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7/9/26, 2:55 PM City Council Work Session - Mar 10, 2026 - City Hall - City Council Conference Room, 2400 Washington Ave - Minutes - Adopted
MINUTES OF CLOSED SESSION
OF THE NEWPORT NEWS CITY COUNCIL
HELD IN THE 10TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
2400 WASHINGTON AVENUE
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026, 5:35 PM
MEMBERS PRESENT: Councilman Marcellus L. Harris III, D. Div.; Mayor Phillip Jones; Councilman Cleon
M. Long, P.E.; Councilwoman Tina L. Vick; Vice Mayor Curtis D. Bethany III;
Councilman Robert S. Coleman; and Councilman John R. Eley III
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
OTHERS PRESENT: Alan K. Archer; Robert Pealo; Aggie Hollingsworth; Darlene Bradberry; Florence
Kingston; Derek Perry; Jody Saunders; Sabrina Joy-Hogg; Virginia Blount-Moore;
Ralph “Bo” Clayton; Eoghan “Owen” Miller; David Freeman; Tiffany Conatser;
Stephanie Martin; Mary Beth Mayer; and Zina F. Middleton
After ascertaining that proper meeting notice had been provided to each member of City Council, Mayor
Jones called the meeting to order and stated the meeting was being held for the following purposes:
To call a closed meeting pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A) of the Code of Virginia,
1950, as amended, subsections: (1) a discussion, consideration, or interview
of prospective candidates for employment; assignment, appointment,
promotion, performance, demotion, salaries, disciplining, or resignation of
specific public officers, appointees, or employees of any public body, the
subject of which is a discussion of prospective candidates for appointment
to boards and commissions, and a discussion of prospective candidates for
the position of city clerk, and (6) a discussion or consideration of the
investment of public funds where competition or bargaining is involved,
where, if made public initially, the financial interest of the governmental unit
would be adversely affected, the subject of which is the potential
investment of public funds in support of one housing development in the
north district of the city and two housing developments in the south district
of the city.
Councilman Long moved for a closed meeting under sections and reasons cited above; seconded by
Councilwoman Vick.
Vote on Roll Call:
Ayes: Harris, Jones, Long, Vick, Bethany, Coleman, Eley
Nays: None
Absent During Vote: None
After reconvening in open session, Councilman Long moved to certify that to the best of each member’s
knowledge (1) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under
the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and (2) only such public business matters as were identified in
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