March 30 2022 Board Budget Work Session Minutes 340
MINUTES
BUDGET WORK SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022
5:30 P.M.
BOARD ROOM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
107 NORTH KENT STREET, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
ATTENDEES
Board of Supervisors: Charles S. DeHaven, Jr., Chairman; J. Douglas McCarthy, Vice
Chairman; Robert W. Wells; Blaine P. Dunn;Judith McCann-Slaughter; Shawn L. Graber; and Josh
E. Ludwig.
Finance Committee Citizen Members: Gary R. Oates
Staff present: Michael Bollhoefer, County Administrator; Jay E. Tibbs, Deputy County
Administrator; Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney; Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer;
Wyatt Pearson, Planning Director; Cheryl Shiffler, Finance Director; Bill Orndoff, Treasurer; Seth
Thatcher, Commissioner of the Revenue; Mike Marciano, Director of Human Resources;
Superintendent; Jennifer Place, Risk Manager/Budget Analyst; Sharon Kibler, Assistant Finance
Director; Scott Varner, Director of Information Technologies; and Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to
the Board of Supervisors.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
PRESENTATION BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE: PERSONAL PROPERTY
TAX RATE
Commissioner of the Revenue Seth Thatcher reviewed the current personal property tax
rate of $4.86 per $100 of assessed value, various methods for valuing vehicles, the proportional
assessment option, and the recent change in state code allowing the tax rate for vehicles to be
different than the tax rate for business personal property. He presented four scenarios and the
Board discussed the options. By consensus, the Board agreed to Scenario A: a tax rate of$4.23
per$100 of assessed value.
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DISCUSSION—OUTSIDE AGENCIES' FUNDING REQUESTS
The Board reviewed and discussed the Outside Agencies' Funding Requests. By
consensus, the Board requested that certain agencies provide a justification for their request.
DISCUSSION— NEW POSITION FUNDING REQUESTS
Mr. Bollhoefer reviewed his recommendations regarding the New Position Requests.
DISCUSSION—REVISED FUNDING SCENARIOS
The Board reviewed and discussed the Revised Funding Scenarios.
Supervisor Dunn presented information regarding past and present budget requests from
the School Board.
Vice Chairman McCarthy said he will be meeting the Chairman of the School Board
Finance Committee before the next Board budget work session.
DISCUSSION— RESOLUTION: SCHOOL CATEGORICAL FUNDING
By consensus,the Board agreed that the proposed budget resolution at the April 13 Board
meeting should have options for both categorical and non-categorical school funding
NEXT MEETING
By consensus, the Board agreed to meet for a final budget work session at 5:30 p.m. on
Wednesday,April 6, 2022.
ADJOURN
There being no further business, at 7:00 p.m. Chairman DeHaven adjourned the work
session.
Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. Michael Bollhoefer
Chairman, Board of Supervisors County Administrator
Minutes Prepared By:
Ann W. Phillips
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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