Gloucester County supervisors vote 4–3 to terminate county administrator, appoint deputy as acting administrator

The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors voted 4–3 on March 30 to terminate the county administrator’s employment agreement and then unanimously appointed Deputy County Administrator Maria Callaway as acting county administrator.

After a closed session described in the meeting’s resolution as being held under "Virginia code section 2.2-371181," the board reconvened and a supervisor moved "to terminate the employment agreement with county administrator effective 4126." A roll-call vote was recorded and the board announced the motion carried 4–3.

Miss Cronin, serving as the meeting clerk for roll call, recorded individual yes/no responses during the vote. The transcript records the following responses: Mr. Nosha — no; Miss Hansen — yes; Dr. Orth — no; Dr. Leming — yes; Mr. Hudson — no; Mr. Krisco — yes; Mr. Bonavville’s verbal response in the transcript text is not captured cleanly but the board announced the motion carried 4–3. The meeting minutes or the official recording should be consulted for the definitive individual roll-call record.

Following the termination vote, a separate motion to appoint Maria Callaway, the deputy county administrator, as acting county administrator was made and seconded. The board recorded unanimous support for that appointment.

The board read and adopted standard certification language when returning from closed session that stated only lawfully exempted matters were discussed. The meeting materials presented the personnel matter as "county administrator position duties" in the closed-session resolution.

Next steps: the board did not discuss at the open meeting any replacement timeline beyond appointing Callaway as acting administrator; the public record and forthcoming minutes should show any subsequent personnel actions, severance terms, or search plans.