Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Business Meeting – November 18, 2025
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Business Meeting – November 18, 2025
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors held a business meeting on November 18, 2025, beginning at 9:00 AM and lasting into the evening. The meeting covered consent agenda approvals, public testimony, legislative program adoption, a runway noise mitigation project, and several action items. Key votes included the adoption of the 2026 legislative program (with separate votes on rent stabilization and reproductive rights), endorsement of two of three runway noise mitigation recommendations, and approval of the Intersection Improvement Program update.
Consent Calendar
- The Board approved the consent agenda with a vote of 8-0 (Supervisor Kershner absent for the vote, later present). Items included: multiple contract awards (Courts Complex Phase IV construction management and support services; Fire & Rescue Station #8 Philomont; geotechnical engineering; traffic engineering; IT consulting renewal; Homeless Services Center operation renewal; CY 2026 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards and utility allowances; Human Services Nonprofit Grant Program engagement and recommendations; Location and Design endorsement for Northstar Boulevard); Energy Innovation Forum; expedited process for legislative attainable housing applications; appointments and confirmations; Administrative Items Report; Whitfield Place Crosswalk Safety Improvement Study; traffic calming measures in Brambleton and Lenah Woods communities; Board Member Initiative on personal property tax relief for elderly/disabled (Chapter 873); and Board Member Initiative on demolition dust mitigation.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Robbie Balleram (Brambleton resident, active-duty military pilot) expressed strong support for all three recommendations of the Runway 30 Aviation Noise Mitigation Project, emphasizing safety, efficiency, and community consensus.
- Christine Lozier (Birchwood at Brambleton) urged approval of the study, citing previous collaboration on noise issues.
- Rosemary Linder (Birchwood Community Association) voiced support for the design group’s recommendations.
- John Myers (firefighter) urged the Board to support a proposal for cancer screening for firefighters, noting recent cancer diagnoses and the high occupational risk. He contrasted the cost with the recent addition of GLP-1 coverage.
- Andrew Wright (fourth-generation farmer) criticized the Board’s unanimous abandonment of a right-of-way at Swiftwater Lane at Raspberry Falls, stating it left his 400-acre property landlocked with only a low-water creek crossing. He requested reinstatement for emergency access only.
- Shane Crow advocated for ranked choice voting for local elections, suggesting it could reduce hyperpartisanship.
- Scott Brainerd (Save Our Loudoun board member) raised safety concerns about a Lennar subdivision (Shoney Project) near Lovettsville, alleging the builder used illegal access and lacked proper permits, and called for a stop-work order.
Discussion Items
- Runway 30 Aviation Noise Mitigation Project: Staff and consultant (Jim Allardyce of Vianair) presented three design group recommendations: (1) implement Noise Abatement Departure Procedure 1 (NADP1) for all departures; (2) implement a nighttime heading procedure (straight-out to 3,000 ft before turning, 11 p.m.–7 a.m.); (3) modify runway transitions to consolidate departures onto a north and south route over industrial/commercial areas. Staff recommended endorsing all three together. Supervisor Turner moved each separately. After debate, recommendations 1 and 2 passed 9-0. Recommendation 3 failed 6-3 (Supervisors Briskman, Kershner, Umstattd, and Letourneau voting no) due to concerns about concentrating noise over southern communities not fully involved in the process. A fourth motion to direct a status update by Q1 2026 passed 9-0.
- 2026 Legislative Program: Staff and lobbyist Elizabeth Parker (Troutman Strategies) presented the draft program. Key legislative initiatives included: state acquisition of Oak Hill for a state park; local authority to consider power constraints in land use decisions; permissive authority for rent stabilization/anti-rent-gouging; removal of the cap on home ownership grant programs. Policy statements addressed e-bikes/scooters, solar net metering, landscaping equipment property tax, and tier-4 backup generators. Rent stabilization was adopted 7-2 (Turner and Kershner opposing) after debate over potential rental unit reduction versus 43% rent increase in five years. Reproductive rights initiative was adopted 7-2 (Kershner and Turner opposing) as a separate item. The base legislative program (excluding rent stabilization and reproductive rights) was adopted 9-0.
- Northstar Boulevard Location and Design Endorsement: The Board endorsed the proposed location and major design elements for widening Northstar Boulevard from Tall Cedars Parkway to Braddock Road. Supervisor Letourneau made the motion, which passed 8-0 (one abstention). Supervisor Saines was temporarily absent after a prior outburst; he later apologized.
- 2025 Intersection Improvement Program Update: Staff presented the fourth round of the program, identifying 36 “rank five” intersections using an updated methodology incorporating health, community, and connectivity data. The Board endorsed the list and authorized advanced safety studies. Motion passed 9-0.
Key Outcomes
- Consent Agenda approved 8-0.
- Runway 30 Noise Mitigation: NADP1 and nighttime heading procedures endorsed; modified runway transitions failed; status update directed.
- 2026 Legislative Program: Adopted with inclusion of rent stabilization and reproductive rights initiatives (both 7-2); policy statements on e-bikes/scooters and electric landscaping equipment added; education curriculum statement removed and forwarded to School Board.
- Northstar Boulevard design endorsed 8-0.
- Intersection Improvement Program approved 9-0.
- Ceremonial Resolutions approved: November 2025 as Archives Month; Honoring 2025 Loudoun Wine Awards recipients; Recognizing 21 years of public service by Senior Deputy County Administrator Erin McLellan.
- The Board entered closed sessions for contract negotiations, property acquisitions, and collective bargaining; certified no formal action was taken in closed session.
- The meeting adjourned after closed sessions.
Note: Supervisor Saines apologized to Supervisor TeKrony for an outburst during the Northstar discussion.
Meeting Transcript
Well, good evening, supervisors. Good evening, staff, and good evening, Loudoin. I'd like to call to order the November eighteenth, two thousand twenty-five, Loudon County Board of Supervisors Business Meeting. This room has a hearing loop. If you need a hearing assistance, please switch your hearing aid to the telecall mode. If you need a headset, we have those available as well. Please see the clerk to request one. This evening to Buzzer Umstep will lead us in any words of wisdom. Um, and the Pledge of Allegiance. That's for approval and presentation. Ms. Umstep would join me down front for that. Resolution honoring excellence in Loudoun County's wine industry 2025, the Loudoun County Wine Award recipients. There were a lot of people who are coming in for that. Mr. Crony and Mr. Kirschhner were joining me down front for that. Um one A contract award construction management at um at risk for the courts complex uh phase four. Item uh one B contract award construction support services for the court's contract, item one C contract Award, Geo Technical Engineering and Soral Scientist Services, item one D, contract award, construction of the fire and rescue station number eight and Philamont, item one E, contract award, traffic engineering operation services, item one F, contract renewal information technology consultation services. Item one H calendar year 2026 payment schedule and utility allowance for the housing choice voucher program. Item one I human services nonprofit grant program community engagement assessment and recommendations item two A Energy Innovation Forum Forum. Um item 2B expedited process for legislative attainable housing applications, item three A, appointments and confirmations. Item 4, administrative violence report of November 18th, 2025. Item 7, um Whitfield Place Crosswalk Safety Improvement Study, item 8, proposed traffic calming in the Brambleton community. Item 9, proposed traffic calming measures in the Lena Woods community, item 10B, board member initiative amendment chapter 873 of the codified ordinance of Loudoun County Personal Property Tax Relief for Elderly are totally permanently disabled. And item 11, board member initiative, demolition, death mitigation effort. I will make the motion to approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? Motion seconded by Supervisor Turner. Um by Chair Turner, rather discussion on the motion. Um I would say uh just a couple things really quickly. Um item one I um in item two B. Some of the sometimes these things go by quickly because they're on the consent agenda, but we've really done a lot of work on these. I do want to thank staff. I especially want to thank all of our nonprofit partners. Um item two B expatter process for legislative attainable housing applications. I want to thank Vice Chair Turner, who's really worked on this with um with Kim Hart and others uh to get this done. I'm gonna talk about the importance of oh, Mr. Hart's here. I'm gonna talk about the importance of this when I get to my chair's comments, but I do want to do want to um note that and then item 10, the um 873 of the codified ordinance of Loudoun County, personal property tax relief for the elderly or totally permanently permanently disabled. You know, sometimes I I read things, I've like literally read we should do this, and like we've been doing it for a long time now. And I think because we put it on the consent agenda, there's not usually a story on it, and it goes pretty quickly, but it's important to say that to stop and say that we we have done this and thank everyone who's been part of that effort as well. Other discussion of the consent agenda, Mr. Croney. Uh thank you, Chair Randall. I'm gonna thank staff for putting um together uh uh the energy innovation forum, some ideas and and quotes for that. I think it's important for Loudoun County to be a leader in energy innovation uh since we are we do have the largest amount of data centers in the world. I think it's important that we bring together the thought leaders and um come up with uh what the future might look like for energy innovation. Um I also want to uh call out um number eight and number nine, both are traffic calming measures in the Little River district. One is in Brambleton at um bubblingbrook drive.
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