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Newport News council requests reports on Brooks Crossing, leaf pickup and fire-station repairs; approves closed session
Summary
At a work session councilmembers asked the city manager for multiple follow-up reports and approved three procedural motions, including allowing a member to attend electronically and entering a closed meeting to discuss prospective business and legal matters.
Newport News City Council used a work session to request a series of staff reports and to approve routine procedural motions, including entry into a closed meeting to discuss prospective business and legal counsel on immigration matters.
Council asked City Manager Alan Archer and staff for short-term reports on leaf-collection operations and on usage and programming at Brooks Crossing Innovation and Opportunity Center. Archer said the city will provide a leaf-collection status report at a future work session and that staff can supply program and attendance numbers for Brooks Crossing; he also offered to coordinate with the treasurer’s office on a separate delinquency report if council wants data going back roughly 10 years.
“We’ll make that report available for you,” City Manager Alan Archer said after a council request for a leaf-collection briefing.
Council members also discussed the Denbigh Boulevard interchange study and whether the Lee Hall…
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