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Votes at a glance: Key actions from Suffolk City Council, Dec. 18, 2024
Summary
A concise list of formal votes taken at the Dec. 18 meeting, including unanimous approvals of several rezoning and consent items, denial of a solar CUP (7–0, 1 abstention), adoption of Suffolk 2045 (approved with 1 no and 1 abstention), and other formal actions.
Here are the principal recorded votes taken by the Suffolk City Council on Dec. 18, 2024:
• Closed meeting certification (resolution): Approved 8–0 (certified in accordance with Va. Code §2.2‑3712).
• Approval of minutes (Sept. 18, 2024): Approved 8–0.
• Consent agenda (items 7–11 including adoption of the 2024 Emergency Operations Plan, rescind local emergency, and several grant appropriations): Approved 8–0.
• RZN20247 (Valor Court/Hunter Street rezoning to RU; proffer limiting project to 55 townhomes): Approved 8–0.
• RZN20249 & CUP202425 (rezoning to M2 conditional and conditional-use permit for Nansemond Precast storage/laydown yard): Approved 8–0.
• CUP20246 (White Marsh Road community-scale solar conditional-use permit): Motion to deny approved 7–0 with 1 abstention (Council member Fawcett abstained).
• Adoption of Suffolk 2045 comprehensive plan (with amended northern growth area Exhibit A): Motion to adopt approved; Council member Bennett voted against, Council member Johnson abstained; remaining members voted in favor.
• Appointments to Early Childhood Development Commission (effective Jan. 1, 2025): Approved 8–0.
• Motion directing city manager to review downtown refuse collection ordinances (residential and amended to include commercial): Approved 8–0.
Votes listed above reflect recorded roll-call and/or clerk announcements in the council minutes. For full text of ordinances, proffers and conditions, see the Planning Department’s project files and the City Clerk’s record of actions.
