The Richmond City Council voted to allow Council member Stephanie Lynch to participate in the informal meeting by electronic communication after the clerk reported she requested remote attendance because of a medical condition.

Council President Newbill solicited a motion to approve Lynch's remote participation under council rules. Council member Jones moved the motion and Council member Gibson seconded. The council then conducted a roll-call vote: Council member Breaton, Council member Gibson, Council member Jones, Council member Trammell, Council member Abbe Bakr, Vice President Jerruddin and President Newbill voted in favor. Councillor Robertson was absent. The clerk said Lynch would be connected as soon as she was available.

The clerk cited council procedure — specifically rule 3d4b of the council's rules of procedure — as the basis for seeking the motion and vote from members physically assembled. The motion, moved by Jones and seconded by Gibson, passed on the recorded voice roll call with no recorded no votes, abstentions, or recusals.

No formal debate about the request was recorded beyond the clerk's reading of the rule and the council's motion and roll call. The meeting proceeded to docket review after the vote.