed meeting
Summary
The Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously to enter a closed session under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act exemptions to discuss the City Auditor position, the city manager’s performance and appointments to boards and commissions, and later certified that only those matters were discussed.
Vice Mayor Moody moved that the council go into a closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.2‑3700 and § 2.2‑3711(A)(1) to discuss the City Auditor position, the performance of the city manager, and appointments to boards and commissions. The motion was seconded and adopted by an electronic vote of 6–0.
After the closed session concluded, Vice Mayor Moody moved the statutory certification that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, (1) only public business lawfully exempted from open‑meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act was discussed, and (2) only such matters as identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed or considered. The certification motion was seconded and adopted by an electronic vote of 6–0.
The transcript records the motions and the unanimous votes to enter and certify the closed meeting. No further public details of the closed‑session deliberations were disclosed in the work session transcript.
