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Mayor Bobby Dyer convened a special formal session of the Virginia Beach City Council on May 12, 2026. The primary purpose of the meeting was to enter a closed session to discuss sensitive matters. The agenda for the closed session included two public contracts, identified as "Project Hummingbird" and "VB National NLO RFP," and personnel matters concerning appointments to various council boards, commissions, committees, and other agencies. Before the vote to recess, council members made brief announcements. Council member Kelly announced his 13th community meeting, scheduled for the upcoming Thursday at Beach Middle School, to discuss the budget, public safety, and First Landing State Park. Council member Cash announced that the Shriners of Georgia's Imperial Conclave would be visiting the oceanfront and making charitable donations to local organizations, including Union Mission, Reset Inc., and MAX, a job readiness program. Following these announcements, the council unanimously voted to recess into the closed session. The mayor indicated the council would reconvene in open session afterward to certify the closed session.
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Council
Good afternoon, everyone. And we're going to get going with this little bit of a special meeting today.
0:15Uh honorable member honorable members of City Council in accordance with the Virginia Beach City Code 2-21 and by the authority vested in me as the mayor of the City of Virginia Beach, I hereby call for a special formal session of the Virginia Beach City Council Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 at 4:30 uh City Council conference room C034 uh building one, second floor, 2401 Courthouse Drive.
0:44The purpose of this special formal meeting is to allow City Council following its regularly scheduled formal session listed in [clears throat] the attached agenda to convene to a closed session to consider the following matters.
0:58Number one, public contract uh Project Hummingbird VB National NLO RFP and personnel matters of the Council appointment boards, commissions, committees authorities agencies task forces and uh appointees.
1:15At the conclusion of the closed session the City Council will reconvene into an open session for the purpose of certifying the closed session.
1:26That formal session will be broadcast on cable TV, VirginiaBeach.gov, and Facebook Live.
1:32Sincerely, Bobby Dyer.
1:34Okay, and now we're going to go right into the close.
1:38Okay, uh the chair will entertain a motion to recess into a closed session pursuant to the meeting. All right, Council member Kelly, give you a moment. I just got Council discussion comment card. Oh, okay.
1:52Yeah, any you know, we'll go with work and anybody else and then cash. So, I'll be quick. I'll have my 13th community meeting this Thursday [snorts] night at B.B. Middle School which is New Beach Middle School at 6:30. It starts promptly 6:30 this Thursday. We'll talk about the budget, public safety, the tip fund, and the greatest park in the state of Virginia, uh First Landing State Park. Thank you.
2:17Okay, Cash. I'm grateful to congratulations.
2:21One of one of the greatest parks. I was going to say wait a minute, man.
2:26So, I'm grateful to have um and to be able to host the Shriners of Georgia.
2:32The Imperial Conclave is going to be coming to the oceanfront. And so, this is uh something that is um very important to their mission of giving back charity. Um and we're grateful that they're going to be coming to Virginia Beach this weekend starting um tomorrow and then they have their um uh events to kick off on Friday, which the mayor and myself will be there. And then Saturday is their dinner, but
3:00they're really coming to Virginia Beach to um give to Union Mission, uh to the uh Reset Inc., which is a food pantry, and then to special needs um community uh with um uh MAX, which is off of Centerville Turnpike. And that's a um a job readiness program for the special needs community. So, I'm grateful to have the Imperial Conclave coming to Virginia Beach.
3:28Okay.
3:29Great. Anybody else at this point?
3:32Okay. [snorts] The chair will entertain entertain a motion to recess into a closed session pursuant to the exemption from open meeting allowed by Section 2.2 uh for the following purposes.
3:49Public contract, uh discussion or award of public contract involving the expenditure of public funds and discussion of the terms and scope of such contract where if the discussion in an open meeting uh, session would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiation strategy of the public body pursuant to section 2.237 11A 29 and first is uh, project Hummingbird and second is VBD of RFP and then also for
4:24personal matters discussions, considerations, or interviews of prospective candidates for employment, assignment appointment promotion performance demotion salaries disciplining or resignation of specific public officers, appointees, or employees of public body pursuant to section 2.237 11A1 and council appointments for boards, commissions committees authorities agencies, and non-appointees. Do I have
4:52a motion? So moved. Second. Okay.
4:54[snorts] [clears throat] Aye.
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5:13Okay, we are recessed and closed.
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5:47Okay, we are closed camera and we'll see you out in the front in about 50 12 minutes. Yes.