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Franklin council meets in closed session on city-manager candidates, delays parks and school-board appointments
Summary
The council voted to enter a closed session to discuss prospective city-manager candidates and later certified that the closed session matched the recorded motion. Council also voted to table a parks discussion and to table applicants for the city school board pending scheduled interviews.
During its April 13 work session the Franklin City Council voted to enter closed session to discuss prospective candidates and appointments, then returned to open session and certified compliance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Council member (S2) moved to enter closed session "pursuant to 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia for discussion, consideration or interview of prospective candidates for the city manager," restricting the discussion to specific personnel matters. The motion was seconded and the council recorded its vocal 'aye' responses before proceeding to the closed session.
After returning to open session members read a certification indicating, to the best of each member's knowledge, that only public business lawfully exempt under FOIA was discussed and that the topics matched the motion to convene closed session. Multiple members individually stated "I certify."
Separately, the council moved to table the parks discussion "for further information;" that motion was seconded and approved. The council also moved to table city school-board applicants until a date to be set for interviews; that motion passed with at least one abstention recorded in the transcript.
Nut graf: The meeting combined personnel deliberations in closed session with several procedural decisions in open session — tabling policy discussions and scheduling next steps for appointments — while following the statutory certification process on return from closed session.
The council also discussed scheduling interviews for school-board applicants and tentatively set interviews to coincide with the April 27 meeting (work session starting 5:30 p.m.) to allow adequate time for interviews and follow-up.
