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MINUTES
Frederick County Board of Supervisors -Economic Development Authority
Joint Meeting
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
5:30 p.m.
Board 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;
Robert W. Wells and Shannon G. Trout were present. Staff present: Kris C. Tierney, County
Administrator; Jay E. Tibbs, Deputy County Administrator; Rod Williams, County Attorney;
Michael Ruddy, Director of Planning and Development; and Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to
the Board of Supervisors.
Economic Development Authority: Bob Claytor; Bryan Fairbanks; feather McKay;
Doug Rinker; and John Riley. Staff Present: Patrick Barker, Executive Director; Wendy May,
Marketing Manager; Donna McIlwee, Administrative Assistant; Brad Veach, Project Specialist;
and Sally Michaels, Existing Business Coordinator. Also present was Michael Bryan, Legal
Counsel for the EDA.
Other: Jay Langston of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
CALL TO ORDER and ACTIVITY REVIEW
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. EDA Vice Chair John Riley
noted that the EDA Chair, Stan Crockett, had been delayed. He noted this was the annual
meeting between the Board and the EDA per the Memorandum of Understanding between the
two bodies.
EDA Executive Director Patrick Barker provided an overview of the Authority's
activities since the last joint meeting. The focus has been talent engagement, business retention,
business attraction and business climate.
PRESENTATION
Mr. Langston of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership gave a presentation on
the view at the state level of the overall trends in economic development.
DISCUSSION — EDA FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
Mr. Barker reviewed the planned activities including creating workforce solutions to
address projected needs development of ready -to -go business sites. The Board discussed the
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EDA initiatives. They briefly discussed the possibility of pzoviding additional funding, but it
was decided that was a topic for another meeting.
ADJOURN
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
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Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
KrisLG Tier
Clerk, Board o upervisors
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Ann W. Phillips
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Minute Book Number 43
Board of Supervisors Work Session with Economic Development Authority of 04/25/18
County of Frederick, Virginia