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Council appoints members to planning, advisory and arts boards
Summary
Blacksburg Town Council announced and approved multiple appointments to planning, zoning, advisory and arts committees for four-year terms beginning July 1. Council emphasized reliance on citizen volunteers to staff advisory bodies.
The Blacksburg Town Council announced and approved a slate of appointments to town advisory boards and commissions at the June 25 meeting; most terms will begin July 1 and run four years.
The council announced appointments including Mel Jones to the Blacksburg Planning Commission; Meredith Jones and Jordan Truesdell to the Board of Building Code Appeals; Jesse Jubrowski to the Board of Zoning Appeals; Sally Pfeiffer and Charles Shade to the Corridor Advisory Committee; Gary Buss, Kristin Washko, Lauren Webb and Kathryn Thompson to the Historic or Design Review Board; Charlie Brower and Jason Hardy to the Public Arts Committee; and William Baldwin, Rachel Knapp and Brandy Faulkner to the Housing and Community Development Advisory Board. The council described these as mostly four-year terms that begin with the town’s fiscal year on July 1.
A council speaker (Mayor/not named in transcript) emphasized the value of citizen service on advisory committees and said, “I will just, underscore the fact that we really rely on student, sorry, on, citizen talent, on the hours of, time that citizens are willing to spend on our advisory committees. Their opinions are important to us, and they have a very real, opportunity to shape policy when they join us in this committee work.”
A motion to approve the 2025 board and committee appointments was made and seconded; the clerk called the roll. The transcript records the following recorded votes on the appointments: Mattingly — Aye; Sutphin — Aye; Watson — Aye; Anderson — Aye; Ford — Aye; Hagar Smith — Aye. The motion carried.
Council thanked appointees and noted the importance of committee work to town policy and planning; no additional debate or public testimony was recorded during the appointments vote.
