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Organizational Development Standing Committee

December 2, 2024 ·4:00 PM Final

Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall

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Agenda — 53 items

  1. 1 Call to Order
  2. 1 Members Present
  3. 2 Chamber Emergency Evacuation Plan Announcement
  4. 2 The Honorable Kristen Nye – Chair The Honorable Ann-Frances Lambert – Vice Chair The Honorable Andreas Addison – Member (late arrival) The Honorable Nicole Jones – Member The Honorable Katherine Jordan – Member The Honorable Stephanie Lynch – Member (early departure) The Honorable Cynthia Newbille – Member The Honorable Ellen Robertson – Member The Honorable Reva Trammell – Member
  5. 3 Approval of Minutes
  6. 3 Others in Attendance
  7. 4 October 7, 2024 - Organizational Development Meeting Minutes CD.2024.357
  8. 4 Laura Drewry, City Attorney Susan McKenney, Senior Assistant City Attorney Candice Reid, City Clerk RJ Warren, Deputy City Clerk
  9. 5 Reports from City Administration, Council Staff and Other Parties
  10. 6 Cost-of-Living Adjustments Update
  11. 6 Chair Kristen Nye called the meeting to order at 4:53 p.m., and presided.
  12. 7 New Councilmember Orientation Update
  13. 7 Electronic Participation
  14. 8 Consideration of Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Similar Entities
  15. 8 Pursuant to Rule III(D)(4)(b) of Council’s Rules of Procedure, Member Stephanie Lynch made a request to participate in the meeting via Microsoft Teams from the Hilton BNA Nashville Airport, due to work travel to Nashville, Tennessee, that prevented her physical attendance. The committee members present were required to adopt a motion to approve Member Lynch's participation in the meeting by electronic communication means if it appeared to the body that her request complied with Rule III(D) of Council’s Rules of Procedure. A motion was solicited from those members physically assembled to approve Member Lynch's participation in the meeting by electronic communication means.
  16. 9 December 2, 2024 - Organizational Development Board Vacancy Report CD.2024.363
  17. 9 Member Cynthia Newbille moved to allow Member Stephanie Lynch to participate in the meeting by electronic communication means. The motion was seconded and approved: Ayes 7, Jordan, Jones, Robertson, Trammell, Newbille, Lambert, Nye. Noes None.
  18. 10 Reports of Standing Committees
  19. 11 Education and Human Services
  20. 11 There were no corrections or amendments to the minutes of the Monday, October 7, 2024 Organizational Development Standing Committee meeting, at 4:00 p.m., and the minutes were approved as presented.
  21. 12 Finance and Economic Development
  22. 13 Governmental Operations
  23. 14 Land Use, Housing and Transportation
  24. 15 City Council standing committee chairs provided members with an update regarding committee action.
  25. 15 Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Lincoln Saunders provided the committee with an update regarding plans to evaluate the wage compensation forthe City Mayor. CAO Saunders informed the committee that the Department of Human Resources was currently conducting an analysis to determine a cost-of-living increase for the designated mayoral salary.
  26. 16 Paper(s) for Consideration
  27. 16 President Kristen Nye stated that the anticipated goal is to increase the mayor's salary on July 1, 2025.
  28. 17 There were no papers for consideration.
  29. 18 Discussion Item(s)
  30. 18 President Kristen Nye provided members with an update regarding the planned new Councilmember orientation scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
  31. 19 There were no discussion items.
  32. 20 Closed Session
  33. 20 Pamela Nichols, Council Management Analyst, reviewed board vacancies for the committee’s consideration.
  34. 21 Certification of Closed Meeting
  35. 21 A copy of the material provided has been filed.
  36. 22 WHEREAS, the Organizational Development Standing Committee has convened in closed meeting on this date pursuant to an affirmative recorded vote and in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; and
  37. 23 Vice Chair Ann-Frances Lambert moved to forward the following appointment application to Council with the recommendation to approve:
  38. 24 Board of Commissioners of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority: Marika McCray
  39. 25 The motion was seconded and approved: Ayes 8 Jordan, Jones, Robertson, Lynch, Trammell, Newbille, Lambert, Nye. Noes None. Addison had not yet arrived.
  40. 26 page break
  41. 33 Member Andreas Addison arrived at 5:10 p.m., and was seated.
  42. 35 At 5:10 p.m., Member Cynthia Newbille moved that the Organizational Development Standing Committee go into a closed meeting pursuant to (i) subdivision (A)(1) of section 2.2-3711 of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to discuss and consider the appointment process to fill the position of a Council Chief of Staff and the salaries of certain Council appointees and (ii) subdivision (A)(8) of section 2.2-3711 of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to consult with legal counsel employed by the Council regarding a City Auditor report on certain contractor charges requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel.
  43. 36 The was motion seconded and unanimously approved.
  44. 37 Member Stephanie Lynch left the meeting at 6:47 p.m.
  45. 38 Member Cynthia Newbille motioned to exit closed session. The motion was seconded and approved: Ayes 8, Addison, Jordan, Jones, Robertson, Trammell, Newbille, Lambert, Nye. Noes None.
  46. 39 Members reconvened in open session at 6:49 p.m.
  47. 42 WHEREAS, Section 2.2-3712 of the Code of Virginia requires a certification by the Organizational Development Standing Committee that such closed meeting was conducted in conformity with Virginia law:
  48. 43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
  49. 44 That the Organizational Development Standing Committee hereby certifies that to the best of each member's knowledge (i) only public matters lawfully exempt from open meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certifying resolution applies; and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Organizational Development Standing Committee.
  50. 45 WITNESS the following vote of committee members, as recorded by Candice D. Reid, City Clerk:
  51. 46 CERTIFYING: DECLINING TO CERTIFY: Kristen M. Nye, Chair Ann-Frances Lambert Vice Chair Andreas D. Addison Nicole Jones Katherine A. Jordan Cynthia I. Newbille Ellen F. Robertson Reva M. Trammell
  52. 47 Adjournment
  53. 48 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.