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CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
Monday, September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Preserve at Crooked Run, 1356 Camp Fincastle Lane, Fincastle, VA 24090 -3464
1. Call to Order
Roll Call
A special work session/retreat of the Council of the City of Salem, Virginia, was held
at the Preserve at Crooked Run, 1356 Camp Fincastle Lane, Fincastle, VA, 24090 -
3464, on September 29, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., there being present the following
members of said Council, to wit: Renée F. Turk, Mayor; Anne Marie Green, Vice
Mayor; Council members: Byron Randolph Foley, Hunter Holliday, and John
Saunders; with Renée F. Turk, Mayor, presiding; together with Chris Dorsey, City
Manager; Rob Light, Assistant City Manager and Clerk of Council; Crystal L.
Williams, Assistant to the City Manager; Laura Lea Harris, Deputy City Clerk; Thomas
Miller, Director of Economic Development (joined remotely for a portion of the work
session); and Peter Stephenson, AICP, Local Government Specialist, Virginia Risk
Sharing Association; and the following business was transacted:
Mayor Turk reported that this date, place, and time had been set in order for the
Council to hold a work session/retreat and called the meeting to order; and
2. New Business
Mr. Light requested that the agenda be amended in order to hold a Closed Session
Session in accordance with Section 2.2-3711 A(7) of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as
amended, for consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members or
consultants pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where such consultation or
briefing in open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of
the public body.
Randy Foley motioned to amend the agenda to add a Closed Session. John
Saunders seconded the motion.
Ayes: John Saunders, Hunter Holliday, Randy Foley, Anne Marie Green, Renee Turk
Nays: None
Abstaining: None
Council Discussion on Goals and Objectives
Salem City Council met to work on the prioritization of goals and objectives of
Council. Peter Stephenson, Local Government Specialist with the Virginia Risk
Sharing Association facilitated the discussion.
The Closed Session was held at 11:00 a.m..
3. Closed Session
Hold a closed session in accordance with Section 2.2-3711 A(7) of the 1950 Code
of Virginia, as amended, for consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff
members or consultants pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where such
consultation or briefing in open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or
litigating posture of the public body.
Anne Marie Green motioned to that, in accordance with Section 2.2 -3711 A (7) of the
1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, Council hereby convenes to closed session at
11:00 a.m. for the purpose of discussing the following specific matter: Consultation
with legal counsel and briefings by staff members or consultants pertaining to actual
or probable litigation, where such consultation or briefing in open meeting would
adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the public body. Randy Foley
seconded the motion.
Ayes: None
Nays: None
Abstaining: None
Anne Marie Green motioned to reconvene at 11:32 a.m. in accordance with Section
2.2- 3712 D. of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended to date, Council certifies that
in closed session only items lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements
under the Virginia Freedom of Info. Randy Foley seconded the motion.
Ayes: John Saunders, Hunter Holliday, Randy Foley, Anne Marie Green, Renee Turk
Nays: None
Abstaining: None
The Work Session continued with prioritization of goals and objectives by Council.
4. Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Council, the special work
session/retreat was adjourned at 2:59 p.m
Submitted by: Approved by:
H. Robert Light Renée Ferris Turk
Clerk of Council Mayor