At its organizational meeting the Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors completed routine organizational votes: electing officers, appointing clerks, adopting a meeting calendar and approving bylaws and committee assignments.

Nominations and votes: a nomination for Don Rosie as chair was made and the board recorded affirmative votes for all members present, installing Rosie as chair for 2025. Rudolph Jefferson was nominated and approved as vice chair. The board appointed Catherine Mayes as clerk to the Board of Supervisors and Courtney Denny as deputy clerk. The board also adopted the Board of Supervisors meeting schedule for 2025, approved the bylaws and rules of procedure as presented, and reappointed members to internal and regional committee assignments.

The nut graf: the actions formalize leadership and administrative arrangements the board will use through 2025 and clear the way for committee work and the county's calendar. Several procedural adjustments to the bylaws were highlighted in discussion: notably a change to the public‑comment line requiring speakers to state their name and either their election district of residence or, if they live outside the county, their city/county of residence (the redline language removed the requirement to state a street address).

Votes at a glance (recorded on the transcript):
- Election of Chair (nomination: Don Rosie) ' Outcome: approved. Vote (recorded): Rudolph Jefferson ' yes; Renee Rountree ' yes; McCarty ' yes; Acree ' yes; Don Rosie ' yes. Tally: 5 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
- Election of Vice Chair (nomination: Rudolph Jefferson) ' Outcome: approved. Vote (recorded): same roll call as above. Tally: 5/0/0.
- Appointment: Clerk to the Board (Catherine Mayes) ' Outcome: approved (roll call recorded as yes by the same five members). Tally: 5/0/0.
- Appointment: Deputy Clerk to the Board (Courtney Denny) ' Outcome: approved (roll call recorded). Tally: 5/0/0.
- Adoption: Board of Supervisors meeting schedule for 2025 ' Outcome: approved (roll call recorded). Tally: 5/0/0.
- Adoption: Bylaws and Rules of Procedure for calendar year 2025 (redline version discussed) ' Outcome: approved. Clerk to provide redline; staff noted one potential item would require closed session discussion if pursued further. Tally: 5/0/0.
- Reappointment: Board committee assignments and regional board and committee appointments (slate reaffirmed) ' Outcome: approved. Tally: 5/0/0.

Closed session: The board made a motion to enter closed session citing the Code of Virginia for limited personnel and economic development discussions and for consultation with legal counsel. The motion referred to the Code of Virginia citations as read on the record; the county attorney made the motion and the roll call on the motion returned unanimous affirmative votes from the members present. After the closed session the board returned to open session and approved a certification motion stating, to the best of each member's knowledge, only lawfully exempted matters were discussed. That certification passed on a roll call vote.

Nut details on bylaws language: staff said they provided a redline showing an amendment to section 4.1D that now requires each public speaker to state their name and election district of residence or their city/county of residence if they live outside the county, removing the requirement that a speaker provide a street address.

Ending: The board completed its organizational motions unanimously and directed staff to finalize meeting schedules, distribute bylaws redlines and proceed with committee work for the year. No policy changes were adopted beyond the procedural bylaws language and appointments; the board scheduled additional intergovernmental and strategic‑planning follow up items for upcoming meetings.