Louisa County supervisors approve VEDP reporting agreement for AWS grants, adopt public art policy and 2026 legislative platform

Louisa County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 20 unanimously approved a performance agreement with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership that sets annual reporting requirements for local grant payments tied to Amazon Data Services Inc. (AWS), adopted a Public Outdoor Art Program policy, and approved the county—s 2026 legislative platform.

The board voted to authorize annual and final reporting to VEDP on local grants the county will pay to AWS under a separate 2023 performance agreement. Under that 2023 agreement, the county agreed to pay a portion of the new tax revenue generated by AWS back to the company as incentive payments; the VEDP agreement being approved on Oct. 20 sets the reporting schedule and confirms that the county—s obligation is limited to the previously approved grant terms.

The board also adopted a Public Outdoor Art Program policy that sets eligibility rules and calls for tourism-advisory review of proposed outdoor artworks before any recommendation comes to the board for final approval. Board members emphasized during discussion that any individual artwork would return to the full board for final approval.

Separately, supervisors adopted the county—s 2026 legislative platform, endorsing a range of state-level priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session, including broadband, library funding, and support for small modular reactor development at North Anna.

The board opened the meeting with a motion to go into closed session under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act—s closed-session exception for real-property negotiations and consultation with legal counsel. After the closed session, the supervisors returned to open session and recorded unanimous votes to certify the session.

Votes at a glance - Motion to go into closed session under Virginia Code section cited on the record (real property and legal consultation): Passed unanimously; supervisors present recorded their votes as yes upon reconvening. - Resolution approving the Public Outdoor Art Program policy (adoption of sign/implementation plan; final designs to return to the board): Passed unanimously. - Resolution to adopt the county—s 2026 legislative platform: Passed unanimously. - Performance agreement with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority (reporting on local grants tied to AWS incentives): Passed unanimously.

The motions were moved and seconded during the meeting; votes were recorded as unanimous for the above actions. The county administrator and staff will publish the VEDP reporting schedule and the public art policy materials on the county website.

Ending The board also approved routine items on the consent agenda earlier in the meeting and closed the session with additional committee and staff updates. Several of the adopted items require follow-up work by staff, including the annual VEDP reporting to be filed as set out in the agreement and future return-to-board review of any specific public-art proposals.