HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/21/2026 - Minutes 0; ROANOKE COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION
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MEETING MINUTES
APril 2026 •
Commissioners :Present:
Mr. Troy Henderson, Chairman
Mr. Wayne Bower.
Mr. Rick James :...
Mr. Jim Woltz
Commissioners Absent:
Mr. Kelly McMurray, Vice Chairman .
Staff Present:
Mr. Philip Thompson, Secretary
Ms. Rachel Lower, Deputy County Attorney
Ms. Marion Pickering, Recording Secretary
Others Present
Ms. Jennifer Chitwood, Infrastructure Services:Manager
Mr. Joseph Sidor, Cyber Security Analyst
WORK SESSION
Mr. Henderson called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
Approval of Agenda
Mr. James made a motion.to approve the agenda. The motion passed 4-0.
Security Awareness Training for Planning Commissioners
Mr. Joseph Sidor and Ms: Jennifer Chitwood presented the Security Awareness
Foundations curriculum,which covered the following topics: cybercrime, security, privacy,
malware, phishing, :social engineering, strong passwords. and multifactor identification,
regular updates for mobile devices and other devices and software, malicious apps, public
charging stations, physical security measures, security measures when working from
home, social media awareness, and incident response. Mr. Sidor followed the
presentation with more detailed instruction on security risks like phishing, smishing,
vishing, spoofing, AI, fake.free public wi-fi, and incident reporting:processes.
Mr. Thompson asked what happens if:the Commissioners accidentally click on something.
in their County email address inbox on their personal device. Ms: Chitwood confirmed
that the Roanoke County IT Department would assist and in such a case Commissioners.
should contact the IT. Help Desk. She stated the County has an application that blocks
spam emails very effectively but even so, all users should exercise every-precaution
before ever clicking a link within an email. She stated the matter:of liability for emails:sent
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to a County address and opened on a personal device would need to be explored further
with County attorneys. Mr. Woltz brought up the QR Codes on all his real estate signs
and Mr. Sidor stated he would not recommend scanning them because a scammer could
easily paste another QR code over the legitimate codes.
Mr. Sidor distributed copies of Roanoke County's Security Awareness Training Policy,
Cyber Security Policy, Password Management Policy, General User Access Policy,
Access Control Policy, and Acceptable Use Policy to everyone for review.
Mr. Thompson asked for clarification of the new password policies being developed which
Mr. Sidor and Ms. Chitwood provided.
Citizen's Comments
There were none.
Comments of Planning Commissioners and Planning Staff
There were none.
Adjournment
Mr. Woltz motioned to adjourn the work session and the motion passed 4-0.
Mr. Henderson adjourned the meeting at 7:16 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted:
Marion Pickering
Recording Secretary, Roanoke County Planning Commission
Philip Tho pson
Secreta , Roanoke County Planning Commission
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Troy Henderso
Chairman, Ro oke County Planning Commission
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