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MINUTES
CLOSED SESSION MEETING
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2023
5:00 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, Vice Chairman; Judith
McCann-Slaughter; Shawn L. Graber; Robert W. Wells; and Heather H. Lockridge were present. Josh E.
Ludwig was absent.
Staff present: Michael Bollhoefer, County Administrator; Jay E. Tibbs, Deputy County Administrator;
Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney; Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer; 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 5:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Vice Chairman Dunn moved that the Board of Supervisors of Frederick County enter a closed
session pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(3) for discussion of the disposition of publicly held real
property, at 901 Aylor Road, where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining
position or negotiating strategy of the public body; and § 2.2-3711(A)(8) for consultation with legal counsel
employed by a public body for discussion of the request for an Attorney General opinion regarding public
funding of private schools, and regarding compliance with the open meeting requirements of the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act, as a result of the Supreme Court of Virginia's May 2023 opinion in the case of
Gloss v. Wheeler. Supervisor Slaughter seconded the motion which carried on a voice vote.
At 5:58 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 Vice Chairman Dunn, seconded by Supervisor Graber, and carrying on a voice vote. Vice Chairman Dunn
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
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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 Slaughter seconded the motion which carried as follows on a recorded vote:
Blaine P. Dunn Aye Josh E. Ludwig Absent
Shawn L. Graber Aye Robert W. Wells Aye
Heather H. Lockridge Aye Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. Aye
Judith McCann-Slaughter Aye
ADJOURN
At 5:59 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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Board of Supervisors Closed Session of July 12, 2023
County of Frederick, Virginia