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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 28, 1984 Regular Meeting372 A Regular Meeting of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors was held on March 28, 1984, at 7:15 P.M., in the Board of Supervisors' Meeting Room, 9 Court Square, Winchester, Virginia. PRESENT Kenneth Y. Stiles, Chairman; Will L. Owings, Vice - Chairman; Robert M. Rhodes; Rhoda W. Maddox; David L. Smith and C. William Orndoff, Jr. CALL TO ORDER The Chairman called the meeting to order. INVOCATION The invocation was delivered by the Reverend Fred Duckett of the First Baptist Church. ADOPTION OF AGENDA Mr. Smith stated that he would like to read a letter concerning the closing of the Middletown School. Mr. Riley stated that he had an emergency ordinance dealing with the regulation of and disposal of diseased fowls. Mr. Stiles stated that Mr. Charles Hott, Chairman of the School Board, had requested time on the Agenda. Mr. Riley stated that Mrs. Debbie Alverson had requested to appear before the Board with reference to the closing of the Middletown School. Mr. Rhodes requested time under "County Officials ". Mr. Orndoff requested time under "County Officials ". Upon motion made by David L. Smith, seconded by Robert M. Rhodes and passed unanimously, the Agenda was adopted as amended. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Upon motion made by Will L. Owings, seconded by Robert M. Rhodes and passed unanimously, the minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 8, 1984 were approved as submitted. Upon motion made by C. William Orndoff, Jr., seconded by David L. Smith and passed unanimously, the minutes of the Special Meeting of February 15, 1984 were approved as submitted. Mr. Orndoff stated that on Page 2, last paragraph, of the minutes of the Special Meeting of February 21, 1984, that it should read "Ms. Stadler" and not "Mr. Stadler ". Upon motion made by David L. Smith, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the minutes of the Special Meeting of February 21, 373 1984, as amended, and the minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 22, 1984, were approved. COUNTY OFFICIALS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION REQUEST FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - APPROVED Mr. Riley stated that the County had received a request from the Campbell County Board of Supervisors requesting that this Board approve a resolution requesting that the Governor veto House Bill 558 which had been passed by both Houses of the Legislature. Upon motion made by Robert M. Rhodes, seconded by Rhoda W. Maddox and passed unanimously, the following resolution was approved: THAT the Governor should be requested to veto House Bill 558 which has been passed in both Houses of the Legislature. This veto should be enacted because there was not adequate knowledge of this Bill and its impact on the jurisdictions that will be charged with funding this mandate, and the mandate should not be enacted and the support given to units that do not participate in the general rules and policies pertaining to personnel of that local government; further, if such participation is to be mandated, it should be funded 100% by the agency which establishes the mandate. SHENANDOAH AREA AGENCY ON AGING PRESENTED ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD Dr. Mary Spencer was present at the meeting and stated that she would be happy to answer any questions the Board might have on the Agency's Annual Report. Mr. Stiles thanked Dr. Spencer on behalf of the Board for the Report. There was no action taken. APPOINTMENT TO BOARD OF BUILDING APPEALS TABLED UNTIL NEXT BOARD MEETING Mr. Stiles asked if any of the Board Members had an appointment to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Fred Showalter, Jr. Inasmuch as there were no nominations at this time, this item will be tabled until the next Board Meeting. LETTER FROM DR. WALKER RE: THE CLOSING OF THE MIDDLETOWN SCHOOL, TO BOARD MEMBER DAVID SMITH, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD Mr. Smith read the following letter he had received from Dr. Walker, Superintendent of Schools, addressing the closing of the Middletown School: March 28, 1984 Mr. David L. Smith, Member Frederick County Board of Supervisors Shawnee District Route 1, Box 242K Winchester, Virginia 22601 Dear Mr. Smith: 374 As you requested, I am writing to provide information about the School Board's decision to close Middletown Elementary School at the end of the current School year. The Board's reasons for closing the School include the following: 1. The cost per student is prohibitively high in such a small School. Next year, based on a projected enrollment of about 140 students, the cost will be about $660 per pupil more than the cost if they are transferred to Bass - Hoover. A total operating cost of $92,501, not including any major repairs that may become necessary, can be saved by not operating Middletown School. This is an annual savings, and the amount of the savings will increase as costs go up. It includes costs for operating the building, administrative costs and costs for additional staff that will be needed with Middletown closed. 2. Extremes of class size (either too large or too small) can be avoided by consolidation. The Middletown fourth grade, for example, will have 32 pupils next year, which is above the optimum size, but adding a Teacher and having 16 in each class is prohibitively expensive. 3. More instructional options (grouping students on the basis of individual needs, additional programs) will be available in a larger School. Having only one Teacher per grade makes it very difficult to meet the individual needs of such a wide variety of students. 4. The building does not provide as good an environment as a more modern facility. 5. The building is not accessible for physically- handicapped individuals. 6. The building is old and difficult to maintain (built in 1909). It is not energy efficient (large, loose windows; high ceilings). The furnace will need replacing soon. It has received numerous repairs in recent years and will soon be beyond repair. Roof replacement may be necessary in the near future. Restrooms are very unsatis- factory. Repairs in excess of $60,000 will be needed in the near future if the building is to be operated as a School for several more years. These include a furnace and related heating system, changes to make the building more energy efficient and improve lighting (dropping ceilings, installed lights, replacing some windows with walls, and sealing other windows), replacing roof, and renovating restrooms. Even with these repairs and renovations, it will still be an old building that does not conform to many of today's standards. 7. The building does not provide a satisfactory work area or privacy for conferences for the Principal or Secretary. 8. The building has no space for caring for ill children. The average pupil- teacher ratio at Bass - Hoover will be the same as it would have been at Middletown, 24.6 students per class in grades 1 -5. However, Bass - Hoover will not have the extremes of class size that Middle- town would have. The ratios at Bass - Hoover will be as follows: Grade 1- -23.8; Grade 2- -23.8; Grade 3--25; Grade 4- -26.4; Grade 5--24. Transportation costs will not change significantly. Any increases in some areas will be offset by reductions in other areas. In general, it is anticipated that travel time and bus routes will be improved for many students. Attendance zone changes will be kept minimal. All students presently attending Middletown will attend Bass - Hoover Elementary School. About 70 students presently attending Bass - Hoover will attend Robinson. The areas to be reassigned are Route 636 from South of 277 to 642, and 642 from 636 to 522; 628 (Middle Road) from 631 to the City limits, including Jackson Woods; 622 (Cedar Creek Grade) from 628 to Opequon. About 35 students now attending Robinson will be assigned to Senseny Road. Areas to be reassigned , ._ are 522 from 50 to 645 (Bufflick Road) and 645 back to 50. About 32 students now at Senseny Road will be assigned to Stonewall. Areas to be reassigned are Arcadia Trailer Court, West Virginia Avenue and Ross Street. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely yours, /s/ Kenneth E. Walker Kenneth E. Walker Division Superintendent KEW /gc cc: Board of Supervisors School Board Members John Riley CHARLES HOTT, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, ADDRESSED BOARD EXPLAINING WHY THE SCHOOL BOARD FEELS THAT THE MIDDLETOWN SCHOOL SHOULD BE CLOSED AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR Mr. Charles Hott, Chairman of the School Board, appeared before the 3oard and stated that the School Board had considered and studied all of the concerning the closing of the Middletown School. He stated that the repairs that would be needed, plus the costs involved in the day to day operation of the School, it was their judgement it be more cost effective, and they felt in the best interest of everyone concerned, to close the School at the end of this School year. Mr. Hott presented a cost breakdown what the current, as well as the projected, costs would be to keep the liddletown School open past this season. DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED AWARD FROM VIRGINIA CHAPTER AMERICAN PL ANNING ASSOCIATION Mr. Riley stated that Mr. Horne had received notice from the Virginia ;hapter American Planning Association that the Department of Planning and evelopment had received an award of Excellence for the Policy Report on the rick County Comprehensive Plan - Residential Performance District they ad submitted, and that this award would be presented to the County sometime e last of April. BOARD MEMBERS ROBERT RHODES AND C. WILLIAM ORNDOFF, JR. APPOINTS COMMITTEES FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS Mr. Robert Rhodes and Mr. C. William Orndoff, Jr. stated that they were the process of or had already selected their Committees for study and ation of names to be submitted to them for the two seats on the I Board from their respective Districts which will expire June 30, 984. BLAINE WILSON APPOINTED AS SECOND CITIZEN MEMBER ON THE 376 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Mr. Stiles stated that he was appointing Mr. Blaine Wilson as the second citizen member to serve on the Public Works Committee. Upon motion made by Kenneth Y. Stiles, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, S. Blaine Wilson was appointed as the second citizen member to the Public Works Committee, said term to commence March 28, 1984 and terminate on January 11, 1985. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 1 984 -1985 BUDGET Mr. Owings, Chairman of the Finance Committee, stated that this year, with the beginning of twice a year tax collection, that the preparation of the Budget had started earlier and that a lot of hours of study had gone into this Budget preparation. He further stated that at that time each Department had been instructed to submit their Budgets with no increase over last year's figures, and that the Budget figure for 1984 -85 is $32,661,699 and there is no tax increase proposed. Mr. Riley read the rules on Public Hearings at this time. Mr. Stiles requested that two minor changes with the time limits be amended for this particular Hearing. The Board concurred with Mr. Stiles' request. Mr. Warren Brubaker appeared before the Board on behalf of the Educational Association stating that he felt that 95.60 of the teachers were unhappy with the proposed Budget as it relates to School salaries, and requested that the Board of Supervisors study the Budget further and consider giving the teachers the increase that they had originally requested. Ms. Debbie Davis, Teacher at James Wood and a resident of the City of Winchester, appeared before the Board and stated that she felt that there was a definite morale problem among the teachers and that she would request that the Board return the Budget back to the School Board in order that the teachers might try and work this out with the School Board. Ms. Kathleen Bost, Teacher at Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School and resident of the City of Winchester, appeared before the Board stating that in bad times teachers have been asked to bite the bullet, be reasonable, that they would be paid more if the County could afford it, and this was the promise that they heard, and now that better times were here for the Nation and Frederick County, it was time to keep the promises of the past to the teachers of Frederick County. 377 Randy Wingfield, Teacher with fourteen years experience and resident of the City of Winchester, appeared before the Board and stated that he hoped the Board could see it clear to increase the teachers' salaries so that the future would not look so bleek as far as they were concerned. Charles Hancock, Senior at James Wood High School and a resident of Opequon District, appeared before the Board stating that he was coming before them, not only as a concerned student, but also as a future teacher. He requested that the Board keep the resources alive within the County for if they did not the County would never be at its best. He further stated that unless the salaries were kept competitive that good teachers would be lost to other fields such as Business Management, and that he felt it was very important that the teachers had the County's support. Ms. Patricia Hurdle, Teacher at Frederick County Middle School and a resident of Inwood, West Virginia, appeared before the Board stating that in order to make ends meet she had to work a second job and in doing so felt that she was taking time away from her students. She explained how she had fallen behind in salary during the past ten years compared to someone currently working in West Virginia with the same teaching experience as herself. Mr. Brubaker read a letter from an unnamed School Teacher stating that they had been in Education for the last sixteen years, ten of those years with a Masters Degree, and in order to make ends meet they had to work a second job. Ms. Dianne Grant, Teacher and resident of Shawnee District, appeared before the Board stating that she too had to work a Summer job in order to keep up with her expenses and that all of the teachers were getting pressed to work more than one job. She further stated that the teachers were torn as to how to keep their committments as a parent and how to keep their committments to the children of the County, and asked the Board to help the teachers in order for them to be able to keep both of these committments. Ms. Elaine Gladwin, Teacher and resident of Back Creek District, appeared before the Board and stated that she would hope the School Board could see their way clear to keep open Middletown School, but in the event that they didn't, that as a Teacher at Bass - Hoover School, she would do everything she could to help in the transition, not only for the students, but also the parents. 373 Mr. Stiles stated that if there were no more comments at this time, that the Public Hearing on the Budget would be closed and that a copy of the remarks by the teachers at this meeting be mailed to the Board Members in order that they might have time to study them prior to the vote on the Budget at the Board Meeting of April 11, 1984. Mr. Stiles presented the following figures with reference to teachers' salaries as provided by Mr. Jim Boyd, Finance Office, School Board Office: Highest Teachers Salaries: 1983 -84 1984 -85 Including Supplements Including Supplements for Master's Degree for Master's Degree Months Employed Base and Extra Duties Base and Extra Duties 12 26,193 28,752 27,817 30,377 11 24,010 26,121 25,499 27,833 10 21,827 25,555 23,181 27,027 Number of Teachers earning over $25,000: 12 3 2 3 2 11 - 3 1 4 10 - 2 - 4 Average Teacher Salary: 16,922 17,721 18,058 18,910 RECESS Mrs. Debbie Alverson, representing the PTO of the Middletown School, appeared before the Board and made the following statement along with a list of ten questions that they would like to have answered from the School Board: A feeling throughout the County is one of confusion and doubt, confusion as to the true reasons of the closure. Confusion as to which children will be affected and doubt about the future of the education in all of Frederick County, if these County -wide ramifications do indeed end up being negative. Which Schools will be affected now and which Schools will be affected later is a question unanswered and the apparent trend towards closing the older smaller community Schools. Many people are afraid that if Middletown School is closed now the trend will continue and eventually threaten their Schools and their children. We have appealed on numerous occasions to the School Board for specific answers and received none that we consider satisfactory. We maintain that had the questions been answered, specially the first time, there would have been no need to ask them again. We are here in part tonight to seek such response from the School Board via the School Board Meeting on April 3rd. We present to you a list of specific questions and concerns: 1. The figures that were read to us tonight addressed projected questions and figures and this is something that concerns us. We are interested in how the specific enrollment figures for 1984 -85 will be determined. Will they be determined through census figures, or are projections simply made? If the projections are made was the growth potential accounted for? Specially the housing increases in the areas of Greenbrier, Fredericktowne, the Middle- town Apartment Complex, the Ridgefield area and the Ridgefield Woods area, and the apparent larger trend of younger preschool age children who will be entering Schools in the next few years? Which 37g sources were used to project the different aspects of this growth potential, and what time period did this encompass? 2. Is there a comprehensive long term educational plan for Frederick County, if so has this ever been made public, if not, we ask why not? If there is no comprehensive long term plan, again, why not? 3. Specially can the Frederick County School Board prove as good an education taking into account factors such as this: The class size pupil /teacher ratio we were just given, projected figures, not actual figures? How about the longer school day due to the added busing, the adjustment factors for the children involved in switching from contained class rooms to modified open classrooms? Have the negative affects of busing children passed their former, now empty School, to one in another community been explored, and how will this be delt with? 4. We would request a specific breakdown of cost of running Middletown School as well as comparative lists of expenditures from other Schools with which to make a valid comparison. 5. From where specially, does the $660 figure of extra cost per student come? We were just told that this again is a projected figure. How exactly was this figure determined, were teachers' salaries taken into account in this question also? 6. What are the exact cost factors involved in all the busing through Frederick County, not just of the Middletown area? 7. What is the specific busing plan from Middletown? This is a question that has come to me repeatedly, where will the children catch buses, will the elementary grade children ride the same buses as the Middle and High School students? Will the children catch the bus at an abandoned building? These are very, very valid concerns, especially in a small community. 8. What coarse of action will the School Board take in the event that the projected growth in Frederick County exceeds the capacity limit at Bass - Hoover or any of the other Schools? Will more redistrict- ing again be necessary? At what point would this determination be made, this is a very important point? 9. How much input would the citizens, parents and taxpayers of the Middletown area have in the planning of a new School in the event that a new School in the Middletown area would be deemed necessary? 10. Is the closing of a smaller, older Community School in favor or larger consolidated Schools the coarse of action the Frederick County School Board plans to take in the future? Mr. Stiles stated that the offer the Board had made to the School Board, of $100,000 if the Middletown School was not closed, was still available. He further stated that he did not necessarily agree with the decision the School Board had made in closing the Middletown School, but that he did feel that the School Board had acted in what they felt was best for everyone concerned, and that they were concerned about the education for all in Frederick County. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Horne presented the Transportation Committee Report and stated that the following resolutions will be presented at the Hearing in Staunton on Aprill 11, 1984: 380 WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Highways and Transporta tion is conducting the 1984 Annual Preallocation Public Hearing for interstate, primary, urban systems and public transportation on April 11, 1983; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recommends that the Route 522 North project presently listed in the Six -Year Road Improvement Program for 1.8 miles in Frederick County be updated and accelerated with the revised scope of the project to include a new four -lane divided highway on the new right -of -way for all sections of the planned Route 522 North project complete to the West Virginia line; and, that project funding be accelerated for all planning, engineering and construction phases thereby reducing the time span for completion of this project; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recognizes that the segment of Route 522 North from the end of the existing divided four -lane road surface to the West Virginia line is a very dangerous section of the road serving as a shortcut for interstate traffic that mixes with local traffic causing existing highway safety problems and increasing future traffic hazard potentials; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recognizes that the up- dated and accelerated Route 522 North project is the County's highest priority primary road improvement project; and, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Super- visors of the County of Frederick, Virginia does very strongly urge that the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation place the updated and accelerated Route 522 North project, the County's highest priority project. /s/ Kenneth Y. Stiles Kenneth Y. Stiles, Chairman Frederick County Board of Supervisors Mrs. Beverly Sherwood, Chairperson of the concerned citizens from the Gainesboro area on Route 522 North, will also be attending the Hearing in Staunton. Mr. Stiles stated that he or Mr. Owings would make every effort to attend and that Mr. Riley, County Adminstrator, would also be attending. Upon motion made by Rhoda W. Maddox, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the above resolution dealing with 522 North was approved. Upon motion made by C. William Orndoff, Jr., seconded by Will L. Owings and passed unanimously, the following resolution for improvement of Route 11 North and South of the Winchester City line to Route 37 was approved: WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Highways and Transporta- tion is conducting the 1984 Annual Preallocation Public Hearing for interstate, primary, urban systems and public transportation on April 11, 1984; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors places its second priority on the improvement of Route 11 North and South of the Winchester City line to Route 37 to improve the highway's capacity and safety by stabilizing and paving shoulders, improving and rehabilitating railroad grade crossings, improving key intersections, and striping the road surface to improve turning lanes and to widen existing travel lanes; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recognizes that these segments of Route 11, both North and South, serve a large volume of local traffic plus several major industrial and commercial areas for both the City of Winchester and the County of Frederick; and, WHEREAS, the increased traffic along with the increased tractor trailer width of 102" along the existing narrow travel lanes of Route 11 North and South is recognized as a problem that can be corrected with minor road improvement measures. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Super- visors of the County of Frederick, Virginia does very strongly urge that the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation place the new Route 11 North and South minor road improvements project in their six -year planning process for the primary system construction program. /s/ Kenneth Y. Stiles Kenneth Y. Stiles, Chairman Frederick County Board of Supervisors ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Smith presented the following Committee report: There was no action taken on any of the items. The Animal Care Committee met on March 19, 1984, at 7:00 P.M. Committee representatives attending were Esther Boyd, Dr. Max Mandel, Sandra Brown and Gary VanMeter. Also present were John Riley, Bob Harriman and Animal Control Officer, Harold Whitacre. John Riley briefed the Committee on the suggestion that the County, City, and SPCA combine their animal care facilities. The Committee recommended very strongly that the County continue to maintain our own facilities. The Committee presented a plan for renovating and expanding the present kennel facilities. The plan will be studied and estimates obtained for the work. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF DISEASED FOWLS - APPR Upon motion made by C. William Orndoff, Jr., seconded by Robert M. Rhodes and passed unanimously, the following Ordinance dealing with the importation and disposal of diseased fowls was approved: WHEREAS, the spread of the Avian influenza in the Common- wealth of Virginia requires that certain regulations be imposed to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of Frederick County; and WHEREAS, Avian influenza is a very contagious and serious poultry disease affecting the health of Virginia poultry and the welfare of those whose income depends in whole or in part on maintaining a viable poultry industry; and WHEREAS, there has been no identified cases of Avian in- fluenza in Frederick County to date. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Super- 382 visors of Frederick County, Virginia, that pursuant to Sections 15.1 -504 and 15.1 -510 of the Code of Virginia, 1950 as amended, that the importation and disposal of diseased fowl shall comply with the following regulations: I. Importation of Dise Fowls Prohibited !d Fo wls and Carcases of Diseased It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to knowingly import into Frederick County any diseased fowl or carcasses of diseased fowls; nor shall such diseased fowl or carcasses of diseased fowls be knowingly hauled or transported into or through Frederick County without being properly permitted by the Department of Health and/or the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with the concurrence of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors. II. Disposal of Diseased Fowls Off Site Prohibited It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to knowingly deposit, dump, bury or dispose of diseased fowls or carcasses of diseased fowls on property located within Frederick County unless the property is the site where said fowls were ordinarily maintained and kept at the time the disease was detected. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require said on -site disposal of such fowls and carcasses where a determination is made by the Virginia Department of Health and /or the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that on -site disposal would increase the risk of spread of contagious diseases among persons, animals or fowl or would be hazardous to the environment. In the event on -site disposal is not so approved, said fowls and carcasses may be deposited and /or disposed by methods so approved at other locations within the County as approved by the Virginia Department of Health and /or the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. III. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption and shall remain in effect through May 25, 1984 unless sooner repealed or superseded by an ordinance adopted through normal prescribed procedures. IV. Any violation of this Ordinance would constitute a misdemeanor as provided in the Frederick County Code. Adopted this 28th day of March, 1984. Frederick County Board of Supervisors By: /s/ Kenneth Y. Stiles Kenneth Y. Stiles, Chairman ATTEST: /s/ John R. Riley, Jr. John R. Riley, Jr., Clerk This will be referred to the Code and Ordinance Committee within the sixty day time frame. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE REPORT This report will be discussed in Executive Session. The Personnel Committee met on March 20, 1984, at 11:30 A.M., in the County Administrator's Office with all Members in attendance. Discussion of Merit Evaluation Certifications 333 The Committee reviewed the merit evaluations of Director of Finance, Director of Personnel, Director of Information Services and Office Manager- County Administrator's Office. The Committee recommends that they be certified. Discussion of Salary Survey The Committee reviewed the revised salary survey and makes the following recommendations: A. Approve the proposed position adjustments as presented in the attachment. Effective date is April 1, 1984. (Under Separate Cover) B. Approve the proposed policy on longevity increase as presented in the attachment. This will be on a one year trial basis which will be subject to Board review and approval annually. Effective date is April 1, 1984. (Under Separate Cover) C. Approve proposed adjustment in County Administrator's salary as outlined in the attachment. Effective April 1, 1984. (Under Separate Cover) D. Approve the transfer from operating contingencies to the merit system reserve the amount necessary to implement the survey. The Finance Committee has been polled and agrees with the recommendation. BOARD RETIRED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Upon motion made by Will L. Owings, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the Board retired into Executive Session in accordance with Virginia Code, 1950, Section 2.1 -344, Subsection A (1) and (6) to discuss a Legal matter as well as the Personnel Committee Report. BOARD WITHDREW FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION Upon motion made by David L. Smith, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the Board withdrew from Executive Session. BOARD RECONVENED INTO REGULAR SE SSION Upon motion made by David L. Smith, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the Board reconvened into Regular Session. CERTIFICATION OF EVALUATIONS Upon motion made by David L. Smith, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the evaluations of Finance Director, Barbara Ratcliff; Information Services Director, Helen Locke and Personnel Director, Ann Kelican were certified as presented. SALARY SURVEY APPROVED WITH AMENDMENTS Upon motion made by David L. Smith, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the salary survey was approved as amended. ANNUAL SALARY OF COUNTY ADMINIST INCREASED 381 Upon motion made by David L. Smith, seconded by C. William Orndoff, Jr. and passed unanimously, the annual salary of County Administrator, John R. Riley, Jr. was increased to $35,000 effective April 1, 1984. UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, IT WAS ORDERED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADJOURN. 4 aiman, Boa} of Supervisors