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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.WE'RE CALLED THE, UH, OCTOBER 15TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER.
[1. ROLL CALL]
CALL MR. LEE.HELP ME OPEN IN THE MEETING WITH IMPLICATION THE LORDS PRAYER, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
OUR FATHER, THE NAME TH THY KINGDOM COME, WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THE DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND IT IS NOT A TEMPTATION OR DELIVER US FROM EVIL WITHOUT, IS THE KINGDOM THE POWER AND GLORY FOREVER AND EVER.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? NONE FROM STAFF.[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
HAD TIME TO GO THROUGH A SET, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. CHAIR, IF YOU, UH, PRESENT THE, UM, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.START OFF WITH SOME PROJECT UPDATES.
UH, THE 7 0 3 BRIDGE PROJECT, UM, RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON SCHEDULE WITH THAT PROJECT.
UM, WE DO, HOWEVER, HAVE A FULL CLOSURE AND A DETOUR PLANNED.
THIS WILL BE A FIVE DAY CLOSURE BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
THE DETOUR WILL BE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO COURTHOUSE AND UP SIX 60 BACK ON 7 0 3.
UM, SO PROBABLY A FIVE DAY DETOUR, BARRING ANY WEATHER.
UM, IT'LL BE FULLY SIGNED AND WE'LL PUT IT OUT TO MEDIA NEWS SOURCES AS WELL BEFOREHAND.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE PROJECT SHOULD BE OVER.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
THEY'VE DONE BOTH BAREFOOT WALLS ON EACH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
THEY NEED TO CLOSE IT ALL THE WAY TO TAKE INTO A HYDRO MILL ON THE BRIDGE DECK AND REPAVE THE BRIDGE DECK.
SO THAT'D BE LIKE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR I BELIEVE SO.
I'LL, I'LL GET THE EXACT SCHEDULE.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT DAY NOVEMBER 10TH IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, WE HAD A WILLINGNESS ADVERTISED FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS ON SIX 11.
THAT'S WILKINSON AND 6 24 COLEMAN'S LAKE, UH, ROAD.
UH, THAT'S TWO BRIDGES THAT ARE GONNA BE REPLACED CONSTRUCTION FOR.
THOSE SHOULD BEGIN ON EARLY 2028.
STARTING NOW WITH WILLINGNESS, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH A FULL DESIGN, UM, RIGHT AWAY PHASE AND, UM, ADVERTISE THOSE FOR CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
SO A COUPLE YEARS OUT ON THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE PROCESS STARTED ON REPLACING OUR LOW TONNAGE BRIDGES ON BOTH OF THOSE ROADS.
HALIFAX ROAD THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS ALMOST OVER FOUR MORE DAYS LEFT.
AND THEN I WILL ASSEMBLE MY PACKAGE, WHICH I'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ASSEMBLED WITH IT.
THE PACKAGE HAS TO BE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR WITH IT FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST FROM THE LOCALITY, ALL THE COMMUNICATION, EVERYTHING.
PUT IT IN A PACKAGE, SEND IT UPTOWN TO RICHMOND FOR APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER.
UM, ONCE THAT I GET THAT APPROVAL BACK, WE ARE GOOD TO GO AND WE WILL POST THE SIGNS FOR THROUGH TRUCK RESTRICTION.
ONCE I POST THE SH SIGNS, I WILL LET, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND STATE POLICE KNOW GOING AHEAD AND ENFORCE THAT RESTRICTION.
I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY, ANY COMMENTS AGAINST THE RESTRICTIONS, SO I DON'T EXPECT ANY ISSUES WITH IMPLEMENTING THE RESTRICTION, UM, OR APPROVAL FROM RICHMOND.
STERLING ROAD THROUGH SHARK RESTRICTION.
I GOT THE STUDY BACK LAST WEEK.
UM, HAD TO MAKE SOME, HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS REGARDING THE STUDY.
UM, GOT EVERYTHING CLEARED UP.
SO MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR STERLING AS WELL.
UH, IT SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
HAVE THE ADVERTISEMENTS PUT OUT, POST THE SIGNS ON THE ROUTE FOR THAT
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30 DAY PERIOD THAT WE ARE FINISHING UP ON HALIFAX.I LIKELY TAKE THE SIGNS FROM HALIFAX AND MOVE THEM OVER TO STERLING.
OUR MOWING IS COMPLETE IN THE COUNTY FOR THIS CYCLE.
UH, SHOULD BE ISSUING ANOTHER CYCLE OF MOWING SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.
JUST TO WRAP THINGS UP FOR THE WINTER, THAT WILL BE A FULL WIDTH CUT.
SO ON OUR DIVIDED HIGHWAY IT'S LIKE FOUR 60.
WE'LL GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TREE LINE AND ALL THE WAY IN THE MEDIAN CUT EVERYTHING.
EVEN OUR NO MOW THE POLLINATOR AREAS.
UH, WE TYPICALLY DO THOSE ONCE IN THE FALL.
WE REPLACED AN EMERGENCY PIPE ON LES ROAD A FEW WEEKS AGO AFTER, UH, TRUCK OR HURRICANE HELENE.
UM, JUST A 48 INCH PIPE WASHED OUT, FAILED OLD METAL PIPE, TYPICAL KIND OF FAILURE.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE, REPLACED IT WITH A PLASTIC PIPE THAT WILL NOT ROT ON THE LAND USE SIDE.
THE TURKEY RUN SUBDIVISION RIGHT UP HERE OFF OF TURKEY EGG THAT WAS ACCEPTED.
INTERSTATE SYSTEMS. SO THAT IS OUR ROAD NOW AND WE WILL MAINTAIN IT, PUSH SNOW IN IT, EVERYTHING THERE FOR THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN THAT SUBDIVISION.
UM, SUR AVENUE, UH, THAT UTILITY AREA WAS PATCHED.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WATER AUTHORITY TO GET THOSE OTHER ONES PATCHED HERE IN WEST PETERSBURG.
THAT'S THE ONE IN THE FRONT, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, WE HAVE OUR DRY RUNS FOR SNOW AT THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL, SO WE'LL BE GETTING ALL OF OUR VDOT TRUCKS OUT AND RIGGING 'EM UP, UH, PLOWS AND SPREADERS, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO.
I GO THROUGH ALL THE TRUCKS MYSELF AND LOOK AT 'EM.
SO WE ARE GETTING READY FOR WHAT MOTHER NATURE IS, UH, TO THROW AT US.
DID, UH, SIT ON A, UH, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL SNOW CONFERENCE LAST WEEK AND HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE WINTER FORECAST.
SO LOOKING LIKE WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER MILD WINTER, HOPEFULLY
THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS AFTERNOON.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE BOARD? ANYONE? ANYONE? I'M GOOD.
I HAVE ONE THING I HAD A CITIZEN ASK ME ABOUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF
UM, AND THE CITIZEN ASKED ME ABOUT MAYBE A TURN LANE.
I DUNNO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOOK INTO AND GIVE SOME FEEDBACK ON, BASICALLY BETWEEN THE FARM, UH, CREDIT MALL AND MM-HMM
DOING THE ELEMENTARY, THEY'RE PULLING OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
I ULTIMATELY, IT'D HAVE TO BE THROUGH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
I'M PRETTY SURE THOUGH WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY THERE.
SO IT MAY BE SIMPLE FOR US TO GO IN THERE AND BUILD SOMETHING, BUT I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ALL THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK THE BUS LOOP AT DENWOODY ELEMENTARY ACTUALLY USED TO BE THE OLD ALIGNMENT OF ROUTE ONE.
WE'VE GOT A TON OF SPACE THAT THAT STATE OWNS, SO.
AARON, I, UH, SHOWED YOU SOME PICTURES A FEW MINUTES AGO ON HALIFAX AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME ISSUES ON 7 0 3 MM-HMM
WHERE THEY SCRAPED, BUT THEY DIDN'T SCRAPE IT NEATLY WHERE THE GRASSES UP AGAINST THE ROAD.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? FILL IN WHERE THEY SCRAPE TO? UH, WELL, WE'VE GOT A, LIKE MORE OR LESS A DROP OFF ON THE EDGE PAVEMENT.
WE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK WHERE WE'VE GOT ANY SORT OF, WE WANNA LEAVE A LITTLE BIT JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND CLIP THE SHOULDERS AGAIN SOONER.
UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT EXACTLY IT IS FOR, TO BE CONSIDERED SAFE FROM, FROM A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STANDPOINT.
UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE CAN COME BACK AND FIX IT IF IT, IF IT IS A LARGE DROP OFF, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE.
WELL, THEY JUST, UH, THEY CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAD IT REALLY NEAT AND ALL AND WHEN THEY TORE IT UP, WENT OVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SAYING THAT YOU WENT TOO FAR OVER, BUT JUST, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN SAY TO THE FOLKS THAT I GAVE YOU THOSE, UH, YES.
I THINK YOU SAID YOU HAD A WORK ORDER.
I BELIEVE I SAW A WORK ORDER FROM THE CITIZEN.
UM, AND I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH THE CREW THERE MCKINNEY AND, AND SEE IF THEY, UH, DID INDEED GET THAT AND HAVE CONTACTED HIM AND TALKED TO HIM AND THEY, IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THEY'D GONE BACK AND, UH, REMEDIATED ALREADY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, AARON, ON, ON THE, THE SHOULDERS THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT SHOWED, SHOWED YOU PICTURES OF MM-HMM
IS THERE ANY, DO Y'ALL COME BACK AND STABILIZE THAT AT ALL? EITHER THROUGH GRASS OR, WE TYPICALLY DO NOT.
YEAH, IT'S JUST, JUST YOU WOULD THINK AFTER IT RAINS, ESPECIALLY AS MUCH RAIN AS WE HAVE THAT THAT WOULD WASH AWAY.
HAVING THEM DENUDED WHEN, UH, WHEN WE GET THE LARGE DRAINS LIKE LAST WEEK IS, IS NOT THE BEST SCENARIO FOR US, I
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BE HONEST.UM, SO WHAT SITUATIONS WHERE, WHERE IT DOES WASH OUT MM-HMM
WE, WE CAN'T COME BACK AND FIX IT.
SO I GUESS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS THEN IF, IF WE'RE SEEING THAT TYPE OF WASH MM-HMM
THAT BECAUSE I I GET IT, YOU'RE TRYING TO PULL THE SHOULDER BACK UP AND IF THE WASHES AWAY THEN WE, IT KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
UM, I CALL THIS WEEKEND DEBRIS AND THE ROADWAY AND I, I WENT BY THERE AND LOOKED AT IT.
FOUR 60 EASTBOUND AT NEAR THE, UM, THE BUTTER WOOD ROAD INTERSECTION OF FOUR 60.
THERE'S SOME DEBRIS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT'S THERE.
THERE'S A DROP OFF THERE THAT GOES TO A, UH, A CULVERT PIPE.
BUT THERE'S SOME, IT LOOKS LIKE, I DON'T THINK IT WAS FURNITURE OF SOME SORT, BUT HAD FALLEN OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE.
UM, AND THEN MR. LEE DABNEY ESTATES, THAT'S THE CITIZEN THAT I CONTACTED YOU ABOUT, THAT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF DABNEY AND ANNE ROAD.
UM, YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH LONGER OR HAVE YOU ALREADY FIXED IT ALREADY FIXED.
I TALKED TO MYSELF, UH, I THINK IT WAS WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY LAST WEEK.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WASHOUTS, I THINK THEY WERE IN THAT PICTURE TOO, WHERE THEY HAD SOME THAT WAS WASHED OUT.
UM, AND AS FROM, FROM AS FAR AS THE DROPOFFS IS CONCERNED, THEY MAY BE WAITING UNTIL THEY'VE DONE 7 0 3 AND HALIFAX TO COME BACK AND HIT 'EM.
UM, IT'S A SPECIAL CONVEYOR MACHINE THAT GOES ON THE BACK OF ONE OF THE JUMP TRUCKS THAT ALLOWS US TO GO OUT IN THE SHOULDER AND PUT THOSE STONE ON THE SHOULDER AND FILL IN THOSE PLACES.
BUT WE CAN'T HAUL THE MATERIAL WITH THE CONVEYOR BELT ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, SO.
I'LL, I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH
THEY TELL ME I PASS IT ON DOWN.
BILL, I, AARON, THE OTHER ONLY OTHER POINT I HAVE, WE, WE HAD A PICTURE THAT WAS SENT TO THE COUNTY OF A TRAILER THAT HAD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LIKE, UM, TRASH BAGS.
IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE A SECONDARY MOW WAS TAKING PLACE.
THE, THE BAGS INSIDE OR, OR, OR, UM, CLEAR BAGS AND BLACK BAGS.
TYPICALLY Y'ALL USE ORANGE BAGS.
STATE FORCES TYPICALLY USE ORANGE BAGS.
OUR CONTRACTORS USE WHATEVER THEY, THEY BUY WELL IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU, BUT THIS, THIS TRAILER HAD SET HERE ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENCE ALMOST TWO WEEKS.
SO IT HAD, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DEBRIS AROUND IT.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD CITIZENS SAY THAT, UH, COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE STOPPING BY AND THROWING THEIR TRASH IN IT TOO.
SO WHEN, WHEN IT SIT FOR A WEEK OR TWO, I GUESS YOU START GETTING, THEY SAID THE SMELL WAS, BUT I, WE'VE GOT THE LOCATION, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
IT WASN'T THERE, BUT, SO APPARENTLY IT GOT TAKEN CARE OF, BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOURS OR A SUBCONTRACTOR.
IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN EITHER, BUT IT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE STATE FORCES WOULDN'T HAVE, WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE TRAILER THERE.
TYPICALLY, UM, OUR, OUR SECONDARY MOWING CONTRACTORS WILL DO IT.
UM, I CAN'T MAKE ANY GUARANTEES THAT IT WAS THEM.
AND THEY, THEY DO HAVE A TENDENCY TO KIND OF PUT THEM WHERE THEY WANT TO.
UM, SO ANY INSTANCES OF THAT, JUST GIVE US A RING AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY PUT THEM SOMEWHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE.
LAST YEAR IT WAS 7 0 3 AND OH STAGE, YOU REMEMBER MM-HMM
AND IT STAYED THERE FOR LIKE THREE WEEKS IN KEVIN.
BUT, UM, SO THEY FIND OTHER PLACES, SO MM-HMM
ANYTHING ELSE? THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
[7.A. Contract Award, Two 2025 Ford Police Interceptors]
THANK YOU SIR.MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEMS. CONTRACT AWARD FOR 2 20 25 FORD POLICE INTERCEPTORS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A STATEMENT I NEED TO READ BEFORE.
AT THE OCTOBER 15TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
IKM DOOLEY INTEND TO ABSTAIN FROM DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR FORD POLICE, INTERCEPTORS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
'CAUSE I EMPLOYED BY DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MASSENGILL, UH, COME TO YOU THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ADAMS. UH, IF YOU RECALL, UH, THE, UH, FY 25 CIP BUDGET, UH, UH, ALLOCATED, UH, ALLOCATED $280,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF SIX, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES, UH, THIS YEAR.
UM, CAME TO YOU BACK SOME TIME AGO.
THERE WAS A 2023 AND TWO 2020 FOURS.
UH, THEY WERE THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS WITH, WITH THEM.
WE, WE, UH, UH, NO MORE OF THOSE WERE AVAILABLE.
WE DID GET ONE INVESTIGATOR'S VEHICLE, UH, WHICH WAS A LIGHTLY USED VEHICLE, BUT, UH, UH, FROM THE, THE, UH, FROM BASIC AUTOS, WHICH HAS A STATE'S CONTRACT FOR USED VEHICLES THAT WILL GO INTO AN INVESTIG INTO OUR INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.
UH, POLICE VEHICLES ARE STILL KIND OF HARD TO COME BY.
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THEY DID HAVE TWO, UH, FY OR TWO, 2025, UH, FORD AND SCEPTER, UH, VEHICLES THAT WOULD GO INTO PATROL.UH, THE PRICE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY GONE UP WITH THE NEW MODEL YEAR.
UH, BUT ANYWAY, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, TWO OF THOSE WE'D LIKE TO PURCHASE FOR $93,506 AND 72 CENTS.
UH, THAT WOULD GIVE US OUR SIX VEHICLES AND WE'D STILL WITHIN, UH, OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT, UH, PURCHASE AND, AND, UH, GIVE IT YOUR APPROVAL.
THE ONLY COMMENT WAS JUST REMEMBER, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE BASELINE AS WE GO FORWARD.
IT, IT IS, I MEAN, NEED TO KEEP THAT MIND THE SHE FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE FOLKS AT SHEHE ES SAYS IT HAS SOME MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES ON IT THAT ARE STANDARD EQUIPMENT NOW THAT WERE OPTIONS BACK EARLIER.
AND THAT'S THEIR REASONING FOR THE PRICE GOING UP.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE AT AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH IN THE, IN THE MID FORTIES FOR POLICE VEHICLES.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UM, UM, SHEHE THAT IS FOR, DO YOU ALWAYS BUY ALL YOUR VEHICLES FROM THERE? IM WONDERING.
WE ABOUT THE MAJORITY OF 'EM FROM SHEHE, THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT WITH, UH, USING THE VIRGINIA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION CONTRACT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER, UH, UH, VENDORS THAT WE DO CHECK WITH, BUT SHE, UH, HAS A LION'S SHARE OF THE, THE FORD, UH, INTERCEPTOR, UH, VEHICLES.
UH, CHRYSLER DOESN'T MAKE ANYTHING BUT THE DURANGOS NOW IN A POLICE VEHICLE.
WE GOT ONE OF THOSE AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN NEARLY AS SATISFIED WITH THAT VEHICLE AS WE HAVE THE FORDS.
UH, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
UNLESS YOU GET INTO LIKE A PICKUP AGAIN, THAT'S A HIGHER PRICED VE VEHICLE.
THE, UH, POLICE RATED OR PURSUIT RATED, UH, UH, FORD F1 FIFTIES OR HIGHER COLONIAL HEIGHTS GOT SOME OF THOSE, BUT THEY GOT THOSE FROM, I BELIEVE THEY GOT THOSE FROM SHEEHY, SO.
SHEEHY SEEMS TO BE THE PLACE THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND GET THE, THAT HAS THE, THE INVENTORY AND, AND, AND THE VEHICLES AVAILABLE.
AND EVEN THE THEN THEY'RE SOMEWHAT SCARCE.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, MAJOR KNOTT'S VERY PROFICIENT AT WRITING TICKETS.
IF HE RECOMMENDS THESE, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD.
THEY, THEY, THEY HOLD IT BETTER THAN THE OTHERS, THAN THE OTHERS WE HAVE, RIGHT? YES.
BOARD MS. JAR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
[7.B. Contract Task Order, HVAC Replacement At McKenney Gym]
OKAY.CONTRACT TEST ORDER HVAC REPLACEMENT AT THE MCKINNEY GYM.
HOW'S, HOW'S BOARD DOING? I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE.
I, UM, KIND OF DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE.
I DON'T HAVE MY PAPERWORK WITH ME OR NOTHING, UM, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THE MCKINNEY, JIM'S OLD, OLD BURNING FURNACE, UM, AND THEY FINALLY TOOK THE LAST ONE.
THEY FINALLY TOOK THE LAST ONE OUTTA COMMISSION, UM, ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
SO WE HAVE NOTHING THERE NOW, BUT SOME ELECTRIC BASEBOARD HEAT, UM, GOING BY MEMORY.
I THINK 1 41 IS WHAT, UH, WARWICK HAD WANTED.
UM, WE NEED TO DO AN UPGRADE ON ELECTRIC IN THAT THING.
THE PANEL BOX IS THE OLD TYPE PANEL.
AND UM, NUMBER ONE, IT WON'T SUPPLY IT.
WE CAN PUT A SUBPANEL IN, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO UPGRADE THE WHOLE ELECTRIC.
IT'S UNDER $6,000 AND WE GET A WHOLE NEW, UM, PANEL BOX AND ALL.
UM, THAT'S WAYNE COOK ELECTRIC'S GONNA DO THAT ONE.
SO GENE, I PRESUME, WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? THOSE DOLLARS COMING FROM? UM, AS FAR AS FOR THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADE, COOK GAVE ME A PRICE ON THE, UM, ELECTRIC SIDE AND WARWICK GAVE US A PRICE ON THE, UM, HVAC.
BUT WHAT POT OF, WHAT POT DOES THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADE COME FROM? UM, WHERE ARE WE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE BUDGET IN THE LINE? I PREPAR WE HAD 150 BUDGETED, SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TO COVER THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ALL GONNA COME OUTTA THE SAME LINE OR IF IT WAS GONNA COME IN A DIFFERENT YEAH, THERE'S 150 AND THE CIP TO COVER IT AND THEN THE, THE WAR QUOTE WAS 1 42.
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WE GOT ENOUGH IN THERE TOO TO COVER WHAT, WHAT DOG COOK'S GONNA NEED TO DO.AND THAT'S DOING THE MEETING AREA KITCHEN.
EVERYTHING WILL BE COVERED THEN.
AND WE KNEW WHEN, WHEN WE PURCHASED THAT BUILDING THAT THAT WOULD BE THIS DATE.
AND THIS NEW UNIT WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONING FAR AS THE OTHER ONE DID NOT.
MS. CHAIRMAN DISMEMBERS THE BOARD TOO.
UM, SO YEAH, WE HAVE 150 BUDGETED.
UM, THE QUOTE THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM OUR ELECTRICIAN SHOULD PUT IT WITHIN BUDGET.
HOWEVER, I I JUST, TRANSPARENCY WISE, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT QUOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY TRULY UPGRADE THE ELECTRICAL.
I CAN DO THAT BASED ON WHAT WAR IS TALKING ABOUT DOING.
UM, DOES NOT, I KNOW THERE'S SOME, UM, BREAKER UP UPGRADES THAT WE'RE DOING TOO AS WELL, BUT I'M, I JUST THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF IT.
THE BREAKER GOES BAY IN THAT PANEL BOX.
YOU GOTTA FIND A USED ONE ON AMAZON OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT.
THAT IN, THAT'S IN THAT PANEL BOX NOW.
UM, SO EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN'T REPLACE A BREAKER IN THAT BOX.
UM, ANOTHER REASON WHY I'D LIKE TO REPLACE THE ELECTRIC PANEL BOX IN THAT ONE, UM, SINCE WE'RE GOING INTO IT AND GONNA PUT A UPGRADE FOR THE HPAC, UM, YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOAD WILL TAKE RIGHT.
WHEN WE, WHEN WAR DOES THEIR WORK.
NOT, NOT JUST AN A, AN APPLE TO APPLE TRADE OUT.
WHEN WE, UH, MET COOK ELECTRIC RIGHT THERE, WE HAD ALL THE SPECS FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN OUR HAND WHEN WE MET OUT THERE AND, AND LOOKED AT IT.
SO WE SHOULD BE OKAY, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT ONE.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD PRICE.
WE, I MEAN, JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE PANEL BOX.
THAT'S WHAT I TOLD KEVIN WHEN I SEEN IT.
THAT'S SAID, MAN, THAT'S A SUPER GOOD PRICE FOR CHANGING THE PANEL BOX AND DOING TOTAL UPGRADE ON ELECTRIC.
ALMOST ONLY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
BUT, BUT THE ACTION ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS, IS JUST FOR WARRICKS 1 42.
SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT TODAY OTHER THAN YES.
ALSO MOVE THE RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THIS CONTRACT.
[7.C. Contract Amendment/Renewal, Fire Suppression System Maintenance And Inspections]
ANOTHER ONE.CONTRACT AMENDMENT RENEWAL FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS.
IT, IT IS BEEN A REAL GOOD COMPANY TO WORK WITH.
IT'S RUNNING OVER BECAUSE THEY CAME IN AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE LAST COMPANY WAS THAT BAD OR, OR WHAT, BUT THE THINGS THEY'VE BEEN FINDING HAVE BEEN LEGIT.
UM, THEY JUST FOUND SO MANY PROBLEMS IN EACH BUILDING THAT HAD TO BE BROUGHT BACK UP TO FIRE CODE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT RUNS OVER THAT AMOUNT.
UM, WE ARE, RIGHT NOW WE GOT, UH, MCKINNEY FIRE SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING WITH THEM.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONTRACT, BUT WHEN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT, THE, ALL THE TROUBLES WE HAD WITH THE SYSTEM AT THE COURTHOUSE WHEN THEY GOT WET, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM THAT WE, WE'VE GOT A REAL GOOD RELATIONSHIP WORK AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL GET BACK TO A NORMAL BUDGET NUMBER.
AFTER WE GET THESE BUGS WORKED OUT.
SO AGAIN, WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS INCREASE THE CAP FROM 50,000 TO 200,000.
WE WON'T COME NOWHERE NEAR THAT.
YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY JAY, WHEN YOU COME HERE.
DOES DO WE HAVE ANY MORE? YEAH, WE OPEN IT UP AND SAY I'LL KEEP GET I KNOW YOU DO.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO, WE HAD A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE AT THIS.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, BROTHER.
[8. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
ON.WE HAVE CITIZENS' COMMENTS? WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE DENNIS HARRY.
GOOD AFTERNOON MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I AM, UH, HERE IN RESPONSE TO THE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE COMING DUE
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ON THE DEITY AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY.HAVE GOT A QUICK STATEMENT I'D LIKE TO READ ANYTHING ELSE PLEASE ASK.
BUT AS RESIDENTS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, WE'RE AWARE OF THE OBVIOUS ISSUES AT THE DEITY AIRPORT.
AND WE HUMBLY REQUEST THAT MR. JOHN MAYS A JUNIOR NOT BE APPOINTED TO THE DEITY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY.
IN ADDITION, UM, DR. MOORE, HE MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE LEGISLATURE ALLOWS FOR AT LARGE MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AS WELL.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S REQUIRED.
AND IF IT IS NOT REQUIRED, WE HUMBLY REQUEST THAT WE REMOVE ALL NON-RESIDENTS OF DENWOODY COUNTY FROM THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD.
UM, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR ALMOST A DECADE NOW.
I HAVE BEEN FLYING OUTTA THE DENWOODY AIRPORT FOR 38 YEARS, SINCE I WAS 17 YEARS OLD.
KEVIN, YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD FRIEND IN A CONFIDANT FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, LAST YEAR I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS AFTER BEING UP ALL NIGHT AND BEING ON SOME NEW MEDICATION.
I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN MY MOST PROFESSIONAL, BUT MY HEART WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
IT'S ABOUT MY COUNTY AND MY FRIENDS IN MY AIRPORT.
AND TO BE HERE TODAY, AFTER A YEAR OF RESEARCHING THIS AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, I HAVE TO ASK THAT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD BE REMOVED FROM THIS AUTHORITY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS FOR THE CITIZENS OF DENWOODY COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE EXPRESSED TO YOU IN, UH, WRITING FROM A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WELL-RESPECTED EXPERT, FAA GRANT ASSURANCES OF HOW MUCH THAT LIABILITY IS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IF WE STAY ON THE TRACK THAT WE'RE ON.
UH, THE ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS WITH THE APPOINTMENTS OF WHO'S ON THIS BOARD, AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO GROWING OUR COUNTY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M NOT GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT, UH, I JUST HAVE A QUICK RECORD SHIRT TO READ AND I WORK AT A PRIVATE BUSINESS ON THE AIRPORT.
BUT, UH, AS A RESIDENT OF DEN COUNTY, I'VE BEEN ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW, I BELIEVE 2019 MIDDLE COVID, WHERE I'M AWARE OF THE ISSUES WITH JOHNNY ZA JR.
AT THE AIRPORT AND WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST HIM TO REMOVE FROM THE BOARD WITH THE COMPLICATIONS AND FOLLOW UP ON MR. HARRIS ON NON DIMITY RESIDENTS BEING ON INDEMNITY BOARD AS WELL, TO MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT AS WELL FOR DIY AIRPORT, I THINK WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE ANY RESIDENCE THAT USE AIRPORT WORK AT THE AIRPORT.
YOU'RE ALLOWING ME TO, TO SPEAK TO YOU.
SO, UH, ALSO, UH, RESIDENT OF DI WITTY COUNTY, UM, AS MY HUSBAND SO ELOQUENTLY, UH, EXPRESSED.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND HAD A BUSINESS IN DENWITTY FOR, YOU KNOW, 31 YEARS NOW.
UM, AND ALSO VERY MUCH AWARE OF ALL OF THE ISSUES WITH, UH, JOHNNY MEZA JR.
UM, SO ASKING RESPECTFULLY THAT HE NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO THE DENWITTY AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, UH, BOARD, AND ALSO IN AGREEMENT THAT, UH, ALL NON-RESIDENTS OF DENWITTY COUNTY, UH, SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE BOARD AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
MIKE MURRAY, AW
IN ADDITION, UH, REQUEST THAT ALL NON-RESIDENTS OF DENWOOD COUNTY ARE REMOVED FROM THE DAI.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. ATTORNEY, UH, APPRECIATE THIS TIME.
THE AVIATION INDUSTRY, AS YOU KNOW, IN COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA IS A VERY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY.
AND EVERY DAY REGIONAL AIRPORTS COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, THREE AVIATION COMPANIES WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DO BUSINESS IN EMITY COUNTY.
UM, THEY WERE TOLD THIS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY THAT, UM, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DO BUSINESS IN EMITY COUNTY IF THEY HAD ANY BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
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AVIATION.THIS IS WITNESSED BY A STATEMENT, A WRITTEN STATEMENT, ALONG WITH TWO AUDIO RECORDINGS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AIRPORT TELLING THESE COMPANIES THEY COULD NOT DO BUSINESS.
THESE THREE COMPANIES REPRESENTED OVER $250,000 IN LEASE PAYMENTS AND TIE DOWN PAYMENTS AND, AND FUEL PURCHASES.
THE FIRST COMPANY RELOCATED TO LEESBURG, VIRGINIA, WHERE THEY ARE DOING QUITE WELL.
THE SECOND COMPANY RELOCATED TO CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA, AND THEY'RE DOING QUITE WELL.
THE THIRD COMPANY IS STILL EXPLORING OTHER AIRPORT OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE THEIR LARGE BUSINESS OUT OF RICHMOND.
UM, WHILE THEY HAD YET TO FIND AN AIRPORT TO GO TO, THEY HAVE CROSSED DENWOOD COUNTY OFF THE LIST.
UH, A FOURTH COMPANY WAS WARNED THAT IF THEY, UM, THEY WERE WARNED BY A MEMBER OF THE AUTHORITY THAT IF THEY DID BUSINESS WITH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AVIATION, THEY ALSO MAY FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT LEASES AT THE AIRPORT.
ON OCTOBER THE NINTH, MR. KIRK SCHAFER ONE OF THE TOP AVIATION ATTORNEYS IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, AND FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FAA OPERATIONS AND GRANT ASSURANCES UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
AND UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ISSUED A REPORT, WHICH HE STATES THAT THE DIMITY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY MAY HAVE VIOLATED FEDERAL GRANT ASSURANCES, WHICH WOULD LEAD TO THE FORCED CLAW BACK OF OVER $3 MILLION IN GRANTS ACCEPTED BY THE DIMITY AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERVISORS, IF A COURSE CORRECTION IS NOT TAKEN BY THE DIMITY AIRPORT AUTHORITY ON DECEMBER 31ST, CENTRAL VIRGINIA AVIATION, A 31-YEAR-OLD DENWITY COMPANY, WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE.
12 JOBS WILL BE LOST IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
UM, AND REVENUE WILL BE LOST BY THE COUNTY.
SEVEN OF THESE 12 EMPLOYEES ARE COMBAT VETERANS FROM THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
I BELIEVE IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE THAT AN AUTHORITY WOULD TAKE ON THIS HEIR THAT THIS AUTHORITY HAS TAKEN ON OVER, AND THAT THEY HAVE MISREPRESENTED THE CITIZENS OF DIM WITTY COUNTY AND MISREPRESENTED DIM WITTY COUNTY ITSELF.
I BELIEVE THE BOARD STANDS TO BE, UH, AN EMBARRASSMENT TO DENWITTY COUNTY AND SHOWS AN ABSOLUTE UTTER DISREGARD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THE COUNTY.
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.FIRST, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THOSE THAT SPOKE ON THE APPOINTMENTS, I, I KNOW THE BOARD ALWAYS APPRECIATES GETTING FEEDBACK AS IT RELATES TO APPOINTMENTS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE ANY SPECIFIC APPOINTMENT THAT'S GONNA BE MADE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT AND WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED AS TO, TO WHEN THAT MIGHT BE VOTED ON.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY VOTES TODAY ASSOCIATE THAT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND EXPRESSING, EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN ALSO WANTED TO, TO MENTION THAT EARLIER TODAY I HAD THE PLEASURE, MS. BROWN AND I SPOKE TO THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION AND TAUGHT A LITTLE CLASS ON THE APPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND THE CLERK, AND THE BALANCE THAT SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THAT REALLY WELL ATTENDED.
UM, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEWI TO KIND OF TELL THAT STORY, WHICH I THOUGHT WENT, WENT REALLY WELL.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU ALL THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, YOUTH WORKFORCE MANAGER, NETTE NICHOLSON, TALKING TO HER.
THERE'S A, AN IDEA CONCEPT OF WHAT'S CALLED A, UH, EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF, UM, OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE FOCUS ON SKILLS AND, UM, KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO 12 HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS.
AND IT'S GONNA BE IN THE AREAS OF LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND JUST THROUGH THE EXPOSURE HERE, UH, IN THE GOVERNMENT.
UH, SO THE PROGRAM IS A SIX MONTH PROGRAM WILL KICK OFF ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
UM, AND WE'LL RUN THROUGH APRIL OF, OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, THE WHOLE, WHOLE MISSION OF THIS IS TO KIND OF BUILD A LEGACY, UM, OF PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO, TO KIND OF SEEK THESE TYPES OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UM, LEGACY STANDS FOR L LEADERSHIP, E ENGAGEMENT, G, GOVERNMENT, A, ADVANCEMENT C COMMUNITY, AND WHY, UH, YOUTH INVOLVEMENT.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA BE SELECTING THESE 12 INDIVIDUALS AND JUST WANTED TO, TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, 'CAUSE IN CASE, YOU KNOW, OF A GEN A JUNIOR OR A SENIOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WOULD REALLY WANT TO BE, UM, IMMERSED IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY LIMITED TO 12, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A PROCESS THERE.
YANETTE, UH, NICHOLAS'S CONTACT INFORMATION IS OBVIOUSLY ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND YOU HAVE IT HERE, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU, UM, HAVE SOMEONE WE WANT TO, TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT FORWARD.
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UM, THIRD TOPIC IS THE BOARD ADVANCE.THAT'S TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S THE 23RD, FOURTH AND FIFTH.
SO WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER TRIED BEFORE.
WE'RE WHERE INSTEAD OF BEING THREE DAYS IN, UH, IN THE TRAINING ROOM OF, OF EITHER, WHETHER IT'S HERE OR RAGSDALE OR EAST SIDE, THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO, TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND THAT'S GETTING YOU INTO THE COMMUNITY IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY.
SO WE'RE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A DRIVING TOUR THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON THE 23RD, 24TH, ALSO SOME ON THE 25TH.
BUT, UM, THE, THE WHOLE CONCEPT IS THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF YOUR INVESTMENT.
SO WE'RE, IT'S NOT JUST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE'VE ASKED THE SCHOOL BOARD TO, UM, PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
WESTON'S ALSO GONNA BRING HER KEY STAFF.
I'LL BRING MY KEY STAFF, OBVIOUSLY YOUR STAFF.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO INVITE SOME OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.
UH, A LOT GOING ON AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UM, BUT IF THEY CAN COME, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A, A GOOD IDEA TOO.
THE THIRD DAY, UM, ON THE, ON THE 25TH WILL BE AT, UM, THE RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, WHICH WE HAVE DAVENPORT COMPANY'S GONNA COME IN AND DO A PRESENTATION ON OUR OVERALL DEBT ABILITY AND CAPACITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME KEY QUESTIONS.
UM, NOW THAT YOU'VE WILL HAVE DRIVEN THE WHOLE COUNTY AND, AND BEEN ON THE BUS, SO TO SPEAK, THAT YOU'LL HAVE, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT INSIGHT.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, UM, THE 23RD, FOURTH AND FIFTH OF, OF NEXT WEEK.
ALSO WANTED TO, TO MENTION, UM, THE COUNTY FAIR.
SO WE, UH, GATE REVENUE WAS, WAS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE THIS YEAR, ABOUT $50,000 IN GATE REVENUE.
WE ANTICIPATED THAT, OR FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO COUNT, RATHER, ABOUT 9,000 PEOPLE CAME TO THE FAIR.
UM, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE $10 FEE, BUT NOT MUCH.
NOT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THE $10 FEE.
YOU KNOW, WE IMPLEMENTED THAT THIS YEAR AS A SENSE OF, OF COST.
UM, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS BUDGETED LINE ITEM IS, IS CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO, OR $800,000.
SO IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE 50,000 COME IN, THAT'S NOT THE TOTAL REVENUE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NUMBER NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE GOT A GRANT THROUGH THE VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION.
WE HAD SOME SPONSORS, AND THEN THE ENTERTAINMENT, THE, THE MIDWAY, UH, ON, UH, TICKETS AND WHATNOT ARE THERE.
SO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE CLOSE TO 80,000 WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
WE'LL SEE, UM, THAT MAY BE, UH, AGGRESSIVE.
BUT I, I WANTED TO SAY THAT TO YOU ALL BECAUSE THERE'S A GENERAL SENTIMENT IN SOME THAT, WELL, WE RAISED THE PRICES OR WE DECIDED NOT TO DO A CAR LOAD SO THAT THE COUNTY COULD BENEFIT A, A RETURN.
UM, OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THE HOPE WAS TO TRY TO BREAK EVEN.
BUT EVEN WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPENSES GR GREATLY OUTWEIGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF, WITH THE REVENUE COMING IN.
SO YOU, WE, WE KNEW THIS, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE KNOWN THIS FOR SOME TIME.
BUT THE POSITIVE PIECE OF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THOUGHT WERE THE MEMORIES THAT PEOPLE WALKED AWAY WITH AND HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD COMMENTS.
UM, UH, THERE WAS REALLY GREAT EVENT.
I WENT SATURDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGER NIGHTS.
I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL WERE THERE AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.
AND, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN THE COVID YEARS.
AND WHEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ONE WAY GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AGAIN, SOME OF OUR, OUR NONPROFITS AND SOME OF THEIR BOOTHS OF WHAT THEY, THEY DO AND WHAT THEY COLLECT JUST GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT TO YOU.
UM, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT, WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, BRIGHTPOINT IS HAVING THEIR, UM, INDUCTION OF THEIR NEW PRESIDENT, UH, BILL FIGE ON FRIDAY.
SO I KNOW I'M PLANNING ON GOING TO THAT.
IF ANYBODY ELSE'S INTENTIONS ON GOING TO THAT, JUST LET ME KNOW.
WE CAN, MAYBE WE RIDE TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE THE INDUCTION OF THE NEW PRESIDENT ON FRIDAY.
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.HOW WE START? UH, I DON'T HAVE MUCH, REALLY.
I WENT FRIDAY NIGHT AND I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF.
I SAW SO MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS MANNING TABLES AND, AND TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, GIVE UP THEIR WEEKEND TO NOT JUST SERVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT IT IS JUST GOOD TO SEE OUR STAFF DEDICATED TO SERVING.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF FOLKS TO PULL OFF THE FAIR.
WE DON'T REALIZE IT, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT EVERY, EVERY ENTITY THAT WAS THERE, UM, PLAYS THEIR PART IN,
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UM, MAKING IT A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.UM, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF COMPETITION.
WE HAD A FOOTBALL GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE HAD THE STATE FAIR STILL GOING ON MM-HMM
UM, AND IT WAS BEAU, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M HAPPY FOR WHAT WE HAD MM-HMM
UM, AND, UM, BUT IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF PUTTING IT ON PRE AND POST, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH, AS WELL AS OUR VOLUNTEERS.
UH, ALL OF OUR, UM, THOSE THAT HAD, UH, BOOZE AND THAT TYPE OF THING THAT WERE THERE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THANK THEM FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT.
UM, THE, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE UNITY ONE SERVICE.
IT WAS HELD AT OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH A COUPLE OF SUNDAYS AGO.
WE HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT, PRETTY MUCH A FULL, FULL SANCTUARY.
UM, WE HAD TWO PASTORS THAT SPOKE.
UM, BUT IT WAS A VERY GOOD UNIFYING SERVICE OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, OUR STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT, UH, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO BE AT THAT EVENT.
AND THEN LAST, I'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, THANKS THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH MY TOWN HALL MEETING, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND, UM, THE GOOD COMMENTS THAT WE GOT FROM THE CITIZENS THAT WERE THERE AND, AND FOR STAFF FOR BEING THERE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT.
MR. LEE, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FAIR.
I THINK, UH, WHAT KEVIN SAID ABOUT THE GROUPS THAT, UH, NONPROFIT GROUPS AT THAT, UH, DO REAL WELL AT THE FA AND THAT MONEY GOES, UM, RIGHT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD TIME.
UM, AT THE FA UM, MY WIFE, SHE, SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE F BUT SHE WAS THERE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT, AND ON SUNDAY TOO.
SO, UH, AND THEY HAD, UH, 46 KIDS FOLLOWING AROUND.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, UM, AND I LOVED THE THING.
SO, UM, SO I WAS, I HAD TO WORK ALL THREE DAYS AND, UM, KINDA LIKE, UM, A RABBIT AND A BRIAR PATCH.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO I, I ENJOYED IT.
UH, AND TOWN HALL MEETING IN MCKINNEY WAS A SUCCESS.
AND, UH, ALWAYS LIKED TO GO TO MCKINNEY AND, UM, HAD A, HAD A GOOD TURNOUT, GOOD QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, AND I THINK THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS WERE PROBABLY A HUGE SUCCESS FOR EVERYBODY.
SO, AND, UH, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE, THREE YEARS AGO WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY IN THE LEE FAMILY.
UH, HAD, UH, RUBY WAS BOWLING MY GRANDDAUGHTER, AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING FOR US TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OH, FOR THE THIRD YEAR ON THE ROAD.
BUT I THINK WE GOT, I WAS HOPING KEVIN WAS GOING TO BE LONG ON WINDED THAN HE WAS.
AND, UH, HE LET ME DOWN TODAY.
UH, SO SHE'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA MAKE IT, BUT, UH, WE'LL, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT ANOTHER TIME.
UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
WELL, THAT MRS. BONNER TIE US UP FOR A WHILE.
I, I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO ASK.
IT OUGHT TO BE ONE GOOD ANIMAL STORY IN THAT YOU, WHAT DOESN'T LAST A WHILE? TALK ABOUT, SEE, TALK ABOUT THE CAT BITING INSTEAD OF THE DOG BITE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO, UH, I THINK YOU GET USED TO, UH, A ANIMAL STORY.
I DO HAVE ONE, BUT I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE PH REAL QUICKLY.
I TALKED, I WENT OVER AND I WAS PETTING THE GOATS YES.
SO I WENT TO, YOU KNOW, MY SISTER WOULDN'T TOUCH HER, BUT I TOUCHED HER TOO.
AND I ENJOYED THE FAIR AND THE DOG SHOW AND THE SINGING AND EVERYTHING.
AND I, I DID PET ALL THE ANIMALS, SO I HAD A GOOD TIME, UH, AND THANKING EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
I SAW PEOPLE RIDING AROUND, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS.
THE WEATHER WAS JUST WONDERFUL THE WHOLE WEEKEND.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, THANK GOD FOR THAT.
UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS, UH, THE WEATHER AND THINK AND PROBLEMS THEY'VE HAD.
IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY BAD.
AND WE JUST HAD TO STAY PRAYED UP ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, BECAUSE I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE, ESPECIALLY IN, IN NORTH CAROLINA, I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WENT THERE FOR THEIR ANNIVERSARIES TO, UM, AND STAYED THERE.
AND THE RESORT PROPERTY THERE IS JUST KIND OF WASHED AWAY.
SO JUST PRAYING FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A, A LOT AND A PROBLEM THERE.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THIS IS THE, UH, LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE BEFORE MIDNIGHT, THEY HAVE TO
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SIGN UP, THEY CAN STILL VOTE.I THINK IT'S A PROVISIONAL BALLOT OR SOMETHING THEY CAN DO.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FIRST TIME, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY WANNA GO IN AND VOTE.
SO, UM, TONIGHT, I MEAN, TONIGHT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME TO ACTUALLY, UH, REGISTER SO THEY CAN GO AND VOTE IN PERSON.
SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, JUST TO, UM, JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE, WE ARE KIND OF LIVING IN A, A COUNTRY THAT WE ARE REALLY DIVIDED ON A LOT OF ISSUES.
AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER.
WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER AT HELPING EVERYONE, NOT CERTAIN PEOPLE, EVERYONE.
AND, UM, I, I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME, WHEREVER I GO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL.
WE ARE ONE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER.
AND, UM, JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT KIND OF LEADS ME INTO, UM, THE NEXT THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
I HAD TO GO TO, UM, A FUNERAL ON YESTERDAY.
AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS.
I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS UNTIL, UM, UNTIL, UNTIL THE END.
UM, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SOMEONE IS THINKING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SOMEONE HAS TO DO WHEN THEY LEAVE.
UM, AND I WENT BECAUSE, UM, THIS GENTLEMAN WE THOUGHT HAD EVERYTHING KIND OF GOING FOR HIM.
AND, UM, UH, I LIKE WHAT THE PASTOR SAID, HE DID NOT COMMENT ON HOW IT HAPPENED.
HE COMMENTED ON JUST MOVING PAST THAT.
AND THE DAUGHTER TALKED ABOUT HER MESSAGE WAS TO HELP OTHER INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE CRISIS THAT THEIR FAMILY HAD.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AND ANY, ANYTIME SOMEONE DOES NOT WANT TO BE HERE BY THEIR OWN HAND, IT'S A PROBLEM.
AND, UM, WE CANNOT TURN AWAY AND IGNORE, WE HAVE ONE IN FIVE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS UNITED STATES THAT, UM, SUFFER FROM LONELINESS.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LONELINESS, YOU DON'T HAVE HAVE ANYONE TO TALK TO.
SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR MIND.
AND, UM, WE, WE JUST HAVE TO, IF YOU, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, JUST ASK.
BECAUSE THIS MAN WAS READY TO LIVE HIS REST OF HIS LIFE AND, UM, DECIDED AT SOME POINT THAT IT WAS NOT WORTH BEING HERE.
THAT, THAT CONCERNS ME AND IT BOTHERS ME.
AND, UM, BUT, UM, WE HAVE 9, 8, 8, UM, LINE THAT YOU CAN CALL, BUT THAT KINDA STRUCK, KIND OF CLOSE TO HOME TO ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE AND IN TWO WEEKS THEY'RE NOT HERE AND YOU DON'T, YOU NEVER KNOW WHY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION IS REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE AND TALKING TO THEM AND TRYING TO HELP, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UM, KNOW SOMEONE IS THERE.
AND I WAS KIND OF SITTING NOT TOO FAR NOT THINKING THAT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW? AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT WAS JUST A TERRIBLE THING WHEN THEY, UM, CALLED AND THEY WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THAT.
BUT AGAIN, UM, ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE DEAL WITH LONELINESS IN THIS, IN, IN THE COUNTRY.
AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE OKAY AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS MENTAL ILLNESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS HIS DAUGHTER SAID THAT, AND THIS WAS OUT TO MEN, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, MEN WERE TAUGHT TO BE MEN, NOT TO CRY, NOT TO DO THOSE THINGS.
BUT, UM, IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRY.
I ALWAYS SAY IT'S A TEAR, YOU KNOW, CLEAN OUT THE TEAR DUCTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS, UM, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T TALK TO SOMEONE.
DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T TALK TO SOMEONE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE GO HOME, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR JOB.
AND UH, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR JOBS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU LET SOMEONE GO HOW DEVASTATING THAT IS TO SOMEONE, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CANNOT TAKE THAT.
THEY, THEY GO HOME AND UNFORTUNATELY DO OTHER THINGS TO THEMSELVES OR FAMILY OR GO BACK ON THE JOB.
SO, GOTTA BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AND HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE.
MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE, UH, AND THE LASTING THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO.
AND I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GET INTO A WHOLE LOT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WENT
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THROUGH TO TELL SOMEONE.A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE CAN SAY, OH YEAH, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THIS.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A, LIKE, A STORY TO TELL SOMEONE WHAT'S GOING ON, TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO LISTEN.
AND I KNOW WHEN WE DO THESE VIDEOS, PEOPLE TELL ME, THEY GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR MEETINGS ALL THE TIME.
AND, UM, UM, UH, MAYBE SOMETHING LATER ON DOWN THE LINE, THEY'RE SITTING AND THEY COULD, UM, LOOK AT WHAT WE TALK ABOUT AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, AND THE LAST THING I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IS DAN DOWN THERE, I WAS WITH MY SISTER, AND I TOLD, I TOLD HER IS WHAT A DIFFERENCE, UM, A YEAR MAKES.
AND I, AND I TOLD MY SISTER, I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THIS MAN HERE.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S, UM, A WALKING MIRACLE.
AND, UM, I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR LIFE AND HOW YOU GOING TO AFFECT ANYONE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY, I'M GONNA ALWAYS SAY THAT DAN IS A MIRACLE.
I I, YOU KNOW, LORD, I GOT SOMETHING PLANNED FOR HIM.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HE'S GONNA FLY A PLANE OR SOMETHING.
BUT HE HAS SOMETHING
AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I CAME BACK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GRANDKIDS I GAVE, I GUESS GAVE HIM ONE OF THESE SNOW C THINGS WITH THE LITTLE, AND IT WAS IN A LITTLE PINK THING.
AND I SAID, I SAID, I SAID, DAD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT LITTLE PINK THING, EATING THE ICY OUTTA THERE? HE SAID THAT HIS GRAND, ONE OF THE GRANDCHILDREN GAVE IT TO HER.
BUT
BUT ANYWAY, UM, AND THAT, AND, AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
I MEAN, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, SAY THOSE THINGS.
AND ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST BOTHERS ME HOW PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH IN THE COUNTRY.
AND, UM, AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU, IF YOU ARE IN CHURCH, THIS GENTLEMAN WAS IN CHURCH, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THINGS ARE GOING, NOT GOING WELL AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST MAKE SURE TO KIND OF LOOK OUT FOR OUR PEOPLE, LOOK OUT FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND, AND TRY TO HELP IF NEED BE.
WAS THAT LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU? YEAH.
YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT? NO, I'M DONE.
EVERYONE'S TALKED ABOUT WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, TOWN HALL MEETINGS WERE A, A GREAT SUCCESS.
UH, I HAD MY NEIGHBORHOOD RICH BLAND COLLEGE, WHICH WAS, UH, WELL ATTENDED.
I, HOW MANY WOULD YOU SAY I HAD? 70, 75, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH, NO, I THINK BRENDA WON TECHNICALLY, BUT MAYBE THE WHOLE HOUSE.
BUT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, THE PLACE THAT I HAD IT, WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT? THE, THE ACADEMIC INNOVATION CENTER INNOVATION SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT A BIG HUGE ROOM, YOU HIT A BUTTON AND ALL THE WALLS GO UP IN THE CEILING.
THAT'S, SEE AND WATCH THE KIDS, HOW THEY INTERACTED.
UM, ALL, I THINK ALL OF US WAS WELL ATTENDED.
UH, WAS, WAS, UH, PARTICIPATION WAS GREAT.
I CAN ACTUALLY SAY THAT I ENJOYED MY TOWN HALL MEETING.
WOULD YOU THINK I WOULD'VE SAID THAT? THAT WAS GOOD.
ALL OF US, I, I THINK HAD A GREAT SUCCESS.
THE COUNTY FAIR WAS, UH, AWESOME.
UH, JOYCE AND I WENT EVERY NIGHT.
I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO BE THERE.
YOU KNOW, I SAW ALL THE GIRLS WORK IN, UH, STACY AND INGRAM, YOU KNOW, AND WELL A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING.
AND I TOLD JOYCE, WELL, I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND ATE SOME GOOD FOOD, I THINK.
KEVIN AND I HAD ABOUT THE SAME THING, BUT IT WAS GOOD.
AND YOU CAN'T EAT OUT OF EACH TENT.
IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD BE IN BAD SHAPE.
BUT I WAS THINKING MAYBE NEXT YEAR I'D TAKE MY BARBECUE AND DAN SAYS, I'M NOT GONNA HELP YOU.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEWSLETTER THAT'S COMING OUT IN NOVEMBER.
UH, I ALWAYS ENJOY GETTING THAT.
IT'S, UH, GREAT INFORMATIVE ABOUT, UH, HOW TO, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY AND MM-HMM
WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
SO WHAT WE NEED NOW IS TO GO INTO CLOSE, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST FILIBUSTER TWO MORE THINGS REAL QUICK.
UM, ONE, UM, I WAS TALKING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE EARLIER.
SHE WANTED ME TO MENTION TO YOU, WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT NOTICES BEING SENT OUT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT'D BE LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER.
SHE INDICATED IT'S EARLY NOVEMBER.
SO JUST FOR A TIME, PURPOSE WISE, IT WOULD, IT'S GONNA BE MORE LIKELY EARLY NOVEMBER, NOT, NOT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, AND TO THE, TO THE POINT THAT MS. EBRA BONNER MENTIONED TOO, I, I KNOW WITH HELENE AND THE IMPACTS ON SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, AND, YOU KNOW,
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I'M SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE V CORP INSURANCE BOARD, AND THE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH OR ALL THE LOCALITIES OF SMITH, WASHINGTON, GRAYSON, AND TASWELL, I THINK WHEN IT'S ALL TALLIED UP, WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE LARGEST OVERALL INSURANCE CLAIMS SINCE V CORP HAS BEEN FORMED.UM, SO THERE, I KNOW THEY'RE STILL, STILL LOOKING AT WHAT THAT, THAT COSTS ARE, BUT WE, WE DO KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE LARGEST CLAIM IN VIRGINIA HISTORY SINCE V CORP.
SO JUST WANTED TO, TO MENTION THAT TO YOU.
ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY IS THE, THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT OF TASWELL.
AND YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY INFRASTRUCTURE WAS IMPACTED PRETTY BAD, BUT, UM, PEOPLE'S WAY OF LIFE IS DEFINITELY COMPLETELY CHANGED.
UM, AND YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT AG 'CAUSE IT'S FLAT HERE, RIGHT? BUT, UM, AGRICULTURE OUT THERE, CROPS WERE COMPLETELY WASHED AWAY.
AND SO THEIR, THEIR WHOLE INCOME.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S WAYS TO TRY TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT, BUT, UM, VERY DISRUPTIVE, VERY, VERY DISRUPTIVE.
SO KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS.
I TRIED, DAN WASN'T REALLY GOOD.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A ONE.PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, DENWOODY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, DENWOODY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, JOHN TYLER ALCOHOL SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM, ASAP PLANNING COMMISSION, VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY, REGION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 3, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN O 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 AND ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PLEASE.
WELL, WE WILL BE BACK AT SEVEN.
WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT CLOSE.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, DENWOODY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY.
APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, DENWOODY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, JOHN TYLER ALCOHOL SAFETY ACTION PROGRAM, ASAP PLANNING COMMISSION, VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY, REGION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 3.
DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY 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, ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
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.
AT THIS TIME, UM, UH, MR. LEE HAS A SPECIAL GUEST.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO TURN DAVID HAND? YEAH, AND I, I'D LIKE A LITTLE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE HERE, UM, THREE YEARS AGO ON A TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT IT ACTUALLY WAS, UM, OCTOBER THE 19TH.
I HAD A GRANDDAUGHTER BORN, UM, RUBY LYNN TUCKER.
AND SO THE LAST TWO YEARS SHE'S BEEN TO THREE 30 MEETING AND WE'VE, THIS BOARD HAS SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER WHILE WE WERE TOO FAST TODAY FOR HER TO GET, UM, FROM THE BABYSITTER AND MY DAUGHTER FROM WORK, UM, TO DO IT AT THREE 30.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO JOIN IN AND IF WE CAN GET, UM, MEREDITH AND RUBY TO COME UP FRONT.
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I'D LIKE TO SING HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY.THANK YOU FOR THANK, SHE'S CUTE.
THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL FOR MR. LEE.
[12.A. Resolution: Mr. Earnest Greene- Dominion Energy]
OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO SPECIAL RECOGNITION, A RESOLUTION FOR MR. RIGHT ERNEST GREEN DOMINION ENERGY.WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? HI.
JUST, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE, UH, WHEN I, I STARTED AND THEN WHEN HE, A FEW YEARS AGO, DECADE DAYS AGO, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET, UH, WAS ERNEST GREEN.
AND SO ERNEST, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR DOMINION ENERGY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO SEE ERNEST IN THE GOOD DAYS, BUT YOU GET TO SEE HIM ALSO ON THE NOT SO GOOD DAYS WHEN WE'VE HAD POWER OUTAGES, HURRICANES AND WHATNOT.
UM, AND ALL THAT TIME THAT, THAT WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER, UH, ERNEST HAS BEEN JUST A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PERSON SHOULD BE TO A COMMUNITY.
UM, ERNEST YOU, YOU REALLY HONOR US FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA HAVE THE, THE CLERK AT THIS TIME TO READ THE RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT TO YOU.
BECAUSE SHE HAS A MUCH BETTER SPEAKING VOICE, WHEREAS MR. ERNEST GREEN HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT IN HIS SERVICE REPRESENTING DENWOODY COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS THROUGHOUT HIS WORK AS THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MANAGER WITH DOMINION ENERGY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER, MR. GREEN HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR DINWOODY COUNTY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, ENSURING THAT THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF THE COUNTY ARE HEARD AND ADDRESSED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE, MR. GREEN SUPPORTED DINWOODY COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS THROUGH NUMEROUS INCLEMENT WEATHER EVENTS TO INCLUDE HURRICANES, ISABELLE AND IRENE AND THE 2012 NORTH AMERICAN DERECHO.
AND WHEREAS HIS LONGSTANDING SERVICE HAS BEEN MARKED BY UNWAVERING DEDICATION, LOYALTY, AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF DIY COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE CITIZENS OF DENWOODY COUNTY WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR MR. GREEN'S DECADES OF SERVICE, WHICH HAVE HAD A LASTING AND PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY HE SO DILIGENTLY REPRESENTED.
AND WHEREAS ERNEST GREEN'S ENDURING IMPACT IS EVIDENT IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR OF THE REGION WHERE HE HAS VOLUNTEERED COUNTLESS HOURS AND LED COMPANY VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES TO ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE IN DIMITY COUNTY AND FRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATTOX RIVER.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024, DESIRES TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO EARN GREEN FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF LOYAL, DEDICATED SERVICE TO DE WITTY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO EARN GREEN AND A COPY SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ETERNITY.
ALRIGHT, CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ARE WELCOME.
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THANK YOU.FIRST THING IS WOW, UNEXPECTED, BUT I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
UM, WE DON'T WORK HARD TO GET RESOLUTIONS.
WE WORK HARD TO, TO SERVE AND, UM, THAT'S RIGHT.
BUT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT, IT'S A BLESSING.
SO THANK YOU READING ALL THAT TO, UM, MS. KAISHA.
I WAS LIKE, DID I DO ALL OF THAT?
UH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE KEVIN TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
AND ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT AT THE END OF TIME, I WANT, THE LAST WORDS I WANT TO HEAR IS WELL DONE.
THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.
THANK YOU, MR. MR. CHAIRMAN AGAIN.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, FOR, FOR ERNEST, AGAIN, YOU SAW IN THAT, THAT RESOLUTION WHEN ISABELLE, ANYBODY IN THE ROOM REMEMBER ISABELLE A FEW YEARS BACK? UM, SO I, I HAD JUST GOTTEN TO THE COUNTY IN THAT YEAR, UM, AND, AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I I REALLY MET ERNEST.
UM, ANYBODY KNOW WHERE AMAZON IS IN DENWOODY? SO, AT, AT, WHEN AMAZON WAS BEING RECRUITED, THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE RICHMOND AREA.
UM, BUT THEY COULDN'T BE CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE CLOSE TO RICHMOND.
SO WE, WE HAD A FAULT THAT IF WE WENT TO THE DENWOODY AIRPORT AND WE RAISED THEM UP, YOU COULD SEE THE SKYLINE OF RICHMOND AS SOON AS YOU, AS SOON AS YOU GET SO MANY FEET IN THE AIR.
UM, SO WE CALLED OUR FRIENDS AT DOMINION ENERGY AND SAID, CAN WE GET A HELICOPTER, UH, JUST TO SHOW THEM HOW CLOSE WE ARE? AND FOR EARNEST IT WAS NO WAS NEVER AN ANSWER, RIGHT? IT WAS, IT WAS THAT TYPE OF PERSON.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, RIGHT, WE TRY TO CONVINCE HIM TO STAY ON AS LONG AS HE POSSIBLY COULD WITH DOMINION.
BUT YOU, YOU SAID IT WELL EARNEST IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN WE ALL GET TO THAT POINT, WE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT I DID FOR A LIVING, DID IT MATTER? AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT'S GONNA BE HONORING YOU, BUT INDEMNITY IT MATTERED.
CAN WE GET ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
[12.B. Dixie Youth Baseball Recognition]
MOVING ON.WE GOT DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL RECOGNITION.
CHECK OUT SOME CHAMPIONS HERE TONIGHT, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW, UM, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS RESOLUTIONS FOR EACH, EACH MEMBER OF THE STATE CHAMPIONS AND THEN ALSO WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE DIXIE WORLD SERIES.
AND I LIKE TO SAY, UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE COACH JAMES AND I PLAYED, WE GO THAT, UM, THIS, THIS ALMOST IS SECOND HALF TO HAVE, UM, THIS MANY CHAMPIONS COME FORWARD BEFORE US.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IN MORE, MORE RECENT YEARS, IT'S ONLY BEEN EVERY YEAR THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD 18 STEP FORWARD.
UM, SO DI UH, NAVY NATION IS THE BIG DEAL RIGHT NOW, UM, AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THAT.
BUT FOR THE DIY BASEBALL COMMUNITY, I CAN'T BE MORE HAPPY OF, OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS FAR AS THE TALENT THAT THAT'S COME, THAT'S COMING HERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT FOR THE, FOR THE PLAYERS.
UM, AND I, I, I SAY THIS SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IN, IN MY JOB, I GET THE, THE, THE PRIVILEGE REALLY TO TALK TO COUNTIES AND CITIES, CITIES ALL OVER VIRGINIA.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THEY, THEY WOULD BE JUST TO KNOW THE, THE ATHLETES THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THEN WITH, AND JUST SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, SO THIS, THESE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE HERE FOR EACH NUMBER OF THE TEAM.
UM, WHEN YOU WENT, OF COURSE YOU HAD THE V ON YOUR HAT FOR VIRGINIA, BUT IN OUR HEARTS, WE KNEW THAT YOU WERE FROM DENWOODY THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH.
UM, I, I STARTED YELLING AT MY, MY PHONE AS
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I WAS WATCHING THE GAMES.UH, THERE'S SOME STRESSFUL MOMENTS THERE.
I, YOU KNOW, I THINK Y'ALL WENT, I MEAN, I FIGURED YOU WOULD DO WELL, BUT, UM, TO THE POINT THAT MY WIFE WAS COMING INTO THE OTHER ROOM AND I'M LIKE, NO, YOU, YOU GOTTA GO BACK IN THE OTHER ROOM BECAUSE THEY WERE WINNING WHEN YOU WERE IN, WHEN YOU WERE OUT OF THE ROOM.
SO YEAH, ANY BASEBALL GUY KNOWS IT IS SUPERSTITION IS, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO SIT IN CHAIR EXACT SAME WAY AND I MEAN THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
BUT YOU EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
UM, AND I WANT GIVE Y'ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TOO.
AND Y'ALL NEED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR PARENTS.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THE BALL GAMES, UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, SUMMER, SUMMER VACATION LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DURING BALL SEASON, UH, BECAUSE YOU, YOU TEND TO DO IT AROUND BALL.
UM, BUT FOR ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE HERE, UM, WE WANT GIVE YOU ROUND APPLAUSE.
AND FOR THOSE THAT HEAD COACH CHAIN, UM, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE REAL STORIES
JUST SEE ME AFTER THE MEETING AND, UH, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME, SOME INSIGHTS THERE.
UH, WHAT A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE.
AND THE, AND I'M GONNA START WITH THE TEAM FIRST AS YOU'RE, SHE'S GONNA READ THE FIRST ONE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA READ EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT WE'RE GONNA READ THE FIRST ONE.
AND, UM, AS AS SHE READS NAMES, YOU'LL COME FORWARD, SHAKE HER HAND, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU TO STAY UP HERE.
DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT BECAUSE MS. GRANT'S GONNA WANT TO GET A TEAM PHOTO.
AND I'VE GOT GOOD INTO ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES AND CITIES HERE.
SO, MS. GRANT, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THERE IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2024, EASTON S NUMBER SEVEN, AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN LEADING THE DIM, WITTY NATIONAL MAJORS ALL-STAR TEAM TO BECOME STATE CHAMPIONS IN REPRESENTING THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND THE DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL WORLD SERIES SERIES AND BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA.
YOUR DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAVE SET A STANDARD OF SUCCESS.
THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE AND SPORTSMANSHIP.
OKAY, OAKLEY BURLE, NUMBER 23, COLBY BURLE, NUMBER 12, DEGAN STEED.
BLAKE WEBSTER, NUMBER ZERO, ZERO.
BLAINE BISHOP, NUMBER 13, HUNTER LEWIS, NUMBER 30, EASTON RAINEY, NUMBER NINE.
SECOND WILLIAM CRETH, NUMBER FIVE, LEFT AND RIGHT MANAGER, SHANE BISHOP,
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POSITION COACH DAVID LEWIS, YOU AND COACH DAVID CARNES.I ASKED THE, UM, WHICH ONE OF YOU THE, YOU KNOW, ON JUST STEP UP.
DON'T ANYBODY HOLD STILL? OH, STILL GUYS.
MAN, THEY, THEY, TYPICAL BOYS.
KAISHA, KAISHA EXCUSE ONE 90 DAYS.
ONES LIKE MY DAYS AND MY, YEAH, I ATE ALL, I ATE ALL, IT'S JUST GOING, DO I ATE ALL YOUR, IT'S GOING DOWN THE LINE, I GUESS.
MR. UM, ERNEST WANTS TO MAKE A, BEFORE WE START THE PUBLIC HEARING, ERNEST? YEAH.
SHE WANTS TO DO WHAT NOW? YEAH, WHICH ONE'S? ERNEST? OKAY, SIR, YOU HAVE THE MIC.
TALK NICE ABOUT ME,
THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS.
AFTER 33 YEARS, I'M RETIRING AT THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT WHAT I WANTED YOU TO DO IS TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO INTRODUCE YOU TO BRITTANY EDWARDS.
AND BRITTANY IS THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MANAGER THAT WILL BE TAKING OVER PORTION BY REGION.
SO SHE HAS, UH, THE TRI-CITIES AREA.
SHE HAS A PIECE OF THINK HANOVER COUNTY OR RI COUNTY, SHE'LL TELL YOU.
AND, BUT SHE HAS THEN WITTY COUNTY.
SO SHE'LL BE SITTING AT THE, UM, AT SOMETIME AT THE, AT THE NEW BUILDING.
SO BRITTANY, AND THEN WITH HER IS JAMES BEASLEY, WHO IS THE STATE DIRECTOR, UH, FOR STATE AND LOCAL AFFAIRS.
SO HE CAME DOWN TONIGHT TO, UH, SPEND TIME WITH ME.
AND BRITTANY, HOW LONG HAVE YOU MOVED THE COMPANY? GO AHEAD.
GOOD EVENING, MR. SENAL AND TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I WILL BE A NEW EXTERNAL AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEN WITTY.
I'M SO EXCITED TO REPRESENT THIS COUNTY, AND I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
AND MR. BEASLEY, OUR STATE DIRECTOR, IF YOU, SO, UM, JUST WANTED THEM TO KNOW YOU.
SO HE, HE COMES DOWN EVERY NOW AND THEN AND, UH, BUT SITS UP IN THE RICHMOND OFFICE, BUT HE HANDLES THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MANAGERS AND REPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO, UH, GOOD, GOOD PERSON TO KNOW.
I JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR HONORING EARNEST AND, UM, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON HIS SERVICE, UM, NOT ONLY TO YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFITS.
SO WE, HE WILL BE MISSED AND WISH HIM, UH, BEST ON HIS NEW CHAPTER.
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ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.JAMES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE, E EVERY YEAR AT THE THE VACO CONFERENCE, THE, THE DIY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACTUALLY STARTED A, A PRAYER SERVICE, UM, LIKE A BIBLE STUDY CLASS THAT THEY, THEY DO EVERY YEAR AT THE, THE VACO CONFERENCE.
BRITTANY, UM, ERNEST GOES EVERY YEAR.
IT'S, IT'S SUNDAY AT SEVEN, SEVEN O'CLOCK SEVEN IN THE, IN THE MORNING AM 8:00 AM SUNRISE SERVICE, SEVEN 30.
IT IS, IT IS A TRUE SUNRISE AND NO PRESSURE.
BUT WHEN IT GOT TO THE POINT OF, OF SINGING THE HYMNS, YOU COULD HEAR ERNEST LOUDER THAN EVERYBODY, SO WE'LL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN A FEW WEEKS.
[13.A. Rezoning Case, P-24-10, 9906 Duncan Road]
OKAY, READY? YEAH.HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, A REZONING CASE, P DASH 24 DASH 10 99.
BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MASSING, UH, THE APPLICANT IS, UH, MR. AND MRS. TERRY, THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, TWO PARCELS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REZONE THIS EVENING FROM A TWO AGRICULTURAL TO R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED.
UH, ONE OF THE PARCELS HAS THEIR RESIDENCE LOCATED ON IT AND, UM, THEY'RE DESIRING TO, UH, EXPAND THEIR HOME.
UM, AND THEY MAY EXPLAIN THIS, UM, WHEN IT'S THEIR TURN TO SPEAK, BUT THEY DO WISH TO ADD AN ADDITION TO THEIR HOME AND THEY CANNOT MEET THE EXISTING SETBACKS FOR THE A TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH THE SIDE SETBACK IS 35 FEET, UH, FROM THE SIDE PROPERTY LINE, UM, WITH THE REZONING, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, UH, EXPAND THEIR HOME AND MEET THE SIDE SETBACK OF 15 FEET IN THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO REQUEST THE REZONING OF THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, GIVEN THAT, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THERE ARE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, UH, WITHIN THE AREA.
THERE ARE ALSO, UH, ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED, UM, FURTHER DOWN DUNCAN ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF DUNCAN ROAD.
AND THERE, UM, AS YOU, THERE ARE SEVERAL PROPERTIES WITHIN IN THE AREA, UM, THAT ARE ZONED A TWO, BUT THEY ARE A VERY SIMILAR LOT SIZE ACRE, LOT SIZE.
SOME ARE A LITTLE OVER AN ACRE, BUT VERY SIMILAR IN LOT SIZE AS TO THE TWO PARCELS, UH, THAT THE TERRY'S OWN, UM, THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT, UM, DOES INDICATE, UH, THAT LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS PLUS CERTAIN OPEN AREAS WHERE SIMILAR RES RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS LIKELY TO OCCUR.
UM, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE REZONED R ONE.
AND GIVEN THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS MADE UP OF OPEN AREAS AND STABLE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ON SIMILAR, SIMILARLY SIZED PROPERTIES, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WELL SUITED FOR THE R ONE ZONING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, UH, PLACES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITHIN THE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA, WHICH ALLOWS FOR LIMITED RESIDENTIAL USES FOR THIS GENERAL AREA.
THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR LIMITED RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SCALE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS GENERAL AREA.
UM, WHEN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE REQUESTED APPLICATION, THERE WERE REALLY NO, UH, COMMENTS AND EVERYONE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE REZONING.
UM, GIVEN THAT PLANNING, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED, UH, REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, GIVEN THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE DWELLING WITH THE PROPOSED ADDITION CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED IN THE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AT THEIR SEPTEMBER MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY, UH, TO, UH, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, FOR THE REQUESTED
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REZONING.THAT'S ALL I HAVE RELATED TO OUR STAFF REPORT OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? ANYONE? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING OR HAVE ANYTHING? GOOD EVENING.
YEAH, WE WOULD, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE REZONING.
WE WANT TO ADD, UH, A BATHROOM TO OUR RESIDENTS.
RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE AND SINCE WE ARE MATURING, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PUT ONE IN THAT'S UPGRADED, YOU KNOW, TO HELP WITH OUR NEEDS.
SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, WITH A FAMILY OF EIGHT, WE HAD ONE BATHROOM IN OUR HOUSE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
WE GOOD? YOU WANT A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION? YEAH.
I'LL MAKE IT BE 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 THAT REZONING P DASH 24 DASH 10 AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SECOND ROLL CALL MR. LEE A, MS. EBRA BONNER.
ALL VOTING? AYE, GO DO YOUR JOB.
[13.B. Rezoning Case, P-24-13, Plane Court]
TO REZONING CASE P DASH 24 DASH 13 PLAIN COURT.UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, THIS EVENING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS LOCATED OFF OF PLAIN COURT, UH, WHICH IS, UH, LOCATED ABOUT 500 FEET FROM PLAIN DRIVE IN NORTH DENWOODY.
UH, THE WILLIAMS FAMILY IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, FROM RESIDENTIAL LIMITED R ONE TO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL, A TWO TO ALLOW THEM, UH, THEM AND THEIR FAMILY TO HOPEFULLY LOCATE A MANUFACTURED HOME ON THE EXISTING PARCEL.
UM, THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA PROBABLY KNOW THAT THERE'S A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES, UH, SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY STICK BUILT DWELLINGS AND MANUFACTURED HOMES.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, THESE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES INCLUDE A MIX OF AGRICULTURAL GENERAL ZONING, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ZONING SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AND EAST, AND THEN TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THERE'S EXISTING R ONE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED ZONING.
UH, GIVEN THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS MADE UP OF OPEN AREAS IN A MIX OF STABLE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING TYPES ON SIMILARLY SIZE PROPERTIES, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WELL SUITED FOR THE A TWO ZONING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AREA OF THE NORTHERN DIMITY DEVELOPMENT AREA, WHICH ANTICIPATES COMMERCIAL USES FOR THIS GENERAL AREA, THE A TWO ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR LIMITED RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SCALE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS GENERAL AREA.
UH, WHEN LOOKING AT THE, UH, SUBJECT REZONING WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, REALLY THERE WAS ONLY, UH, ONE COMMENT, UH, THAT WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS.
THE PRO PROPOSED DWELLING WILL REQUIRE PRIVATE A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE IMPROVEMENT, UH, TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, GIVEN THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION A TWO AGRICULTURAL GENERAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING
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PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES.IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL USE, THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL NOT IMPEDE FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS RECOMMENDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FOR THIS GENERAL AREA, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE SUBJECT REZONING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, STAFF? I, MY Y'ALL YOU DON'T HAVE A POINT OR ANYTHING? UH, MY QUESTION IS, YEAH, I DON'T, ON, ON THE GREEN.
UM, WHERE DOES THE, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PRIVATE ACCESS MM-HMM
UM, PLAIN COURT, WHICH COMES IN AT AN ANGLE, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT REACHES THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
DOES IT COME IN IN THAT CORNER OR HOW DOES EXACTLY HOW TO, HOW IS IT GONNA ACCESS THAT? WELL, KEVIN'S GOT IT HERE.
UM, IT WOULD BE THE, I GUESS SOUTHEAST EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT DOES HAVE ACCESS OFF OF PLAIN KNOW WHERE THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM THE CORNER OF THE GREEN WHERE IT'S GREEN TO OR IS IT COMING OUT TO FRONT? UM, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THAT 'CAUSE.
A LOT OF THAT PROPERTY SURROUNDING THEM IS, IS FAMILY OWNED PROPERTY.
WOULD ADVOCATE COME FORWARD PLEASE.
THE DRIVEWAY IS ACTUALLY MY MOM'S LAND.
IS THAT NEAR THE POND? GOES WHEN YOU FIRST COME UP? UH, PLAIN COURSE.
PLAIN DRIVE THIS RIGHT IN THIS.
UNLESS YOU'RE COMING OFF THIS LOT.
NO, THROUGH HIS MOM'S BACK TOO.
THIS, WELL, I GUESS THEY'VE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION,
WELL IF YOU, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE THE MAP IF YOU IN THE MAP NUMBER.
IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US WHICH ONE OF THE MAP NUMBERS IS, UH, HAS THE ACCESS POINT, IS THAT 21 1 42? IT'S 2 3 8 1 1 FOR THE DRIVEWAY.
BUT HOW DO YOU GET I SEE A DRIVE, SOMETHING RIGHT HERE.
I ALL OF FAMILY PROPERTY, RIGHT? LOOK, HERE IT IS.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE EASEMENT.
SO IT'S COMING FROM, IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING BACK FROM THAT CORNER.
AND 24 DASH C THAT WAS THEIR MAIN DRIVEWAY TO 21 DASH.
YOU GOTTA REAL HAVE A MAGNIFYING AND THAT WOULD STILL BE, WELL I HAVEN'T BEEN TO SEE MY EYE DOCTOR IN A LONG TIME.
THAT HELPS A LOT AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEN, I MEAN, I JUST, I WANT TO GET IT REZONED 'CAUSE I'M AT THE AGE NOW.
I'M TOO OLD TO BUILD ANYTHING OUT THERE.
MY COUSIN AND HER FIANCE, THEY'RE READY TO START, GET MARRIED AND START A FAMILY AND PUT 'EM ON FAMILY LAND.
I CAN'T THINK, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER THAN TO HAVE THEM RAISE THE NEXT GENERATION OF FAMILY THERE.
I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE, WE'RE GOING 1.875 ACRES INTO A TWO LAND.
ARE WE SETTING ANY FORM OF A PRECEDENT GOING FORWARD BY DOING THIS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE THREE, THREE ACRE LOTS? YOUR, YOUR OPINION? UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT.
UM, WE HAVE REZONED OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE BELOW THE, THE, UH, MINIMUM ALLOWABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE A TWO DISTRICT.
WE HAVE DONE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY IN THE PAST AND WE'VE HAD, UM, MUCH
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EARLIER, BACK IN TIME WHEN WE FIRST CREATED ZONING IN DIY COUNTY, WE DID, UM, REZONE LARGE AREAS OF PROPERTY IN DIY COUNTY THAT DIDN'T MEET THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT IN A TWO.SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS SPECIFIC REZONING IS SETTING A PRECEDENT.
I JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING OURSELF IN A, IN A SITUATION WHERE THE NEXT CASE MIGHT PUT US IN THAT.
UM, I KNOW, UH, WHEN I BUILT MY HOUSE, UH, THIS IS SOME TIME AGO.
AT THAT TIME YOU COULD BUILD ON AN ACRE AND A HALF MM-HMM
BUT WHEN I DECIDED TO BUILD A HOUSE, YOU KNOW YOU HAD THREE, YOU HAD TO HAVE THREE ACRES.
SO THAT'S WHEN THEY REZONED ME BACK TO UM, ACRE AND A HALF.
I MAKE THE MOTION TO BE RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 A SEVEN.
IT IS STATED 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 THAT REZONING P DASH 24 DASH 13 AS PRESENTED, BE APPROVED BY THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
OH, WE'RE GOING TO SEE AMENDMENT TO
[13.C. Amendments To Section 19-9 Of The County Code, Regarding The Deadline For Submission Of And Disposition Of Appeals To The Board Of Equalization, And The Compensation Of The Board Of Equalization Members]
THE SECTION 19.9 OF THE COUNTY CODE REGARDING THE DEADLINE OF SUBMISSION OF THE DISPOSITION OF APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND THE COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEMBERS.MR. SAL, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, LAST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE NIGHT, UM, YOU'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 19 DASH NINE OF THE COUNTY CODE.
AND AS YOU SAID, THAT DOES REGARD THE DEADLINE FOR, UH, SUBMISSION AND THEN THE DEADLINE FOR THE DISPOSITION OF APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND AS WELL AS THEIR COMPENSATION.
UH, WE DISCUSSED THE HISTORY OF THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST, UH, MEETING, UH, LAST MONTH.
I'M HAPPY TO GET INTO AS MANY DETAILS AS YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT BASICALLY THIS WOULD SET, UH, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AS FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025.
THAT'S A TUESDAY AND THE DAY AFTER PRESIDENT'S DAY, IT WOULD SET THE, UH, DEADLINE FOR THE BOARD OF, UH, EQUALIZATION.
AND IF I SAID BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, FORGIVE ME, I DO THAT SOMETIMES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THE, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO MAY 30TH AND THEN IT WOULD SET THEIR, I'M SORRY, THE DEADLINE FOR THEM TO FINISH THEIR WORK TO MAY 30TH.
SO DEADLINE TO MAKE YOUR APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FEBRUARY 18TH DEADLINE FOR THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TO BE DONE MAY 30TH.
UM, AND THEN THEIR COMPENSATION WOULD BE SET AT, UH, 1 62 0.43, $162 AND 43 CENTS.
AND THAT WILL MAKE IT SO THAT AFTER PAYROLL TAXES, IT'LL BE $150 PER MEETING.
THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AND THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMPENSATED.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO DO I NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC MEETING? UH, PUBLIC HEARING? IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 19 DASH NINE OF THE DEITY COUNTY CODE BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.
[14.A. Appointments]
NEW BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS.MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD EIGHT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN EXECUTIVES CLOSED SESSION.
AND IT IS JUST AS A MEMORY, UH, ALL, ALL OF THOSE EIGHT, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PRESENTLY END THEM EXPIRING IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, SO THOSE APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
[15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
CITIZENS COMMIT, COMMENT, PERIOD.UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES.
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WE HAVE ERIC FLY.MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBER OF THE BOARD, ERIC FLY REPRESENTING CENTRAL VIRGINIA AVIATION.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO MAKE TO THE DAIA BOARD.
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE GENTLEMAN THAT CURRENTLY HOLDS THAT SEAT SITS ON BOTH THE DENDY AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD AND THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT BEING YOUR BIGGEST COMPETITOR, THIS WOULD BE EQUAL TO ME SERVING ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUSSEX COUNTY AND ON YOUR BOARD.
EVEN THOUGH MR. CHAIRMAN OPENLY ADMIT, THERE ARE TIMES THAT I WISH I DID SERVE ON A BOARD LIKE YOURS, RUN BY A COMPETENT CHAIRMAN AND A PROFESSIONALLY RUN COUNTY WITH LIKE DENWOODY WITH A STRONG CAN ADMINISTRATOR AND A WISE ATTORNEY.
BUT AT LAST, IN THE END, WE MUST ALL GROW WHERE GOD PLANTS US.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO.
THE BURDENS THAT YOU BEAR AND THE SACRIFICES EACH OF YOU MAKE AND YOUR FAMILIES MAKE, THAT YOU MAY SIT IN THE SEATS IN WHICH YOU HAVE TONIGHT.
WHEN CENTRAL VIRGINIA AVIATION AND MY COMPANY TOOK ON THIS PROJECT, IT WAS OUR GREATEST HOPE THAT WE WOULD LIGHTEN YOUR BURDENS AND NOT INCREASE YOUR LOAD.
I SEE NOW THAT THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE CASE.
IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS.
BOARD MEMBERS TO FIGHT THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA AVIATION IS IN AFTER 31 YEARS TO STAY IN DENWITTY COUNTY WHERE IT WAS FORMED IN BIRTH IS JUST, AND I BELIEVE REQUIRES OR DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION.
AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN GIVE IN THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
MOVE ON DOWN TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
[16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
STARTED WITH ANYONE, MS. OH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO KNOW.ANYTHING ELSE? YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DO.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD FOR INDULGING ME WITH SINGING MY GRANDDAUGHTER, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT WHEN WE RECOGNIZE, UM, SOMEBODY LIKE ERNEST, UM, THAT THAT TRULY IS, UH, GOOD THING.
AND THEN THE BALL TEAMS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, UH, THEN WHAT HE'S BECOME A FOOTBALL COUNTY HERE LATELY, BUT, UH, BASEBALL HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF, OF THIS COUNTY FOR, FOR MANY YEARS.
SO, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE YOUNG TALENT THAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
AND I THINK, UH, WE CAN DO BOTH.
WE CAN DO FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOO.
'CAUSE, UH, HAVING A DAUGHTER THAT PLAYED SOFTBALL, UM, I HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT TOO.
BUT, UH, TONIGHT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.
THAT IT, NO, I, I ENJOYED THE RECOGNITION FOR MR. GREEN.
I OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WORK WITH HIM AS THE BOARD, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY WAS, UH, AFFECTED BY HIS EFFORTS AS A PUBLIC SAFETY INDIVIDUAL.
AND SO I, I HATE TO SEE HIM LEAVE.
I WISH HIM WELL ON HIS RETIREMENT AND NEXT VENTURE.
I'M EXCITED FOR MISS BRITTANY.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER MORE AND TO SEE WHAT DOMINION HAS IN STORE FOR OUR COUNTY AND HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP GROWS.
UM, ALSO WITH THE BASEBALL TEAM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE OUR YOUTH.
I, I COACHED FOR A WHILE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL MM-HMM
AND SO, UH, REALLY ENJOY YOUTH SPORTS AND ATHLETICS AND, AND THE CAMARADERIE THAT IT BUILDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY DO IN THE FUTURE.
SO WELL DONE TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT TO THE COACHES.
THANK YOU FOR, I KNOW THAT COST THEM TIME AWAY FROM WORK, THEIR VACATIONS THAT THEY COULD HAVE SPENT WITH THEIR FAMILIES, THEY SPEND ON OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS.
AND SO THAT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.
AND I THANK THEM FOR THAT COMMITMENT TO OUR YOUTH.
UM, ON THIS SATURDAY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY'RE HAVING A CANCER WALK AND, UH, DR. WILLIAMS, UM, UM, SHE'S GONNA BE THERE AND HER HUSBAND AND 5K WALK IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THEY, UH, WOULD LIKE FOR US TO COME.
THEY HAVE, UM, CHANNEL 12 AND CHANNEL SIX IS GONNA BE THERE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE GONNA START AT, WELL REGISTRATION EIGHT 30 AND THEY'RE GONNA START AT NINE.
SO THEY WOULD LIKE FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO COME BY, JUST SHOW THEIR FACE AND SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK IT'S A PANCREATIC, UH, CANCER AND, UM, WALK.
SO WE CAN COME, WE CAN GO AND KIND OF SHOW A FACE.
AND BEFORE NINE THEY, THEY'RE ASKING,
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UH, 8 30, 8 45 TO BE THERE AND IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT.WHERE IS IT GONNA BE AT THE TIME? THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S GONNA BE AT THE TRACK, THE TRACK IN THE TRACK IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, UM, THIS SATURDAY COMING UP.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT TIME AGAIN.
UM, IT'S GONNA, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE THERE 8 30, 8 45 BEFORE THEY START THE WALK.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO WALK IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T WANT TO.
SO, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE THERE.
THEY, AS I SAID, THEY HAVE CHANNEL 12 AND CHANNEL SIX IS GONNA BE THERE.
SO THEY WANTED THE BOARD TO JUST KIND OF BE THERE TO UM, SAY A FEW WORDS.
SO WHAT SHOULD I ADDRESS YOU AS
AND, UM, SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE ASKING FOR THAT.
AND UM, SO I JUST, UM, WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
SO THIS, THAT'S THIS SATURDAY.
SO IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU WANNA WALK, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
AND SINCE I HAVE A MIC AGAIN, I JUST WANTED SAY WITH MR. GREEN ALSO CONGRATS AND HAVE A NICE RETIREMENT.
AND ALSO FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, IT WAS NICE SEEING STATE CHAMPIONS YAY.
MR. GREEN WAS A GREAT, VERY, VERY, UH, RESPECTED AND RESPECTFUL MAN.
WHEN HE WENT TO ANYWHERE, EVERYWHERE HE WENT, HE ALWAYS HAD THAT BIG SMILE.
AND HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP ANYWHERE HE WENT.
UH, WE BUILT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP I THINK ALL OF US WHEN, UH, WITH HIM WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD WHILE.
BUT SEEING ALL THE LITTLE KIDS PLAYING THE FOOT BASEBALL AND ONE OF THE COACHES, UH, KNEW MY SON.
SO HE, UH, THAT TOUCHES ME TOO.
ANYTIME THEY SAY, UH, UH, THEY, THEY KNEW MY SON, YOU KNOW, BUT TO SEE THIS MAN LIGHT UP ANYTIME SPORTS IS HERE, HE'S ATE UP WITH SPORTS.
ESPECIALLY COACHES AND UH, YEAH.
BUT HE ALSO PLAYED SOME FOOTBALL WITH, UH, WITH BOY.
AND I HAVE HERE TONIGHT, MY TAILOR, UM, UH, THE MAN SITTING RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE,
AT THAT TIME I WAS HOLDING UP WITH MY THUMB
MR. CHAVIS, IF I HAD A SCISSOR AND THREAD, I'D FIX THAT JACKET FOR YOU.
I SORT OF SANK DOWN IN
SO WHEN I GOT HOME, I HAVE A LOT OF JACKETS, BUT I WENT TO THE CLEANER EVERY WEEK AND HAD JACKETS TAKEN UP AND MY PANTS DON'T DRAG.
SO, MR. TAYLOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I COULD, UH, RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THANK YOU MR. TAYLOR.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? NO, SIR.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED? I NEED A MOTION FOR ADJOURN.