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Jail board moves into closed session to consult counsel on litigation involving superintendent
Summary
The jail board voted to enter closed session to consult legal counsel on actual or probable litigation, citing a case named in the meeting and Virginia code; the board later certified the closed-session topics with a roll-call vote.
The Prince William and Ashley Regional Adult Detention Center jail board voted to enter a closed session to consult with legal counsel about actual or probable litigation involving a case cited in the meeting materials. During the motion the presenter named the case as "Mustafa n Aljazari versus Colonel Peter a Melitus" and invoked Virginia code sections related to closed meetings.
The motion to go into closed session was moved, seconded, and approved by roll call. After returning from closed session the board voted by roll call to certify that only matters properly discussed in closed session were considered, as required by the Virginia code citation provided during the motion.
Meeting remarks identified the subject of the closed session as litigation where an open meeting could adversely affect the board's negotiating or litigating posture. The board did not disclose details of the litigation during open session and recorded votes to authorize the closed session and to certify its scope afterward.
No additional actions or settlements were disclosed during the public portion of the meeting; the certification vote recorded affirmative responses from the roll-call participants.
