Editor’s note: Due to inclement weather, some of the public meetings have been canceled or rescheduled. We will update this list as we are made aware of these changes.
Caroline County
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Public hearing to amend county ordinance to allow greater heights for certain communication towers
- Public hearing on data center special exception permit
- Recognition of recently retired longtime Parks and Recreation Director Donnell Howard
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A public hearing will be held on applicant Caroline Center for Innovation North’s request for a special exception permit to construct a data center on a 95.4-acre parcel east of Coleman’s Mill Road along W.C. Spratt Drive within the Reedy Church Voting District. The proposed plan includes four data center buildings totaling 1.5 million square feet along with a substation on 10 acres and other accessory structures including water storage tanks, a gatehouse, and an office building. The planning commission recommended approving the project.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Fredericksburg
City Council work session/regular meeting, Tuesday, 5/7:30 p.m.
- CEDS presentation from GWRC Executive Director Chip Boyles
- Discussion of potential solar lease at Cool Springs
- Annual Economic Development Authority report
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There’s a light agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, which could be postponed depending on weather conditions due to Winter Storm Fern. During a work session, council will discuss a potential solar lease at Cool Springs and also receive its annual update from the Economic Development Authority (EDA). Chip Boyles, the executive director of the George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC), will give a presentation on a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), a “place-based, regionally driven framework that engages community leaders, leverages private sector involvement, and creates a strategic blueprint for regional collaboration.”
-Joey LoMonaco
King George County
School board meeting, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.
- Employee health insurance review
- Gifted Advisory Committee annual report
- FY27 budget presentation
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In its second meeting of the year, the board review employee health care, hear a presentation from the Gifted Advisory Committee, and listen to a presentation from Superintendent Jesse Boyd regarding the fiscal year 2027 budget.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Spotsylvania County
Board of supervisors meeting, Thursday, 5 p.m.
- Approval of a resolution supporting qualified immunity for public officials acting lawfully within the scope of their office
- Mary Washington Healthcare presentation
- Comprehensive Plan update work session
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This meeting was rescheduled from Tuesday to Thursday. County staff drafted a resolution stating that the board of supervisors supports the continuation of qualified immunity for public officials lawfully acting within the scope of their office. A memo from the county notes that qualified immunity protects public officials from civil litigation for lawful official acts performed within the scope of their duties. The memo stressed that repealing or diminishing the protection would put the official’s personal assets at risk and make hiring public employees more difficult for the county.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
CANCELED: Special school board meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Presentation of superintendent’s schools budget for the next fiscal year
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The meeting has been canceled and will be held Feb. 2 at 6 p.m.
CANCELED: Planning Commission meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
- Public hearing on the county’s Utilities Water and Sewer Master Plan
- Discussion of updating Stafford’s Comprehensive Plan
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The meeting has been canceled, and public hearings scheduled for Wednesday will be held Feb. 11 at 6 p.m.
-Jonathan Hunley
