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Franklin City Council enters closed session to interview prospective job candidates, then certifies meeting
Summary
At a special called meeting, the Franklin City Council voted to enter a closed session under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) to interview prospective employment candidates. The council reconvened, certified the closed meeting under §2.2-3712, and adjourned.
At a special called meeting, the Franklin City Council voted to enter a closed session under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) to interview prospective candidates for employment and later reconvened and certified the closed meeting before adjourning.
The Chair asked the council to consider the agenda for the special call meeting; a council member moved to approve the agenda and the motion carried by voice vote. The Chair then asked for a motion to go into closed session. "I move that the city council of Franklin, Virginia convene a closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code section 2.2-3711(a)(1) for the purpose of discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for employment," a council member said. The motion was seconded and the council voted to enter closed session by voice vote.
The closed session was held under the exemption in Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1), the statute that permits closed meetings for the discussion and evaluation of prospective candidates for employment. After the council returned to open session, a council member moved that each member certify that, to the best of their knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements and identified in the motion authorizing the closed meeting were discussed. Each member responded, "I certify." The Chair recorded the certification in accordance with Virginia Code §2.2-3712.
The meeting record shows that Council members Johnson, Kitchen, Banks and Macklemore and Vice Mayor Copeland were present for the special call. The Chair called for a motion to adjourn; a motion and second were offered and the meeting was closed by voice vote.
The session focused on personnel interviews and statutory certification; no additional substantive actions or public votes on policies or contracts were recorded in the transcript.
Authorities cited in the meeting included Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) and Virginia Code §2.2-3712, which govern closed meetings for personnel matters and the required certification upon reconvening in public session.
The council adjourned at the close of the meeting.
