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MINUTES
CLOSED SESSION
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024
6:00 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; and John F. Jewell were
present. Robert T. Liero participated remotely from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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 Ludwig called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
REMOTE PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED
On the motion of Vice Chairman Slaughter, seconded by Supervisor Wells and carrying on
a voice vote, remote participation was authorized for Supervisor Liero from Yellowstone National
Park in Wyoming, for personal business.
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)(1) for personnel matters,
specifically the annual evaluation of the county attorney and the county administrator; and Section
2.2-3711(A)(7) and (8), for consultation with legal counsel and/or briefings by staff members
pertaining to actual and probable litigation, where such consultation or briefing in an open meeting
would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the public body and where such matter
requires the provision of legal advice by such counsel, regarding a specific claim received by the
County. Supervisor Wells seconded the motion which carried on a voice vote.
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At 6:49 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 Wells, 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
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 6:51 p.m., the meeting was adjourned until the scheduled 7:00 p.m. meeting.
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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Board of Supervisors Closed Session of July 10, 2024
County of Frederick, Virginia