At the conclusion of Oct. 28's work session Newport News City Council took three formal procedural votes.

Council voted to cancel the second November meeting (the routine November meeting in that slot). The motion passed on a roll-call vote recorded as 7-0.

Council then moved into closed session under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act provision cited in the motion for discussion of prospective business expansion in the northern section of the city and negotiation/consideration of public funds related to a potential public festival and related investment. The motion to hold a closed meeting carried by roll call, 7-0. Councilmember Long made the motion to convene the closed session (other secondary procedural identifications were entered in the record). On return to open session the council adopted the statutory certification that only lawfully exempted public business was discussed and that the matters heard were those identified in the motion; that certification passed on a 7-0 roll-call vote.

These votes were procedural and did not change policy or appropriate funds; they were recorded in the meeting minutes with the standard findings and roll-call tallies.