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MINUTES
CLOSED SESSION MEETING
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023
5:30 P.M.
BOARD ROOM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
107 NORTH KENT STREET, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
ATTENDEES
Board of Supervisors: Blaine P. Dunn, Vice Chairman; Judith McCann-Slaughter; Shawn L. Graber;
Robert W. Wells; Josh E. Ludwig; and Heather H. Lockridge were present. Charles S. DeHaven, Jr.,
Chairman, participated remotely from Chantilly, Virginia.
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
Vice Chairman Dunn called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
REMOTE PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED
Remote participation was authorized for Chairman DeHaven for medical reasons on the motion of
Supervisor Wells, seconded by Supervisor Lockridge, which carried unanimously.
CLOSED SESSION
Supervisor Wells moved that the Board of Supervisors of Frederick County enter a closed session
pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) for personnel matters, specifically leadership and
management in the fire and rescue department. Supervisor Slaughter seconded the motion.
Supervisor Graber moved to amend the motion to add a discussion of fire and rescue management
addressing the death of recruit Ian Strickler and Supervisor Ludwig seconded the motion.
County Attorney Williams noted that the scope of the original motion, leadership and management
in the fire and rescue department, covered the requested addition, so the amendment was unnecessary.
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The motion to enter a closed session carried on a voice vote.
At 6:07 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 Supervisor Wells, seconded by Supervisor Graber, and carrying on a voice vote. Supervisor Wells 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 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 Aye
Shawn L. Graber Aye Robert W. Wells Aye
Heather H. Lockridge Aye Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. Aye
Judith McCann-Slaughter Aye
ADJOURN
At 6:09 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 November 8, 2023
County of Frederick, Virginia