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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/15/2019 - JointMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF VINTON TOWN COUNCIL HELD AT 7:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE VINTON MUNICIPAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 311 SOUTH POLLARD STREET, VINTON, VIRGINIA MEMBERS PRESENT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Bradley E. Grose, Mayor Keith N. Liles, Vice Mayor Sabrina McCarty Janet Scheid Michael W. Stovall Robert A. Patterson William E. Booth Robert W. Benninger David R. Jones Keith N. Liles STAFF PRESENT: Barry W. Thompson, Town Manager Susan N. Johnson, Executive Assistant/Town Clerk Jeremy Carroll, Town Attorney Pete Peters, Assistant Town Manager /Director of Economic Development Anne Cantrell, Treasurer /Finance Director Joey Hiner, Public Works Director Thomas Foster, Police Chief Anita McMillan, Planning & Zoning Director Fabricio Drumond, Assistant Police Chief Nathan McClung, Principal Planner The Mayor called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The Town Clerk called the roll with Council Member McCarty, Council Member Scheid, Council Member Stovall, Vice Mayor Liles and Mayor Grose present. Anita McMillan called the roll for the Planning Commission with Robert W. Benninger, William E. Booth, Robert A. Patterson, Vice Chairman David R. Jones and Chairman Keith N. Liles present After a Moment of Silence, Dalton Arnold with the Boy Scouts led the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag. Under upcoming community events, Council Member McCarty announced the following: January 18 — 7:30 p.m. — Virginia Tech v. UVA hockey and January 19 — 7:30 p.m. — Virginia Tech v. JMU — Lancer Lot; January 25 — Lunchtime Theater — Star City Playhouse; January 25 — 7:30 p.m. — Virginia Tech v. George Washington and January 26 — 7:30 p.m. — Virginia Tech v. Delaware — Lancer Lot; February 9 — 9:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. - Homeowners Seminar War Memorial and there is now a Yoga Class Roll call 1 being offered on Wednesdays at the Senior Center. Council Member Scheid made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented; the motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Liles and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) — None. Under awards, introductions, presentations, Chief Foster made brief comments and presented a plaque to Officer Kristopher Moore as Officer of the Quarter. Captain Drumond next presented a PowerPoint presentation on the quarterly statistics for the Department, which was a part of the agenda package and is on file in the Town Clerk's Office as a part of the permanent record. Council Member Scheid asked about the decrease in the traffic stops and traffic summons. Captain Drumond responded that the decrease could be attributed to manpower, the number of events that officers work during the months of November and December and the fact that they are down two officers and have one on extended leave. Also, with the increase in drug cases, those usually take up the resources because one officer cannot handle all of them and they are time consuming. With regard to Code Enforcement, Council Member Scheid asked if the three cases that were opened in November were the same three cases that were opened in October. Captain Drumond responded that they are all new cases. Council Member Scheid asked if there was any comparison data before we had the Community Resource Officer and all of the code enforcement was being handled by Planning & Zoning. Captain Drumond responded that he did not have that information, but he could provide that information to Council. Captain Drumond next reviewed two slides that were added to the presentation showing the events and training that the officers participated in for the quarter. The next item on the agenda was a quarterly report from the Vinton Volunteer First Aid Crew. Chief Guffey reviewed his quarterly and annual Approved minutes of Regular Council meeting of December 18, 2018 s 2 reports, which were a part of the agenda package and are on the file in the Town Clerk's Office as a part of the permanent record. Chief Guffey commented there was a big jump in the number of Rehab and Technical Rescue calls in the annual report because they had started doing countywide responses mid -year. Last night the Crew voted to discontinue that program and they are going to repurpose the truck. Now all fire trucks have water on them and there is a protocol for rehab in place. Council Member Scheid asked if there would ever be a time when you would have too many members that you could not get them out on enough calls to keep them motivated and interested. Chief Guffey responded that a lot of the members are associate members and only have to run 24 hours a month and they are at a point now where they are not looking so much for quantity, but for quality. They will also accept applications. Council Member Scheid next asked if the calls that are drug related could be broken out on either a quarterly or yearly basis. Chief Guffey responded it would be difficult to pull those numbers because of how they are put in. Police calls are put in as drug overdose, but their calls are either ALS or ALSC. He could possibly get the numbers and report back to Council. Captain Drumond commented on the 2017 summary from the Virginia Department of Health on the opioid epidemic and that it is skyrocketing. He also commented on the statistics comparing 2016 and 2017 for Fentanyl and Heroin overdose, the number of emergency room visits for opioid as well as the number of Narcans issued and the increase of Hepatitis C cases and HIV. A graph of the State shows lighter shades where there are fewer cases, but Roanoke City and Roanoke County areas are in a darker shaded area. Chief Foster commented that for the first time in history overdose deaths have now surpassed motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the Commonwealth of Virginia and nationwide. Our traffic summonses were down, but drug arrests were nearly double and we are seeing that trend which is affecting all calls for service. Chief Guffey next commented that they have the Medic 21 ambulance back and running and thanked Council for their support. 3 The next item on the agenda was the consideration of public comments regarding an amendment to the Town of Vinton 2004 — 2024 Comprehensive Plan, as amended, to adopt and incorporate by reference the Vinton UDA - Downtown Public Realm Design Guidelines and Action Plan. The Mayor opened the Public Hearing at 7:35 p.m. Anita McMillan commented in September of 2017 the Town was awarded another UDA grant from the VDOT OIPI Office to assist in developing the design guidelines for the UDA and reviewing the zoning and subdivision ordinance. As required by the grant, an advisory committee was established in November of 2017 and the $65,000 grant provided two consultants. The Committee met three times and all documents were made available on the Town's website during the process. On December 18, 2018, the Planning Commission and Town Council had a joint work session and were given a PowerPoint presentation on the Design Guidelines and Action Plan and the framework for staff and Planning Commission members to start working on the zoning and subdivision ordinance. They plan to start working in February and have a list of names to contact for the Committee. Ms. McMillan next commented that the Public Hearing is for the purpose of amending the Comprehensive Plan to adopt the Design Guidelines and Action Plan which states how these guidelines are to be used by staff for any development in the downtown area. The Planning Commission had a work session prior to this joint Public Hearing. Council Member Scheid asked if this would complete the work of the advisory committee. Ms. McMillan responded yes. Once Council adopts the Ordinance, it will be submitted and the grant will be closed. Vice Mayor Liles commented that there were a lot of dedicated citizens that showed up at every meeting and gave good input and it is a good plan to adopt for our comprehensive plan. Hearing no further comments, the Mayor closed the Public Hearing at 7:40 p.m. He then turned the meeting over to Ms. McMillan for the Planning Commission recommendation. Planning Commission Member Patterson made a motion to recommend that Council adopt Public Hearing opened Public Hearing closed rd the Ordinance as presented; the motion was seconded by Planning Commission Member Booth and carried by the following roll call vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — Recommended that Council adopt Patterson, Booth, Benninger, Jones, Liles; Nays Ordinance 0) — None. Adopted Ordinance No. 998 approving Vice Mayor Liles made a motion to adopt the the amendment to the Town of Vinton Ordinance as presented; the motion was 2004 — 2024 Comprehensive Plan, as seconded by Council Member McCarty and amended, to adopt and incorporate by carried by the following roll call vote, with all reference the Vinton UDA— Downtown members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Public Realm Design Guidelines and Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) — None. Action Plan Planning Commission Member Booth made a motion to adjourn the Planning Commission; the motion was seconded by Planning Commission Member Jones and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — Patterson, Booth, Benninger, Jones, Liles; Nays 0) — None. Planning Commission adjourned The next item on the agenda was a further briefing on proposed Ordinance to repeal Article I, In General, and Article II, Recycling, of Chapter 78, Solid Waste, in its entirety by adopting and enacting Article 1, In General, Article Il, Recycling and Article III, Penalties of Chapter 78, Solid Waste, of the Town Code. Joey Hiner first commented that the Public Works Committee met on January 3, 2019 and the main topic of that meeting was the proposed Solid Waste Ordinance and associated comments from Council at the briefing. One addition to the proposed Ordinance is language to allow flexibility in certain circumstances for the Town Manager to make adjustments in operations without having to amend the Ordinance and bringing it back to Council for action. With regard to the information notices that were discussed to be sent out to residents and businesses explaining the new system will be mailed out approximately four weeks prior to the roll -out. There will be a notification letter tailored for the downtown customers and one for all other customers. Public Works staff met with property manager of South Hampton who will be speaking to the Homeowners Association Board at their meeting this Thursday. We discussed that we would be going to the carts, the issue of going onto private 5 property and some options such as dumpsters. Staff also made contact with a Board member for the Dillon Woods Townhomes who will schedule a residents meeting to discuss the issues that will affect them. With regard to downtown businesses, staff has met with several of those businesses, particularly those that have a higher volume of waste and cardboard. At the next Public Works Committee meeting, options for solutions will be reviewed for each of these areas. Vice Mayor Liles asked about the townhouses and apartment building on Fairmont Street and Mr. Hiner responded they have been using a dumpster service for approximately ten years. Vice Mayor Liles next expressed his concerns with the residents of South Hampton and Dillon Woods being homeowners and having to pay for their trash pickup since they do pay taxes to the Town. Mr. Hiner responded that the Town is looking at some sort of cost share or what it would cost for the Town to offer dumpster service and we have also offered to assist them with putting in pads for those dumpsters and the screening that is required to go around them. It would require the individual residents to take their trash to that dumpster, but in speaking with the property manager, she said that could take of some issues they have been experiencing with their residents relating to keeping the trashcans in back of the units. Vice Mayor Liles next asked about the location of a dumpster in Dillon Woods and that out front would not be a good option. Mr. Hiner commented that staff agreed that would not be a good location and another option that was suggested could be to provide smaller carts for them that could be taken to the curb at either Dillon Drive or Hardy Road. There are 13 units, so you would be looking at six facing one direction and seven the other. Also, each unit has a garage and there would not be room for the larger cart. Council Member Scheid commented that we are trying to work with these different residential areas whether it is Dillon Woods with 13 units or South Hampton with 108 units and have them be part of the solution to figure out something that will work for everyone. Vice Mayor Liles commented that he did not like the cost sharing because we should be picking up their trash no matter what and if we are not going to pick up their trash, we should not pick up the trash from the churches that do not pay taxes. Mr. Hiner responded that he is using the term cost share, but we are evaluating the cost and considering having the Town bear the greater portion of that cost. The Mayor commented on the screening for dumpsters and his concerns about how they are constructed in town. Anita McMillan commented the current zoning only requires restaurants to screen, but since 1995 most all developments have to go through a site plan process and we have been able to get them to screen even though it was not restaurant. As they review the zoning ordinance for amendments, they will be looking at the screening requirements for any type of business. The Mayor commented that his concerns are the type of screening because there is some screening that is very ineffective such as at the shopping center. There were also comments and discussion concerning the storage of the trash cans near the curb, which issue is addressed in the new ordinance. Council Member Scheid asked about the timeline and more detail about the conversations with the downtown business owners. Mr. Hiner responded that currently we collect three days a week in the downtown area usually between 6 and 7:00 a.m. The refuse particularly on East Lee is placed on the sidewalk; however, some of the businesses do not open until 8 or 9 a.m. and we do not want them to leave their trash out over the weekend if they are closed. Vinton Appliance and the Dogwood Restaurant have their own private alley to store their carts; however, we pick up cardboard from them and we are working with them to find solutions for their cardboard. We are hoping to work out something so the cardboard can be recycled. The businesses across the street do not have an alley to place their carts. On West Lee, those businesses have an alley to place their carts. We have talked with them to get their input and are working to see what solution would work best for them. Council Member Scheid commented that we have been picking up an enormous amount of cardboard from Vinton Appliance for years. Mr. Hiner commented that Vinton 7 Appliance has the largest amount of cardboard, but there are some other businesses downtown that have cardboard as well. The Town Manager commented that we originally were requesting to schedule the Public Hearing for February 5` . However, to have time to still continue to work with the matters just discussed, we could schedule the Public Hearing for February 19th and still meet our timeline. In order to meet our schedule, we do need for Council to authorize staff to start the process of ordering the carts. We have an idea of the number we need to move forward with and would like to get a purchase order issued. Council Member Scheid commented that it is important to move the Public Hearing out again to allow staff to continue to have these conversations and she is in support of ordering the carts as soon as possible. The Town Manager commented that the funding is already in this year's budget to utilize fund balance. Council Member Stovall commented that he agrees we should order the carts. With regard to South Hampton, he does not want to have a Public Hearing unless the citizens there understand what the situation is. He does not want to have the Public Hearing and they feel they do not have an opportunity to voice their opinion. Vice Mayor Liles commented that he knows people that live up there and the Board would probably make a decision and just tell the citizens what they are going to do. Council Member Scheid commented we need to set the Public Hearing for February 19th and let the property manager know about the date. The Town Manager commented that we have the addresses and the names of the owners and tenants. We could let the property manager know that we going to send out a notice to assist her in getting the information out. A very small percentage of people attend the HOA meetings. Council Member Scheid made a motion to advertise the Public Hearing for February 19, 2019 and immediately authorize the ordering of the carts; the motion was seconded by Council Member Stovall and carried by the following roll call vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) — None. U Approved advertising the Public Hearing for February 19, 2019 and immediately authorized the ordering of the carts 0 The Town Manager commented again on the notice and its contents that will be sent out to the downtown area and everyone outside of the downtown area. The timeline is to start the roll out the first part of April, so the notices would need to go out the first part of March. The Town Manager announced that the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority tipper has been fixed and the Tinker Creek Transfer Station has resumed normal rail haul. We do not have to take our trash to Salem and the RVRA worked with the Town during the holidays and allowed us to take our trash to Tinker Creek. Under reports from Council Committees, Anne Cantrell first commented that the Finance Committee met on January 8, 2019. The first item on the agenda was to consider a new rate study on the water system. Davenport completed a study five years ago. In talking with VML/VACo about financing options for different projects and meters, the indicated that could do the study for us at a cost of $12,500, which is less than we paid for the prior study. They can take a look at all of the upcoming projects, what we would want for a cash fund and debt fund and make a presentation to Council on how to accomplish that. The Committee next discussed options for upgrading our meters. Our current system is a manual read which requires two meter readers that go out every other month and manually type in the readings in a hand held devise. We have converted most of our businesses to the drive -by meters and it has been a very significant upgrade. We get a much better report by using an antenna to get the reading. The other option would be a remote read system, which is what the Western Virginia Water Authority and others have. This option uses an antenna placed on a location somewhere in town which automatically sends the readings and also sends alerts if there is a high usage or leak. We would like to consider this as a briefing on the rate study and would like to bring that matter back to the next meeting for Council to consider action on the contract. The long -term goal is to have a rate study that could possibly be enacted by January of 2020. That would allow us to change the rates during a period that it is not high flow in order to have the least impact for our customers. 0 With further regard to the meters, Ms. Cantrell next commented that we have seen an increase in revenue just from the meters we have replaced on our businesses. These meters read to the 100`h of the gallon now, but the ones we are looking at could read to the 10th of a gallon. This could be pretty significant because anything at the 60`h gallon goes up in the rate structure. We think this could be a 2% increase in revenue at a conservative level which would be approximately 75,000. Based on the rates that we got from VML, even if we went to the remote read system, we believe it would be $76,000 just by switching the meters out which would pay for the debt on the meters. Based on the system now, we estimate that we have written off about $38,000 in revenue from leaks on the citizens' side. The drive by would catch it a month sooner, which would reduce the write -offs to about $19,000 and with the remote read, we think we would catch it immediately and would have a very small write - off amount of perhaps $1- 2,000. The next item discussed was the capital asset threshold. When we are getting ready for our audit, anything over $5,000 has to be listed as a capital asset, which means that we depreciate it and track it. That is the minimum threshold from GFOA. Staff requested to increase it to $10,000 and the Finance Committee gave their approval. Ms. Cantrell next reviewed the November Financial Statement. In the General Fund, we estimated to be $1.8 million in the negative, but it ended up being $1.2 million. The Grant Fund, Utility Fund and Stormwater Fund were in the positive. With regard to cash, the General Fund was in the negative $324,000, which is very typical for this time of year and how we are using cash balance. Our General Fund investments are at $2.4 million and the total balance is $2.1 million. Our Grant Fund was still negative because as we are waiting for reimbursements from our State and Federal agencies. The Utility Fund was positive with $1.2 million in the checking account, 45,000 in utility deposits and investments of 714,000. The Stormwater Account was positive. Ms. Cantrell next commented that with revenues and expenditures, in the General Fund we were over 115 %. The main items that attributed to this ITO were real property taxes, which means we took in a higher percentage than we expected before our December 5th deadline; the consumer utility tax was up, but last year we decreased the budget and now it is coming in high. Our business license tax was $5,000 above what we estimated, the cigarette tax was $2,000 above what we estimated and the meals tax was 24,000 above what was estimated with Macado's only being open for one week. The revenue from use of property was up $9,000 and our charges for services, which includes our fee for transport and other items were also up 5,000. Our recovered costs were $37,000 to the good, but most of that is an insurance claim that we will be bringing to Council at a later date to appropriate down to our expenditure. The best category was our state sales tax which was over 85,000 what was estimated. Other categorical aid was about $73,000 above what was estimated due to the highway maintenance funds coming in at more than was budgeted. With regard to fines and forfeitures from the Police Department, they are under budget approximately $9,500.00. As Captain Drumond explained in their presentation tonight, the criminal cases are up and those typically are not the fines and forfeitures that you get from your traffic stops. For use of money we are down 17,000, charges for services for the War Memorial are under budget approximately 18,000 and miscellaneous income is under 13,000. For the Grant Fund, we are still waiting on some DMV reimbursements, but the expenditures are in line. In the Utility Fund, our revenue is $160,000 over what we thought it would be and we are at 112% of our budget. In researching why revenue was higher, most of it was that utilization was up in all areas and collections are coming in. With regard to expenditures we are over in legal and communication services. We are over in maintenance, streets and bridges, but most of that is timing. With regard to Valley Metro, we just received the bills for five months in January, so there is no expense showing on this report. 11 Our Grant Fund is coming in as expected and our Utility Fund is $203,000 to the positive or 87 %. We did have an overage in the wastewater and water administration, but that was due to the purchase of some capital equipment. The Stormwater Fund is underspent with $48,000 remaining and expenditures of 72% of the budget. Council Member Scheid made a motion to approve the November 2018 Financial Report as presented; the motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Liles and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) None The Mayor commented on the past year and expressed appreciation to everyone who played a part in all of the great accomplishments. He is looking forward to 2019. To go along with the accomplishments, he has asked Ms. McMillan and the Town Manager to prepare an outline of all of the grants that we have received in the Town and make a presentation to Council at a future meeting. Comments from Council: All members of Council echoed the Mayor's comments regarding the accomplishments of 2018. Vice Mayor Liles commented on the 85 new residents that we will have at the William Byrd apartments next year and some interest happening with the 40 acres of developable land on Niagara and Shelbourne. Council Member McCarty commented on the Vinton Needy Family program and what they did during the holiday season. Council Member Scheid asked about the surveys on the Housing Study. Anita McMillan commented they received 23 and that Nathan McClung delivered them door to door. Mr. Peters commented that there will be a follow -up meeting in February with those that completed the surveys and then the process will start with doing the audit work for each individual residence. Ms. McMillan further commented that the gift cards donated from town businesses were helpful in getting the responses. Council Member Scheid next asked if staff has had any feedback on the changes to Valley Metro. The Town Manager responded he has not received any negative or positive feedback and that the bus shelter is being moved from the library site to the Approved the November 2018 Financial Report 12 site in front of the Municipal Building. Council Member Scheid next commented that it would be good to look at how having the Community Resource Officer doing the code enforcement is working. After comments from Ms. McMillan, Council Member Scheid further commented that we need to be aware of how it is working because we received some criticism of the decision to move it to the Police Department. Dave Jones commented that he can see a difference with the Planning Office being able to do the things they are assigned to do. The Town Manager commented that for any code enforcement issues that come to his office, Officer Bray is very responsive in dealing with those and reporting back to him. Council Member Stovall commented that a private business owner had complimented Mr. Peters on how he represents the Town throughout the Roanoke Valley. Under appointments to Boards /Commissions/ Committees, Vice Mayor Liles made a motion to appoint Sara Reid to the Roanoke Valley Regional Cable TV Committee to an unexpired term beginning January 15, 2019 and ending August 31, 2021; the motion was seconded by Council Member Scheid and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) — None. The next item on the agenda was a request to convene in Closed Meeting, pursuant to § 2.2- 3711 (A) (3) of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, for discussion or consideration of the acquisition of real property located on South Pollard Street and Cedar Avenue for a public purpose, where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body and pursuant to § 2.2 -3711 (A) (29) of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, for discussion of contract negotiations with Roanoke County, namely the Gain Sharing Agreement, Council Member McCarty made a motion to convene in Closed Session; the motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Liles and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) — None. Council went into Closed Session at 8:45 p.m. Appointed Sara Reid to the Roanoke Valley Regional Cable TV Committee to an unexpired term beginning January 15, 2019 and ending August 31, 2021 13 At 9:26 p.m., the regular meeting reconvened and the Certification that the Closed Meeting was held in accordance with State Code requirements was approved on motion by Council Member Stovall; seconded by Council Member McCarty and carried by the following roll call vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) - None. The Mayor commented that Council has before them the matter of moving forward to purchase property located on the comer of Cedar Avenue and First Street, commonly known as the Wells Fargo lot and also two parcels located on the corner of South Pollard Street and Cedar Avenue. The first parcel is valued at $5,000.00 and the second parcels are valued at $125,000.00. Vice Mayor Liles made a motion to proceed with the purchase of these three properties; the motion was seconded by Council Member McCarty carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 4 -0; Yeas (4) — Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays 0) — None; Absent (1) - McCarty. Vice Mayor Liles made a motion to adjourn the meeting; the motion was seconded by Council Member Stovall and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 5 -0; Yeas (5) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Liles, Grose; Nays (0) — None. The meeting was adjourned at 9:28 p.m. EST: Susan N. Johnson, 9MC, Town Clerk Certification of Closed meeting Authorized the purchase of property located on the corner of Cedar Avenue and First Street, commonly known as the Wells Fargo lot and two parcels located on the corner of South Pollard Street and Cedar Avenue Meeting adjourned APPROVED: / Bradley E. Grose, Mayor 14 AT A CLOSED MEETING OF THE VINTON TOWN COUNCIL HELD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE VINTON MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 311 SOUTH POLLARD STREET, VINTON, VIRGINIA. CERTIFICATION THAT A CLOSED MEETING WAS HELD IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Vinton, Virginia has convened a closed meeting on this date, pursuant to an affirmative recorded vote and in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; and, WHEREAS, Section 2.2 -3712 of the Code of Virginia requires a certification by the Vinton Town Council that such closed meeting was conducted in conformity with Virginia Law. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Vinton Town Council hereby certifies that to the best of each member's knowledge: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from opening meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certification applies; and 2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Town Council. Motion made by Council Member Stovall and seconded by Council Member McCarty with all in favor. Cler of Council