Board of Supervisors Meeting, May 13, 2026
Approved: Adoption of 2026 Emergency Operations Plan, unanimous
What happened
On May 13, 2026, Hanover County approved Adoption of 2026 Emergency Operations Plan (unanimous).
This was a Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting on 2026-05-13 dominated by employee service-award recognitions, proclamations, and routine reports; it contained no land-use votes.
- Jurisdiction
- Hanover County, VA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 13, 2026
- Decisions
- 2 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
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Adoption of 2026 Emergency Operations Plan
Board adopted the updated 2026 Emergency Operations Plan for Hanover County Fire and EMS and authorized filing with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. Plan organized into 17 emergency support functions; reviewed by Public Safety Committee in March.
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Key Decisions (2)
Adoption of 2026 Emergency Operations Plan
Closed session — possible land acquisition GPIN 7795-99-9936 and personnel evaluations
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Development Activity (3)
Trade Port Data Center (Mountain Road / Route 54)
Industrial
Iron Horse Data Center
Industrial
Windchurch / RV center area data center
Industrial
Market Signals (5)
Infrastructure
Multiple pending hyperscale data center proposals (Trade Port/TRAC on Route…
Sentiment
Residents cited Virginia public support for data centers dropping from…
Infrastructure
County broadband buildout continues: All Points Broadband has ~6,198 passings…
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Who spoke
19 distinct speakers; 8 identified names.
All speaker roles: 7 Staff, 6 Public, 1 Witness, 3 Councilmember, 2 Chair.
Identified name roles: 1 Witness, 1 Chair, 4 Staff, 2 Councilmember.
Speaker sample: Jason Williams, Staff.
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Zoning terms (4)
5 recorded timestamps
- land use (1 timestamps)
- motion to approve (1 timestamps)
- variance (2 timestamps)
- subdivision (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (2)
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