Board Meeting Notes

Board Actions

At the top of today’s meeting, the Board of Supervisors received a briefing from John Hull, Roanoke Regional Partnership Executive Director.

The Board of Supervisors also hears a briefing from staff on a revised proposed memorandum of understanding between the County Board of Supervisors and the Roanoke County Public Schools regarding the financing of County and School Capital projects. Combined with planned borrowings this will give RCPS a total of $138 million in bonding capacity over the next two fiscal years plus $2 million in cash for a total of $140 million for CTE and other school capital priorities.

After these briefings, the Board held a public hearing to receive citizen comments on the proposed Real Estate effective tax rate for the calendar year 2023.

Consent Agenda

The Board went on the approve the following items on its consent agenda in the form of one resolution:

• Confirmation of appointments to the Local Office on Aging Advisory Council (LOA),
• An ordinance authorizing the approval of new variable width drainage easements to the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia properties located along Denise Circle for the purpose of drainage improvements, Vinton Magisterial District (First Reading and request for Second Reading on March 28),
• An ordinance authorizing the approval of new variable width drainage easements to the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, on properties on Girard Drive for the purpose of drainage improvements, Cave Spring Magisterial District (First Reading and request for Second Reading on March 28),
• An ordinance approving and authorizing an Agreement for construction and maintenance of the West Roanoke River Greenway Phase 1 (VDOT UPC No. 97171) Project with the City of Salem (Second Reading),
• An ordinance approving and authorizing an Amended Agreement with the City of Salem to allow Roanoke County to act as the Erosion and Sediment Control Authority and the Virginia Stormwater Management Program Authority for the West Roanoke River Greenway, Phase 1 (VDOT UPC No. 97171), located in the City of Salem and in the Catawba Magisterial District (Second Reading),
• An ordinance authorizing the release and vacation of existing waterline, temporary construction and drainage easements located on 0.933 acre +/- on property of Margaret O. Klapperich, Instrument Number 201507683, Tax Map #027.06-05- 06.00-0000, Hollins Magisterial District (Second Reading).

Work Session & Closed Sessions

The Board of Supervisors held a work session with staff to discuss the opioid abatement process. After the work session, the Board moved to a closed meeting to discuss a prospective business industry or business where no previous announcement has been made. The Board also held closed meetings to consider and discuss prospective appointments to the Roanoke County Economic Development Authority and for consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members pertaining to probable litigation, where such consultation or briefing in open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the public body.

Evening Session and Public Hearings

During its evening meeting, the Board of Supervisors held a public hearing for citizen comments on the maximum 2023 calendar year tax rates for Real Estate, Personal Property, and Machinery & Tools taxes. The Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to set the maximum Real Estate tax rate for the calendar year 2023 at $1.09 per $100 assessed value. The Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to set the maximum Personal Property tax rate for the calendar year 2023 at $3.50 per $100 assessed value, and approved a resolution to set the maximum Personal Property tax rate for the calendar year 2023 at $2.80 per $100 assessed value.

A public hearing and the vote to adopt the final tax rates for calendar year 2023 will be held on April 11.

Near the end of the meeting, the Board of Supervisors also approved a resolution requesting that the Planning Commission review the standards for industrial development currently defined in the Roanoke County Code.

For More Information

More information on each of these items, along with the meeting video can be found under the Past Meetings section of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Meetings and Videos page.

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