January 15 2020 Board Budget Work Session Minutes238
MINUTES
BUDGET WORK SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2020
8:20 A.M.
BOARD ROOM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
107 NORTH KENT STREET, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
ATTENDEES
Board of Supervisors: Charles S, DeHaven, Jr., Chairman; Blaine P. Dunn; Judith
McCann -Slaughter; J. Douglas McCarthy; Gene E. Fisher; Shawn L. Graber; and Robert W. Wells
were present.
Staff present: Kris C. Tierney, County Administrator; Roderick B. Williams, County
Attorney; Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer; Scott Varner, Director of Information
Technology; Cheryl Shiffler, Director of Finance; Jennifer Place, Risk Manager/Budget Analyst;
Sharon Kibler, Assistant Director of Finance; Angela Rudolph, Finance Committee Member; Jeff
Boppe, Finance Committee Member; Jason Robertson, Director of Parks and Recreation; Bill
Orndoff, Treasurer; Seth Thatcher, Commissioner of the Revenue; Lenny Millholland, Sheriff; and
Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 8:23 a.m.
DISCUSSION OF INFORMAION REQUESTED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING
County Administrator Kris Tierney reviewed the handout of information responsive to the
requests of the previous meeting. Topics discussed by the Board and staff included: new positions
that will be presented at next scheduled HR Committee meeting- 1}Deputy Chief Technology
Officer (IT) and 2) basicREC Coordinator (Parks); Compensation Board funded positions for
Sheriffs Office; Information regarding HB 768 provided by Seth Thatcher; Vehicle Replacement
Assessment Model; Outside Agency contribution list; and the SRO at Jordan Springs Elementary,
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The Board and staff discussed altering contributions to outside agencies; citizen interest
in the County pursuing an aquatics center and ramifications of adding a ballot referendum on the
matter; ongoing fire and rescue funding issues, the radio replacement project; vehicle replacement
options; the traditional revenue percentage granted to the public school system; and pending
General Assembly legislation regarding taxing authority.
ADJOURN
At 9:54 a.m., Chairman DeHaven adjourned the meeting.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. Kris C. Tierney
Chairman, Board of Supervisors Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Minutes Prepared By:
Ann W. Phillips
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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