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MINUTES
WORK SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 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; and Wyatt Pearson, Planning Director.
Finance Committee members Brandon Monk, Daniel Martin, and Mike Stottlemyer were
also present.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Ludwig called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. By consensus, the Board agreed
to allow Finance Committee members to discuss the budget but not to vote or make decisions
when the time comes.
BUDGET REVIEW BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator Michael Bollhoefer presented information regarding outstanding
questions from the last meeting.
Mr. Bollhoefer discussed the revenue estimates received from the Commissioner of the
Revenue. He reviewed the requested new positions. He discussed the use of the capital fund to
cover debt service;the request for$19 million in capital requests from FCPS(including the Schools'
commitment to using any state funds received above what was anticipated to cover some capital
needs).
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CIP AND ASSOCIATED FINANCING
Mr. Bollhoefer reviewed the capital improvement plan (CIP) and associated financing
including proposed new school construction and renovations.
FCPS Superintendent George Hummer discussed the Schools' CIP.
TAX RATES
By consensus, the Board agreed to maintain the existing tax rates as follows: Personal
Property - $4.23 per $100 of assessed value; and Real Property - $0.51 per $100 of assessed
value.
CAPTIAL FUND TRANSFERS
By consensus, the Board agreed to advertise the FY 24-25 budget with transfers from the
capital fund of $9,556,056 for County needs including data terminals in fire and rescue vehicles
and general transportation funds,and$6,401,174 for FCPS needs including school buses and debt
service.
CLOSED SESSION
At 6:46 p.m., 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 an existing business where no previous announcement has been made of the business'
interest in expanding its facilities and 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 7:02 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
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
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motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or considered by the Board. Supervisor
Wells 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
ADJOURN
At 7:04 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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