Board votes to enter closed session to discuss security of Culpeper County school buildings and volunteer rescue vulnerabilities

Chief Pearman moved that the board enter a closed meeting to discuss plans to protect public safety and to receive briefings by staff, legal counsel or law enforcement concerning actions to respond to a threat to public safety. Pearman read statutory language from the Code of Virginia as the basis for the closed session and explicitly cited discussion concerning the security of Culpeper County school buildings and vulnerabilities affecting volunteer fire and rescue services.

Pearman moved the closed session and the motion was seconded. The board later certified the closed meeting and polled members that, to the best of their knowledge, only lawfully exempted public business was discussed. Roll‑call responses recorded "Aye" from Chair Sheriff Scholten, Supervisor Lee, Mayor Reese and Chief Garrett; Deputy White was noted as not present. The board then adjourned.

The motion and statutory citations were made in open session; no substantive details of the closed deliberations were disclosed publicly during the meeting and the transcript records only the motion, the statutory basis, the certification and the roll call.