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Council votes to enter closed session to interview clerk candidates and discuss potential business and festival funding
Summary
The council voted unanimously 6–0 to enter a closed meeting to interview prospective city-clerk candidates and to discuss a potential unannounced business in the South District and a proposed investment of public funds in support of a public festival.
At the end of the Nov. 12 work session, a council member moved that the council enter a closed meeting citing a Code of Virginia provision as read into the record to discuss candidate interviews for city clerk, a potential unannounced business in the South District and potential investment of public funds to support a festival.
The motion was seconded, the mayor called a roll and the council carried the motion 6–0. The city clerk conducted the roll call by name; those recorded present and voting in favor were Mayor Jones, Councilman Long, Councilwoman Vick, Vice Mayor Bethany, Councilman Neely and Councilman Harris.
The council stated the closed meeting was "lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act" and said only the matters identified in the motion would be discussed in closed session.
