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To say that our day at the show was a success is an understatement. I had always loved Upperville, but I fell in love with the show all over again on Friday, June 8. To be honest, this show has been knocking my socks off ever since I knew about it, but it’s different when you fall in love with your story’s subject anew after all the years writing about it for a national magazine. Full Story onPage Page 28 Full Story on 3
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Swearing In ary Clemens, Clerk of the Loudoun County Circuit Court kicked off the June 24 regular monthly meeting of Middleburg Town Council, officially administering the Oath of Office to Mayor-Elect Bridge Littleton and Council Members Darlene Kirk, Kevin Hazard, Peter Leonard-Morgan, and Cindy Pearson. Mayor Littleton and the Council Members officially begin their new terms in July Interim Council Member Appointment Council Member Bridge Littleton’s election to the post of Mayor left an empty seat on Council that must be filled by appointment, pending a special election in November. Council voted to advertise the vacancy, with a request that anyone interested in filling the remainder of Littleton’s term submit a letter of interest to Town Council. The “new” Town Council will then, in July, select and appoint someone to fill the remainder of Littleton’s term. Current plans call for the selection to be made in a closed session of Council, not open to the public or Press. At press time Town Attorney Martin Crim had been asked to consider whether or not the appointment to Littleton’s vacant seat could be considered publically on the grounds that, as an appointment to a legislative post, it stood outside the legal guidelines generally applied to regular “personnel” discussions. Town Budget Following required public hearings held on May 10 and eliciting no public input, Town Council formally adopted its Fiscal Year 2019 Budget.
The entire budget may be found on the Town’s website at https://www.middleburgva.gov/documents. html On June 6 Town Administrator Semmes requested, and Town Council approved without dissent an “administrative amendment” to the Town’s budget, increasing from $50,000 to $160,000 the line item covering “the actual cost . . . authorized by Council,” for stabilizing the historic church structure. This represents, she noted, a final cost that is around $30,000 less than the total authorized. Middleburg’s General Fund Contingency budget, she noted, “has enough funds to cover this additional amount with the need for a General Fund appropriation.” Town Treasurer Ashley Bott reported that the Town’s books will undergo annual audit beginning the last week of July. The work is expected to be complete by August 3. Middleburg Charter School The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors appears to oppose the Loudoun County School Boards efforts to “surplus” Middleburg Elementary School, according to the Town Administrator. Semmes attended a June 7 meeting of the Joint Board of Supervisors/School Board Committee at which plans were discussed. According to Semmes, two members of the Charter School Board attended as well. They had not been informed of the meeting by Loudoun County staff, according to Semmes. Salamander Plan “Inactive” Will Moore, Middleburg’s Town Planner and Zoning Administrator reported that, on June 14, the Middleburg Planning Commission “took action to deem the Subdivision Construction Plan applica-