Council adjourns into closed session to discuss city assessor performance and retention of city attorney

At the end of the joint work session the City Council voted to go into a closed meeting to discuss personnel and legal procurement matters. Vice Mayor Moody read the motion citing Virginia Code §2.2‑3711(a)(1) to authorize a closed meeting “for the purpose of discussing the performance of the city assessor and the process for retaining a new city attorney.”

The motion to convene a closed session was seconded (the transcript does not identify the seconder). The clerk then called a roll that recorded affirmative responses from present council members. When the council reconvened in public session, each council member certified that only matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements and identified in the motion had been discussed.

Why it matters: Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act allows governing bodies to meet in closed session for certain personnel and legal matters; the council used that authority here to discuss a personnel matter and the process for procuring a city attorney. The public record shows a roll‑call agreement to enter closed session and a subsequent certification that the closed session stayed within the authorized scope.

Ending: The council adjourned the public work session after the closed‑session certification; no further public action or details about the closed‑session outcomes were released in the work session minutes.