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YEP.[1. ROLL CALL]
CALL IT NOVEMBER THE 21ST, UH, BOARD OF, UH, SUPERVISORS.AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE AN IMPLICATION.
WE HAVE A, JUST A MEMO OF SILENCE FOR OUR BROTHER DAN LEE, OUR FATHER.
BE TH KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
AND FORGIVE US OF OUR TRESPASSES AS WE, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND LET US, NOT AN ATTEMPT, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR TH OF KINGDOM POWER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? NO AMENDMENTS FROM STAFF.MR. CHAIRMAN, WELL, YOU'VE HAD, UH, TIME TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA TO HAVE ANY, UH, ANY MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
FIRST, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
YOU'VE HAD TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT, AGENDA.MR. CHAIRMAN, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES OR COMMENTS, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ]
MOVE ON DOWN TO REPORTS.MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, THE FIRST REPORT WE HAVE TODAY IS FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UH, THERE'S NOT A REPRESENTATIVE, MR. FRENCH COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY.
BUT, UH, THERE'S A WRITTEN REPORT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, AND I CAN TAKE ANY MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THAT YOU HAVE AND, AND PASS THOSE ALONG TO HIM IF YOU HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME, DO ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR MAY NOT? NO, DON'T HAVE ANY TODAY.
WELL, UH, I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT CRA, I MEAN, HALIFAX ROAD FOR 12 YEARS.
AND WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN DID HAPPEN.
UH, WE HAD A FATALITY RIGHT THERE AT FLINT ROAD AND HALIFAX, A 70-YEAR-OLD LADY, WAS GOT, UM, HIT BY A TRUCK MM-HMM
AND WAS, UH, PRONOUNCED DEAD THERE.
SO I KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, LIKE I SAY, 12 YEARS.
AND THEY KEEP SAYING, WE'RE STUDYING, WE'RE STUDYING, WE'RE STUDYING.
SO HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE TO STUDY RIGHT.
BEFORE REALLY THINGS GET WORSE, WORSE, WORSE.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S MY OKAY.
[6.B. Dinwiddie County Fair Update]
OKAY.WE HAD A GOOD TIME AT THE FAIR
SO I'M JUST PRESENTING A LITTLE AFTER FAIR REPORT.
UM, SO THE 2023 FAIR WAS IN OCTOBER.
IT WAS, UM, WELL, I GUESS I'LL GET TO THE NUMBERS IN A SECOND.
BUT, UM, WE HAD THE MIDWAY, LIKE ALWAYS, UM, WE HAD SOME FOUR ATTRACTIONS.
SO WE HAD OUR MOTORCYCLE STUNT SHOW, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE PRETTY COOL.
UM, WE HAD OUR READY SET, GROW AGRICULTURE SHOW, WHICH WAS MORE FOR CHILDREN.
WE HAD THE SOCCER COLLIES, WHICH WAS, UM, THE GROUP OF RESCUE SOCCER, UH, RESCUE BORDER COLLIES PLAYING SOCCER.
AND WE HAD RIDICULOUS NICHOLAS, WHICH IS A TONGUE TWISTER, UM, WHO WAS ROAMING AROUND THE FAIR AND HIS ZEBRA AND BRIGHT PINK.
UM, JUGGLING AND DOING STUFF, KIND OF ENTERTAINING PEOPLE WHILE THEY WERE WAITING FOR SOME OF THE OTHER ATTRACTIONS.
UM, ALL OF THE ATTRACTIONS LOVED COMING
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TO THE FAIR.THEY WANT US TO BRING THEM BACK NEXT YEAR.
AND WE KIND OF LIKE TO CHANGE IT UP, UM, EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'LL SEE, UM, WHICH ONES WE CAN BRING BACK FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE HAD, OF COURSE THE TRAVELING, UH, FARM, THE PETTING ZOO, AND THE PONY RIDES.
MELISSA IS A LOCAL VENDOR THAT WE USE EVERY YEAR THAT, UM, EVERYONE LOVES.
THE LITTLE KIDS ON THE PONY RIDES ARE SO CUTE.
UM, OF COURSE WE HAD OUR BIG EXTENSION IN FOUR H TENTS.
SO THANKS TO MIKE PARRISH AND HANNAH ROBBINS AND THEIR WHOLE TEAM WHO, UM, HAD A BUNCH OF, UM, AGRICULTURE AND OTHER EXHIBITS AND THINGS THAT WERE JUDGED.
THEY DID, UM, A DOG SHOW DURING THE FAIR, SO ALWAYS A WELCOME EDITION.
UM, FORESTRY AND SOIL AND WATER WERE THERE AS LONG AS, AS WELL AS THE SOUTHEAST MOBILE DAIRY, UM, WHO HAS A DAIRY MILKING TRAILER.
THEY WERE SHOWING, UM, THEY WERE TEACHING KIDS ABOUT DAIRY FARM AND DOING SOME DEMONSTRATIONS ABOUT, UM, MILKING THE COW THERE.
WE HAD 20, UM, VENDORS UNDER OUR VENDOR TENT.
SO I THINK THE VENDOR TENT WAS NEW THIS YEAR.
WE PUT EVERYONE UNDER THE BIG TENT INSTEAD OF HAVING THE INDIVIDUAL 10 BY TENTS.
I THINK THAT WORKED OUT WELL FOR EVERYONE.
UM, 'CAUSE IT DID GET PRETTY WINDY, I THINK, SUNDAY.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TENTS FLYING EVERYWHERE THIS YEAR.
UM, AND OUR FOOD VENDORS, WE HAD 10 FOOD VENDORS TOTAL, UM, SEVEN FROM DENWITTY.
AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, UM, SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT FOOD VENDORS HAVE COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND THEY USED THE FAIR AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE ASKED, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DARVILLE ROTTENS CLUB, UM, MR. BARNES TO COME AND JUST TALK TO YOU FOR A SECOND ABOUT HOW THE FAIR IS IMPACTFUL TO THEIR ORGANIZATION.
FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING US BE THERE.
UH, IT'S ONE OF OUR MAJOR FUNDRAISERS PROBABLY FOR THE CLUB, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST.
AND, UH, WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDRAISERS, BUT FIRST OFF, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL LETTING US BE THERE.
AND, UH, IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT, AND IT'S A LOT OF HOURS.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
WE PROBABLY HAD OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND ABOUT 11 VOLUNTEERS THAT WOW.
OUTSIDE THE ROOTING CLUB THAT PARTICIPATED AND MADE THIS THING WORK OUT.
STACY MORGAN, CHRIS AND THEIR STAFF WERE VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN, UH, SOME OF US GUYS ARE A LITTLE OLDER, WALKING, GETTING BACK AND FORTH.
AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT ALL WORKED OUT GOOD.
WE, UM, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE MONEY WE RAISE OFF OF ABOVE FAIR AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS.
WE PUT A RAMP UP IN A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE YEARS AGO THAT, THAT NEEDED IT.
WE NOW ARE GETTING ENROLLED IN DOING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE KIDS.
S HAS A A THING WHERE IF YOU PUT UP SO MUCH MONEY, THEY'LL PUT UP SO MUCH MONEY.
SO WE, WE ARE GETTING INTO THAT THIS COMING YEAR.
SO THIS MONEY WILL BE USED FOR THAT.
UM, MAKING UPDATES ON OUR RUINING CLUB.
IT'S OLD, BUT IT'S, IT'S A COVER OVER OUR HEAD AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO FOR US.
WELL, I DID ENJOY ONE OF YOUR POLISH SAUSAGES, SO
THE BAD THING ABOUT THE SUPERVISORS IS WHO DO YOU BUY FROM, YOU KNOW? WELL, WE APPRECIATE THAT THEY GOT THEIR EYES ON YOU.
WE ARE NOT THE HEALTHIEST VENDOR THERE PROBABLY.
WE PROBABLY, WE PROBABLY DO CLOG RIGHT? MANY ARTERIES UP.
BUT, UH, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD, ISN'T IT? WOULD YOU JUST TAKE AN EXTRA PILL AND GET YOU DONE WITH IT? THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S THE REASON WE DO TAKE PILLS SO WE CAN EAT.
THE DARS PLUS OTHER ONES JUST, IT IS JUST A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR, FOR THEM AND FOR US TOO.
BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S THE MONEY THAT PEOPLE SPEND GOES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND RIGHT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM TAKING PART OF IT AND WANTING TO TAKE A PART OF IT.
WE COULD NOT DO THE FAIR WITHOUT OUR LOCAL FOOD VENDORS.
SO, UM, ON THE SCREEN IS THE LIST OF THE SEVEN FROM DENWOODY, THE NONPROFITS WHERE THE DARVILLE TON, THE DENWOODY, FFA AND FFA ALUMNI, UM, ROCKY RUN BASEBALL.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, CREATIVE CATERING, BISHOP'S BARBECUE AND ROBINSON'S GRILL.
AND THEN WE HAD A FEW OTHER THAT CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, FRIDAY, WELL, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WE HAD OUR LIVE MUSIC.
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FRIDAY NIGHT, THE INNOVATIONS BAND.SATURDAY WAS CARRIE BROCKWELL, AND SUNDAY WAS OUR FAITH AT THE FAIR, UM, DAY.
AND SO HERE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM THE FAIR.
UM, YET WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THANKS TO MR. VINES AND PARKS AND REC.
THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING RECORDS SINCE 2012.
SO THIS WAS OUR LARGEST FAIR SINCE 2012, UM, WITH A LITTLE OVER 14,000 ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE.
UM, 67,000 IN APPROXIMATE REVENUE.
AND, UM, THE EXPENSES WE'RE STILL GETTING A COUPLE OF INVOICES IN.
AND THAT NUMBER, UM, RIGHT NOW IS ON THE HIGH SIDE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY AT ABOUT 90,000 FOR EXPENSES, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER INVOICES COMING IN.
SO WE COLLECTED, UM, A LITTLE OVER $27,000 AT THE GATE.
WE RECEIVED 22,000 FROM THE CARNIVAL.
WE COLLECTED A LITTLE OVER 3000 IN SPONSORSHIP FEES, UM, ABOUT 4,500 IN VENDOR FEES.
AND THEN WE GOT A GRANT FROM VIRGINIA TOURISM FOR ALMOST $10,000 TO HELP WITH MARKETING.
AND THEY PAID FOR THE, UM, INNOVATIONS BAND, WHICH WAS OUR FRIDAY NIGHT BAND.
AND OF COURSE OUR SPONSORS, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.
UM, THE BANK OF SOUTH SIDE, VIRGINIA PICTURE LAKE, WHO ALLOWS US TO USE THEIR BILLBOARDS FOR ADVERTISING FOR THE FAIR VIRGINIA CARS AND CARTS, WHO DONATED THE USE OF THE GOLF CARTS, UM, FOR THIS YEAR'S FAIR, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE'RE, UM, A LITTLE MORE FLASHY THAN WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, SOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE HOME-BASED CREDIT UNION, UM, THE DENWOODY CHAMBER JONES WASTE SOLUTIONS, WHICH PROVIDED, UM, OUR PORTA JOHNS AND OUR, UM, DUMPING OUR OIL DUMPING STATION, MERIDIAN WASTE AND DENWOODY MEDICAL CENTER.
AND, UM, OUR 2023 COUNTY FAIR TEAM, WHICH SOME OF THEM ARE HERE, MISS, UM, MORGAN INGRAM, UM, AND MR. VINES IS HERE, AND MR. MARK HARRISON FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, SO THE TEAM FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE MEET ALL YEAR TO DISCUSS THE FAIR AND PLAN, THE FAIR AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE EXTENSION IN FOUR H, WE ALL COME TOGETHER AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP THE FAIR.
AND IT'S REALLY A COUNTYWIDE EFFORT AND COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE HELP OF ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S A GROUP OF, UM, PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY.
IT'S, UM, OUR ATTRACTIONS LIKE THE PETTING ZOO.
UM, SOME OF OUR FOOD VENDORS LIKE DARVILLE TON SERVES ON OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXTENSION IN FOUR H.
AND WE ALL JUST, UM, MEET, LIKE I SAID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP WITH THE PLANNING OF THE FAIR AND THEIR INSIGHTS ARE REALLY HELPFUL TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR'S FAIR.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR PUTTING ON THE 2023, UM, COUNTY FAIR, ALLOWING US TO DO THIS FOR THE CITIZENS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPROVING FOR NEXT YEAR'S FAIR, WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE A DATE, UM, BY THE NEW YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR'S FAIR.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
DARVILLE HAS A S ON IT INSTEAD OF E, SO.
AS FAR AS I, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THANK YOU.
OH, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY ENJOYED THE KIDS AND EVERYONE, UM, WHEN I SAW THE KIDS ON THE PONY RIDES AND ALL THAT, UM, EVERYONE ENJOYED.
EVERYONE ENJOYED EVERYTHING WAS POSITIVE.
YOU GOT SOME GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
ONE, ONE, YOU KNOW, FOR STACY FOR YOU TOO, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SOMEONE TO LEAD ALL THIS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT IS TO LEAD IT WHEN YOU HADN'T NECESSARILY EXPERIENCED IT.
AND SO TO, TO DO THAT IS, AND IT TAKES A SPECIAL TALENT.
SO I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR LEADERSHIP WAS AND, AND THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
AND YOU KNOW, GORDON, I I LOVE WALKING BY AND SEEING ALL THE FOOD THAT'S NAMED FAMOUS.
AND SO DARVILLE HAS FAMOUS WRITTEN IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE THINGS TOO.
I MEAN, IT'S FAMOUS, YOU GOTTA TRY THE FOOD.
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THERE.YOU AND STACY NEED TO COLLABORATE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT THAT WHEN WE, WHEN WE STARTED THE COUNTY FAIR YEARS AGO, THE FAULT WAS, YOU KNOW, COULD WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL VENDORS SO THAT THEY COULD RAISE MONEY TO DO THESE MAJOR FUNDRAISERS SO IT COULD GO BACK TO MR. LIKE MR. MEDIA SAID AND PUT IT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, I JUST, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST MAKES THIS A UNIQUE ASPECT OF THE, OF THE DEWIN COUNTY FAIR.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE COME AND THEY WANT TO GO TO THE, THE FAIR FOOD TRADITIONAL VENDOR, WHICH IS GOOD, AND WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY'RE THERE.
BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR THE, THE LOCAL FOOD VENDORS AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE APPRECIATE HAVING THAT OPTION BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE OUT AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE OUT COOKING THEM, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR OWN IF YOU'RE NOT.
NOW FOR THE NUMBERS, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE ON, I MEAN, IT'S GREAT WITH THE ATTENDANCE AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, YOU KNOW, FROM A DOLLARS AND CENTS STANDPOINT.
UM, I LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEVER REALLY SAW THE FAIR, UM, BREAKING EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HOPE ONE DAY THAT WE COULD GET IN A POSITION WHERE THAT MAYBE WOULD BE THE CASE.
BUT THIS, THIS IS THE ONE EVENT THAT WE DO IN THE WHOLE YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY TRYING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN PRESSURE NOW WE COULD MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT, AT LEAST BREAK EVEN IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT MODIFYING SOME OF OUR FEES AND, AND WE TRIED TO HOLD THE LINE NOT TO DO SOME OF THAT.
BUT I MEAN, I DO THINK IT'S A STRATEGIC CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
'CAUSE IF, IF WE WANT TO DO ADDITIONAL THINGS AND THE PUBLIC IS WILLING TO SUPPORT IT, I MEAN, THERE MAY BE SOME WAYS OF LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE ADMISSION FEES TO SEE, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN IT COMES TO, TO THOSE, THOSE ITEMS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE.
AND AGAIN, THE IDEA THAT SOME OF THE SPONSORS AND, AND THE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE NOW, UM, I MEAN THIS ISN'T JUST THE DEWINE COUNTY FAIR.
THIS IS A REGIONAL EVENT AND PEOPLE ARE COMING.
I HAD PEOPLE FROM CITY OF RICHMOND, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, SURREY, THAT INDICATED TO ME THEY CAME TO THE FAIR THIS YEAR AND HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD.
SO I I, IT'S NOT JUST THE LOCAL FAIR ANYMORE, IT'S BIGGER, BIGGER THAN THAT.
AND THE TEAM BECAUSE FOR, FOR YOU, I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE GETTING THE CREDIT, BUT, UM, WHAT I'M ALWAYS REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TRULY A GROUP EFFORT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE FAIR, UH, TO VOLUNTEERS, TO THE, THE STAFF AND WHATNOT.
SO, AND WE CAN'T GET BETTER UNLESS PEOPLE TELL US HOW WE CAN GET BETTER TOO.
SO WE'RE, I KNOW WE'RE OPEN TO HEAR COMMENTS OF, OF HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
SO, AND WE DID HEAR SOME THIS YEAR ABOUT SOME ISSUES WITH THE CARNIVAL THAT WE WILL ADDRESS FOR NEXT YEAR, SO, YEAH.
[7.A. Contract Award, Printing And Direct Mailing Services]
OKAY, MOVING ALONG.UM, WE HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS. MS. JENNY TRYING TO GET LORI TO COME WITH ME.
WE CONSIST NOT JUST AFFECTS MY OFFICE, SO AFFECTS HER OFFICE AND ALSO MARIE, AND WE WERE ON THE COMMITTEE TO CHOOSE THE PRINTER.
I GUESS THAT AFFECTS ME MORE THAN ANY OF 'EM THOUGH.
SO, UM, IN THE PAST, THE COUNTY HAS USED VARIOUS, UM, COOPERATIVE CO, UM, CONTRACTS OVER THE YEARS TO PROCURE PRINTING AND DIRECT MAILING SERVICES OF TAX BILLS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS NEEDED BY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE ON COMMISSIONER REVENUE'S OFFICE.
UM, THE COUNTY'S MOST RECENT CONTRACT ENDS AT THE END OF NOVEMBER AND WE HAD, UM, DONE COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT, I BELIEVE WITH LYNCH.
MAYBE IT WAS WASHINGTON COUNTY OR LYNCHBURG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH BMS DIRECT.
BUT WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR WAS WE DID OUR OWN RRFP AND WE SENT IT OUT ON OCTOBER, I MEAN AUGUST THE 29TH.
AND THEN WE HAD SIX VENDORS AND THEN THAT RESPONDED TO THE RFP.
AND THEN WE HAD A SELECTION COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS THE THREE OF US, AND I'M SURE HOLLY WAS IN THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE SELECTED AMERICAN SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS AS THE BEST PROPOSAL AND BEST VALUE FOR THE COUNTY.
SO WE RE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TO SELECT AMERICAN SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR? I HAD JUST A QUESTION.
I THINK I BROUGHT IT UP WITH THE, BEFORE THE, I SEE THE REAL ESTATE BILLS, ALL OF 'EM ARE LIKE 14, WELL, NOT ALL OF 'EM, BUT THEY'RE AROUND 14 CENTS TO SEND 'EM OUT.
AND FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE TAX PARCELS MM-HMM
ARE THEY, WILL WE BE ABLE TO PUT THEM ALL INTO ONE MAIL? THEY GO, THEY DO.
IF THEY ARE ADDRESSED, IF THEY ARE, IF THE WAY THEY'RE SET UP IN THE SYSTEM IS THE SAME FOR EACH ONE, IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN A SEPARATE
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ENVELOPE.WE WOULD LIKE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO USE THE ONLINE SYSTEM.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT.
I WANNA TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY MAYBE TO INCORPORATE ON THE BILLS A WAY TO GET THEM TO GO TO THE WEBSITE MORE.
AND THAT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO WORK THROUGH.
I KNOW THAT'S JUST A LITTLE THING, BUT IT MIGHT SAVE, SAVE US SOME ON IT WOULD, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A HUGE SAVINGS IF, IF PEOPLE WOULD USE THE, UM, INTERNET.
I IMAGINE IF WE HAD MORE, YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET WAS A LITTLE BETTER IN THE COUNTY, THAT MIGHT HELP THINGS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WHICH I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE YEAH.
BRING, THAT'S PROBABLY A MORE SUBJECT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF IT AS WELL.
OH, WE'RE TRYING WITH THE INTERNET
I SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP, BUT I MEAN NO, IT'S TRUE.
WE JUST GOT, UM, MY HU WE JUST GOT A NEW INTERNET PROVIDER, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
EVEN, UM, STARLINK, I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING TO STARLINK AND WE MESS AROUND.
I MEAN, WE RATHER GET RID OF RIVER STREET.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, MR. CHAIRMAN? I, NO.
WE APPROVE THE, UH, RESOLUTION BEFORE US TO, TO, UH, GO WITH THE, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY? AMERICAN SOLUTIONS.
UM, SAME ROLL CALL, MR. MOODY.
UM, I KNOW ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT TOO IS PUTTING THE, UM, NEWSLETTERS IN WITH THE BILLS.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TIME TOO.
JUST DON'T WE SEND THOSE OUT TWICE A YEAR? MM-HMM
[7.B. Contract Award, Pump House Repairs At Ragsdale Community Center]
NEXT UP IS MR. VINES WATER PUMP.MR. MASSENGILL, HOW ARE YOU? I AM BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON IN REFERENCE TO THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE PUMP REPAIRS AT THE RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, AND SO THE PUMP HOUSE HAS AND BEEN IN NEEDED REPAIR FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
UM, OVER THAT TIME, THE COUNTY HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIND VENDORS SUITABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE.
UM, AND WE'VE JUST HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN DOING THAT.
IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, RFQ WAS RELEASED.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS, UH, VENDORS RESPOND AND WE SELECTED THE LOWEST BIDDER PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE COUNTY, WHICH IS LATITUDE 36 INCORPORATED.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE COMPLETING SOME PRETTY EXTENSIVE REPAIRS ON THE PUMP HOUSE, UH, WHICH ARE LISTED IN THE MEMO.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS AS LISTED ON THE MEMO.
AND THAT INCLUDES EXECUTING THE CONTRACT FOR THE REPAIRS AND THEN ALSO THE APPROPRIATION AND AMENDING OF THE 24 BUDGET FOR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, UM, FOR THE AMOUNT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST A NOTE THAT IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE TWO VENDORS BID.
PRETTY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND SO OBVIOUSLY THE, THE LOWEST ONE PREVAILS, BUT GOOD TO SEE TIGHT BIDS ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
GOTTA KEEP THINGS IN MOVING ALONG.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE MAJOR THING RIGHT THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HINES? MOVE THAT WE, UM, DO ANYTHING? I JUST MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
MS. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
SO WE NEED CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
HOW ABOUT THAT MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
MR. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU'VE GOT, WE ROLL SO QUICKLY.
I'VE GOT ABOUT AN HOUR, SO TAKE YOUR TIME.
YEAH, SO I HAD, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY EARLIER TODAY TO, TO VISIT WITH, WITH MR. LEE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, MR. LEE IS FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC TOO AT HOME IS, UM, IT'S HAVING SOME SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL ISSUES AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND IS IS AT VCU AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM TODAY.
HE'S OF REALLY GOOD SPIRITS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE'S, HE'S HOPEFUL TO GET BACK TO US AND WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD THAT, UH, HE'S IN THE POSITION THAT WE HOPEFULLY GET BACK TO US SOON.
SO JUST KEEP HIM IN YOUR, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
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UM, I ALSO WANTED JUST TO MENTION THE, THE VACO CONFERENCE THAT, THAT THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AND MYSELF, UH, WE WENT THERE ON NOVEMBER 12TH THROUGH THE 14TH, AND IT WAS, UM, I THOUGHT ONE OF THE, THE BETTER CONFERENCES THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND.AND IT'S REALLY, I THINK THIS YEAR MORE THAN EVER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LOCALITIES COUNTIES COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR, UH, AFTER THE ELECTION, AND IT, AND A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE HERE POTENTIALLY TO GO TO CERTAIN INITIATIVES.
AND SO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND, AND I KNOW THE BOARD, ALL OF Y'ALL SERVE ON, ON VARIOUS DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES AND COMMITTEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND, AND SO I THINK WE, WE DID A GOOD JOB ADOPTING A GOOD SET OF PRIORITIES THIS YEAR.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, I ATTENDED SEVERAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND, AND ONE WAS ON THAT, THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE COMMONWEALTH AND WHERE WE MAY SEE OURSELVES IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 12 TO, UH, 18 MONTHS OR SO.
AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD, UH, SESSION.
THE, UM, LOOKING AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GAME COMING UP AT, AT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE MIGHT SEE THERE, THE JOC REPORT ON K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT E THAT EQUALS ABOUT $16 MILLION POTENTIALLY FOR THE DEWIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, IF ALL THE ITEMS WERE TO FUND BE FUNDED, THAT'S WHAT THE WOULD TAKE TO HELP RUN THE SCHOOLS.
AND CONSEQUENTLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING THE SCHOOLS, UH, LOCALLY IS ABOUT 16 MILLION.
SO IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW, HOW DESPERATE IT IS TO FIX THE K THROUGH 12 FUNDING ISSUE IN THE STATE.
I THINK A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET THAT RIGHT.
THIS, THIS ASSEMBLY, UM, ALSO ATTENDED A SESSION ON EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SCHOOL BOARD.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE, THE PROFESSIONALS HAVE IN THIS, WE ALREADY ARE DOING.
AND SO I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD THIS YEAR AND WE DID THE FALL ADVANCE TO INCLUDE, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND I THINK A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS WOULD DESIRE TO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE SCHOOLS, UH, HERE IN, IN DEWIN COUNTY.
UM, TOURISM AND STACY JUST CAME IN AND THOUGHT THERE'S, THERE WAS A GREAT MS. CHAVIS, YOU, YOU AND I ATTENDED THAT ONE TOGETHER, BUT JUST, UH, HAD FIVE LOCALITIES THAT RANGING FROM WISE VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ALL THE WAY TO HENRICO.
THAT'S BUILDING A, A HUGE INDOOR COMPLEX, UH, ALL THE WAY TO JAMES CITY COUNTY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SPECIFIC WAYS, EVEN WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO FUND, UH, MARKETING, TOURISM MARKETING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TOURISM HAS TAKEN ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, IS SIGNIFICANT WHAT IT CAN DO TO THE BOTTOM LINE, UH, HERE IN A COMMUNITY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A, A REALLY GOOD BREAKOUT SESSION.
AND THEN IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY HUMBLING THAT MR. MOODY, WHO DECIDED NOT TO SEEK REELECTION, WOULD BE THE BOARD MEMBER TO WALK UP ON THE STAGE AS HIS LAST OFFICIAL ACT FOR, FOR VACO TO ACCEPT OUR, OUR SECOND BEST SMALL COUNTY AWARD.
AND WE WERE GLAD THAT HARRISON WAS, WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I KNOW HOW MUCH VACO HAS MEANT TO HIM OVER THE YEARS.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE IN AN AUDIENCE TO SEE, SEE YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I KNOW WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE LOCALITY THAT'S WON BEST SMALL TWICE.
SO, UM, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THE JUDGES THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT DOES A SELECTION SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IF WE HAVE A REAL GOOD ONE NEXT YEAR, WE CAN'T GO FOR A THREEPEAT.
SO WE SAID, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT INTERESTING FOR YOU FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR TOO.
SO THEY SAID, WELL, YOU'RE STILL ELIGIBLE.
UM, ALSO, I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE LAST CIVILIAN MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH, WHICH WE, UH, IT WAS HOSTED BY PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, UH, WITH FORT GREG ADAMS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO TELL THE BOARD AT THAT NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING THAT FORT GREG ADAMS AND FORT BARFOOT ARE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER FOR A, WHAT IS CALLED A MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND SO THAT'S A STUDY GROUP THAT'S LOOKING AT, AGAIN, FORT BARFOOT AND FORT GREG ADAMS. AND IT'S BEING LED AT THIS MOMENT BY THE PRINCE GEORGE HOPEWELL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT IT'S INCLUDING OTHER CHAMBERS.
UM, AND SO WHAT IS A MAC A MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL, UM, IS AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SOLICIT, UH, LOCAL SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES.
YOU KNOW, THE MILITARY CAN'T ASK FOR MONEY AND THEY'RE USUALLY PRETTY WELL FUNDED IT, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL INITIATIVES THAT IF, IF WORKING TOGETHER WE COULD POTENTIALLY FUND AND, AND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD FORT BARFOOT AND FORT GREG ADAMS TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE SIGNIFICANT
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IMPACT THAT THE US MILITARY HAS ON THE CRATER REGION.AND SO JUST, JUST A TREMENDOUS MEETING.
SO THE NEXT STEPS OF THAT'S GONNA COME OUT PROBABLY IN JANUARY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD.
I KNOW DR. MOORE WAS IN ATTENDANCE, BUT I WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL THAT ALSO GENERAL, UH, SIMILARLY WHO HAS, HAS BEEN A, IN A VERY EFFECTIVE GENERAL OVER THE, OVER FORT GREG ADAMS AS IS BEING MOVED ALONG, UH, TO A, TO ANOTHER STATION.
UM, AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE A FAREWELL LUNCH FOR HIM EARLY DECEMBER.
I I PLAN TO REPRESENT DE WIDY ON THAT.
AND THEN ON THE 14TH OF DECEMBER, UH, GENERAL DONAHUE WILL COME IN AND SHE, UH, HAS BEEN IN THIS AREA BEFORE AND SO SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT COMING BACK.
SO A CHANGE OF COMMAND FROM GENERAL, SIMILARLY TO GENERAL DONAHUE WILL TAKE PLACE ON 14TH OF DECEMBER, UM, JOINT MEETING AND JUST WANNA GET ON YOUR CALENDAR.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS LEFT REALLY FOR THE, THE YEAR.
AND SO THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE DEMEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS GONNA TAKE PLACE AT, ON DECEMBER 5TH THAT STARTS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
SO FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM WILL BE THE CONTINUATION OF THE FALL ADVANCE, WHERE, WHERE THEY DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT POINT.
AND THEN AT 4:00 PM WE WILL THEN TRANSITION TO OUR REGULAR WORKSHOP, WHICH WE HAVE ROBERTSON FARMER COX THAT WILL BE HERE TO GO OVER THE COUNTY AUDIT.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND THEN WE HAVE GRAY GARLAND.
AS YOU KNOW, GRAY COMES ONCE A YEAR AND TALKS ABOUT OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT AND JUST WHERE, WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN.
SO THE TREASURER, YOU KNOW, JENNY WILL BE HERE FOR THAT.
THAT AND GRAY WILL GIVE AN UPDATE FROM TSW ON ON WHERE WE ARE.
AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THAT DAY, AT SIX O'CLOCK WE HAVE THE GRAND ILLUMINATION THAT TAKES PLACE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE YOU FROM TWO O'CLOCK, FOUR O'CLOCK AND THEN THEN AT SIX O'CLOCK WE HAVE THAT, THAT GRAND ILLUMINATION.
UM, WANTED TO, I KNOW IT'S PUBLICLY BEEN STATED ABOUT, UH, SHEETS COMING OFF OF UM, FOUR 60, BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION AGAIN, HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS JUST COME ABOUT AND THEY GET ANNOUNCED AND IT, IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HARD WORK AND BEING DELIBERATIVE AND BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH PROBLEMS. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER HAD AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT GO ABSOLUTELY EASY, BUT SHEETS WHO'D PROBABLY GET THE GOLDEN AWARD FOR WORKING THROUGH ALL THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE THERE AND, AND TO BE PATIENT AND HAVE A RESOLVE.
UM, AND WE COULDN'T DO IT IF IT WASN'T FROM MORGAN.
AND SO MORGAN IS ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT NEVER ASKED FOR THE CREDIT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MS. COLLINS AND I TALK ABOUT A LOT.
THIS COUNTY IS SO BLESSED TO HAVE MORGAN HERE BECAUSE IT'S NEVER WAS A DOUBT FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT SOME OF THE DAYS THIS, THIS LOOKED A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX THAN OTHERS, WE KNEW THAT MORGAN HAD HAD IT IN HER CAPABLE HANDS AND GOT IT OVER THE FINISH LINE.
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE SOME MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE SOON, UH, FOR, FOR THE COUNTY.
SO, MORGAN, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE TODAY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS AND JOB WELL DONE ON, ON THAT SHEET'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, I DUNNO IF Y'ALL SAW THIS OR NOT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT TOURISM, THE NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, NHRA HAS DECIDED TO COME BACK TO VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEY WILL BE BACK THIRD TIME IN 2024.
AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE HERE FROM JUNE 21ST, JUNE 22ND, AND JUNE 23RD.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE, UM, FIRST TIME IN MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS, MORGAN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT, THAT, YEAH, SKIP SKIP TWO YEARS AND COMING BACK.
BUT I WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TALKING TO THE RACETRACK, WE STILL HAVE THE WORLD RECORD AS FAR AS THE FASTEST MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS, HAS GONE ANYWHERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE TEAM MOTOR SPORTS PARK.
SO GLAD OF THE 19 EVENTS OR SO THAT THEY'RE HAVING NATIONWIDE, THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE REALIZED THAT VIRGINIA MOTORSPORTS PARK IS A GOOD PLACE TO DO THAT.
SO OBVIOUSLY US ROUTE ONE WILL LOOK A LOT OF DIFFERENT, A LOT DIFFERENT ON THE 21ST, 22ND AND 23RD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE PARK TO, TO MAKE THAT A SAFE EVENT AND TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF OUR PEOPLE CAN, CAN COME TO THAT EVENT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, DIY ELECTION, I DON'T THINK WE'VE MET SINCE THE LAST ELECTION.
SO ON, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO, TO GET TO THE POINT TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, FOR SOME TIME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT REAPPOINTED, WHICH, UM, APPRE I KNOW THE PUBLIC'S VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO WORK WITH SOME NEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DECIDING TO, UH, TAKE UP THE WORLD OF, OF, UH,
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PUBLIC SERVICE.AND SO I KNOW FROM MY STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, FROM ALL OF US, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES TO, TO BE EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH MR. CHAIRMAN LEADS ME TO MY LAST POINT, WHICH IS JUST THANKSGIVING.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY THANKSGIVING, I, I KNOW I PERSONALLY GO BACK AND JUST LOOK AT WHAT I'M THANKFUL FOR AND I'M THANKFUL FOR A WHOLE LOT, BUT TO BE IN A POSITION, UH, IN A COUNTY SUCH AS DEITY COUNTY THAT HAS A STAFF THAT, THAT I HAVE, I'M, I'M HUMBLED EVERY DAY THAT TO WORK WITH A BUNCH OF PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT IT'S REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL 'EM TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THING IS TO DO.
AND THEY, THEY GO ABOUT IT EVERY DAY IN SUCH A PROFESSIONAL WAY.
UM, AND IF, IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S UNIQUE, YOU KNOW, GO TO A VACO CONFERENCE AND, YOU KNOW, I ALMOST CALL IT THERAPY FOR US.
'CAUSE WE, WE GET TO TALK INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE'VE GOT SOME CRACKS AND WEAKNESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN.
BUT SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, BUT WE HAVE SO, SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL WITH OUR WORKFORCE, UM, THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, THE FALL ADVANCE I THOUGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR.
UM, AND I'M JUST, I'M, I'M MORE ENERGIZED NOW OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS A COUNTY THAN I THINK I'VE EVER BEEN IN DENWOOD.
AND, UM, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH MR. MOODY.
YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE AT THE END OF THE RAILROAD TRACK AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, SO TO SPEAK.
HE'S STILL GOT TWO MORE MEETINGS.
AND I, I'VE TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, BEING THOSE, THOSE TUESDAYS WERE CLEAR ON HIS SCHEDULE, WE EXPECTED TO SEE HIM IN THE AUDIENCE EVERY NOW AND THEN.
AND HE HADN'T ADMITTED THAT HE'S COMING, BUT HE, HE DID SAY THAT IT'S, HE CAN SEE IT ONLINE TOO, SO HE, HE MAY BE THERE, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT 2023 AND WHAT TO BE THANKFUL FOR, HARRISON, YOU AND I SPENT MANY YEARS TOGETHER AND WE'RE GONNA MEMORIALIZE YOU CORRECTLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND EARLY OF NEXT YEAR.
BUT YOUR, UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN GREATLY, GREATLY, UM, APPRECIATED.
AND AGAIN, JUST TIME PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS FOR THANKSGIVING AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR OUR HEALTH AND WE, WE, WE LOOK AT MR. LEE AND WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH NOW AND KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE KIND OF TAKE OUR HEALTH FOR GRANTED.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ABSOLUTELY OPTIMISTIC AND I KNOW THAT MR. LEE IS GONNA BE SITTING IN THAT CHAIR, UH, SOON.
UH, BUT, BUT WE ALL GOTTA BE, UM, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR HEALTH EVERY DAY.
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU DON'T REALIZE UNTIL IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU HOW PRECIOUS IT IS.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS MOMENT AND, AND VERY THANKFUL FOR WHAT Y'ALL'S YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, OR THIS LAST YEAR.
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AN HOUR.I CAN GO BE THANKFUL WITHIN AN HOUR.
MS. DON USUALLY GOES FIRST, BUT I YOU GO.
WELL, I WAS JUST GOT A COUPLE ITEMS I WROTE DOWN, BUT, UH, I THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR APPRECIATION OF ME AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU THINK I'VE DONE.
BUT I'VE, I HAVE ENJOYED THE TIME HERE, UH, WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE COUNTY STAFF.
IT'S BEEN, UM, VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD TIMES THAT WE SPENT TOGETHER AND WE'VE, I THINK AS A GROUP WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.
SO JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING A PART OF IT WITH ME.
SO, UM, SPEAKING OF THAT, AT THE VACO MEETING, THEY HAD RESOLUTIONS GIVEN OUT AT THE VACO BOARD OF SUPER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
AND IT WAS MORE, MORE RESOLUTIONS GIVEN OUT FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE RETIRING OR STEPPING DOWN THAN THEY EVER, THAN THEY'VE EVER HAD.
AND IT WAS, SHOOT, IT WAS, I GUESS 2020 AT RESOLUTIONS OR MORE GIVEN OUT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, SO IT'S GONNA BE A NEW WORLD NEXT YEAR WITH NEW MEMBERSHIP AND EVERYTHING.
AND ALSO WITH THE JOURNAL ASSEMBLY, IT'S, UH, VACO'S GOT A BIG JOB TO DO, UH, EDUCATING THESE NEW MEMBERS OF THE JOURNAL ASSEMBLY, BUT A LOT OF 'EM DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND WE AS A VACO MEMBERS HAVE TO HAVE TO TEACH THEM OR SHOW THEM.
AND SO THEY'LL KNOW HOW COUNTY GOVERNMENT WORKS BECAUSE THEY HEAR IT FROM ONE SIDE, FROM THE CITIZENS, BUT THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING EVERY DAY.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SOME BIG CHANGES AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL GET DONE.
UM, I WAS HONORED TO, TO STEP UP AND RECEIVE THE BEST SMALL COUNTY AWARD FOR THE COUNTY.
IT WAS, UH, OF COURSE IT WAS NOT MY JOB, IT WAS
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THE COUNTY WHO PUT IT TOGETHER.SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL DID.
AND, AND LIKE KEVIN SAID, HAVING TWO, UH, IS A RECORD AND WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I WAS ON THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE, UH, BEEN ON THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, NOMINATE THE NEW MEMBERS ON THE, UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
AND THIS YEAR MR. ANGRY FROM PRINCE WILLIAM, WILLIAM COUNTY WAS, UH, ELECTED AS THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.
SO HE'LL, HE'LL GO ALONG UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND BE PRESIDENT IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED A AG STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING.
THAT MEETING, THAT COMMITTEE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST YEAR.
IT USED TO BE AG AND ENVIRONMENT AND THEY SPLIT IT UP AND PUT JUST AG AND RURAL AFFAIRS IN ONE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY HAVE BEEN PUT INTO, UH, ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
SO THE ENVIRONMENT PART WENT INTO THE ENERGY PART SO THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CHANGED.
BUT OUR AG COMMITTEE MEETING WAS PRETTY MUCH, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
WE HAD, DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, DID ATTEND A, A BREAKOUT SESSION ABOUT ENERGY, AND I WAS AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT THESE DATA CENTERS, UH, REQUIRE.
UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DOMINIONS AND ALL THE ELECTRIC CO-OPS ARE REALLY GONNA HAVE CHALLENGES TRYING TO, UH, HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO SUPPLY ALL THESE DATA CENTERS AND TALK LIKE, UH, THE GUY THAT WAS PRESENTING WAS FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY AND HE SAYS THEY'VE GOT, I THINK ABOUT 15 OR 20 DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COUNTY AND, UH, BECOMING A REAL DRAIN ON THEIR, ON THEIR ENERGY UP THERE.
UH, LET'S SEE, THE LAST DAY, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST DAY WE HAD A TALK FOR AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE MOVIE INDUSTRY.
HE GAVE REAL GOOD TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH ECONOMIC GREEN ECONOMIC, UH, MONEY THAT WOULD BRING INTO THE COUNTY.
AND UH, IT JUST SAYS, BE SURE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ADVOCATE FOR THAT WHENEVER AND, UH, TO TRY TO GET THE MOVE INDUSTRY TO COME INTO THE COUNTY.
'CAUSE IT, IT CREATES A LOT OF JOBS AND A LOT OF DOLLARS COME IN THROUGH THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, BOB HOLSWORTH, AS USUAL, I ENJOY HIS TALK ABOUT HOW THE ELECTION WENT AND HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW IT WENT AND HOW IT WENT THAT WAY.
SO ALL IN ALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS A, A VERY GOOD, UH, VACO MEETING ALSO.
UM, WELL, I, UM, THE VA, UH, VACO CONFERENCE, UH, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD ABOUT 800 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE, THE STATE TO COME, UH, FOR THE CONFERENCE.
AND, UM, I SIT ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UM, STEERING COMMITTEE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF MANDATES THAT'S COMING IN UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.
IT HAS A LOT ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S ACT AND SENIOR CITIZENS AND, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE THAT'S IN THE, UM, FOSTER CARE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OFF OF THAT.
AND THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM STAY WITH THE, WITH SOCIAL SERVICES SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE JUST THROWN OUT.
SO THAT WAS REALLY BIG, UM, WITH THEM TRYING TO LOBBY ON THAT.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH AND, UM, HOW THAT'S AFFECTING EVERYONE.
AND IT'S, IT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S A, IT'S A BIG THING.
AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE IT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, UM, MENTAL HEALTH AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STUCK OUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND, UM, AS, UH, HARRISON SAID ABOUT BOB, IS IT
HE'S, HE'S A REALLY INTERESTING GUY.
YOU, YOU SEE HIM ON TV SOMETIMES TALKING ABOUT THINGS, AND HE, ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID TOO WAS ABOUT HOW NASTY, UNFORTUNATELY THE ELECTIONS WERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT EACH OTHER, WHETHER TRUE OR UNTRUE.
AND, UM, YOU JUST GOT TO A POINT THAT YOU WERE KIND OF TIRED OF SEEING THOSE THINGS ON TV AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH THE TIME, BUT OF COURSE YOU WANTED IT, YOU KNOW, TO BE FINISHED BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT.
HE, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT WAS AND HOW, UM, VIRGINIA IS, IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO FA WITH, UM, WITH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, UH, BOTH BEING UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC, UM, UM, BRANCH AND, UM, ALL THE NEW PEOPLE THAT'S COMING IN.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO, UH, BE AWARE THAT IT'S A LOT OF, UH, NEW PEOPLE.
AND HE DID SAY, UM, HOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE LIVE UP NORTH, THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE COUNTY, DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THE RURAL AREAS, YOU KNOW, UM, WORK.
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EVEN GET THEM TO COME OUT AND, AND TALK WITH US, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO.SO HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL WORK OUT NEXT YEAR IN 2024.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING THANKFUL FOR A LOT OF THINGS.
I, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING UP, UP TO, UM, THE HOMESTEAD BECAUSE I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS SIDE OF THE THING GOING ON WITH ME.
AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED SOMETIMES YOUR HEALTH BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO WALK, THAT IS A BIG THING.
SO I HAD MY TRUSTEE CAME WITH ME, AND, UM, THE HOMESTEAD IS HUGE.
IT'S LIKE A FOOTBALL FIELD ALMOST, AND GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, BUT THEY HAVE CHAIRS EVERYWHERE THAT YOU CAN SIT.
AND, UM, IT, IT WAS SOMETHING I REALLY HAD TO PUSH MYSELF TO GO TO THE MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THE, UM, EXHIBIT HALL WITH THE VENDORS, IT'S A LOT OF THEM.
AND THEY LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOUR ACCOUNT, AND THEY GIVE YOU YOUR CARDS AND EVERYTHING.
THEY SAID, MR. MANALIA, YOU, I SAID, I'M GONNA TELL 'EM THAT YOU WANT TO SEE HIM.
AND I SAID, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR US? MM-HMM
SO, BUT, UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UH, WE ALREADY WORK WITH AND A LOT THAT ARE LOOKING TO WORK WITH
SO, UM, IT'S INTERESTING TO GET THAT CARD TO KIND OF PASS 'EM ON.
I THINK I PASSED A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF TO MARIA ONE TIME AND TAMMY, AND YEAH, I GOT SOME MORE STUFF.
AND, UM, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN LOOK AT THAT.
SO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR YOUR HEALTH AND I HOPE I'M TAKING PT SO HOPEFULLY, UM, IT'LL GET BETTER AND I'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ASIDE.
I'M JUST BEING REAL PROUDFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK ANY KIND, ANYTHING WILL KIND OF SET ME DOWN.
BUT THIS HAS, SO, BUT I'M TRYING TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND JUST BEING, UM, PRAYER BEFORE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BUDDY DAN, YOU KNOW, UM, GOING THROUGH A WHOLE LOT, WHOLE LOT.
BUT WE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS THE TIME THAT YOU BE THANKFUL FOR, UM, YOUR PRAYERS AND THANKFUL FOR THINGS THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THINGS ARE GONNA WORK.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR BOARD AND OUR NEW MEMBER THAT'S COMING, WE ARE GONNA DEFINITELY, UM, UH, BE PRAYERFUL.
THAT'S A LONG TIME TO KNOW SOMEBODY
SO, BUT, UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE ARE GONNA WORK FORWARD, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AND, AND STILL DOING EVERYTHING, UM, BETTER TO TRY TO DO THAT.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A, HAVE A THANKSGIVING.
I, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA MAKE IT TODAY.
I WENT TO THE DOCTOR FRIDAY AND I HAD PICKED UP SOMETHING THAT HOMESTEAD, BUT I'M WELL, OKAY, I'M GOOD.
SO I'VE BEEN LAYING AROUND SINCE FRIDAY, BUT I'M GLAD THAT, UH, GOD GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WELL TODAY, TO BE HERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THREE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHAT MY BIG WORRY WAS.
UH, BUT, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT LEAD, UH, THE LEAD SUMMIT, UH, WILL, WAS, UH, A SUCCESS.
TALKED TO JOHN KENNEDY, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR INFLUENCE WAS, UH, A GOOD THING.
THE VACO, UH, CONFERENCE, LIKE EVERYONE IS SAYING, I, UH, EVERYONE, ALL OF US ARE ON DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.
YOU KNOW, WE GO THIS WAY, THAT WAY.
I, UH, I CHOSE, I DIDN'T CHOSE, UH, UH, I'M ON TRANSPORTATION AND EVERY COUNTY IS HAVING THE SAME THINGS.
WE'RE HAVING THESE SECONDARY ROADS AS EVERYONE KNOWS.
WE TRAVEL, YOU GOT POTHOLES EVERYWHERE AND EVERYTHING.
EVERYBODY'S, UH, COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME THING IN THE WHOLE STATE.
SO FUNDING IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE HAVE.
UH, BUT VACO'S A A FUN THING AND IT'S A HARD THING.
UH, I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP A BIG TROPHY THIS TIME.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? OUT OF THE WHOLE MM-HMM
I FEEL, I FEEL HONORED THERE, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T WIN IT REALLY ALL TO GOT TIED.
BUT THE GUY THAT, UH, WAS TIED WITH ME, HE CHOSE S***T SHOOTING, SO HE WENT SKIT SHOOTING, AND I SAID, YOU HAVE TO BE PRESIDENT TO WIN.
SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
BUT VACO'S, UH, IT'S A LOT OF WALKING AND A LOT OF TALKING, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, FELLOWSHIP MM-HMM
AND SHARING DIFFERENT, UH, EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
AND I, I, I AM GRATEFUL THAT, UH, ALL OF US ARE COMING BACK.
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GO MISS MY DEAR FRIEND OVER HERE, BUT, UH, THE GUY THAT'S REPLACING HIM, MR. DOOLEY IS A GOOD CHRISTIAN GUY.I'VE KNOWN HIM FROM THE TIME HE GOT HERE AND STARTED DATING.
UH, SO, UH, HE'S A REALLY, UH, REALLY NEAT GUY.
AND NOW I GUESS EVERYBODY KNOWS A RESOURCE OFFICER NOW.
HE'S, UH, WHAT HE INVESTIGATOR.
HE'S MOVED UP TO INVESTIGATOR.
SO, UM, WE HAVE TO BE REAL CAREFUL WHEN WE TALK AROUND HIM, I GUESS
BUT, UM, AND TO, YEAH, THIS WEEK IS, I THINK, UH, MARIE REMINDED ME, IT, WHAT IS IT, NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH? YES.
YOU KNOW, NATIVE IS ALWAYS, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S 365 DAYS FOR ME, RIGHT.
SO MR. MASSENGILL MADE IT A POINT THAT I WOULD BE EVERYDAY THING
I WISH THERE WAS SOMEONE HERE TODAY TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT I AM A LUMBEE, BUT, UH, BEING, YOU KNOW, PROUD OF YOUR HERITAGE IS, UH, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND I AM, I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT I'M A NATIVE AMERICAN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTIONS? WE HAVE A RECOUNT THAT'S COMING UP.
UH, THAT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE IN DECEMBER, I THINK IT IS, OUT OF THE WHOLE THING.
WE HAD ONE THAT, UH, I THINK SHE WON BY 78 VOTES, SO THEREFORE IT'S GOTTA BE A RECOUNT.
SO THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMETIME IN DECEMBER.
HE'S IN FLORIDA, TALKED TO HIM, HE'S LAID BACK.
AND ON THE BEACH, AND WE'RE HERE FREEZING.
AND THEN WE PRAY, UM, PRAY, PRAY FOR TRAVELING MERCHANTS FOR HIM.
MR. LEE, UH, HE GAVE US ALL A PICTURE YESTERDAY, HIM, UH, WALKING AROUND.
THAT'S A GOOD POSITIVE THING FROM WHERE HE WAS, UH, LAST WEEK.
SO GOD'S BRINGING HIM FORWARD, AND I, I'M CLAIMING THAT HE'S GOING TO BE, UH, HE'S GONNA BE.
SO, UH, WE JUST PRAYED THAT HE HAD GOD GIVE HIM A HEALING TOUCH AND BRING YOU BACK TO US.
WE, WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY.
UM, BUT DISTRICT FOUR, THEY CAN, UH, MAKING SURE THAT HE'S GONNA BE, BE GOOD.
MRS. BROWN, MS. UH, COMMISSIONER BROWN, CLERK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MR. BROWN WILL RELAY MESSAGES TO MR. LEE IF YOU NEED TO, UH, TO SEND SOME TO HER.
SHE WILL, UH, BE GLAD TO PASS IT ALONG.
HE, UH, HE AND I, UH, WE FIGHT FOR REALLY BEING THE FIRST GUY IN HER LIFE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO
CINDY BLANCH, I'VE, UH, MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR HAIR FOR YEARS, AND IT'S, UH, LAST NIGHT WAS A, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY A TESTIMONY TO HOW SHE WAS REALLY THOUGHT OF THE WAY THEY HAD HER AWAKE AT THE, UM, WHAT IS THIS? OAK MANOR? WHITE OAK MAN.
WHITE OAK MANOR AND THE BIG BARN THERE.
IT LASTED FOR HOURS, A GOOD WHILE.
BUT SHE, UH, SHE WAS WELL KNOWN.
UH, SHE WAS A TEACHER, UH, FFA, THAT'S WHAT SHE, HER DADDY REALLY PUT ON A BIG SHOW EVERY YEAR FOR HER OUT ON HIS FARM, AND, UH, FOUND A MEMBER OF THE OUTCAST FISHING TEAM.
AND SHE HAD A, A REAL POSITIVE, STRONG, UH, ATTITUDE.
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE DENWITTY COMMUNITY, DAUGHTER AND SISTER, MOTHER NINI.
SHE MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
SHE IS, UM, SHE'S, SHE'S STRONG.
UM, IT SOUNDS FUNNY TO EVERYBODY.
SAYS, WHERE ARE YOU GOING FOR THANKSGIVING? I ALWAYS GO TO MY WIFE'S EX PEOPLE'S DINNER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
SO, YEAH, SHE'S WATCHING THIS.
AS WE ENJOY OUR FAMILY, THOUGH, UH, THIS TIME IS GONNA BE REALLY, UH, SPECIAL, SPECIAL FOR, UH, FOR ALL OF US.
BUT THINK IT OF, UH, LEE FAMILY, IT'S GONNA BE, UM, A LITTLE AWKWARD, BUT GOD'S PROMISES THAT, UH, EVERYTHING'S GONNA TURN OUT POSITIVE.
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SO,[11. CLOSED SESSION]
ALL RIGHTY.AT THIS TIME, WE 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 CREATOR PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION CREATOR, DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION, DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, DENWOODY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, AND VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY, REGION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE, 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 THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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 AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 18 29, DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY BROADBAND CONTRACTS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PLEASE? SO MOVED.
OUR MEETING WILL CALL FOR THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
NEED TO RECONVENE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION TO COME OUT A CLOSED SESSION.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS CREATOR PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION CREATOR DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION, DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, DENWOODY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IN VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY, REGION 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 OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED AND RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL BROADBAND AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A 29 DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPONENTIAL OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR THE NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY BROADBAND CONTRACTS.
AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF 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.
WE, WE JUST NEED TO RECESS TILL SEVEN O'CLOCK.
WE'LL BE BACK IN SESSION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
[12.A. Ms. Nadine Myers-Water Tower "A Step Ahead"]
MR. MASSENGALE.YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, FIRST, UM, WE HAVE A, A RECOGNITION AND MAYBE ME AND YOU, CAN WE GO DOWN? SURE.
AND, UH, I WANT TO PRESENT TO MS. NADINE MEYERS A, UH, A RECOGNITION FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, MS. MEYERS.
AND YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL FILE MINE.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FILE THAT CAME FROM JANUARY 14TH, WHICH IS MY BIRTHDAY.
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19 91, 9 1.AND SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN 1991 TO DO A SLOGAN CONTEST.
AND THE IDEA WAS THAT FIRST PLACE, FIRST PLACE PRIZE WOULD GET A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
A SECOND PLACE WOULD GET, UH, $50 AND THIRD PLACE WOULD GET $25.
BUT IT WAS A NEW WATER TOWER THAT WAS BEING BUILT ON US FOUR 60, UH, ACROSS FROM THE WALMART DISTRIBUTION PLAN THAT HADN'T EVEN BUILT YET.
AND SO WE HAD, WE HAD 233 SUBMISSIONS TO RENAME TO NAME THE TOWER.
AND ON ON AT THAT JANUARY 14TH, 1991 MEETING, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SELECTED MS. MEYER'S SLOGAN AT NEW COUNTY AND STUFF AHEAD.
AND THIS YEAR THE WATER TOWER HAD TO BE REPAINTED AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ELECTED TO PUT THE DEWIN COUNTY LOGO WITH 1759 OUR, OUR, UH, INCORPORATION DAY.
BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO RECOGNIZE MS. MEYERS AND WITH A FRAMED PICTURE OF WHAT THE WATER TOWER LOOKED LIKE FOR YEARS HERE, AND ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT YOU NAMED IT.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT AND IF EVERYBODY COULD GET HER AROUND TO APPLAUSE, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO, TO HAVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH ON ALL HALF.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU MIGHT WANNA MAKE A FEW COMMENTS TOO.
YOU CAN HAVE OUT, BECAUSE KEVIN, KEVIN, DID SHE COME UP TO PLUS THAT AND THAT RAIN ALL DIDN'T COME, BUT I WAS DETERMINED TO COME.
GLAD YOU, IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE, OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY FIRST GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU MR. INGAL.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO THIS MEETING.
AFTER SPEAKING WITH YOU THIS SUMMER, YOU HAD INFORMED ME THAT THERE WOULD BE A CHANGE OF THE COUNTY SLOGAN, A STEP AHEAD, TY COUNTY.
I HAD NOTICED THE WORDS WERE GONE FROM THE TOWEL AND MY THOUGHTS WERE IT WAS GETTING A NEW FRESH COAT OF PAINT.
MY THOUGHTS WERE ALSO, MAYBE THEY WOULD MAKE THE WRITING A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPRESSIVE
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAVE NO ILL FEELINGS, BUT I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED.
I DO REALIZE, BUT THIS IS JUST MY FEELINGS.
I DO REALIZE TIME CHANGES, BUT I FELT, AND I STILL FEEL THE SLOGAN REALLY SPEAKS FOR OUR COUNTY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL MOVING AND STEPPING AHEAD.
DIM WITTY HAS MADE A LOT OF TREMENDOUS GROWTH SINCE 1990 NINETIES.
UH, I HAD ALSO BEEN DISAPPOINTED AFTER NOT SEEING ANY PICTURES OF THE SLOGAN IN AN ADMINISTRATION'S BUILDING SHOWCASE, BUT THIS WAS MAYBE BACK IN THE SUMMER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE NOW.
I SAW A LOT OF OTHER DISPLAY PICTURES OF THE COUNTY'S HISTORY.
I HAD ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THE STEP AHEAD DEITY COUNTY SLOGAN WOULD GO ON ANY OTHER COUNTY'S WATER TOWERS AND DISPLAYED IN SOME OTHER PLACES THAT WERE MENTIONED.
I, AND I KNOW CHANGES COME, I STILL HAD A LOT, I STILL HAD A LOT OF PRIDE IN MY SLOGAN BEING PICKED FROM SO MANY ENTRIES, SO PROUD.
YEARS LATER, I TOLD MY GRANDDAUGHTERS ABOUT THIS SLOGAN.
I HAD TO GIVE THEM A COPY FROM THE MONITOR TO SHOW THEIR BUS FRIENDS THAT DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM.
WHEN THEY TOLD 'EM THAT WAS THEIR NANA'S SLOGAN UP ON THE TOWEL BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO SCHOOL RIGHT THERE, SOUTHERN ELEMENTARY.
AND I MENTIONED TO THEM ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MY WORDS UP THERE.
AND THEY SAID, NANA, I THINK DADDY TOLD US THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM
AND SHE, THEY WOULD TELL THE, THEIR CLASSMATES ON THE BUS AND THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM.
I SAID, HERE, YOU TAKE THAT TO THEM.
'CAUSE I STILL HAVE THE COPY FROM THE MONITOR.
I WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH PRIDE WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HOW I NAMED THE COUNTY SLOGAN.
NOW I WILL HAVE TO SAY THE COUNTY'S FIRST SLOGAN.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE AND BLESS THANKSGIVING.
CAN WE GET, CAN WE GET A PICTURE, MS. MEYER, OF YOU HOLDING THE PICTURE?
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YOU WANT US TO COME IN? ALRIGHT, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO IT? RIGHT? OKAY, LET'S SEE.IS THAT GOOD? SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE US.
[12.B. Dr. Everette Prosise- Planning Commission]
HAD A RESOLUTION FOR A FELLOW NEIGHBOR AND COMMUNITY DR.AND LEMME SAY BEFORE I FACT THAT STUDIED, I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU, WHEN YOU AND MADE YOUR VOTE, DID YOU HAVE STUDIED IT TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY? AND YOU ALSO ONE FEW THAT BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE COURSE.
AND SO I SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR COMMISSION DO BECAUSE I THINK REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE RESOLUTION COMMISSIONER IN 12 TO 23.
SERVED AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION IN JANUARY 12, SERVING AS CHAIRMAN COMMISSION 1623.
AND WHEREAS DURING HIS SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION, DR PER CARRIED HIS DUTY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TO ASSIST THE BOARD AND COUNTY STAFF IN ADMINISTRATION OF ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WITH OTHER POLICIES AND MATTERS AFFECTING THE GENERAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT AND OF COUNTY, AND PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE 43 COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS WISHES TO EXPRESS TALK, APPRECIATION FOR THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION OF EVER TO THE CITIZENS OF COUNTY, THE RESOLUTION PRESENTED TO EVER AND THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL.
OKAY, SO I GUESS WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S, UH, NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND IT'S NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY PEOPLE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AS BEING THE LEADERS IN BEN COUNTY, UH, TO ALL THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, MARK WHO'S NOT HERE, AND DAN WHO'S IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S, UH, GOT SOME ISSUES GOING ON.
UH, JUST HEARD ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
BUT, UH, WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN A CAPACITY LIKE YOU IN AND A CAPACITY, LIKE I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PLAY A ROLE IN THANKS TO MR. MOODY.
UH, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT GIVE IT YOUR BEST.
AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT BE TRANSPARENT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN AND, AND WHEN YOU SAY IT.
AND I THINK THAT THIS BOARD HAS SET THE STANDARD OF TRANSPARENCY.
YOU SET THE STANDARD OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS THE GOOD OLD BOY NETWORK OR THE GOOD OLD FELLOW NETWORK.
UM, AND IT BLED OVER INTO ALL THE WORK THAT THE PLANNING
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COMMISSION HAS DONE.WE HAD A GREAT, WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, THE SEVEN OF US THAT WORK TOGETHER.
I KNOW MOST OF US FOR 10 OR 12, SOME OF 'EM ARE LI EVEN LONGER, ARE UNBELIEVABLY UNIQUE AND HELPFUL IN MAKING THE KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
EVERYONE, ALL SEVEN ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND COMMITTED TO DENWOODY COUNTY AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, MR. BASSETT, MARK BASSETT AND HIS TEAM, UM, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT.
SHOUT OUT TO, UH, COME ON ASSISTANT, UH, ALVIN, ALVIN GURLEY
UH, HE HAS BEEN THROUGH TRIAL AND TRIBULATION, TRYING TO KEEP US STRAIGHT AND BRING IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
AND MY HAT, MY HAT IS OFF TO HIM FOR, FOR GIVING IT THE, THE EFFORT THAT HE'S GIVEN.
UH, I CAN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT MY WIFE PHYLLIS, IS HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, ENJOY THIS.
AND, UH, WITHOUT HER SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US WOULD, UH, I I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU.
SHE HAS ENCOURAGED ME TO BE HERE FOR THE LAST 12 PLUS YEARS.
AND, UH, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND IF I CAN BE OF SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, LET ME KNOW.
[13.A. Lease And Easement Agreement For Proposed Fiber Hut At Northside Elementary School Site]
PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, LEASE AND EASEMENT AGREEMENTS FOR PROPOSED FIBER HUT AT NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.SO THE BACKGROUND HERE, I'LL JUST REVIEW IT WITH YOU AND THEN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM RIVER STREET HERE AS WELL.
AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO SPEAK AS WELL.
UH, RIVER STREET COMMUNICATIONS OF VIRGINIA, UH, WAS SELECTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS THE WINNER OF CER FEDERALLY AWARDED RDO BLOCKS WITHIN DINWITTY COUNTY.
AND THAT PROVIDES SOME FEDERAL FUNDING FOR RIVER STREET TO BRING FIBER TO THE HOME IN THOSE RDOF BLOCK AREAS.
UH, RIVER STREET'S ALSO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON A POTENTIAL REASSIGNMENT OF A STATE LEVEL VA GRANT AWARD, WHICH COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
RIVER STREET HAS REQUESTED A LEASE, AN EASEMENT AGREE AGREEMENT SO THAT RIVER STREET CAN USE A 50 BY 50 FOOT PIECE OF LAND AT THE FORMER NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE FOR FIBER HUT.
THE LEASE AND EASEMENT AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO GRANT ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENTS TO RIVER STREET IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIBER HUT.
THAT 50 BY 50 FOOT PIECE OF LAND IS ADJACENT TO THE NORTH SIDE TOWER, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY AND CURRENTLY USED BY RIVER STREET.
THE LEASE AND EASEMENT AGREEMENT DOES NOT COMMIT THE COUNTY TO REASSIGN THE VATI GRANT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE TERMS OF THE LEASE AND EASEMENT AGREEMENT, IF THE FIRST TERM IS 20 YEARS, THERE ARE THREE POTENTIAL 20 YEAR RENEWALS FOR A POSSIBLE TOTAL OF 80 YEARS.
RIVER STREET'S FINANCIAL PAYMENTS WOULD BE NOMINAL.
UM, THE LEASE AND EASEMENT AGREEMENT BE, MAY BE TERMINATED BY THE COUNTY AT ANY TIME, UM, FOR, FOR TWO DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
ONE BEING IF RIVER STREET DOES NOT CONSTRUCT THE, THE HUT BY A CERTAIN DATE, THE SECOND BEING IF THEY FAIL TO USE THE HUT TO PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICE, UM, DURING A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT IS THE KIND OF THE, THE BACKGROUND THERE.
UM, I WANT TO GIVE BOARD MEMBERS A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THAT.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU WILL NOTICE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE E THE ACTUAL EASEMENT AGREEMENTS IN YOUR PACKET.
I DO, I DID GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE PLAT AND THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS MM-HMM
AND, AND THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED ALONG WITH THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, MR. CHAVIS, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO, TO, UH, ROBERT TAYLOR FROM RIVER STREET.
UM, TO SPEAK TO, TO THE MATTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, THEY, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU THE SLIDE DECK THAT WE PREPARED.
UM, ANYWAY, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THIS IS OUR VP OF OPERATIONS, UH, MICHAEL BROWN.
HE PREPARED A, A SLIDE DECK, UH, THAT HAS A, A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE PLOT IN CASE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
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BY 50, UH, LOCATION.THERE'LL BE A 12 BY 20 PRE, UH, CONSTRUCTED CONCRETE BUILDING, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD SEE AT NORMAL, UH, TELECOMMUNICATION CENTERS.
UH, THAT WILL HOUSE THE ELECTRONICS THAT WILL LIGHT UP THE, UH, FIBER THAT'S IN THAT PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY THREE OTHER LOCATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR SITUATED THROUGHOUT, UH, A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE COVERING ON OUR ROFF BLOCKS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? HEARING MYSELF OR MICHAEL BROWN HAVE ANYTHING? MS. YOU HAVE ANY, ALRIGHT.
DOES ANYONE SIGN? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BOARD.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN THIS'S JUST AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING, UH, FIBER TO THE HOMES.
AND, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE RESOLUTION, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED.
[13.B Bonus Ordinance And FY 2024 Budget Amendment: Bonus For Dispatchers]
OKAY.MOVING FORWARD, UH, WE HAVE, UH, BONUS ORDINANCE.
SO, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR DISPATCHERS THAT CAME TONIGHT.
SO OFTEN THEIR FACES ARE NOT SEEN, THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 90 YEARS OF SERVICE STANDING HERE IN THE ROOM FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
IF THEY COULD PLEASE STAND, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'VE WORKED A 12 HOUR SHIFT.
SO MS. SHARMANIQUE BURROW IS 25 YEARS.
MS. TIFFANY BECKS IS 11, CHUCK IS 22 AND PORTIA IS OUR ROOKIE.
SHE COMES IN AT A YEAR AND I HAVE 28 YEARS MYSELF.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, DO WHAT HE COUNTY IS NOT ALONE IN THE SHORT STAFFING MM-HMM
UM, I'LL READ THE BACKGROUND TO YOU, BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'D LIKE, I JUST GOT BACK FROM A CONFERENCE WHERE I SPOKE TO SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS, UM, GRANT WAS OFFERED TO 124 LOCALITIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH WITH 117 APPLYING FOR 'EM TO TRY TO ASSIST IN STAFFING AND RETENTION.
IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, NOT JUST WITHIN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, BUT WITHIN THE NATION ITSELF.
EVERY DAY YOU CAN READ ARTICLES WHERE SHORT STAFFING HAS LED TO PEOPLE DYING LITERALLY MM-HMM
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, AN EFFORT TO DECREASE TURNOVER AT PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS, WHICH IS PSAPS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS 9 1 1 DISPATCH CENTERS.
THE VIRGINIA PSAP STAFFING RECOGNITION FUNDING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED A GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PSAP EMPLOYEES.
DI WITTY PSAPS APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT FOR $2,500 FOR EACH FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, PSAP EMPLOYEE, AND 1,250 FOR EACH PART-TIME DE WITTY PSAP HAS BEEN A, UM, ADVISED THAT, UM, IT HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GRANT.
THE GRANT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
DENWITTY ADVISED THE VIRGINIA PSAP STAFFING RECOGNITION FUNDING PROGRAM THAT THE PSAP EMPLOYEES WOULD RECEIVE THE PAYMENTS IN TWO EQUAL INSTALLMENTS.
DENWITTY PSAPS WAS AWARDED THE GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL OF 52,500 IF FULLY STAFFED SINCE SECTION 15.2 DASH 1508 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES THE PAYMENT OF BONUSES BE AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCES.
A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AND IS TAKING PLACE TONIGHT TO SEEK PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PAYMENT OF THE PSAP PAY BONUSES AS DESCRIBED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR? NO, I THINK I, I, I, I'M REALLY, WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO, TO GET THE GRANT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, MUCH NEEDED TO HELP HELP THE STAFFING SHORTAGE AND TO RECOGNIZE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE.
I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT THING AND I'M GLAD, UM, YOU ALL WERE AWARDED THAT.
I'M GLAD THAT THAT'S A LOT OF YEARS BACK THERE.
SO THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU ALL, UM, CAME TONIGHT.
IT'S, AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
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BEEN OVER THERE WHEN CALLS COME IN AND THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO HEAR, THINGS THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.SO I THINK IT'S GREAT CONTROLLED CHAOS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
WE GOT ANY OLD NEW BUSINESS? UH, NO APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN AND NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS.
[15. CITIZEN COMMENTS]
OKAY.CITIZEN COMMENTS? ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN MAUREEN JONES.
MAUREEN JONES, 49 0 3 STERLING ROAD.
OCTOBER 26TH, A FOIA REQUEST WAS RECEIVED BY SHERIFF ADAMS. THE SHERIFF CALLED MR. JONES THE SAME DAY AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT SHERIFF TOLD MR. JONES THAT HE WAS NEVER FOR THE APARTMENTS BECAUSE HE KNEW THERE WOULD BE PROBLEMS. HE WENT ON TO SAY HE DID NOT.
ANS HE DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO MR. JONES' WRITTEN QUESTION, BUT HE WOULD ASSIGN A DEPUTY TO THE ROAD IN QUESTION AND THEY WOULD BE HANDLING HANDING OUT CITATIONS TO VIOLATORS FROM THEN ON.
AND IF MR. JONES HAD ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO CALL HIM BACK.
END OF CONVERSATION NOVEMBER THE THIRD, THE FOIA REQUEST DATA WAS NOW PASSED DUE NOVEMBER THE NINTH, SIX DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE WAS DUE.
TWO DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION, A DEPUTY CALLS AND SAYS HE HAS THE DATA AND HE'S PUTTING IT IN THE MAIL TODAY OR TOMORROW, NOVEMBER THE 21ST.
NOW 19 DAYS PAST THE ORIGINAL DUE DATE, 12 DAYS AFTER THE DEPUTY WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE MAILED THE DOCUMENTS FROM DENWITTY TO DENWITTY.
STILL NO DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
LAST YEAR, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENTED WITH THE FOIA REQUEST WAS FIVE DAYS LATE WITH NO RESPONSE.
I CALLED MR. BASSETT AND HE MADE THEM AVAILABLE.
THE NEXT DAY, LATER THAT SUMMER, I CALLED MR. MASSENGILL, INFORMED HIM THAT THE FOIA REQUEST WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE ON ANOTHER PLANNING REQUEST.
AND WITH THAT HEADS UP, I GOT A CALL FROM MR. BASSETT SAYING THAT HE WOULD MAKE THOSE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE THE NEXT DAY.
AND SO GOES THE IN IDENTIFIABLE PATTERN.
OBSERVED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF FROM DENWITTY OFFICIALS DIVERT AND IGNORE HIRE DAN LEE'S NEIGHBOR TO BE INTERIM COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY.
DESPITE NEVER HAVING PROSECUTED A CASE, ACCORDING TO THE PRESS, THEIR CALLS WERE IGNORED.
GRANT A FINANCIALLY LUCRATIVE APARTMENT DEAL THAT STRETCHES VIRGINIA PLANNING CODE BEYOND REASONABLE INTENT OF THE CODE TO AN EXTREME THAT VIRGINIA HAS NEVER SEEN FOR A FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR DIVERT, JUST CLAIM NORTH DI WITTY CITIZENS ARE BULLIES AND THE MOST HONEST MAN ON EARTH IS SITTING NEXT TO HIM.
EMAIL THE TRUE VOLUME OF HEAVY VEHICLES TRAVELING COX ROAD AND HAVE EVERY ONE OF THE BOARD SUPERVISORS IGNORE THE EMAIL DATA MORE THAN 1500% INCREASE IN THE HEAVY VOLUME TRAFFIC OR THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC BETWEEN WHAT GAMMON TEAM REPORTED AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAS OCCURRED.
BUT IGNORE, WE'LL TAKE OUR FRIEND'S WORD OVER THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF NORTH END WITTY.
AND SO IT GOES, SOME PEOPLE NEITHER STEAL NOR MURDER NOR COMMIT ADULTERY, BUT DO GOOD ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITIES.
BUT THEY MUST CLOSE THEIR EYES AND THEIR EARS TO THE INJUSTICES AROUND THEM ONLY AT THE COST OF SELF-DECEPTION.
CAN THEY KEEP CLEAN FROM THEIR STAINS AND ALL THAT WE DO.
WHAT THEY FAILED TO DO WILL NOT LET THEM REST.
THEY WILL EITHER BE DESTROYED BY THE UNREST OR WILL BECOME THE MOST HYPOCRITICAL OF ALL PHARISEES.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A HOMILETIC, BUT BUMMER.
THERE REALLY IS SOME GOOD IN THIS THAT CAN BE, CAN MAKE THINGS CHANGE IF YOU TAKE IT TO HEART.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? MR. CHAIRMAN? I'VE GOT ONE COMMENT.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE THE NEXT DISTRICT ONE SUPERVISOR WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
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DOOLEY.WE'LL GIVE YOU TO MIKE IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING.
I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY.
AND I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED YOU.
I EVEN GOT INVITED TO YOUR WEDDING, SO, UH, WE HOPE WE HAVE MANY YEARS OF, UH, WORKING TOGETHER.
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OKAY.UM, JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR AND WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND I THINK ABOUT, UM, THINGS THAT, THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE.
UM, THANKSGIVING IS A TIME TO, TO BE TOGETHER AND ENJOY.
UM, FOR A LONG TIME, THANKSGIVING WAS NOT MY BIGGEST HOLIDAY BECAUSE I LOST MY MOTHER AND I LOST MY SISTER RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
I USED TO WORK EVERY THANKSGIVING AND NOT BE HOME.
AND IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S 12 MONTHS OUT OF A YEAR.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO PASS IN THE SAME WEEK IN THANKSGIVING, IT'S A LOT, A LOT TO BE SAID SOMETIMES.
SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GO ON AND, YOU KNOW, GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES.
AND, UM, I JUST WA I JUST, YOU KNOW, PRAY FOR UNITY.
I PRAY FOR, UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BEING TOGETHER AND, AND LISTENING AND TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TOGETHER.
BECAUSE BEING SEPARATE, IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND AND AGREE ALL THE TIME, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LET'S TRY TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A COMMON GOAL.
UM, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT IN THE YEARS TO COME.
SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, I WISH EVERYBODY TO HAD THE THANKSGIVING AND, AND BE SAFE.
UH, THE LAST THING WE NEED IS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJO.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.