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Newport News council holds closed session on appointments and a potential unannounced business expansion; ratifies appointments with unanimous votes
Summary
At its Dec. 10 work session the Newport News City Council voted to enter a closed session under Virginia Code to interview candidates for appointments and to discuss a potential unannounced business expansion in the city's central area; council later certified the closed session and ratified appointments, each action carried 6-0.
The Newport News City Council voted 6-0 at its Dec. 10 work session to convene a closed meeting under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to consider candidate interviews for appointments and to discuss a potential unannounced business expansion in the city's central section.
Councilman Long moved the motion, which invoked "section 2.2-3711(a) of Virginia 1950 as amended, subsection 15," citing consideration of prospective candidates for appointment to boards and commissions and discussions of prospective business or industry expansion where no prior announcement has been made. The council called the roll and the motion carried 6-0.
After the closed session the council reconvened and voted to certify that, to the best of each member's knowledge, only public business lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements was discussed and that only the identified matters were considered. That certification passed on a roll-call vote of 6-0.
Council members then moved to ratify appointments discussed in the closed session; the ratification carried 6-0 on roll call. The transcript records the roll calls for the motions and shows unanimous approval; the council did not disclose details of the appointments or the identity of the prospective business during the open session.
The council's actions followed the procedure prescribed by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for executive (closed) sessions: a motion to enter the closed session that cites the statutory authority and a public roll-call vote before the session, followed by a public certification vote upon return. The council did not provide additional detail about the boards or commissions involved or the prospective business during the meeting's open portion.
