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County Code change: Fee Schedule (Chapter 68)

  1. Board hearing (county’s record, Mar 13, p. 16)Mar 13

  2. Board decides (county’s record, Mar 13, p. 16)Adopted, 5-0 · Mar 13

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About the Board of Supervisors

In plain words

The Northumberland County Board of Supervisors considered a change to the county's fee schedule (Chapter 68, §68-1 Schedule of permit and other fees).1,2 The change lets the Board adopt the fee schedule by Resolution each year and modify it at any time during the fiscal year to cover costs.3 County Administrator Tadlock said all fees except the court security fee could be amended by resolution, and that fee must remain part of the ordinance.3 At the public hearing on March 13, 2025, no comments were made.3,4 The Board approved the amendment by a vote of 5-0, with James M. Long, Richard F. Haynie, James W. Brann, Chip Williams and AC Fisher, Jr. voting yes.2

Summarized from the county’s records, October 12.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Chapter 68 of the Northumberland County Code is titled "Fee Schedule".”Northumberland County Code · table of contents, read Oct 12, 2026
  2. “Chapter 68; Fee Schedule, §68-1 Schedule of permit and other fees” … “Vote 5-0: yes, James M. Long, Richard F. Haynie, James W. Brann, Chip Williams, AC Fisher, Jr.; no, none.”Mar 13, 2025 · Board of Supervisors · Motion carried, 5-0
  3. “allow the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors to adopt by Resolution the fee schedule on an annual basis and to modify such fee schedule at any time during the fiscal year to cover costs” … “All fees except one could be amended by resolution, and that’s the court security fee. The court security fee is required to remain as a part of the ordinance.” … “Public Hearing Open. No comments were made. Public Hearing Closed.”To consider amending the Northumberland County Code, Chapter · full text
  4. “To consider amending the Northumberland County Code, Chapter”Mar 13, 2025 · Board of Supervisors · On the agenda

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The official wording

To consider amending the Northumberland County Code, Chapter

What’s happened

  1. Thu13Mar

    Board of Supervisors · a vote

    AdoptedTo consider amending the Northumberland County Code, Chapter

    Motion to approve the amendment to the Northumberland County Code, Chapter 68; Fee Schedule, §68-1 Schedule of permit and other fees. The amendment will allow the Northumberland County… Show all

    Moved by Williams, seconded by Long

    Minutes, Mar 13, p. 16Open it in the meeting →

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The records

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

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How a county ordinance is changed

The County Code is made of ordinances. The Board of Supervisors amends or repeals one the same way it adopts one: by a majority vote of the members present and voting at a lawful meeting, with each member's vote recorded.

Before the vote, the county must advertise its intention twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county: first no more than 28 days before the meeting, and again no less than seven days before it. The full text is kept on file at the county administrator's office or the circuit court clerk's office.

The law: Va. Code § 15.2-1427 (Adoption of ordinances and resolutions generally; amending or repealing ordinances). This describes the general process, not this decision.