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Committee member moves to certify closed meeting in Christiansburg
Summary
A committee member moved to certify that a prior closed meeting was lawfully exempt under Virginia law; the council voted unanimously to approve the certification after a clerk-conducted roll call.
A committee member moved on the floor to certify that a previously held closed meeting of the town council of Christiansburg was "lawfully exempt from open meet[ing] requirements by Virginia law," saying the closed session had discussed only the matters identified in the resolution.
The motion advanced to a roll-call vote. The clerk read the roster of council members and recorded each vote as "Aye," with Mister Bishop, Missus Bowman, Missus Hicks, Missus Hockett, Missus Umberger and Missus Waltz all recorded in favor. The chair announced that the certification motion carried.
The certification confirms, for the council's public record, that the closed meeting met the exemption language the committee member cited under Virginia law. The clerk's roll call indicates the council recorded the votes publicly during the meeting.
The meeting then moved on to a separate agenda item involving a property sale; no further debate on the closed-meeting certification was recorded.
