Tim Doss was elected chairman and Tom Bowen vice chair at the Mathews Board of Supervisors’ organizational meeting, which was held on Thursday, Jan. 9, in the historic courthouse.
Doss was elected chair unanimously and was immediately seated as chairman. The board recognized supervisor Janice Phillips for her service as chair for the past year.
Bowen was elected vice chair on a 3-2 vote. He and Mike Walls were both nominated for the position. Dave Jones nominated Walls, stating that Walls had served diligently and faithfully for the past three years and should be elected to the position out of respect for him. The vote for Walls was 2-3, with Doss, Bowen and Phillips dissenting.
The board’s Code of Ethics was adopted on a 3-2 vote, Jones and Walls dissenting. Jones objected to the Code of Ethics, saying it was “full of DEI language,” and that he would “have no part of it at any point in time in the remainder of my term for this year.” He said the only code he would adopt would be the C...