6:00 PM
502 Old Lynchburg Rd
Charlottesville, VA

Members Present                                                                             

Mike Kelley, Chair                                                                                                                                           
Joe Szakos, Vice-Chair                                                                       
Carol Johnston, Secretary                                                                  
Barbara Barrett, Past Chair                                                                 
Myra Anderson                                                                             
Kathy Tolton                                                                           
Angela Hammond
Neal Walters
Steven Stern

Members Absent 

Wendi Willis El-Amin
Roxanne White
Steve Welsh
William Hale

Others Present

Caruso Brown, Interim Executive Director
Jane Lewis, Human Resources and Training Director
Jessica Spears, Administrative Assistant
John Davidson, Attorney
Anna Szakos

I.  Call to Order

Mr. Kelley called the meeting to order at 6:02 PM.

II. Welcome

Mr. Kelley welcomed everyone to the meeting.

III. Executive Session Motion

A motion was made to go into a closed meeting in compliance with Va. Code § 2.2-3712.  The wording of the motion was: 

The subject matter of this meeting shall be a discussion of the final candidates for the vacant position of Executive Director and a discussion of the contents of any contract into which the board may enter with the successful candidate.

The purpose of this meeting shall be to have a full, frank discussion of the merits of each of the candidates. The purpose of this meeting also shall be to obtain legal advice from the board’s legal counsel about the contents of any contract into which the board may enter with the successful candidate.

The specific references to the applicable exemptions from open meeting requirements provided Va. Code §2.2-3707 are:

Va. Code §2.2-3711(A)(1) for the “[d]iscussion, consideration or interviews of prospective candidates for employment….”

Va. Code §2.2-3711(A)(7) for “consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel.”

The Motion was made by Mr. Szakos and seconded by Ms. Johnston and with unanimous approval from the board, the Executive Session Motion was approved and the Board of Directors moved into closed session. Ms. Lewis, Mr. Brown and Mr. Davidson were invited by the Board of Directors to remain during closed session.

Ms. Johnston, due to a prior engagement, excused herself from the closed session meeting at 6:53 PM. The Board of Directors ended closed session and returned to open session at 7:25 PM. As the first order of business upon re-opening the meeting, Mr. Kelley conducted a roll call, and by a unanimous vote the board agreed as follows:

In the open meeting, the board hereby certifies as follows in compliance with Va. Code §2.2-3712(D):

To the best of each individual board member’s knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under Va. Code §2.2-3711 were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting.

To the best of each individual board member’s knowledge, only public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed session was convened were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting.

Each individual board member, prior to the vote on this motion, was given an opportunity to dissent from this certification. 

All present board members affirmed this motion by voting aye: a listing of those voting in affirmation are as follows: Michael Kelley, Joe Szakos, Barbara Barrett, Angela Hammond, Neal Walters, Steven Stern, Myra Anderson and Katherine Tolton.

IV. Adjournment

On a Motion made by Ms. Hammond and seconded by Mr. Walters at 7:36 PM the February 26, 2007 Region Ten Board Meeting was adjourned.