Front Sign at the Greensville County Government Center

Front Sign at Greensville County Government Center

 

The Greensville County Board of Supervisors is the legislative body of the County.  It passes laws, levies taxes and sets policies by which the County operates.

The Code of Virginia provides that each county be governed by a board of supervisors, composed of three to eleven members. The Greensville County Board of Supervisors is elected by the qualified voters from four single-member districts or multi-member districts. The apportionment of the districts from which the board members are elected lies within the discretion of the board but must be approved by the United States Department of Justice.  Supervisors are elected for four-year terms. The election of supervisors is held as a part of the state's general election in November of odd-numbered years. At the first meeting of the year, the board organizes itself and selects one of its members to serve as chairman and another to serve as vice-chairman. The chairman and vice-chairman continue to be voting members of the governing body. The chairman is Peggy R. Wiley and the vice-chairman is Michael W. Ferguson.

The Board of Supervisors has both administrative and legislative responsibilities, some of which are discharged in the role of the local governing body and some of which have derived from its function as an administrative subdivision of the state. The powers and duties of the Board of Supervisors include:

  •     preparing the county budget;

  •     levying county taxes;

  •     appropriating funds;

  •     preauditing claims against the county and issuing warrants for their settlement;

  •     constructing and maintaining county buildings;

  •     approving and enforcing the county's comprehensive land use plan;

  •     making and enforcing ordinances for police, sanitation, health, and other
        regulations permitted by state laws; and

  •     providing for the care and treatment of indigent and handicapped citizens.

In performing these and other duties, the Board of Supervisors acts as an administrative committee directing the work of those county agencies for which the Board has responsibility.

The Board of Supervisors is charged with administering county functions. A fulltime executive officer has been hired who is directly responsible to the Board to supervise the execution of county functions.