07-21-2020 Work Session Meeting Packet
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WORK SESSION
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 – 4:30 PM
Gallery Room - Chatham Community Center
115 South Main Street,
Chatham, Virginia 24531
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER (4:30 PM)
2. ROLL CALL
3. AGENDA ITEMS TO BE ADDED
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
For the citizens’ convenience, all Work Session and Committee Meetings are now being
recorded and can be viewed on the same YouTube location as the Board of Supervisor’s
Business Meetings. Please remember that the Board’s Work Session is designed for
internal Board and County Staff communication, discussion, and work. It is not a
question and answer session with the audience. Accordingly, during the Work Session,
no questions or comments from the audience will be entertained. Respectfully, any
outbursts or disorderly conduct from the audience will not be tolerated and may result in
the offending person’s removal from the Work Session. As a reminder, all County
citizens, and other appropriate parties as designated by the Board’s Bylaws, are permitted
to make comments under the Hearing of the Citizens’ Section of tonight’s Business
Meeting.
5. PRESENTATIONS
a. Department Head Spotlight (Commissioner of the Revenue); (Contact: Robin C.
Goard)
6. STAFF, COMMITTEE, AND/OR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER REPORTS
a. Finance Committee Recommendations (Staff Contact: David M. Smitherman); (10
minutes)
7. BUSINESS MEETING DISCUSSION ITEMS
8. CLOSED SESSION
Work Session - July 21, 2020
a. Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body regarding
specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Project FX
Purpose: Local Performance Agreement Review
b. Discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for employment;
assignment, appointment, promotion, performance, demotion, salaries, disciplining,
or resignation of specific public officers, appointees, or employees of any public body
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1)
Subject Matter: Board of Assessors (“BOA”)
Purpose: Discussion of Potential BOA Appointees
9. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION
a. Closed Session Certification
10. ADJOURNMENT
Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Department Head Spotlight (Commissioner of the Revenue); (Contact:
Robin C. Goard)
Staff Contact(s): Robin C. Goard
Agenda Date: July 21, 2020 Item Number: 5.a
Attachment(s): COR PowerPoint
Reviewed By:
The Honorable Robin C. Goard, County Commissioner of the Revenue, will brief the Board on
the operations of the Commissioner of the Revenue’s Office.
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Welcome to the
Commissioner of the
Revenue Office
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Responsibilities
The Commissioner of the Revenue's primary
responsibility is assessing the value of:
personal property,
business personal property,
machinery and tools, and
processing state income tax returns.
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The Office also:
Maintains the land books and administers the
following:
The county's land use program
Tax relief for the elderly and disabled
Disabled Veterans tax relief.
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A Myriad of Covered Areas
Business Licenses Land Use Program
Business Property Tax Meals Tax Processing
Disabled Veteran Exemption Personal Property Tax
Elderly & Disabled Tax Relief Real Estate Tax
Estimated Income Tax
Processing
Virginia State Income Tax
Processing
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Our Goal
In all of these areas,
Our goal is to ensure every taxpayer is
treated fairly and uniformly.
We are continuously striving to improve the
office operations to better serve the public.
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Let’s Look at Each of Those Areas!
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Business Licenses
At the present time, Pittsylvania County does not require a business
license except for the following:
Amusement: Contact the office for fees.
Bondsman: Required to get prior approval from the Circuit Court
Judge. The fee is $50.
Dance Hall: Approved by the County Administrator.
Solid Waste Vendors: Required to get prior approval through the
Board of Supervisors. Fee consists of $50 per vehicle.
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Business Licenses
Any business locating or planning to do business
in one of our towns must check with the town
office for any license fees.
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Business Property Tax
Pittsylvania County assesses:
business personal property,
merchants’ capital and
machinery and tools
owned as of January 1 of the tax year.
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Business Personal Property
Business personal property (furniture, fixtures, and hand tools) is
assessed at a percentage of the cost ranging from 30-5%
depending on the year acquired.
Heavy construction machinery, including but not limited to land
movers, bulldozers, front-end loaders, graders, packers, power
shovels, cranes, pile drivers, ditch and other types of diggers owned
by businesses are assessed at 10% of the original cost.
The tax rate set by the Board of Supervisors is the same as personal
property -$9.00 per $100 assessed value.
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Merchant’s Capital & Machinery & Tools
Merchants’ capital is assessed at the following tiers:
30% of the original cost of $1 to $1,000,000;
10% of original cost $1,000,001 to $5,000,000;
5% of original cost $5,000,001 to unlimited.
The tax rate set by the Board of Supervisors is $2.75 per $100
assessed value.
Machinery and tools are assessed at 10% of original capitalized cost
and the tax rate set by the Board of Supervisors is $4.50 per $100
assessed value.
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Filing Information
The return must be filed by February 15; however, if this date falls on a weekend or a legal holiday, the deadline is the next business day.
If the return is received after the filing due date or not returned there is a 10% or $10 penalty (whichever is greater) assessed.
If you have filed these Business Tangible Personal Property reports in the past, the Commissioner’s Office will automatically send you the required reporting form for the current year.
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Disabled Veteran Exemption
Exemption on Real Estate Taxes
The 2011 General Assembly session exempted real property taxes for
service-connected disabled veterans under Virginia Code §58.1-
3219.
In order to qualify, the veteran or surviving spouse shall file with the
Commissioner of the Revenue an application for real property tax
relief for veteran’s with 100% service-connected disability supplied
by the Commissioner’s Office and all other requested
documentation.
The effective date for exemption is January 1, 2011.
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Elderly & Disabled Tax Relief
Pittsylvania County offers tax relief to homeowners who
qualify and file an annual application with the
Commissioner of the Revenue.
The tax relief reduces the "real estate tax" on a home
plus up to 1 acre of land.
Any land, which the homeowner owns, that exceeds 1
acre is not subject to relief.
If a taxpayer owns more than 1 home, the relief will be
applied to the primary residence only.
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Elderly & Disabled Tax Relief
Pittsylvania County's tax relief program does not include
a reduction in "personal property" tax.
It only pertains to real estate tax.
The applicant and/or the applicant's spouse must be the
homeowner.
The homeowner must have owned the house as of
January 1 of the tax relief year.
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Elderly & Disabled Tax Relief
The amount of tax relief to which you may be eligible will
be dependent upon your income for the past tax year.
The maximum amount of the tax relief currently allowed
by the Pittsylvania County ordinance is $450.
The application deadline is February 15 of each year.
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Elderly & Disabled Tax Relief
How to Qualify
In general, a homeowner must meet an age qualification,
an income test, and a net worth test.
In order to qualify, a homeowner must:
Be at least 65 years old by January 1 of the tax relief year
Have an annual "household" income of $25,000 or less
Have a net worth that does not exceed $65,000 (home
excluded)
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Elderly & Disabled Tax Relief
Exception
In addition to meeting each of these 3 tests described above.
One exception is that if you are not yet 65 years old, but you are
permanently or totally disabled, you may still qualify:
by furnishing additional required information about the disability.
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2020 Real Estate
Transfers –2865 (Wills and Deeds)
Tax Relief for Elderly and Disabled –337
Disabled Veteran Tax Relief -240
Process Building Permits
Mapping Changes
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Land Use Program
The Commissioner of the Revenue Office administers the
Land Use Program which was adopted by the Board of
Supervisors in 1982.
This program is designed to benefit taxpayers who keep
their land in active production by assessing at a land use
value instead of the fair market value.
This results in a lower tax.
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Land Use Program
Land may be placed in the program between
September 1 and November 2 to qualify for the
upcoming year.
The Board of Supervisors shall permit land use
applications to be filed within no more than sixty (60)
days after the filing deadline upon the payment of a late
filing fee of one-hundred dollars ($100.00) per qualifying
parcel.
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Land Use Program Requirements
Land must have been in production for at least 5 consecutive years
Land cannot be in an approved subdivision recorded after July 1,
1983
Minimum acreage requirement for crop and pasture land is 5 acres
Minimum acreage for forest land is 20 acres
Minimum acreage for horticulture is 5 acres
Minimum acreage for open space is 5 acres
Application must be approved by Board of Supervisors for open space
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Land Use Program -To apply
You must meet the above criteria and bring in the
following to complete an application:
An aerial photograph of your farm (which can be
acquired at the Farm Service Agency Office in
Chatham, Virginia)
Income documentation of a minimum of $1,000 per year
must be submitted for the past 3 consecutive years.
An application fee of $10 and $0.10 per acre must be
paid at the time the application is filed.
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Land Use Program -Notice of Change
By law, the landowner must notify the Commissioner of the
Revenue Office of any change in the size or use of any tract of
land in the Land Use Program within 60 days of the change.
Whenever the use of the property changes to a non-qualifying use,
the property is subject to a roll-back tax and interest in such
amounts as may be determined under Virginia code 58.1-3237
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2018 Land Use Values
Taxpayers qualifying for the land use program pay tax based upon
the "use value" instead of the fair market value.
Land use values may be reviewed following a general
reassessment.
The Commissioner of the Revenue sets the land use values within the state code guideline of the "use" value of land in production.
The rates set for 2018 are as follows:
Cropland -500 acre
Forest -500 acre
Horticulture -500 acre
Open Space -1,200 acre
Pasture -500 acre
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Land Use -Revalidation Notice
Beginning in 2010 all taxpayers enrolled in the Land Use
Program are required to submit an annual revalidation form
confirming continued use of the land as specified in the
original application or making any changes that have
occurred with the land regarding to the use, size or ownership.
Income verification of at least $1,000 from crop production for
the year prior to the revalidation notice must be submitted to
keep the property in the program.
Forest land management must be validated with a forest
management plan or date of last cut and anticipated next
cut date.
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Land Use -Revalidation Notice
Failure to return the required revalidation form and
required income / use documentation by December 10
will cause the parcel to be removed from the program
for the current year and
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Land Use -Revalidation Notice
A new application will have to be submitted and fees
assessed to re-enroll the parcel for the following tax year.
Payment of a late filing fee of $100.00 per parcel by
December 31st would allow the parcel to remain in the
program for the following tax year.
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Meals Tax Information
Effective July 1, 2008 the Pittsylvania County Board of
Supervisors enacted a 4% meals tax to be collected by
all food establishments.
Chapter 6, Article III Pittsylvania County Code
To register to collect this tax, you may contact the
Commissioner of the Revenue Office for Pittsylvania
County for a registration packet or download an
application (PDF)and monthly reporting forms.
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Personal Property Tax
Assessment Criteria
Pittsylvania County is not a pro-rating jurisdiction.
What this means is the assessment made by this office is
based upon residency and ownership as of January 1 of
the tax year.
If you are a resident as of January 1, you are liable to
Pittsylvania County for the taxes for the entire year.
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Personal Property Tax
If you change residency during the year to a pro-rating
jurisdiction, be sure to advise them you were taxed in
Pittsylvania County for the entire tax year.
If you move to Pittsylvania County after January 1, you
will be liable to the locality in which you resided as of
January 1.
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Personal Property Tax
If you trade or sell a vehicle after January 1, you will be
taxed only on the vehicles you owned as of January 1.
Any change made during the year will be reflected in
the following year and our office should be notified of
the change in addition to notifying DMV.
The current tax rate as of 2018 is $9.00 per $100 of
assessed value.
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Personal Property -Active Duty Military
Any member of the armed forces with a legal domicile in Virginia,
but is stationed in another state in compliance with military orders
would not be subject to personal property in another state.
They would be required to pay personal property taxes to the
Virginia locality where they maintain legal domicile or home of
record, although the physical location of the vehicle or vehicles is
outside of Virginia during this period of military service. (See the
Service Members Civil Relief Act.)
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Personal Property -College Students
Pursuant to State Code 58.1-3511 " …However, in the event that a
motor vehicle is used by a full-time student attending an institution
of higher education, and such use establishes that the motor
vehicle is normally garaged at the location of the institution of
higher education,
the situs shall be the domicile of the owner of the motor vehicle,
provided the owner presents sufficient evidence that he has paid a
personal property tax on the motor vehicle in his domicile, upon
request of the locality of the institution of higher education."…
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Personal Property -Town Residents
There are 3 towns located within Pittsylvania County. They are the
Town of Chatham, the Town of Gretna, and the Town of Hurt.
If you reside within the town limits, you are required to pay personal
property taxes to both the town and the county.
Each local town council sets the tax rate for the respective town.
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Personal Property -Mobile Homes
Single wide mobile homes are classified as personal property.
Double wide mobile homes owned by the landowner are classified
as real estate.
Double wide homes located on another person's land are classified
as personal property.
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Personal Property -Mobile Homes
All mobile homes are taxed at the real estate tax rate regardless
whether they are classified as real estate or personal property.
The mobile homes are appraised during the general reassessment
every 4 years.
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Vehicle License Fees
In 2007, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors adopted
a license fee tax.
This fee is assessed to all actively registered vehicles as of
January 1 of the tax year.
No adjustments are made to the license fee assessment
due to vehicle being sold after January 1.
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Vehicle License Fees
The fee is assessed based on Department of Motor
Vehicle (DMV) information regarding the garage
jurisdiction.
It is imperative that you review your vehicle registration
and verify that this information is correct.
Town residents are not liable for the county license fee.
Each town collects their license or decal fee.
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Vehicle License Fees
Vehicles that display the DMV medal issued disabled
veteran plate are exempt from the license fee.
Active members of the National Guard that display the
DMV medal issued National Guard plate are assessed at
50% license fee.
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Assessed Value -Vehicles
Vehicles are assessed at 30% of the average trade-in
value from the National Automobile Dealers Association
Guide (NADA).
Travel trailers, motor homes and utility / boat trailers are
assessed on a percentage of cost as listed by DMV.
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2020 Personal Property
Breakdown of Assessments Made
Code
No.
Assessments Total Numbers Code
AP 7
BT 3,397
MHO 33
MV QUALIFYING 59,336 Tax Code PP1
SUB-TOTAL 62,773
NON-QUALIFYING 20,016 Tax Code PPE
MV CONTRACT CARRIER 305 Tax Code PP2
LICENSE FEE ONLY VEH 331 Tax Code PP3
LICENSE FEE EXEMPT VEH 19,926 Fire, Rescue, Town
SUB-TOTAL 103,351
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2020 Personal Property Breakdown of
Assessments Made
CODE
NO.
ASSESSMENTS TOTAL NUMBERS CODE
Mobile Home 5,184
MH Storage 345
MH Double-Wide 144
MH Additions 6,186
SUB-TOTAL 11,859 MH1
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2020 Personal Property
Breakdown of Assessments Made
CODE
NO.
ASSESSMENTS TOTAL NUMBERS CODE
Merchants Capital 306
Business Property -BPP 1,681
Machinery & Tools 79
SUB-TOTAL -BUSINESS 2,066
GRAND TOTAL NUMBER OF
ASSESSMENTS 117,276
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2020 Personal Property Tax Totals
VALUE LEVIES
MERCHANTS CAPITAL $ 13,478,410 $ 370,656.98
MOBILE HOMES 42,341,670 262,518.34
MACHINERY & TOOLS 32,668,500 1,470,082.50
QUALIFIED PERS. PROP.104,006,945 9,360,625.05
EXEMPT PURPLE HEART 20,240
CONTRACT CARRIER 2,147,555 96,639.98
BUSINESS PERS PROP (BPP)16,955,110 1,525,959.90
NON-QUALIFIED PERS PROP 23,611,580 2,125,042.20
SUB -TOTALS $ 235,230,010 $ 15,211,524.95
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2020 Personal Property Tax, Fees
& Penalties Totals
LF1 -Vehicle License Fee 58,368 2,378,496.00
LF1 -Vehicle License Fee ONLY 160 6,520.00
LF2 -Motorcycle License
Fee 1,506 43,297.50
LF3 -National Guard Lic Fee 28 570.64
60,062 2,428,884.14
Totals Tax Levies & Fees
17,640,409.0
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Late Filing Penalties 33,552.81
Grand Total -Levies, Fees &
Penalties
SUB-TOTAL BROUGHT FORWARD $15,211,524.95
LF1 -Vehicle License Fee 58,368 2,378,496.00
LF1 -Vehicle License Fee ONLY 160 6,520.00
LF2 -Motorcycle License Fee 1,506 43,297.50
LF3 -National Guard Lic Fee 28 570.64
60,062 2,428,884.14
Totals Tax Levies & Fees $17,640,409.09
Late Filing Penalties 33,552.81
Grand Total -Levies, Fees & Penalties $17,673,961.90
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2020 Real Estate Non-Taxable
Totals
Land Value $ 71,925,800
Building Value $ 540,130,300
Total Non-Taxable Value $ 612,056,100
Number of Parcels 1,685
Levies $3,794,747.82
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2020 Real Estate Taxable Totals
NUMBER OF PARCELS TOTALS
Fair Market Value $ 1,925,474,900
Deferred Amount (LAND USE)565,159,000
Land Value 1,360,315,900
Building Value 2,949,465,600
Total Taxable Value $ 4,309,781,500
No. of Parcels Taxable 43,381
Levies $ 26,720,645.30
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The End!
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Finance Committee Recommendations (Staff Contact: David M.
Smitherman); (10 minutes)
Staff Contact(s): David M. Smitherman
Agenda Date: July 21, 2020 Item Number: 6.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
David M. Smitherman, County Administrator, will present the Board with Finance Committee
recommendations.
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
Consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body
regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by
such counsel.
Staff Contact(s):
Agenda Date: July 21, 2020 Item Number: 8.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(8)
Subject Matter: Project FX
Purpose: Local Performance Agreement Review
8.a
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title:
Discussion, consideration, or interviews of prospective candidates for
employment; assignment, appointment, promotion, performance,
demotion, salaries, disciplining, or resignation of specific public officers,
appointees, or employees of any public body
Staff Contact(s): David M. Smitherman
Agenda Date: July 21, 2020 Item Number: 8.b
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(1)
Subject Matter: Board of Assessors (“BOA”)
Purpose: Discussion of Potential BOA Appointees
8.b
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Board of Supervisors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INFORMATION ITEM
Agenda Title: Closed Session Certification
Staff Contact(s): J. Vaden Hunt, Esq.
Agenda Date: July 21, 2020 Item Number: 9.a
Attachment(s):
Reviewed By:
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CLOSED MEETING CERTIFICATION
BE IT RESOLVED that at the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ (the “Board”)
Work Session on July 21, 2020, the Board hereby certifies by a recorded vote that to the best of
each Board Member’s knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from the Open
Meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (the “Act”) and identified in
the Motion authorizing the Closed Meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the Closed
Meeting. If any Board Member believes that there was a departure from the requirements of the
Act, he shall so state prior to the vote indicating the substance of the departure. The Statement
shall be recorded in the Board's Minutes.
Vote
Joe B. Davis Yes/No
Timothy W. Dudley Yes/No
Ben L. Farmer Yes/No
William (“Vic”) Ingram Yes/No
Charles H. Miller, Jr. Yes/No
Ronald S. Scearce Yes/No
Robert (“Bob”) W. Warren Yes/No
9.a
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