At 3:31 p.m., the Petersburg City Council convened a closed session to discuss the acquisition and disposition of real property, citing the exemption in the Virginia Code that allows closed meetings for real‑estate negotiations.

Council members moved and approved the council's entrance into a closed session for the stated purpose. The motion to convene the closed session was moved by Vice Mayor Hill and seconded by Councilwoman Smith Lee; the subsequent roll call recorded each council member voting "aye." After the closed session, the council moved to end the closed session and to certify compliance with the Virginia Code provision; that motion was moved by Vice Mayor Hill and seconded by Councilman Westbrook and carried by unanimous roll call.

The council identified the statutory basis for the closed session as the exemption authorizing closed meetings to consider acquisition and disposition of publicly held real property (Virginia Code § 2.2‑3711(A)(3)). The meeting transcript records the presiding officers announcing the start of the closed session at roughly 3:31–3:32 p.m. and later asking for a certification that the closed session discussed only matters permitted under the statutory exemption; no member registered a statement of departure from that certification during the roll call.

The transcript does not specify parcels, parties, proposed prices, or subsequent public actions. No votes on ordinances, contracts, or disposals were recorded in the public portion of the transcript provided.