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Votes at a glance: Board approves consent agenda, change order for Government Center road work, and salary adjustments
Summary
At the June 24 meeting the Board approved a 13-item consent agenda including multiple grant awards, adopted a design change order for Government Center off-site road improvements, allowed a supervisor to participate remotely, and approved salary increases for the county attorney and county administrator.
The James City County Board of Supervisors approved a range of routine and specific actions at its June 24, 2025 business meeting. Key votes included: approval of a 13-item consent agenda, authorization of a design change order for off-site Government Center road work (not to exceed $900,000), allowance for a supervisor to participate remotely, and salary increases for senior county officials.
Summary of consent agenda (approved as a group): 1) Contract award — public safety annual physical examinations: $210,234. 2) Authorization to purchase 11 police vehicles: $498,381. 3) Grant award — Moses Lane comprehensive community development project (Community Development Block Grant): $1,133,079. 4) Moses Lane CDBG — adoption of required local business and employment plan (administrative action for grant compliance). 5) Moses Lane CDBG — adoption of required Section 504 grievance procedure for disability non-discrimination. 6) Moses Lane CDBG — adoption of housing rehabilitation program design and residential anti-displacement and relocation assistance plan. 7) Moses Lane CDBG — adoption of required fair housing certification. 8) Minutes adoption (with an amendment to correct typos from the May 13 meeting). 9) Grant award — James City County Child Health Initiative: $283,500. 10) Grant award — Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Grant: $8,412. 11) Grant award — Sponsoring Partnerships and Revitalizing Communities program administrative funding: $5,000. 12) Budget amendment — Housing and Urban Development housing assistance payments: $55,000. 13) Compensation Board allocation — Commonwealth’s attorney: $171,640.
The Board approved the consent agenda by roll call; all members present voted aye.
Other formal actions and outcomes: - Remote participation: The Board voted to allow Supervisor Larson to participate remotely for the meeting because she was out of town; motion carried by roll call. - Closed session amendment: The Board voted to amend the closed-session agenda to add discussion regarding the contract for joint operation of schools between the County and the City of Williamsburg; motion carried by roll call. - Change order — Government Center off-site roadway improvements: Staff presented a resolution to authorize design and engineering under the second interim agreement with the Henderson Gilbane joint venture. The Board approved a change-order authorization for design work not to exceed $900,000; funding from the county transportation match budget was identified. The motion passed by roll call. - Salary adjustments (approved following closed session certification): The Board approved a 3% salary increase for the County Attorney effective July 1, 2025, with an additional 1% effective Jan. 1, 2026, contingent on availability of funds; the Board approved a 3% salary increase for the County Administrator effective July 1, 2025, with an additional 1% effective Jan. 1, 2026, contingent on availability of funds. Both measures passed by roll call with all members voting aye. - Reappointment: The Board approved the reappointment of Eugene Brus to the Williamsburg Regional Library Board of Trustees for a four-year term ending June 30, 2029.
All recorded roll-call votes in the cited items showed unanimous approval by the supervisors present at the meeting. Where a named mover or seconder was not specified in the public record, the minutes record the action as adopted by roll call.
