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Council allows two members to join remotely and approves tonight’s agenda
Summary
The council voted to allow two members to participate virtually — Mayor Harton from Virginia Beach and Councilor Rita Joyner from Hopewell — and approved the evening’s agenda after a brief discussion about adding a closed session.
At the start of the meeting the chair asked the body to permit remote participation for two members who were not physically present. The motion to allow remote participation was made by Councilor Harris and recorded as passing in the transcript as "Motion passes 4 0." Mayor Harton told the council he was joining "with my national guard unit in Virginia Beach," and Councilor Rita Joyner said she was "at my home in Hopewell" and participating remotely due to medical issues.
Following the remote-participation vote, the council considered approval of the agenda. The chair asked whether anyone wanted to amend the agenda to add a closed session; after brief discussion a motion to approve the agenda as presented was made and seconded by Councilor Holloway and passed on a roll call vote recorded in the transcript as 6–0.
The finance committee portion of the meeting later adjourned and the chair opened a special meeting for additional items; the chair noted the advertised start time for a later open item at 7:30 p.m.
