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Council approves routine consent items, employee‑pay ordinance and downtown street closure; adopts executive‑session resolution
Summary
The City Council approved an electronic‑participation resolution, consent docket items 5–11, an ordinance on employee provisions (item 12), recommendations on boards and commissions (item 13), and authorized permanent closure of the 200 block to vehicular traffic; the council also held and later adopted a resolution regarding a closed executive session on ARHA legal matters.
At the meeting the Alexandria City Council approved a series of procedural and ordinance items on roll‑call votes and adopted a resolution after an executive session.
Key votes:
- Electronic‑participation resolution: Councilman McPike moved and Vice Mayor Bagley seconded approval to permit electronic participation by a colleague; the motion passed on a roll‑call vote with recorded 'Aye' votes by each member present.
- Consent docket (items 5–11): Councilman Chapman moved and Councilwoman Green seconded approval of consent items 5 through 11; the motion carried on a roll‑call vote.
- Item 12 (second reading and final passage of an ordinance amending general provisions related to officers and employees): One public speaker opposed bonuses; Councilman McPike moved and Councilman Chapman seconded approval of item 12 and the council approved it on roll call.
- Item 13 (recommendations from the subcommittee on boards and commissions): No public turnout was signed up on this item; Councilman Chapman moved approval, the council discussed notification and outreach to affected boards and commissions, and the motion passed on roll call.
- Permanent closure of the 200 block to vehicular traffic (agenda language varies between Cane Street and King Street in the record): Councilman Chapman moved and Vice Mayor Bagley seconded approval to authorize permanent closure and pedestrianization; staff noted there are 13 publicly accessible garages within a six‑minute walk and that closure will remove 16 parking spaces and one 15‑minute spot from the immediate block. The council approved the closure on a roll‑call vote.
- Executive session and resolution: Vice Mayor Bagley moved that council convene in closed session under Virginia Code for consultation with legal counsel regarding Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority matters; the motion carried, the council met in executive session, reconvened and then adopted the previously circulated resolution concerning the closed session.
All roll‑call votes at this meeting were recorded in the transcript as unanimous 'Aye.'
