Board of Supervisors Business Meeting, Tuesday, Apr 15, 2025

What was decided · How each member voted

• Consent Passed: Approve the following items on consent: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i, 1j, 1k, 1l, 1m, 1n, 1o, 1p, 2a, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11. · 6-0-3 (Supervisors Kershner, Letourneau, and Saines absent) Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• Consent Passed: Adopt the proclamation declaring April 13 - 19, 2025, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Loudoun County, provided as Attachment 1 to the April 15, 2025, Board of Supervisors Business Meeting Action Item, to increase public awareness of these essential personnel and the daily contributions they make to the safety of our community and our first responders. (Consent Item) · 6-0-3 (Supervisors Kershner, Letourneau, and Saines absent) Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 7 Commuter Bus Service Expansion to Mitigate Standees: Passed: Reinstate the commuter bus revenue neutrality policy. · 7-2 (Supervisors Briskman and Letourneau opposed) Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 7 Commuter Bus Service Expansion to Mitigate Standees: Passed: The revenue neutrality policy be for Fiscal Year 2026 and direct staff to execute the necessary budget adjustments, adjust the one-way commuter bus fare to $14.00 effective on July 1, 2025, retain nine commuter buses previously authorized for surplus, and estimate and appropriate $101,000 of Commuter Bus fare revenue for the Department of General Services in Fiscal Year 2025. · 9-0 Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 10 Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan: Passed: Add Old Ashburn to the list of villages that will undergo Small Area Plans through Project 9 on Table 2 of the Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan Item 10 Staff Report. · 9-0 Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 10 Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan: Failed: Direct staff to prepare amendments within the Zoning Ordinance Rewrite Adjustments #1 Zoning Ordinance Amendment, to modify the standards for Mountainside Feature Protections, as set forth in Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance Section 5.04, Mountainside Overlay District, to expand the covered activities permitted within the overlay, and to allow for modification of certain standards for such covered activities. · 4-4-0-1 (Supervisors Briskman, Saines, TeKrony, and Turner opposed; Supervisor Glass abstained) Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 10 Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan: Passed: Approve the current list of projects listed in Tables 1, 2, and 3 on the Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan as identified in the April 15, 2025, Board of Supervisors Business Meeting Action Item and as amended at the meeting. · 9-0 Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 10 Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan: Passed: Forward the Data Center Design Standards and Locations, Phase 2 project scope to the Transportation and Land Use Committee for discussion and re-evaluation, and direct staff to return to a future Board Business Meeting with a revised Project Plan incorporating the Committee's recommended revised scope, schedule, and cost. · 9-0 — motion, as amended, Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 10 Department of Planning and Zoning Work Plan: Passed: Suspend lawsuit enforcement of violations of the Mountainside Overlay District until such time as the Board has had the opportunity to discuss the issue during the Western Loudoun Rural Uses and Standards CPAM and ZOAM Transportation and Land Use Committee meeting on September 30, 2025. · 6-3 (Supervisors Briskman, Saines, and Turner opposed) — motion, as amended, Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 12 Board Member Initiative: Amendments to Loudoun County Human Resources Handbook: Passed: Approve amendments to Policy 5.3 (Official Compensation Philosophy) in the Loudoun County Human Resources Handbook to expand the County's comparator market to include Montgomery County (MD), Frederick County (MD), Prince George's County (MD), and the District of Columbia. Supervisor Saines further moved that the Board of Supervisors approve increasing the compensation philosophy target market in… · 9-0 Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• Closed session Passed: Recess this public meeting and enter into closed session pursuant to Section 2.2-3711 (A) (7) of the Code of Virginia to consult with legal counsel pertaining to actual or probable litigation, pertaining to the proposed Golden to Mars high voltage transmission lines. · 9-0 Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• Closed session Passed: The closed session be adjourned, that the Board of Supervisors reconvenes its public meeting, that the minutes of the public meeting should reflect that no formal action was taken in the closed session and further moved that the Resolution Certifying the Closed Session be adopted and reflected in the minutes of this public meeting. · 9-0 Apr 15, 2025 Action Report
• 12 Board Member Initiative: Amendments to Loudoun County Human Resources Handbook: Passed: Authorize and direct the County Attorney to file a notice of participation in SCC Docket No. PUR-2025-0056, the 500 & 230kV Golden to Mars transmission lines and 230kV Lockridge and Sojourner Loops, to represent the County's interests in such proceeding. · 9-0 Apr 15, 2025 Action Report

• Agenda (Granicus)
• Action Report (PDF)

Board: Randall (D), Kershner (R), Briskman (D), Saines (D), Umstattd (D), TeKrony (D), Letourneau (R), Turner (D), Glass (D). Member-by-member votes will be listed here from the official record.

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• 00:09:13

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  Item 9 LEGI-2023-0064, Cross Mill Center: ZMAP-2023-0064, SPEX-2023-0006 & SPEX-2023-0007 (Leesburg) Staff….Copy link𝕏 Post

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  Item 1a Contract Renewal/Supply and Installation: Carpeting and Floor Covering.Copy link𝕏 Post

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  Item 1k Fiscal Year 2024 Loudoun County Community Services Board Annual Report.Copy link𝕏 Post

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  Item 5 Proposed Establishment of Residential Permit Parking District in the Richland Forest Community….Copy link𝕏 Post

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