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Council votes to begin eminent domain process for Heights Field after executive session
Summary
Following an executive session, the Clarksburg City Council voted to begin eminent domain proceedings for the Heights Field property and cited West Virginia code as the authority for confidential real-estate deliberations.
The Clarksburg City Council moved into executive session to discuss purchase, sale or lease negotiations related to the Heights Field project and, after returning to open session, voted to begin the eminent domain process for the property. A council member moved that the council go into executive session to discuss real property negotiations, citing West Virginia law; the motion was seconded and passed before the council entered executive session.
After exiting executive session, the council considered and approved a resolution to begin eminent domain proceedings for the Heights Field property. During the executive-session motion a council speaker referenced West Virginia code, quoted in the transcript as "6Dash98Dash4B9," as the statutory basis for private deliberation on real property negotiations. The transcript records that "no official action will be taken in possession" while in executive session and that the subsequent public vote carried the motion to begin the eminent domain process.
