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What is the opening invocation and pledge for the Leesburg Town Council meeting?
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
I would like to call to order tonight's um december twelfth, twenty twenty three, town council meeting. And if anyone in the room needs hearing assistance, please see the clerk. Council Member Cummings will be giving the invocation, followed by Vice Mayor Steinberg doing this salute to the flag. Mr. Cummings.
Just wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a happy new year. Um just take a moment to reflect on the f the year past and the folks who who unfortunately aren't here with us or or folks who are alone at this time of year there's a lot of a lot of uh heartache and and and depression and folks really take it take it hard. So just if you see somebody out there that looks a little lonely, just Shake their hand, say hello and and you might help somebody. Uh but just take a moment and just reflect on the year.
Thank you.
And join us in the pledge.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
All right. Let the record reflect that All members of council are here with the exception of Um Doctor Simino Johnson. And we need a motion to allow Councilmember Baghdazarian to join uh join us electronically. Seconded by Uh Miss Nacy and Vice Mayor Steinberg. All in favor, indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay, that passes uh one, two, three, four, five, zero, two. Who abstained? Oh I didn't think that was an of stain. I thought that was a Okay. Okay. One One. Uh Mr Bagazarian, you are officially at part of the m uh mo uh the meeting now.
Thank you. I am moved.
Okay. Is there a second to his move? No, never mind. Um Do uh let's see, we have one s one set of uh minutes. Uh do I have a motion to accept that one? So moved. And Okay. Let's see. Vice Mayor. Einberg. And council member Nasi. And um all in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?
Aye.
Um um abstain, Mr. Wilk? You can't, you weren't at the meeting, so you need to abstain. That's all right. So you abstain. That's all right. Uh so that's five zero one one again. Okay. Thank you. Uh do I have a motion to adopt the meeting agenda? Steinberg and Nacy. And um And is there any additions or deletions? All right. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? And Mr. Baghdazarian?
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Okay, that's six zero one. Uh proclamations. Do we have any f we don't have any proclamations for tonight? We do have two presentations. The first presentation is the annual comprehensive financial report fiscal year twenty twenty three. Results.
How does the council approve electronic participation for absent members?
And who is giving that report?
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Hello?
Good evening, I'm Ann Geneva. I'm a senior manager at Brown Edwards. Thank you, Town Council, for the opportunity to present on the audit this evening and for the opportunity to serve the town as the external auditor. I'd like to give a special thanks to the finance department, especially Diane Starkey and Bill Felici for their cooperation and hard work for preparing the audit. There are several components to the audit. We assist the town in preparing the financial statements, which is a report that takes the accounting information and presents it in a readable, accessible format to users. Um it's also um called the ACFER for short. If you turn to page one You will see the independent auditors report.
We issue an opinion on the financial statements. I am happy to report that we issued an unmodified opinion on the financial statements, which is the best opinion a locality can receive. It says that the financial statements are m correct in all material respects. This indicates reasonable but not absolute assurance that the financial statements are materially correct. Also the town files the ACFER with the Government Finance Officers Association, the GFOA. Фенней фалитфа Цертифика в ачевement for excellence in financial reporting. The town received the certificate for their FY twenty-two ACFAR, and the certificate is included in the sort of front matter of the ACFA for you to see.
If you turn to page five. You will see this section and several pages after.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the opening invocation and pledge for the Leesburg Town Council meeting?
0:49–5:43
2
How does the council approve electronic participation for absent members?
5:43–13:45
3
What are the key points of the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report presented by the auditor?
13:45–20:59
4
How does the council address the rezoning and special‑exception request for the Compass Creek site?
20:59–26:36
5
What updates were discussed about the Digital Town Hall, AI, and automation initiatives?
26:36–32:56
6
What public‑hearing procedures and motions were presented for upcoming town projects?
32:56–39:09
7
How were community recognitions, holiday acknowledgments, and local events highlighted?
39:09–43:38
8
What were the final motions, votes, and adjournment details of the meeting?
43:38–50:25
Speakers
4 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.