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staggered terms
Also in the evening session, public hearings were held on staggered terms for supervisors and an erosion and sedimentation control ordinance.
The staggered terms would be stipulated by an amendment to the county code according to Rappahannock County Attorney Peter H. Luke.
Currently, all five terms expire at the end of 2007. Under the plan two of the districts would elect supervisors to serve two-year terms. The other three districts would elect supervisors for the normal four-year term.
A random selection process would determine which districts have the two-year term. After that, the two districts would elect representative for four-year terms out of phase with the other three districts.
The board opted to postpone the vote on staggered terms, which would also affect the School Board, until its December meeting.
The supervisors adopted an amendment to the county Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance.
“It’s an ordinance dictated by the state,” Luke said. “Staying with what the state has told us to do will keep us out of trouble.”
Adopted plan
In their afternoon session, the supervisors officially adopted their Comprehensive Plan.
“It’s one of the best comprehensive plans I’ve ever read,” Estes said. “I think it’s an excellent plan.”
County Administrator John McCarthy said he was glad to see the plan, which took almost two years of work, finally completed.
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