Blacksburg · week of October 24, 2026

Council approves Resolution 10-D-26 — Charter Amendment Request on Town Corporate Boundaries, 7–0

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Resolution 10-D-26 — Charter Amendment Request on Town Corporate Boundaries
7 yes, 0 no
Joel Goodhart (yes), Andrew Kassoff (yes), Michael Sutphin (yes), Darryl Campbell (yes), Susan Anderson (yes), Jerry R. Ford, Jr. (yes), Lauren Colliver (yes)
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Consent Agenda — Town Council Minutes (Oct 6 and Oct 13, 2026)
7 yes, 0 no
Michael Sutphin (yes), Darryl Campbell (yes), Joel Goodhart (yes), Jerry R. Ford, Jr. (yes), Andrew Kassoff (yes), Susan Anderson (yes), Lauren Colliver (yes)
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Blacksburg Horizons Comprehensive Plan Survey
The town is starting work on its comprehensive plan update, branded Blacksburg Horizons, with a survey and map open for public input until December 18.
What it means: Residents who weigh in now get a say in how the town grows.
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Automated License Plate Readers (Flock Cameras)
More than a dozen speakers, mostly non-residents, urged the council to end the town's Flock ALPR contract, citing privacy, data-sharing loopholes, misread-plate arrests elsewhere, and neighboring localities dropping Flock. The mayor and police chief defended tightened local safeguards and said alternatives with full local data control are being explored.
What it means: Police gain a tool for tracking vehicles in violent-crime, missing-person and active-threat cases.
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Town charter corporate boundaries update
Council asked the General Assembly to update the charter's boundary description to match the corrected 2025 survey — an administrative fix with no effect on actual town limits.
What it means: Anyone who cares about the town's legal documents being accurate — no practical day-to-day effect.
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