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Patrick County supervisors elect Jonathan Wood chair, approve new meeting rules and committee roster
Summary
At a reorganizational meeting, the Patrick County Board of Supervisors elected Jonathan Wood chair and Andrew Overby vice chair, adopted revised rules that add a public 'welcome' and extend public-comment time, approved the 2025 meeting schedule and committee assignments, and voted to make the full board the budget committee.
Jonathan Wood was elected chairman of the Patrick County Board of Supervisors during the board’s reorganizational meeting, and the board completed several organizational actions including electing a vice chair, adopting new rules language that adds a public "welcome" and extends public-comment time, setting the 2025 meeting schedule and approving committee appointments.
The board opened nominations for chair at the start of the meeting. Supervisor Jonathan Wood was nominated and, after a roll-call, was declared chairman for 2025. Supervisor Marshall announced he would abstain from that vote for ethical reasons, saying the selection had been "already memorialized" outside a public meeting; other supervisors on the roll-call voted in favor.
Afterward the board nominated and unanimously elected Supervisor Andrew Overby as vice chair.
The supervisors debated and then adopted changes to their rules of procedure. The board approved adding a written…
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