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CALL THE MEETING[1. ROLL CALL]
ORDER.PLEASE JOIN ME WITH INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
OUR FATHER WHO ARE IN HEAVEN HALLOW YOU.
THOU WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US US TODAY, OUR DAILY BREAD.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE.
THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US IS NOT A TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER ELSE FROM ME PROVIDES THE KINGDOM, THE POWER OF THE GLORY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? NONE FROM STAFF.[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MEMBERS BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
OKAY, MR. CHAIR, UM, TO CONSENT AGENDA THIS OKAY WITH EVERYBODY, MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I NEED TO READ A DISCLOSURE REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE OKAY.
MOVE FORWARD AT THE JULY 16TH, 2024 MEETING.
YOU CAN WAIT TO READ THAT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT ACTS ITEM IF YOU WANT TO, MR. DOOLEY, OR YOU CAN READ IT NOW.
I'LL JUST GET IT OUTTA THE WAY.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ]
AARON, YOU LOOK ANXIOUS TODAY, HUH?HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR BEST TO STAY COOL TODAY.
WE FINALIZED OUR SHOULDER CLIPPING ON FOUR 60.
UM, FILLED IN SOME LOW SPOTS ON THE SHOULDER AS WELL.
UM, WE WILL BE MOVING ON CLIPPING SOME SHOULDERS, I BELIEVE ON 7 0 3 NEXT, THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE FOR THE SHOULDER CLIPPING OPERATION IS GONNA STAY IN THE COUNTY.
UM, SO WE SHOULD SEE SOME MORE OF THAT GOING ON HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UH, ROUTE SIX 60 IS STILL CLOSED, JUST WAITING FOR PAVEMENT AND GUARDRAIL ON THAT CONTRACTOR.
AS ONE GUARDRAIL CREW, THEY BOUNCE AROUND DOING GUARDRAIL HITS, SO WAITING FOR THEM TO GET OUT THERE.
AND, UH, ONCE WE GET THE PAVING AND GUARDRAIL DONE ON HARDAWAYS MILL, THAT ROAD WILL OPEN.
UM, WE BEGAN A PAVING PROJECT ON ROUTE ONE.
THEY BEGAN SAW CUTTING THE JOINTS.
THIS IS ROUTE ONE FROM THE 85 INTERCHANGE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PETERSBURG CITY LINE.
UM, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, IT'S, IT'S RATHER ROUGH THROUGH THAT AREA.
UM, IT IS JUST LIKE ROUTE ONE THROUGHOUT THE REMAIN OR THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE DO HAVE IT'S CONCRETE UNDER THAT ASPHALT PAVEMENT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT THAT BUMPINESS TO IT.
UM, IT SHOULD BE, UH, E EXTENDED DURATION, UH, PAVING PROJECT THERE ON THAT SECTION.
THEY'VE GOT TO EXCAVATE DOWN TO THOSE OLD CONCRETE JOINTS, CUT 'EM OUT, AND THEN BACKFILL IT UP.
SO WE ELIMINATE ALL THAT BUMPING GOING UP AND DOWN ROUTE ONE.
UM, SO THAT WILL CAUSE SOME, SOME TRAFFIC DELAYS PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, GIVEN THAT IS A, A PRETTY BUSY SECTION OF ROAD.
UM, TALK WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE STUDY FOR THE THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION ON HALIFAX ROAD HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
I WILL BEGIN MY PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PERIOD IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
GET EVERYTHING OUT ADVERTISED.
PUT THE SIGNS UP ON THE ROUTE THAT SAY PROPOSED FOR TRUCK RESTRICTIONS.
SEND YOU COMMENTS TO THE RESIDENCY.
I'VE GOTTA ADVERTISE IN A COUPLE PAPERS AND DO A SOCIAL MEDIA BLITZ.
UM, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE AND I ASSEMBLE MY COMMENTS, UM, I'VE GOTTA KEEP THAT OPEN FOR COMMENT FOR TWO WEEKS.
UM, ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS TO ASSESS THE COMMENTS.
GOTTA SEND SOME LETTERS TO THE VIRGINIA LOGGING ASSOCIATION,
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VIRGINIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, BUT MOVING FORWARD RATHER RAPIDLY WITH HALIFAX ROAD.NO DELAYS FOR THE STUDY, THANKFULLY STERLING.
UM, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR DATA COLLECTION FOR THE STUDY FOR THE RESTRICTION ON STERLING ROADS.
SO THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT STUDY CURRENTLY.
UM, TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT I SPOKE TO THIS AFTERNOON GAVE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE THAT STUDY.
UM, ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN REMAINDER OF THE NINE MONTH PERIOD WILL BE OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, MY PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PERIOD, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THE FULL NINE MONTHS THEY COULD FOR THE STUDY ON STERLING, THANKFULLY.
UM, NOW THAT THE FISCAL YEAR, NEW FISCAL YEAR HAS INITIATED FOR US, UM, BE WORKING ON GETTING SOME OF OUR SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN PROJECT STARTED, UM, WE'VE GOT TRANQUILITY, UM, THAT I'VE GOT TO DO SOME WORK ON SOME DESIGN WORK.
AND WE'RE UP 6 0 9 CHERRY HILL ROAD.
WE'RE ALL RUSTIC AS WELL, WORKING ON GETTING THOSE OPEN CHARGES AND START WORKING CONSTRUCTION ON THOSE, UH, HERE SHORTLY BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, OUR ADVERTISEMENT FOR SNOW VENDORS GOES OUT ON THE 19TH, SO ALREADY BEGINNING THAT PROCESS.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FRENCH? I HAD, UH, A CITIZEN, UM, ON GLEBE ROAD RIGHT AT, UH, ROCKY RUN CREEK.
MUST HAVE BEEN THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEY'RE STILL IN, THEY'RE OFF THE ROAD, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND HE WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT IF HE RAN OFF THE ROAD.
UM, AND HE THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN PLENTY OF TIME TO HAVE GOTTEN THOSE TREES RIGHT THE WAY, SO.
YEAH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IF THEY, AND IF THEY ARE IN THE CLEAR ZONE SAFETY ISSUE, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY REMOVE THEM.
I HAD A CITIZEN BRING UP THE WILKINSON ROAD BRIDGE.
UH, JUST THE SAFETY OF IT IN GENERAL, UH, WHETHER IT'S A ONE-LANE BRIDGE OR TWO LANE BRIDGE AT ONE POINT THERE WERE SOME LINES PAINTED ON IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE HAVE BEEN PAINTED OVER.
UH, SO YOU COULD CHECK INTO THAT.
UM, I NOTICED THAT IT'S A LOT OF, UM, LIMB CUTTING ON THE ROADS.
NOW THAT'S NOT VDOT THAT'S, OR DO YOU PARTNER WITH PEOPLE TO DO THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UM, UM, I GUESS THE, THE WIRES AND THINGS AND THE TREES, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S INTERTWINED AND ALL THAT.
IS THIS THE WORK GOING ON IN WEST PETERSBURG? NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY ON 2 26.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKS CUTTING, CUTTING THE LIMBS BECAUSE THE LIMBS ARE LEANING MM-HMM
UM, ON THE, UM, WIRES AND STUFF, IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY UTILITY CONTRACTORS DOING.
AND I, THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK UP AND DOWN WEST PETERSBURG AND, AND UP AND DOWN ROUTE ONE THAT I'VE SEEN.
SO IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY THEN WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GOING ON THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND THAT LITTLE AREA, UM, I NOTICED THAT, UH, ON SUNSET, I THINK YOU, THEY PAVED THAT, BUT THE AREA WEST PETERSBURG, THAT WITH THE DIRT MM-HMM.
AND THERE'S A CONE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT COVERED UP.
AND I SEE PEOPLE DRIVING OVER IT AND, UM, LIKE SOME ROCKS FLYING, BUT IT IS ADJACENT TO THE, UM, DOTSON FUNERAL HOME.
IT'S RIGHT THERE ON ROUTE ONE OR IT, IT'S IN WEST PETERBURG, BUT IT'S RIGHT OFF OF, UM, ROUTE ONE NEAR THE, UM, DOTSON FUNERAL HOME.
ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIR, AARON, IF YOU CAN CHECK ON SOMETHING FOR ME MM-HMM
WHEN ARE WE SCHEDULED FOR MAINTENANCE ON THE BRIDGE? THE 85 BRIDGE ON NUMBER ONE HIGHWAY.
UM, I KNOW AT ONE TIME THEY HAD WORKED THE UNDERPINNINGS OF IT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO OCCUR, IF IT'S GOING TO OCCUR, BUT THEY, IT IS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THERE.
SOMEBODY KNOW SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
I BELIEVE THEY PUT THE NETTING AND AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS UP, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY, ANY FURTHER WORK OUT THERE MYSELF.
YEAH, I WILL, I WILL TALK TO THE BRIDGE THAT I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHEN THAT MAY COMMENCE.
AARON, YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED, I THINK AT THE, THINK IT WAS ONE OF OUR COORDINATION MEETINGS, BUT YEAH, THE NETTING IS UP.
BUT THERE'S BEEN AN INSPECTION OF THE BRIDGE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING, I THINK WHAT DR. MOORE IS TALKING ABOUT MORE THE AESTHETICS OF IT YES.
AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT, I MEAN, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, DO YOU SEE THE, AS THE AESTHETICS OF IT CHANGING, BUT THE NETTING THAT YOU'RE SEEING GOING UP NOW ISN'T NECESSARILY TO IMPROVE, I MEAN, IT'S NOT GETTING REPAINTED, CORRECT? NO, SIR.
THAT IS NOT, I JUST DON'T, I DON'T WANT DR. MOORE, YOUR EXPECTATION IS, IS
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THAT IT, IT LOOKED DIFFERENT THAN THE WHAT IT IS NOW.EVEN THOUGH THE NETTING IS UP, THAT'S NOT THE OUTCOME, RIGHT? NO, SIR.
I BELIEVE THAT'S FOR THE, THE NETTING THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW IS FOR SOME ENDCAP REPAIRS ON, ON THE ENDS OF THE BEAMS. YEAH.
SO I KNOW DR. MOORE, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH VDOT.
CONCERNS ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF IT.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAY WE CAN LOOK AT FUNDING IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO, TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT.
UM, AND WE, WE HAVE, I HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, STRUCTURE AND BRIDGE ABOUT POSSIBLY GETTING AN ON-CALL, UM, CONTRACTOR OUT THERE TO DO THE PAINTING.
THEY, THEY ARE HESITANT TO DO THAT GIVEN IT IS NOT A STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT BRIDGE IS UP FOR AN OVERALL INSPECTION AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER, AT WHICH TIME THAT INSPECTION MAY RESULT IN NEEDING TO DO SOME CODING OUT THERE.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE RADAR.
YEAH, JUST TWO OTHER THINGS REAL QUICK, AARON.
I KNOW, UM, M MONTHS AGO, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND, UH, ME INCLUDED AND AS WELL AS BRUNSWICK AND MECKLENBURG WROTE LETTERS TO THE STATE IN REGARDS TO THE VDOT, UH, SAFETY SERVICE PATROL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAME BACK AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A SAFETY SERVICE PATROL THAT SERVES A PORTION OF, OF DE WITTY COUNTY.
AND I BELIEVE THEY GO AS, AS FAR SOUTH AS MAYBE HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE AREA.
UM, JUST FROM THE BOARD, IF YOU COULD E EXPLAIN TO 'EM.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT WAS THAT 85 CORRIDOR.
AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE, WHAT I GUESS WAS THE ORIGIN OF THIS COMPLAINT OR CONCERN WAS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WHERE WE HAD A MILLION AND A HALF OR SO FIRETRUCK THAT WAS STRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
AND NOW SOUTH HILL, OF COURSE, THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANT FIRE HERE RECENTLY, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE APPARATUS ANY LONGER 'CAUSE IT'D BEEN HIT.
SO WE'RE IN A LOT OF OUR, UM, AGAIN, WE THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND, AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE VDOT IS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH 'EM AND, AND SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR TRYING TO GET THIS EXPANSION, UM, BUT WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT OVERALL? I, I COULDN'T RECALL.
I KNOW THE LETTER HAS COME BACK OUT FROM THE STATE SAYING THAT IT EXISTS UP TO THE, TO THIS AREA, BUT IS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT GETTING IT ANY FURTHER DOWN THE 85, UH, CORRIDOR? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF AT THIS TIME.
IT WAS EXTENDED INTO DENWITTY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHERE THAT THEY DECIDED TO STOP THE SERVICE AND, AND THEY COME, THEY COME OUT OF WHERE, WHERE, WHERE DOES THE COLONIAL HEIGHTS AT A COLONIAL HEIGHTS AREA.
AND I BELIEVE IF, I MEAN, EVEN IF WE HAD A SITUATION THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH FROM THE COURTHOUSE, IT'S NOT AN ABSOLUTE STOP AT THE COURTHOUSE, BUT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
SO JUST WANTED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY, WE, WE DO HAVE THE SERVICE FOR MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE GONE AS FAR SOUTH ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO MCKINNEY.
WHEN WE HAD THE INCIDENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH THE HORSE, THEY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE AND WORKED THAT INCIDENT.
SO YES, THEY WILL TRAVEL IF, IF THEY'RE NOT PREOCCUPIED WITH, WITH AN INCIDENT, UM, ON THE NORTH END, NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY, THEY WILL TRAVEL.
AND AARON, THE LAST THING, I KNOW YOU WON'T, YOU PROBABLY WON'T HAVE, UM, INFORMATION ON THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR TODAY AND THAT'S FINE.
BUT, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WANT TO KIND OF JUST GET SOME INFORMATION RELATIVE TO, UM, YOUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
UH, WE, WE SAW THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF, OF FUNDING, UM, THAT GOT ALLOCATED AND, AND IT WAS ALLOCATED PROBABLY IN PROPORTIONATELY IN A, IN A WAY THAT'S PROBABLY FAIR.
BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER AREA MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS STARTED TO LOOK AT MAINTENANCE FUNDS AND I GUESS NOT ANY OTHER WAY TO SAY IT, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REGION IS GETTING ITS FAIR SHARE OF MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
AND SO SOME COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE THAT, THAT LIKE YOUR RESIDENCY AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.
IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK AND LOOK OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND IN SOME OTHER AREA OFFICE, UH, UH, RESIDENCIES, YOU'RE SEEING MORE MAINTENANCE FUNDS AND WHICH IS FINE, I KNOW, BUT I, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANNA BE NECESSARILY JUST BECAUSE WE ARE MORE IN A RURAL LOCALITY THAT WE DON'T GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF BEING.
SO THINGS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE DR. MOORE, YOU KNOW, I I DARE SAY IF, IF THAT BRIDGE WAS IN HENRICO THAT IT WOULD LOOK THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS INWOOD AND, BUT THEIR FAIR SHARE VERSUS OUR FAIR SHARE.
SO WE JUST BE CURIOUS IF YOU GIVE US FIVE YEARS YES.
AND, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, BUT
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WE CAN ADVOCATE ON YOUR BEHALF.AND SO WE, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE BEFORE WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, BEEN, WE'VE HAD SOME HEALTHY BUDGETS THE PAST, UH, THREE YEARS.
I KNOW AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE.
UH, LAST YEAR ESPECIALLY, WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT MORE THAN WE TYPICALLY DO.
UM, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING GIVEN TO THE DISTRICT, UM, THROUGH LEGISLATURE, AN ADDITIONAL 7.3 MILLION THAT'S NOW, THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
UM, I THINK IN PETERSBURG WE GOT SOMEWHERE AROUND, UM, IT WAS A LITTLE OVER ONE I BELIEVE, WHICH WE, THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS SPENDING THAT WE ACTUALLY WOUND UP IN, IN A DEFICIT, UM, AT THE CLOSE OF THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, THIS YEAR, THINGS HAVE BEEN TONED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE NOT, NOT EXPECTED GET TO GET ANY SORT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
UM, WHICH HAS, HAS BEEN REDUCED, UH, A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF ANY CONCERN ABOUT OUR SERVICEABILITY.
UM, TO THE AREA, TO THE LOCALITIES.
AND I, I JUST WANNA, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT CRITICIZING WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
I I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL HOW YOU ALL SPREAD THE DOLLAR OUT.
UM, MY CONCERN IS MORE TO THE CONSTITUENCY THAT I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
LIKE YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF SLURRY SEAL NOW MM-HMM
AND THAT'S YOUR MOST ECONOMIC WAY.
UH, ONE PAVED LANE MILE IS WHAT NOW? UM, ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.
ONCE YOU ADD IN TRAFFIC CONTROL LABOR MATERIALS, ASPHALT RUNS OVER $70 A TON.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR A MILE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING PEOPLE TO SAY, WELL, WHY IS VDI JUST FIXING ONE PART OF THE ROAD? AND THEY GO, YOU KNOW, TWO MILES AND THEY FIX ANOTHER PIECE AND TWO MILES AND THEY FIX ANOTHER PIECE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, OH YES.
AGAIN, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIMITED BY THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE.
AND SO YOU GOTTA FIND THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAYS TO, TO GET IT DONE.
BUT I KNOW FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN BE THAT ADVOCATE.
WE, YOU KNOW, LAYING BEFORE THE BOARD IS A, A LEGISLATIVE, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA START TALKING LEGISLATIVELY IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND, YOU KNOW, MR. CHAVIS HAS BEEN A PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION HAS LED THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA MANY TIMES.
BUT, UH, WE CAN'T BE YOUR ADVOCATE EVEN FURTHER IF WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS OF WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE COMES UP AS CLEANING DITCHES.
AND LIKE, IF YOU USE THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE FOR CLEANING DITCHES, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD IT SAID IT'S LIKE 21 YEARS IF YOU STARTED USING THOSE FUNDS BEFORE YOU GOT ALL OVER DEWINE COUNTY TO CLEAN THE DITCHES.
AND SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED TO BE CLEANED OUT.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME RAIN, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S STILL, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO WE JUST WANNA BE YOUR ADVOCATE.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ADVOCACY CONCERNED, I, I'LL SAY THIS, IF, IF I GET IT, I CAN'T SPEND IT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM SPENDING IT
BECAUSE I'VE GOT OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL SCHEDULE PAVING, I'VE GOT ON-CALL CONTRACTS FOR DITCHING, FOR TREE TRIMMING, TREE REMOVAL AND PAVING AND EVERYTHING.
AND THOSE ARE KIND OF AT WILL CONTRACTS.
IF I HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT, I CAN PUT TOGETHER A, A TASK LIST FOR THOSE CONTRACTORS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE ACCOMPLISHED, UH, SPENDING ALL OF THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING LAST YEAR WAS MOSTLY THROUGH ON-CALL CONTRACT SERVICES.
UH, WHAT'S THE UPDATE? UM, SO WE ARE KIND OF NOT NECESSARILY AT A STANDSTILL, BUT WAITING, UM, SOUTH SIDE STILL HAS TO DO THE UTILITY RELOCATION.
UM, THAT'S A COUPLE MONTHS OUT FOR THEM TO GET AC CREW IN THERE TO DO THE RELOCATION.
WE HAVE TO REALIGN, UM, UH, SECTION OF THE UTILITY LINE OVER THE ROAD BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONSTRUCTIBLE, IT IS TOO LOW FOR AN EXCAVATOR TO GET UNDER THERE AND DO THE WORK.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO TAKE TREES DOWN TO DO U TO DO THE UTILITY RELOCATION.
WE ARE IN A TIME OF VIEW RESTRICTION FOR CUTTING TREES AND TREE REMOVAL BECAUSE OF AN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF EFFECT.
SO THAT TIME OF YEAR RESTRICTION GOES OUT ON JULY 31ST AND THERE WILL BE SOME SAWS RUNNING OUT THERE ON AUGUST 1ST, MORE THAN LIKELY
AND, UH, ONCE THAT GETS DONE, UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL, UM, TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY SECURED AND PURCHASED.
UH, FOR THOSE FOUR PARCELS OUT THERE, THAT'S GOING SMOOTHLY, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LENGTHY PROCESS JUST TO GO THROUGH, UM, REAL ESTATE DEEDS AND, AND GO THROUGH THE COURT AND EVERYTHING TO GET THAT RIGHT OF WAY SECURED AND GET THOSE LANDOWNERS COMPENSATED.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY LATE FALL.
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OKAY.AND, AND I HAVE, I DO TALK WITH MR. BAIN REGULARLY REGARDING THE PROJECT AS WELL.
AS YOU KNOW, HE'S HAVING TO MAKE THAT COMPLETE LOOP.
IT'S MILES AND MILES THAT HE'S, UH, EXTRA EXPENSE.
[6.B. Christmas Sharing Foundation- Christmas Mother Announcement]
TO CHRISTMAS SHARING FOUNDATION.CHRISTMAS MOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE ACTIVITIES OF VINWOOD CHRISTMAS SHARING AND SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES.
AND OF COURSE TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR OUR CHRISTMAS MOTHER AS WELL AS A BUSINESS THAT WE ARE HONORING.
I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR BROCHURE FOR THIS YEAR.
OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW.
AND IT STARTED AS AN ARM OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND GREW TO A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE THAT WAS FOR YEARS, UH, UH, LED BY KATHY YOUNG.
TODAY, OUR GOVERNING BOARD HAS ABOUT 15 PEOPLE ON IT.
AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE HERE.
AND SUSAN CARSON, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO YOU IN A MINUTE FOR HONORING OUR BUSINESS.
UM, WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY EFFORT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AND THE GENEROSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST OVERWHELMING TO HELP PROVIDE FOR THIS, THE CHILDREN WHO WE CONSIDER OUR CLIENTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR BROCHURE THAT I JUST HANDED YOU, YOU WILL NOTICE UNDER THAT COM COMMUNITY PARTNERS SECTION THAT WE HAVE GRANTS AND DONATIONS FROM BUSINESSES, AND WE HAVE MORE THAN 20 CHURCHES WHO HELP US.
WE HAVE STOREFRONT BUSINESSES WHO HOPE HOST OF THE DROP BOXES.
WE GET THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF GIFTS IN THOSE DROP BOXES ON MOVING DAY.
WE HAVE BUSINESSES AND WE HAVE FARMERS WHO COME WITH THEIR TRUCKS AND THEIR TRAILERS AND HELP US TO MOVE OUR PRODUCT OVER TO GET READY TO, TO GIVE IT OUT.
WE HAVE HELP FROM OUR DEY COUNTY FIRE AND EMT SOCIAL SERVICES REC DEPARTMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, AND, AND THE DEWEY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL.
DEY HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS ARE VOLUNTEERS FOR US FOR DISTRIBUTION DAY, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS. SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE, UH, GLOVE DRIVES, SOCK DRIVES AND HAT DRIVES, WHICH HELPS US.
WE HAVE PRIVATE CITIZENS WHO DONATE, AND WE HAVE A TEAM OF KNITTERS WHO KNIT HATS FOR US WHO, UH, DO THAT OVER AT THE DENWITTY LIBRARY.
SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE HAS OVER THE YEARS, MORPHED INTO SPECIFIC JOBS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO SPECIALIZE IN THE HATS AND COATS AND SOCKS AND GLOVES OF THE WORLD.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSON WHO HANDLES BOOKS.
A LADY WHO DOES JUST PUZZLES, A LADY WHO DOES GAMES.
WE'RE UNIONIZED, WE THINK
BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S IN CHARGE OF EACH ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
WE, WE WILL PRESENT THE CHRISTMAS MOTHER AND, AND HONOR HER, AND WE WILL ALSO PRESENT A BUSINESS AWARD.
MS. SUSAN CARSON HAS BEEN, UH, VERY, UH, BUSY, WHO HELPS US WITH GRANTS AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND, UH, LINES UP SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, MANY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
SO SHE'S GONNA COME FORWARD AND PRESENT OUR BUSINESS AWARD THIS YEAR.
UM, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN 2020.
WE SERVED 230 CHILDREN, GENERALLY CHILDREN.
LAST YEAR WE SERVED 403, SO WE'VE DOUBLED OUR NUMBERS.
WE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HELP FROM SCHOOLS AND HELP FROM SOCIAL SERVICES OF GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT DEY CHRISTMAS SHARING.
ALTHOUGH EVERY YEAR WE STILL HERE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE HERE IN THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE STILL OUT THERE TRYING TO FIND ALL THOSE PARENTS IN NEED.
UM, WE HAD 65 VOLUNTEERS ON DISTRIBUTION DAY.
THAT'S A RECORD NUMBER FOR US TO HELP SERVE ALL THE PARENTS, UM, TO COLLECT THOSE TOYS AND LOAD THEIR CARS AND SEND THEM HOME.
UM, SO THE COMMUNITY IS AMAZING.
THEY HAVE STEPPED UP WHERE WE HAVE LOST DONATIONS FROM ONE AREA THE COUNTY HAS, AND THE CITIZENS HAVE STEPPED UP AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT,
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ESPECIALLY THE CHURCHES TOO IN THE COUNTY.UM, TODAY WE WANT TO PRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AWARD TO ROHO WOODS APARTMENTS ON DUNCAN ROAD.
SARAH AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN AMAZING THE PAST SEVEN YEARS FOR VOLUNTEERING.
UM, THEY COME OUT ON, UM, SET UP DAY.
THEY COME OUT ON DISTRIBUTION DAY.
THEY COLLECT TOYS FOR US DURING THE FALL, AND THEY HAVE JUST TREMENDOUS HELP.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SARAH, IF YOU WANT.
NO, YOUR, UM, SO KATHY YOUNG REACHED OUT TO US MANY YEARS AGO.
I THINK IT FIRST STARTED, THEY WANTED, UM, PIZZA FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND SO WE WERE LIKE, SURE, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND THEN AFTERWARDS IT JUST KIND OF BECAME THIS TRADITION WHERE AS MUCH HELP AS I CAN GIVE THEM, I'M, I'M GIVING 'EM, I'M, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO ALL MY BUSINESS OWNERS AND FRIENDS ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRYING TO GATHER MORE TOYS FOR 'EM.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY, I WAS TELLING THEM EARLIER, YOU KNOW, USUALLY ABOUT NOVEMBER, I'M LIKE, OH, CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
UM, BUT THIS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT TURNS INTO ABOUT A WEEK LONG THING.
UM, BUT BY THE END OF IT, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FEELING LIKE, OKAY, CHRISTMAS IS HERE.
IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BRINGS THE SPIRIT ABOUT.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BROUGHT ALONG THE YEARS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BY THE END OF IT FEEL THE SAME WAY.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THEM ALLOWING US TO DO SO.
WE TRY VARIOUS WAYS TO GET OUR WORD OUT AND WE SEND OUT BROCHURES, UM, TO OUR FAMILIES THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BUT WE ALSO DROP APPLICATIONS AT BUSINESSES AROUND THE AREA.
WE HAVE SOME OFFICES AT THE, UM, APARTMENTS, TRAILER PARKS, LIVING AREAS THAT WE DROP ALONG.
AND WE ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA NOW.
OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T DO THAT YEARS AGO AND THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE GETTING CALLS FROM OTHER PLACES BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOME GUY FROM, WAS IT FLORIDA? SUSAN, HE HAD ALL THIS AND WANTED TO KNOW IF HE COULD SIGN UP FOR CHRISTMAS SHARING AND WHAT SCHOOL DO YOUR KIDS GO TO? AND HE GAVE ME A NAME OF A SCHOOL AND I'M THINKING, WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? I'M IN KESSEL WOOD FLORIDA IS WHAT HE SAID.
WE WE'RE IN DENWITTY, VIRGINIA.
AND ALSO TODAY WE ARE HERE TO HONOR OUR CHRISTMAS MOTHER.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP MRS. BARBARA GREEN PEG.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? BARBARA IS NO, UH, STRANGER TO YOU.
YOU'VE SEEN HER IN MANY MM-HMM
ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE IN DUNWOODY COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER BACKGROUND.
SHE WAS, UM, A PRODUCT OF DEWINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
SHE GRADUATED FROM SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967.
UH, SHE MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, ED, WHO IS ALSO IN THE BACK.
AND THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 59 YEARS.
AND THAT ALONE IS WORTH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UH, THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS.
TWO OF THEM ARE HERE FOR US TODAY, HAVE FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE WORKED 39 YEARS FOR DEWEY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AND SHE STILL WORKS FOR US PART-TIME.
AND SHE DRIVES A CAR STILL DRIVING THE YELLOW CHEESE WAGON, BUS
SHE SAID SHE LOVES HER JOB AND, UM, IT'S MORE LIKE THERAPY THAN WORK.
UH, AND ONE OF HER BIG HOBBIES IS SHOPPING.
AND THAT'S MY THEORY OF WHY SHE'S STILL DRIVING THE BUS.
UM, BECAUSE SHE LOVES TO SHOP.
UH, SHE VOLUNTEERS FOR CHRISTMAS SHARING OF COURSE, AND INWOOD FOOD BANK.
UH, BARBARA CALLED ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE OUR DISTRIBUTION LAST YEAR AND SHE SAID, I'M COMING AND I HAVE FOUR NAMES FOR YOU.
I PASSED THEM ON TO SUSAN THE NEXT WEEK.
SHE CALLED ME BACK AND I SAID, SHE SAID, I HAVE TWO MORE NAMES FOR YOU.
SHE CALLED ME BACK AND SHE SAID, I HAVE FOUR MORE NAMES FOR YOU
SO IF YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH HER, GO TO CHURCH WITH HER OR ANY, ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHE BELONGS TO, YOU'RE AT PERIL BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO GRAB YOU AND BRING YOU TO VOLUNTEER FOR DENWOODY CHRISTMAS SHARING.
SHE'S BEEN A VOLUNTEER IN THE COUNTY FOR MANY ACTIVITIES.
SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER DURING THE COVID YEARS WHEN WE WERE GIVEN SHOTS.
SHE BELONGS TO THE DENWOODY CITIZENS ACADEMY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HOSTING.
SHE'S A LIFELONG MEMBER OF MEMORIAL BAPTIST
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CHURCH AND AN AN ORDAINED DEACON FOR THEM.SHE, SHE LOVES TO SHOP AND SHE LOVES TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS.
AND IT IS SAID THAT SHE PUTS LIGHTS ON EVERYTHING AND HAS TOLD ED IF HE STANDS STILL TOO LONG, SHE'S GONNA PUT LIGHTS ON HIM TOO.
SO I PRESENT TO YOU, MRS. BARBARA GREEN PEG, WHO IS OUR 2024 DENWITTY CHRISTMAS MOTHER.
AND BARBARA WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD AND GOOD EVENING, ALL THAT ARE ASSEMBLED.
YOU HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE AND I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR MOST OF ALL, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AGAIN WITHIN THE COUNTY IN A LEADING POSITION.
I PROMISE YOU, AS YOU SAW IN MY, UM, BIO SHOPPING.
SO IF I CAN'T BY IT, I CAN SEND SOMEBODY ELSE TO GET IT.
SO, UM, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM, UH, MRS. PITTMAN.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE FEET ON THE PAVEMENT AND WE ARE GONNA DO THE VERY BEST.
AS YOU SEE, THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP FROM WHEN IT STARTED.
SO IT IS OUR MISSION, SEE THAT EVERY CHILD RECEIVES SOMETHING FROM THIS ORGANIZATION AND THAT THEY WILL BE REWARDED.
MY PRAYERS IS THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD BEING A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FRONT OF OUR BROCHURE, OUR MOTTO HAS BEEN SINCE THE KATHY YOUNG DAYS THAT HELPING TO PUT A TWINKLE IN A CHILD'S EYE AND CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT CHILDREN.
WE HAVE, UM, BEEN WORKING YEAR ROUND AS FAR AS PURCHASING AND FINDING DEALS.
WE HAVE STORAGE, UH, UNITS, UH, STORAGE ROOMS UP IN THE, UH, ANNEX PART OF THE, UM, UH, SOUTH SIDE HISTORIC.
SO WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY AS FAR AS WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY COUNTED AND, AND PUT AWAY FOR THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.
SO WE ARE TRULY BEST BLESSED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH US AND BY THE PEOPLE WHO HELP US.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I MISSED CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO DOUBLING UP THIS YEAR.
HE'S GONNA BUY ABOUT FIVE BICYCLES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
[6.C. New Laws Presentation]
NEW LAWS PRESENTATION MS. JAM.SO TODAY I HAVE THE 2024 NEW LAWS PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL AFFAIRS.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 62 TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL CRUELTY REGISTRIES WHERE LOCALITIES CAN NOW ESTABLISH ANIMAL CRUELTY REGISTRIES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
AND THE REGISTRIES CAN INCLUDE INFORMATION SUCH AS NAMES AND RELEVANT INFO TO THE PERSON CONVICTED THAT, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT ONE AGAIN.
YOU GOTTA HOPPED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
NEXT, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 2 23, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP OF ANIMALS.
SO ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY MAY BE PROHIBITED FROM THE COURT OF OWNERSHIP OF ANIMALS FOR LIFE.
AND THEN PERSONS CONVICTED OF MISDEMEANOR ANIMAL CRUELTY MAY BE PROHIBITED OF OWNERSHIP FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS.
NEXT, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 2 99, WHICH TALKS ABOUT LICENSE TAX FOR RETIRED POLICE OR MILITARY DOGS, WHICH ALLOWS LOCALITIES BY ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT ANY DOG THAT SERVES AS A POLICE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT DOG OR MILITARY WORKING DOG FROM THE LICENSE TAX ON THE OWNERSHIP OF DOGS.
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NEXT SECTION, WE HAVE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.AND WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 4 78, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION FUNDS WHERE LOCALITIES CAN NOW CREATE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION FUNDS TO PREVENT NEIGHBORHOOD DETERIORATION.
AND THE FUNDS MUST BE COMPOSED OF APPROPRIATED LOCAL MONIES.
NEXT WE HAVE HOUSE BILL NINE 14, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
SO THIS ALLOWS LOCALITIES TO ESTABLISH LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES AND REBATES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND RENOVATION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN THE DISTRICT.
NEXT WE HAVE EDUCATION HOUSE BILL 5 99 IS TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL BOARDS AND THEIR EXPENDED LOCAL FUNDS.
SO SCHOOL BOARDS CAN ESTABLISH A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AS A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WHERE THEY CAN DEPOSIT LOCAL OPERATING FUNDS THAT WERE UNENDED AT THE END OF THE YEAR AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO LOCAL TAXPAYERS.
NEXT WE HAVE MY FAVORITE HOUSE BILL, 10 75 DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA PROGRAM, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE PRESCHOOL AGED CHILDREN TO DEVELOP A LOVE FOR READING AND LEARNING.
THE CHILDREN WOULD BE PROVIDED ONE BOOK A MONTH FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE AT NO COST TO THE FAMILY.
THE PROGRAM WOULD MATCH 50% OF LOCAL FUNDS AND THE BILL SUNSETS JANUARY 1ST, 2029.
NEXT WE HAVE ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND LAND USE I.
WE HAVE SENATE BILL 5 44, WHICH TALKS ABOUT SHORT SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES, WHICH PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM REQUIRING NEW ORDINANCES FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHERE THE UNIT IS ALSO LEGALLY OCCUPIED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
THEN WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 1 51, WHICH TALKS ABOUT ENERGY AND THE DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN LOCAL BUILDINGS, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY UPON REQUESTS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCALITIES, SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE BUDGETARY RESOURCES AS LOCALITIES IMPLEMENT MANDATED REC RELATED TO ONSITE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY STORAGE AND RESILIENCE STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
NEXT, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 6 34, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, WHICH PROHIBITS A LOCALITY FROM ENACTING OR ENFORCING AN ORDINANCE THAT BANS THE RENTAL OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR LONGER.
NEXT, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 2 81, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION AND CHILD DAY PROGRAMS IN USE OF OFFICE BUILDINGS.
SO WITH THIS ONE, LOCALITIES MAY ALLOW THE OPERATION OF A CHILD DAY PROGRAM AND AN OFFICE BUILDING IF THE FACILITY SATISFIES THE STATE REQUIREMENTS OF A CHILD DAY PROGRAM.
HOUSE BILL SIX 50 IS TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL AND ELECTRICAL GENERATION PRODUCTS PROJECTS.
SO FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND ELECTRICAL GENERATION PROJECTS, THE VALIDITY SHALL BE THREE YEARS.
NEXT WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 7 55, WHICH TALKS ABOUT CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN LOCAL PROPERTIES.
SO THIS ALLOWS LOCALITIES TO CHANGE, ENHANCE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY VIOLATIONS ON PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED OR USED FOR INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
NEXT WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 9 47, WHICH TALKS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT POWERS WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATION OF TOBACCO, NICOTINE, AND HEMP PRODUCTS.
LOCALITIES MAY REGULATE THE RETAIL SALE OF LO RETAIL SALE, LOCATIONS OF TOBACCO, NICOTINE, AND HEMP PRODUCTS ON PROPERTY WITHIN A THOUSAND LINEAR FEET OF A CHILD DAY CENTER OR A SCHOOL HOUSE.
BILL 10 69 TALKS ABOUT LIQUID NICOTINE AND NICOTINE VAPOR PRODUCTS.
AND UNDER THIS BILL, ANY RETAILER OR WHOLESALER THAT SELLS OR DISTRIBUTES ANY NICOTINE OR NICOTINE VAPOR PRODUCT IN THE COMMONWEALTH IS SUBJECT TO SCHEDULED OR UNSCHEDULED COMPLIANCE CHECKS CARRIED OUT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR AN AGENT, THEREFORE THEREOF
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OF ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.NEXT WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 14 68, 14 86, SORRY, WITH VACANT BUILDINGS.
THIS ONE PERMITS ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REQUIRE THE OWNER OF ANY BUILDING THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS AND MEETS THE DEFINITION OF DE RELIC BUILDING TO REGISTER SUCH BUILDING ANNUALLY.
SENATE BILL 2 96 IS TALKING ABOUT LOCAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS.
AND THIS REQUIRES LOCAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS TO USE THE SAME APPROVAL PROCESS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS CURRENTLY REQUIRED FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
NEXT WE HAVE THE FINANCE AND ELECTION SECTION.
WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 1429 THAT TALKS ABOUT TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR INDOOR AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY THAT SPECIFIES THAT CERTAIN FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED INDOORS MAY BE EXEMPT FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXATION.
NEXT, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 1503, WHICH TALKS ABOUT OMITTED TAXES AND INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS, WHICH ALLOWS A GOVERNING BODY TO PROVIDE BY RESOLUTION THAT THE TREASURER OR OTHER OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TAXATION OF THE COLLECTION OF TAXES MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ANY TAXPAYER WHO HAS BEEN ASSESSED WITH OMITTED TAXES.
NEXT WE HAVE GENERAL GOVERNMENT HOUSE BILL 69 IS TALKING ABOUT VACANCIES AND ELECTED LOCAL OFFICES, WHICH REQUIRES THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY OR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MAKING AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY AND ITS MEMBERSHIP TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO MAKING SUCH APPOINTMENT.
THE BILL SPECIFIES THAT AT SUCH MEETING, THE BODY OR BOARD SHALL ANNOUNCE THE NAMES OF ALL PERSONS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE INTERIM APPOINTMENT AND SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION EACH PERSON'S RESUME AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS REQUIRED BY THE BODY OR BOARD.
NEXT WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 1 49, WHICH TALKS ABOUT EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS OF MEDICINAL USE OF CANNABIS OIL.
THIS AMENDS THE PROVISION THAT PROHIBITS AN EMPLOYER FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES LAWFUL USE OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS OIL, WHICH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS BY SPECIFYING SUCH USE MUST CONFORM TO THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND BY INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OTHER PUBLIC BODIES.
NEXT WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 2 64, WHICH TALKS ABOUT LEGAL NOTICES AND PUBLICATIONS ON ONLINE ONLY NEWS WHERE ANY ORDINANCE RESOLUTION NOTICE OR ADVERTISEMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER.
IT CAN INSTEAD BE PUBLISHED ON AN ONLINE ONLY NEWS PUBLICATION SUBJECT TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
NEXT, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL EIGHT 18, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, WHICH EXEMPTS CERTAIN PUBLIC MEETINGS FROM THE DEFINITION OF MEETING UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
TO CLARIFY THAT THREE OR MORE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC BODY MAY APPEAR AND PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PUBLIC MEETINGS WITHOUT VIOLATING THE ACT PROVIDED THAT NO PUBLIC BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED OR DISCUSSED INDEX, WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 8 52, WHICH TALKS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE RELATED TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH PROVIDES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN WHICH FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE ESTABLISHED MAY MAKE ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENTS AS IT DEEMED PROPER, INCLUDING BILLING ON BEHALF OF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE SUPPORT OF A LICENSED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AGENCY.
NOW WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 1116 WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE VIRGINIA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT, WHICH ALLOWS A PUBLIC BODY TO ESTABLISH PURCHASES, PURCHASE PROCEDURES IF ADOPTED IN WRITING, NOT REQUIRED COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS OR COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION FOR SINGLE OR TERM CONTRACTS FOR NON-TRANS TRANSPORTATION RELATED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
IF THE AGGREGATE OR THE SUM OF ALL PHASES IS NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED $300,000, THE CURRENT LAW PLACES THE LIMIT AT $200,000.
HOUSE BILL 4 88 TALKS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGAIN IN THE STANDARDIZATION OF PUBLIC NOTICES.
SO THIS STANDARDIZES THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH IN THE LENGTH OF TIME IN WHICH NOTICES FOR CERTAIN MEETINGS,
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HEARINGS, AND OTHER INTENDED ACTIONS OF LOCALITIES MUST BE PUBLISHED.THE PROVISIONS ARE ORGANIZED INTO THREE GROUPS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING PUBLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE MEETING OR HEARING.
THE SECOND BEING PUBLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TWICE THE FIRST TIME, NO MORE THAN 28 DAYS BEFORE, AND THE SECOND, NO LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING OR HEARING.
AND THEN THE THIRD, THE PUBLICATION REQUIRED THREE TIMES THE FIRST, NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS, 35 DAYS BEFORE.
AND THE THIRD, NO LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING OR HEARING.
NEXT WE HAVE HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE HAVE HOUSE JOINT 41 TALKING ABOUT THE FENTANYL CRISIS, WHICH DIRECTS THE JOINT COMMISSION ON HEALTHCARE TO STUDY POLICY SOLUTIONS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH'S FENTANYL CRISIS.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 74, WHICH TALKS ABOUT UNPAVED SECONDARY HIGHWAYS, WHICH CLARIFIES THAT THE IMPROVEMENT OF NONS SURFACE TREATED SECONDARY HIGHWAYS INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN PAVING AS DESCRIBED IN THE BILL.
THE BILL ALSO CLARIFIES THAT LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES OF THE COUNTY RECEIVING FUNDS FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENT, WE'LL SELECT THE HIGHWAYS OR HIGHWAY SEGMENTS TO BE IMPROVED AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
YEAH, 1 43, WHICH TALKS ABOUT UTILITY WORK DATABASES, WHICH REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATABASE AND MAP OF ALL THE UTILITY WORK THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND WILL OCCUR WITHIN A HIGHWAY RIGHT AWAY IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS BILL HAS A DELAYED EFFECT DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
AND THEN WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 10 71, WHICH TALKS ABOUT SPEED LIMITS, WHICH EXPANDS THE CURRENT AUTHORITY OF ANY LOCALITY TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT TO LESS THAN 25 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NOT LESS THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR ON HIGHWAYS WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN A BUSINESS DISTRICT OR A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE SAME STATE SYSTEM.
THIS REQUIRES THE LOCALITY TO NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS OF A CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE SENATE BILL 3 36, WHICH TALKS ABOUT PHOTO SPEED MONITORING DEVICES.
THIS PERMITS A STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO PLACE AND OPERATE A PHOTO SPEED MONITORING DEVICE AT A HIGH RISK INTERSEC INTERSECTION SEGMENT.
[7.A. Contract Award, Three Police Interceptor Utility Vehicles]
WE HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS. CONTRACT BOARD, UH, THREE POLICE CEPT UTILITY VEHICLES INTERCEPTORS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD.
MR. MASSENGILL, I'VE COME TO YOU ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ADAMS. UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, UH, APPROVED A TOTAL OF $280,000 FOR SIX LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES TO PURCHASE DURING FY 25.
UM, VEHICLES ARE STILL DIFFICULT TO COME BY.
UH, SO, UH, LOOKING AROUND, I WAS ACTUALLY CONTACTED BY SHEEHY.
UH, THEY DOING AN INVENTORY OF THEIR, WHAT THEY HAVE ON HAND THAT HAS NOT BEEN, UH, UH, CLAIMED BY OTHER AGENCIES.
UH, ONE WAS A 2023, THE OTHER WAS TWO 2020 FOURS THAT WERE ON THE LOT, UH, AND READY TO GO.
UH, POLICE INTERCEPTOR, UTILITY VEHICLES, UH, WHITE AND COLOR READY TO BE MARKED UP AND, AND PUT INTO PATROL.
UM, WE, UH, GOT QUOTES ON 'EM UNDER THE, UH, COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT WITH THE VIRGINIA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION PRICING.
UM, AND IN MY OPINION, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE 2025 MODELS ARE GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
UH, AND SO I WAS TOLD THESE SEEMED TO BE ABOUT THE LAST THREE OF THOSE THAT, THAT AT THAT, AT THAT CURRENT PRICING, UH, BEFORE THE NEW MODEL YEAR GOES UP.
UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS TO GET THOSE VEHICLES INTO OUR, UH, INTO OUR FLEET.
AND YOU APPROVE THE PURCHASE FOR $117,509 AND 28 CENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE THREE VEHICLES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION, THE CONTRACT BEFORE.
I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE.
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FOUR A'S ONE ABSTAIN.MAYBE WE WANT TO BORROW ONE SOMETIME MORE.
[7.B. Contract Award, Broadband And Internet Monitoring Services]
CONTRACT AWARD.BROADBAND INTERNET MONITORING SERVICES.
UM, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST FOR THE INTERNET MONITORING SERVICE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG NUMBER OF THE 300,000 ON THE, UH, ON THE BACK HERE FOR TO BE APPROVED, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S TWO-PARTER.
THE FIRST PART IS ACTUALLY THE INTERNET SERVICES WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THEM.
IT'S BEEN BUNDLED INTO THAT, THAT ENTIRE, UH, NUMBER BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES MONITORING THEIR OWN SERVICES.
SO WE'RE GONNA UPGRADE OUR SERVICES.
THEY'RE GONNA RUN NEW LINES TO EVERY LOCATION, UH, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD, UH, ONE ADDITIONAL LOCATION, WHICH IS THE LANDFILL.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE INTERNET OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PUT INTO OUR NETWORKS MONITORING TOOLS TO ALLOW THEM TO BE EFFECTIVELY MONITORING US 24 7.
WHICH, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT 'CAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT OURSELVES ANYWAYS.
WE GO HOME, YOU KNOW, THINGS GO OFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASLEEP SOMETIMES.
SO TO HAVE A, A KNOCK OF THEIR SIZE TO BE ABLE TO WATCH OVER US IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT ON THE WEEKENDS AND BE ABLE TO BRING US BACK UP WITHOUT EVEN US HAVING TO TOUCH IT IS A GREAT THING.
SO IT BRINGS OUR SLAS DOWN WAY, WAY LOWER.
UM, JUST MONDAY COME IN FROM THE STORMS FROM THE WEEKEND.
GUESS WHAT? MCKENNEY WAS DOWN.
SO IF WE WOULD'VE HAD THEM, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE BAR BEFORE WE EVEN GOT TO WORK, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT OF COURSE IF WE GET HERE, WE HAVE TO TROUBLESHOOT IT.
AND THEN WE MAKE OUR SUPPORT CALLS.
SO, UM, SO WHAT I'M ASKING HERE FOR IS, THE NUMBER AGAIN IS 329,000 TO BE APPROVED TO UPGRADE ALL OF OUR COMCAST CONNECTIONS TO INCLUDE A NEW CONNECTION AND TO MONITOR ALL THOSE LOCATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OVER MY HEAD? BUT I CAN, UM, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN, IN THIS AREA.
UH, LIKE THE LIGHTS, YOU DON'T KNOW IT TILL IT'S NOT WORKING.
SAVES A LOT OF TIME FOR YOU TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS TO OH, VERY MUCH SO.
NOW THIS DOESN'T CON HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SECURITY SIDE OF THE PROGRAM.
AND THE THE REASON IS, IS YOU MAY BE IN THE KNOW WE, WE JUST GOT A GRANT FROM VIDA TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO DO, UH, A CYBERSECURITY ANALYSIS FOR THE COUNTY.
SO WE JUST STARTED THAT AS OF THIS WEEK.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE DOING SOME PRELIMINARY, UH, MEETINGS AND THEN FROM THERE WE PICK THAT PART UP.
BUT THIS IS ONLY GOING TO ENSURE OUR POSTURE FOR CYBER SECURITY.
I JUST HAVE, UM, HOW SOON WOULD, WOULD THIS TAKE PLACE? I'M HOPING, UH, I DID PUT, UH, LANDFILL AT THE TOP OF THE LIST TO GET THAT PORTION STARTED IN PARALLEL WITH ROLLING OUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MONITORING PIECE.
SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN 60 TO NINE DAYS WE'LL HAVE A SCHEDULED DOWN PAD AS FAR AS INSTALLATION AND UP LIVE WITHIN 90 DAYS.
ALRIGHT, WELL WHAT COMPANY WOULD BE RUNNING THAT? UH, INTERNET.
THEY'RE GONNA DO A DIRECT, DIRECT FEED FOR LANDFILL BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN THEIR AREA OF COVERAGE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA RUN AN EXTRA LINE JUST FOR US OUT THERE.
'CAUSE WE'RE WE'RE JUST DYING OUT THERE.
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT MONEY
SO THAT WAS A, A BYPRODUCT OF DOING THIS PROJECT.
SO WE DO FIND SOME SAVINGS IN THERE.
ALSO MOVE SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE.
[7.C. Resolution For VDOT Smart Scale Project]
RESOLUTION FOR VDOT SMART SCALE PROJECT.UM, AS YOU CAN SEE BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE
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A RESOLUTION AGAIN FOR, UH, SMART SCALE FUNDING, UH, FOR A PROJECT, UH, THAT STAFF, THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION AND, UH, VDOT ARE SUPPORTING.UM, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS FOR, UM, WELL WERE VDOT S KIND OF CHANGED THE WORDING OF IT, BUT, UH, IT'S FOR THE WIDENING OR EXTENDING THE TURN LANE AT ALMAR STREET AND ROUTE ONE BACK, UH, DOWN 800 FEET BACK TO THE, BASICALLY THE OFF RAMP FROM THE EXIT 63 B COMING OFF OF I 85.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING NORTH ON ROUTE ONE, UM, THERE'LL BE BASICALLY THAT THAT LANE WILL BE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY UP TO ALBE MARO STREET.
UM, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TRY TO MERGE ONTO ROUTE ONE COMING OFF OF A, THAT RAMP GOING NORTH ON ROUTE ONE, IT'S, IT'S, YOU HAVE A VERY LIMITED, UH, AMOUNT OF SPACE THERE, UH, FOR YOU TO ACCELERATE.
AND YEAH, IT DOES GET ONTO ROUTE ONE THERE.
SO, UM, VDOT ACTUALLY, UH, INDICATED TO ME LAST WEEK, UM, I HAVE TO SAY THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH OUR APPLICATION HELPING US, UH, WITH ITEMS RELATED TO IT STUDIES, UH, THAT WE NEEDED TO DO AS PART OF THAT.
UM, AND THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT, UM, WHICH IS A FIRST, WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT COMMENT RELATED TO
SO I, I WAS KIND OF, UM, PLEASED WITH THAT.
UM, HOPEFULLY KNOWING THAT MAYBE THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD WILL APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
AND THIS IS ROUND SIX, UH, SINCE SMART SCALE FUNDING STARTED AND WE'VE HAD TWO PROJECT PRIOR PROJECTS APPROVED TO, I'LL WELL KNOW THE COURTHOUSE ROAD ROUTE ONE RIGHT OUT HERE WAS, THAT WAS OUR FIRST PROJECT APPROVED, AND THEN THE PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT AT FERNDALE AND RIVER ROAD IS OUR SECOND PROJECT APPROVED.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD PROJECT APPROVED AND, UM, WE'LL GET THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
BUT AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION, WE DO HAVE TO GET LOCAL SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PROVE THE, UH, RESOLUTION AS, AS SUBMITTED IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
AND, UM, ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL UPLOAD IT TO OUR APPLICATION.
AND AS EVERYBODY SAYS WHO'S WORKING ON APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE TO HIT THAT SUBMIT BUTTON BEFORE AUGUST 1ST AND, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS PROBABLY AROUND JANUARY THE NEW YEAR.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL START TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE GONNA GET BE APPROVED OR NOT.
SO WELL NPOS BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A GOOD WHILE TRYING YES.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A PROJECT LONG OVERDUE.
AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED, WHETHER IT'S CATTAIL RUN OR THE OTHER, UM, SUBDIVISION, NORTH SIMMONS AVENUE THERE BEHIND, UM, MCDONALD'S, THOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN PUT IN THERE.
UH, IT'S, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD MORE ACCIDENTS AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION FOR PEOPLE COMING OFF AND TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT.
HOPEFULLY SOME FOLKS IN RICHMOND WILL RECOGNIZE THAT.
YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE WE GOT A GOOD CHANCE AT IT.
BECAUSE THEY COME OFF TO INTERSTATE FAST.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED.
HEY MARK, DO YOU THINK VDO T'S EXCITEMENT TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE THEIR RESIDENCY IS CLOSE TO THE PROJECT PANEL PER PERHAPS
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS.
WE'VE, WE'VE APPLIED FOR THE FUNDING BEFORE AND IT, IT HASN'T MADE IT SO WE'VE REDUCED THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT EACH TIME, SO MM-HMM
HOPEFULLY THAT COST BENEFIT RATIO IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE NOW.
AND, BUT I THINK WE GOT A GOOD CHANCE.
[7.D. Contract Award, Personal Protective Equipment For Fire & EMS]
MS. DAWN, TMA CONTRACT AWARD, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? GREAT TO BE HERE.
HE'S TRYING TO GET SOME ATTENTION.
I'M HERE FOR A FEW THINGS IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THE FIRST THING I HAVE YEP.
IS THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
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UM, EACH YEAR WE ALLOCATE OUR, IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASE OF NEW AND OR REPLACEMENT PPE OR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR, UM, STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING GEAR.UM, IN 2023, THE CON THE COUNTY ENTERED INTO THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, UM, THAT WAS PROCURED THROUGH SOURCE WELL MM-HMM
THAT CONTRACT HAS ACTUALLY EXPIRED.
AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS RENEW, OR NOT RENEW, BUT GO INTO A NEW CONTRACT WITH SOURCE WELL, UM, TO PROCURE, UM, THIS PPE THROUGH THE SAME CON UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THE SAME COMPANY MES AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE FY 25 BUDGET AND ANY FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.
BOARD ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WHAT YOUR PLAN MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT IS PRESENTED.
[7.E. Contract Award, Medication Dispensing Equipment]
LET'S SAY THE NEXT ONE IS MEDICATION.IS THAT IN THE RIGHT? YEP, THAT'S CORRECT.
I CAME TO YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND WE, UH, HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MEDICATION DISPENSING EQUIPMENT.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR THE, UH, CONTRACT FOR THAT.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH, OR A CONTRACT WITH, UM, FIRE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL OF THE VENDING MACHINE LOCKER EQUIPMENT TO STORE ALL THE MEDICATIONS AND SUPPLIES THAT ARE REQUIRED, UM, THAT MEET THE SECURITY LAYERS, UM, AND THAT ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE BOARD OF PHARMACY AND DEA.
UM, THE LOWEST COST THAT WE FOUND WAS WITH FIRE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT COMPANY AT THE COST OF $89,562 AND 80 CENTS.
SO THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO ENTER A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT AND LICENSES.
UM, THAT DOES REQUIRE AT THE END OF THIS ANNUAL, THIS FIRST YEAR, IT WILL REQUIRE RENEWALS, UM, FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT MR. CHAIRMAN? UM, HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THE BUDGET? UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE DIDN'T HAVE RIGHT? WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBER RIGHT.
DURING OUR DISCUSSION BACK IN THE, IN THE SPRING WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA BE.
SO WE DID NOT BUDGET ANYTHING IN THE FY 25 BUDGET.
SO THERE'S AN, THERE'S A, UM, A RESOLUTION SECTION, AN ADDITIONAL WHEREAS, AND THERE TO APPROPRIATE THE MONEY FOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, THE DISPENSING EQUIPMENT AND ALSO FOR THE SECURITY UPGRADES.
I KNOW WE TALKED, IT'S IN, IN OUR WORK SESSION, SO MM-HMM
UM, WHY DO WE HAVE ANY QUE MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL 'CAUSE THE OLD MAN GOT YOU ON THIS ONE, SO.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE GENTLEMEN? I MOVE THAT WE DO RESOLUTION TO PURCHASE THIS EQUIPMENT A SECOND OF SECOND.
[7.F. Contract Amendment, Security Upgrades To Fire Stations]
THE LAST THING THAT I'M HERE FOR TODAY IS FOR THE SECURITY UPGRADES FOR THE FIRE STATIONS.UM, THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY UNDER A CONTRACT WITH ELITE CONTRACTING GROUP TO PROVIDE THE SECURITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UM, WITH THE NEW MANDATES WITH VIRGINIA EMS AGENCIES, THE BOARD OF PHARMACY AND DEA, UM, THE COUNTY'S REQUIRED TO ADD SECURITY TO FOUR OF THE FIRE STATIONS TO SECURE ALL THE MEDICATIONS, UM, SUPPLIES AND UM, HAVE VIDEO RECORDING, ET CETERA.
SO THE ACTION WOULD BE TO REQUEST A PROPOSAL FROM ELITE, WHICH WE OBTAINED, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE SECURITY UPGRADES TO DENWOODY FIRE STATION, FORD FIRE STATION, INE AND MCKINNEY.
UM, THE COUNTY RECEIVED THE PROPOSAL FROM ELITE AT $82,602 FOR
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THE UPGRADES, AND WE WISH TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO ADD THESE ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS TO OUR EXISTING CONTRACT.AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER, UM, UNFUNDED FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATE, UM, AS ANNE MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD, DAWN.
OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, DOES THIS AFFECT THE COST THAT IS RELATED TO IT BECAUSE THERE'LL BE MORE MONITORING INVOLVED? UH, WHEN I SPOKE TO ELITE, THE ELITE REPRESENTATIVE, HE, UM, SAID THAT THERE WOULD NOT BEEN BE ANY ADDITIONAL COST FOR THAT PIECE OF IT AT THIS TIME.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THEY, THEY KIND OF RESERVED THE RIGHT TO REEVALUATE THAT AND THEN COME BACK TO US.
AND IF YOU RECALL, I GUESS THIS LAST RENEWAL PERIOD, THEY DIDN'T CHANGE.
THEY, THEY KEPT THEIR, SO AGAIN, AFTER ANOTHER CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THEY'LL, THEY'LL LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
UM, BUT THEY, THEY'RE HOLDING TRUTH TO WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN OFFERED IN THE PAST.
MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT FOR THE SECURITY UPGRADES.
[7.G. Appointment Of Real Estate Assessor Pursuant To Section 58.1-3275 Of The Code Of Virginia, 1950, As Amended]
ALL RIGHT.SO PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 58.1 DASH 32 75, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO APPOINT A PROFESSIONAL ASSESSOR WHO IS EITHER AN EMPLOYEE QUALIFIED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION OR AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR HOLDING VALID DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION CERTIFICATION.
AND THAT DESIGNATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE ON OR AFTER JULY 1ST, UH, IN THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE GENERAL AS REASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE IS REQUIRED TO BE MADE.
SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT WILL HIT THE BOOKS, UH, IF IT CONTINUES TO GO WELL ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
AND SO, ALTHOUGH I, I TECHNICALLY WE MAYBE COULD BRING THIS TO YOU EARLIER, HISTORICALLY AT LEAST DATING BACK TO 2009, WE'VE WAITED UNTIL JULY 1ST OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDING TO, TO BRING IT FORWARD.
AND SO THIS, THIS ITEM IS, IS TO FORMALLY APPOINT, UM, WAMPLER S APPRAISAL GROUP, LTD AS THE, UM, ASSESSOR.
AND IN IN PARTICULAR, UM, GARY LS IS THE COUNTY'S PROFESSIONAL ASSESSOR.
AND YOU HAVE, UM, BE IT RESOLVED RESOLUTION THERE IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.
SO AGAIN, WE, WE SIT HERE ON JULY 16TH.
A LOT WILL BE HAPPENING ON THIS BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 1ST, AND THEN CARRYING ON EVEN TO THE SPRING.
UM, WITH A, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE SITTING HERE ON JULY 16TH, UM, IN, IN THE FALL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NOTICES GO OUT THAT SAY WHAT, UM, THE, THE REASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN FOR, FOR EACH PARCEL.
UM, PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO, TO MR. EENS AND HIS GROUP ABOUT THAT.
UM, THAT BOOK GETS FILED, UM, WHICH IS THE, THE FINAL OFFICIAL BOOK ON JANUARY 1ST.
THERE'S A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, WHICH USUALLY RE MEETS AROUND IN MARCH.
UM, THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST, UM, THE, THE ASSESSMENTS.
AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IN MARCH OR APRIL, UM, YOU, YOU SET THAT, THAT TAX RATE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE RATE TIMES THE ASSESSMENT ACTUALLY EQUALS THE TAXES.
SO WE ALL KNOW THIS, THIS, THE ASSESSMENT IS GOING TO BE WAY UP.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INFLATION.
REAL ESTATE VALUES HAVE APPRECIATED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2019.
UM, AND THE BOARD HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I, I KNOW IT'S YOUR INTENT THAT THAT RATE IS NOT GONNA STAY UP AT THE, THE 84 CENTS.
IT'S GONNA COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND AGAIN, WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT ASSESSMENT, IT'S GONNA BE HIGH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE MULTIPLIED BY THAT RATE TO GET THEIR FINAL TAX BILL.
UM, AND I, I KNOW YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOU IF THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT THE RATE SHOULD BE.
SO AGAIN, TODAY, TODAY WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THIS ACTION FOR MR. EES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? IT'S GONNA BE A VERY ALLEGED IN TIME.
WE'VE ONLY DONE THIS ONE TIME AS A BOARD, RIGHT? SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN WE DO THE CONTRACT AND WE ACCEPTED WAMPLER E AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY?
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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE? SO AGAIN, THERE'S THIS CODE SECTION 32 75, THAT'S LIKE AN OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT.UM, AND I, I THINK I ALLUDED EARLIER, YOU PROBABLY COULD DO BOTH OF THESE ACTIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
TRADITION IS A HARD THING TO BREAK.
AND SINCE 2009, THE COUNTY, I THINK IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE RECORDS, HAS ACTUALLY WAITED AND THAT, THAT PROCEEDS MY TIME HAS WAITED UNTIL THE JULY 1ST TO PASS IN THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PROCEEDING.
IF YOU CONSIDER 2025 TO BE THE YEAR, THEN IT WOULD, THEN IT WOULD BE JULY 1ST, 2024.
I THINK YOU CAN READ 2024 TO BE THE YEAR, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD BE JULY 1ST, 2023.
BUT PROBABLY THE, THE MORE CAUTIOUS WAY TO READ THAT IS JULY 1ST, 2024.
I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WAS APPROACHED IN 2009.
AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN EIGHT 12.
AND THEN, UM, WE CERTAINLY DID IT IN 12.
I THINK WE DID IT THAT WAY IN EIGHT.
UM, AND, AND I'M, I'M JUST FOLLOWING THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT AND I THINK THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME WHEN I, WHEN I CAME, SO MM-HMM
MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST ADD A LITTLE MORE CLARITY OF THAT TOO.
WHAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAID.
I, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE ADMINISTER IT, UM, THE LOGIC OF NOT DOING IT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THERE WERE SOME REASON OR CALLS OR ANGST OR CONCERN THAT WOULD COME OUT, A LOT OF THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE EITHER IN THE INITIAL MARKET EVALUATION, WHICH MS. STEVENS REPORTED TO YOU WAS DONE.
SECONDLY, IN THE FIELD WORK, WHICH WE KNOW WE'RE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, NOT COMPLETE AT THE MOMENT.
UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LOGIC PREVIOUSLY THE OTHER COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND THEN, UH, MR. SALL FOLLOWING TRADITION, UM, IS TO WAIT AND SEE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY APPOINT THEM AS YOUR, YOUR OFFICIAL, UH, REAL ESTATE APPRAISER.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE LOGIC IN WAITING.
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND UNWIND BOTH.
AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON OF, OF WHY WE DO THAT.
AND MS. STEVENS REPORTED TO YOU ALL LAST TIME, WAMP LS HAS DONE THE LAST TWO.
AND WE DON'T HAVE, I MEAN, AS FAR AS OPERATIONALLY, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY CONCERNS, UM, IN REGARDS TO WORKING WITH THEM THIS TIME.
AND THERE'S NO REASON AT THIS POINT THAT STAFF WOULD, UH, WOULD SEE AS A REASON THAT YOU WOULDN'T, UM, GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE THEM AS THE OFFICIAL ASSESSOR.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION DR. MOORE.
AND IT'S ONE I HAD TO ANSWER IN MY HEAD BEFORE I CAME DOWN HERE BECAUSE IT, IT, IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT, AND I, I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO APPROACH IT DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME.
BUT THAT IS AS BEST I CAN TELL WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, SIR? OKAY.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? IT'S GOTTA BE DONE, SIR.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED BY MR. SFA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? UH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS.UH, ONE, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JAMAICA.
YOU KNOW, MY, MY FIRST YEAR AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UH, THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE STAFF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR ME TO START TRACKING LEGISLATION.
AND SO THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A PERSON THAT'S TRANSITIONED FROM A PLANNING DEGREE IS LOOKING AT A, A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEGREE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, JAMAICA HAS FINISHED HER FIRST YEAR AT UVA AND IS PLANNING IS MAJORING IN PUBLIC POLICY.
SO I NEVER FORGET THE CHIEF OF STAFF CAME TO ME AFTER MY FIRST YEAR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SAID, EITHER WE HAVE CONVINCED YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAY ON THIS PATH, OR NOW WE'VE CONVINCED YOU NOT TO BE ON THIS PATH.
AND SO THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAD, I WROTE IT DOWN, 3,128 BILLS, UM, AND ONLY 1098 OF 'EM PASSED.
BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THAT EACH ONE OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND WORK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO WHEN TYLER CAME TO ME THIS YEAR AND SAID, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WITH JAMAICA BEING ON BOARD, DO YOU THINK IT'D BE OKAY FOR HER TO DO THE, THE NEW LAWS PRESENTATION? I SAID, WELL, EITHER'S GONNA CONFIRM TO HER THAT SHE WANTS TO BE IN PUBLIC POLICY OR SHE WON'T EVER WANNA DO PUBLIC POLICY EVER AGAIN, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HAVEN'T DETERRED HER AWAY FROM AT LEAST A CAREER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STATE? WE CAN, WE CAN JUST BLAME THEM.
BUT TO MAKE A GREAT JOB IN IN GETTING THAT DONE.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO, TO, I KNOW I PUBLICLY STATED IT BEFORE, BUT, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF ACTION ITEMS, SEVEN ACTION ITEMS TODAY
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ON THE AGENDA.UH, CHIEF TUSS, AGAIN WITH THIS, THIS OVERALL, UH, PROJECT, AND YOU SAW THAT ABOUT 160 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS WENT TO THAT TODAY.
UM, THIS IS ONE REASON THAT WE ADVOCATE SO STRONGLY AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND, AND TRYING TO THESE UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES.
UM, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY WE'RE BLESSED AND WE'RE FORTUNATE, MS. HOWTON, HER TEAM AND THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WHAT WE DO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO REACT TO THINGS LIKE THIS.
BUT JUST THINK ABOUT THE OTHER LOCALITIES THAT AREN'T IN THE FINANCIAL POSITION THAT THE COUNTY'S IN, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO, WHEN I KNOW YOU ALL SOMETIMES ARE CRITICIZED IN REGARDS TO FUND BALANCES, AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO LOOK AT YOUR INFORMATION PACKET THAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET, I MEAN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, PACKET TODAY.
'CAUSE IT HAS ALL THIS BUDGET INFORMATION AND IT ACTUALLY HAS THE STATISTICS AND YOU CAN LOOK AT A WHOLE YEAR'S WORTH OF, OF, UM, COMPARISON.
SO JUST, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION TOO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP IN MIND, DAWN, AS ACTING CHIEF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT SHE, SHE CHOSE TO STAY TO TRY TO COMPLETE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE NAMED HER ACTING CHIEF, WHICH IS A LOT ON HER SHOULDER AT THIS TIME.
BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY AS YOU SAW IN THE CONTRACT, LOT OF THIS EQUIPMENT WILL GET HERE IN 30, 45 DAYS AND WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF MOVE FORWARD THERE.
I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT OUR, OUR CLASS AND COMP KICKOFF MEETING WAS YESTERDAY.
SO WE HAD THAT MEETING WITH, WITH AUTOSOL.
WE'VE COME UP WITH THE PEER LOCALITY GROUP THAT'S, WE'VE, UH, GOT A PLAN OF ACTION.
SO MONDAYS AT ONE O'CLOCK FROM HERE FOR THE NEXT 12 OR 13 WEEKS.
UH, DON'T CALL ME AT ONE O'CLOCK TO TWO O'CLOCK 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING NOTHING BUT CLASSING COMP DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO IT'S, UM, IT'S A GOOD, GOOD PROCESS AND A GOOD, I THINK WE'VE SELECTED A GOOD VENDOR TO HELP US THROUGH IT.
UM, I, I TALKED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY ABOUT TRYING TO DO AS THE CLASS AND COMP, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ADEQUATELY IDENTIFIED, UH, COUNTY STAFF AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTY IS IN THE BEST WAY THAT IT POSSIBLY COULD BE.
AND I KNOW I, I'VE INDICATED TO SOME OF YOU ALL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RESTRUCTURE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEWINE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
I LOOK TO FORMALLY BRING THAT TO YOU ALL AT THE AUGUST MEETING TO, TO, TO ADOPT.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION.
LAST WEEK, JAMAICA AND I HAD, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO, UH, TO THE FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE CRATER AREA REGIONAL MILITARY AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
BUT, UH, THAT GROUP IS SET UP VERY, VERY, UH, SIMILAR TO THE CIVILIAN MILITARY COUNCIL, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES CHAMBERS.
AND SO THE, IN THE INTENTION OF KARMA IS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UM, THE DEFENSE, UH, LOGISTICS AGENCY, FORT BARFOOT AND FORT GREG ADAMS. AND SO THE UNIQUENESS OF THEM WOULD HE GEOGRAPHICALLY IS WE'VE GOT FORT BARFOOT ON ONE SIDE AND FORT GREG ADAMS ON ON THE OTHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO, I THINK AS A GOVERNING BODY TO SUPPORT WHAT KARMA IS TRYING TO DO, THE, THE US MILITARY CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS ON BASE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN, IN THESE THREE INSTALLATIONS.
AND THE WAY THAT WE CAN KIND OF BUILD MOMENTUM THERE IS AS, AS A GOVERNMENT, AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR, UM, CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BRACK YEARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, FORT GREG ADAMS WAS, IF YOU REMEMBER, IT'S GONNA CLOSE, IT WENT TO FORT LEE AND IT WENT FROM NOT ONLY NOT CLOSING, BUT BEING ONE OF THE MAJOR GAINERS IN THE NATION WITH WHAT THEY HAVE THERE NOW.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL NOT BRACK PROOF, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S IN PLACE.
UM, COUPLE JUST ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS YOU'LL SEE LAYING IN FRONT OF YOU, MS. BROWN PUT, UM, YOUR, YOUR AUGUST 15TH COUNTY OFFICIAL SUMMIT.
SO WE JUST WANT, I GUESS, VERIFICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GO TO THAT, UH, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND REGISTER YOU TO IT.
UM, AND MS. GRANT, MYSELF AND MAYBE MR. SOUTHALL MAY BE GOING TO, UM, AND YOU'LL SEE GOT A GOOD, GOOD LINE OF SPEAKERS HERE.
AND SHE'S ALSO PUT FORTH THE AGENDA FOR YOUR ANNUAL MEETING.
AND SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THE VENUE FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING FILLS UP PRETTY QUICK.
SO AS SOON AS THAT COMES OUT, WE'LL START TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND TRYING TO GET YOU ALL REGISTERED AND, AND, AND LODGING TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT WE WOULD NEED A, A HEAD COUNT ABOUT HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE BE GOING TO THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TOLD MS. BROWN THAT WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO, TO TELL US THAT.
UM, ALSO WANTED YOU TO START THINKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FALL ADVANCE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE DID IT ON THE 11TH, 12TH, AND 13TH LAST YEAR OF OCTOBER.
SO THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT
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ANOTHER WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.AND SO WE'VE GOT LIKE THREE POTENTIAL WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY DATES.
WE DON'T NEED TO VERIFY THAT TODAY, BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE FIRST, UH, WEEK IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS, WOULD, WOULD BE THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH.
AND THAT'S, SO YOUR, YOUR WORKSHOP IS THAT WEEK ON TUESDAY.
AND AGAIN, YOU WOULD BE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT WEEK.
THE NEXT WEEK, UM, IS THE IN BETWEEN THE TWO BOARD MEETINGS, AND THAT'S THE 19TH AND 11TH.
AND THE THIRD WEEK WOULD BE THE WEEK OF THE BOARD MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE THE 16TH, 17TH, AND 18TH.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT THE WEEK OF THE BOARD MEETING IF IT'S ALL AT ALL POSSIBLE, BUT I WANT Y'ALL TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULES.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT WOULD WORK IN OCTOBER IF WE'RE TO KEEP IT IN OCTOBER.
NOW, THERE'S NOTHING SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
IF YOU WANTED TO WAIT, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD WAIT TILL AFTER NOVEMBER AND, AND DO IT.
THEN THE PROBLEM ABOUT AFTER NOVEMBER IS YOU'VE GOT THE VACO LEGISLATIVE DAY.
AND WHAT, WHAT I THOUGHT WORKED REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME, UH, WAS THAT IT GAVE US TIME AS A SENIOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENTS AND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH, WE WERE TRYING TO GET THAT INCLUDED INTO YOUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
UM, BUT I WANT YOU TO JUST KINDA LOOK AT THOSE DATES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIMME A DATE NOW, BUT LOOK AT 'EM.
LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU THINK.
UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO TO TELL YOU, UH, THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN IN A DROUGHT SCENARIO AND I'VE GOT AN EMAIL THAT I'LL PASS OUT TO YOU GUYS LATER FROM ROBERT WILSON WHO KEEPS UP WITH, UH, LAKE CHESNEY AND THE, THE, THE GAUGES THAT MONITOR LAKE CHESNEY.
NOW, WE HAD, SINCE WE HAD THE MORE FAVORABLE WATER RELEASE PERMIT, THE LAKE UP UNTIL THIS LATEST, UH, RAIN EVENT WAS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN SINCE THE MAJOR DROP IN THE LAKE.
UH, AND IT WAS 1213 INCHES BELOW THE SPILLWAY.
UM, AS OF THIS MORNING WE'RE, WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE IT'S ONLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES.
SO IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT FROM LAKE CHEIN, HOW IT REACTS TO, TO RAIN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT CAN, IT CAN COME BACK PRETTY QUICK.
NOW AGAIN, WE HAD FIVE PLUS INCHES OF RAIN UP THE COUNTRY, SO TO SPEAK.
AND SO THAT, THAT HELPED A LOT IN THE TRIBUTARIES TO THE LAKE CHEIN.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU THAT IN, UH, THAT SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO UPDATE SOME, SOME PORTRAITS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE RECRUITING FOR NOW SOME KEY POSITIONS, SOME DIRECTORS CHIEF POSITION, UM, PROBABLY TIME TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PORTRAITS BEING DONE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME TO TRY TO GET PORTRAITS RE RETAKEN AGAIN.
UM, AND, AND WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT AT MAYBE THE SEPTEMBER REGULAR MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IF THAT POTENTIALLY CAN WORK.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION TO YOU IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, INFORMATIONAL SECTION, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THIS GRAPHIC, WHICH IS THE, THE MAPS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE PERKS OF HAVING NOW A GIS OFFICE THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO MOVE ON AND DO SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE VALUE ADDED TO THE COUNTY.
BUT, UH, WHAT THIS GRAPHICALLY SHOWS IS THE, THE PLACEMENT OF, SINCE JANUARY TO JUNE, UM, ABOUT 39 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN BUILT AND, UM, COS GIVEN TO COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURED HOME AND STICK-BUILT HOMES.
SO THE, THE FIRST MAP WILL SHOW YOU THE, THE OVERALL PICTURE OF THE COUNTY WHERE ALL 39 EXISTS.
AND THEN YOU GO DISTRICT SPECIFIC AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE HOUSES ARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, GREENHOUSE SYMBOL RECOGNIZES STICK BUILT, UH, YELLOW ORANGE IS MANUFACTURED HOMES AND COMMERCIAL IS IN, IN BLUE.
AND SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ARE AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GROWTH IN THE COUNTY, UH, WHERE, WHERE THAT IS.
SO IT WAS VERY PLEASED THAT STEPHANIE CHRISTMAS WAS ABLE TO INCORPORATE THIS, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PUT IN THE, IN THE BOARD PACKETS ON A MONTHLY BASIS MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT'S A GOOD, GOOD WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AND, AND AGAIN, LOOK AT YOUR, SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PUT IN YOUR PACKET.
THIS IS A GOOD YEAR EVALUATION OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
WHERE WOULD LIKE TO START TODAY? I THINK I'M GONNA START WITH DR. MOORE.HOW ABOUT THAT? I, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH CHRISTMAS SHARING.
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THE 400 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT.UM, THE CHURCHES THAT ARE, UH, INVOLVED WITH IT, UH, I THINK SHE SAID 2021 THAT'S INVOLVED THERE.
I, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE OTHER 60 THAT ARE IN DWIN COUNTY TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT.
UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT THEY DO IN THE LIVES THAT THEY TOUCH, UM, TALKING ABOUT THAT TWINKLE IN THE EYE MM-HMM
THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN CHAIRMAN AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO THERE THE MORNING THAT THEY GIVE THOSE TOYS AWAY AND OTHER ITEMS, UM, IT'S, IT'S VERY SPECIAL.
HE'S CONTINUED TO BLESS AND, AND HOPEFULLY MS. PILGRIM WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO HER BEING THE CHRISTMAS MOTHER AND BEING ABLE TO GET IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, SHARE THE GOOD WORDS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR, FOR DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
AND AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE THAT ARE IN NEED.
SO WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH.
UM, TALKING ABOUT THE FALL ADVANCE.
UM, ONE THING I, WE HAVEN'T DONE IN QUITE A WHILE, AND THAT IS MAYBE TRY TO ALLOT SOME TIME THAT WE CAN, UM, GO AROUND THE COUNTY AND LOOK AT CERTAIN SECTORS, UM, WHETHER IT BE HOUSING, WHETHER IT BE BUSINESS, WHETHER IT BE JUST DIFFERENT CORRIDORS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT TO, UH, THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO AS A FUTURE AS A COUNTY.
IF WE CAN ALLOT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME INVOLVED WITH THAT WOULD NOT BE A BAD IDEA.
UH, WANT GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO VIRGINIA MOTOR SPORTS PARK, UM, FOR, I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT HOW MANY TICKETS WERE SOLD AND HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO DENWOODY COUNTY, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE.
AND SO I WANNA THANK OUR EMS, OUR FIRE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND OF COURSE ANSWERED PRAYERS FOR JOHN FORCE, UH, THE ACCIDENT THAT HE HAD AT THE MOTOR SPORTS PARK.
BUT, UH, HE'S NOW BACK IN CALIFORNIA, BUT I KNOW HE WAS AT MCV FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
UM, BUT JUST A, JUST A THANK YOU TO THEM AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET AN HRA BACK HERE, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO IT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN PARTICULARLY MY DISTRICT, SO MM-HMM
JUST A THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED WITH IT AND COUNTY STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED.
UH, OTHER THAN TO THANK STAFF AS USUAL FOR PREPARING AND, AND HAVING ALL THESE DOCUMENTS READY FOR US TO MAKE THIS PROCESS, UH, RELATIVELY SIMPLE, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
UH, ONE THING, UM, I I'VE BEEN ASKED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, I THINK, UM, THE AG AGENCIES, UM, LED BY THE FEDERAL, UM, FEDERAL AND STATE FOLKS ARE GONNA DO A DRAFT DECLARATION ON COLON.
PRETTY QUICK, PROBABLY AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, SOYBEANS, UM, THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THEM.
THE RAINS HAVE HELPED AND IF WE CONTINUE TO GET RAIN, BUT I KNOW, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL DO A DRAFT DECLARATION ON COLON FOR THIS YEAR.
AND SO ONCE THEY SEND IT TO US, THEN WE, WE, WE NEED TO DO IT, WE NEED TO APPROVE IT, UM, FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND SOME STATE ASSISTANCE.
SO, UM, AND UM, AS FAR AS THE RETREAT, I, I VOTE OCTOBER.
'CAUSE NOVEMBER'S DEAR SEASON
UH, I MISSED LAST YEAR ON SEASON LAST YEAR TOO.
SO, UH, GOT SOME CATCHING UP TO DO THAT.
UH, THE DECLARATION DROP DECLARATION IS, CAN THAT WAIT TILL THE REGULAR MEETING IN AUGUST? UH, IT PROBABLY CAN.
NO, I'M LAUGHING AT DAN ABOUT THE DEER THING.
UM, WELL THAT'S, YOU GOT THE NUGGET MEAT FOR YOU HONEY DEER NUGGETS.
UH, UH, I DO NOT EAT DEER NUGGETS.
UM, THE ONLY THING, ONLY THING I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT AND MAKE SURE YOU CHECK ON PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING.
I, UM, I SAW ONE OF MY, UM, UH, AND IT WAS HOT YESTERDAY, ONE OF MY EX PATIENTS AND HE WAS WALKING AROUND WALKING AROUND, SO, YOU KNOW, GAVE HIM A COUPLE DOLLARS AND EVERYTHING SO HE COULD, YOU KNOW, GET SOMETHING TO DRINK.
'CAUSE HE WAS JUST WALKING AND I KNOW HE WAS HOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE TO CHECK ON, UM, INDIVIDUALS, UH, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THEY OKAY IN THIS HEAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WENT OUTSIDE AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.
I SAW THIS BUG THAT WAS ON TOP OF MY CAR AND HE WAS JUST LAYING THERE AND THEN HE JUST KIND OF LAID OVER.
I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO HOT.
DID MOUTH THE MOUTH OR GUN? NO.
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BUT ANYWAY, I, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THIS INTERESTING.IT'S SO HOT FOR THE, FOR THE ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, SEE YOU GOT THEM LAUGHING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING.
BUT JUST MAKE SURE TO CHECK ON PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE TO, TO STAY HYDRATED AND ALL THAT BECAUSE THE HEAT CAN BE DEVASTATING TO PEOPLE.
I, I, YOUR CONCERN IS REALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT AWAKENING, YOU KNOW WHAT
SHE, UH, YOU KNOW, TODAY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE HER, SHE IS ALWAYS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, VERY ACTIVE.
UM, MARIE, SHE, UH, INTRODUCED IT TO HER, UH, CITIZENS ACADEMY AND HER HUSBAND.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE COUNTY IS, IT'S AMAZING, YOU KNOW, UH, DRIVING A BUS MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP WITH KIDS FOR 40 YEARS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REMARKABLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO SEEING SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO GET UP AND HEAR SOMEONE EDIFY MM-HMM.
IS, UH, WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW? AND ALL OF US SHOULD BE THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, BE WILLING TO SERVE AND, UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AMAZING.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM OUT ALL THERE.
I PLAY GOLF TWO DAYS IN THE HEAT.
BUT I KEPT DRINKING WATER, WATER, WATER.
BUT I DON'T LIKE WATER SO MUCH.
SO WHAT I DID, I ORDERED ME SOME ARNOLD PARMER, YOU KNOW, ONNA? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? ARNOLD PARMER.
WHAT'S THAT? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? SWEET TEA AND SWEET LEMONADE.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT A FLAVOR TO IT INSTEAD OF WATER.
SO IT'S, UH, JUST STAY OUT OF THE HEAT IF YOU CAN'T, ESPECIALLY FROM ONE TO FIVE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW,
MY WIFE AND I WENT RIDING IN OUR VET THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS TWO O'CLOCK WE WERE VISITING SOMEONE AND I HAD TO TOP DOWN AND I SAID, HONEY, I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO.
WE HAD TO LEAVE AND GET ON 95.
SO IMAGINE WHAT THE TEMPERATURE WAS ON NINE FIVE.
YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, HYDRATE YOURSELF.
DON'T WAIT TILL YOU GET ALL YEP.
SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, TODAY WAS A HOT DAY, BUT I WAS, UH, I WAS FINISHING UP ABOUT 12 O'CLOCK.
SO, UH, WE GOT SOME TIME, UH, COMING UP THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT DOING TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
WE NEED TO GET OUT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO MAKE UP SOME TIMES TO GET OUT AND SET UP SOME MEETINGS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE GOTTA PAIR UP.
YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT I CAN GET SOMEONE'S BRAVE ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, STAND UP WITH ME, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUT THERE.
WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING, UH, SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY VOTED US IN FOR, TO, TO WORK FOR THEM, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING.
AND WITH THAT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYMORE.
LIKE, UH, MY FRIEND SAID, UH, FOR WORKING SO HARD TO KEEP US.
I MEAN, I DON'T DO ALL THINGS RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I JUST MISS THINGS.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MY MEMORY.
SOUND GOOD? YOU'RE GOOD? OKAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, RIGHT? CLOSED SESSION.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, 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 1 A THREE.
DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC 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.
LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION N 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 7.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION OR SUCH CONSULTATION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATING OR LITIGATING POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY ZONING LITIGATION.
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MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE PLEASE? SO MOVED.WE ARE ENCLO SESSION UNTIL NOW.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT SO WE'LL JUST COME OUT TO ADJOURN.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.
MAY UH, I NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSE.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A FIVE.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OF THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1.
A THREE 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.
DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRED THE REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL.
LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 87 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION WHERE SUCH CONSULTATION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATING OR LITIGATING POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY ZONING LITIGATION.
AND WHEREAS NOVEMBER 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.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED? I MAKE THE MOTION WE ADJOURN.
THE AGENDA DOES HAVE BOARD COMMENTS ON NO, IT DOES IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
SO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO, NO, NO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE.
HE JUST WANTED TO, HE JUST DIDN'T THINK Y'ALL HAD ANYTHING TO SAY.
NOW DO I HAVE A MOTION NOW? MR. DOOLEY MADE THE MOTION.