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Lynchburg special call meeting moves to adjourn after councilor says 'no car tax' hearing outcome predetermined
Summary
At a June 23 special call meeting, a councilor moved to adjourn a scheduled public hearing on a "no car tax" proposal after saying they would not support it; the motion was seconded but a vote was not recorded in the transcript.
An unnamed councilor at a Lynchburg special call meeting on June 23 moved to adjourn a scheduled public hearing on a proposal described in the meeting as the "no car tax plan," saying the hearing's outcome was already predetermined because the councilor would not support the measure. The motion was seconded, and the meeting did not continue with the lengthy public hearing recorded in the available transcript.
The councilor said, "After discussing with you, your position on the no car tax plan and understanding, that you will not be supporting it, I do not see there a need to continue, with a lengthy public hearing when the outcome is already predetermined. I move that we adjourn. I second that motion." A meeting host responded, "Second it. Meet and adjourn. What? The the," according to the transcript. The record provided does not show a roll-call or other vote tally for the motion.
The special call notice stated there were two items on the agenda; the transcript records the first public hearing item only partially (the speaker begins, "public hearing is on real"), and the precise subject and any ordinance, resolution, or agenda number for the hearing are not specified in the transcript. Because the hearing was curtailed after the adjournment motion, public comment on the item was not documented in the available record.
Meeting organizers opened by noting the meeting was a June 23 special call held on behalf of a Lynchburg city councilor and that two agenda items were listed. The transcript covers roughly one exchange in which the adjournment motion was made and seconded; no further motions, votes, or staff presentations on the hearing topic appear in the provided excerpt.
Absent a recorded vote in the transcript, it is not possible to confirm from this record whether the adjournment motion carried, whether the council reconvened later in the meeting to address the hearing, or whether the public hearing was rescheduled. The agenda item description is incomplete in the transcript and is therefore reported here as "not specified."
