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READY? CALL THAT ORDER.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
YOUR ORDER.I'M JUST DOING EVERYTHING BACKWARDS.
I THINK THE CLERK IS ABOUT TO CALL THE ROLL CALL.
[2. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
SO NEXT IS AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA.I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE ARE NONE, SO WE WOULD NEED AN AMENDMENT TO ADOPT, UM, THE AGENDA.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES.DO WE APPROVE THE AMENDS AS PRESENTED? OKAY, I ROLL UP.
[4. ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS:]
RIGHT NOW THE, YEAH.MR. UH, FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COULD YOU TALLY, COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONAL PART OF THE MEETING? SO THE, THE NEXT PART IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL PART OF THE MEETING.
THERE'S A NEED TO, TO APPOINT A CHAIR.
I, I BELIEVE VICE CHAIR IS NOT ON HERE, BUT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A VICE CHAIR TOO.
UH, TREASURER, A SECRETARY AND AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
NOW I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES, THE TREASURER HAS BEEN MS. ANNE HOWERTON.
UM, THE SECRETARY, I BELIEVE HAS BEEN MS. KAISHA BROWN AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN MR. KEVIN MASSENGILL.
UM, THE, AND, AND HISTORICALLY THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SO IT IS, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION GET WITH THE FORMS OF THE RESOLUTIONS AVAILABLE, UM, THAT MR. CHAVIS SERVE AS CHAIR.
UM, MR. LEE SERVE AS VICE CHAIR, MS. HOWERTON AS THE TREASURER.
UM, MS. BROWN IS THE SECRETARY, AND MR. MASSAL IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UM, AND SO IF, IF YOU HAD A MOTION FOR THAT, THAT WOULD EXPEDITE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING UNLESS YOU WANTED TO ARRANGE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
THE VICE CHAIR RESOLUTION WOULD TAKE THE SAME FORM AS THE CHAIR RESOLUTION, EXCEPT FOR I WOULD SAY VICE CHAIR.
SO I NEED, UH, SO WE NEED NEED A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THE SLATE OF OFFICERS AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SUB MOVED WHAT HE SAID SECOND.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY.
A ALRIGHT MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL COME AROUND TO THE STAND HERE.
[5.A. Release And Agreement To Terminate Broadband Agreements In Light Of Transfer Of 2022 VATI Grant To Western Piedmont Planning District Commission]
IT'S JUST THIS PIECE.THERE IS A RESOLUTION IN THE PACKET FOR THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY MEETING THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE MOTION, OR I'M SORRY, THE RESOLUTION JUST APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, THE RELEASE AND AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE BROADBAND AGREEMENTS IN LIGHT OF TRANSFER OF 2022 VATI GRANT TO WESTERN PIEDMONT PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION.
I THINK THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IN THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT AS THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY, UM, YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE THE, THE CLOSURE OF THE BANK ACCOUNT AND THE TRANSFER OF THE, THE, THE FUNDS IN IT BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UM, OR, OR I'M SORRY, BACK TO DENWITTY COUNTY, UH, FOR USE IN THE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
IT'S THE SAME FIVE PEOPLE AND WE'RE, WE'RE HERE ON THE AUDIO AND VIDEOTAPE DESCRIBING WHAT THE RESOLUTION DOES.
SO I, I WON'T UM, REHASH THAT FOR YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST COULD I GET THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JUST TO GIVE A 22ND, UM, EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
JUST BASICALLY EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE KNOW WHAT WE BE DOING.
SO PEOPLE AT HOME, PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
20 SECONDS HAD TO HAVE KAISHA TALK, NOT A CHANCE.
SO I MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT FASTER, MR. YEAH, TYLER PROBABLY COULD DO IT, DO IT FASTER.
SO HISTORICALLY, HISTORICALLY, BROADBAND AUTHORITIES
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HAVE A LOT MORE POWERS WITH RESPECT TO BROADBAND, UH, THAN THAN BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS WHO COUNTIES ARE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO.BUT A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN FORM A BROADBAND AUTHORITY THAT, THAT HAS SOME FUNCTIONALITY THAT THAT BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS THEMSELVES DON'T HAVE.
IN MANY CASES, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS ARE ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY.
IT'S JUST A QUIRK OF VIRGINIA LAW.
AND SO, UH, THE, THE BOARD FORMED A BROADBAND AUTHORITY, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 2021.
UM, AND THEN THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY WAS A PARTY TO THE APRIL 25TH, 2022 AGREEMENT THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
THAT AGREEMENT WAS WITH PRINCE GEORGE ELECTRIC TO UNIVERSAL BROADBAND PROJECT IN DENWOODY COUNTY FOR REASONS DISCUSSED EARLIER THAT PROJECT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT DID NOT, WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND SO, SO THIS RESOLUTION AS STATED EARLIER, WOULD, WOULD AUTHORIZE ENDING THAT AGREEMENT, UM, AND WHICH ALLOWS THE, UH, THE, THE PRINT, UM, RURAL BAND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WESTERN, UM, THE WESTERN PIEDMONT, UH, DISTRICT PDC.
SO WE ARE TURNING OVER WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING TO THE, UH, WESTERN PIEDMONT PLANNING DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
THE BAND THAT'S IN ESSENCE, CORRECT? YES.
THIS, THIS RESOLUTION ENDS THE OLD AGREEMENT AND THE, THE COUNTY HAS UNDER A SEPARATE DOCUMENT YEP.
BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
ESSENTIALLY THE, THE, THE COUNTY AND THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE LETTING THIS PROJECT NOW BE RUN BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
AND, AND AS STATED EARLIER, I BELIEVE IT'S SOME 14 COUNTIES THAT ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE AIMED TO BE SERVED BY RIVER STREET AND WESTERN PIEDMONT IS OVERSEEING ALL THOSE PROJECTS.
SO IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE THAT ALL THAT, ALL OF THOSE LIVE UNDER, UNDER ONE ROOF.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO, THIS IS, THIS IS A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY AND, AND IT'S BEING OVERSEEN BY THE STATE AND, AND THE COUNTY IS, IS REALLY KIND OF A THIRD WHEEL TO THIS WHOLE EXERCISE.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED, UM, THAT, THAT I THINK AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SAYS, WE DON'T REALLY CONTROL THE, THE SCOPE, THE BUDGET, OR THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AND, AND, AND SO IT, IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE THAT IT IT BE, YOU KNOW, OVERSEEN BY, BY THE STATE AND IN WESTERN PIEDMONT.
MAKE THE MOTION TO TURN IT OVER TO THE WESTERN PIEDMONT.
SO THIS IS THE, JUST ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
THIS IS THE RESOLUTION PRESENTED IN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET.
THAT, THAT, THAT ENDS THE AGREEMENT WITH, WITH PRINCE GEORGE ELECTRIC'S AFFILIATE RURAL BAND P-G-E-C-E ENTERPRISES LLC.
AND THEN IT WILL, IT WILL SEND THE, THE MONEY AND THE BROADBAND AUTHORITIES ACCOUNT BACK TO THE COUNTY AS WE DON'T SEE PROBABLY A, AN IMMINENT USE OF MONEY BY THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY.
SO A MOVE, SECOND ROLL CALL MR. DOOLEY.
ALL VOTING? AYE MR. LAWYER YOU DID IT IN THREE MINUTES I WOULD PROFFER THAT WAS FASTER THAN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD'VE DONE.
WE CAME OUT DIDN'T WE? I STIPULA.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE FINISHED, RIGHT? YES.
YOU HAD A MOTION? WE DID, WE DID THIS NOW IN THIS MEETING, THE BROADBAND MEETING.
SO IF WE COULD GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WHO IS THE MOTION? YEAH, DR. MOORE.