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Newport News council holds closed session on appointments, certifies appointees to boards and commissions
Summary
The Newport News City Council convened a closed session under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) on June 10 to discuss prospective appointments and performance evaluations, then certified the closed meeting and approved appointees to boards and commissions 5-0.
The Newport News City Council met in closed session on June 10 at the Denbigh Community Center to discuss prospective candidates for appointments and to evaluate city council appointees, including the city manager, city attorney, city clerk and city auditor, citing Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1).
The motion to enter the closed meeting carried on a roll call vote recorded as 4-0. After returning to open session, council members certified by vote that only public business lawfully exempted under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act had been discussed; that certification passed 5-0. The council then voted, 5-0, to certify the appointments to the city’s boards and commissions as discussed in closed session.
The transcript does not record the names of the appointees or the boards to which they were appointed; the council’s public motion subsequently certified the appointees as discussed in closed session. The statute cited for the closed session was identified in the meeting as section 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia, which allows closed meetings for discussion of prospective appointees and personnel matters.
The motions in the public record did not list individual movers or seconders. All post–closed-session certifications passed unanimously on recorded roll calls. The council adjourned following the votes.
