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Minutes from the Petersburg City Council Special Called meeting held on: April 1, 2019 -1– ______________________________________________________________________________ The Special Called Meeting of the Petersburg City Council was held on Monday, April 1, 2019, at City Hall in Council Chambers. Mayor Parham called the Special Called meeting to order at 5:05p.m. 1. ROLL CALL: Present: Council Member Charles H. Cuthbert, Jr. Council Member Treska Wilson-Smith Council Member W. Howard Myers Council Member Darrin Hill Mayor Samuel Parham Absent: Council Member Annette Smith-Lee Vice Mayor John A. Hart, Sr. Present from City Administration: City Attorney Anthony Williams Clerk of City Council Nykesha D. Jackson 2. CLOSED SESSION: City Attorney Anthony Williams 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 of prospective candidates for employment, assignment, appointment, promotion, performance, demotion, salary, discipline or resignation of specific public officers, appointees or employees of any public body. 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 Council Member Hill. There was no discussion on the motion, which was approved on roll call vote. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill and Parham; Absent: Smith-Lee and Hart City Council entered closed session at 5:07 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 Hill 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 Myers. There was discussion on the motion. The motion was approved on roll call vote. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill and Parham; Absent: Smith-Lee and Hart *Audio available Minutes from the Petersburg City Council Special Called meeting held on: April 1, 2019 -2– ______________________________________________________________________________ 19-R-18 A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING, AS REQUIRED BY THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, SECTION 2.2- 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. City Council returned to opened session at 6:52pm. 3. ADJOURNMENT: City Council adjourned at 6:53 p.m. _________________________ Clerk of City Council APPROVED: _________________________ Mayor *Audio available