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Carroll County EDA elects chair and vice chair, adopts ethics and remote participation policies
Summary
At its Jan. 20, 2026 organizational meeting, the Carroll County Economic Development Authority elected Larry Edwards chairman and Greg Hawkes vice chair, approved minutes and financial reports, adopted a code of ethics and nondisclosure agreement, convened and certified a closed session under Code of Virginia §2.2-3711, and adopted a remote participation policy.
The Carroll County Economic Development Authority elected Larry Edwards chairman and Greg Hawkes vice chair at an organizational meeting on Jan. 20, 2026, approved its December minutes and treasurer’s report, adopted a code of ethics and nondisclosure agreement and a remote participation policy, and held a closed session that the board later certified under the Code of Virginia.
Speaker 1 opened the meeting and nominated Larry Edwards for chair, saying, “I'd like to nominate Larry Edwards as chairman.” The motion to elect Edwards was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. The newly presiding chair then handled the vice-chair election; Speaker 1 nominated Greg Hawkes and the board approved him as vice chair.
During Citizens Time the chair reported no public commenters. The board approved the minutes of the December meeting after Speaker 5 moved to adopt them. The treasurer’s report and payment of invoices were brought forward and approved after a motion by Speaker 2. Later, Speaker 1 distributed a code of ethics and a nondisclosure agreement and asked the board to adopt them; Speaker 2 moved for adoption and the board approved the documents by voice vote.
The board voted to convene a closed session, citing authorization under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. As stated during the meeting, the board moved into closed session "as authorized by Virginia code section 2.2-3711(a)(3) and (7)." After returning to open session, members individually certified compliance with the law by stating, “I certify.” The board recorded a formal certification that only matters lawfully exempt under the Code of Virginia were discussed in the closed session.
At the close of the meeting, Speaker 7 moved to adopt a new remote participation policy that was presented by Mr. Blunt; the motion was seconded and approved. The board then moved to adjourn and ended the meeting.
The meeting transcript records motions, voice approvals and the formal closed-session certification; individual roll-call vote counts or individual vote positions were not specified in the record.
