Council moves into executive session to discuss Washington Avenue parking-lot purchase and pending litigation

The Clarksburg City Council read two items that included a resolution "authorizing the Clarksburg may [manager] to enter into a purchase agreement of 75 account on that LLC for Washington Avenue parking lot" and an update regarding current city litigation. Following that reading, a council member moved to adjourn into executive session under "chapter 6, the article 9, section 4 of the West Virginia code" to discuss matters involving purchase, sale, lease, property, advanced construction planning, the investment of public funds and legal matters.

The motion named the persons who should be present in executive session: the mayor, members of the city council, the city manager, the city attorney and the city clerk. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote: "All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries." The council then recessed to executive session; the transcript excerpt ends before any executive-session discussion or decisions were recorded publicly.

Because the discussion was moved to executive session, no further public details about the substance of negotiations for the Washington Avenue parking-lot purchase or the litigation update were disclosed during the portion of the meeting available in the transcript.