HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/23/2015 - Regular MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF VINTON TOWN COUNCIL HELD AT 6:15 P.M. ON
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015 IN THE TOWN MANAGER CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE
VINTON MUNICIPAL BUILIDNG, 311 SOUTH POLLARD STREET, VINTON, VIRGINIA,
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bradley E. Grose, Mayor
Matthew S. Hare, Vice Mayor
I. Douglas Adams, Jr.
Sabrina McCarty
MEMBERS ABSENT- Janet Scheid
STAFF PRESENT: Christopher S. Lawrence, Town Manager
Jeff Dudley, Interim Police Chief
The Mayor called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. The Town Manager called the roll with Council
Member Adams, Council Member McCarty, Vice Mayor Hare and Mayor Grose present. Council
Member Scheid was absent.
Vice Mayor Hare made a motion that Council go into a Closed Meeting pursuant to § 2.2-3711 A
(1) of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, for discussion and interviews of prospective
candidates for Chief of Police. The motion was seconded by Council Member Adams and carried
by the following roll call vote, with all members voting: Vote 4-0; Yeas (4) — Adams, McCarty,
Hare, Grose; Nays (0)—None; Absent(1)-Scheid. Council went into Closed Meeting at 6:17 p.m.
At 8:36 pm., 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
Adams, seconded by Vice Mayor Hare and carried by the following vote, with all members voting:
Vote 4-0,- Yeas (4)—Adams, McCarty, Hare, Grose; Nays (0)—None; Absent(1) - Scheid.
Vice Mayor Hare made a motion to adjourn the meeting; the motion was seconded by Council
Member McCarty and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 4-0,- Yeas (4)—
Adams, McCarty, Hare, Grose; Nays (0)— None; Absent (1) - Scheid. The meeting was adjourned
at 8:37 p.m.
APPROVED:
Bradley E. Grose, Mayor
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AT A CLOSED FFTIN F THE VINTON TOWN COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 23, 2115, AT :15 P.M. IN THE TOWN MANAGER CONFERENCE
ROOM F THE VINT( N MUNICIPAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 311 SOUTH
POLLARD STREET,VINT N,VIRGINIA
CERTIFICATION THAT A CLOSED FETING WAS HELD
IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA
WHEREAS,AS, 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, 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 n the motion convening the
closed meeting were heard,discussed or considered by the Town Council.
Motion made by Council Member Adams, and seconded by "Vice Mayor flare, with the
following votes recorded:
ACES: Adams,s,McCarty,Hare, Cruse
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Scheid
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