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Board authorizes local economic incentives after closed session; one supervisor abstains
Summary
After a closed session under Virginia statute, the Charlotte County Board of Supervisors authorized local economic development incentives tied to job creation and investment; the motion passed with one abstention.
The Charlotte County Board of Supervisors voted July 10 to provide local economic development incentives to a prospective business following a closed session held under Virginia Code Section 2.2-3711. The decision was framed as contingent on jobs and investment commitments from the prospective business.
Supervisor Will D. Garnett moved to provide local incentives, and Supervisor Hazel Bowman Smith seconded. The motion passed with Supervisors Gary D. Walker, Will D. Garnett, Robert L. Shook, Jr. and Hazel Bowman Smith voting Aye and Supervisor Walter T. Bailey abstaining. The closed session and subsequent certification followed the roll-call procedures required by Virginia Code Section 2.2-3712.
The minutes record that the closed meeting was convened to discuss incentives intended to attract a business or industry where no prior announcement had been made. The Board completed the statutory certification that, to the best of each supervisor’s knowledge, only legitimate closed-session matters were discussed. The meeting adjourned after the vote.
