April 12 2023 Board Budget Work Session Minutes 269
MINUTES
WORK SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2023
5:30 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,Vice Chairman;
Robert W. Wells; Judith McCann-Slaughter; Shawn L. Graber; and Josh E. Ludwig were present.
The Gainesboro District seat is currently vacant.
Staff present: Michael Bollhoefer, County Administrator; Jay E. Tibbs, Deputy County
Administrator; Austin Cano,Assistant County Attorney; Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer;
Cheryl Shiffler, Finance Director; Bill Orndoff, Treasurer; Jennifer Place, Risk Manager/Budget
Analyst; Scott Varner, Director of Information Technologies; and Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to
the Board of Supervisors.
Finance Committee Member Gary Oates was also present.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
DISCUSSION
Finance Director Shiffler reviewed three budget scenarios requested by the Board at the
previous meeting and the content of the draft resolution for the April 19 Special Meeting of the
Board. Supervisors Graber and Ludwig expressed interest in adopting the tax rates only at the
Special Meeting with budget adoption coming a later time.
County Administrator Bollhoefer reviewed the supporting documentation he prepared to
accompany the budget scenarios.
The Board discussed the scenarios in general, the desire to fund a new fire station,
personnel requests, fire apparatus options, SAFER grants, and changes in the volunteer fire and
rescue system.
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By consensus, the Board requested that staff prepare a draft budget resolution using a
real estate tax rate of$0.51 per$100 of assessed value and based on Scenario B as presented by
the Finance Director during the work session.
ADJOURN
There being no further business, at 6:41 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.
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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