HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruary 4 2015 Minutes of Budget Work Session with Finance ComA Budget Work Session of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors and Finance
Committee was held on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 8:00 A.M., in the Board of Supervisors'
Meeting Room, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia.
PRESENT
Chairman Richard C. Shickle; Vice - Chairman Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.;
Christopher E. Collins; Gene E. Fisher; Robert A. Hess; Gary A. Lofton; and Robert W. Wells.
OTHERS PRESENT
Finance Committee members Angela Rudolph, and Judith McCann - Slaughter;
Roderick B, Williams, Interim County Administrator; Kris C. Tierney, Assistant County
Administrator; Jay E. Tibbs, Deputy County Administrator; Commissioner of the Revenue Ellen
Murphy; Treasurer C. William Orndoff, Jr.; Finance Director Cheryl B. Shiffler; Assistant
Finance Director Sharon Kibler; Budget Analyst Jennifer Place; Superintendent of Schools
David Sovine; and Executive Director of Finance for Frederick County Public Schools Lisa Frye.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Shickle called the work session to order.
Interim County Administrator Roderick Williams reviewed the work session agenda and
attachments.
Finance Director Shiffler reviewed the proposed budget scenarios. She noted that
scenarios A, B, and C were based on a revenue neutral tax rate per the reassessment values. She
reminded the Board that $1 million of the $3.78 million of additional funding for the General
Fund was already committed for positions (i,e. Social Services and Fire and Rescue) and other
items approved after the FY2015 budget had been adopted. This would leave the Board with
$2.78 million in new revenue.
Assistant County Administrator Kris Tierney suggested the possibility of allowing the
schools to access proffer funds to help fund some of their needed capital projects.
The Board and staff briefly discussed the public safety needs, particularly the Sheriff's
Department and Fire and Rescue.
Treasurer Orndoff thought the Fire Chief should be given an opportunity to come back to
the Board and Finance Committee with more information regarding overtime.
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Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session with
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After more discussion, it was the majority consensus to move the February 11, 2015
budget work session to 5:00 p.m. in order to allow the Sheriff and the Fire Chief to present their
budget requests, given the large increases being sought.
Finance Director Shiffler discussed the budget advertising deadline and noted the ad
would have to be in the paper 28 days from today. She concluded by reviewing the topics for the
next work session to include: presentations from Sheriff and Fire Chief; review budget
scenarios; land use values and number of parcels in land use; and use of proffers for capital
expenses.
There being no further business, the work session adjourned at 9:00 A.M.
Richard C. Shickle
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
Roderick B. Williams
Interim Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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Jay E. (rib As
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Minute Book Number 40
Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session with
Finance Committee on 02/04/15