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LIKE TO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER.
WE CAN GO BACK TO HIM AND CONTINUE.
ARE YOU PRESENT? IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO MUTE YOURSELF, DROP SOMETHING IN THE CHAT OR TEXT ONE OF US AND YOU CAN HOP OFF AND JOIN BACK ON.
CAN Y'ALL NOT HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW MAYOR PARTON TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY? SO MOVE.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILLOR HARRIS, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR DENTON.
MAYOR PARTNER, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE THE REASON AND LOCATION FOR JOINING US VIRTUALLY TODAY? YES, I AM, UH, IN VIRGINIA BEACH WITH MY NATIONAL GUARD UNIT.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING ROLL CALL PLEASE.
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JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR OUR GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE, THE AGENDA THAT WAS, UM, THE NOTICE THAT WAS PROVIDED HAS A SEVEN 30 CLOSED SESSION AND THEN AN EIGHT 30 OPEN MEETING.UM, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THAT AGENDA, PLEASE.
SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR PELLUM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED MEETING? SO MOVED.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL HOLLY.
ANY DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE TO READ THE PURPOSE? LET'S MAKE A MOTION FIRST.
I MEAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN STATE FOR THE RECORD, BUT IT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKET THAT I'D BE A PART OF.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
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UM, POLL'S.APPOINT MADAM CLERK, YOU READ THE MOTION OUT LOUD FOR THE AUGUST I WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL ASK THE ATTORNEY AND SEE MANAGER TO JOIN THIS ENCLOSED SESSION IN THE BACKGROUND.
JUST YOU CAN STATE IT JUST FOR REFERENCE.
SHE MAY POINT MOVE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A SEVEN.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSELING PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE.
AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH DISCUSSION WILL BE AIDED THEREBY EIGHT 30, LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
SINCE YOU'RE RECONVENING INTO OPEN MEETING, I THINK IT'S SUFFICIENT TO NOT HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL.
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WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE FIRST, THE ONLY ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.UM, DIRECTOR MARTINEZ, VICE MAYOR, WARD MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOA FOR THE SWIM TEAM FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT COUNCIL ENDORSED THE PROPOSED MOA FOR THE NOVA SOUTH 20 25, 20 26 SEASON.
WE MENTIONED EARLIER BEFORE, UM, QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT THE REVENUES WOULD BE JUST FIRE.
SINCE I'VE TAKEN OFFICE, UH, OR THIS POSITION, WE ACTUALLY STARTED OFF IN A NEGATIVE AS A NET LOSS.
UM, AND EVER SINCE THEN, WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY INCREASED THAT.
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CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT EVEN MORE SO BY ELIMINATING THE SWIM TEAM TO THREE LANES AND PROPOSING TO GO BACK TO SWIM LESSONS, WHICH WE CAN GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUES SO THAT WHAT WE DO LOSE IN THE ADDITIONAL THREE LANES, WE'LL ACTUALLY GAIN BACK PLUS BY DOING SWIM LESSONS.SO IF I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE PRESENTATION AND OR MOA COUNSELOR, UH, HOLLOWAY.
HOLLOWAY, UH, I'LL, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OKAY.
TO, UH, APPROVE THIS MOA AGREEMENT AS LISTED.
DO I NEED TO, MADAM I'M ATTORNEY AND READ IT? YES.
UH, DO I HAVE TO READ THE MOA INTO THE RECORD? YOU EITHER STATE THE PURPOSE, THE RECOMMENDATION HERE.
YEAH, JUST STATE THE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TO READ WHAT THEY WROTE.
YOU CAN JUST STATE THAT YOU SAID.
JUST STATE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MOA IS.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOA.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL TO ENDORSE THE PROPOSED MOA FOR NOVA SOUTH 2025 2026 CAESAR.
SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCILLOR HOLLOWAY AND SECOND BY COUNCILLOR HARRIS.
MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT? YES.
SECOND ROLL CALL VICE MAYOR GORE.
FELICE, I, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THOSE OTHER HOLIDAYS.