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Sussex County Board votes to separate County Administrator; meeting minutes show voting inconsistency
Summary
After a closed session on April 16, 2026, the Board approved a motion to separate the County Administrator effective April 17, 2026 with severance per contract. The meeting record includes inconsistent vote notation for one member; Deputy Administrator David Conmy announced his planned departure May 12, 2026.
Following a closed-session discussion under Virginia Code §§2.2-3711(A)(1) and (A)(5) on April 16, the Board of Supervisors reconvened and certified the closed meeting. The minutes record the subsequent motion and resolution: "RESOLVED that the Sussex County Board of Supervisors hereby take action to terminate/separate the County Administrator from the County, effective Friday, April 17, 2026, with a severance package as per contract." The motion was recorded as carried.
The minutes list Supervisors Fly, Futrell, Tolliver, Tyler and White as voting aye and Supervisors Baicy and Jones as voting nay; the minutes separately indicate Supervisor Tyler was absent during the vote, creating an inconsistency in the official record. The written minutes do not provide an alternate roll-call tally or explain the discrepancy. The Board also certified that the closed session was conducted pursuant to the stated Virginia Code sections.
Deputy County Administrator and Economic Development Director David Conmy addressed the Board, stating it "had been honor working for Sussex County for the last four years," and announced he will leave the County after accepting other employment, with a final day of May 12, 2026. The Board took no further public action on personnel details beyond the recorded motion; severance terms were described as "as per contract" in the resolution.
