Board Meeting Notes

See more information about the items below by viewing the September 24, 2024, Board of Supervisors Meeting video.

At the top of today’s meeting, the Board of Supervisors recognized Development Services and GIS/IT Department staff for receiving a 2024 Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS) award for the Citizen Connect Permits Web Application.

The Citizen Connect Permits app provides status information for all permit applications submitted to the County. Users can retrieve permit information by entering an address, owner name or Parcel ID in the search bar or by clicking on a parcel on a map of the County. Once a parcel is selected, users can view the permit status information, various maps and imagery, and print reports directly from the app. The award was announced at the 2024 COVITS Symposium held September 11, 2024, in Richmond, Virginia. Speakers included Governor Glenn Youngkin, Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, other dignitaries from state and local government, along with technology industry leaders.

Above: The Development Services Department and the GIS/Information Technology team earned a 2024 2024 Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS) award for the Citizen Connect Permits Web Application.

The Board of Supervisors went on to hear the first reading of an ordinance approving the refinancing of a lease transaction that originally financed various capital projects for the County and authorizing the continued leasing of certain County-owned property, the execution and delivery of a prime lease and a local lease acquisition agreement and financing lease, and other related actions. The second reading is scheduled for October 8.

Consent Agenda

The Board of Supervisors approved the measures below in the form of one resolution under its consent agenda.

• Approval of minutes – September 10, 2024;
• An ordinance 1) accepting funds in the amount of $647,774 from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and appropriating such funds to the County’s grant fund for operation of the CORTRAN program, and 2) reallocating $26,991 from the CORTRAN Budget in the operating fund to the grant fund for the  required match for operation of  the  CORTRAN program. (Second Reading);
• An ordinance accepting Transportation Alternatives Program funds in the amount of $248,022 from the Roanoke Valley Transportation Planning Organization, reallocating $62,005 from the Peters Creek/Williamson  Road Corridor Study Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project and appropriating all funds to the Grant Fund for construction of the Glade Creek Greenway through Vinyard Park West in the Vinton Magisterial District and in the  Town of Vinton. (Second Reading);
• An ordinance approving a Second Site Use Agreement between Craig Botetourt Electric Cooperative and the County of Roanoke for use of space in a shelter and on a tower located on Fort Lewis Mountain and accepting and appropriating $6,000.00 per year for the term of the agreement. (First Reading and Request for Second Reading on October 8);
• A resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to accept Hunt Camp Road of Sections 28 and 29 of the Hunting Hills Subdivision in the Cave Spring Magisterial District into the VDOT Secondary Road System;
• An ordinance authorizing the granting of new public drainage easements to the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, on property owned by the following: 1) David L. Bratton (Tax Map 079.01-01-62.00-0000), located at 3006  Pebble Drive; 2) Leonard W. & Rebecca  G. Stiff (Tax Map 079.01-01-63.00-0000), located at 3012 Pebble Drive; 3) Roy M. Carpenter (Tax Map 079.01-01-61.00- 0000), located at 3017 Woodway Rd; and 4) Alice B. Kefauver (Tax Map 079.01-01-64.00-0000), located at 3020 Pebble Drive in Vinton Magisterial District for the purpose of constructing drainage improvements in various magisterial districts. (First Reading and Request for Second Reading on October 8).

Work Session

The Board of Supervisors moves to a work session with staff to review with the Board of Supervisors the preliminary and unaudited financial results for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 for the County of Roanoke, Virginia, and the FY 2025-2026 Budget Development Process and Changes to the Comprehensive Financial Policy.

Closed Session

The Board of Supervisors will have a closed meeting per Section 2.2-3711(A)(5) of the Code of Virginia, for discussion concerning a prospective business or industry or the expansion of an existing business or industry where no previous announcement has been made of the business’ or industry’s interest in locating or expanding its facilities in the community. Specifically, the Board will discuss potential business location or expansion in each of the five magisterial districts.

Evening Session

After a public hearing, the Board of Supervisors votes to adopt the Roanoke County 200 Plan as the County’s Comprehensive Plan. Learn more about Roanoke County's 200 Plan.

For More Information...

More information on these items and the meeting video can be found under the Past Meetings section of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Meetings and Videos page. You may also contact the Chief Deputy Clerk to the Board at 540-772-2005 for more information.