409 S. Main Street
City of Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Meeting Minutes - Final
City Council
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
5:30 PM
Council Chambers
1.
Roll Call
4 -
Present:
Absent:
Mayor Deanna R. Reed, Vice-Mayor Dany Fleming, Council Member Laura Dent
and Council Member Monica Robinson
1 - Council Member Nasser Alsaadun
3 - City Manager Ande Banks, City Attorney Chris Brown and City Clerk Pam Ulmer
Also Present:
2.
Closed Session
2.a.
Closed Session as authorized by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Virginia
Code Section 2.2-3711(A), under:
Subsection 7 for consultation with legal counsel and staff regarding actual or probable
litigation where such consultation in open session would adversely affect the
negotiating or litigating posture of City Council.
At 5:37., a motion was made by Vice Mayor Fleming seconded by Council Member Dent, to
enter into closed session as authorized by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Virginia
Code Section 2.2-3711(A), under:Subsection 7 for consultation with legal counsel and staff
regarding actual or probable litigation where such consultation in open session would
adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of City Council.
The motion carried with a roll call vote as follows:
4 -
Yes:
Mayor Reed, Vice-Mayor Fleming, Council Member Dent and Council Member
Robinson
0
No:
1 - Council Member Alsaadun
Absent:
Agreement
3.
Adjournment
WITH CLOSED SESSION:
At 6:10 pm p.m. the closed session ended and the regular session reconvened. City
Attorney Brown read the following statement, which was agreed to with a unanimous
recorded vote of Council: I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge (1) only
public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under
Chapter 37 of Title 2.2 of the Code, of Virginia, 1950, as amended, and (2) only such
public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting