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Smyth County BZA elects officers for 2025, reappoints clerk and adopts operating procedures
Summary
At its Jan. 7 organizational meeting, the Smyth County Board of Zoning Appeals elected officers for 2025, reappointed Becca Creasy as clerk, unanimously approved 2025 operating procedures and set the tentative meeting calendar.
The Smyth County Board of Zoning Appeals met Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Smyth County Office Building and completed its organizational business, electing officers for the 2025 calendar year and adopting operating procedures.
Chairman Robert Shults moved the meeting to appoint Clegg Williams as temporary chairman to oversee the organizational votes; the appointment is recorded in the meeting minutes. John DeBusk III nominated Robert Shults for chairman, seconded by Daniel Sturgill; the board recorded five yeas (DeBusk, Sturgill, Johnson, Greer and Frye), zero nays and one abstention by Shults. Daniel Sturgill nominated John DeBusk III for vice chairman, seconded by Jimmy Frye; the vote was the same tally of five yeas, zero nays and one abstention (DeBusk). John DeBusk III nominated Daniel Sturgill for secretary, seconded by Newell Johnson; that motion likewise passed by the same recorded tally with DeBusk recorded as the abstention.
Chairman Robert Shults reappointed Becca Creasy as the board clerk for calendar year 2025; the minutes record the reappointment but do not record a seconded motion or formal roll-call vote. The board also approved the minutes of April 9, 2024, on a motion by John DeBusk III, seconded by Daniel Sturgill; the motion was recorded as unanimously approved. Mr. Shults moved to approve the 2025 Operating Procedures as presented; Newell Johnson seconded the motion and the board unanimously approved the procedures.
The board agreed that regular meetings will occur the first Tuesday of the month as needed; if no applications are filed during 2025, the next scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. With no further business, Chairman Shults adjourned the meeting at approximately 5:38 p.m.
The actions recorded in the minutes are procedural and organizational; no land-use hearings, variances, or other substantive case decisions were taken at this session.
