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Grayson County supervisors elect chair, debate moving public comment and adding remote-participation rule
Summary
At its Jan. 2 meeting, the Grayson County Board conducted its annual election of officers, electing Bobby as chair by voice vote, and spent substantial time debating whether to move general public comment to the start of meetings and whether to add a remote-participation provision to the board rules to align with Virginia FOIA guidance.
At a meeting that opened at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, the Grayson County Board of Supervisors elected Bobby as chair for a one-year term and discussed procedural changes including where to place general public comment and adding a remote-participation provision to the board rules.
The nominations for chair and a subsequent voice vote took place during the opening business. A nomination of "Mister Bobby" was seconded by Mister Anderson and approved by voice vote; the chair (unnamed in the transcript) called, "All in favor. Aye." The transcript records the vote as a voice vote; an exact roll-call tally was not provided.
Board members spent much of the meeting debating whether the board should place general public comment at the beginning of regular meetings rather than at the end, a change some members said would be more…
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