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Alexandria council holds closed session, approves consent items and a zoning ordinance on first reading
Summary
The Alexandria City Council met in executive session on cybersecurity and public safety, later adopting a certification resolution; it approved its consent calendar, confirmed several board appointments and passed on first reading an ordinance rezoning 2811 King Street, 6-1.
The Alexandria City Council moved into a closed executive session under Virginia Code and later adopted a certification resolution after returning to open session, the council said at its first legislative meeting of 2025.
The action followed a motion "to discuss plans to protect public safety as it relates to terrorist activity or specific cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities" made by Councilmember Aguirre during the meeting's opening business. The council voted, by roll call, to adopt the resolution certifying the closed session; all members present voted in the affirmative.
Why it matters: The council used a statutory exemption that permits closed discussion of security-related topics; the adoption of a certification resolution upon reconvening is the formal step required to confirm that the closed session remained within the statutory scope.
Other formal actions taken at the meeting included approval of the consent calendar with one item pulled for separate…
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