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Petersburg council certifies closed session under Virginia code
Summary
During the meeting the council voted to conclude closed session and certified under Virginia Code §2.23712 that the only matters discussed in closed session were those permitted by the code; a roll-call vote recorded each named member as voting 'Aye.'
The Petersburg City Council recessed and then moved to conclude its closed session; the presiding officer asked the council to certify that the matters discussed in closed session were the ones authorized under Virginia Code §2.23712. A roll-call vote was conducted and the motion carried.
The clerk called the roll, naming Council member Cuthbert, Council member Jones, Council member Myers, Council member Westbrook, Council member Smith Lee, Vice Mayor Hill and Mayor Perrin; each was recorded as saying "Aye." The presiding officer then announced, "That concludes our closed session." The council did not record any dissent on the certification vote in the transcript.
The transcript records the council’s formal certification statement and roll call but does not include details on the closed-session items themselves. The statutory citation given on the record was "2.23712, the code of Virginia."
