The Loudoun County Planning Commission held a work session on January 8, 2026, at 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg, VA. The meeting included the election of officers for 2026, adoption of the 2026 meeting schedule, and briefing on three public hearing items scheduled for January 27, 2026.
The meeting adjourned after the completion of all items.
All right, good evening, everybody. The January eighth, twenty twenty six Loudon County Planning Commission work session will come to order. As is our custom, let's stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. All right, first item is uh nominations of the for the chair and for the vice chair. If anybody would like to make a nomination, just hit your lights. Oh did you have something before the nomination? No. Okay. Commissioner Jasper. Um I'd like to nominate Cliff Kears to be remain as chair for the planning commission for 2026. Is there a second? Okay. Uh so it's made by Commissioner Jasper and uh seconded by Commissioner Barnes for Commissioner Kears. Uh Commissioner Myers. I have a nomination. I'd like to nominate Mark Miller for Chairman of the Planning Commission for 2026. Okay. Do we have a nomination for Commissioner Miller? Is there a second? Second. Uh I think I heard Commissioner Combs first, so there'll be uh nomination for Commissioner Miller made by Commissioner Myers and seconded uh by Commissioner Combs. Is there any other nominations for chair? Do anything okay. Um would those that uh made the nomination which wish to speak um to their nomination. So I'd give that to the makers of the motions, so Commissioner Jasper or Commissioner Myers if you'd like to make a comment. Commissioner uh Myers. Yeah, I will. Um I would just like to say I know there's been some discussions and stuff in the past about chairing for this coming year. Um I just want to point out that you know when I joined the planning commission or had the opportunity or privilege, I met with Michelle before I was not um on that, and she had asked about being chair for consistency and how there would be opportunities for each person that wanted to to serve as chair for each year of since now there's four years four people will get that opportunity, and I told her I absolutely supported that and thought that was a good idea. And then the second this past year, you know, um Cliff had approached us saying he'd like to be chair, and and Mark would like to be vice chair, and I we saw that happening with the idea that Mark would have the evolution then to move up to be chair after being vice chair for a year, and I still think that Mark has demonstrated the ability that he can chair a meeting very adequately. He's been on the planning commission seven years now, six years now. Um he lost the opportunity because he had, I guess, an R behind his name with the previous planning commission and yetn' didn't get an opportunity to serve as chair. Um and people that have told me that more than on one occasion. He has chaired six years of the library board in Louden County of the Board Trustees. Um he does his homework, he knows how to run a meeting. Um, and that's all this is about is running a meeting, really. So I think that Mark has more than proved his ability, his leadership. Um, and I think that we should give him the opportunity to chair this year um and not need to think that we have to have people repeat chairman's when we said we were gonna give people each year an opportunity to be chair. Okay, uh thank you. Um so as I call your name, just uh state who you wish to uh vote for for chair, and I'll start at the end there with Commissioner Barnes. Mike, please. Cliff. Okay, all right, Commissioner Jasper. Cliff Kears. Commissioner Motoretti. Cliff Kears, Commissioner Combs, uh Mark Miller, Commissioner Miller, myself, myself as well. Uh Commissioner Frank. Commissioner Kears. Commissioner James. Um Commissioner.