Board of Supervisors

Functions of the Board of Supervisors include making land use decisions, establishing growth and development policies, setting operational policies, and reviewing and adopting the County's operational and capital budgets which set spending priorities.

The Board appoints a County Administrator, who manages county operations; the Planning Commission, which serves in an advisory capacity on land use issues; and various other boards,authorities and commissions.

Russell Voting District

Barbara Byrd P.O. Box 472 Berryville, VA  22611 (540) 955-1215 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Buckmarsh Voting District

David Weiss - Vice Chair P.O. Box 349 Berryville, VA  22611 (540) 955-2151 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Berryville  Voting  District

J. Michael Hobert - Chair P.O. Box 588 Berryville, VA  22611 (540) 955-4141 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Millwood Voting District

John Staelin P.O. Box 315 Millwood, VA  22646 (540) 837-1903 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

White Post Voting District

A.R. "Pete" Dunning P.O. Box 194 Boyce, VA  22620 (540) 955-3828 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Staff Representatives:

David Ash , Clerk to the Board of Supervisors / County Administrator	(540)955-5175	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Lora B. Walburn, Deputy Clerk to the Board of Supervisors / Executive Assistant	(540)955-5175	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

County Administration, 101 Chalmers Court, Suite B, Berryville, VA 22611

Purpose:
The traditional board form of government under which Clarke County currently operates was established by the Virginia Constitution in 1870.  Under this form of government, the Board of Supervisors is the policy-making body of the county and is officially known as the Clarke County Board of Supervisors.  It is vested with all policy-making powers and responsibilities conferred by general law on county governing bodies.  The Board's administrative responsibilities relate generally to overseeing the implementation and administration of policies through an appointed County Administrator.

An integral part of the Board of Supervisor's office is the Clerk/Deputy Clerk to the Board.  The Clerk/Deputy is responsible for maintaining all official records of the Board and coordinating the operations of the Board office.  Any citizen who wishes to bring a matter to the Board's attention may do so by contacting the Deputy Clerk at 955-5175 or by appearing and making a short statement under "Citizens Comments" at Board meetings.  Recorded information on Board actions or agendas can be found in the County Administrator's Office, 101 Chalmers Court, Suite B, 2nd Floor, Berryville, VA  22611.


Membership: The Code of Virginia provides that each county be governed by a board of supervisors which is elected by qualified voters.  The Clarke County Board of Supervisors is composed of five members, one from each magisterial district: Berryville, Buckmarsh/Blue Ridge, Millwood/Pine Grove, Russell, and White Post.  Supervisors are elected for concurrent four-year terms.  The election of supervisors is held as a part of the State's general election in November of odd-numbered years.  At the first meeting of the year, the Board organizes itself and selects two members to serve as chair and vice-chair.


Meeting Information:

Regular meeting begins at 1:00 PM on the third Tuesday each month

The following Board of Supervisors committees meet monthly the Monday the week preceding the Regular Board meeting:

-         9:30 AM Personnel Committee
-         10:00 AM Board of Supervisors Work Session
-         Finance Committee Immediately Follows the Work Session

All meetings are conducted in the Main Meeting Room, 101 Chalmers Court, 2nd Floor, Berryville, VA  22611 and are open to the public.  

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