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MINUTES
CLOSED SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019
5:00 P.M.
BOARD ROOM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
107 NORTH KENT STREET, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
ATTENDEES
Board of Supervisors: Gary A, Lofton, Vice Chairman; Blaine P. Dunn; Judith McCann -
Slaughter; J. Douglas McCarthy; and Robert W. Wells were present. Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.,
Chairman, was absent.
Staff present: Kris C. Tierney, County Administrator; Jay E, Tibbs, Deputy County
Administrator; Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney; Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer;
Scott Varner, Director of Information Technology; and Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to the Board
of Supervisors.
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Supervisor Wells moved that the Board of Supervisors of Frederick County enter a closed
session pursuant to Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) for discussion of candidates for the Shawnee District
Supervisor and pursuant to Section 2,2-3711(A)(7) and (8) for discussion of actual and/or probable
litigation against the manufacturers and/or distributors of opioids. Supervisor Dunn seconded the
motion which carried on a voice vote.
At 6:15 p.m., the Board members being assembled within the designated meeting place in
the presence of members of the public and the media desiring to attend, the meeting was
reconvened on motion of Supervisor Wells, seconded by Supervisor Dunn. Supervisor Wells
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moved that the Board of Supervisors of Frederick County certify that, to the best of each member's
knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by
Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certification applies, and (ii) only
such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were
heard, discussed, or considered by the Board. Supervisor Dunn seconded the motion which carried
as follows on a roll call vote:
Blaine P. Dunn Aye Shawnee Seat (Vacant)
Gary A. Lofton Aye Robert W. Wells Aye
J. Douglas McCarthy Aye Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. Absent
Judith McCann -Slaughter Aye
ADJOURN
At 6:17 p.m., Vice Chairman Lofton adjourned the meeting until the 7:00 p.m, regular
meeting.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
Minutes Prepared By:
Kris C. Tierney
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Ann W. Phillips
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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County of Frederick, Virginia