Leesburg council authorizes town manager to make offer for unspecified real property after closed-session certification

The Leesburg Town Council voted 5-0, with two members absent, to authorize the town manager to make an offer for unspecified real property subject to terms acceptable to the town attorney and final council approval at a future meeting.

Council members first certified the council’s closed meeting under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act before taking the authorization vote. In a certification motion referencing Code of Virginia §2.2-3714, the council voted that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, only public business lawfully exempted from open-meeting requirements was discussed in the closed session; that motion passed 5-0, with two members absent.

The council then approved a motion authorizing the town manager to make an offer for the real property “subject to terms acceptable to the town attorney as part of the negotiations, and to be approved by the council at a future meeting.” The motion was seconded by Councilmember Steinberg and passed 5-0, with Councilmembers Wilt, Steinberg, Nacey, Krakowski and Berg recorded as voting yes and two members absent. The transcript does not identify the property or the proposed purchase price.

Attendance and timing: the meeting record notes that all members were present except Mr. Cummings and Dr. Simino Johnson. The session included the closed-session certification required under the Code of Virginia and the subsequent authorization vote; the council then moved to adjourn.

No additional details about the property, funding source, or a timetable for returning to the council with final terms were included in the public transcript. The approval directs staff to continue negotiations under terms acceptable to the town attorney and to present any final offer for council approval at a later meeting.