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Middleburg’s Community Newspaper Volume 13 Issue 3
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The Crooked Angels Page 7 July 28, 2016 ~ August 25, 2016
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Mayor and New Town Council Take Oath Middleburg Town Council Report
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t the July 14, 2016 regular monthly meeting of the Middleburg Town Council Gary Clemens, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, officially swore in long-serving Middleburg Mayor Betsy A. Davis and new Councilmembers J. Kevin Daly and Philip Miller. Councilmember Kathy Jo Shea continues to serve on an interim basis, until she can be replaced in a special election, coincident with the national elections set for November 8. The deadline for filing to be considered for the seat Shea will vacate is August 19th. Advice and Counsel from the “Old Hands” Councilmember Kathy Jo Shea suggested that “an exchange of information between the seated and the incoming members of Council” might be a valuable exercise. The following reflects part of that discussion, excerpted from the minutes of Council’s June 23 Work Session. Councilmember-Elect Kevin Daly, the minutes note, began the exchange by noting that he was “amazed” at the ease with which Council members offered sometimes complex motions for consideration. Veteran Mayor Betsy Davis observed that “sometimes, the Council would vote on something that they did not plan to adopt” and that, in those cases, Councilmember Snyder was good at creating motions.” On the other hand, she noted, “ . . . generally, if the item was something on which a vote was scheduled, the Town Clerk [Rhonda North] has already drafted a motion for the Council.” Councilmember-Elect Philip Miller wanted to know “what was kept in the members’ desk drawers” on the semi-circular dais in the Council Chamber. Kathy Jo Shea replied that they were not “personal drawers for the members of Council” and Councilmember Trowbridge Littleton urged that new members remember that the drawers are used by board and commission members as well. Bundles Murdock noted that her drawer contained a copy of Roberts Rules of Order. Kevin Daly asked if Council Members held the equivalent of regular “office hours” to stay in touch with their constituents. Mark Snyder said he “arrived thirty to forty minutes early on Council meeting nights in case a citizen wanted to stop by and chat.” Kathy Jo Shea’s noted that “whenever a member of Council walked around town, they were conducting office hours.” “Be prepared,” she said, for citizens to approach you “at any time and any location.” Mayor Davis said “the citizenry generally Continued page 17