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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Budget Work Session
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
5:30 p.m.
Board Meeting Room, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, VA
ATTENDEES
Board of Supervisors: Chairman Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.; Vice -Chairman
Gary A. Lofton; Blaine P. Dunn; Judith McCann -Slaughter; J. Douglas McCarthy;
Shannon G. Trout; and Robert W. Wells were present. Staff present: Kris C. Tierney, County
Administrator; Ellen Murphy, Commissioner of the Revenue; C. William Orndoff, Jr., Treasurer;
Jay E. Tibbs, Deputy County Administrator; Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney;
Cheryl B. Shiffler, Finance Director; Jennifer Place, Budget Analyst; Sharon Kibler, Assistant
Finance Director; Becky Merriner, Human Resources Director; Scott Varner, IT Director;
Tamara Green, Director of Social Services; Amy Swift, Assistant Director of Social Services; and
Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
Finance Committee Members present: Jeffrey Boppe
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Mr. Tierney said a primary
goal of the meeting is to decide how the budget resolution including the tax increase should be
Worded prior to next week's Board of Supervisors meeting.
DISCUSSION
Medicaid Expansion
Mr. Tierney explained that it is unknown whether the state will move to expand the
Medicaid program. He said the current case load per Social Services case worker is approximately
500, and with the anticipated expansion there will be between 2500 and 3000 new cases requiring
an additional eight employees. Mr. Tierney suggested the Board may need to meet again once the
state legislature has decided on Medicaid expansion.
Supervisor Slaughter suggested the Board draft a resolution in opposition to the expansion
to be forwarded to the County's state representatives prior to their meeting on April 11. By
consensus and in the interest of time, the Board directed staff to draft a letter of opposition for
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signature by Board members followed by a resolution to be adopted at the April 11, 2018, Board
meeting.
Budget Resolution
The Board and staff discussed the options for the budget resolution.
The Board and staff discussed the issue of the airplane tax. By consensus, the Board agreed
to setting the personal property tax rate for aircraft at $0.50 per $100 of assessed value.
The Board and staff discussed the advertised one cent real estate tax rate.
The Board and staff discussed the issue of school maintenance and school capital versus
operating expenses and the possibility of allocating funding by category.
No consensus was reached on the one cent tax increase or the wording of the budget
resolution wording.
Mr. Tierney urged the Board to move forward with adopting the budget and the tax rate
saying that the budget could be further refined at a later date. The Board agreed to meet again at a
date to be determined for a work session to discuss the budget.
Other
Supervisor Dunn asked for thoughts on his previous request for establishment of a budget
line item for Board Member Town Hall meetings. There was no support for this request.
ADJOURN
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:48 p.m.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.
Chairman, Board of Supe �-Ojrs
Kri . Ti rney
Clerk, Boar upervisors
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Ann W. Phillips
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Minute Book Number 43
Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session with Finance Committee of 04/04/18
County of Frederick, Virginia