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Votes at a glance: Waynesboro council adopts agenda, approves zoning change, extends cell‑tower lease and certifies new streets
Summary
At its first meeting of 2025 the council adopted the agenda and consent agenda, approved the cottage‑court zoning amendment (second consideration), extended a lease for space on a cell tower, introduced a tax‑exemption ordinance for elderly and disabled residents (first reading), and certified new streets for VDOT urban maintenance.
The Waynesboro City Council recorded several formal actions during the meeting:
• Adoption of the meeting agenda — motion made and carried by the council (vote recorded as passed).
• Consent agenda — approved by motion and voice vote (passed).
• Ordinance — Council approved on second consideration an amendment to Chapter 98 (zoning) to add a cottage‑court housing type (see separate article for details). The council recorded the vote as passed by the members present (5–0).
• Cell tower lease extension — The council held a public hearing and approved an extension to a lease for space on the cell tower located at 300 Parker Heights Road. No substantive questions were raised at the meeting before the voice vote to extend the lease.
• Real estate tax‑exemption ordinance (elderly/disabled) — Council opened a public hearing, received no public comment, and introduced an ordinance amending City Code sections 78‑61 and 78‑63 to correct printing errors and realign the online and printed code; the ordinance will receive final consideration at the council’s January 27 meeting.
• VDOT street certification — By resolution the council certified 0.88 lane miles of new streets for submission to the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Urban Maintenance Program; the resolution passed 4–0 with one abstention noted.
• Appointments — The council nominated and approved council representatives to several boards and commissions: Lori McConvey was named the council representative for the Capsell Board; Mayor Kenny Lee was named the council representative to the Planning Commission; and Jeremy Sloat was named the council representative to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Each nomination was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Recorded outcomes and next steps are summarized below.
