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A Budget Work Session of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors and Finance
Committee was held on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at 5:30 P.M., in the First Floor
Conference Room, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia.
PRESENT
Chairman Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.; Vice Chairman Gene E. Fisher; Blaine P. Dunn;
Bill M. Ewing; Gary A. Lofton; Judith McCann - Slaughter; and Robert W. Wells.
OTHERS PRESENT
County Administrator Brenda G. Garton, Deputy County Administrator for Community
Development Kris C. Tierney, Deputy County Administrator for Human Services Jay E. Tibbs,
Commissioner of the Revenue Ellen Murphy, Treasurer C. William Orndoff, Jr., Finance
Director Cheryl B. Shiffler, Budget Analyst Jennifer Place, Assistant Finance Director
Sharon Kibler, County Attorney Rod Williams, IT Director Scott Varner, HR Director Becky
Merriner, Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Sovine, School Board Member Mike Lake, and
Executive Director of Finance for Frederick County Public Schools Patty Camery.
clarity.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the work session to order.
Supervisor Ewing asked Administrator Garton to go over the budget spreadsheet for
Following the overview, Supervisor Dunn stated he would like to see 20 cars funded for
the Sheriff s Department. He went on to say if the Beard chase to utilize options 1 or 2 then he
would like to provide a refund to the taxpayers and use a portion of the new revenue to pay off
debt and fund some capital prajects.
Supervisor Slaughter stated she had met with the Fire &Rescue Chief and she thought
the board might be able to find some savings in their budget. She stated that if the board chose
to go with option 2 or 3 then she would like to see cuts made to fund the 12 firefighters included
in option 1.
Supervisor Dunn stated he would like to see what the Fire &Rescue study says.
Chairman DeHaven stated "we are really thin in fire and rescue response personnel."
Supervisor Wells stated option 3 was off the table for him and he was looking at options
1 and 2.
Minute Book Number 42
Board or Supervisors Budget Work Session with Finance Commi# tee of 02/22!17
Couuty or Frederick, Virginia
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Supervisor Dunn suggested keeping option 3, but he might want to add to it to include 1
school buses, 20 sheriff's vehicles, and 6 additional firefighters.
issues.
Supervisor Ewing stated he would like to keep option 3.
Vice Chairman Fisher stated he was not supportive of option 3.
Chairman DeHaven stated that option 3 did not get us where we needed to be on critical
Supervisor Lofton stated he had a hard time supporting any of the options because he
wanted to look at the services .we were providing to see if there were areas where the private
sector could provide them instead.
Supervisor Ewing suggested the Board look at the private sector providing some services.
Supervisor Lofton stated it was too late in the game to start looking at that this year.
Chairman DeHaven stated we need to evaluate all options.
Treasurer Orndoff suggested, based upon comments tonight, that a hybrid of options 1
and 2 would be appropriate.
The next budget work session will be held on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 5:00 P,M. in
the First Floor Conference Room.
There being no further discussion, the work session was adjourned at 6:42 P.M.
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Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
rends G. Garton
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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Jay E. Ti s
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Minute Book Number 42
Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session with Finance Committee of 02/22/17
County of Frederick, Virginia