City Council · Jan 21, 2025

City Council Special Meeting

Agenda Read the transcript3 agenda items · 1 vote, all unanimous · 4 tracked topics

What was decided

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Actions out of closed meeting (if any).
Council unanimously approved the appointment of Bryan D. Foster of Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP as Acting City Manager, effective January 27, 2025, per City Code Section 2-96(b). Compensation governed by contract no. CTR035203 dated January 17, 2025.
Passed, unanimous
- Acting City Manager AppointmentapprovedThe Council unanimously approved the appointment of Bryan D. Foster as Acting City Manager, effective January 27, 2025, in accordance with City Code Section 2-96(b).
- Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP executive placement services contract (CTR035203)approvedContract no. CTR035203 with Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP, dated January 17, 2025, was referenced as governing compensation for the Acting City Manager engagement and confirmed by the Council's action.
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Presented

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Convene a closed meeting to discuss personnel matters. · Closed meeting was convened to discuss personnel matters.
- Personnel MattersThe Council convened a closed meeting to discuss personnel matters, resulting in the appointment of an Acting City Manager.
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Convene a closed meeting to conduct interviews for Boards and Commissions, and discuss appointments to Boards and Commissions. · Closed meeting was convened for Board and Commission interviews and appointment discussions. No actions out of this closed session were recorded.
- Boards and Commissions AppointmentsThe Council convened a closed meeting to interview candidates and discuss appointments to Boards and Commissions; no resulting actions were recorded.

Topics touched · 4

Personnel Matters
Personnel matters have been a recurring subject of closed meetings held by both the City Council and the School Board across an extended period spanning July 2024 through at least September 2026. These sessions are convened under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1), which exempts certain personnel discussions from open-meeting requirements; following each closed session, the respective body typically certifies that only lawfully exempted matters were discussed.
- Outcomes of the majority of scheduled closed sessions remain unknown, as minutes or actions reports are not yet available for many meetings (including those as recent as September 2026).
- The specific personnel matters discussed in closed sessions — other than the January 2025 Acting City Manager appointment and the apparent conclusion of a City Manager search around November 2025 —…
Acting City Manager Appointmentapproved
Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP executive placement services contract (CTR035203)approved
Boards and Commissions Appointments
The City Council regularly conducts interviews and makes appointments to its various boards and commissions through a recurring process that involves closed sessions (typically held as special meetings or work session pre-meetings) followed by formal appointment actions in open session. This process has occurred consistently across the reviewed period, from July 2024 through at least September 2025.
- No outcome has been recorded for the September 16, 2025 closed meeting (Boards and Commissions Interviews, Appointments, and Personnel Matters) — results are pending.
- No outcome has been recorded for the June 17, 2025 closed meeting — results are pending.

Documents · 3

Reporter1
Closed Meeting Motion2
- Closed Meeting Motion 1
- Closed Meeting Motion 2

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