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Parksley council approves pay raises for town employees after executive session
Summary
After convening in a personnel executive session, the Parksley Town Council voted to grant pay raises to employees effective Aug. 11, 2024; the council certified the closed meeting under Virginia law before approving the raises.
The Parksley Town Council voted on Aug. 12 to grant pay raises to town employees following a closed personnel session.
Councilman Brad York moved to provide the raises, and Councilwoman Jan Welch seconded the motion; the council voted in favor (Richard Taylor, Brad York, Sam Welch, Jan Welch and Henry Nicholson voting aye; Mark Layne absent). The raises were described by the council as “the amounts discussed in executive session”; specific dollar amounts are not stated in the public record.
The council had entered executive session at 8:05 p.m. for personnel reasons with Clerk Lauren Lewis requested to attend. Upon returning to open session at 8:17 p.m., the council certified the closed meeting pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A) of the Virginia Code, stating that only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements were discussed.
The raises were recorded as effective Aug. 11, 2024. No further details about the number of employees covered or individual salary changes were included in the minutes.
