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Cumberland County supervisors hold closed-session interview for employment candidate; certification approved with one dissent
Summary
At a Feb. 5, 2026 budget workshop the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors entered a closed meeting to interview a prospective employee under Va. Code § 2.2-3711.A.1; the reconvened board certified the closed session with Supervisor Bryan Hamlet recorded as voting 'nay.'
The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors entered a closed meeting at its Feb. 5, 2026 budget workshop to "consider and interview a prospective candidate for employment," invoking Virginia Code § 2.2-3711.A.1 for personnel matters. The motion to go into closed session was moved by Supervisor Paul Stimpson and seconded by Supervisor Bryan Hamlet; the minutes record the Board carrying the motion and adjourning into closed session.
When the Board reconvened in open session it voted on the certification required by Virginia Code § 2.2-3712 that the closed meeting was limited to lawfully exempted topics and that no action was taken in closed session. The certification passed on a roll call in which Supervisor Bryan Hamlet voted "nay," Supervisors John Newman and Paul Stimpson voted "aye," Mrs. Eurika Tyree participated remotely, and Supervisor Robert Saunders Jr. was absent. The meeting record states that no board action was taken during the closed session.
