At a meeting on Nov. 6, with no public notice or discussion ahead of the vote, the Board of Commissioners of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority voted to terminate its executive director.
No reason was given during the vote, which happened after the commission retreated into a closed session to discuss an unspecified personnel issue, according to a recording of the meeting that was posted almost two weeks later.
Nathan Simms, who had short stints at several municipal housing authorities before starting in Norfolk two years ago, was present and gave a brief presentation during the Nov. 6 meeting. But neither Simms nor any members of the public appeared to be present at the meeting after the board reconvened to vote on Simms’ termination following the closed session…