Video presentation by Chair Rowe outlining the draft of proposed changes for 2021
DRAFT – 2020 Policy Statements with proposed changes for 2021
- Please note – due to formatting changes, line/page numbers in the DRAFT may not align with those referenced in the policy committee update videos being used as part of the 2020 annual conference. However, all changes discussed in those presentations are represented in the DRAFT document.
2020 Finance Policy Committee
The Finance Policy Committee last met on Thursday, July 30, 2020. The materials from that meeting are available here:
- July 30, 2020 meeting agenda
- State Budget in the Age of Coronavirus
- Hot Button Budget Issues
- VML Budget Principles
- 2020 Legislative Program Recap
- 2020 Legislative Summary
Chair: John Rowe, Mayor, City of Portsmouth
Vice Chair: Joshua Farrar, Town Manager, Town of Ashland
Staff contact: Neal Menkes (nmenkes@vml.org)
Diane Bergeron, Finance Director, City of Manassas
Julia Blackley-Rice, Treasurer/Clerk, Town of Warsaw
Ronald Campbell, Council Member, Town of Leesburg
Anne Cantrell, Finance Director/Treasurer, Town of Vinton
Stephen Claffey, Council Member, City of Staunton
Jeff Daly, Council Member, Town of Dayton
Michelle Davis, Council Member, City of Roanoke
Joshua Farrar, Town Manager, Town of Ashland
Brian Fields, Council Member, Town of Dumfries
Susan Goodwin, Finance Director, City of Newport News
Kevin Greenlief, Assist. Dir. Rev. Div., Dept of Finance, City of Alexandria
Bradley Grose, Mayor, Town of Vinton
John Hart, Vice Mayor, City of Petersburg
Linda Holsinger, Finance Manager, Town of Warsaw
David Jenkins, Council Member, City of Newport News
Linwood Johnson, Council Member, City of Franklin
So Lim, Council Member, City of Fairfax
Gregory Kochuba, Mayor, City of Colonial Heights
Ian Lovejoy, Council Member, City of Manassas
Brenda Mead, Council Member, City of Staunton
Amelia Merchant, Finance Director, City of Roanoke
Jacob Meza, Council Member, Town of Front Royal
Curtis Milteer, Council Member, City of Suffolk
Nishal Patel, Council Member, Town of Vienna
Terrill Ramsey, Council Member, Town of Charlotte Court House
Keith Rogers, Town Manager, Town of Dumfries
Sal Romero, Vice Mayor, City of Harrisonburg
James Saunders, Council Member, City of Emporia
Jeffery Shupe, Director of Finance, City of Norton
Annette Smith-Lee, Council Member, City of Petersburg
Christine Snead, Council Member, City of Hampton
Michael Stallings, Town Manager, Town of Smithfield
Brian Thrower, Town Manager, Town of Crewe
Leon Towarnicki, City Manager, City of Martinsville
BJ Wilson, Finance Director, Town of Front Royal
