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YOU READY? MS. BROWN? YOU READY? YEP.
[1. ROLL CALL]
AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE DEWEY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR JANUARY 17TH, 2023.IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UM, IF YOU WILL, WILL YOU STAND WITH ME FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? UH, IN THAT ORDER WE'LL DO THE LORD'S PRAYER.
OUR FATHER GARDEN, HEAVEN, I'LL BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL BINS, THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA FOR TODAY? NO AMENDMENTS.CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.YOU HAVE A SUMMARY OF CLAIMS VRA 2019 C, TAX EXEMPTION, BOND, REQUISITION NUMBER 39, AND SURPLUS OF COUNTY, UH, PERSONAL PROPERTY.
UM, ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO THAT THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED? MR. CHAIRMAN? IF IT'S NONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
NEXT IS REPORTS.WE HAVE AARON FRENCH FROM VDOT WITH US TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, MR. CHAIR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO EVERYBODY.
I WILL START OFF WITH A COUPLE OF OUR PROJECTS, WHICH SEEM TO BE STALWART THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR WEATHER OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
BRANCHES ROAD ARE ALL RUSTIC IS STILL ON SCHEDULE, BE COMPLETE IN THE SPRING.
THEY MAY BE GETTING OUT THERE IN NEXT MONTH OR SO AND STARTING TO GET SOME OF THAT PRELIMINARY WORK DONE BEFORE THEY SURFACE TREAT THAT ROAD.
UM, OUR BALTIMORE ROAD CULVERT IS STILL PLANNED FOR SPRING BREAK.
WE'VE GOT THE MATERIALS FOR THAT PROJECT, SO JUST WAITING FOR THE GOOD TIME WHEN THERE'S NO SCHOOL BUSES TO CLOSE THAT ONE DOWN AND REPLACE THAT PIPE.
WE ARE, HOWEVER, CHECKING ON THAT PIPE REGULARLY AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS, IS STABLE AND SAFE.
UM, OUR WATER FOR DRIVE AND SHES BOULEVARD CULVERT REHABS, A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRESS ON THOSE.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAS CLEARED SO AS SOON AS THE CONTRACTOR HAS MATERIALS AND A DATE, WE WILL BE READY TO GO AND MOBILIZE ON THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.
OUR MOWING, UH, IS COMPLETE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE DID THE FULL RIGHT OF WAY MOW BACK LAST MONTH IN DECEMBER.
UM, WITH THAT WE DID NOT DO A FINAL CYCLE MOW THROUGH OUR CONTRACT MOWING IN THE FALL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WARRANTED.
HOWEVER, WE ARE SEEING A LARGE, UH, AMOUNT OF TRASH ON THE ROADS BECAUSE OF THAT.
WE TYPICALLY DO THE TRASH AT THAT TIME.
UM, WHAT I'M DOING IS GOING TO DO A TRASH, JUST A STRAIGHT TRASH PICKUP CYCLE ON PRIMARIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS WELL TO TRY AND TO CURB SOME OF THAT TRASH WE'RE SEEING MOSTLY ON THE PRIMARIES.
UM, OUR JOINTS HAVE BEEN MILLED ON ROUTE ONE THAT IS COMPLETE.
THEY CAME BACK AND SEALED THOSE CRACKS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
SHOULDERS ON ROUTE ONE HAVE BEEN CLIPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 7 0 3.
LATER ON THIS WEEK, THEY'RE GONNA START FROM 7 0 3 AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY LINE.
WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT, THEY'RE GONNA START ON 40 AND GO 40 THROUGH THE WHOLE COUNTY AND CLIP ALL OF THOSE SHOULDERS AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE 2 26 AND ROUTE ONE, THE SIGNAL TIMING REQUEST OR THE STERLING ROAD SIGNAGE UPDATES.
HOWEVER, I WILL BE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ON THOSE STUDIES.
NASH ROAD, I DID RECEIVE CONFIRMATION THIS AFTERNOON THAT THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST FOR THE TREE TRIMMING.
HOWEVER, I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE, BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW ONCE I KNOW THAT THE CHURCH ROAD PARKING, UM, THE ISSUE WITH THE ACCIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE CEMETERY, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT SOME CRASH OUTTA THERE AND CONSIDERING NO PARKING SIGNS IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM, AND I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FORT EMERY ROAD SPEED STUDY AS
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WELL.TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DENIED THAT SPEED STUDY DUE TO THE LACK OF CRASHES AND NO CHANGE IN TRAFFIC VOLUME.
THEY ALSO DID NOT RECOMMEND POSTING THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL SPEEDING IF PEOPLE KNEW WHAT THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT IS.
TYPICALLY MOTORISTS USE THAT AS A MINIMUM SPEED LIMIT NOWADAYS, SO THEY ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES ON THAT ROUTE.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL DO A SAFETY STUDY IF, IF REQUESTED, THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND THE SAFETY STUDY BE DONE AS WELL.
THEY DOUBT THAT IT WILL HAVE MUCH IMPACTS BECAUSE OF THE LACK.
MAY THE SAFETY STUDIES ARE TYPICALLY BASED ON GEOMETRY AND WITH IT BEING A RELATIVELY STRAIGHT SEGMENT, NOT MANY MAJOR CURVES.
THEY DO NOT THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY IMPROVEMENTS THEY COULD MAKE FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT REGARDING CURVES OR ADVANCED SIGNAGE OR PAVEMENT MARKINGS.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL DO THE SAFETY STUDY IF REQUESTED.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SAY OVER THERE.
I'M JUST REPORTING WHAT YOU KNOW.
WAIT FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR.
UH, SPEAKING OF SPEED STUDIES, I BROUGHT IT UP FROM MR. MASSEN GIL AND UH, IT'S AN AREA FROM BRU FORWARD 40 AND WHITE OAK ROAD TO GRUBBY ROAD AND WHITE OAK ROAD.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREASE OF A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE AND THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE ACCIDENTS IN THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS.
SO WHAT SHOULD I DO? ASK FOR A SPEED STUDY OR A SAFETY STUDY? WOULD THIS BE ON ROUTE 40 OR SIX 13? NO, IT'S UH, IT'S ON SIX 13.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD, I I SENT AN EMAIL AND GOT CONFIRMATION.
CHRIS RUSS IS, WHO'S THE SAFETY OFFICER.
HE'S INCIDENT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, ALSO HANDLES THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR THE RESIDENCY.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO A, UM, PRELIMINARY STUDY NOW AND INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A, AN UPDATE AT THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING ON WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
BUT I'VE GOT CONFIRMATION THAT THEY, THEY WILL START THAT PROCESS AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE.
THAT NEXT MEETING IS FEBRUARY 8TH.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'LL HAVE A, WHAT IS A PRELIMINARY STUDY GONNA BE SAFETY OR TRAFFIC SPEED? UH, THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM SPEED.
UM, THE PRELIMINARY STUDY, CHRIS WILL GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND LOOK AT SOME CRASH DATA, LOOK AT THE ROUTE ITSELF, UM, LOOK AT SOME TRAFFIC DATA AS WELL.
MAKE, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THAT, AND THAT WILL GO TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND THEY WILL MAKE THEIR, MAKE THEIR DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SPEED SAFETY OR THE SAFETY STUDY.
BUT IT IS GOING FORWARD AS A SPEED STUDY AT THIS POINT.
DR. MOORE OWNS HALF A QUAKER, BUT COMING, GOING EAST, YOU KNOW, WE GOING NORTH, YOU TURNING INTO EAST, THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE.
SCHOOL BUS, UH, IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING IN THERE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT WHITE TURN.
BUT WHEN YOU GOING IN MM-HMM
IF YOU'RE COMING, IF YOU'RE COMING IN NORTH, YOU'RE GOING NORTH, MAKING THAT TURN TURN.
ONTO QUAKER ROAD, ONTO QUAKER ROAD ON TWO QUAKER ROAD THAT I GOT, UH, SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BUS DRIVER AND THE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEM TRYING TO COME IN THAT WAY IS IT'S HARD.
IT'S, IT'S ONE MILE FROM SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY RIGHT.
COMING NORTH THE WAY IT LANCE IT SL NORTH THE ROAD DOES.
SO WHEN THEY'RE COMING NORTH, TRYING TO GET ON QUICKER ROAD.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THAT IF YOU JUST SQUARED IT UP SOME WAY OR SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
IT MUST BE THE DRIVER OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT ONE, THE CONSTITUENTS TOO ARE SAYING THAT WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY SEE MM-HMM
THEY DON'T WANT TO, UH, AN ACCIDENT HAPPEN OR SO.
I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AREA.
UM, IT MAY BE DEPENDENT UPON HOW MUCH RIGHT OF WAY WE HAVE THERE AT THE INTERSECTION AS FAR AS WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO, WIDENING IT, WIDENING THE SHOULDER OUT OR, OR SHIFTING IT.
PAUL JONES REPORTED IT, BROTHER MM-HMM
UM, SIX 19 COURTHOUSE ROAD AND BOLSTERS ROAD.
UM, Y'ALL KNOCKED A HORNET'S NEST DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON THAT ONE.
UM, DO Y'ALL TAKE INTO A ACCOUNT OF SEALS, A TRAFFIC STUDY, LOT OF BIG EQUIPMENT, FARM EQUIPMENT THAT'S A FARMING COMMUNITY AND I THINK Y'ALL
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CLOSE THAT INTERSECTION DOWN TO WHERE TRACTOR TO TRAILERS CAN'T GET THROUGH IT.I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE WITH BIG WIDE FARM EQUIPMENT WHEN, AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE EAST SIDE OF, OF, UH, BOLSTERS ROAD, ACTUALLY IT WASN'T ANY PAVEMENT, WHICH YOU COULD SEE WHERE TRUCKS WERE PULLING OFF THE PAVEMENT TO, TO MAKE A TURN.
UM, YEAH, THE COMMUNITY IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, UM, WHETHER WE WOULD'VE CAUGHT THAT Y'ALL WERE DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY DOWN THERE MM-HMM
BUT IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO I GUESS, KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION AND IF WE GOT IT, MAYBE IT WENT RIGHT OVER OUR HEADS.
I'LL BE HONEST, THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME INTERNAL STRIFE ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION.
WE MADE A DETERMINATION AND THEN ANOTHER PARTY MADE A ANOTHER DETERMINATION AND THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE.
UM, WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DISSATISFACTION WITH WHAT WAS DONE AT THAT INTERSECTION AND ARE TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT TO DO TO REVERSE IT OR FURTHER, NOT FURTHER, BUT IMPROVE IT.
YEAH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, I THINK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS I, I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE TO CALL ABOUT, I GUESS SAFETY AND TRAFFIC.
UM, AND I'M GONNA KIND OF BE OUT AT, UM, ON RIVER ROAD AND JUST KIND OF RIDE DOWN, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SHOW, SHOW ME SOME STUFF.
AND ALSO, UM, PINE BEACH AND WEST PICKSBURG, UM, SOME OF THE ROADS THAT THEY'RE HAVE SOME ISSUES, THEY WANT ME TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU OR CALL YOU AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, PLANNING, PLANNING TO DO THAT IN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO.
JUST KIND OF RIDE UP AND, UM, MEET SOME INDIVIDUALS AND SO THEY CAN SHOW ME EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SET UP A MEETING, YOU CAN, WE CAN FIND TIME TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THAT LIST AND LOOK AT SOME SOLUTIONS.
WELL I MAY CALL YOU ABOUT THAT.
IF, IF MS. EBRA BONNER, UH, SCHEDULES A TIME, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL PROACTIVELY COULD COME WITH HER TO MEET? IF YEAH, AND I'M THINKING INSTEAD OF HER MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT VDOT MM-HMM
MAYBE IT'D BE BETTER TO BE TALKING ABOUT YOU WITH YOU AND THE C DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE
AND IF YOU KNOW FOR HER, SHE'S NOT GONNA HAVE THE ANSWERS.
BUT YOU PROBABLY WOULD, I MEAN, AT THAT TIME ACTUALLY WORKS OUT WELL FOR EACH OTHER.
MAYBE, MAYBE WE COULD HELP ORCHESTRATE THAT.
YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD? YEAH.
JUST GIMME A RING, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND WE WILL SET IT UP.
I HAD ONE MORE ISSUE THAT I REMEMBERED.
UH, SOMEONE TA TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE RUMPEL STRIPS ON ROUTE 40.
UM, SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY MIGHT BE A BLESSING AND A CURSE IN ITSELF, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE LIVING RIGHT THERE ON THE ROAD.
UH, THEY SEEM TO, WHEN THEY GO AROUND THE CURVES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HITTING THOSE RUMPLE STRIPS AND IT'S, IT'S JUST MAKING A LOUD NOISE.
SO, UM, HOW DID WE ESTABLISH WHICH ROADS WERE PUT RUMPLE STRIPS ON AND HOW DID WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? 'CAUSE THEY WERE WONDERING WHETHER IT WAS TRAFFIC DATA THAT SHOWED THERE WAS ACCIDENTS OCCURRING THAT NEEDED THEM OR WAS IT JUST A, UH, ROAD WISE OR COUNTY.
I HAD TO DO THOSE ROADS FOR TRAFFIC FOR SAFETY REASONS.
TYPICALLY IT IS WARRANTED BASED ON HEAD-ON COLLISIONS CROSSING THE CENTER LINE.
THAT IS, THAT IS THE MAIN REASON THAT THEY DO INSTALL THEM IN.
IT IS BASED ON THE FREQUENCY OF THAT STYLE COLLISION.
UM, BUT ALSO THE SPEED AND GEOMETRY OF THE ROAD CAN WARRANT THEM AS WELL.
UM, AND IT BEING A TWO-LANE ROAD POSTED AT 55, UM, WITH, WITH THE, SOME OF THE GEOMETRIES THAT IT HAS WILL WARRANT IT, BUT IT IS TYPICALLY THE HEAD-ON COLLISION STYLE CRASHES NOW.
AND IT, THEY MAY NOT BE IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA WHERE THE CITIZENS HAVE HAVE THE ISSUE.
THEY LOOK AT THE ENTIRE ROUTE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S THIS AMOUNT OF HEAD-ON COLLISIONS ON THIS ROUTE, SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE RUMBLE STRIPS ON THIS ROUTE.
WELL I'LL REPORT BACK TO 'EM MM-HMM
BUT I'LL BACK THAT THE DATA WAS ON THE WHOLE ROAD AND NOT JUST CERTAIN.
AND THERE, THERE IS A, A STANDARD THAT THEY GO BY AS FAR AS HOUSING DENSITY IN RELATION TO THE RUMBLE STRIPS.
HOW MANY HOUSES, HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND ROUTE 40.
NONE OF NONE OF THE HOMES MADE THAT EXCLUSION ON ROUTE 40.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T MEET THAT EXCLUSION AS FAR AS THEY'RE NOT GONNA PUT THE RUMBLE STRIPS
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THERE BECAUSE THE HOME IS EITHER TOO CLOSE TO THE ROAD OR THERE ARE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOMES CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE ROAD OR IN A GENERAL VICINITY OF THE ROAD THAT THEY WILL NOT DO IT IN A, IN A HIGH POPULATED AREA, THEY WILL NOT DO IT.BUT IN A RURAL AREA THEY WILL.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
I HIT THOSE THINGS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WILLIAMSBURG.
ALL THE WAY FROM, I GUESS IT'S 85 OR 2 95 TO WILLIAMSBURG.
THEY'RE PUTTING THEM EVERYWHERE.
REMEMBER MY RIVER ROAD CORRIDOR, WHEN YOU START PICKING UP TRASH, SIR, MS. BARN AND I SHARE THAT CORRIDOR.
SO FROM HINSHAW VILLAGE TO LEONARD'S LANE IS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC TRASH THAT'S THROWN AT THROUGH THERE, TIRES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, THROUGH THAT SECTION.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS I WANT YOU TO, UM, IT'S A LOW SPOT ON FOUR 60 THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED TO ME THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
IT GETS MESSED UP, UH, FROM, UM, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE BUTTER WOOD ROAD COMES INTO FOUR 60, BUT IT'S ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE, IT'S THE LOWEST PIECE OF CONCRETE, UM, ON THAT SIDE.
SO WATER COLLECTS THERE AND ALL.
UM, BUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IT, IT'S KINDA ROUGH.
I MAKE A POINT NOT TO GET INTO THAT LANE AND STAY TO THE HIGH SIDE OF THE ROAD HEADING WEST.
SO, UM, JUST, IT'S A CONCRETE AREA AND IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE SEAL IT, BUT JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF YOU CAN.
THIS IS THE PORTION, IT'S THE OUTSIDE LANE WESTBOUND, JUST PAST 2 26.
IT'S THE E FAR, FAR, IT'S THE, THE SHOULDER SIDE.
THE LANE CLOSEST TO THE SHOULDER, VERY ON THE INSIDE.
THAT'S THE LOWEST POINT AT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WATER WANTS TO COLLECT, FREEZE AND THAW.
UH, AND IT'S A CONCRETE PATCH THROUGH THERE MM-HMM
SO I JUST, LIKE I SAID, I STAYED TO THE HIGH SIDE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
BUT IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME DECENT WEATHER COMING MM-HMM
UM, WE CAN AT LEAST GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT.
I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT I I KNOW WHICH AREA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, AND I WAS GOING TO START, WELL, I STARTED WORKING ON A PROJECT TO DO A FULL REPAIR ON THAT SECTION.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WINTERTIME CAUGHT UP WITH ME.
I HAVE IT ALL ORGANIZED CONTRACTOR AND EVERYTHING READY TO GO.
THEY'LL START MAKING ASPHALT AGAIN AND I'M GONNA GET IN THERE WITH CONTRACTOR AND CUT THAT WHOLE SECTION OF THE ROAD OUT.
IT'S GONNA BE A, A PRETTY GOOD PROJECT THAT TYPICALLY THE CONCRETE ON THOSE ROADS IS ACTUALLY NINE OR 10 INCHES THICK.
UM, SO NO BADGING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE ARE GONNA DO A FULL DEPTH, CUT IT ALL OUT, PUT A NEW STONE BACK AND PUT A WHOLE LOT OF ASPHALT IN THERE.
SO IT SHOULD BE BUILT, BUILT UP AND THAT'LL BE A PERMANENT FIX.
WELL YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK TRAFFIC BECAUSE THAT'S COMING FROM THE QUARRY TO GO TO TYNDALL.
AND IF, IF THEY'RE BUSY, YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS COMING 18, 20 TONS ON 'EM MM-HMM
UH, AND THAT'S THE LANE THAT THEY'RE IN BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING THAT RIGHT OFF OF COX ON TO, UM, FOUR 60 MM-HMM
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO OF A, A FULL DEPTH REPAIR LIKE THAT.
NOT MANY MAINTENANCE OR OVER LASER PATCHING.
HOLD UP ON THAT STYLE OF CONCRETE PATCH, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT I GOT PLAN IS IN THE WORKS.
MORE WE TALK MORE COMES UP
I, I THINK WE'VE GOT A BODY SHOP SOMEWHERE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE DUMPING THEIR PARTS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO THIS WAS BRICK ROAD? BRICK ROAD? YEAH.
MAYBE A QUARTER OF A MILE OFF OF, UH, 7 0 3.
AND THERE'S SOME ON 7 0 3 TOO THAT THEY'RE, UH, SPOT RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO CARSON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
SO I, I GUESS THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE DUMP, SO, BUT THEY DROPPED IT OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.
I WILL ADVISE THE CREW TO REVIEW THOSE AREAS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GET UP ANYTHING THAT'S LAYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
I MIGHT, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU CAN GO GET, I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE TAKING METAL IF THEY YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, WELL THAT'S, UH, IT'S A WHOLE OF CAR SITTING RIGHT SIDE THE ROAD.
I'M GIVING JUST, UM, ON, UH, STERLING ROAD, I DID, UH, SOMEONE DID PICK UP A LOT OF THE TRASH AND SOME TRASH BAGS, UH, ON THE SIDE.
SO I WANTED, I GUESS THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT ON STERLING ROAD.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPT A HIGHWAY AS WELL.
'CAUSE UH, SOMEONE DID COLLECT, UM, THE BAGS.
I SAW THE BAGS ON THE SIDE OF ROAD.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S C TWO WITH THOSE, THE, UM, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD.
I WILL SEE TOO THAT THOSE BAGS ARE AWARE OR MADE AWARE OF AND GET PICKED UP.
MS. CHAIRMAN, JUST ANOTHER PRAISE.
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HAD REQUESTED OF AARON, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOME OF THESE BRIDGES WERE BEING REPOSTED WITH WEIGHT LIMITS TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN SENDING US IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH BRIDGES ARE TO BE CHANGED BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY OCCUR.SO MR. MOODY, I THINK YOU ASKED, I JUST WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT VDO IS DOING A GOOD JOB LETTING US KNOW WHEN THOSE TAKE PLACE AND IF THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF Y'ALL WANNA KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WE DON'T MIND FORWARDING THOSE EMAILS TO YOU ALL AS WELL IF THEY'RE IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
BUT WE APPRECIATE THE HEADS UP NOTICE.
AND THANK YOU ON THAT SAME NOTE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LET THE COUNTY KNOW, BUT SOMEHOW IT, THE CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY TRUCK DRIVERS NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY GET UP ON A BRIDGE AND DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT APPLIES TO THEM OR NOT, YOU KNOW? ABSOLUTELY.
SO SOMEHOW WE NEED TO GET TO WORD OUT.
AARON, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SHARE IF WE GOT THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU? LIKE WE ARE AND YOU'RE, YES.
I KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC ON TIME, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN LET CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTY KNOW THAT THE FOLLOWING BRIDGES WILL BE, UM, REPOSTED WITH NEW WEIGHT LIMITS AHEAD OF TIME.
OR DO YOU WANNA USE YOUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION FOLKS TO LET US KNOW AND WE PUT OUT A, AN INFOGRAPHIC OF SOME SORT AS FAR AS INTERPRETING THE, THE POSTINGS FOR THE BRIDGES? YEAH.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'D WANT TO DO IS LET, LET THE, THE TRAVELING MOTORISTS AHEAD OF TIME KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE OKAY.
IS GOING TO CHANGE ON SUCH AND SUCH DATE, TIME AND PLACE TO THIS WAIT LIMIT.
AND THEN THAT WAY SOMEBODY AHEAD OF TIME MAY KNOW THAT, 'CAUSE I THINK IT, WHAT'S HAPPENING MR. MOODY, IS THAT THEY'RE, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THESE TRUCK DRIVERS ARE WONDERING, CAN I GO OVER THAT NOW? UM, RIGHT.
THEY JUST COME UP UPON MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IS BASICALLY FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WHICH HAVE SUCH A SHORT WHEEL BASE.
IT'S NOT FOR THE LONGER TRUCKS.
THEY'RE STILL, IF IT'S NOT POSTED, THEN THEY STILL CAN CROSS IT.
IT'S CONFUSION OF WHAT IS EMERGENCY VEHICLE VERSUS TRAVELING.
THEY SEE THE SIGN AND THE WEIGHT LIMIT AND THEY THINK IT'S FOR EVERYBODY.
AND, AND IT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR SOME OF THEM IT'S AN INTERPRETATION THING.
THEY LOOK AT THE SIGN AND THEY DON'T SEE EMERGENCY VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMIT.
THEY SEE EMERGENCY, THE VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMIT IS EX ON
UM, I BROUGHT THAT TO OUR BRIDGE IN COMMUNICATION SECTIONS THAT WE WERE SEEING THOSE ISSUES.
AND THAT IS NOT, NOT ISOLATED JUST TO THIS LOCALITY.
WE'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS, UH, AT LEAST MY RESIDENCY WHERE THERE IS A LARGE, A LARGE AMOUNT OF CONFUSION REGARDING THOSE SIGNS.
COMMUNICATIONS AND BRIDGE ARE WORKING ON A, ON A BETTER PUBLIC PUSH TO, TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE TRUCKING COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE SIGNS AND HOW TO INTERPRET THEM AND WHAT THEY MEAN.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, AARON.
[7.A. Contract Award, Sheriff's Office Expedition]
RIGHT.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS AND THE FIRST ONE IS A CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EXPEDITION.
I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT WILLIAM NOT WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.
BOARD MEMBERS MR. BASSAL, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ADAMS. UH, JUST TO, IF YOU, YOU REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE, UH, DID THE, UH, FYI 23 CIP, THERE WAS $225,000 ALLOCATED, UH, FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE VEHICLES, UH, POLICE TYPE VEHICLES.
UM, TO SAY WE'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME FINDING THOSE VEHICLES IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
UM, WE'VE TRIED TO USE SOME CREATIVE MEANS OF PROCUREMENT TO, TO FIND THESE VEHICLES.
WE'VE, UH, BOUGHT A COUPLE USED VEHICLES, UM, UH, IN THE HOPES OF SAVING SOME MONEY.
UM, WE'VE, UH, USUALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUY AS A GROUP, FIVE VEHICLES TO GET 'EM AND GO ON.
UH, THAT'S NOT THE CASE THIS YEAR AT ALL.
UH, ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAD ASKED, SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT WAS A CHEVY TAHOE FOR OUR LIEUTENANT OF INVESTIGATIONS.
UH, THIS WOULD HOLD ALL OF THE FORENSIC EQUIPMENT FOR CRIME SCENE, UH, WORKING CRIME SCENES AND, EXCUSE ME, THERE ARE NO CHEVY TAHOES TO BE FOUND THAT FIT WITHIN WHAT WE NEED.
UM, I'VE GONE AS FAR AS TALKING TO PEOPLE FROM GM, UM, THERE, THERE'S JUST NONE AVAILABLE.
UH, SO WE'VE STARTED TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.
UH, WE DID SPEAK WITH SHEHE AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A FORD EXPEDITION THAT WOULD FIT OUR NEEDS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE PRICE OF IT AND, AND ACTUALLY THE, THE PRICING ON ALL THE VEHICLES IS GOING UP.
IT'S CRAZY, UH, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NOW.
BUT, UH, WE DID FIND, UH, 2000, UH, IT WAS 22 OR 23, UM,
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UH, ANYWAY, BUT FORD EXPEDITION, NEW NEW VEHICLE, UM, IT'S UH, IT'S THE SPECIALTY OF, UH, RATED VEHICLE.UM, ANYWAY, THE, UH, IT'S UNDER THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE'S CONTRACT, UH, FOR PROCUREMENT.
UM, AND THE PRICE ON IS 53,967.
UM, UH, WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE, IN THAT, UH, WITH MONEY THAT WE'VE SAVED FROM SOME OF THESE OTHER VEHICLES WE'VE GOTTEN.
WE, WE HAVE THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE THAT VEHICLE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND WILLIAM, I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION, UM, IS, AND THE MATH, I DID FIGURE THE MATH OF FIVE TIMES 50 IS MORE THAN WHAT WE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.
BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PLANNING ON STAYING WITHIN BUDGET? YES.
WE AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, UH, INCLUDING, UH, THIS VEHICLE HERE, UM, WE'RE EITHER SPENT OR COMMITTING TO SPEND, UH, RIGHT AT 193,000.
UH, I GOT WITH HOLLY AND WE DID THE FIGURES THE OTHER DAY ON THAT, STILL LEAVING SOME MONEY FOR UPFITTING THESE VEHICLES WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.
UM, THAT'S GOING ABOUT, IT'S GOING BACK TO PLEA WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.
BUT WE WILL HAVE THE VEHICLES.
WE'VE GOTTEN ONE DODGE CHARGER, UH, A, UH, 2022 TWO 2022, UH, UTILITY VEHICLES.
ONE FOR INVESTIGATOR, UH, PARKER, UH, ONE FOR PATROL.
UH, WE'VE GOTTEN A USED, UH, UH, UTILITY VEHICLE AND A USED, UH, UH, UTILITY.
UM, THE, AND THE, THE BAD PART ABOUT IT IS, IS VEHICLES THAT YOU, YOU'VE GOT, UH, I GUESS SOME VEHICLES TO, TO SURPLUS TODAY.
UM, THEY HAVE KIND OF BEEN SLOWLY FALLING APART.
WE'VE LOST TWO TRANSMISSIONS AND AN ENGINE IN THE LAST, UH, ABOUT 45 DAYS.
UH, SO WE, WE WE'RE GETTING THESE VEHICLES IN, WE'RE GETTING 'EM UPFITTED.
UM, SO I THINK WE, WE CAN STILL, I MEAN THIS IS THE BIG TICKET ITEM OF THE GROUP.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A SPECIALTY VEHICLE FOR, FOR IT, IT FITS OUR NEEDS FOR THE, UH, UH, CRIME SCENE EQUIPMENT, FORENSIC EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED AT OUR CRIME SCENES.
WELL, AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO TRY TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET Y'ALL WHAT YOU NEED YOUR JOB.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DONE FOR US AND, AND UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS FRUGAL AS WE CAN AND GET AS MUCH FOR OUR, OUR DOLLAR AS WE CAN.
AND, UM, I, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH THAT ANYWAY.
UM, WE LOOKED AT CHEVY, UH, THE CHARGERS, I MEAN THE DODGE CHARGERS.
UM, THEY, I MEAN, THEY WOULD, I'D GET AN EMAIL AND BE SITTING AND WATCH THE EMAIL LITERALLY POP UP.
I CHECKED WITH ANNE
AND, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN WITH THIS.
IT'S JUST A HIT OR MISS THING WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN.
ACTUALLY, THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, UH, WILL NOT BE IN UNTIL LATER ON IN FEBRUARY, I BELIEVE.
UM, OR MAYBE THE 1ST OF MARCH.
UM, AND SO THEY, THEY'VE MENTIONED THAT AS A POSSIBLE OPTION.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN REALLY, REALLY DO BECAUSE IT TAHOES ARE JUST NOT AVAILABLE
MR. JONES, JUST ONE QUESTION OUT OF, OUT OF THIS 2 25, HOW MANY ARE GONNA BE ROAD VEHICLES? THE ONE, THE, THE, UH, IN IN PATROL? YEAH.
UH, WE HAVE A CHARGER, UH, A USED, UH, INTERCEPTOR SEDAN, A USED INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLE.
UM, AND A, A NEW UTILITY VEHICLE.
THIS, THE TAHOE WILL BE IN INVESTIGATIONS AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED ONE, UM, UH, FORD UTILITY INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLE THAT WAS GOING, THAT WILL, THAT HAS GONE INTO INVESTIGATIONS JUST BECAUSE THE, THE TRANSMISSION DROP OUT AND ALL OF THESE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO 170,000 MILES ON 'EM.
BUT IT IS JUST, IT WOULD BE JUST ONE ACTUALLY THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE ON THE ROAD OF THE CHARGE.
THE CHARGER, I GUESS YOU TALKED ABOUT.
NOW, THE, THE, THE CHARGER, THE, THE USED, UH, UH, INTERCEPTOR SEDAN, THE USED INTERCEPTOR, UH, UTILITY VEHICLE, UH, AND THE NEW UTILITY VEHICLE.
SO FOUR WE TOTAL WITH THIS VEHICLE, UH, WILL GIVE US SIX THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OUT OF THAT BUDGETED MONEY AND STILL HAVE SOME LEFTOVER FOR UPFIT.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BY BUYING THE TWO USED VEHICLES.
AND THEY WERE, ONE VEHICLE HAD UH, 20, UH, THE UTILITY HAD LIKE 28,000
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ON IT.THE SEDAN HAD LIKE 67, 60 8,000 ON IT.
BUT, BUT BOTH OF 'EM SEEMED TO BE RUNNING FINE.
CARFAX REPORTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON 'EM.
SO IT'S ALL, ALL BUT TWO WILL BE IN PATROL.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? YOU HAVE A CONTRACT BEFORE YOU MOVE FOR APPROVAL, MR. CHAIRMAN? SECOND.
[7.B. Contract Award, Radio Communication System Maintenance]
ITEM SEVEN B IS A CONTRACT AWARD FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.HI, HOW'S EVERYBODY THIS EVENING? VERY GOOD.
SO IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN, UM, HERE, UM, TO ASK YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RADIO MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH MOTOROLA.
UM, THIS YEAR THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WENT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE CONSISTENT INCREASES ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF, 9%.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE END OF LIFE OUTTA WARRANTY GETTING OLD.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING TO COME OUT MORE OFTEN AND HELP US GET THROUGH THE PROCESS UNTIL WE GO LIVE WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM.
SO THIS YEAR'S MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WAS $173,064 AND 72 CENTS.
WE ONLY ANTICIPATE USING IT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
THE CONTRACT RUNS FROM FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023 TO JANUARY OF 2024.
WE ANTICIPATE THE NEW RADIO SYSTEM BEING UP AND RUNNING MIDSUMMER.
WE'RE HOPING WITH A LITTLE LUCK AND THE GRACE OF GOD, UM, WE'RE RUNNING INTO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
AND SO THAT KIND OF PUT US BEHIND.
AND NOW THEY'RE BUILDING THE SUTHERLAND TOWER.
AND THOUGH WE'RE BLESSED WITH A LOT OF RAIN AND WE PROBABLY NEED IT
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOLDING US UP.
SO I'M COMING TO ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH MOTOROLA AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $173,064 AND 72 CENTS.
AND WE'VE WORKED IT OUT TO PAY MONTHLY, SO WE WON'T BE OVERPAYING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PERTAINING TO THE CONTRACT? OKAY.
I MAKE A MOTION WHEN WE PASS THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS CITIZENS' COMMENT.
I'LL OPEN THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT.
IS ANYBODY SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
SO WE WILL CLOSE THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT.
[9. County Administrator Comments]
NEXT IS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS.MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS WITH THE BOARD JUST UPDATE YOU ON A FEW THINGS.
FIRST, OUR, UH, UNIVERSAL BROADBAND PROJECT WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING A, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING OR A RURAL BOUND, RURAL BAND TOWN HALL MEETING, UH, THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE AT EAST SIDE ON THE 25TH OF JANUARY FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
UM, THERE, SO THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS IS YOU, YOU'LL SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CONSTRUCTION PHASE, UH, RURAL BAND INTENDS TO HAVE ONE OF THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS.
SO IT'S GOOD NEWS AND REGARDS TO THAT UPDATE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE WITH ZONE ONE.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT UPDATE FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 AT EAST SIDE ON THE 25TH.
UM, I THINK CITIZENS IN THAT FIRST ZONE SHOULD EXPECT TO BE SEEING TRUCKS IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, UH, IN THAT AREA.
AND ALSO JUST WANNA TELL YOU THAT THE, UH, THE COOPERATIVE LIVING SPACE THAT WE HAVE AT EAST SIDE, THAT'S OPEN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND WE'RE TOLD WE'RE GETTING PRETTY GOOD FOOT TRAFFIC ALREADY, UM, WITH PEOPLE COMING IN TO THAT SPACE.
UM, MS. COLLINS ALSO WANTED ME TO MENTION TO YOU THAT THE TEEN EXPO DATE HAS BEEN, UM, ESTABLISHED, AND THAT'S APRIL 22ND AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE.
UH, ALSO FOR THE BOARD ADVANCE AND KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE MEETING ON A WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR, FEBRUARY 1ST, TO DO AN ALL DAY BOARD ADVANCE.
UM, SO THIS AGAIN IS THINKING ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE, NOT NECESSARILY BUDGET, UH, BUT JUST WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS A, AS A COUNTY.
UM, SO WE'LL GET, UM, JUST SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THAT MEETING.
UM, CITIZENS ACADEMY, I KNOW THE BOARD AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KICKING OFF
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CITIZENS ACADEMY LAST WEEK, LAST THURSDAY.AND, UM, MS. GRANT, MYSELF HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THAT FIRST, FIRST MEETING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, I KNOW I'VE ALREADY SAID IT TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT PUBLICLY TO, TO STATE MY APPRECIATION TO THE BOARD OF, OF SETTING THAT, UH, HIGH BAR FOR THEIR EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THE REMAINING SEVEN WEEKS THAT ARE LEFT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT LAST FRIDAY THE 13TH, UH, DEPARTMENT AND OUTSIDE AGENCY REQUESTS WERE DUE, UH, TO ADMINISTRATION TO FINANCE.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT DATE HAS PASSED.
BUT JUST WANNA LET YOU LET YOU KNOW THAT SECONDLY, UH, MS. BROWN KAISHA IS WORKING WITH OUR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR AGENCIES.
YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT QUITE A FEW, UH, EITHER CONTRACTUALLY OR PHILANTHROPICALLY.
AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO EACH ONE OF THEM AND, AND GIVEN 'EM THREE, FOUR DATES OF POTENTIAL TIMES THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND GIVE REPORTS.
UM, SO THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING IF, IF YOU ALL SERVE ON A BOARD COMMISSION OR AUTHORITY, UM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TO GET A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT IT IS THAT, THAT THEY MAY BE ASKING FOR.
AND, AND MS. HOWERTON WILL HAVE THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS WERE DUE US LAST FRIDAY AS WELL FOR OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
BUT, UM, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, DENISE MENTIONED IT.
I THINK THE UNIQUENESS OF FY 24 IS GOING TO TO BE IN A COUPLE AREAS.
ONE, UM, AND DR. MOORE, YOU SAID IT YEARS AGO, WAGE INFLATION
IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT, AT JUST WHERE WE ARE, WE, WE DID A CLASS IN COMPENSATION, FULLY IMPLEMENTED IT THAT PLAN LAST YEAR.
UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF ALREADY IS, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGION IS, IS ALMOST DEAD LAST IN THE, IN THE REGION.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP AT LEAST WITH THE, UM, A STEP ADJUSTMENT THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE A PRIORITY I KNOW OF THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOME NEW POSITIONS.
I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKED, NOT JUST ON THE FIRE AND EMS SIDE, BUT, UH, DISPATCH AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO YOU GOT THIS WAGE INFLATION, YOU GOT NEW INVESTMENT PROBABLY IN A FEW POSITIONS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, CONTRACT INCREASES, LIKE WHAT WAS BEFORE YOU EARLIER I THINK IS GONNA BE THE, THE TAIL THIS YEAR IN FY UH, 24.
AND KEEP IN MIND YOU'RE AT THE VERY LAST OF YOUR REASSESSMENT CYCLE.
AND SO YOU'RE REQUIRED EVERY SIX YEARS.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SPECIFICALLY BE COMING TO YOU FOR THE FUNDING OF A NEW GENERAL REASSESSMENT.
AND JUST AS YOU KNOW, I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL COME IN AT A GOOD PRICE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP MY MY EYES ON SOME RECENT REASSESSMENT PRICES.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE BASED ON THE OVERALL HEALTH OF YOUR COMMISSIONER REVENUES OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THINGS ARE KEPT UP TO DATE.
UM, WE'RE BLESSED THERE 'CAUSE OUR COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE DOES A REALLY EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN, IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION UP TO DATE QUICK, UH, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD SIZES, JURISDICTION, ALL THAT PLAYS A FACTOR.
BUT IT, IT WOULDN'T BE UNREALISTIC TO THINK 450 TO $500,000 FOR A REASSESSMENT, UM, WHICH IS EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER THAN WHERE, WHERE Y'ALL BEEN IN THE PAST.
BUT, UM, THAT REASSESSMENT WOULD BE FUNDED IN FY 24 AND WORK WOULD COMMENCE, UM, SOON THEREAFTER.
SO AGAIN, REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET A GOOD FIRM TO TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, FY 24 BUDGET, UH, UNDERWAY FROM OUR, OUR EYES, AND I KNOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ALREADY LOOKING AT THE, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND WE'LL BE MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TOO.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO ALSO LET ME TRANSITION TO OUR COMMISSIONER REVENUE AND TREASURY'S OFFICE.
THEY WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THERE'S, THERE'S TWO, UH, PACKAGES THERE, THE DIVINITY AND VISION MODULES OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AND WITH THE, THE ERP SYSTEM.
BUT FOR THE COMMISSIONER AND TREASURE, IT'S DIVINITY AND VISION ON TOP OF TYLER MUNIS, THAT IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF IT.
BUT THEY WORKED THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO DO A CONVERSION, UM, OVER THERE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM.
THIS IS KIND OF THOSE OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED AND, AND THEY PICK THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO, TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION TAKE PLACE.
SO IF YOU SEE 'EM, THANK 'EM FOR THEIR STAFF AND, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO, TO GET THIS DONE RIGHT.
UH, ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
WE KIND OF BREEZED THROUGH THROUGH THAT VERY QUICKLY, UM, WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
'CAUSE YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A PRETTY EVOLVED, UH, DOCUMENT.
UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT WE STAFF ARE GONNA PROBABLY DO A PAGE TURN ON THAT DOCUMENT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO REMIND YOU WHAT KELLY INDICATED IN THE MEETING, IF THERE'S ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED THOSE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THAT THAT WAS OMITTED THAT YOU WON'T
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ADD TO IT, WE REALLY NEED THOSE.I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T TWEAK IT LATER, UM, BUT WE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE, UM, A MORE, UM, SPECIFIC CONVERSATION IF THERE'S SOME SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST THINK, HEY, WE DON'T AGREE WITH THIS IN TOTAL, OR WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE IT.
WE NEED TO KNOW THOSE THINGS PRETTY QUICKLY.
I MEAN, WE'RE EVEN OPEN IF THE TWO OF YOU WANT TO COME IN OF THE FIVE AND SAY, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE THAT PAGE TURN PIECE BY PIECE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT TOO IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, YOU GOT A CALL LATE LAST WEEK THAT THE SPRING SPORTS MULTI-USE FACILITY THAT THE BOARD INVESTED IN, UM, WITH THE NONPROFIT, UM, BOOSTER CLUBS, THEY BROKE GROUND, UM, LAST WEEK ON THAT.
AND SO THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL MOVE FORWARD AND GET IT DONE.
UH, DON'T KNOW THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THE BEGINNING OF SPRING SPORT SEASON, BUT THEY'RE HOPEFUL BY THE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BY PLAYOFF TIME THAT THEY WILL BE IN A POSITION TO, TO BE ABLE TO CUT A RIBBON ON THAT BUILDING.
I SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THAT PROJECT TOO, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, FOR THE BOARD, UH, THE VACO, VML, VIRGINIA PDC, THE GOVERNMENT DAY IS THIS THURSDAY, SO WE JUST, FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH YOU TRANSPORTATION, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE IS, IS REGISTERED WITH THAT, INCLUDING MR. SOUTHALL AND MS. GRANT TO GO THERE THURSDAY.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH GONNA BE AN ALL DAY TYPE OF, UH, THING AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PACKETS, UM, PRINTED OUT FOR YOU GUYS, SO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE THERE, I BELIEVE BY 11.
AND, UM, THEN I THINK THE, THE ACTUAL CONFERENCE STARTS AROUND NOON AND LUNCH SOMETIME IN BETWEEN.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT WITH YOU GUYS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANNA MENTION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, WE KNOW THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR OBVIOUSLY HERE, UH, DR. MOORE AND MR. CHAVIS, BUT THAT, UH, DR.
PROCE WAS NAMED CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT ITS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, AND MR. SIMMONS IS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
[10. Board Member Comments]
AND WE'LL, MS. BONNER, WE'LL HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.UM, THE EARLY PART OF THE MONTH, I ATTENDED THE GRAND OPENING FOR THE VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS, UM, GREATER REGION, AND THEY ARE LOCATED NOW IN PRINCE GEORGE.
THEY ARE NOT IN PETERSBURG RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
AND, UM, THEY HAD SOME STATE REPRESENTATIVES THERE.
SO THEY, UM, SHOWED US, UM, WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE LARGER AREAS, UM, FOR PEOPLE.
AND, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THEY GET DOWN TO DEN WITTY BECAUSE ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, TO COME DOWN TO DEN WITTY BECAUSE I, I WANTED TO ASK THEM HOW CAN OUR PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM THERE? BECAUSE AT FIRST IT WAS IN PETERSBURG, BUT NOW IT'S IN PRINCE GEORGE AT THE CROSSINGS AND ALL THAT.
UM, NICE FACILITY, NICE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA OFFER, BUT WE NEED, UH, FOR THEM TO BE.
AND THEN WE, UM, AND, UM, SO WORKING ON THAT, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP SOON, SO WE HOPE WE CAN GET ALL THOSE THINGS STRAIGHT.
UM, THE A PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE NOW, UH, SHE'S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT WAS NOT A GOOD, UM, A GOOD ORGANIZATION AT ONE TIME.
IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET IT TO THIS POINT.
UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE STATE WAS THERE AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
SO IT'S, UM, THEY SERVE, I THINK IT'S SEVEN LOCALITIES.
SO IT, UH, IT WAS GOOD DOING THAT.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PRESENCE IN THEIR WITTY TO HELP WITH OUR FOLKS.
I MEAN, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, UM, THEY ARE ONE OF THE, UH, OUTSIDE INDIVIDUALS THAT SEEK MONEY, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR MONEY IS GOING TO GOOD USE.
SO, UH, I JUST WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW.
UM, JUST WANNA JUST MENTION, UM, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING'S, UH, BIRTHDAY AND, UM, OF COURSE THE, IT'S A FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, TO GET OUT AND DO SOME SERVICE AND, UM, OF COURSE, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A, UH, PEACEFUL PERSON.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT AND, AND TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN THAT, UM, WHEN HIS, WELL ALL THE TIME.
BUT OF COURSE WHEN WE CELEBRATE, UM, HIS, HIS BIRTHDAY
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AND SO FORTH.AND, UM, UH, I DID SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING SOME SERVICE SERVICES PICKING UP TRASH AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, EVEN FEEDING INDIVIDUALS.
I MEAN, I SAW A LOT OF GROUPS COMING TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, NOT, NOT ONLY IN VIRGINIA, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SERVING AND DOING THINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS ABOUT SERVICE.
I MEAN, AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS A BOARD.
WE SERVE, UM, AND TRY TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND WHAT I SAW ON THAT.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. MOODY.
UH, AS MR. VASQUE MENTIONED, THE VECO LEGISLATIVE DAY IS THURSDAY, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR COUNTIES AS WE'VE, WHEN THE VACO'S PUT TOGETHER THE PRIORITIES AND THE COUNTY HAS JOINED IN WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.
WE CAN GO OVER WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE COUNTY AND THEN WHERE, WHERE BILLS STAND, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING OUR ISSUES ARE AGAINST OUR ISSUES WHERE WE CAN FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE COUNTIES.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THE CITIZENS, ANYONE LISTENING IN TODAY, IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE IN MIND, THEY CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO US, UH, AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PASS THOSE ISSUES ALONG.
UH, THE OTHER THING I HAD WAS GOT A CALL FROM A C OR ACTUALLY MET A RESIDENT FROM DENWOOD IN WALMART THE OTHER DAY.
AND SHE WAS, SHE HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE PEDESTALS THAT ARE UP AND DOWN THE ROADS THAT ARE BEING NOT TAKEN CARE OF, THE VERIZON PEDESTALS, THEY'RE JUST AN ISO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY CAN REACH OUT AND HAVE CONTACTS WITH VERIZON TO KIND OF SEE, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T USING THE LANDLINES ANYMORE, BUT EVIDENTLY ENOUGH OF USING THEM TO WHERE THEY GOT 'EM STILL RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY JUST TORE DOWN AND JUST HOOKING THE WIRES UP, WHATEVER.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION 'CAUSE IT IS AN ISO RIGHT THERE.
AND VERIZON NEEDS TO STEP UP TO PLATE AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU MR. LEE.
UM, TWO THINGS, UM, AS WE GO INTO THIS NEW YEAR, UM, JUST THE, UM, KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE CHANGE THIS YEAR AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DON'T TRY TO FIGHT, CHANGE, EMBRACE IT, AND, UM, WE DON'T KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED, UM, TO US LAST YEAR, UM, WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO, IS GONNA BE CHANGED AND WE NEED TO, TO LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT.
THE SECOND, UM, THING IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, COUPLE OF POSTS TO BUY TRASH AND TRASH IS GETTING TO BE EVEN WORSE THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.
AND WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION, WHETHER IT'S GETTING THAT COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND, UH, GET LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TRY.
WE NEED SOME EXAMPLES, UM, OF PEOPLE, UH, LITTERING AND GETTING CHARGED FOR IT.
UH, AND THAT NEEDS TO GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT I GOT A TICKET FOR, UH, THROWING TRASH OUT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I HATE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO BE, BE THE ONES THAT HAVE THAT HAPPEN, BUT IT'S OUTTA CONTROL NOW.
AND, UH, IT, IT REALLY IS A, A EYESORE TO THIS, THIS COUNTY.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, I'M GOING TO MENTION IS THE CITIZEN ACADEMY.
THANK YOU MARIE, FOR BRINGING THAT TOGETHER.
UM, GOT SOME CALLS AFTERWARDS, UH, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ENJOYED IT.
UM, AND ALSO SOME CONCERNS, BUT THEY REALLY ENJOYED COMING TOGETHER.
AND YEAH, I ENJOYED THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED AND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON, IT WAS, UH, BUT IT WAS GOOD.
UM, I'LL START WITH THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE CITIZENS, UH, AND BE ABLE TO SHARE OUR STORY.
EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EX EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO THOSE CITIZENS OF WHO WE ARE.
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN STORY, OUR OWN, OUR OWN LIVES THAT WE LEAD AND, UH, NOT JUST THE PUBLIC FACE THAT WE SEE.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A NICE, UM, REFRESHING TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I HOPE THAT THOSE CITIZENS THAT ARE INVOLVED, THE 20 TO 25, UM, OVER THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS, UH, WILL SEE THE OTHER FACES, THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND, AND HOW THEIR LIVES ARE LED, BUT ALSO THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE AS WE GO FORWARD AS A COUNTY AND HOW THE COUNTY IS RUN.
UM, AND I, I, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SECTION AND THAT GOES TO WORKFORCE LEADS RIGHT INTO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT WORKFORCE AND I JUST WANNA THANK THEM AGAIN, UH, RIGHT HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DO A GREAT JOB, WHETHER
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IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S INVOLVED.UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE ARE A TEAM AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS A TEAM AS WE GO FORWARD THIS YEAR.
UM, MR. MASS MCGILL HAD TALKED ABOUT RURAL BAND, I MEAN RURAL, WELL BROADBAND, BUT RURAL BAND IN PARTICULAR, A MEETING ON JANUARY THE 25TH, UH, WILL AFFECT BOTH MS. BONNER'S DISTRICT AND MY DISTRICT, ANINE DISTRICT.
UM, WEDNESDAY THE 25TH AT EAST SIDE FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
UM, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY.
I HAVE A, A GO VIRGINIA MEETING, UH, TOMORROW IN RICHMOND, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE.
UM, WHAT WE CAN DO TO CARRY THE, THE STATE FORWARD.
AND I, IN PARTICULAR, OUR REGION FROM RICHMOND DOWN THE 95 CORRIDOR TO NORTH CAROLINA.
UM, OF COURSE THE GENERAL ASSEM ASSEMBLY IS IN SESSION AND THERE ARE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH GROVE VIRGINIA, UH, WITH THAT.
SO WE, THERE'S A LOBBYING GOING ON THERE TO MAINTAIN THOSE DOLLARS TOO, UM, FOR MEGA SITES AND WORKFORCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO AT THAT MEETING TOMORROW, THE OTHER IS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CREATOR PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND, UM, THERE WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT COMING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE THAT WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UM, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, UM, FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, THE OTHER IS I'VE HAD, UH, VARIETY OF PATIENTS THAT HAVE COME INTO MY OFFICE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF THE DMV SELECT, UH, HERE AT THE, AT THE COUNTY THAT'S COME THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUES OFFICE.
SO THAT IS A VERY POSITIVE, UM, THING THAT HAS COME TO DM, WITTY COUNTY, SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE FOR, FOR DOING THAT AND OTHERS, UH, FOR STEPPING UP.
AND THEN THE LAST, GOING BACK TALKING ABOUT TRASH IS, UM, I'M A PART OF A TEAM THAT DOESN'T ADOPT A HIGHWAY.
IT'S IN PETERSBURG FROM JOHNSON ROAD, UM, ON BIRDSONG ROAD.
BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO WORK THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND OTHERS TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE OTHER INVOLVEMENT IN DENWITTY COUNTY.
UM, FOR ME THE, THE BIGGEST STRETCH IS TWO STRETCHES AND THAT IS ON RIVER ROAD, THE SECTION THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BUT ALSO ON NUMBER ONE HIGHWAY FROM WHITE OAK ROAD COMING IN, UH, THROUGH RAGSDALE AND IN THAT CORRIDOR THERE SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRASH.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO AT LEAST FIND OUT WHAT THE REGULATIONS ARE AND HOW WE GO ABOUT ESTABLISHING THAT THROUGH VDOT IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
WE HAVE A NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, DIM WITTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY BOARD OF ZONING, APPEALS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PETERSBURG AREA REGIONAL TOURISM PLANNING COMMISSION, SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 3.
DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 88 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH.
COUNSEL BROADBAND, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE PLEASE? MOTION TO SECOND ROLL CALL MR. MOODY.
AYE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC, UH, HEARINGS THIS EVENING SO WE WILL, WHEN WE COME OUT CLOSED SESSION, WE'LL COME BACK IN AND PROBABLY ADJOURN FOR THE, IT JUST APPOINTMENTS.
YOU MAY HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE AND THEN, BUT, BUT THAT'S IT AT THAT POINT.
NO OTHER ACTION ITEMS OTHER THAN APPOINTMENTS.
I WILL COME BACK INTO, INTO ORDER.
WE HAVE A NEED TO COME OUT CLOSED SESSION TO MOVE SECOND ROLL CALL.
OOH, Y'ALL GOING FAST MR. MOODY? AYE.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, DIM WIDY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PETERSBURG AREA REGIONAL TOURISM PLANNING COMMISSION AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD
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2.2 DASH 3 7 85 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 3 DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD RAIL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 180 8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL BROADBAND AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.
[12.A. Appointments]
ON THE AGENDA IS OLD AND NEW BUSINESS.WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TONIGHT.
MR. MASS? YES MR. CHAIRMAN, WE NEED TO REAPPOINT MAKE A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE DEWIN COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT TYLER RAGSDALE TO A TERM THAT ENDS 1 31 20 26.
AND ALSO A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND REAPPOINTMENT TO THE JUDGE TO FOR BILLY C SECOND TO A TERM ENDING TWELVE THIRTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN SECOND.
MR. LEE A, MS. EBRA BONNER AYE.
ALL VOTING? AYE MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE TWO REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I BELIEVE UH, HARRISON MOODY HAS ONE FIRST.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MR. OR DR. EVERETT TO A TERM ENDING TWELVE THIRTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY SIX.
AND NOW MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, MR. LEE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT UH, BUTCH CUNNINGHAM TO A TERM TO END TWELVE THIRTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY SIX.
AND LASTLY, UM, AN APPOINTMENT TO THE, UH, PETERSBURG AREA REGIONAL TOURISM BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT, UM, COLIN RAMNIK TO THE AREA REGIONAL TOURISM, UH, FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE AT 3 31 24.
MR. CHAIR, JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION, THAT'S TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MR. DESMOND, CORRECT? GOTCHA.
ALRIGHT, WE, WE, OKAY, WE'RE GOOD.
WE A MOTION SECOND, JUST JUST FOR THE MINUTES.
MR. LEE A, MS. EBRA BONNER AYE.
OKAY MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, NUMBER 13 IS CITIZEN'S COMMENT.
WE'LL OPEN THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO.
MR. CHAIRMAN, NO ONE SIGNED UP.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.
GOOD AS WELL AND I AM FINE ALONG WITH YOU.
UM, SO WITH THAT WE UM, THAT'S ALL WE HAD.
ADJOURNMENT AND UH, CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED.
GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL.
ALL VOTING AYE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.