Body votes to enter closed session to discuss hiring temporary clerk and transition assistance

A majority moved and voted unanimously to enter a closed session to discuss hiring a temporary employee to assist with clerk duties until a new clerk is hired and to help with the transition.

The clerk (identified in the transcript as Speaker 4) read the statutory basis aloud, citing Virginia Code §2.2-3711(a)(1) as the authority to hold a closed meeting for personnel matters. Committee member (Speaker 2) moved to enter closed session and the motion was seconded. During initial discussion, another committee member (Speaker 3) sought clarification that the hire would be for a transition period "while a new clerk is up to speed," prompting the original mover to withdraw the first motion so the language could be clarified.

After the clerk re-read the revised motion—adding explicit transition assistance to the temporary hire’s duties—Speaker 2 moved again and Speaker 1 seconded. The chair conducted a roll-call voice vote: Marjorie, Beth, Larry, (chair speaker) and Alana Courtney, Mary Hansen and Sandy (surname spoken as Surgill/Surgel in the transcript) each responded "yes," and the motion passed unanimously. The meeting proceeded to enter closed session for the stated personnel discussion.

No further public details about candidates, salary, start date, or duration were provided on the record; those specifics were discussed in closed session and are not in the transcript. The transcript records the motion, the withdrawal and rewording of the motion, and the unanimous vote to enter the closed meeting. The chair closed public discussion and the body moved into closed session pursuant to the stated statute.