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Votes at a glance: Fauquier County Board of Supervisors actions, April 10, 2025
Summary
The Board approved the agenda, several consent items, a property acquisition, appointments, a sewer fee increase, a commercial lease and the energy storage zoning amendment during its April 10 meeting. One supervisor recused from the property purchase vote.
The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors took a set of routine and substantive actions at its April 10, 2025 meeting. Key outcomes included adoption of the agenda, approval of consent items, ratification of a property acquisition, appointments to advisory bodies, a sewer application fee increase, execution authorization for an airport lease and adoption of a zoning text amendment on battery energy storage systems.
Votes and key details
- Agenda adoption (with change): The board adopted the meeting agenda after a motion to postpone Consent Agenda Item 7(j) (a resolution related to an open space agreement for property owned by William H. Gruen and Margaret McDonald). Motion carried (voice vote; tally not specified in transcript).
- Consent agenda: The board adopted the consent agenda as amended. Motion carried (voice vote; tally not specified in transcript).
- Resolution to ratify and execute a property acquisition agreement (St. Stephen's Episcopal Church property, 12187 Elk Run Road, Midland): The board moved to adopt the resolution to ratify and execute the property acquisition agreement previously approved by resolution on Nov. 14, 2024. One supervisor recused from the vote because he is a trustee of St. Stephen's; the motion passed (voice vote; recorded as carried with one recusal). The recusing supervisor identified a perceived conflict and did not participate in the vote.
- Appointments: Lieutenant Thomas Cammer and Captain Linwood Parsons were appointed to the Towing and Recovery Advisory Board; Supervisor Culbertson was appointed to the Water and Sanitation Authority and County Liaison Committee. No opposition was recorded in the meeting minutes presented in the transcript.
- Sewer application fee (Catlett and Calvertons sewer system): The board approved an amendment increasing the contractor pass‑through application fee from $600 to $765 to cover higher actual costs charged by the system operator (motion carried; voice vote; tally not specified in transcript). Ms. Downs presented the staff report.
- Airport commercial lease (Skydive Maple Grove, d/b/a Skydiving Center): The board authorized the County Administrator to execute a commercial lease for 837 square feet of office space at the Warrenton‑Fauquier Airport. Rent will increase from $1,150 to $1,273.58 per month under the new lease. Motion carried (voice vote; tally not specified in transcript). Ms. Dennis presented the item.
- Zoning ordinance text amendment — Energy Storage Facilities: The board adopted the energy storage text amendment (see separate article). Motion carried 5‑0.
Most motions were carried by voice vote with the board signaling “aye.” Where the transcript recorded numbers, the energy storage text amendment passed 5‑0; the property acquisition vote included a recusal noted on the record.
