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Bland County supervisors adopt FY22 financial report, move into executive session on administrator applicants

Bland County Board of Supervisors · March 1, 2026
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Summary

At a Jan. 25 continued meeting, the Bland County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted the FY22 financial report, entered an executive session to discuss County Administrator applicants under Va. Code §2.2-3711(A)(1), certified the session by roll call, and recessed until Jan. 27.

The Bland County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 25 unanimously adopted the county’s FY22 financial report and temporarily left open session to consider County Administrator applicants in executive session.

Supervisor Keith Costello moved to adopt the FY22 Financial Report as presented at the regular meeting on Jan. 24; Supervisor Randy Johnson seconded and the motion passed with all members voting in favor. Present at the continued meeting at the Bland Cooperative Extension Office were Supervisors Keith Costello, Randy Johnson, Stephen Kelley and Chairman Adam Kidd; County Attorney Paul Cassell and Board Secretary Linda Miller were also listed as present.

Shortly after the financial-motion vote, Supervisor Keith Costello moved that the board go into an executive session to discuss personnel matters associated with County Administrator applicants under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(A)(1). Supervisor Stephen Kelley seconded that motion; the board voted unanimously to enter executive session. After concluding the closed session, the board returned to open session on a motion by Supervisor Stephen Kelley, seconded by Supervisor Randy Johnson.

The board then adopted a certification of the executive session under Va. Code §2.2-3712, with a roll call vote recorded as Costello—yea; Johnson—yea; Kelley—yea; Kidd—yea. The minutes note the meeting recessed and will continue Jan. 27, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. at the Bland County Courthouse. The minutes are signed by Chairman Adam Kidd and Clerk Eric E-Wash Workman.

No further discussion of administrator candidates, candidate names, or hiring actions appears in the recorded minutes from this session; the executive-session subject is limited in the minutes to personnel matters related to applicants and cites the specific Virginia Code authority permitting closed-session discussion.