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Minutes from the Petersburg City Council Special Called meeting held on: December 13, 2018 -1– ______________________________________________________________________________ The Special Called Meeting of the Petersburg City Council was held on Thursday, December 13, 2018, at Petersburg Area Transit. Mayor Parham called the Special Called meeting to order at 5:30p.m. 1. ROLL CALL: Present: Council Member Charles H. Cuthbert, Jr Council Member Wilson-Smith Council Member Annette Smith-Lee Council Member W. Howard Myers Council Member Darrin Hill Vice Mayor John A. Hart Mayor Samuel Parham Absent: None Present from City Administration: Clerk of Council Nykesha D. Jackson City Manager Aretha R. Ferrell-Benavides 2. PURPOSE: a. The purpose of closed session is to hold interviews for the City Attorney position. Clerk of Council Nykesha Jackson stated that City Council will now move to go into closed session for one purpose pursuant to Section 2.2-3711.A (1) of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended, council will be in closed session to discuss and/or consideration of interviews for the City Attorney position. Council Member Myers moved that the City Council go into closed session for the purposes noted by the City Attorney. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Hart. There was no discussion on the motion, which was approved on roll call vote. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham City Council entered closed session at 5:32 p.m. CERTIFICATION: Ms. Jackson stated that City Council now moves to come out of closed session and certify that only public business matters lawfully exempted from an open meeting requirement pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and only such business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was convened were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting. Council Member Wilson-Smith made a motion to return City Council into open session and certify the purposes of the closed session. The motion was seconded by Council Member Hill. There was discussion on the motion. The motion was approved on roll call vote. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 18-R-58 A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING, AS REQUIRED BY THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, SECTION 2.2- *Audio available  Minutes from the Petersburg City Council Special Called meeting held on: December 13, 2018 -2– ______________________________________________________________________________ 3712, THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER’S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS OF VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION, AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED SESSION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED. 3. ADJOURNMENT: City Council adjourned at 7:42 p.m. _________________________ Clerk of City Council APPROVED: _________________________ Mayor *Audio available