Council reads statutory bases for closed session, naming multiple Virginia code sections

Apr 7, 2026

During the motion to convene closed session, the presiding officer read a list of Virginia constitutional and code citations as legal authority for discussing real-property acquisition, bargaining strategy and pending litigation; those citations were recorded verbatim in the transcript.

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As part of the motion to convene a closed session, the presiding officer read several statutory citations and constitutional provisions into the record as the legal authority for the closed discussion. The list included references to Article 10, Section 6 of the Virginia Constitution and multiple code sections (as spoken in the record): "58.1 dash 3606 and 3651," "2.2 dash 37 11 8 3," "2.2 dash 37 11 8 7 and 8," and "15.2 dash 9 5 3." The wording and numeric formatting reflect how the citations were spoken on the record.

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