In July of this year Middleburg Town Attorney Angela Plowman reported on several changes to the Virginia State Code that required the town to formally adopt personnel policies governing the use of equipment belonging to the town for political purposes. On August 14 Town Clerk Rhonda North presented a draft addendum to the Town's Employee Handbook, spelling out not only general rules of conduct, but specific rules governing, among other things the use of government-owned vehicles, electronic communication devices and services, social media, cell phones, credit cards, government-funded travel, meals, credit cards.