* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBER ONE TO THE JANUARY 16TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. UH, SHOULD WE [1. ROLL CALL] HAVE A ROLL CALL? MR. DOOLEY? HERE. DR. MOORE? HERE. MR. LEE. MS. EBRA BONNER. HERE. MR. CHAVIS HERE. FOUR BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE MEETING WITH HIM. VOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I'LL FATHER HAVE HALL THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME. THAT WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS TODAY, OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US, NOT INTIMIDATION. FOR TO DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR TH AS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND GLORY. GLORY FOREVER. AMEN. AMEN. A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA, MR. CHAIRMAN? NONE FROM STAFF. OKAY. WILL YOU HAVE YOUR CONSENT AGENDA? AND YOU HAD TIME TO READ THROUGH THOSE. SO, UH, IS THERE ANY, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M NEW AT THAT . NO, YOU'RE GOOD. I NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. I SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. [5. CONSENT AGENDA] NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. YOU'VE HAD TIME. UM, IS THERE ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE? UH, WE NEED A MOTION. MR. CHAIR. GO AHEAD. BRANDON, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CO, UH, CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. ROLL CALL. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, MOVING ON TO REPORTS. [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation] VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. I'LL START OFF WITH OUR HOT TOPIC ITEMS IN THE COUNTY. OUR ROADS CLOSED FROM LAST WEEK'S FLOODING ON TUESDAY. UM, WE HAD ROUTE 7 0 3, UH, CARSON ROAD AND SIX 60 HARDY WAY'S MAIL BOTH WASH OUT FOR PIPE FAILURES. UM, DID AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT TO GET THOSE FIXED. 7 0 3 REOPENED YESTERDAY. UM, ROUTE SIX 60. THAT HARDY WAY'S MILL IS GONNA BE A MUCH LARGER PROJECT. THE 7 0 3 WAS, THAT HOLE IS ROUGHLY 25 FEET DEEP. UM, AND SO OUR CONTRACTOR THAT IS DOING THE CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A SNOW CONTRACTOR AS WELL. SO THEY'VE BEEN PREOCCUPIED THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. UM, BUT ONCE THEY, UH, CAN RETURN TO IT, THEY WILL GET TO WORK ON THAT. PROBABLY BE A COUPLE WEEKS FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THAT. SO, LOOK IN, UH, MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME REOPENING THAT ROAD, BUT DETOURS IN PLACE. PERMANENT SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED AND, UH, CONTINUING TO MONITOR ANY ISSUES WITH THAT DETOUR THAT MAY ARISE. UM, LOOKING IN A LONGER TERM, BAIN ROAD IS STILL CLOSED THERE AT THE BRIDGE. UM, GOING THROUGH A RIGHT OF WAY NEGOTIATION, GETTING THE DONATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, IS GOING PRETTY SMOOTHLY. SOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC DOES OWN A PARCEL THERE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH A LITTLE, A LITTLE NEGOTIATION WITH THEM ON, UM, FOR A PROJECT ON ONE OF OUR MAINTENANCE AREA HEADQUARTERS. LOT MOVING, MOVING THE UTILITY POLE AROUND FOR 'EM. UM, AND THEN IT'S LOOKING LIKE THEY'LL DONATE THAT RIGHT OF WAY TO US. SO VERY SPECULATIVE ON THAT. AND, UH, ONCE WE GET THAT RIGHT OF WAY DONATED, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. UH, HOPING FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN THE COMING SEASON ON THAT STRUCTURE. UM, THE STRUCTURE THERE ON ROUTE ONE AT FRANKLIN BY THE RESIDENCY OFFICE THAT WAS CHECKED AND INSPECTED, EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD. UM, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY COMMON ISSUE THERE IN THE HEAVY RAINS OF WATER OVER TOP IN THE ROAD RIGHT THERE. MM-HMM . AND IT'S NOT THAT THE CREEK IS FLOWING FULL, IT'S THE DITCHES GOING DOWN TO THE STRUCTURE ARE GETTING CLOGGED UP WITH DEBRIS AND TRASH. SO WE'VE GOT IT IN THE SCHEDULE TO GO IN THERE AND DO SOME WORK, OPEN UP THOSE CHANNELS TO, UH, MAKE THAT WATER FLOW AND KEEP IT OUT OF THE ROAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SOME REGULAR MAINTENANCE. UM, BEEN CHASING SOME POTHOLES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. NOW THAT WE'VE GOT SALT ON THE ROADS, THEY'RE GONNA START POPPING UP EVEN WORSE. UM, UNTIL WE CAN GET HOT ASPHALT. WE'LL CHASE SOME WITH OUR, UM, LIQUID EMULSION [00:05:01] CONTRACT. THE MOBILE TRUCK THAT YOU SEE MOVING AROUND, I KNOW THAT THEY DID HIT SOME ON 7 0 3 AND 3 0 1 CONTINUING, UH, TO DO OUR BRUSH TRIMMING OPERATIONS ON FOUR 60 AS WELL. WE DID HIT A SPOT OF SITE DISTANCE CONCERN AT THE INTERSECTION OF 6 25 WELLS ROAD. UM, AND THAT, THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. TAKING, TAKING A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE SAPLINGS AND BRUSH ON THE HIGHER BANKS DOWN, HELPING OPEN THINGS UP OUR HALIFAX THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION. TWO WEEKS AGO I SPOKE WITH THE CITY MANAGER FOR PETERSBURG. HE IS GIVING ME A DRAFT OF THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION. GIVEN THE RESTRICTION, THE DETOUR FOR THE RESTRICTION PUTS TRAFFIC IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND THE SIGNS, THE ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS FOR THE RESTRICTION WOULD BE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I JUST NEED TO GET THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM HIM. HE WAS NO PROBLEM. SO ONCE I GET THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE THREE TRUCK RESTRICTION PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BE THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PERIOD. UM, WE, UH, HAVE HAD A LITTLE PROGRESS WITH OUR FOUR 60 INTERSECTION STUDY. THAT'S OUR CORRIDOR WIDE INTERSECTION STUDY. LOOKING AT THOSE CROSSOVERS, THEY'VE BEEN OUT MEASURING SOME, UH, TAKING DIMENSIONS AND LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS WE CAN APPLY FOR THOSE CROSSOVERS. I DID CHECK, AND CLAYBORNE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT STUDY AS WELL. UM, OTHER THAN PREPARING FOR OUR POTENTIAL WEATHER ON FRIDAY, THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH, I JUST GONNA ASK THE, UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A ROAD, IS THAT THE ROAD THAT'S DOWN HERE BY THE COURTHOUSE? THE ORIGINAL OH, THE OLD COURTHOUSE. YES. THAT ROAD GOING DOWN COURT. YES. THAT'S PART, YES. THAT'S THE PART THAT, THAT'S OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WE'RE USING SIX 19 COURTHOUSE ROAD AS THE DETOUR FOR HARDAWAY MALES. MM-HMM . OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I'M GOOD. NONE FROM ME. WELL, I DO A THANK YOU FOR VDO FOR GETTING ON 7 0 3. I I WENT SUNDAY AND, UH, THEY WERE WORKING REAL HARD AND HOPING THEY WOULD HAVE IT OPEN ON TUESDAY. THEY OPENED IT YESTERDAY, YOU SAY? YES, SIR. WELL, THEY, THEY HAD A LOT TO DO 'CAUSE IT WAS WASHED OUT. MM-HMM . BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE OF THE, UH, PLACES ON 7 0 3 THAT'S, THAT'S GOT HIGH WATER WHEN IT, WHEN IT RAINS LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . AND, UH, OON, WE HAD TO MAKE THAT LOOP. MM-HMM . OON HAS A AREA THAT'S FLOODED OUT MM-HMM . AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WAS REAL BAD. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO JUST GO BY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAD TO STOP HIM. WAIT. AND, BUT THAT'S A BAD ONE TOO. UH, WILLIAMSON MM-HMM . ALL THOSE ROADS ARE IN BAD SHAPE WHEN IT RAINS. UH, I'M PRETTY SURE MR. NOT CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. IT'S, UH, BUT IT'S BAD WHEN IT RAINS AT 7 0 3, ALL THOSE BACK ROADS. MM-HMM . SECONDARY ROADS RIGHT THERE AT MY HOUSE. WHEN I CAME OUT LAST WEEK, UH, SAID ROADS CLOSED. YOU KNOW, , IT'S THAT LITTLE CREEK THAT WE HAVE. MM-HMM . IT'S BAD, BUT THEY'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN WHAT THEY USED TO. THE BEAVERS I THINK OF, UH, THEY'RE FEEDING THEM SOMETHING . MM-HMM . I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DRUGS OR SLOWING 'EM DOWN, BUT THEY'RE NOT WORKING AS HARD AS THEY WERE WHEN, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO. BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM. AND WE DID SEE A, A RATHER UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF ROADS FLOODED LAST TUESDAY. YEAH. MOST OF OUR DRAINAGE STRUCTURES ON OUR SECONDARY ROADS ARE ONLY SIZED TO ACCOMMODATE A FIVE YEAR EVENT STORM, WHICH IS A 20% ROUGHLY PROBABILITY. UM, THAT STORM ON TUESDAY EXCEEDED THAT CAPACITY THAT, THAT WE SIZE OUR STRUCTURES TO. SO WE SAW QUITE A BIT OF OVERTOP GOING ON. MM-HMM . UM, I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOME SHOULDER CLIPPING IN THE PLAN FOR 7 0 3. SO THAT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE WATER PONDING ON THE EDGES OF THE TRAVEL LANES AS WELL. WELL, I'M JUST GLAD WE DID THE BRIDGE ON 7 0 3. OKAY. UH, THAT HELPED A WHOLE LOT TOO. MM-HMM . BUT, UH, GIVE YOU THINGS FOR CUTTING THE, UH, TREES BACK ON 85 MM-HMM . THAT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE TOO. MM-HMM . YEAH. I WILL BE SURE TO PASS THAT ALONG TO OUR INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE OFFICE. NO, I JUST, I AND YOU, YOU KIND OF TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF MY THUNDER. I I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RAIN THAT WE GOT THIS THIS PAST TIME, IT, IT PROBABLY IS YOU TALKING ABOUT IT BEING UNPRECEDENTED. MM-HMM. IT, IT WAS, I MEAN, AND, AND JUST THE SHEER SIZE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH, NOT JUST DI WOULD HE BEING HIT BY THIS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PRAISE YOU REALLY MR. FRENCH, FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF BECAUSE HOW, HOW IN THE WORLD, I MEAN, PEOPLE THINK IT'S, I GUESS IT'S FAIRLY EASY TO COME OUT AND JUST PUT UP ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA TRAVERSE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PUT THE SIGN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. MM-HMM . AND I'M, I'M ALWAYS SHOCKED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S OKAY TO DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER. [00:10:01] AND SO THEN WE FIND OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS HAVING TO, TO WORK THROUGH THAT SITUATION. BUT NO, I REALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESIDENCY, THE APPROACH THIS TIME WAS, WAS, WAS ONE OF THE BETTER APPROACHES I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN. UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF Y'ALL EVER GOT ANY SLEEP. I THINK SO MANY OF Y'ALL WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO DO THAT. AND EVEN THOUGH WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME, I STILL THINK IT'S A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY THAT, THAT SEES THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE MM-HMM . AND DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT BECAUSE I, I KNOW WE NOTICED IT AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID. IT, IT IS JUST AS REWARDING FOR ME TO BE PART OF IT AND TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I DO AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. I KNOW I WENT DOWN SUNDAY TO SEE HOW THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT ROAD. I MEAN, IT WAS SIX FOOT DEEP DITCH WHEN THEY WERE FILLING IT OUT. MM-HMM . SO IT WAS, YEAH. HARD WORK. THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND STATEWIDE IS TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR A LOT OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS, FEMA OR FHWA WILL LIKELY COVER IT, SO MM-HMM . DISASTER DECLARATIONS. AARON, ARE YOU SEEING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVEN MORE RECENTLY SOME, SOME CONCERNS WHEN YOU HAVE GULLY WASHERS, LIKE WHAT YOU SAW, IT CLEARS OUT THE DITCHES MM-HMM . AND JUST, JUST HOW MUCH TRASH AND DEBRIS IS IN THERE. SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE STARTED TO GET A LOT OF COMMENTS, BOTH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHERWISE ABOUT OUR ROADSIDE AND HOW CLUTTERED THEY ARE WITH TRASH. MM-HMM . UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CITIZENS ALREADY COMMENTING TO THE FACT THAT HEY, WE'VE GOT ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAMS AND THAT. DO Y'ALL SEE MUCH INCREASE IN THAT ANYMORE IN, IN THE DIMITY AREA OR, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN PARTNER IN SOME WAY TO TRY TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE AND WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS REALLY ARE ALL ABOUT? IT IS, IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BENEFIT FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA INITIATIVE. UM, WE'VE GOT THE PROGRAM, ANY CITIZENS ARE WELCOME TO COME RIGHT UP TO THE RESIDENCY OFFICE AND THEY CAN SIGN UP AND GET, GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO IT. AND WE WILL HAVE THE SIGN MADE FOR 'EM AND DONATED AND INSTALLED FOR THEM. UM, WE DON'T SEE A TON OF IT TO BE HONEST. IT'S, IT'S HERE AND THERE. WE HAVE NEW ROADS GET BEING DEDICATED FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE AS MANY AS WE CAN GET. UM, I'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT ON, ON THE TRASH PROBLEM FROM ALL THE FLOODING. UM, AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL LITTER PICKUP. WELL, I KNOW WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO THE, THE GRASS CUTTING OF SECONDARY ROADS, YOU'RE, YOU CLEAN UP AHEAD OF AHEAD OF THAT. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS WAS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TRASH BAGS THAT ARE FALLING OFF GOING TO CONVENIENCE SITES AND, UM, PLENTY. AND, AND THAT HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I MEAN THERE WERE, THERE WAS A FEW COMMENTS THAT WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. BUT I I CAN HONESTLY SAY SETTING UP HERE THAT EVERY TIME WE'VE EVER TURNED THIS IN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY GO THROUGH THE BAGS. AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO, YOU KNOW, TO HOLD SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE, WE DO. UM, SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE DOING THAT. BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED A, A BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM. IT HASN'T BEEN AS ACTIVE IN, YOU KNOW, OF LAKE, BUT TRYING TO GET, I KNOW AS EVEN BONNER'S AREA OF WEST PETERSBURG TRYING TO BEAUTIFY AREAS AND TRY TO DO THE LITTER PICKUP. AND I TELL YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU EVER VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAN UP LITTER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, UM, YOU'LL THINK TWICE AGAIN ABOUT MAKING SURE YOUR TRASH IS SECURE AND BEFORE YOU THROW SOMETHING OUT OF THE WINDOW. UM, SO I REALLY DO THINK MORE PEOPLE WE COULD GET INVOLVED IN THAT WOULD BE A, WOULD BE A GOOD THING. MM-HMM . AND, AND ONCE YOU GET OUT THERE AND DO IT, YOU NOTICE THE, THE ACTUAL QUANTITY OF TRASH THAT'S THERE ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD, THAT THAT'S NOT AS EASILY SEEN, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SEAT OF A VEHICLE. AND IT, IT IS SUBSTANTIAL. I CAN TELL YOU THE BEVERAGE OF CHOICE BY EACH DISTRICT. YES. I GUESS INTEREST. THAT'S RIGHT. PAGE TWO. THAT'S RIGHT. WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF LITTER, I DID HEAR THAT THEY ARE PLANNING ANOTHER PICKUP FOR THE ROUTE 180 5, UM, INTERSECTION THERE AND IT CHANGED. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING READY TO MENTION ABOUT. YEAH. YEAH. I WILL CONFIRM THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GOOD. UH, I WILL TALK TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION AS WELL, SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT, UM, ANY KIND OF RELEASES FOR DR. HIGHWAY THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PUT OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE AREA, TO THE LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THE WORD OUT FOR THAT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. 'CAUSE I, I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH, MR. CHAIR, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT BECAUSE GETTING ON 85, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE DO THAT. THEY JUST THROW TRASH TO THE SIDE AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THE OTHER DAY I SAW IT AND LOOKED PRETTY DECENT GOING THAT WAY. I JUST HAD ONE OTHER AREA YES, MA'AM. THAT WANTED YOU. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU PUT SIGNS OUT ON STERLING ROAD. [00:15:01] IT'S A, I GUESS IT'S A CREEK BEHIND SOMEBODY'S HOUSE OR SOMETHING. AND IF, UH, YOU RIDE DOWN IT'S, UM, IT'S A LOT OF WATER ON THE CURB. ON THE CURB ON. YEAH. IS THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WATER. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE, THE HURRICANE AND ALL THAT. I WAS, I WAS STILL WORKING AND I HAD TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND I KID YOU NOT, I KID YOU NOT, I HAD ONE, I HAD MY CAR AND I LOOKED ON THE SIDE OUTSIDE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A DUCK THERE RIGHT BY MY DOOR. AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. AND I, I GOT THROUGH, I WAS JUST PRAYING TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE WHEN I WENT THROUGH, I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND GET HOME, BUT THE WATER HAD COVERED THE WHOLE ROAD AND YOU COULDN'T TURN AROUND, YOU KNOW. SO I SAW THE SIGN THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. IF THE WATER IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STILL A LITTLE HIGH, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE ROAD, BUT, OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ON STERLING ROAD. IT'S IN THE, IN THE CORNER. ARE YOU GOING STRAIGHT DOWN? IT'S ON THE RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. YES. YES MA'AM. YES MA'AM. I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. MAKE SURE, UM, IT'S NOT CLOGGED UP OR ANYTHING. YEAH. IF IT IS A PIPE, NOW ALL OF OUR STRUCTURES, THE LARGER BRIDGES AND, AND LARGE PIPE CULVERTS, ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE OVERTOP IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN INSPECTED BY OUR INSPECTORS AND ENGINEERS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE SAFE TO CROSS. OKAY. BUT ALL THIS COUNTLESS SMALLER PIPES THAT, THAT ARE LIKELY CLOG WITH DEBRIS FROM TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AS WELL. OKAY. THAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. HAVE A GOOD THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AARON. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. NEXT [7.A. Contract Award, Sheriff Vehicles] IS, UH, CONTRACT AWARD SHERIFF'S VEHICLES MR. KNOT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASSEN. GIL, HOW ARE YOU? AFTERNOON, UH, COMING TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ADAMS. UH, IF YOU RECALL, UH, IN THE FY 23 CIP, YOU APPROVED $232,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, PATROL VEHICLES. UM, THE DATE WE HAVE FOUND AND SECURED FOUR OF THOSE VEHICLES, UH, OF THE SIX, UH, UNFORTUNATELY ON THE, THE NEGATIVE SIDE, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OLDER VEHICLES IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN TOTALED FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER, A DEER STRIKE, ANOTHER, UH, ACCIDENT. UM, AND NOT THE VEHICLES WERE TORN UP TERRIBLY. THEY'RE JUST OLD HIGH MILEAGE. AND THE VALUE, UH, WAS NOT THERE TO, TO REPAIR 'EM IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE. UM, FINDING THESE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES EITHER NEW OR USED. AND WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME USED IN THE PAST THAT, THAT HAVE SERVED US. UH, UH. OKAY. UM, BUT IT'S JUST HARD TO FIND ANY VEHICLES. UM, WE'VE SEARCHED, UH, ALL RE ALL POSSIBLE RESOURCES AND I WAS ABLE TO FIND, UM, SOME VEHICLES, SOME DODGE CHARGER VEHICLES, UH, IN OHIO, UM, THAT WERE AVAILABLE ON THE LOTS, READY TO GO. AND ACTUALLY THE PRICE WAS NOT TERRIBLY, UH, OUTTA LINE. UH, AND THESE WERE THE, UH, V EIGHT, UH, OUT PERFORMANCE TYPE, UH, PATROL VEHICLES. UM, WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS THE BOARD TODAY IS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THREE OF THESE VEHICLES FOR A TOTAL OF $116,100 FROM MONTROSE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP. UH, AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE IN OHIO. UH, THEY WILL DELIVER 'EM TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR US, OF COURSE, OUT OF, AND I THINK THAT FEE IS FIGURES IS, IS FIGURED INTO THE, THE $116,100. BUT WE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF, OF THAT PURCHASE, MR. CHAIRMAN, PRIOR TO THE VOTE, WE DO HAVE A STATEMENT THAT MR. DOLEY NEEDS TO READ. YES. I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM ITEM SEVEN A TODAY AS IT PERTAINS SOLELY TO THE DIMITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF DIMITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHICH HAS AN ADDRESS OF 13 8 5 0 COURTHOUSE ROAD, DIMITY, VIRGINIA 2 3 8 4 1. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. NO. NO, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE NEW, UH, THREE NEW VEHICLES FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, $116,100. A SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY ABSTAIN. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ONE SIGNED UP, MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. OKAY. I KNOW WE HAVE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] [00:20:01] READY. ? I'M READY. HI, MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, JUST A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS. ONE, I I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, VITA RECENTLY RECOGNIZED DE WITTY COUNTY AND RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, UH, WITH THE TOP 10 PROJECTS OF 2023 FOR THE DRONE UP PROJECT. SO I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE HUNDREDS, POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF, OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS A YEAR IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE TOP 10, UH, THAT, THAT SAYS SOMETHING. I THINK, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I I SERVE ON THE, THE BOARD AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND KNOWING WHAT DRONE UP IS, IS DOING AND WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS OF DOING, UM, IS, IS EVEN MORE FASCINATING. AND SO, AGAIN, JUST, JUST HOW IMPACTFUL THAT IS FOR, FOR DIM WITTY COUNTY. UM, MS. COLLINS WAS TELLING ME EARLIER TODAY THE DITTY TEEN EXPO, UH, FOR 2024. THE PLANNING HAS BEGUN FOR THIS YEAR'S, UH, CAREER READINESS EXPERIENCE, UH, AND FOR THE DIMITY TEAM, UH, EXPO. AND, AND THE DATE OF THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS APRIL 13TH, 2024 AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE. UM, SO THEY GET TO BE THE HOST AGAIN THIS YEAR. UM, ALSO WANTED TO JUST LET THE BOARD MAKE YOU AWARE THAT, UH, FY 25 BUDGET IS, IS UNDERWAY. YOU KNOW, AT YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, YOU APPROVED A, A BUDGET CALENDAR. AND ON THAT CALENDAR THAT ONE OF THE FIRST MILESTONES WAS THAT BUDGET REQUEST. WE'RE DUE THIS PAST, UH, FRIDAY, UM, THE 12TH. SO ALL, SO WHO IS THAT? THAT'S ALL, ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE A PART OF, OF OUR BUDGET, OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET, UM, WOULD SUBMIT THAT THE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THAT. THEY, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO DO THAT BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. SO I THINK WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S FEBRUARY 29TH, THEY GET AN EXTRA DAY THIS YEAR. SO THEY, THEY GET TO SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET AT THAT, AT THAT MEETING, UM, OR THAT, THAT TIME. SO, UM, I'VE STARTED TO WORK WITH MS. BROWN ON GETTING SOME OF YOUR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO COME BEFORE YOU. SO I WAS TELLING THE CHAIRMAN, THIS IS KIND OF YOUR EASY MEETING IN JANUARY, BUT FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT WILL COME IN THAT WE USUALLY SUPPLY FUNDING TO. SO IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FOR THEM TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL WHERE THE MONEY AND HOW THE MONEY'S BEING USED TO THAT BENEFIT. UM, LATE LAST WEEK, I SENT OUT AN INVITATION FOR THE CIP COMMITTEE. SO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. UM, SO OUR FIRST MEETING OF THAT'S GONNA BE ON JANUARY 25TH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. UM, AND WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT, WHAT THE FUNDING REQUEST WILL BE FOR THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO PLAN OUT THE, THE NEXT NINE YEARS. SO IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY HEAVY TASK THERE FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN. UM, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH IS THE VACO CERTIFIED SUPERVISOR PROGRAM. UM, THEY'RE HAVING MODULE ONE I'VE BEEN ASKED TO, TO HELP, UM, END THAT PROCESS. SO YEARS AGO I DID A, A LITTLE SESSION ON, UM, HOW YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOUR BUDGET KIND OF COME TOGETHER. UH, VACO'S ASKED, I COME BACK AND, AND DO THAT PRESENTATION AGAIN, SO MAYBE I GET A LITTLE BETTER AT IT THE SECOND TIME. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JANUARY 24TH MIDDAY. UM, MONDAY, JANUARY 29TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUNTY WORKFORCE BRIEFING AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE YEARS OF SERVICE AWARD. SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, UM, UP UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK THAT DAY. AND THEN AT 3:00 PM WE'LL SHUT DOWN ALL THE COUNTY OPERATION. THIS IS THE ONE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE TRY TO GET ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WHETHER THE EMPLOYEES ARE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY, THEY KIND OF COME TOGETHER. SO WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN AT THREE O'CLOCK. WE'LL BE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO WE WILL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AHEAD OF TIME OF THAT. AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE DIY HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AND ABOUT THREE 30 WE'LL START THE PROGRAM. AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE OVER AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK. SO I JUST, FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU ALL, YOU'RE MORE THAN, MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME. AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD, GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEE SOME OF THE STAFF. AND AGAIN, THE 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, IS THERE A 35 SHONDA? I DON'T KNOW, , WE, AS FAR AS YEARS OF SERVICE, WE GET TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS FOR, FOR THEIR LONGEVITY HERE WITH THE COUNTY. UM, THEN THAT NIGHT, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, UH, THAT THE, THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION IS HAVING THEIR MAYORS AND CHAIRS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MEETING. UM, SO WE'RE THE, THE, THE [00:25:01] CHAIRMAN'S UNABLE TO COME TO THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU AS THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU POSSIBLY COULD DO, UH, DR. MOORE, BUT THAT'S ON THE 29TH. AND THAT'S, UM, AT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. UM, SO WE GOT, WE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE TO BE THERE AT, UH, SIX O'CLOCK FROM THAT MEETING IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO IT. UM, THE NEXT MILESTONE IS VACO IS ALSO DOING ITS GOVERNMENT DAY, AND THAT'S ON, ON FEBRUARY 1ST. THAT'S A THURSDAY. UM, SO IT'S VACO, VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA PDC, UH, THAT'S DOING, DOING THEIR ALL LEGISLATIVE TOGETHER AT THE RICHMOND MARRIOTT HOTEL REGISTRATION STARTS AT 10:00 AM AND I, I KNOW I GOT MS. GRANT AND AS WELL AS, UM, TITLE OF SOUTH HALL COUNTY ATTORNEYS GOING TO THAT TOO. BUT FOR YOUR BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE REGISTERED SOME TO GO TO THAT, UM, HAD TO FIGURE OUT ARRANGEMENTS ON HOW TO GET THERE FOR THAT ONE. AND TO, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEWLY, UH, RIBBON CUT ON THE NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING. SO YOU GET TO SEE THE NEW, THE NEW, UH, LEGISLATIVE, UH, PIECE OF THAT FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. SO, UH, THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE DEY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD, UM, IS, IS THEN GONNA TAKE PLACE ON THE 12TH OF MARCH. SO THAT'S ANOTHER, AND I, AND I'LL SHOOT YOU ALL THESE DATES SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE 'EM DOWN NOW, BUT, UM, THAT WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DR. WESTON TO PRESENT HER BUDGET TO YOU ALL. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE BUSIEST WEEK OF THE YEAR FOR Y'ALL, UH, BECAUSE THAT YOU, YOU HEAR THAT TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY YOU'LL BE WITH US, UM, HEARING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND AGAIN, UM, THE 12TH. SO ON THE 13TH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO GO TO A JOINT MEETING WITH THE DEITY FIRE AND RESCUE COMMITTEE, FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION. AND SO THAT, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS OKAY WITH THAT, THAT THAT'S, SO IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY WEEK FOR YOU ALL, BUT IT WOULD BE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WOULD BE WITH THE FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION. UM, AND THEN THURSDAY NIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THIS, BUT I DO THE, THE DIMITY RUTINS, WE HAVE THE COUNTYWIDE TON MEETING, AND THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE SOUTHERN RUIT CLUB FOR THE COUNTY, UH, WAMP LAURENS OUR, OUR, OUR REASSESSMENT FIRM. AND LORI STEVENS THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE TO BRIEF THE RUTINS ON THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT PROCESS. UM, SO IF WE, IF WE CAN'T DO MARCH, WE CAN'T DO APRIL, APRIL FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION, IS THE SAME NIGHT THAT THIS, THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN GETS PRESENTED TO THE, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IF WE SKIP APRIL, THEN IT'S MAY, AND THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM IS THE DAY AFTER YOU ADOPT YOUR BUDGET, WHICH I, I WOULD THINK WOULD BE A DAY LATE THAT YOU'D WANNA DO IT. SO YOU, YOU PROBABLY WANT, IF WE CAN DO IT IN MARCH, TO, TO TRY TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS THERE, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR, AGAIN, I'LL SEND THESE THESE OUT FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE THEM. UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, YEAH, MR. CHAVIS AND I, UH, KIND OF A UNIQUE FIRST FOR US, WE, WE HAD THE CRATER REGIONAL FIRE ACADEMY GRADUATION THIS PAST FRIDAY. AND SO THE, THE ACADEMY, UH, HAD ITS FIRST GRADUATING CLASS, GRADUATING CLASS, NUMBER ONE. IT HAD NEVER, NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. BUT THE, THE LOCALITIES, THE CITIES, TRI-CITIES OF, YOU KNOW, PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, UH, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AND DI WITTY COUNTY CAME TOGETHER TO DO A TRAINING, UH, FOR OUR RECRUIT SCHOOL. AND IT WAS, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. UM, WHAT THESE HAS 27 RECRUITS, THEY DID A WONDERFUL, UH, JOB. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SHOWED ABOUT A 20 MINUTE VIDEO OF SINCE, SINCE THEIR FIRST MEETING, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THEIR LAST, UM, WHICH WAS REALLY FASCINATING. AND I THINK IT REALLY UNDERSCORES THE WORK AND THE, THE, THE SPECIALTY AND THE TRAINING THAT OUR FIRE AND EMS, UH, ARE TRAINED TO. AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELPFUL, I THINK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO, TO GET THAT VIDEO SO OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. UM, FOR DIY COUNTY, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE MADE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN FIRE AND EMS AND WE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET FIVE, UH, NEW FIREFIGHTERS EMTS THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT CLASS. UM, AND NOW THEY, AGAIN, THEIR CAREER, UH, FIREFIGHTER EMTS WITH US. BUT I, I WANTED TO, TO ESPECIALLY THANK ASSISTANT CHIEF RAY BLAKE, WHO DID MOST OF THE WORK. UM, I WON'T NECESSARILY GIVE DENNIS, DENNIS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THIS AS CHIEF, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO START WITH RAY, BECAUSE RAY REALLY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF [00:30:01] CREATING A RECRUIT SCHOOL THAT, AGAIN, THAT NEVER HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THIS REGION. I THINK IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW, HOW DESPERATE THIS WHOLE REGION IS AND THE NEED FOR THAT. SO, WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT REALLY, REALLY GOOD THINGS, ALSO WANTED TO, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IN 1977, THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER CALLED THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION. AND, AND THE THOUGHT IN 1977 WAS THAT CLERKS, UM, NEEDED SPECIALIZED TRAINING THAT FOR, FOR MANY OF THEM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR REALLY THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO IN TRYING TO, AGAIN, DOCUMENT THROUGH MINUTES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DAY OF A CLERK IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT USED TO BE AS FAR AS THE, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. MR. SOUTHALL COULD TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THAT AS FAR AS PUBLIC NOTICE AND FOIA. UH, AND SO IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED, MUCH MORE D DIFFICULT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO TIERS OF CERTIFICATIONS AS A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A, A MASTER'S OF MUNICIPAL CLERK. AND MS. BROWN, KAISHA BROWN WAS ABLE TO GET HER CERTIFICATION AS A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK. AND SO SHE IS CERTIFIED NOW, UM, AND JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR WHAT SHE'S DOING AND MAYBE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. NOW NOTICE KAISHA, I DID SAY THERE IS A MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION TOO, SO WE CAN ALWAYS STRIVE TO, I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE EVER HAD A MASTER DESIGNATION. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK, BUT JUST WANTED TO, TO PUT THAT OUT PUBLICLY. AND ALSO I THINK YOU'RE, AREN'T YOU LIKE THE REGIONAL NINE DIRECTOR OF, OF THE CLERK'S ASSOCIATION TOO? SO A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT HAS BEEN SPENT ON, UH, GETTING THIS CERTIFICATION. AND WE, WE, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON GETTING THAT. I KNOW IT HADN'T BEEN BEEN EASY. AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL, I'LL END WITH DAN LEE. SO, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO DAN A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. AND ONE THING THAT THE BOARD HAS, HAS PUBLICLY TALKED ABOUT YEARS THAT, THAT BEFORE EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE, THE BOARD KIND OF HUDDLES TOGETHER AND PRAYS BEFORE THEY WALK INTO A, INTO A MEETING. AND, AND WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE CHAIR, MR. CHAVIS, DAN CALLED AND SAID, HEY, WHAT TIME'S THE PRAYER? AND WE SAID, ABOUT TWO OR THREE MINUTES. AND HE SAID, WELL, GOOD. PUT ME ON FACETIME. 'CAUSE I, I WANNA BE A PART OF THAT. AND SO, JUST BEFORE COMING IN HERE, WE WERE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH DAN, AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT, BILL, YOU SAID IT RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY MIRACULOUS THAT MEDICINE HAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY EVOLVED TO THE POINT THAT YOU COULD, YOU COULD HAVE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT SURGERY. AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S IN REHABILITATION, AND I KNOW IT'S GOTTA BE TOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, HE SEES I THINK, SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. THE HOPE AND PRAYER IS THAT HE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO HIS REHAB, UH, COME FULL CIRCLE. AND THE DATE THAT THEY'VE THROWN OUT THERE IS JANUARY 23RD THAT HE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO COME HOME. AND THAT'S AFTER 67 DAYS BEING IN A HOSPITAL, AND THEN 13 DAYS BEING IN REHAB THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO, TO THIS AREA AGAIN. AND HE, HE SAID HE IS MISSED HIS DOGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO HE'S, HE'S READY TO GET BACK, READY TO GET BACK, AND WE'RE GLAD THAT HE'S DOING WELL. BUT JUST ASK THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO, TO KEEP THE LEE FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYER AS, AS HE IS GOING THROUGH THIS TIME. AND, AND AGAIN, HE, HE APPRECIATES EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN SAYING AND DOING FOR HIM. MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHTY. IT'S, UH, BOARD [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] MEMBERS COMMENT. THAT'S GREAT. WOULD, UH, I THINK I'LL LET YOU START TODAY. OH, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. UM, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SAY. IT'S A, IT IS A NEW YEAR AND, UM, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, UH, WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND DOING, TRYING TO DO SOME, SOME MORE GREAT THINGS FOR DENWITTY COUNTY. AND, UM, ONE OTHER THING I, UM, WANTED TO, WANTED TO SAY AND WANT TO KIND OF PUT OUT THERE, SINCE IT'S A NEW YEAR, UM, PLEASE, UM, TRY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DISTRESS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, MAY HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS. I, I SAW ON TV, UM, I THINK IT WAS, UH, THIS MORNING A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE, UM, AIRPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SAW THAT, UM, THAT LITTLE SEGMENT. UH, HE WAS 30 YEARS OLD. HE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE AIRPORT TRYING TO GET OUT TO THE COCKPIT THROUGH THE, FOR THE, UM, TO A AIRPLANE. HE KEPT GOING THROUGH LOOKING AND LOOKING. HE AB HE DID GET ON THE TARMAC [00:35:01] AND HE GOT INTO, UH, AN ENGINE, WHICH WAS NOT RUNNING. BUT WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT TO HIM, HE, UM, HE HAD DIED. HIS FAMILY SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING, YOU KNOW, WITH A, UH, A MENTAL ILLNESS AND SO FORTH. BUT, UM, BUT HE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE AIRPORT DOING THAT. BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY A PERSON WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, I WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE TO REALLY, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE, CALL SOMEONE, PLEASE LET SOMEONE KNOW. AND ALSO WELLNESS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, I, I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A LOT OF SENIORS THAT ARE AT HOME ALONE. AND, UH, NO ONE TO CHECK UP ON THEM. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR SOME, IF YOU KNOW A CHURCH MEMBER THAT COULD TRY TO GO AND TRY TO HELP SOMEONE, PLEASE DO THAT. 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, AT HOME MAYBE, UM, HAVE FALLEN NOT USING, UM, THE BUTTON THAT THEY HAVE TO GET TO GET HELP AND, AND THEY LAY THERE FOR A LONG TIME. UH, WE HAD SOMEONE I, I KNOW OF WHERE FAIR, UH, CHECK WHERE NO ONE ACTUALLY DID IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PERSON WAS IN THE HOUSE FOR DAYS AND HAD PASSED AWAY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT. THIS IS A NEW YEAR. AND, UM, JUST TRY TO CONCENTRATE ON WELLNESS, TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON HELPING OTHERS BEING OUT THERE, UM, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE OR IF, YOU KNOW, UM, OF ANYONE OR ANY FAMILY MEMBER THAT COULD BE SUFFERING. BECAUSE, UH, GOING BACK TO MENTAL ILLNESS, IT'S A BIG THING. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILLNESS. AND, UM, AS ONE PATIENT TOLD ME, I DID NOT WAKE UP AND ASK FOR IT, IT HAPPENED AND I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT THROUGH MY LIFE. AND, UH, NO ONE, NO ONE ASKED FOR THAT. BUT, UM, JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I SEE MORE OF IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA USE THIS PLATFORM SOMETIMES TO REALLY PUSH IT AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT. YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT AND TRY AND TRY TO HELP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ESPECIALLY SOMEONE THAT'S IN A CRISIS STATE. WE CAN PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE. BUT I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT AND JUST TALK ABOUT, IT'S A NEW YEAR. MM-HMM. I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME GOOD THINGS AND, AND MOVING FORWARD AND, UM, THE ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE, UM, THAT GOT THE AWARD. YAY. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, DOING GREAT THINGS. UM, AND UM, THEN WHAT IS DOING GREAT THINGS AND WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD TO, UM, DO EVEN MORE. SO JUST WANNA SAY THAT. THANK YOU MR. DOOLEY. I WANNA SAY THAT I'M EXCITED FOR THIS NEW POSITION. I'M EXCITED TO LEARN. I'M EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND SEE THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING IS EXCITING. UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HELP, MS. BROWN. THANK YOU MR. SOUTHALL. MR. MASSENGILL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, WALKING ME THROUGH THIS AND GETTING ME SETTLED. UH, MS. GRANT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AS, AS WELL. AND, UH, AGAIN, I, I'M NOT TO BE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND LEARNING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, MR. MOORE. DAN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, WE LOVE YOU, BROTHER. WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU EVERY DAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU BACK TO DEALING WITH YOU VERY, VERY SHORTLY. SO, UM, JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, KEEP WORKING HARD, AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU. YEP. UM, WELCOME. I'M GONNA SHAKE YOUR HAND. , WELCOME TO, UH, TO THE BOARD. UM, OFFICER DOOLEY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WE, YOU'RE GONNA BRING A, AN ELEMENT TO THE BOARD THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAT THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. UM, WE APPRECIATE THE 37 YEARS AT HARRISON MOODY, UM, PUT INTO THE POSITION HIS FAMILY AND HIS LIFE THAT, UM, THAT HE, HE PUT HIS WHOLE LIFE INTO IT. SURE. AND, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THAT ALSO AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. SO, UM, LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF WHO WORKED WITH THE FIRE RECRUITS. UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY EVERY DAY TO DRIVE BY AND WATCH THEM PARK AT THE, UM, UH, SPORTS COMPLEX. UM, AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL ME IN MY HOUSE AND SAY, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE? AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. 'CAUSE IT'S WHAT, 26 WEEKS THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROGRAM. UM, SO I HAD TO ENLIGHTEN THEM TO WHAT WAS GOING ON. UM, BUT IT'S A FANTASTIC THING. UM, THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT TOUCH US. SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS TYPE OF PROJECT AS WE GO FORWARD. UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FEBRUARY 1ST GOVERNMENT DAY, UH, VACO, VML, UH, BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATORS, UH, BOTH SENATOR AD AND DELEGATE TAYLOR. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE SOME CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND, [00:40:01] AND POSITIONS THAT ARE AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND, AND THAT WE WILL GET A BUDGET ON TIME THIS YEAR. MM-HMM . UH, I HOPE THAT THEY WILL DO THEIR JOB, UM, AND GET US A TIMELY BUDGET. UH, IT REALLY MADE OUR LIFE VERY DIFFICULT LAST YEAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MM-HMM . WHERE THE DOLLARS WERE GONNA COME FROM AND GUESSTIMATING. AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANY, ANY LOCALITY. UM, THANKS TO VDOT. UM, YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GET SIX INCHES OF RANGE IN LESS THAN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME. I KNOW MY BACKYARD, UM, WHERE MY HOME IS SITUATED, ALL THE, THE WATER FROM ACROSS THE STREET COMES TO MY SIDE OF THE ROAD. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . AND SO I HAVE MY OWN LITTLE NODAWAY RIVER MM-HMM . COMING THROUGH THE BACK BACK OF MY YARD. BUT, UM, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, AT THIS POINT, WE HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER GOING FORWARD. UM, BUT I WOULD JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO VDOT THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT THEY PUT IN ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, TO KEEP OUR ROADS IN DITY COUNTY SAFE, AS WELL AS OUR REGIONALISM THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM. UM, WE'VE GOT, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED ON FOUR 60 THE SITE WHERE SHEETS IS GONNA GO, WHICH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF AMAZON, THE TREES ARE COMING DOWN. ALL WE NEED IS SOME DRY DAYS. SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT PROJECT. HOPEFULLY, UM, WHEN WE GET TO SUMMERTIME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO STOP IN THERE AND, AND, UM, IT'LL BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT TO OUR, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE DATE IS OUT THERE, UH, APRIL 13TH FOR THE TN EXPO. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THAT. AND, UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET WITH THE STATE. I HAD TO GO VIRGINIA REGION FOUR MEETING LAST WEEK UP IN RICHMOND. AND, UM, WE WORK ON REGIONAL PROJECTS AND RIGHT NOW WE, WE NEED TO BE STARTING SOME NEW PROJECTS COMING FORWARD. UM, THE STATE BOARD MEETS TWICE A YEAR, SO, UH, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, UH, TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH GO VIRGINIA, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD. SO WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THE CONCERN IN THE ROOM WAS THERE'S, THERE ARE FUNDS IN THE STATE BUDGET THAT ARE THERE. IF WE DON'T USE THEM, THEY MAY HAVE A TENDENCY TO DISAPPEAR. SO IT'S OUR JOB, IT'S IMPAIRED UPON US TO BRING THOSE REGIONAL PROJECTS IN TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS. IF NOT, I THINK OUR LEGISLATORS MAY FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO USE THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A CONCERN GOING FORWARD. MM-HMM . SO, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, UH, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME BEING CHAIR. AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M STILL NOT READY FOR IT, , BUT, UH, WHEN I WAS, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, MY DREAM WAS TO BRING WATER TO THIS AREA. SO THIS, THE THIRD TIME STRIKE THREE. WHAT? THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. YOU OUT. SO, UH, THE ONLY WAY WE WILL GET THIS, THIS AREA TO GROW IS TO GET WATER. I'VE TRIED EVERY, I THOUGHT ABOUT ONE TIME COMING IN HERE WITH TWO GALLON, FIVE GALLONS BUCKETS OF WATER. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. BUT THIS TIME I THINK I'M GONNA BRING, UH, POPCORN, REAL SALTY POPCORN AND NOT ALLOW WATER IN HERE. YOU KNOW, SEE HOW BAD. YEAH. SEE HOW BAD YOU WANT IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MM-HMM . SO THAT'S ONE OF MY DREAMS, UH, TO GET, UH, ACCESS TO THIS AREA FOR WATER. AND I HOPE WE CAN HA I HOPE WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. MISS TAMMY. I KNOW YOU CANNOT HELP ME OUT HERE ON THIS THING, . WELL, IT IS GRATEFUL WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL TO HEAR DAN TODAY. OH MAN. UM, HE'S SO EXCITED TO BE, HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE, VERY POSITIVE, READY TO GET OUT AND START FIGHTING FOR US AGAIN. YOU KNOW WHAT TOUCHED ME THOUGH, WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH HIM, WE CLOSED AND HE SAID, THE NEXT TIME I'M THERE, I'M GOING TO PRAY. I'M GONNA BE THE ONE TO PRAY. OH, 12 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S NEVER PRAYED. YEP. AND DAD, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NASTY OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU TOUCHED MY HEART TODAY WHEN YOU SAID, THE NEXT TIME I'M GOING TO PRAY WHEN I'M THERE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GROWTH. YEAH. YOU KNOW WHERE WE ALL CAN CHANGE. THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN 12 YEARS HERE WHEN WE STARTED THIS. YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS PRAYED, UH, EXCEPT FOR, FOR DAN. I LOVE HIM. HE'S MY BEST AND I LOVE HIM. BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO HARRISON MOODY. WE HAD A GOOD PARTY FOR HIM LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE ENHANCEMENT CENTER. STATEWIDE. PEOPLE CAME AND SHOWED THEIR APPRECIATION, UH, WHAT HE'S MEANT TO THEM. AND HE, UH, REALLY MEANT A LOT TO US. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT, WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY, HE WOULD TAKE TIME TO, UM, TO SHARE SOME OF THE KNOWLEDGE HE HAD THROUGH VACO NACO. I MEAN, HE WAS VERY INTO BRINGING NEW THINGS TO THE COUNTY. AND, UH, SO IT WAS A, A VERY NICE RECEPTION WE HAD FOR HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, [00:45:01] UH, SAY WELCOME MY DEAR FRIEND. UH, I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY. . UH, WE'VE GOTTEN REAL CLOSE OVER THE YEARS AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY. SO, UH, WELCOME. AND THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN. UH, I STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED IT, AS YOU CAN SEE. I JUST AM HERE TRYING TO DO, AND NOBODY HOLDS YOU. I MEAN, WE'RE ALL HERE TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, SHARE TOGETHER, HELP ONE EACH ONE OUT. SO, WELCOME. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD THREE, UH, YEARS OF HARD WHAT HARD WORK. SO WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE TIME, UH, FOR CLOSE CLOSED SESSION SESSION. THE [11. CLOSED SESSION] BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY, SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION, CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION, DENWOOD COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, ITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND MAHARA RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, 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 7 180 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. 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED A 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. WERE DISCUSSION IN OPEN SESSION WITH ADVERSELY EFFECT EFFECT, THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY BROADBAND CONTRACTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO IN A CLOSE PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE ALL. WE WILL BE BACK IN SESSION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. MADAM CLERK COME OUT. I NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSED. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY, SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION, CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION, DENWOODY COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, DENWOODY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY 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 7 180 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. OUR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OF RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL. BROADBAND N 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 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. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, [12.A. Rezoning Case, P-23-8, 25026 Ferndale Road] UH, ZONING CASE. P DASH 23 DASH 8 2 50 26 FERNDALE ROAD. THANK YOU, MS. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING, MS. CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASS. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING. UH, THE REZONING REQUEST THIS EVENING IS MADE BY [00:50:01] MS. SHARON GRENOBLE, MS. GR NOBLE'S HERE IS THE APPLICANT REPRESENTING THE APPLICATION, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HER OR ANY FOLLOW UP AFTER THE STAFF PRESENTATION. MM-HMM . UH, THE REQUEST IS FOR, UH, TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PAINT HIGHLIGHTED AREA ON THE SLIDE. UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES PROPERTY ON FERNDALE ROAD. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED RESIDENTIAL R ONE AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO BUSINESS LIMITED B ONE, UM, ALSO REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL YOUTH PERMIT IN THE B ONE DISTRICT. A VETERINARY HOSPITAL IS ALLOWED, UH, WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. UM, SO, UM, THEY HAVE ALSO MADE A REQUEST, UH, FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL. UH, AS BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, WHERE THE EXISTING BUSINESS IS, I'M SORRY, JUST NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT ADJOINS, UH, THE TWO ACRE PARCEL, UH, WAS REZONED FROM R ONE TO B ONE BACK IN 1983 AND WAS ALSO GRANTED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE THE EXISTING ANIMAL HOSPITAL AT THAT TIME. THERE WAS ANOTHER CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST MADE IN 1991 THAT DID ALLOW HIM TO HAVE THE OUTDOOR, UH, KENNEL RUNS, UH, WHERE THE EXISTING BUSINESS IS, UM, SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, ALL OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY IS ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL. UM, THE, UH, UH, MR. RENOVO, THE VETERINARY WHO OPERATES THE CURRENT HOSPITAL, UH, DOES LIVE BEHIND THE EXISTING, UH, BUSINESS THERE. UM, UH, OF COURSE THAT PROPERTY ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL AS WELL ACROSS FROM THE, UH, PROPOSED PROPERTY. UH, THAT'S THE, UH, VDOT, UH, PARCEL THAT'S, UH, THEIR, UH, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN. UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, REQUESTED, UH, THE B ONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION REQUESTED, UH, DOES, UH, COMPLY WITH THE PURPOSE STATEMENT WITHIN THE B ONE DISTRICT. THAT BEING THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BUSINESS LIMITED DISTRICT B ONE IS TO ESTABLISH AND PROTECT A BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT WILL SERVE THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. UH, FURTHER THE EXISTING BUSINESS AND THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY ARE, UM, ALREADY ZONE B ONE BUSINESS LIMITED. AND LASTLY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AS BEING WITHIN THE NORTHERN DENWOODY DEVELOPMENT AREA, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS AREA. UH, WHEN WE TOOK THE REQUEST TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES. OF COURSE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, TRANSPORTATION, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE AREA, ROUTE ONE, I MEAN FERNDALE AND RIVER ROAD, WHERE THE PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. VDOT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH APPLICANT THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND, UM, THEY ARE STARTING TO PURCHASE, UH, RIGHT AWAY, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, 2024, UH, FOR THE, UH, PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF THE, THE ROUNDABOUT, UM, VDOT DID NOT INDICATE ANY ISSUES, UH, WITH THE BUSINESS EXPANDING, UM, ON THE TWO ACRE PARCEL. UM, AND INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION WITH THE PROPOSED REZONING OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE ENTRANCE. THE CURRENT ENTRANCE WILL BE UTILIZED, UH, FOR THE NEW BUSINESS AS WELL. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, GIVEN THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION BE ONE BUSINESS LIMITED IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES. AND THE PROPOSED ZONING, UH, AND USE IS ALLOWED, UH, CONFORMED TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FOR THIS GENERAL AREA. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND AGAIN, UH, MS. DENOBLE IS HERE THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT [00:55:01] YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE STAFF THIS EVENING. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT OR NO, EVERYTHING'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE HOPE TO START BUILDING IF, IF WE THIS JUNE, UM, BY SUMMER AND, UH, SMOOTHLY. OKAY. OKAY. NO, WE'RE GOOD. NO. CAN EVERYBODY GOOD? IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NO. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION. I READ IT AT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY IF IN MY DISTRICT NO, I'M, I'M APPRECIATIVE. I I ENJOY THE SERVICES THAT ARE RENDERED BY THE, THE VET'S OFFICE AT THERE. DR. BLE HASS. BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. SUN'S THERE NOW. UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UH, IT'S A GOOD MOVE. I KNOW THE ROUNDABOUT IS GOING THERE. THIS WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROBABLY MAKE A LITTLE CHANGE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. UM, MAYBE A LITTLE FURTHER OFF THE ROAD, UM, AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED. BUT YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. OKAY, SECOND. OH SECOND. I'LL READ THE, NO, THERE'S A READ THE STATEMENT. OH, OKAY. OH, OKAY. BE IT. RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 A SEVEN, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE. I MOVE THEIR REZONING. P DASH 23 DASH EIGHT AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. OH, SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. WE'RE [12.B. Conditional Use Permit Request, C-23-7, 25026 Ferndale Road] MOVING ON WITH THE CONDITION OF USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR C DASH 23 DASH 7 25 OH. 26 FERNDALE ROAD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MM-HMM . UH, AS INDICATED IN OUR PREVIOUS CASE, UH, IN THE B ONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION, UH, A VETERINARY HOSPITAL IS ALLOWED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AND AGAIN, THE APPLICANT HAS APPLIED FOR THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A VETERINARY HOSPITAL ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DID RECOMMEND, UH, CONDITIONS AS PART OF THEIR APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AND, UM, ONE COMMISSION, UH, CONDITION THEY ADDED AT THEIR, UH, DECEMBER MEETING WAS TO ADDRESS, UH, LIGHTING ON THE SITE. AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S CONDITION NUMBER NINE EXCEPT FOR LIGHTING INSIDE THE BUILDING OR BUILDINGS. LIGHTING INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTY SHALL BE DIRECTED DOWNWARD AND INWARD TO THE SITE TO AVOID CASTING LIGHT ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR INTO THE NIGHT SKY. OKAY. UM, SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UH, OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WITH THE SUBJECT CONDITIONS AS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, AS YOU KNOW, MS. GRAN'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY ASK. YOU'RE OKAY? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. NO. ALL RIGHTY. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'RE OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING. MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOR? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, UH, BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 86 A SEVEN, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WEAR FAILURE, OR GOOD ZONING PRACTICES. I MOVE THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST C DASH 23 DASH SEVEN AS PRESENTED FOR A VETERINARY HOSPITAL BE APPROVED AND APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. OLD BUSINESS. NEW BUSINESS? [13.A. Appointments] YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT. FIRST, THE, UM, THE DEMEE COUNTY BROADBAND AUTHORITY AND MR. SOUTHALL, I THINK THE BOARD JUST NEEDS TO APPOINT THE SAME LEADERSHIP AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY. SO, MR. MASSENGILL, THE, [01:00:01] THE BOARD WOULD SIMPLY ADOPT A, A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. WILLIAM D CHAVIS, MR. DANIEL D. LEE, MS. BRENDA EBRA BONNER, MR. CASEY M DOOLEY, AND DR. MARK E. MOORE, UH, AS BOARD MEMBERS OF THE DENWITTY COUNTY BROADBAND AUTHORITY FOR TERMS TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2027, WHICH WILL BE CO-TERMINUS WITH THEIR TERMS AS, AS BOARD MEMBERS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE JUST NEED A MOTION AS PRESENTED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE MR. CHAIRMAN, UNDER A TWO WE HAVE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND AUTHORITIES. AND FIRST WE HAVE, UH, A NEED TO, TO DESIGNATE A PRIMARY AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE APAX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY. ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, WE'RE GONNA, UH, APPOINT KEVIN MASSENGILL AS THE PRIMARY AND EDWARD PEARSON AS A SECONDARY UNTIL OTHERWISE DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ALL PREVIOUS DESIGNEES ARE REMOVED. OKAY, GO AHEAD. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, AS YOU KNOW WHAT THE MEHERON RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, I SERVE AS THE, THE PRIMARY AS AS FAR AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. YOU SERVE AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR REPRESENTATIVE, UM, AND THEN THE SHERIFF SERVES AS A PRIMARY, UH, AS A SHERIFF IS REQUIRED TO BE ON THAT BOARD. UM, WITH HARRISON MOODY'S VACANCY, WE NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, UM, FOR YOUR ALTERNATE FOR THE MAHER RIVER REGIONAL JAIL. OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, APPOINT AS A AT, UH, ALTERNATE, UM, CASEY DOOLEY. IS THAT THE ONE I, OKAY. YEP. SO CASEY, YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION FOR CASEY DOOLEY TO BE THE ULTIMATE AS THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR MAHER REGIONAL JAIL. YES MA'AM. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY ABSTAIN. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. MR. CHAVIS AYE. THREE AYES. ONE ABSTAIN. OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE A NEED TO MAKE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE DIMITY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY. UM, I WOULD MAKE THE FIRST ONE. THAT'S FINE. UH, FOR FRANKLIN ZETA, UH, FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE. 1 31 20 27. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A, A SECOND, UH, WOULD MOVE THAT WE REAPPOINT BURL NEWTON TO THE AIRPORT AND ENDED UP INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY FOR A TE TERM ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2027. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. MR. CHAVIS AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. AND I HAVE A NEED TO APPOINT TO THE AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, UM, NORMA NEWMAN TO REAPPOINT TO A TERM, UH, TO EXPIRE. ONE THIRTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE ONLY OTHER APPOINTMENT FOR TONIGHT IS FOR THE DEITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT MS. SUSAN WATKINS TO THE IDA FOR A TERM ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2028. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT THAT'S ALL THE APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT? I WOULD, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT, UM, IT GIVES CLOSE CONSIDERATION TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS 'CAUSE WE HAVE AN EXPIRATION THERE AND WE'D LIKE TO GET A, A NOMINATION TO THE JUDGE TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING. MM-HMM . UM, AND ALSO YOU GOT A COUPLE OTHERS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE, THE CRATER YOUTH CARE JUVENILE DETENTION HOME. BUT WE CAN DO THOSE IN FEBRUARY. OKAY. NO OTHER APPOINTMENTS. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON [14. CITIZEN COMMENTS] TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGN? WE HAVE FAYE DONAHUE. OKAY. OKAY. LET ME READ AND UH, HAVE A STATEMENT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DESIRED TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT LISTED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING. IT IS FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE CITIZENS' COMMENT PERIOD IS PROVIDED THIS TIME IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A QUESTION OR ANSWER, UH, PERIOD, [01:05:01] NOR IS IT TIME FOR A DIALOGUE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS OR STAFF CITIZENS WHO DO TAKE PART. IT IS COMMENT PERIOD MUST ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH DECORUM LOUD, DISRUPTIVE, MORE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR TO INCLUDE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE SHALL BE AVOIDED. AVOID WORDS OR ACTS THAT ADMIT A, A REVOKING VIOLENCE OR CAN BE DEEMED TO BE A BREACH OF THE PEACE. LASTLY, DIRECT ALL COMMENTS TO THIS BOARD CHAIR. OKAY. SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YEAH. MY NAME IS FA DONAHUE. I LIVE AT 26 5 10 RES DRIVE. AND I HOPE I QUALIFY FOR NONE OF THAT THAT YOU JUST BEEN COURSE. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS DO. WELL, PLEASE. UM, I WAS REALLY HOPING YOU'D NEVER SEE ME STANDING HERE AGAIN. UM, BUT WE HAVE A, I HAVE A STRONG, AND MY COMMUNITY HAS A STRONG BELIEF THAT INTERJECTS IS COMING BACK AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T FORGET OUR FACES. YEP. WE, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS. AND WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT, UH, THOSE ADDITIONAL, UM, RULES AND REGULATIONS PUT IN PLACE BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN MARCH, 2022, THAT, THAT WHEN THEY COME BACK, THAT WE ADHERE TO THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THAT SPEAKS TO GROUNDWATER, IT SPEAKS TO TOXIC, BLOWN OFF AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED. THE OTHER PART IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE VIEW THIS AS, AS HALLOW GROUND WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS, ON THESE BATTLEFIELDS. AND WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT DRIVING STAKES EIGHT FEET IN THE GROUND FOR OVER 500 ACRES, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME FROM A MORAL ASPECT. AND WE HOPE THAT IT BOTHERS YOU ALSO. AND THE OTHER THING IS AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH INTERJECTS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ACREAGE THAT'S HISTORICAL ACREAGE IS THAT'S IMPACTED. THEY CAME BACK WITH A NUMBER OF 763 ACRES, NOT THE 63 ACRES THAT INTERJECTS WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BELIEVE. SO WE JUST ASK THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS AND WE REALLY RESPECT WHAT YOU DO. AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, I WISH YOU'D NEVER HAVE TO SEE ME AGAIN, BUT UNTIL INTERJECTS GOES AWAY, I'M NOT GOING AWAY. SO, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. WELL, MR. BASSETT IS HERE 'CAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE MS. DONAHUE FROM THE, THE QUESTION INTERJECTS HAS FILED AN APPLICATION, RIGHT, MR. BASSETT AND IT'S, IT'S ON, IS IT ON YOUR DOCKET YET AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING. SO THAT'S VALENTINE'S DAY, RIGHT? YES. SO THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT, AND THEN IF MS. DONAHUE WANTS TO SEE THAT APPLICATION, SHE CAN COME TO YOUR OFFICE TO GET A, TO GET A COPY OF THAT. SO, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE FACT THAT, THAT IT, IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IT IS GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE FEBRUARY 14TH MEETING. AND MARKS SUPPLY ME A COPY OF THAT TONIGHT. GOOD. I JUST MAY NEED TWO DUMP TRUCKS. GET IT HOME WITH ME. TONIGHT IS SO GOOD. , WE HAVE, UH, CHRIS RIZZO. GOOD AFTERNOON. HEY, CHRIS , DRIVE ROAD NORTH OF WOODY. UM, AS WE START THE NEW YEAR, I'D LIKE THE DI MOODY COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN SCHOOLS. AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE FROM THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DEPARTMENT PROJECT AND ELSEWHERE, DI MOODY FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE TIMES ARE SOMETIMES DANGEROUSLY LONG. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO WAIT, UH, AS MUCH AS 30 MINUTES FOR THE FIRST RESPONDING UNIT AFTER CALLING 9 1 1. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM AS LONG AS THEY'RE, UH, INADEQUATE STAFFING. IN DISCUSSION WITH CHIEF HALE, WHEN WE HAD THE OPEN HOUSE, UM, IN SUTHERLAND, HE INDICATED THAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MONEY. DIMITY COUNTY NEEDS MORE REVENUE AND ALSO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOLS ARE GONNA NEED MORE FUNDING TO BE COMPETITIVE IN A CURRENT JOB MARKET. SPEAKING FROM MY, WHAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, BOTH OF THE AGENCIES THAT I USED TO WORK FOR ARE CURRENTLY FACING CRITICAL STAFF SHORTAGES BECAUSE OF RETIREMENTS AND NORMAL ATTRITION COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER AGENCIES IN THAT TYPE JOB MARKET. IF YOU WANNA ATTRACT THE BEST AND THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO OFFER MORE PAY AND BETTER BENEFITS TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS. NOW, WE CAN'T LET DI WHEN YOU FALL BEHIND ON THESE ISSUES, UH, IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT ONCE YOU FALL BEHIND, IT BECOMES MUCH HARDER TO GET BACK AND MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO CATCH UP. SO WHAT THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO AGAIN, IS, IS MONEY. AND THE ONLY WAY I THINK TO ADDRESS THIS IS BY BRINGING IN MORE BUSINESS. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WHERE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS INCREASE REVENUE, IT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES, IT'S GONNA COME FROM BUSINESS. I KNOW, UH, LAST YEAR DID, WE DID BRING IN A FEW MORE BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK BIGGER IN TERMS OF, TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT, THAT I'VE JUST MENTIONED. UH, I REALIZE MOST NEW BUSINESSES ARE [01:10:01] GONNA BE IN NORTH DE WADE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SETS OUT AND THAT'S WHERE THE WATER AND SEWER IS. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO QUOTE MEMBERS BOTH OF THIS BOARD AND THE, THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE STATED THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT SET IN STONE, BUT MORE OF A GUIDE. SO I'M ASKING EACH OF YOU IN THE NEXT YEAR TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND GIVE HONEST CONSIDERATION TO ANY PROJECT WHICH WILL BRING IN MORE REVENUE THAT'S NEEDED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITHOUT RAISING TAXES ON COUNTY RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. BOARD MEMBERS [15. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] AND COMMENTS, EVERYONE HAPPY MR. CHAIRMAN? I, I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A, I'M NOT A BOARD MEMBER, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE FOR MR. RIZZO'S POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO START THE FI 25 BUDGET. AND SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE HIT A LOT OF THE, THE POINTS THAT I THINK ARE GONNA BE CRITICAL TO FY 25 THAT STARTS JULY ONE. UM, MR. CHAVE AND I WERE ABLE TO, ON FRIDAY, ATTEND A GRADUATION. WE HAD 27 RECRUITS IN THE REGION THAT REPRESENTS HOPEWELL, PETERSBURG, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, PRINCE GEORGE, AND DENWOODY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND HAVE OUR RECRUITS, UM, MOVE IN FROM BEING A RECRUIT TO BEING ACTUALLY A FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER IN EMT. UM, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED NINE NEW POSITIONS LAST YEAR. UH, I I, I CAN TELL YOU, WHICH I'VE ALREADY PUBLICLY STATED, THE, THE FIRE AND EMS IS ALREADY LOOKING AT NINE MORE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR THAT, BUT THAT, THAT'LL BE UP TO THE BOARD TO, TO MAKE SOME FINAL DECISIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. UM, IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE A A REALLY EXCELLENT POINT IN REGARDS TO COMPENSATION. IT'S BEEN OVER SIX YEARS SINCE WE DID A, A CLASS IN COMPENSATION ANALYSIS. AND SO I, I KNOW THAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT, AT TRYING TO GET THAT DONE AGAIN TO REBENCHMARK OURSELVES WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND PEER LOCALITIES. UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT, THAT ADDITIONALLY COSTS FUNDS TO, TO DO THAT, WHICH THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER, UM, AT THE, AT THE BUDGET TIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INVESTING, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. UH, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO CREATE REVENUE AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, UH, THROUGH NATURAL GROWTH AND ALSO IN BUSINESS GROWTH AND IN INDUSTRY GROWTH. UM, AND THE OTHER IS TAXES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF MOVING FORWARD IN THIS, THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND PLEASE STAY INFORMED WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET AND AS WE SOLICIT COMMENTS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND, UH, PART OF THIS NOT ONLY IS THE BUDGET OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, AND SO SOME OF THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN IS, IS THE SPECIFIC DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES LIKE TO GO WHERE THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SO THAT FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON, I THINK FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BE REALLY SPECIFIC IN HOW STRATEGIC THEY'RE GONNA BE WITH, WITH THAT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, JUST JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR COMMENTS. WELL SAID. OKAY. UM, I TOO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, WE ARE WELL TAKEN. OH YEAH. JUST GONNA SAY, UM, OF COURSE, UM, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. IT'S A NEW YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY WE COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER TO DO SOME, SOME GREAT THINGS IN THE COUNTY. AND I WILL REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER, THE THREE O'CLOCK MEETING, UM, FOR PEOPLE ONLINE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT'S HERE. IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE THAT'S, UM, HAVING A CONCERN WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS OR WHATEVER, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM OR, AND ALSO CALL WHOEVER IS NEEDED TO HELP THAT PERSON BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND ALSO FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION, UM, CHECK ON THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND MAKE SURE, DO A WELFARE CHECK AND CALL SOMEONE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO ARE LIVING ALONE AND, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO LOOK AFTER THEM. SO, UM, IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE, UM, IN THAT CAPACITY AS WELL TO TO CHECK ON THEM TO AND MAKE SOME CALLS. SO, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S IS FINE. AND, UM, GOING INTO ANOTHER YEAR, AND, UH, AGAIN, MR. RIZZO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS A BIG ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE. THIS IS A NEW YEAR, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE IN THIS NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT IT? I NEED A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SO MOVED. ROLL CALL. SECOND. MR. DOOLEY. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. [01:15:01] MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANKS EVERYONE. THERE YOU GO. I. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.