Board completes organizational business: elects chair, vice chair; adopts meeting schedule, rules, appropriations and appointments

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors completed customary organizational business Jan. 13, electing leadership for 2025, adopting procedural rules, setting meeting dates and approving several appropriations and appointments.

Leadership and procedure: Supervisors nominated and elected the chair and vice chair for 2025 by roll-call vote. The Board approved meeting dates for 2025 and adopted its rules of order and parliamentary procedures. The Board also considered standards of conduct and the county code of ethics; the standards of conduct were adopted with one exception noted during roll call.

Appropriations and consent items: The board adopted consent agenda items and approved specific appropriations including opioid abatement funding for the New River Valley Recovery Ecosystem program and a county capital fund appropriation. Roll-call votes on those appropriations recorded seven ayes.

Boards and appointments: The Board completed its annual appointments to boards and commissions, including county and interjurisdictional liaisons. Notable appointments included a county representative to the Montgomery Tourism Development Council and assignment of supervisors and staff as liaisons to commissions including economic development, parks and recreation and planning. The board also appointed Supervisor Mary Biggs to the New River Community Services Board.

Other votes: The Board approved the special-use permit for a short-term rental at 2671 Luster's Gate Road and adopted the 2025 organizational cooperative agreement for the joint tourism program (separate articles cover those items in detail).

Votes at a glance: - Election of chair for 2025: motion passed (roll call: 7 ayes) - Election of vice chair for 2025: motion passed (roll call: 7 ayes) - Meeting dates for 2025 (second and fourth Mondays; 7:15 p.m. public, closed sessions at 6:00 p.m. if needed): adopted (7 ayes) - Rules of order and parliamentary procedures: adopted (7 ayes) - Standards of conduct (2025): adopted with one exception recorded (7 ayes, 1 exception noted) - Special-use permit, 2671 Luster's Gate Road: approved (7 ayes) — see separate article - Organizational cooperative agreement for joint tourism program: adopted (7 ayes) — see separate article - Opioid abatement appropriation (New River Valley Recovery Ecosystem program): approved (7 ayes) - County capital fund appropriation: approved (7 ayes) - Appointments to boards and commissions: approved as presented (7 ayes)

Ending: The Board adjourned its organizational business and moved into committee and work-session items for the evening.