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Commission holds closed session on personnel, certifies meeting and forms executive director hiring subcommittee
Summary
The Virginia Housing Commission convened a closed session to discuss the performance and discipline of an appointee, certified the closed meeting, and agreed to convene a hiring subcommittee to screen applicants for an executive director; staff described the hiring steps.
The Virginia Housing Commission voted to convene a closed session under the Code of Virginia exemption for personnel matters to discuss “performance and discipline of an appointee,” a motion moved by Delegate Douglas Sewell. The motion was seconded and the chair called the roll before members temporarily left the room and recording devices were turned off.
After the closed session, commissioners conducted a recorded certification vote that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, only matters lawfully exempt from open-meeting requirements were discussed. A roll call included votes of “Aye” from multiple named members including Senator David Locke and Martin Johnson; the chair then returned the commission to open session.
The commission discussed hiring an executive director and staff from Legislative Services and the commission’s human-resources manager walked commissioners through a recommended process: establish an executive hiring subcommittee, create and finalize a position description, post the vacancy statewide and on targeted outlets, screen applicants, conduct interviews, and either empower the subcommittee to make an offer or forward finalists to the full commission for final selection. Staff said the posting typically remains open about a month but the timeline can be shortened depending on need.
The chair and vice chair proposed an executive-hiring subcommittee composed of the chair, the vice chair, Martin Johnson, Isabelle McClain, Andrew Clark and Kelly Harris Braxton; commissioners agreed that the subcommittee would perform initial screenings and bring finalist candidates to the full commission for final approval. Claire Ivel, manager of human resources and fiscal services, said staff will create screening questions, perform initial applicant screening, and provide qualified candidate lists to the subcommittee.
No formal hire was made at the meeting. Staff committed to circulate a sample executive director position description and to post the vacancy after the subcommittee finalizes the job description and screening questions.
