HomeMy Public PortalAbout1991_03_19SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF THE LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL
MARCH 19, 1991
A Special Meeting of the Leesburg Town Council was held on March 19, 1991, at 7:00 p.m.,
in the Council Chambers, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, Virgini~ pursuant to notice thereof having
been delivered to all councilmembers prior thereto. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor.
Present were: Mayor Robert E. Sevila, Councilmembers Georgia W. Bange, James E. Clem, Christine
M. Forester, Donald A. Kimball, Claxton E. Lovin, and Williazn F. Webb. Also present were: Acting
Town Manager Steven C. Brown, Director of Finance Paul E. York, Deputy Town Attorney Deborah
Welsh and Deputy Clerk of Council Barbara Markland.
Mrs. Forester made the following motion:
Pursuant to Section 2.1-344 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, I move that the Town
Council of the Town of Leesburg go into Executive Session. The authority for this Executive Session
is found in Section 2.1-344(3), of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended. The public business matter
to be discussed is the modification of the contract to purchase Dodona Manor.
The Acting Town Manager, Director of Finance, Deputy Town Attorney and representatives of
the Marshall Committee which include Dan Malone, Diana Kissee, Nestor Sanchez, Elizabeth Pendzich
and B. Powell Harrison are requested to remain for the meeting.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Lovin.
Council went into Executive Session by a role call vote of 4 to 3.
Aye: Councilmembers Forester, Kimball, Lovin and Mayor Sevila
Nay: Councilmembers Bange, Clem and Webb
Mrs. Forester made the following motion:
I move that the Executive Session be adjourned, that the Town Council of the Town of
Leesburg reconvene its public meeting and that the minutes of the public meeting reflect that no
formal action was taken in the Executive Session.
The motion was seconded by Ms. Bange.
Aye: Councilmembers Bange, Clem, Forester, Kimball, Lovin, Webb and Mayor Sevila
Nay: None
On motion of Mrs. Forester, seconded by Ms. Bange, the following resolution was proposed and
unanimously adopted.
91-62 - RESOLUTION - CERTIFYING EXECUTIVE SESSION OF MARCH 19, 1991
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg has this day convened in Executive
Session in accordance with an affirmative recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg
and in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg does
hereby certify that to the best of each member's knowledge, 1) only public business matters lawfully
exempted from open meeting requirements under the Freedom of Information Act were discussed in
the Executive Session to which this certification applies; and 2) only such public business matters as
were identified in the Motion by which the said Executive Session was convened were heard, discussed
or considered by the Town Council of the Town of Leesburg.
Nay:
Councilmembers Bange, Clem, Forester, Kimball, Lovin, Webb and Mayor Sevila
None
On motion of, and duly seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
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Robert E. Sevila, Ma~yor
Town of Leesburg
Clerk of Council
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