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Norfolk council votes to enter closed session citing negotiation, property and legal consultation clauses
Summary
Council voted to go into closed session after a motion citing multiple statutory clauses related to negotiating strategy, disposition of property, lease negotiations and legal consultation; the roll call recorded unanimous 'Aye' votes from council members present.
At the end of the work session, a motion was made and seconded to convene a closed session. Council member Bullard read the motion citing clauses of state code (as read in the meeting transcript) to allow closed discussion of negotiating strategy, disposition of real property and lease negotiations and to consult with legal counsel.
Bullard read the statutory references as stated on the floor and identified several clauses (the transcript reads: "clauses 29, 3 29, 8 29, 29, and 3 of subsection a, section 2 1 2 dash 3,711" as the basis for entering closed session). Following the reading, council proceeded with a roll-call vote. The transcript records affirmative votes from Miss Doyle, Miss Johnson, Mister McGee, Mister Page, Miss Thomas and Doctor Alexander.
The nut graf: The council formally approved entering closed session to discuss negotiation and property matters and to consult with legal counsel; the motion was recorded on the transcript and the council transitioned into closed session.
There were no additional public details about the subjects to be discussed in closed session in the transcript, and no minutes of the closed session were included in the public portion of the work session record.
Procedural note: The motion was made in open session with the legal citations read into the record and followed by an explicit roll-call vote recorded on the transcript. The council then recessed into closed session.
