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King William County supervisors enter closed session to interview candidates for county administrator
Summary
At a Nov. 13 special meeting, the King William County Board of Supervisors approved the agenda, moved into a closed session to interview and discuss candidates for the county administrator position under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act exceptions, certified the closed meeting on return, and adjourned; no appointment was announced.
The King William County Board of Supervisors met in special session Nov. 13 and moved into a closed session to interview and consider candidates for the county administrator post, the board announced.
At the start of the meeting the chair called the session to order and the board approved the meeting agenda "as presented," after Supervisor S3 moved for approval and the motion was seconded. Vocal "Aye" responses were recorded and no opposition was voiced.
Supervisor S3 moved and read the statutory purposes for a closed session aloud, citing state law provisions that allow local governing bodies to meet in closed session for personnel matters and certain legal and bargaining consultations. S3 stated the purpose explicitly as an "interview of discussion of candidates and or potential selection of the next county administrator." The board voted to enter closed session by vocal roll call.
After returning to open session the board voted to reconvene publicly and then certified the closed meeting. Supervisor S3 moved that the King William County Board of Supervisors "certify that in accordance with the Virginia [Freedom of Information Act] the closed meeting just held was for a matter authorized by the Freedom of Information Act and that while in closed session, only the matters for which the closed session was called were discussed." Multiple members responded, "I certify."
The chair said no final appointment was announced at the meeting and stated, "there'll be action at a later date," indicating any decision stemming from the closed session will be made publicly at a future meeting. The board then moved to adjourn.
The transcript records who moved and who seconded each motion and captures the read statutory language and the certification vote; the transcript does not provide a specific vote count or identify all individual speakers by full name in the recorded votes. The closed session was described in the meeting as to interview and consider candidates for the county administrator position and to consult on related legal and bargaining matters under the Code of Virginia provisions that authorize closed sessions for personnel and legal consultation.
