CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL
                                    January 11, 2021
                               EMERGENCY MEETING
                                Virtual/electronic meeting

11:00 A.M. EMERGENCY MEETING

        Pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3712, the Charlottesville City Council met on
Monday, January 11, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. for an emergency meeting. The meeting was held
electronically pursuant to local ordinance #O-20-156 to ensure the continuity of government and
prevent the spread of disease during the coronavirus pandemic.

       Mayor Walker called to order at 11:00 a.m. with the following members present: Mayor
Nikuyah Walker, Vice Mayor Sena Magill, and Councilors Heather Hill, Michael Payne, and
Lloyd Snook.

       On motion by Councilor Hill, seconded by Vice Mayor Magill, Council voted 5-0 (Ayes:
Hill, Magill, Payne, Snook, Walker. Noes: none) to meet in closed session as authorized by
Virginia Code Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) for the following:

       (i)     discussion or consideration of one or more prospective candidates for
               employment or appointment to the position of city manager;

       (ii)    discussion of a public contract involving the expenditure of public funds, and of
               the terms or scope of such contract, where discussion in open session would
               adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body;

       (iii)   for consultation with legal counsel regarding any or all of the matters proposed to
               be discussed in the closed meeting, as listed above


       On motion by Councilor Hill, seconded by Councilor Snook, Council certified by the
following vote: 5-0 (Ayes: Hill, Magill, Payne, Snook, and Walker. Noes: None.), that to the best
of each Council member’s knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from the
open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and identified in the
Motion convening the closed session were heard, discussed or considered in the closed session.

       The meeting adjourned at 4:26 p.m.

BY Order of City Council                                    BY Kyna Thomas, Clerk of Council