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Tazewell County CPMT minutes record approvals, closed session on child-welfare cases
Summary
Minutes from the Jan. 25, 2021 Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team report unanimous approvals of prior minutes, the December financial report and encumbered WRAP funds; the team entered a closed session to discuss foster care and related cases under Code of Virginia confidentiality provisions and will revisit cases at a February meeting.
The Tazewell County Community Policy and Management Team voted to approve the Dec. 28, 2020 minutes, the December financial report and the encumbered WRAP funds, according to minutes dated Jan. 25, 2021. The minutes record that each motion was seconded and passed unanimously, though they do not name who made or seconded the motions or provide a numerical vote tally.
The document also states that, due to CDC COVID-19 restrictions and the fact that a majority of CPMT members were in quarantine, all cases to be heard were voted on as noted and will be revisited when the CPMT meets in February 2021. The minutes include a standard line that the minutes from the meeting in which the agenda will be revisited will be filed with the month the meeting takes place.
A motion to go into closed session was made, seconded and recorded as unanimously carried to discuss foster care, child protective services (CPS), Cumberland matters, Court Services, Tazewell County Schools cases and funding to be provided for services related to those cases. The minutes include a certification resolving that the closed meeting was convened pursuant to an affirmative vote and in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, citing Code of Virginia §§2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712 and stating that only lawfully exempted public business matters were discussed.
The public minutes do not include case-level details discussed in closed session, the identities of any movers or seconders, or explicit vote counts. The minutes list participating organizations and offices present: Court Services; TASK (Tasking Action for Special Kids); Cumberland Plateau Health District; Family Preservation Services; Tazewell County Public Schools; Tazewell County Department of Social Services; Tazewell County Administration; Clinch Valley Community Action; and the Cumberland Mountain Community Services Board.
Next steps: the minutes state that all cases and agenda items will be revisited at the CPMT’s next meeting in February 2021; no date or time for that follow-up meeting is provided in the Jan. 25 minutes.
