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At-a-glance: Carroll County Board actions and votes from the meeting
Summary
The board recorded a series of routine and substantive votes: minutes and consent items were approved, quarterly appropriations cleared, a nondiscrimination policy was tabled, personnel policy changes were approved, several proclamations and public hearings were scheduled, and the board advertised a proposed tax levy for public hearing.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors conducted multiple formal votes at its meeting. Key outcomes are summarized below; roll-call data are taken from the meeting record.
Votes at a glance
- Minutes (02/24 meeting, modified): Motion to approve with a stated modification passed on roll call (Yes votes recorded from board members reported in transcript). Outcome: approved.
- Consent calendar: Motion to approve consent items passed on roll call. Outcome: approved.
- Invoices (items a and b): Motion to approve passed on roll call. Outcome: approved.
- Fourth-quarter appropriations: Motion to approve passed on roll call. Outcome: approved.
- Nondiscrimination policy (packet item b): Board discussed state conformity. Supervisor moved to table the nondiscrimination policy until the next regular meeting (April 7). Motion seconded and passed. Outcome: tabled until next meeting.
- Personnel policy changes (policy clarifying firefighter/EMS gap hours/overtime pay): Motion to approve personnel policy changes passed (roll call yes votes recorded). Outcome: approved.
- Red Cross proclamation: Motion to approve proclamation passed on roll call. Outcome: approved.
- Advertised public hearing for a change to the subdivision ordinance's recreational-vehicle definition (per state code 46.2-1500): Planning staff asked that the board hold a public hearing; motion to advertise public hearing for April 7 passed. Outcome: public hearing scheduled.
- Reappointment: Motion to reappoint Susan Clark to the social services board passed. Outcome: approved.
- Budget calendar: Board modified the budget calendar to add a full-board work session on March 24 immediately following the tax-rate public hearing; motion passed. Outcome: calendar amended.
- Abandon pool and EMS construction projects (major action): Motion by Mister Collins, amended to retain EMS parcel and place $1,000,000 in CIP for renovations, and return remaining project funds to the general fund to assist in balancing the FY2026 budget; motion passed 6-0. Outcome: approved (see separate article for detail).
- Tax levy advertisement: Motion to advertise the levy at $0.49 per $100 valuation for public hearing (highest advertised rate; board may lower but cannot raise after the advertised hearing) passed. Outcome: public hearing to be held per calendar.
Notes on votes and procedure
- Many roll-call votes were recorded verbatim in the transcript with each supervisor asked by name; the meeting record reports unanimous or recorded majorities for the items above. If a specific roll-call name was not read aloud for a particular vote in the transcript, outcomes are recorded as reported by the clerk during roll call.
Why it matters: These votes set the administrative and fiscal calendar for Carroll County's FY2026 budget process, adjust personnel policies affecting firefighters/EMS compensation, and create a short legislative calendar for public hearings on zoning/ordinance changes as well as the advertised tax levy that will be considered at the April 7 public hearing.
