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Bristol City Council reappoints leadership, confirms city manager and attorney, and approves board slate
Summary
At its Jan. 2 meeting, the Bristol City Council re-elected the mayor and vice mayor, appointed Megan Erwin as city clerk, confirmed Bridal Eads as city manager (Pollard recorded a No), approved Randell Yates as city attorney amid a conflicting roll-call utterance, entered a closed session under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1), and passed a slate of board appointments.
Bristol'025'0Jan. 2 '0— The Bristol City Council opened its first meeting of 2025 with organizational business and a series of personnel appointments that reshaped the city'0leadership roster.
The presiding officer (unnamed in the transcript) called the meeting to order, led a moment of silent prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and moved through routine organizational items. The council unanimously adopted the meeting agenda after a motion and second and roll-call votes confirmed affirmative responses from each named member.
The council then approved several nominations by motion and roll call. Megan Erwin was appointed to serve as city clerk following a motion to appoint and a roll-call vote in which each listed member voted "Yes." The council also re-elected the…
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