January 22 2020 Board Budget Work Session Minutes/H
MINUTES
BUDGET WORK SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020
6:00 P.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; Jay E, Tibbs, Deputy County
Administrator; Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney; Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer;
Scott Varner, Director of Information Technology; Cheryl Shiffler, Director of Finance; Sharon
Kibler, Assistant Director of Finance; Jennifer Place, Risk Manager/Budget Analyst; Bill Orndoff,
Treasurer; Seth Thatcher, Commissioner of the Revenue;. and Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Cleric to the
Board of Supervisors.
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m,
DISCUSSION OF INFORMATION REQUESTED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING
County Administrator Kris Tierney provided information on the question of the County's
obligation to proceed with a project if a bond referendum on financing a project were passed by the
County's voters.
Mr, Tierney presented two budget scenarios based on projected revenue with no tax
increase. The Board discussed the scenarios and the possible need to have a real estate tax
increase as well as other possible revenue sources including a possible meals tax Increase. By
consensus, Board Members Munn, Graber, and McCarthy said they were not in favor of a real
estate tax increase while Board Members Fisher, Slaughter, Wells, and Chairman DeHaven were
in favor of staff developing budget scenarios based on a possible five cent real estate tax increase.
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County of Froderlck, Virginia
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The Board reviewed information on the status of School Security Officers and an update
on the radio system improvement project,
ADJOURN
At 5:55 p.m., Chairman DeHaven 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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Board of Supervisors Budget Work Session of January 22, 2020
County of Frederick, Virginia