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Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center: City audit 2024-05

City of Newport News · Internal AuditFebruary 22, 2024

City Internal Audit report 2024-05, Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center, February 22, 2024, 16 pages; covers July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023. Attachment “Newsome_House_Museum_and_Cultural_Center_Final_Audit_Report_2-22-24.pdf” in request G010528-071425

Newsome House audit follow-through and board authority
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Metadata-only reference to reviewed institutional evidence. Exact source identity and locators are in the description. The request-page URL and raw original files are not published through this record. Report 2024-05, February 22, 2024, 16 pages; audit period July 2022–June 2023; PDF pp. 4–5 and 8–16.

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Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center board: City description

City of Newport News · City Clerk's OfficeDate not specified

City Newsome House board webpage, undated, Members section; reviewed October 18, 2026

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Newsome House audit follow-through and board authority
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Undated City board description, successfully read from the official webpage during the October 18, 2026 review. Its membership-election wording must be read alongside historical governing instruments and later Council appointments. It is not an adopted governing instrument. No new local copy is published.

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Newsome House Foundation: released 1995 and 2005 governing instruments

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDate not specified

Released through City request G010528-071425. “Articles_of_Incorporation_1995.pdf,” PDF pp. 3 and 6; “Newsome_House_Foundation_By-Laws_1995.pdf,” pp. 1–2 and 6; “Amendment_to_Bylaws_-_Newsome_House_2005.pdf,” pp. 1–2.

Newsome House audit follow-through and board authority
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Metadata-only reference to reviewed institutional evidence. Exact source identity and locators are in the description. The request-page URL and raw original files are not published through this record. 1995 articles PDF pp. 3, 6; 1995 bylaws pp. 1–2, 6; adopted May 10, 2005 amendment pp. 1–2.

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Newsome House Foundation: proposed 2025 bylaws and cover letter

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDate not specified

Released through City request G010528-071425. “BYLAWS.docx_propsed_7-8-2025.docx.pdf,” pp. 1, 4, 7–8; “Bylaws_Cover_letter_7-10-25.docx.pdf,” pp. 1–2. The proposal bears June 28 on its last page; its filename labels July 8.

Newsome House audit follow-through and board authority
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Metadata-only reference to reviewed institutional evidence. Exact source identity and locators are in the description. The request-page URL and raw original files are not published through this record. Proposed 2025 bylaws PDF pp. 1, 4, 7–8; accompanying cover letter pp. 1–2. Not proof of adoption.

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Seaview new-ownership discussion: adopted June 9, 2026 minutes

City of Newport News · City CouncilJune 9, 2026

Mayor Jones referenced a City Attorney letter about Seaview and plans to meet new ownership. The minutes do not identify a utility settlement, payment or the letter’s contents.

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Seaview water collections: claims, controls and recoveryNewsome House audit follow-through and board authority
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Official adopted work-session minutes, section II. The appended certificate contains a 2029 year typo; meeting header and discussion identify June 9, 2026. Letter not obtained. Previously retained source, rechecked October 16, 2026.