Fluvanna Supervisors to review work plan for county’s next two years

The five members of the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors will meet at 5 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom in the Fluvanna Courts Building. (meeting package)

Parks and Recreation Director Aaron Spitzer will give a presentation on how the 2024 Fluvanna County Fair went this year. There are no advance materials but the organizers posted a comment on the fair’s Facebook page on August 20. 

“As we reflect on the success of this year’s county fair, we want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who played a part in making it exceptional,” reads the post. 

Under action matters, Spitzer will ask for a resolution related to a special hunting program planned for Pleasant Grove Park on December 27, 2024. 

“The Sheriff’s Office continues to believe that it is necessary to reduce the numbers of deer on Pleasant Grove and that the best means of such control is through a managed hunt under the auspices of Wheelin’ Sportsmen, a group affiliated with the National Wild Turkey Federation,” reads the staff report. “The proposal is to permit a small (7-10) group of hunters to take deer during the current hunting season.”

These have occurred every winter since 2013. 

There are two resolutions to authorize public hearings. 

One is for changes to the county’s erosion and sediment control ordinance, a section of code that has not been updated since 2015. Since then there have been several regulatory changes at the state level. Charlottesville has already updated their ordinance as I reported in June. 

The actual public hearing for the ordinance change would be held on November 20, 2024. 

The other public hearing would also be scheduled for November 24 and would be for a lease agreement with the Fluvanna Christian Services Society to lease property at the Carysbrook Complex. The FCSS has run a food pantry out of a storage building they rent from Fluvanna County. This has since moved to a different site but they want to continue to use the buildings for other storage purposes. (learn more)

here will also be a review of a recent retreat and development of a work plan. 

“Following the 2024 Board of Supervisors Planning Retreat, retreat facilitator Kimball Payne of the Berkley Group, and County Staff, refined the goals established at the retreat into a work plan with due dates,” reads the staff report from County Administrator Eric Dahl. 

The notes from the retreat include both an updated mission and vision. 

Going in to the retreat, the mission statement read: 

Fluvanna County is committed to providing an excellent quality of life for our citizens and businesses through the delivery of competitive public services and programs in an efficient and effective manner. 

After the retreat, a new draft mission statement read:

Fluvanna County provides an excellent quality of life through the efficient delivery of core services and programs, while preserving the unique identity and rural character of the county.

The original vision statement read:

Fluvanna County…The heart of Virginia and your gateway to the future. A great place to live, learn, work, and play

And the new draft:

A thriving community in the heart of Virginia and your gateway to the future

The notes contain a lot of details about specific elements to build that future. 

There are a couple of interesting items on the consent agenda:

• There is a resolution to renew the lease for the Registrar’s Office in the Jefferson Centre Shopping Center for a monthly rent of $4,087.81 beginning on July 1, 2025. This location has been used since 2020 because the physical location was not set up to accommodate voting reform enacted that year due to the pandemic. (learn more)
• Fluvanna County Public Schools has received over $3.21 million in additional grants for fiscal year 2025 and Supervisors have to approve the appropriation. (learn more)
• Fluvanna County does not yet have a deputy county attorney and is still contracting with the firm Deloria & Hoffman. (learn more)
• Supervisors will enter into a project agreement with TRC Engineers for monitoring and reporting services required by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality at the now-closed Fluvanna County landfill. The cost is not to exceed $38,350. (learn more)

There are no public meetings scheduled and the only thing under “unfinished business” is TBD. 

Before you go: The time to write and research of this article is covered by paid subscribers to Charlottesville Community Engagement. In fact, this particular installment is from the September 30, 2024 Week Ahead edition of the newsletter.