HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruary 21 2024 Closed Session and Board Work Session Minutes 259
MINUTES
CLOSED SESSION AND WORK SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024
5:00 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;
Cheryl Shiffler, Finance Director; Jennifer Place, Risk Manager/Budget Analyst; Tonya Sibert,
Commissioner of the Revenue; Patrick Barker, EDA Executive Director; Scott Varner, Director of
Information Technologies; and Ann W. Phillips, Deputy Clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
Finance Committee members Brandon Monk and Mike Stottlemyer were also present.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Ludwig called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Vice Chairman Slaughter moved that the Board of Supervisors of Frederick County enter
a closed session pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3711(A)(5) for discussion concerning a
prospective business or industry where no previous announcement has been made of the business'
or industry's interest in locating its facilities in the community. Supervisor Dunn seconded the
motion which carried on a voice vote.
At 5:31 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 Slaughter, seconded by Supervisor Dunn, and carrying
on a voice vote. Vice Chairman Slaughter moved that the Board of Supervisors of Frederick County
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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
Dunn seconded the motion which carried as follows on a recorded vote:
Blaine P. Dunn Aye Robert T. Liero Aye
John F. Jewell Aye Robert W. Wells Aye
Heather H. Lockridge Aye Josh E. Ludwig Aye
Judith McCann-Slaughter Aye
BUDGET PRESENTATION BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
Superintendent George Hummer presented highlights of the budget adopted by the
Frederick County School Board the previous evening.
The Board and Dr. Hummer discussed the night program planned for Dowell J. Howard
Vocations School; overcrowding issues at various schools; the capital projects prioritized by the
School Board being the fourth high school, expansion at Middletown Elementary, and expansion
at Jordan Springs Elementary; and the genesis of the school employee salary clustering issue.
ADJOURN
At 6:25 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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