January 24 2024 Board Work Session Minutes 221
MINUTES
WORK SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2024
5:30 P.M.
BOARD ROOM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
107 NORTH KENT STREET, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
ATTENDEES
Board of Supervisors: Josh E. Ludwig, Chairman; Judith McCann-Slaughter, Vice Chairman; Robert
W. Wells; Blaine P. Dunn; Heather H. Lockridge; John F. Jewell; and Robert T. Liero were present.
Staff present: Michael Bollhoefer, County Administrator; Jay E. Tibbs, Deputy County Administrator;
Roderick B. Williams, County Attorney; Karen Vacchio, Public Information Officer; Amie Fuller, Emergency
Management Deputy Coordinator; Ben Coffman, Deputy Chief of Emergency Management and Planning; Bill
Orndoff, Treasurer; Tonya Sibert, Commissioner of the Revenue; Cheryl Shiffler, Finance Director; Jennifer
Place, Risk Manager/Budget Analyst; and Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
Finance Committee member Brandon Monk was also present.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Ludwig called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
PRESENTATION: HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN UPDATES
Lt. Amie Fuller provided an overview of the updates to the 2023 Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan
and the 2024 Frederick County Emergency Operations Plan and requested that the Board adopt the updated
documents. It was noted the documents were on the Board's agenda for adoption during the regular meeting
later in the evening.
The Board discussed the updates and the desire for full-scale simulation training. Also discussed
were the chain of command and the County's role in a regional disaster response.
Board members thanked Lt. Fuller for a job well done updating the two plans.
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INTRODUCTION TO FY25 BUDGET PROCESS
Finance Director Cheryl Shiffler distributed the annual budget notebooks and provided an
introduction to the materials found in the notebook.
The Board discussed the budget calendar and scheduling of a joint work session with the School
Board.
ADJOURN
At 6:38 p.m. the meeting was adjourned.
Josh E. Ludwig Michael Bollhoefer
Chairman, Board of Supervisors County Administrator
Minutes Prepared By:
Ann W. Phillips
Deputy Clerk, Board of Supervisors
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