Votes at a glance: Waynesboro City Council actions on July 28, 2025

At its July 28 meeting, the Waynesboro City Council recorded the following formal actions and outcomes.

- Adopted the amended meeting agenda (voice vote recorded as 5–2–4–0 in meeting shorthand; vice mayor absent). - Adopted the consent agenda (voice vote recorded as 4–0). - Adopted a proclamation honoring Charles “Charlie” Downs (presentation to his wife, Mary Alice; no vote detail beyond adoption). - Adopted amendments to Chapter 74 (Subdivision Ordinance) with the exception of the proposed secondary-access amendment; the ordinance changes were approved 4–0. - Introduced an ordinance amending Chapter 78, Article 5 (transient lodging tax) to reflect 2025 changes in the Virginia code; council voted to introduce the ordinance (voice vote recorded as 4–0). Introduction was moved and seconded and will return for adoption in a later meeting. - Adopted a resolution of official intent to reimburse expenditures with proceeds of future borrowing to support repairs and expansion at the public-works compound (item 10) — vote recorded as 4–0. - Introduced an appropriation ordinance for $400,000 for Phase 1 design services for the public-works facilities project to be funded from the sewer fund (item 11); council moved and seconded the introduction and staff said the matter will return for adoption on Aug. 25. - Adopted three resolutions authorizing acceptance of opioid-settlement funds (Henry Schein distributor settlement; Purdue Pharma/Sackler settlement; grouped manufacturers settlement) — vote recorded as 4–0. - Appointed two Waynesboro representatives to the Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board: Vicky Martin (DR Drake) and Tricia Hall Miner (Magnera, formerly Berry Plastics) — vote recorded as 4–0. - Adopted a resolution approving the city manager’s employment agreement — vote recorded as 4–0. - Appointed Danny Lefford to the Blue Ridge Community College board — vote recorded as 4–0.

Where the meeting recorded only a voice tally, the summary reflects the council’s announced result. If a vote-record name-by-name was not given in the transcript, the council’s verbal tally is reproduced here rather than an itemized roll-call list.