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Patrick County School Board certifies closed meeting, approves amended personnel report
Summary
The Patrick County School Board certified that a recent closed meeting complied with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, approved an amended personnel report by voice vote, set the July meeting for July 14 at 5:30 p.m., and then adjourned.
The Patrick County School Board certified that a recently held closed meeting complied with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and Section 2.1-344(D) of the Code of Virginia, then approved its personnel report "as amended" and adjourned.
The board began the closing proceedings when a member moved to end the closed session and another seconded the motion. The chair then read a formal certification invoking the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and Section 2.1-344(D) of the Code of Virginia, stating that only business lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements had been discussed. When asked for recorded assent, Mr. Scott said "yes," Miss Harold said "yes," Mr. Martin said "yes," and the chair indicated agreement, completing the certification.
Why it matters: State law requires public bodies to certify that closed meetings were limited to topics allowed under the statute. That certification is a formal step before the board resumes open session and takes any public action.
After the certification, the chair asked for a motion to approve the personnel report "as amended." A board member made the motion and another seconded. The chair called for a voice vote, heard the ayes, and declared the motion passed; no roll-call tally for that action was recorded in the transcript. The board then heard a scheduling announcement that the July meeting had been moved to Tuesday, July 14 at 5:30 p.m., and a final motion to adjourn was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Authorities and process notes: The meeting record includes an explicit citation to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and to Section 2.1-344(D) of the Code of Virginia as the statutory basis for holding and certifying the closed meeting. The personnel report was approved by voice vote; the transcript records the motion, a second and the chair's declaration that the motion passed but does not record individual votes for that item.
The board took no other substantive public actions in the portion of the transcript provided and adjourned after the approvals and announcement.
