* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] I WANNA [1. ROLL CALL] WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE, UM, OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. EBRA BONNER. HERE. MR. DOOLEY. DR. MOORE. HERE. MR. CHAVIS. HERE. MR. LEE. HERE. FOUR BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME, UM, WE'LL STAND FOR THE INVITATION. FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF LEGAL HEAVEN. BE THY NAME. TH KINGDOM COME. TH THOU WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. IN HEAVEN. GIVE US, STAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TTPA TRESPASSES AS WE GIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US AND LEAD US. NOT THE TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. BUT THINE IS THE KINGDOM OF POWER AND THE GLORY FOR AND EVER FOREVER. AMEN. LEDGE 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. ALRIGHT, AGAIN, WELCOME EVERYONE, UM, THIS AFTERNOON. [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN HAVE HAVE TWO UNDER REPORTS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE JAMES HOUSE. AND THEN, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, NUMBER SIX C. AND THEN UNDER ACTION ITEMS, WE HAVE THE VACO 2025 ANNUAL MEETING VOTING CREDENTIAL FORM. SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT AS SEVEN D. OKAY. THAT, THAT'S ALL FROM STAFF. MR. CHAIRMAN, DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE, UM, ANYTHING TO ADD? ALRIGHT. UM, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT. YEP. ALRIGHT. ROLL CALL PLEASE. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION. MOTION FOR THE I. MOTION TO I'LL SECOND ROLL CALL MS. EBRA. BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, [5. CONSENT AGENDA] WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT. UH, IS THERE ANYTHING, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS OR PULL OUT OR, UM, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, MR. CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MSY BRO. BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WE'RE [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ] GONNA MOVE ON TO REPORTS. UM, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. UH, MR. FRENCH, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD. MR. CHAIRMAN WAS THE BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE DID NOT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LUCK WITH THE BIDS FOR THE FERNDALE AND RIVER ROAD. ROUNDABOUT, UH, PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED LAST MONTH. WE RECEIVED ONE BID THAT CAME IN OVER BUDGET. UM, SO THE MAIN, UH, COMMENT THAT CAME IN FROM VENDORS, FROM CONTRACTORS WAS THE MOT FOR THE PROJECT. IT WAS NOT, NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC TIME, NOT ENOUGH DETOUR TIME ALLOWED IN THE CONTRACT SPECS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE PROJECT. UM, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS GOING BACK AND REVISING THE DETOUR AND MOT PLANS FOR THAT. PUTTING SOME MORE DETOUR TIME IN THE PROJECT. UM, PROBABLY BE MORE LANE CLOUD CLOSURE HOURS AND MAYBE ANOTHER WEEKEND OR TWO OF DETOURS FOR THAT PROJECT. UM, THAT DOES HOWEVER, TAKE A STUDY FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, WHICH THEY ARE WORKING ON CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RE ADVERTISE THE PROJECT, UM, IN JANUARY OF 26. PROBABLY GET BIDS IN FEBRUARY. UM, WHILE IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL SCHEDULE FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT. UM, JUST WITH IT BEING AN EARTH WORK AND GRADING PROJECT, SUCCESSFUL BIDDER PROBABLY WOULD'VE WAITED UNTIL SPRING TO START ACTUALLY DOING ANY OF THAT EARTH WORK ON THE PROJECT ONCE THINGS HAD T THOUGHT OUT ANYWAY. SO A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY, BUT SHOULDN'T IMPACT OUR OVERALL SCHEDULE TOO MUCH. UH, THE BAIN ROAD BRIDGE IS FINALLY OPEN AFTER 25 MONTHS. , UM, I WILL SAY IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME, BUT TO TURN AROUND A BRIDGE PROJECT IN 25 MONTHS IS, IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. OUR, UM, FOLKS THERE AT THE DENWOODY BRIDGE CREW RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD ON THAT PROJECT. UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE CHERRY HILL ROAD, ROYAL RUSTIC. UM, WE ARE NEARING COMPLETION ON THAT PROJECT, HOPING FOR SOME WARM WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GO ON AHEAD AND WRAP THAT PROJECT UP. [00:05:01] WE FINISHED THE CULVERT PROJECT ON WHITMORE ROAD, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO AS WELL. GOT THAT PAVED AND THAT ROAD IS REOPENED AS WELL AS DID SOME PATCHING ON ZS ROAD WHILE WE HAD A CONTRACTOR, THE ASPHALT CONTRACTOR OUT THERE IN THAT AREA. UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THAT CONTRACTOR TO SCHEDULE THE PATCH, UH, FOR FOUR 60 ONTO 85 NORTHBOUND AS WELL. JUST WORKING THAT INTO OUR SCHEDULE WITH THEM. THAT CONTRACTOR JUMPS AROUND SOME DIFFERENT AREAS. WE'VE GOT OTHER CULVERT PROJECTS ELSEWHERE THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, GETTING PATCHED FOR US AS WELL. WE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A SPEED LIMIT CHANGE ON THE EASTERN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY. UM, THAT CAME THROUGH OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THROUGH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO. SO SOME NEW SPEED LIMIT SIGNS OF 45 MILE AN HOUR STEP DOWN ON ROUTE 40 ON THE EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY. AND IT IS BEING ENFORCED AS WE SPEAK. UM, WE ARE ISSUING, ACTUALLY TODAY, UH, I APPROVED THE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR OUR LAST ROUND OF CONTRACT MOWING, UH, FOR THE SEASON AS WELL. RIGHT NOW WE PLAN TO BEGIN THAT MOWING ON NOVEMBER 5TH. UM, THAT WAY, UH, ELECTION DAY WILL BE DONE. WE WON'T HAVE EQUIPMENT OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, UM, WITH THE GOAL TO GET THAT MOWING DONE BY THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. THIS WILL BE A FULL RIGHT OF WAY WITH MOST OUR DIVIDED HIGHWAYS LIKE FOUR 60. EVEN THE MEDIATIONS AND UP THE BANKS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE MOWED. UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE COMPLETING OUR MAINTENANCE DRY RUNS ON OUR SNOW EQUIPMENT THIS WEEK. SO ALL OF OUR STATE FOREST SNOW EQUIPMENT, WE KNOCK ALL THE DUST OUT AND GET EVERYTHING GREASED AND CLEANED UP AND RIGGED AND READY FOR WHATEVER MOTHER NATURE'S GONNA GIVE US THIS WINTER. SO BE OUT LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. AND, UM, FROM WHAT I SAW TODAY, WE ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD AND WE ARE READY. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE BOARD THIS AFTERNOON? QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I'M GOOD. UH, I'M JUST GOOD ABOUT THE GRASP. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. SLOW IT DOWN. AARON, I GOT A QUESTION. YES, SIR. UM, AND IT, IT KIND OF SOME FORWARD THINKING. UM, I KNOW AT THE DOLS MEETING THERE WAS SEVERAL, UM, CITIZENS THAT TALKED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE RURAL ROADS, UM, IN, IN REALLY THE STATE AND DENWOODY IN PARTICULAR. UM, AS, AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE LIKE, UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. UM, LIKE AN UPDATE OR A STATUS OF WHAT THE ROADS ARE, UM, SHAPE ROADS ARE IN, UM, OR ARE YOU JUST DOING REPAIRS ON A AS NEED BASIS OR DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY LIKE FUTURE, LIKE THIS ROAD IS, NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, DATA NEEDS TO BE WIDENED, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? FROM A GENERAL CONDITION STANDPOINT, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF, OF, UH, SPECIFICALLY PAVEMENT CONDITIONS ON ALL OF OUR ROADS, SECONDARIES AND PRIMARIES INCLUDED. UM, THOSE ARE ALL IN, IN PRETTY EASY ACT TO ACCESS REPORTS FOR US. UM, AS FAR AS IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, UM, JUST AT OUR LEVEL, AT THE RESIDENCY LEVEL, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ROADS IN MIND THAT HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE CERTAIN PROJECTS ON, BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, WE WOULD PARTNER WITH, WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ACTION ON, ON MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF NORMAL MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. UM, OUR RESURFACING PROJECTS, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE DATABASE WHERE WE CAN SEE THE CONDITION. WE WORK THOSE SCHEDULES TWO OR THREE YEARS IN ADVANCE. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE ROADS THAT WILL BE RESURFACED IN 2027. UM, SO WE DO KIND OF, KIND OF WORK PRETTY FAR FORWARD AS FAR AS GETTING OUR GENERAL PAVEMENT AND EVEN THINGS LIKE OUR TREE TRIMMING IS DONE ON A TWO YEAR CYCLE AS WELL. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TRIMMING ON THE ROADS IN 27 AS WELL. OKAY? MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. I, AND THOSE ARE REPORTS. UM, PUBLIC REPORTS DO, I AM NOT CERTAIN IF THEY ARE PUBLIC. UM, I KNOW THAT FROM THE PAVING STANDPOINT YOU CAN GO, THERE'S A PUBLIC MAP THAT SHOWS WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR PAVING THIS YEAR AND WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. OKAY? MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING MR. MR. CHAIRMAN? UM, MR. DOOLEY IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, AARON, BUT HE CALLED, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING. HE'S IN A, A TRAINING, BUT HE CALLED BEFORE, UH, AND WANTED ME TO PASS ALONG HORSE TRAIL THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, WASH BOARDING ON THAT ROAD. VERY ROUGH, BUMPY RIDE. UM, HE'S GOTTEN SOME COMPLAINTS OUT THERE AND WITH I GUESS WINTER COMING, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET ANY BETTER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I, I [00:10:01] THINK WHERE MR. LEE IS, WAS GOING, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING OUR LEGISL WE'RE GONNA BE PASSING OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA LATER TODAY. I'LL TRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I CALL THIS MY JERRY MCGUIRE MOMENT, SO IT'S LIKE, HELP US HELP YOU . SO, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THE MAINTENANCE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS PART OF VIRGINIA MORE RURAL AREAS SEEM TO GET NOT NECESSARILY LESS MONEY, BUT THERE'S NOT ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT COMES IN. AND SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO WORK WITHIN A BUDGET, WHICH WE RESPECT, BUT IF, IF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ARTICULATE A POLICY STATEMENT THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, HELP US HELP YOU AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO, HOW DO WE ARTICULATE THAT IN A WAY THAT, UM, MIGHT MEAN SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE IN RICHMOND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE SITTING ON, I GUESS UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF SURPLUS MONEY AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE LESS AND LESS KEEPS COMING TO THE RURAL AREAS. WE COULD CALL IT SOMETHING LIKE A SECOND, A RURAL SECONDARY ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT KIND OF. AND REALLY WHAT I'VE ENVISIONED FOR IT AND HOW I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY WORK WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO OUR RURAL RUSTIC AND ANY OTHER SECONDARY SIX YEAR PROJECT WHERE THE FUNDING ULTIMATELY IS THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY MAKES THE DECISIONS ON THE PROJECT AND IT IS ULTIMATELY THE COUNTY'S MONEY. WE MORE OR LESS MANAGE IT FOR THE COUNTY YEAH. RATHER THAN JUST ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE FUNDING, WHICH I, I I WILL SAY, UM, WE DO GET A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE FUNDING, BUT WE GET ENOUGH TO COVER MAINTENANCE AND, AND JUST MAINTENANCE MORE OR LESS. UM, AND THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS REALLY FLOWING THROUGH THE COUNTY. AND IF WE HAD THAT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, I WOULD SAY. I THINK IT'S THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF IDEAS YES. THAT MAY HELP US AS WE, WE MOVE FORWARD MM-HMM . AND, AND I WILL SAY, AND I'VE, I'VE KIND OF HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE THE, THE, RIGHT NOW A LOT OF OUR UNPAVED MONEY, THE, THE GOAL OF THE AGENCY IS TO HARD SURFACE ROADWAYS THAT, THAT ARE APPLICABLE AND QUALIFY THE, HENCE THE RURAL RUSTIC PROGRAM AND, AND THE FUNDING FLOWING THROUGH THAT AND THOSE AREAS IN, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE THAT HAVE A FAR MORE ROBUST RURAL RUSTIC PROGRAM, UM, THAN DENWOODY DOES. WHICH IS IT, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM HERE BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING LESS AND LESS DIRT ROADS HERE IN THE COUNTY. UM, AND THE GOAL FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THEY DO REQUIRE MUCH MORE MAINTENANCE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA IS GONNA RUN OUT OF UNS SURFACED ROADS TO DO RURAL RUSTIC PROJECTS ON. AND THE QUESTION HAS COME UP, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT FUNDING AT THAT POINT IN TIME? ARE WE GONNA FIND ANOTHER PROGRAM TO, TO ROLL THAT FUNDING INTO? UM, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF DOING A RURAL RUSTIC ROADWAY PER MILE, COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF AS GOING IN AND, AND WIDENING AND IMPROVING SECONDARY ROADS, THE COST INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR RURAL ROADS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IMPROVED THAT ARE WHAT WE CALL BIRD ACT ROADS HAVE THE PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT OF WAY FOR WIDENING. WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE NEEDING TO GET INTO PURCHASING RIGHT OF WAY WHEN WE DON'T DO THAT TYPICALLY FOR RURAL RUSTIC ROADS. SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THAT THE, THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO AN ALREADY HARD SURFACE ROAD ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE A LOT MORE COSTLY THAN HARD SURFACING PROJECTS DO. DO YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF, AND THIS IS REALLY CHALLENGING QUESTION, I'M SURE, BUT DO, DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND IN GRASS CUTTING FOR A YEAR? UM, LIKE IN DENWOODY? SO IN DENWITTY IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. I KNOW, UM, JUST RESIDENCY WIDE, WHICH WE COVER THREE COUNTIES, WE HOVER RIGHT AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN MOWING. OKAY. AND THAT'S IF WE DO THREE CYCLES, ALL CONTRACT MOWING. SO, UM, ARE THE, ARE ARE YOU DONE THIS YEAR WITH CUTTING GRASS OR IS THERE ONE MORE? WE ARE ABOUT TO START THE LAST ONE. OKAY. MM-HMM . BECAUSE THAT USUALLY HAPPENS JUST BEFORE THE FROST YES, SIR. TAKES PLACE. YES. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I KNOW WE, THIS BOARD, BUT RECENTLY, UM, CHAIRMAN LEE AND I ATTENDED WHAT'S CALLED THE MAYORS AND CHAIRS OF THE ENTIRE REGION, ABOUT NINE 10 JURISDICTIONS. AND ONE OF THE CONSISTENT CONCERNS ACROSS THE BOARD IS STILL JOHNSON GRASS MM-HMM . AND, AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING, WE KNOW THAT IT'S BEING THE, YOU KNOW, REGULATED AT A STATE LEVEL. UM, BUT FOR US IT'S, IT'S REALLY WHAT'S THE PROBLEM IS IT'S JUST THE FREQUENCY OF THE MOWS IN BETWEEN THE GROW SEASON. AND WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT OF SEED, THEN IT BECOMES A BIGGER PROBLEM. SO OUR, WE JUST SEE OUR SECONDARY ROADS BECOMING MORE AND MORE AND MORE, UM, WITH JOHNSON GRASS, BUT THAT'S GONNA ADD ANOTHER MODE. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT OUR DELEGATES AND SENATORS ARE SAYING IS, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY COST? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT [00:15:01] ARE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED IF WE WERE TO, TO PICK UP ANOTHER MOW YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD SPECIFICALLY KNOW THAT NUMBER, THAT MIGHT BE A MM-HMM . SOMETHING THAT'S A SPECIFIC ASK FOR, FOR THE COUNTY ALONE, 50 50,000 MORE OR LESS. OKAY. NOW, THE OUTSIDE OF MOWING, WE CAN DO HERBICIDE TREATMENTS FOR THE JOHNSON GRASS AS WELL, THE SELECTIVE HERBICIDES, BUT THAT IS ALSO A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND THEN WE GET INTO KIND OF CONFLICTS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND HERBICIDES ADJACENT TO PASTURE LANDS AND, AND CROPS AND OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES. OKAY. WELL, I, I APPRECIATE IT. AGAIN, WE, WE, UM, I, I KNOW IT FROM THE BOARD AND I TOLD A CITIZEN THE OTHER DAY, IT SEEMS LIKE THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT'S ALWAYS MENTIONED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR THE FREQUENCY OF THE CALLS THAT I GET IS IT'S, IT IS MORE ABOUT ROADS. YEAH. MM-HMM . IT, I MEAN, ROADS ARE ONE OF THE, THE BIG ISSUES IN THE COUNTY, SO MM-HMM . NO, WE, WE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. BUT THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. AND I WILL SAY THAT, THAT RIGHT NOW, THIS AGENCY STATEWIDE, THERE'S A BIG PUSH FOR MOWING AND, AND LITTER PICKUP HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE IN THE NEXT PROBABLY COUPLE WEEKS, WE WILL SEE A LOT OF LITTER AND, AND MOWING HAPPENING. MM-HMM . PERFECT. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW CHAIRMAN HAS STEPPED OUT. MM-HMM . I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ERIN FOR ABSOLUTELY FOR BEING AT MY TOWN HALL MEETING ON OCTOBER THE SECOND. IT'S IN MY COMMENTS LATER ON, BUT PERSONALLY FOR THE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND BEING THERE AND BEING AVAILABLE ABSOLUTELY. TO THE CITIZENS OF DISTRICT TWO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. OH YEAH. HAPPY I COULD HELP. WELL, I NEED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE BRIDGE. YEAH. I KNOW IT WAS A HARD TIME . I, I, I REALLY SYMPATHIZE FOR THE FELLOWS OUT THERE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION. THEY JUST BATTLED FLOODING AND WATER THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE OUT THERE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE AS SOON AS THEY WERE DONE, IT STOPPED RAINING . AND, UH, THEY LET MR. BAIN BE THE FIRST ONE TO DRIVE ACROSS THAT BRIDGE. AND THEY TOOK A PICTURE OF HIM DRIVING ACROSS IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE'RE GONNA PRINT IT AND GIVE IT TO HIM. . WELL, HE, UH, WANTED A SPECIAL CHAIR SO HE COULD SIT OUT THERE AND JUST LOOK, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTS . SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, LET'S [6.B. Proposed Amendment To Chapter 10 –Fire Prevention And Protection, Article III. Fire Prevention Code ] SEE. NEXT WE HAVE THE FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION ARTICLE THREE. THAT'S, UM, FIRE PREVENTION CODE, MR. TALL OF SOUTHFIELD, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. MASSENGILL, HOW ARE YOU? SO TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FIRE MARSHAL PART OF THE DIM WITTY COUNTY CODE. UM, AS YOU KNOW, JAMES BRETT JENNINGS WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRE MARSHAL OFFICIALLY AT THE SEPTEMBER 16TH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH DEPUTY CHIEF BLAKE AND CAPTAIN JENNINGS CHANGES TO ARTICLE THREE OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE COUNTY CODE, WHICH DEALS WITH FIRES ARE BEING PROPOSED. SO CHAPTER 10 DEALS WITH FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, AND THEN ARTICLE THREE IN PARTICULAR DEALS WITH THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE. AND THESE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE TO SOME DEGREE BASED ON THE HANOVER COUNTY CODE. SO THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THESE CHANGES IS FOUND IN WHAT WOULD BE THE NEW SECTION 10 DASH 19.3, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE FIRE MARSHAL A LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE MARSHAL UNDER THE COUNTY CODE. THAT'S THE KEY, THE KEY ITEM HERE. AND THAT WOULD COME COMPLETE WITH THE POWER TO ARREST, TO PROCURE AND SERVE WARRANTS OF ARREST AND TO ISSUE SUMMONS AND THE MANNER AUTHORIZED BY GENERAL LAW FOR VIOLATION OF FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE SAFETY LAWS AND RELATED ORDINANCES. THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME POLICE POWERS AS THE SHERIFF, POLICE OFFICER, OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND THE FIRE MARSHAL DEPUTIES AND ASSISTANCE WOULD BE, SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF ALL OFFENSES OCCURRING WITHIN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING TO THE EXTENT APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY, UM, INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, FIRES, FIRE BOMBINGS, BOMBINGS, ATTEMPT OR THREATS TO COMMIT SUCH OFFENSES. FALSE ALARMS RELATED TO SUCH OFFENSES IN POSSESSION AND MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, SUBSTANCES, AND FIRE BOMBS. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THE, THE CODE COVERS THERE. THESE POLICE POWERS WOULD ONLY BE EXERCISED BY A CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL OR DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL WHO HAD COMPLETED THE REQUISITE TRAINING SET FORTH IN THE STATE AND COUNTY CODE. HAVING COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, MR. JENNINGS WOULD BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THAT WITHOUT TOO MUCH A DO SIMILAR TO WHAT HE CAME FROM IN, IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS. UM, OTHER KEY PROVISIONS OF THE, THE ORDINANCE PROPOSAL BEING THE ONE BEFORE YOU ARE 19.1 WOULD CODIFY HOW THE FIRE MARSHAL IS APPOINTED. 19.2 WOULD CODIFY THE PROCESS FOR APPOINTING DEPUTY AND ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS. 19.4 WOULD CHARGE THE FIRE MARSHAL WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF FIRES. [00:20:01] SECTION 20 WOULD STATE THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE STATEWIDE FIRE PREVENTION CODE, AS WELL AS PROVISION, UH, PROVISIONS OF THE COUNTY CODE THAT PERTAIN TO FIRES AND OTHER RELATED LAWS. THAT SECTION WOULD ALSO GIVE THE FIRE MARSHAL THE ABILITY TO ISSUE SUSPEND AND REVOKE PERMITS AND PLACE RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW. 20.1 STATES THAT UNLESS THE COUNTY CODE STATES OTHERWISE VIOLATIONS WOULD BE A CLASS ONE MISDEMEANOR. AND THEN FINALLY THE FIRE MARSHAL WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENTER PROPERTY FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, HAZARDOUS WASTE OR REGULATED SUBSTANCES WHERE RELE, WHERE A RELEASE IS REASONABLY SUSPECTED TO HAVE OCCURRED. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH FIRE AND EMS TO DRAFT AN MOU THAT COULD BE ENTERED INTO WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO DELINEATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU NEXT MONTH. WE NEED TO, TO SHARE THAT WITH THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK WITH, WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND, AND THAT ITEM NEXT MONTH. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THIS IS JUST REPORT. HOWEVER, THE, THE REQUEST WOULD BE THAT IF THE, WE HAVE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, ADVERTISEMENT FOR AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING. I DO HAVE THE CHIEF AND THE FIRE MARSHAL HERE TODAY IF THERE, THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR THEM OR FOR ME. AND AGAIN, WITH, WITH MR. JENNINGS COMING ON BOARD, COMING FROM A, A VERY LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE MARSHAL BACKGROUND AND HIM ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE SERGEANT POWERS TO DO THINGS CAME FROM, UM, IS IS REALLY THE, THE GENESIS OF, OF THESE CHANGES. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS A EITHER UP AND DOWN, SO UP AND DOWN SIDE TO SIDE. IF I SEE A LOT OF SIDE TO SIDE, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO TALK MORE. BUT IF, IF, IF I HAVE CONSENSUS TO ADVERTISE IT, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. YES. YEAH. ALRIGHT. WITH YOU MR. I WOULD SAY YEAH, GO IN THERE. ALRIGHT. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL BE BACK WITH IT AGAIN NEXT MONTH AFTER IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED AND GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO COMMENT, TO COMMENT ON IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE THE JAMES HOUSE AND WHAT ALL KEVIN SAID WHEN WE WERE DOING THE AMENDMENTS. I DIDN'T REMEMBER SAY SO. I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE YOUR NAMES. UM, BACK UP. YEAH. COME ON OUT. YEAH. IF YOU DON'T YEAH, COME RIGHT ON THAT DON'T, YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU JUST PULLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. I'M, CAN WE MOVE IT? YOU, YOU'RE GOOD. THERE YOU GO, SHORTY. UH, MY NAME IS KATIE HARLOW. THIS IS CAROLYN OWENS FRALEY. AUGUSTA MIS MS. SORRY. AND BETHANY REASON IS WITH US. SHE HAS A NEW BABY. SO THEY JUST CALLED ABOUT THE BABY. UM, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS TO US. MS. RIN BONNER. MS. BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON OUR BOARD, YOUR SERVICE WITH US. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THIS, Y'ALL SORRY. YOU'RE FINE. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE YOU GREAT. YOU'RE GREAT. JUST JUST TO COMMENT, MR. CHAIR, WE'RE JUST APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU DO, THE FAMILIES THAT YOU HELP AND THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT YOU OFFER TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED YOUR SERVICES. WE JUST SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE 24 7, 7 DAYS A WEEK. YES. IT'S BEEN A GRATEFUL, WONDERFUL WEEK ON CALL. WE'VE HAD A LOT HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, RIGHT? YEAH. AND YOU HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT'S COMING OUT, RIGHT? YES, IT SHOULD. I THINK DOLORES PUT THE FALL ONE OUT. HAS IT ALREADY BEEN PUT OUT? I FEEL LIKE MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO AGO. SHE MIGHT HAVE SENT IT OUT. I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH HER. OKAY. THEY SHOULD HAVE COME OUT. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. AND, AND I DO HAVE SOME, UM, I'LL CONTACT SHAUNA OR MAYBE ONE OF YOU MM-HMM . UM, I HAVE A LADY WHO HAS A, A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE WANTS TO GIVE YOU. YES. SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO CLEAN OUT ONE OF HER, UM, STORAGE AREAS. OH YEAH. AND IT'S HUGE. SO. WELL WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. WE'LL GET WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. PERFECT. MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN, I'VE ASKED FOR MS. COLLINS TO TAKE A PICTURE AND IT'S NOT YEAH, BECAUSE PURPLE'S NOT NECESSARILY MY COLOR. ME EITHER, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALL WEARING UH, PURPLE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS IN [00:25:01] SPECIAL OCCASIONS. YEAH. PURPLE FOR TODAY. OKAY. OH, YOU GOOD? YOU GET MY PINK ON TOO. OKAY. I TAKE A LOT . I UNDERSTAND. VERY GOOD. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THE NEXT ONE. OKAY, SO YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD? YEP. YEP. ALRIGHT, WE'RE MOVING [7.A. Contract Award, Up-Fitting New Fire Vehicles] RIGHT ALONG. UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH ACTION ITEMS. CONTRACT AWARD. UPFITTING NEW FIRE VEHICLE CHIEF KISSNER. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIRMAN. LEAD MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. TYLER AND ANN. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. MR. MASSING, HOW ARE YOU? SO TODAY I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE, PUT THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. UPFITTING OF TWO EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOR FIRE ADMINISTRATION. BACK IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, THE BOARD MEETING YOU GRACELY APPROVED A PURCHASE OF TWO VEHICLES FOR FIRE ADMINISTRATION. A CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2,500 AND A CHEVROLET TAHOE SSV. THESE VEHICLES COME FROM THE FACTORY NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FROM THE FACTORY REQUIRING PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT FROM A THIRD PARTY VENDOR. THERE IS CURRENTLY A BACKLOG OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES AT THESE SPECIALIZED SHOPS WAITING FOR EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE REACHED OUT TO ADDITIONAL COMPANIES THAT COULD INSTALL THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. TO GET SOME QUOTES, THE COUNTY REQUESTED A QUOTE FROM SHEHE FORD MUNICIPAL SALES AND SERVICES OF RICHMOND FOR EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR THE TWO VEHICLES. SHEHE PROVIDED A QUOTE FOR $64,085 AND 98 CENTS TOTAL FOR BOTH VEHICLES. 35,000 425 26 FOR THE SILVERADO AND 28 6 60 0.72 FOR THE TAHOE. THIS IS BEING PROCURED USING THE COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT WITH THE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY CONTRACT. AND THE NUMBERS BESIDE AND TOTAL INSTALL TIME FOR BOTH VEHICLES IS FOUR WEEKS. ONCE OUR NUMBER OR TIME COMES UP TO GET 'EM INSTALLED, TWO WEEKS PER VEHICLE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE FIRE OPERATING AND FIRE PROGRAMS ACCOUNT FOR THIS PURCHASE. WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SHEHE FORD MUNICIPAL SALES AND SERVICE OF RICHMOND TO GET THIS EQUIPMENT PURCHASED AND INSTALLED. ALRIGHT? MM-HMM . ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MM-HMM. ALRIGHT. WHAT ? I DON'T THINK THAT BABY WANTED HIM TO PURCHASE THIS. THAT'S RIGHT. DEFINITELY A NAY OUT THERE. HAPPY ANYWAY. MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CONTRACT PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LASHON DE THAT'S RIGHT . ALRIGHT, [7.B. Revisions To Dinwiddie County Purchasing Policies And Procedures] WE'LL MOVE ON TO B UM, PROVISION TO DEWIN COUNTY PURCHAS AND POLICY AND PROCEDURE. MS. ANN HAMILTON, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. UM, PERIODICALLY WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR DENE COUNTY LOCAL PROCUREMENT POLICY AS THE VIRGINIA, UM, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT CHANGES WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACTIONS OVER EACH YEAR OR EVERY YEAR. THEY DO SOMETHING TO IT, BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS CHANGE OUR POLICY EVERY YEAR. UM, AT THIS POINT WE HADN'T DONE IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO WE FELT, UM, THAT WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THIS BEFORE YOU FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. UM, THERE'S A, SOME LIMITS THAT CHANGE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR, YOUR BOARD PACK FROM 200,000 TO 300,000 FOR, UM, NON TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT'S REALLY HAVING TO DO WITH THE, THE THRESHOLD FOR DOING A FORMAL IFB OR UM, RFP. WE HAVE, UH, INCLUDED MARKETING AND ADVERTISING SERVICES AND SPORT LEAGUES, SPORTS LEAGUE FEES TO OUR EXEMPTION LIST, UM, FROM COMPE FROM COMPETITION WHERE IT'S NOT PRACTICAL OR AVAILABLE TO, TO, UM, TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR SOME OF THOSE SERVICES. UM, THE REALLY, THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WE WERE DOING AN UPDATE TO OUR POLICY THIS TIME WAS A REORGANIZATION AND REWORDING OF THE SECTIONS, UM, TO CLARIFY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS VERSUS THE PROCUREMENT [00:30:01] OFFICE. SINCE WE'VE GOT SOME NEW FOLKS IN KEY KEY POSITIONS IN DEPARTMENTS AND WHICH IS TRYING TO CLARIFY WHO SHOULD BE DOING WHAT. ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEW MUNI WITH TYLER MUNIS, UM, WITH THINGS BEING ELECTRONIC RATHER THAN PAPER DRIVEN, WE JUST FELT WE NEEDED TO DO SOME CLARIFICATION AND A RESULT OF TRYING TO CLARIFY THINGS WAS CREATING HOLLY. UM, CASEY, WHO'S OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICER, SHE'S HERE TODAY, CREATED A FLOW CHART TO TRY TO, TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF THE, THE THINK THE THINKING PROCESS OF WHAT DO I DO, WHO DO I CALL, DO I DO A, DO I CALL HOLLY FIRST? DO I DO SOMETHING IN THE SYSTEM FIRST? DO I SEND YOU AN EMAIL? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO? SO, UM, SO THE REVISED POLICY IS BEFORE YOU. UM, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND HOLLY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. SHE WORKED HARD ON GETTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? JUST TO, JUST TO COMMENT, UM, HAS IT BEEN PRESENTED TO STAFF CURRENTLY OR ARE WE WAITING FOR US TO PASS THIS EVENING? THEN IT'LL BE PRESENTED TO STAFF AND EXPLAIN TO THEM IN STEP BY STEP ONCE YOU ALL APPROVE THIS. RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE A TRAINING. UM, WE'RE SCHEDULED TO DO A TRAINING IN NOVEMBER RIGHT. WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ON ON HOW TO USE THIS. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. YES. ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE? I MAKE A MOTION. WILL WE ACCEPT THE REVISION AS PRESENTED? SECOND. CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA? BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME [7.C. Legislative Agenda] WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR REGRANT DIRECTOR INTERGOVERNMENT. LADIES. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIRMAN LEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. MASSING. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT AND REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY'S 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AS YOU WELL KNOW, EACH YEAR, UM, WE, YOU ALL ADOPT A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT IS THEN SHARED WITH STATE DELEGATES AND SENATORS PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION. TYPICALLY, WE ATTACH VACO'S AGENDA TO OURS, UM, AND ADOPTED AS A WHOLE. HOWEVER, WE WERE, UM, ASKED BY OUR STATE DELEGATION TO PREPARE OUR AGENDA A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR. THEY WANTED TO HAVE IT, UM, AHEAD OF THE, UM, PRE-FILING WINDOW OPENING ON NOVEMBER 17TH. MM-HMM . . AND SO OUR AGENDA WILL ACTUALLY COME BEFORE VACO'S. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT YET. UM, SO TODAY, UM, THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL BE HEARING. STRICTLY LOCAL ITEMS. UM, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WERE ALL INVITED TO FOR FORWARD ITEMS FOR INCLUSION. IN THE 2026 AGENDA, WE RECEIVED FOUR ITEMS, UH, FOR INCLUSION. TWO OF THESE ITEMS ARE INFORMATIONAL ONLY AND ARE INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT THE LOCAL FISCAL IMPACT OF TWO SPECIFIC UNFUNDED MANDATES, WHICH WE HEAR ABOUT A LOT, UM, IN, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UH, THE FIRST IS THE IMPACT OF THE LACK OF COMPENSATION BOARD REIMBURSEMENT FOR BONUSES THAT WERE AWARDED LAST YEAR. AND THAT IMPACT, UM, IS ROUGHLY $72,540. UH, THE SECOND IS THE LOCAL FISCAL IMPACT OF TAX RELIEF FOR DISABLED VETERANS. UM, AND THAT IMPACT REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, UM, TOTALED $1,125,121. SO ALTOGETHER IT'S JUST UNDER $2 MILLION OF IMPACT. NOT THAT THOSE AREN'T AREN'T GREAT PROGRAMS. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE REALITY OF, OF THE IMPACT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, UM, FINANCIALLY. ANOTHER OF OUR, OF ITEMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WAS A REQUEST, UM, FOR RESOLUTIONS AT THE SENATE AND HOUSE, UM, FLOORS HONORING A PRIVATE FITS LEE. AGAIN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, THE US ARMY INSTALLATION PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS FORT GREG ADAMS WAS RENAMED FORT LEE IN HONOR OF PRIVATE FITS LEE IN JULY, 2025. AND YOU WERE ALL THERE FOR THAT MOMENTOUS OCCASION. UM, FITZ LEE WAS BORN IN DEITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN 1866 AND WENT ON TO DO SOME PRETTY PHENOMENAL THINGS, UM, IN THE MILITARY FOR OUR COUNTRY. UM, AND SO WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING SENATE AND HOUSE RESOLUTIONS, UM, HONORING PRIVATE FITZ LEE. AND FINALLY, THE FOURTH ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS AN ACTUAL, UM, REQUEST FOR AN UPDATES TO CODE. UM, AND IT WAS PREPARED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PLANNING OFFICE. UM, AND THAT PERTAINS TO THE REMOVAL OF TRASH AND CLUTTER. UM, UPDATES TO CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 9 0 1 AND 2021 HAVE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE JUNK AND TRASH FROM PROPERTY AND RURAL LOCALITIES. THE LANGUAGE, AS IT STANDS, HAS CREATED AMBIGUITY REGARDING WHAT LOCALITIES CAN AND CANNOT ENFORCE [00:35:01] ON THESE PROPERTIES. THE INTENT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IS TO GIVE LOCALITIES THE AUTHORITY TO FULLY ENFORCE SECTION 15.2 DASH 9 0 1 ON THE PROPERTIES. IT IT TO WHICH IT PERTAINS. UM, AND A DRAFT OF THAT LEGISLATION CHANGE IS IN YOUR PACKET AND AGAIN, PREPARED BY MR. SOUTHALL'S OFFICE. UM, ONCE APPROVED, I'LL SHARE THIS AGENDA WITH OUR STATE'S, UM, DELEGATION, UM, AND SOLICIT SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A PATRON FOR THE TWO ITEMS THAT REQUIRE OR REQUESTED ACTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE ADD SOMETHING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, THE RURAL ROADS, UM, WITHIN DENWOODY, UM, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE, UM, SUCH A SURPLUS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE WHEN WE GO TO VACO, I CAN DISCUSS IT WITH THEM. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RURAL, RURAL CAUCUS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PLACES THAT, THAT WE REALLY CAN FIND OUT IF AND WHEN YOU SAY VDOT, A LOT OF MOST RURAL LOCALITIES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS, UM, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT. SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANT TO DO VERBIAGE. WELL, I, AS CHAIRMAN, I TOOK A STAB WHILE WE WERE JUST TRYING TO TYPE THIS OUT. SO I, TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT IN RURAL VIRGINIA IN EMITY COUNTY URGES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. RURAL COMMUNITIES RELY ON VDOT TO MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL ROAD NETWORKS THAT SUPPORT AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURING, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT WE FACE GROWING COSTS WITH LIMITED LOCAL RESOURCES. THE COUNTY SUPPORTS A DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM FOR, FOR RURAL ROAD AND BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS, FAIR FUNDING FORMULAS THAT REFLECT RURAL REALITIES AND EXPANDED INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT AND SAFETY PROGRAMS. UH, STRENGTHENING RURAL TRANSPORTATION ENSURES THAT EVERY VIRGINIA, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE, CAN CONNECT TO OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMONWEALTH'S ECONOMY AND JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. SOUNDS GOOD. I THINK IT SOUNDS GOOD. MM-HMM . OKAY. WE CAN, SO I CAN SHOOT YOU THAT I MM-HMM . WE'LL ADD IT TO IT. YEAH. AND, UM, THE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE SOIL WATER DRAINAGE IN THE COUNTY. IT WAS SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SO MUCH WIDESPREAD, NOT ONLY IN DWAY BUT ACROSS THE STATE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, WATER. I, I KNOW IT'S, UM, I THINK WHAT MAYBE A YEAR OR SO AGO IT WAS, IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT IT FAILED IN ONE OF THE HOUSES BEFORE, UM, IT WENT THROUGH AND I THINK, UH, THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THINGS GRANDFATHERED IN, UM, TO TRY TO GET SOME FUNDING. SO, AND I DON'T KNOW. SO WE CAN MS YOU KNOW, MS. , WE COULD ADD A SECTION THAT DEWIN COUNTY FURTHER, UH, RECOMMENDS THAT A, A FULL REVIEW ON OUTFALL DITCHES AND THE RELATED STORMWATER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. AND WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH. THANK YOU. YEP. JUST TO COMMENT, MR. UH, MR. LEE, OUR LAST SIGNIFICANT RAINSTORM, I WENT TO THE PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN IN QUESTION IN THE NORTHERN END OF DEITY COUNTY AND TOOK PICTURES AND IT IS PHENOMENAL. THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S BAD. THAT WAS AROUND FOUR HOUSES YEAH. THAT THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN. IT WAS PHENOMENAL, UM, TO SAY THE LEAST. SO THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AND I, I MADE A SPECIFIC TO GO AFTER WE HAD ABOUT TWO AND A HALF, THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND GOT IN MY VEHICLE AND WENT TO LOOK AT THEM. AND, UH, THESE FOLKS ARE NOT KIDDING US. IT, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT ISSUE. YEAH. IT'S, I AGREE. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM WITH THE AMENDMENT TO, TO BE THAT TRANSPORTATION A MOTION. SO MOVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT. ROLL CALL MISSY BRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. NOW [Additional Item 1] THE NEXT ONE, MR. CHAIRMAN, IS, UM, THE ADDITION OF THE VACO, UH, ANNUAL MEETING VOTING CREDENTIALS. SO THAT WOULD BE ITEM SEVEN D AND THAT, THAT ONE'S ME. SO I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO IT. SO AS YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR, UH, AT YOUR, YOUR LAST DAY OF THE VACO CONFERENCE, THERE ARE, UH, VOTES THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE TO AGAIN ADOPT THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM THAT MS. GRANT'S TALKING ABOUT AS WELL AS RESOLUTIONS AND, [00:40:01] AND THE WORK OF VACO. UH, WE WOULD NEED TO AT THIS TIME, UH, NOMINATE AND APPOINT, UM, A VOTING DELEGATE AND THEN AN ALTERNATE DELEGATE IN CASE THAT PERSON'S UNABLE TO FULFILL THAT TIME. I MAKE A MOTION FOR MS. BONNER TO BE OUR VOTING REPRESENTATIVE. SECOND. ALRIGHT. DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? AND THEN WE'LL DO THE ALTERNATE? AS LONG AS SHE, YES. HONOR. AND SHE SAYS YES. OKAY. YES. WE HAVE HER OLD ROLL CALL. WHY CHANGE NOW? . YOU WERE THERE TOO. MS. EBRA BONNER. UM, AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. AND MR. CHAIRMAN, IN, IN, IN THE ABSENCE OF MS. EBRA BONNER AT THAT PARTICULAR MEETING, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE DELEGATE. I PUT FORTH DAN LEE AS THE ALTERNATE. SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. EBRA? BONNER? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN'S. ALL FOR THAT ONE. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP, MR. CHAIRMAN? WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. OKAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON FROM CITIZEN COMMENT TO [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, A COUPLE COMMENTS HERE. ONE IS THE, UH, APPOINTMENT OF OF TIMMY CLIBURN AS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. MR. CLIBURN IS HERE. TIM, IF YOU COULD JUST STAND UP AND THERE HE IS. SO, UH, MR. YOU CAN SIT BACK DOWN NOW, BUT TIMMY TIMMY'S BEEN HERE. UM, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF DAYS. UM, I'M JUST HOPING THAT HE DOESN'T DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SO TIMMY HAS, HAS COME IN, UH, WHAT AN AMAZING BACKGROUND HE HAS AND JUST PERFECTLY SUITED TO TAKE ON GENERAL SERVICES WHERE WE'RE PRESENTLY AT AND WHERE WE WE PLAN TO GO. AND, UM, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO KNOW TIMMY MOST OF MY LIFE. UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIM COME AND, AND WORK FOR DENVER WITTY COUNTY, UH, AND TO LEAD THIS PART IS, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. UM, MAYBE CAN SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MY HAIR BECAUSE IT'S EITHER GONNA GET PULLED OUT OR BE COMPLETELY GRAY AS I WAS KIND OF DOING BOTH FOR, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. BUT NO, WE'VE GOT, UM, SOME REAL OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF OUR BUILDINGS, OUR GROUNDS, YOU KNOW, AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT IT'S NOT JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, REGULAR MUNICIPAL GRASS. WE TALK ABOUT ALL, I THINK IT'S OVER A HUNDRED ACRES OF GRASS THAT WE CUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. SO A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. YOU THINK ABOUT THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND SOME OF OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES TOO. UM, THE ONE THING THAT EVERYBODY DOES IN DENWOODY IS THEY, THEY ALL GENERATE TRASH. AND SO WASTE MANAGEMENT, AS YOU KNOW, IS THE DOLLAR BILL. AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO. AND, UH, SO WHAT, WHAT I'VE ALL FOUND ALREADY TO BE KIND OF AWESTRUCK BY IS TIMMY'S WAY TO LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND, AND KIND OF STREAMLINE OPERATIONS. UH, I THINK WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FROM A BUSINESS APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO WASTE MANAGEMENT AND A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS. AND SO, SO, SO GLAD THAT MR. CLYBURN'S HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH HIM AS A KEY MEMBER OF OUR STAFF. THEN I HAPPENED TO LOOK A FEW MINUTES AGO AND, AND, AND NOTICE THAT, UM, THAT WE HAD MATTHEW THORNHILL WITH US. AND SO MATTHEW STARTED, I GUESS YOU STARTED THE SAME TIME AS TIMMY, RIGHT? SAME, SAME DAY. UM, AND YOU'RE STILL HERE TOO. SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GREAT. GREAT NEWS FOR US. SO, YEAH, SO, UH, MATTHEW IS GOT JUST A, A CONTAGIOUS SMILE SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE WHEN IN THE OFFICE, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S BEEN SMILING MORE, UM, MATTHEW OR LASHANDA TO HAVE HIM HERE, BUT MATTHEW IS, UM, JUST, JUST A GREAT INDIVIDUAL, IS OUR HR COORDINATOR AND IS FOCUSING A LOT ON, ON RECRUITMENT GRADUATE OF ODU, I BELIEVE. AND, UM, SO DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM FOR THE VIRGINIA TECH PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. THAT'S RIGHT. HE, HE, UH, ADDS SO MUCH TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO, TO GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER. AND AGAIN, YOU NEED FOR RECRUITMENT, YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT RIGHT CHARISMA THE IT FACTOR. AND, AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH HIM AT LEAST ONCE AND I TELL YOU JUST, JUST A GREAT FINE FOR US. SO, UH, WONDERFUL THERE. SO MATTHEW, GLAD YOU'RE HERE. YOU AND TIMMY BOTH, UM, WANTED TO ANNOUNCE IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT, THAT SOVA HAD THEIR BEST OF THE TRI-CITY AREA AWARDS. AND SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, DEWINE COUNTY WAS SELECTED AS BEST COMMUNITY. [00:45:01] AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO US, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF THE REGION TO BE RECOGNIZED AS, AS BEST COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S A, A VOTED UPON, UH, RECOGNITION AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT. UH, LAST WEEK. UH, THE BOARD ADVANCE, I JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. THAT'S THE 30TH AND 31ST. UH, THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE, THE TRAINING ROOM HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. UH, JUST AS YOU KIND OF BRING A, A OPEN MIND, WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY DIVING INTO SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT BEFORE, BUT IT'S KIND OF GONNA BE THE FOUNDATION. YOU KNOW, THE KEVIN MASSENGILL SHOW IS GONNA BE HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AS WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND YOU GUYS GET TO KIND OF BE THE START OF THAT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, 'CAUSE SHE'LL PROBABLY KILL ME FOR DOING THIS, BUT KAISHA BROWN, UH, SOMEHOW ENCOURAGED ME TO TEACH A CLASS AT HER VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION WITH HER. AND SO WE, WE HAD A PHENOMENAL TIME DOING IT, AND IT WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW TO EFFECTIVELY WORK WITH THE PUBLIC. UM, AND SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS ABOUT KAISHA, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER STATED IT BEFORE, BUT KAISHA NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION STATEWIDE. AND SO I, I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW, I, I SAW HER FIRSTHAND. I SAW WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S A GOOD AND A BAD THING. 'CAUSE NOW I KNOW IT'S IN THERE. SO SHE'S, UH, , SHE'S GOT SOME REAL LEADERSHIP ABILITY AND SO I KNOW WE, WE KIND OF SEE HER AS THE VOICE AND THE QUICK READER AND THE GOOD READER OF THAT, THAT VOICE WHEN WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AND THINGS. BUT KAISHA IS REALLY DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION. I WAS ASKED TO COME BACK AND TEACH ANOTHER CLASS ON THE FOLLOWING, I GUESS, UH, THAT FRIDAY. AND SO THAT WAS ON, UH, POLICY PEOPLE AND POLITICS AND SO ON THE, ON THE MUNICIPAL CLERKS ROLE. AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS A GOOD TIME. I, I REALLY ENJOYED IT. UH, JUST WANNA REMIND DR. MOORE AND MS. EBRA BONNER THAT TOMORROW WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE WATER AUTHORITY, SOME REPRESENTATIVES THERE. I KNOW YOU TWO REPRESENT A MAJORITY OF THAT, THAT WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE THAT IN, UH, TOMORROW. UH, ALSO WANTED TO MENTION LAST NIGHT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO, TO COME IN HERE AND SITTING HERE WAS DELLA, WHICH IS THE DIMITY EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY. AND SO WE HAVE JUNIORS AND SENIORS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR. SO THE SENIORS THIS YEAR WERE JUNIORS LAST YEAR. SO THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, UH, BUT JUST SOME PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUALS. AND SO WE HAD KIND OF AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT DELLA REALLY IS MEANT TO BE AND, AND GETTING TO KNOW ON A PERSONAL LEVEL SOME OF THESE STUDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO 'EM, IT'S NOT JUST YOUR GPA OR, OR THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. IT WAS REALLY GOING THROUGH AN INTERVIEW, WHICH IS LIKE A FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW. SO THEY GET THAT, THAT SKILL SET. BUT WE ALSO, WHICH WAS KIND OF FUN, MAYBE NOT FOR THEM, BUT FOR ME, WAS TO WATCH THE VIDEO. THEY HAD TO PUT FORTH A VIDEO OF WHY THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM. AND SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEM A LOT OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND, UH, WHAT A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM YANETTE IS LEADING THERE. UH, FOR THE DALLAS, UM, MY RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE HAT, THE PECAN FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY ON THE 25TH. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A, A GOOD TIME THERE. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK HARD ON, UH, RAISING SOME FUNDS FOR THE COLLEGE, FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. AND SO THERE'S A NAME THE SQUIRREL, SO YOU CAN GET YOUR SQUIRREL NAME FOR WHAT AT BARRETT SAID THE OTHER DAY. ANY DENOMINATIONS, IF YOU GOT $5 OR $500 AND YOU WANNA NAME THE SQUIRREL. MY ONLY THING WAS, I THINK WE'VE NAMED THE SAME SQUIRREL ABOUT FIVE TIMES, BUT THAT'S OKAY TOO. SO WE GOT THE PECAN FESTIVAL. WANTED TO MENTION THAT BRIGHT POINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS OFFERED A TOUR ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH. THIS IS BEFORE YOUR VACO, THE DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY, WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A TOUR OF THEIR, MORE OF THEIR INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM. SO IT'S THE ELECTRICAL, HVAC, UM, ALL OF THE PHARMA, ALL OF THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL. SO THAT'S GONNA START AT 10 O'CLOCK AND GO TO ABOUT 1130. AND SO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE KEY STAFF ARE GONNA BE THERE. SO WE'RE OPENING THAT OBVIOUSLY TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, IDA AND, AND SOME STAFF. BUT AGAIN, BRIGHT POINT, NOVEMBER 5TH, 10:00 AM AND THEY JUST NEED A, A SIMPLE HEAD COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE, UM, LOOK TO BE THERE. UH, DOMINION IS ALSO HAVING THAT, THAT SAME WEEK. SO YOU'VE GOT ELECTION DAY, WHICH IS LIKE 14 DAYS AWAY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, UM, THIS BRIGHTPOINT TOUR ON WEDNESDAY. AND THEN FRIDAY [00:50:01] MR. LEE IS GOING TO BE THE SPEAKER AT THE DOMINION HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING LAB RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, DOING THAT ON THE SEVENTH. THAT'S AT 9:00 AM SO AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL OF THAT, AND I THINK MAYBE SOME INVITATIONS OR HAVE GONE OUT OR WILL BE GOING OUT FROM DOMINION ENERGY IT HAS ON THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PART OF THE LOCKS CAMPUS FROM PETERSBURG INTO, INTO DIM WHI JUST TRANSFORMATIONAL THERE FOR THAT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS, THIS HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING LAB AND, AND TRAINING SUPPORT, TECHNICAL SUPPORT BUILDING, I THINK IT'S ONE OF ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT OF 'EM IN THE, IN THE WORLD. SO THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING PHENOMENAL FOR, FOR DI WITH HIM. UM, I MENTIONED THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO MEETINGS WILL, WILL, AS I GO INTO YOUR DISTRICTS AND I'M TALKING TO, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS, I WILL SURELY INVITE YOU ALL TO THOSE, BUT I'M GONNA START THAT IN THE, THE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND THEN OVER, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. UM, THINK CHRISTMAS IS 65 DAYS AWAY, SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND THEN, UM, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, I'LL, I'LL BE BACK INTO THAT. AND THEN, UM, THERE HAS BEEN SOME, I WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO THIS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME, UH, CRITICISM AND, AND CONCERN EX EXPRESSED. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL COUPLE SATURDAYS AGO FROM CHIEF KISSNER, UH, THAT WE HAD A, UH, A CONCERN AT THE VIRGINIA, UH, DIMITY COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX RELATIVE TO THE HIGH VOLTAGE, UM, TRANSMISSION LINES THAT GO, GO TRAVERSE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PARK. UM, SO HE CALLED TO LET ME KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAD A CONCERN OUT THERE. WE QUICKLY DISPATCHED, I THINK SOME FIRE, UH, CREW TO GO OUT AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, DOMINION ENERGY WAS DISPATCHED AS ONE OF THEIR WORK CREWS TO, TO TRY TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND TO, TO, UM, BOTH OUR INDEMNITY FIRE AS WELL AS DOMINION. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE WAS ANY, ANY IMMEDIATE THREAT OR CONCERN. UM, IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS THE WRECK DEPARTMENT'S HOMECOMING. UH, BUT YOU DID ON THAT THE MORNING OF THAT PARTICULAR DAY, YOU HAD A MIST IN THE AIR AND, YOU KNOW, IN RIGHT CONDITIONS. AND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THAT. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER THE COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, DEEMS THIS AS A CONCERN, I GUESS FROM OTHER PARENTS THAT HAVE READ SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE'S NOTHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THERE'S ANY IMMEDIATE THREAT. UM, AND, AND, AND YOU GUYS KNOW FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS ARE THE UTMOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US. IF, IF THERE WAS ANY CONCERN, IF THERE WAS ANY THREAT TO, UM, ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY OR THOSE VISITING OUR COMMUNITY, WE WOULD, WE WOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO TO DO THAT. UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION, THERE'S SOME COMMENTS BEEN MADE ABOUT THIS LAND WAS SOMEWHAT OF A TRASH PROPERTY THAT THE COUNTY WAS DONATED THE LAND TO. THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. UM, I WAS, I GUESS I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, UM, AND WENT THROUGH THE PAMPLIN BUILDING AND, AND SOME OF THE ARCHIVES OF, OF OH 3, 0 4 AND OH FIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, I WAS PART OF THE SELECTION TEAM THAT, THAT ACTUALLY, UH, WENT TO THAT PARTICULAR SITE AND SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPLACEMENT OVER IC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY OWNED BY PPS RAINEY AND MARY EDITH RAINEY. AND, UH, THEIR FAMILY HAD BEEN THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD SOLD WALMART DISTRIBUTION THEIR PROPERTY. SO IT WAS NOT DONATED, IT, IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY. UH, AS PART OF THAT CONDITIONED AND, UH, THAT PURCHASE, IT WAS CONDITIONED THAT THE PROPERTY COULD ONLY BE USED FOR, UH, MUNICIPAL RELATED. WE COULDN'T SELL IT TO AN ANOTHER BUSINESS. SO AS WE ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY, WE, UM, WE, WE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT OR, OR THINK OF WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES COULD EXIST. AND AT THAT TIME, AND WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING BUTCH CUNNINGHAM LATER, BUT WE, WE HAD SOME CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT CAME FORWARD AND SAID, HEY, WE, WE THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR REC. AND SO IT THEN TURNED INTO THE DIM WIDY SPORTS COMPLEX THAT THE YEAR IT OPENED WAS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS ONE OF THE FACILITIES OF THE YEAR. UM, SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, THE, UM, I HAVE CONTACTED TODAY AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. I CONTACTED DOMINION ENERGY, HAD A, HAD A SPECIFIC CONVERSATION THAT IS A 500 KV HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION LINE. IT'S THE LARGEST LINE THAT THEY HAVE. ITS CAPACITY IS 500 [00:55:01] KV AND IT'S USING 500 KV. SO THE QUESTION WAS ASKING COULD IT EVER GET ANY, ANY MORE INTENSE, AND, AND YOU CAN'T. SO 500 KV IS, IS WHAT YOU HAVE THERE. THEY WERE QUICK TO NOTE THAT THE RIVERS, UH, RICHMOND, NORTH CHESTERFIELD, UM, I GUESS JUST THE RIVER CITY SPORTS PLEX, IT'S PROBABLY 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE DIMITY SPORTS COMPLEX. AND IT HAS HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION RUNNING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT. UM, THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, AND OF COURSE I WAS A COACH FROM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED WHAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED AS FAR AS THIS, THIS, UM, STATIC ELECTRICITY, UM, THAT, THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING OUT THERE. UM, AND NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT, UH, THAT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T. BUT, UH, WHAT DOMINION ENERGY SUGGESTED IS THAT I CAN, AND I PLAN TO DO, I TALKED TO CHAIRMAN LEE BEFORE THE MEETING IS TO WRITE A FORMAL LETTER TO DOMINION AND HAVE DOMINION ENERGY FULLY EVALUATE THIS, UM, THIS STRETCH OF THEIR TRANSMISSION. AND THAT THEY WILL, WILL DO IT, THEY WILL, UH, AT THEIR EXPENSE. UM, I'M GONNA COPY THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, WHO'S THE REGULATORY ENTITY THAT IS IN CHARGE OR OVER, GIVES OVERSIGHT TO ENERGY, UM, AS WELL AS SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC. SO YOU HAVE TO THE, THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY. YOU HAVE SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC. AND SO WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT BOTH REVIEW THEIR LINES. UM, WHEN THAT IS COMPLETE, UH, I WAS INDICATED TO ME THAT DOMINION WOULD COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AND GIVE ANY TYPE OF REPORT, BUT THEY HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT OF COURSE IF IF WE HAVE ISSUES, THEY HAVE ISSUES. AND SO IT COULD BE EVALUATED THAT WAY AND THEN WE COULD FULLY DISCLOSE THAT. BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE GONE OUT THERE, OUR PEOPLE HAVE GONE OUT THERE. UM, I TALKED TO MR. CLYBURN EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HIS STAFF THAT PROVIDES GRASS MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS THE PARKS AND REC STAFF THAT'S OUT THERE. UM, VERY, YOU KNOW, IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY FIND CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU SEE A SHOCK HERE AND THERE, UH, BUT IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE SHOULD, SHOULD STOP OPERATING THE SPORTS COMPLEX OR, OR TO MOVE IT FOR ANY REASON. SO AS CHAIRMAN, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. UH, OH, ONE OTHER THING, THE, THE DIMITY COUNTY FAIR. SO LET ME, THE COUNTY FAIR, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD MISS IT, BUT YEAH, I, I, I WAS ABLE TO GO THIS WEEKEND AND HAD A PHENOMENAL TIME, WAS, WAS ABLE TO PARTAKE OF ALL THE FAIR FOODS. SO NOW I'M ON LIKE A STRICT DIET, BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. UM, I THINK FROM TALKING TO MS. COLLINS EARLIER, SHE HAD REPORTED TO HER THAT, THAT WE, UM, EXCEEDED ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR BY ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE. UM, AND THEN REVENUE WISE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $10,000. THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND SHOW, UM, A COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY OF, OF THE COST AND, AND, AND WHAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAIR. BUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, I MEAN, WHEN IT'S THE FAIR IS LIKE ALL HANDS ON DECK, SO TO, TO PULL OFF A FAIR, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY ON A THREE DAY EVENT, UH, IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT. AND HOLLY CASEY IS HERE AND IT KIND OF REALLY STARTS WITH, I GET TIRED OF THE, THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT COME. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A TON OF PROCUREMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. AND HOLLY DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB AND IT REALLY STARTS WITH, WITH STACEY ENGLISH AND, AND HOLLY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, TYLER DOES, I THINK HE LOVES THE FAIR MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO REALLY, REALLY DO THAT IN A GOOD WAY. SO I HEARD, I, I TOLD MR. LEE THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UM, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY ONLINE WILL WANT TO COMMENT TO THIS TO ME, AND THAT'S FINE TOO, BUT I, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER GONE TO THE FAIR AND NEVER RECEIVED A COMPLAINT. AND EVEN AFTER THE FAIR IN TALKING TO PEOPLE, I, I HEARD SUCH POSITIVE COMMENTS THAT IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME. THE NEW CARNIVAL, UH, THAT WE HAD WAS JUST A, A, A, A GREAT STEP UP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UH, BUT I HEARD EVEN FROM THE VENDORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WENT, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ORGANIZED FARES THAT WE'VE EVER PUT ON. AND SO JUST, JUST GLAD TO DO THAT. AND THEN JUST A THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AS FAR AS THE STAFF AND I MEAN, WHETHER IT WAS FIRE AND EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, TO, TO THE PARKS AND REC AS WELL AS TO GENERAL SERVICES. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS, UM, TEAM EFFORT TO, TO PULL OFF THE COUNTY FAIR. BUT MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S ALL I HAD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE, AGAIN, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE DO HEAR CONCERNS SUCH AS THAT, AS THE SPORTS COMPLEX, IT DOESN'T GO ON DEAF EAR. UM, AND I'M ALWAYS WILLING, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TALK TO ME BEFORE FACEBOOK, THAT'S FINE TOO. I'M, I'M GLAD TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC. THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO. AND TRY TO PUT OUT CORRECT INFORMATION [01:00:01] BEFORE INCORRECT INFORMATION CAN BE SPREAD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS ] DR. MO. UH, ALRIGHT. I'LL START OFF, UM, BY THINKING ALL THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH MY TOWN HALL MEETING ON OCTOBER THE SIXTH. UM, OF COURSE, UM, VDOT WAS THERE, THANK TO AARON FRENCH FOR HIS HELP. MY COUNTERPART, DWAYNE WALKER FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS THERE, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND KIND OF GIVE AN INSIGHT TO WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'RE MOVING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, THANKS TO HIM. UM, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP, UM, AND SPEAKING ON ISSUES THAT ARE RELATED TO FIRE AND EMS AS FAR AS THE COUNTY IS CONCERNED. SO IT WAS A GOOD EVENING. WE HAD AN HOUR AND A HALF OF, OF GOOD DIALOGUE AND, AND JUST THANK YOU TO MY STAFF. MARIE IS NOT HERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR MARIE FOR ALL OF OUR TOWN HALLS. PUTTING ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER. UM, DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, THE COUNTY FAIR. UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO SUNDAY. GOT A LITTLE BREEZY, SOME, UH, FLYING TRAPEZE, UH, ARTISTS HAD A, HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR, UM, COUNTY PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE AS FAR AS OUR VENDORS. I THINK ALL OF THEM DID WELL. OH, YEAH. FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'D HEARD, THE FOOD WAS EXCELLENT. UM, AND IT GOES BACK TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHETHER IT'S OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE PRIVATE BUSINESSES, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. AND, UH, I THINK THE VENDOR DID A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS THE OVERALL ENTERTAINMENT WAS CONCERNED. UM, AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO VIRGINIA MOTOR SPORTS PARK. YOU KNOW, THERE, SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE THERE HELPING WITH PARKING AND THAT TYPE OF THING. THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER TO, TO DUNWOODY COUNTY TO ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE, TO HAVE THE FAIR. SO I WANNA THANK SHOUT OUT TO THEM. UM, AND OF COURSE, EVERY STAFF THAT'S INVOLVED, I MEAN, IT, IT GOES ACROSS THE GAMUT. UM, IT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT WEEKEND, SO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH IT, UH, WHICH KEVIN HAD TALKED ABOUT, BUT OUR STAFF IN GENERAL, THE TIME THAT GOES INTO, UM, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND MAKING IT A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE AT D WHI AND THOSE THAT COME TO VISIT D WHITTY COUNTY. UM, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND MM-HMM . AND, UM, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED THERE. UM, I WILL BE GOING TO THE BRIGHT POINT, UM, OPPORTUNITY ON NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, AS WELL AS THE DOMINION RIBBON CUTTING. UM, THAT IS A, THE DOMINION PROPERTY, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BY THERE, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, IT BENEFITS ALL OF US, WHETHER IT'S IN PETERSBURG, UH, DENWITTY COUNTY. UM, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW IN THE WORLD, NOT JUST THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, NOT THE UNITED STATES, BUT IN THE WORLD THAT HAS THE MAGNITUDE TO THE TESTING THAT THEY CAN DO AT THAT FACILITY. AND, UM, I JUST WANT, LET'S JUST SHOUT OUT TO DOMINION ENERGY FOR THEIR, UM, INVESTMENT IN DENWITTY COUNTY AND INTO THE TRI-CITY AREA. AND LASTLY, UM, MY PICKLEBALL COURT IS BEING USED, AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART AS FAR AS BUILDING SOMETHING. YOU WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO IT, YOU WANT PEOPLE TO PLAY ON IT. THE BASKETBALL IS BEING USED, UH, WHETHER IT'S EARLY MORNING OR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, UM, IT'S BECOMING A SOCIAL SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO. AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL, UH, THAT WE PUT IT IN PLACE. THAT'S GREAT. SO, THANK YOU. BEEN ROLLING. THANKS. UM, LET'S SEE A FEW THINGS. WELL, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE FAIR, SINCE EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THE FAIR. UM, IT WAS GOOD. UM, THE HIGHLIGHT OF, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS, UM, THE TURKEY LEGS. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. AND THAT'S TRUE. THAT GUY WAS, I MEAN, HE WAS COOKING THOSE TURKEY LEGS AND AS SOON AS HE WAS COOKING THEM, THEY WERE BEING SOLD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, . SO THAT WAS, UM, AND A LOT OF THE VENDORS, I THINK THEY HAD A GOOD TIME SELLING. AND, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT TO TURKEY LEAGUE. SO, BUT, UM, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS NICE. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY ENJOYED THE KIDS, SEEMED TO ENJOY IT, AND, UM, UM, JUST, JUST HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. I, UM, ALSO WITH, UM, WITH A SAD NOTE TALKING ABOUT MR. HOLLAND. YES. MM-HMM . YEAH, HE WAS, UM, CHESTERFIELD BOARD OF SUPERVISOR WHO PASSED, AND HE HAD CANCER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, DAYS BEFORE HE PASSED, HE DID WRITE A LETTER. HE DID, UM, UH, TO HIS, UH, CITIZENS AND, YOU KNOW, AND TALKING. AND, UM, I SAW HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE SAY, HERE TODAY, GOING TODAY MM-HMM . AND GO TOMORROW AND ALL THAT. I MEAN, UM, HE HAD, HE WAS SUFFERING FROM CANCER. HE, HE LOOKED FINE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. BUT, UM, UM, THEY ARE HAVING, UM, HIS FUNERAL AND EVERYTHING THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE. MM-HMM . SO, UM, AND MR. HOLLAND FROM CHESTERFIELD. UM, ALSO, [01:05:01] I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UH, HIGHLIGHT, UH, BREAST CANCER MONTH, UH, THIS MONTH. UM, WE, UH, CERTAINLY WANT TO JUST RAISE UP PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEALT WITH THAT, UH, WOMEN AND ALSO SOME MEN HAVE, HAVE, UM, ALSO DEALT WITH THAT. UM, SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS THAT ISSUE, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF REACH OUT AND TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, HOPE IS HERE TO HELP WITH THAT. WITH THE CANCER AND OF COURSE THE JAMES HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A, A LOT, UH, TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE. I DO SIT ON THAT BOARD AND WHEN, UM, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN, UH, DOMESTIC SITUATIONS AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEIR SPOUSE GOES TO WORK BEFORE THEY CAN LEAVE, AND THEY WILL, JAMES HOUSE WILL HELP THEM TO LEAVE AND SOMETIMES LEAVE THE STATE IF, UM, NECESSARY. SO THEY DO A LOT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED. AND I ALSO, UM, WANNA THANK, UM, WANNA WELCOME, I THINK IT IS MATTHEW AND MR. TIMMY OVER THERE. MM-HMM. AND CONGRATULATE KAISHA. YOU KNOW, KAISHA DOESN'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF TALKING, BUT CONGRATS, UH, UH, KAISHA OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU DO, SOMEONE ELSE RECOGNIZES THE THINGS THAT YOU DO AS WELL. SO, CONGRAT, CONGRATS ON THAT. AND I WAS, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE TO KIND OF INFORM PEOPLE, MAKE SURE IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE TO GO OUT AND VOTE THIS YEAR, UM, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. UM, I'M JUST SADDENED TO SEE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS STILL CLOSED. AND ALSO WHEN I SEE MILITARY PEOPLE IN THEIR FATIGUES AND THE LINE GET IT WITH THE FOOD BANKS, THAT'S KIND OF DISTURBING TO ME WHEN, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE FAMILIES WHO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE TO RESULT TO GOING TO FOOD BANKS TO GET FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S A LOT GOING ON. SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, JUST LIFT THOSE PEOPLE UP WHO ARE MAYBE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND NOT HAVING MONEY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO, AS ONE GENTLEMAN SAID, I THINK HE WORKED FOR THE AIRLINE. HE SAID, UM, TO PUT GAS IN HIS CAR TO GET TO WORK. SO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO THESE ARE REAL ISSUES AND REAL, REAL PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE. SO, UM, JUST WANNA, UH, MAKE SURE TO, UM, OF COURSE LIFT THOSE PEOPLE UP AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. AND AGAIN, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO TO HELP MAYBE CHANGE THEIR DIRECTIONS OR IMPROVE DIRECTIONS THAT, UM, THE STATES ARE GOING IN. AND, UH, OF COURSE, LASTLY, UM, ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, UM, I SAW A GENTLEMAN ON TV, HIS FAMILY, I THINK IT WAS IN ATLANTA. THIS GUY HAD A WEAPON AND HE WAS, UM, I THINK IT WAS ON THE NEWS, HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT UP THE AIRPORT AND HIS FAMILY CALLED THE POLICE, CALLED THE FBI. AND, UM, THEY FOUND THIS MAN, AND, UH, HE WAS A CONVICTED FELON A LOT, BUT HE ALSO HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM AND TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY BEFORE HE WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING. HE SAID HE WAS GONNA SHOOT IT UP. UM, AND OF COURSE, ATLANTA, IT'S A HUGE AIRPORT, OF COURSE, VERY, VERY BIG. UM, AND, UM, SO THEY GOT HIM AND KIND OF TOOK HIM AWAY. BUT, UM, UM, I AM CONCERNED, UH, WITH PEOPLE WHO, WHO HAVE MENTAL ILLNESSES, WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE MEDICINES THEY NEED. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, IF THINGS GO ON, I, I JUST WANNA HOPE THAT THEY GET THEIR MEDICINES BECAUSE THEY NEED THEIR MEDICINES, UH, TO LIVE. AND IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING ASHAMED FOR HAVING A MENTAL ILLNESS. NO ONE WAKES UP AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT IT OR I DON'T WANT IT, BUT IT HAPPENS. AND, UH, WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE. BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR FAMILY DID. AND SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, AND THE AIRPORT, UH, INDIVIDUALS FROM, UM, POSSIBLY GETTING HURT. SO JUST WANNA JUST KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE. GREAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . MR. JONES. UH, WELL, I'D JUST ECHO, UH, WHAT EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID. UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK TIMMY FOR COMING WITH US AND STARTING A NEW CAREER. AND IS IT MATTHEW? THANK YOU FOR COMING. UM, I ATTENDED THE FAIR TOO ABOUT ALL THREE DAYS. UM, GOOD FOOD. I HAD CAROLINA ROUND STEAK, UH, ONE DAY, , WHICH THAT IS, UH, BA BALLOONING . SO, BUT THAT WAS GOOD. UM, BUT DAN LEE DID A GOOD JOB. EXTENSION IS ALWAYS OUT THERE. MM-HMM . AND PEOPLE ARE GOOD. GOOD. UH, HAVING [01:10:01] A GOOD TIME WITH THAT TOO. UH, AND SEEING ALL OUR STAFF THERE, ALL OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND CHIEF HAD HIS CREW OUT. UH, JUST EXCITING EXCITEMENT WITH PEOPLE. IT WAS, UH, JUST, IT FELT GOOD TO SEE, UM, HOW THEY TAKE IT SERIOUS. AND, UH, BUT I ENJOYED IT, UM, AT TIRING. IT REALLY IS WHEN YOU STAY OUT THERE, UH, AS MUCH AS WE DID. BUT, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED YOU TOO. MM-HMM . I NEVER GOT THE NERVE UP TO GET THE RIDE THAT FLIPS YOU, , I THOUGHT A COUPLE TIMES TO DO IT, BUT, UM, I DIED, SAID, UH, DON'T THINK SO. BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THAT EVERY YEAR, UM, TO, TO BRING OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, BUT THINK ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS WENT OUT. MM-HMM . AND THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. I MEAN, THEY WERE PACKED. THEY HAD MORE KIDS THAN I'VE EVER SEEN OUT THERE, A LOT OF KIDS. AND SO I ENJOYED IT. MM-HMM . THANK YOU, DAN. WELL, GOOD. THANK YOU MR. CHAVIS. MM-HMM . UM, I, I'D LIKE TO START OFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE JAMES HOUSE HERE TODAY IN OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL WEARING THE PURPLE, UM, FOR THAT. AND, UM, SO I'D LIKE TO THANK THE JAMES HEIGHTS FOR THE TIES AND THE SKULL. UM, IN VIRGINIA BY 25% OF WOMEN IN ABOUT 10% OF MEN EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND OUR SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND THE JAMES HOUSE, UM, TRY TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE. SO WE, WE WANT TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS MONTH IS. UM, WE CON CONCLUDED OUR TOWN HALL MEETING SERIES EARLY IN THE MONTH WITH DR. MOORE, WAS THE LAST SIX MEETINGS HELD ACROSS FIVE DISTRICTS. UM, THOUGHT THEY WERE REALLY GOOD, UM, GATHERED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, UH, CITIZENS. I, I THOUGHT I WENT TO CASEY'S, UM, ONE IN VILLES. AND, UH, A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS, UM, FROM THAT GROUP. UM, THAT, THAT'S AN INTERESTING PART OF DENWOODY. I THINK THEY'RE THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION AND, AND COUNTY OFFICIALS, AND I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY, UH, INDEPENDENT AND THEY DON'T WANT A LOT OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT. SO IT WAS, IT WAS SOME GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST LEAVE US ALONE. LET US MM-HMM . DO, YOU KNOW, BE HAPPY UP HERE IN NOVELS. SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I FEEL SURE THAT, UM, NEXT MONTH, NEXT YEAR WE'LL DO THE SAME THING AND, UM, EACH, EACH SUPERVISOR PROBABLY WILL HAVE A MEETING. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. UH, COUNTY FIRE. I HAD FIVE EXPERTS AT HOME, MY GRANDCHILDREN THAT, UH, THOUGHT THE FIRE WAS THUMBS UP. UM, AND, UM, I TOOK MY GRANDDAUGHTER ON WE THUR THURSDAY BY THAT TO SEE WHY I WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT THE SOIL TRAILER FOR WORK. AND, UM, SHE WANTED TO RIDE THE RIDES IN. AND SO WHEN WE LEFT, I SAID, WELL, I GOTTA GO HOME AND GET THE TRAILER AND COME BACK. AND SHE SAID, WE CAN DO THAT. SO, UH, BUT I HAD TO CARRY IT TO THE BABYSITTER, SO SHE DIDN'T GET THAT. BUT THEY HAD A GREAT TIME. UM, AND I THINK THAT FAIR IS, IS FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS. UM, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, OLDER KIDS CAN STILL HAVE FUN, BUT I, WHEN, WHEN ALL DAY SATURDAY IT WAS, UH, FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN AND THEY WERE HAVING A BALL. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE A FILE AND I LOVE THE COUNTY FILE. SO, UM, COUNTY NEWSLETTER IS BEING PRINTED RIGHT NOW AND WILL BE IN THE MAILBOX THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. UM, AND, UM, DSS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, NOVEMBER IS ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTH. SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN ENTIRE WEEK OF ACTIVITIES STARTING ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH, UM, WITH A SUPERHERO DAY, AND THEN ENDING WITH ADOPTION AWARENESS EVENTS ON SATURDAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THAT, IT'S ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND THEN, UM, KINDA WIND IT DOWN. THE DEITY GENERAL'S FOOTBALL TEAM IS CURRENTLY UNDEFEATED. YES. AMEN. TWO MORE GAMES TO PLAY BATTLE BROOK AND THEN, UH, PRINCE GEORGE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF [01:15:01] YOU NAVY NATION, UM, GOT SOME DOWN THERE, I GOT YOU, GOT YOUR BAND, A NAVY, UH, WRIST BAND, BUT, UH, UM, SUPPORT YOUR GENERALS. UM, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF SUPPORT THERE FOR, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, NEW EMPLOYEES, THANK Y'ALL. UM, AND I'M GLAD Y'ALL BOTH WERE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT FOR THIS MONTH. UM, AND WE HAVE A NEED [11. CLOSED SESSION] TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 1, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BACKSTOP SHOOTING AT NIGHT, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A THREE, 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 AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PLEASE? I MOVE SECOND. CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. BONNER? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. READY? I'D LIKE TO CALL THE EVENING SESSION OF THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER. UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TONIGHT AND, UM, [12.A. Resolution: Mr. Jeffrey S. Brown- Richard Bland College] WE'LL GET STARTED, UM, WITH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, IT, IT IS, IT IS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO. UM, WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL RECOGNITION, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND GET STARTED WITH THEM. AND, UM, SO YOU READY? YEP. ALRIGHT. MM-HMM . GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT'S MY, MY PLEASURE TO, UM, TO KIND OF KICK US OFF WITH FOUR REALLY EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT. UM, THE FIRST I GET THE PRIVILEGE TO, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, 'CAUSE I THINK I KNOW HIM PROBABLY, PROBABLY MORE THAN THAN ANYBODY ELSE, UH, HERE, WHICH IS JEFF BROWN. SO, MS. MR. BROWN, UH, WE'RE GONNA READ THE, THE OFFICIAL RESOLUTION HERE IN IN JUST A SECOND. BUT, UH, AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, I GET THE OPPORTUNITY AND TRUE PRIVILEGE TO, TO BE ON A LOT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS, I WAS ASKED TO SERVE ON THE RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, UH, FOUNDATION. AND AS PART OF MY, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW MY HISTORY OR MY BACKGROUND OUT OUTSIDE OF, UH, DIY HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN, AS YOU KNOW, I PLAYED BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL AND WHEN THE MAJOR LEAGUES DIDN'T CALL AND, AND NEITHER DID THE NBA, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN LIFE. SO I WENT TO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND IT, AND IT CHANGED IN MY LIFE. UM, SO BEING ABLE TO BE PUT BACK ON THE RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION TO ABLE TO COME BACK HOME, UM, I HAD WORKED WITH JEFF BROWN PREVIOUSLY, BUT I GOT TO KNOW HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONALLY ON THAT, ON THAT FOUNDATION. AND WE, WE LIKE TO SAY AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, IF YOU, YOU THINK OF THE, THE MASCOT, IF YOU WILL, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE STATESMAN. AND SO I'VE GOT A KIND OF A PERSONAL FEELING OF WHAT A STATESMAN IS LIKE, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE JEFF BROWN. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, AN AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL. WHAT A TREMENDOUS CAREER. UM, AND IN RETIREMENT, IF THERE IS SUCH A THING, IS IT TRULY RETIREMENT? OKAY. IT'S TRULY, UH, CAN STILL CAN STILL ADD A LOT TO SOCIETY. AND SO AT THIS TIME, BEFORE JEFF, BEFORE YOU COME UP, IF I COULD HAVE THE CLERK READ OUR RESOLUTION, UH, INTO THE RECORD, WHEREAS MR. JEFFREY S. BROWN BEGAN HIS SERVICE TO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE IN 2015 AS DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS SAFETY AND CHIEF OF POLICE TRANSFORMING THE COLLEGE'S POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO A NATIONALLY RESPECTED MODEL OF COMMUNITY POLICING THAT REFLECTED THE INSTITUTION'S VALUES, MISSION, AND GOALS, WHILE STRENGTHENING THE BOND OF TRUST AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND SURROUNDING LOCALITIES, INCLUDING COUNTY. AND WHEREAS IN 2020, MR. BROWN WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL [01:20:01] PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS WHERE HE DEMONSTRATED STEADY LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN GUIDING THE COLLEGE THROUGH THE COVID TO 19 PANDEMIC WITH CARE STRATEGY AND INNOVATION, THEREBY ENSURING THE CONTINUITY OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR DIMITY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS IN 2023, MR. BROWN WAS NAMED CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, WHERE HE ASSEMBLED A HIGH PERFORMANCE FUNDRAISING TEAM, LAUNCHED A DYNAMIC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PROGRAM, AND SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED THE COLLEGE'S PHILANTHROPIC AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS, OPENING NEW PATHWAYS FOR PARTNERSHIPS THAT BENEFIT DENWOODY COUNTY RESIDENTS AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE. AND WHEREAS MR. BROWN HAS SERVED AS A TRUSTED MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, EARNING THE RESPECT, ADMIRATION, AND AFFECTION OF HIS COLLEAGUES, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS, INCLUDING THOSE OF DIM WITTY COUNTY. AND WHEREAS OVER THE COURSE OF A DECADE, MR. BROWN HAS EXEMPLIFIED THE VALUES OF A RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE STATESMAN WITH INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. AND WHEREAS MR. BROWN RETIRED ON JULY 1ST, 2025, CONCLUDING A DISTINGUISHED CHAPTER OF SERVICE MARKED BY LOYALTY, EXCELLENCE, AND IMPACT, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY THAT HAS STRENGTHENED THE VITAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIMITY COUNTY AND RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 HEREBY HONORS AND COMMENDS MR. JEFFREY S. BROWN FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND FOR HIS ROLE IN FOSTERING A LASTING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND DENWOODY COUNTY, WHICH ENHANCES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY GROWTH. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO JEFFREY S. BROWN AND A COPY SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY. I'M JUST SHOCKED WE GOT THAT ALL ON ONE PAGE. , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JEFF BROWN. GENTLEMEN, ACTION. WELL, I, I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO WHEREASES, BUT I THINK THERE WERE SIX OR SEVEN ON THERE, AND THAT TRULY HUMBLES ME. I'M DEEPLY HONORED AND JUST SINCERELY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS, UH, RECOGNITION. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT ME AND THE WORK I'VE DONE AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND FOR PREPARING THIS RESOLUTION. I, I'M TRULY HUMBLED. MY WIFE, DIANA WOULD VERY MUCH HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN HERE, UH, BY MY SIDE THIS EVENING, BUT SHE'S HOME WITH OUR GRANDDAUGHTER HELPING TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL TOMORROW. UM, AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF MEANINGFUL MOMENTS THAT YOU GET TO ENJOY IN RETIREMENT. AND I'M REALLY ENJOYING, UH, RETIREMENT AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S HERE WITH ME TONIGHT IN SPEAR. I ENJOYED WORKING WITH THIS COUNTY BOARD AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. WE'VE, UH, BEEN TO JUST NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND GATHERINGS TOGETHER FROM THE CIVILIAN MILITARY COUNCIL TO THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION AND SO MUCH MORE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. I CAN TRULY SAY WITHOUT HESITATION THAT THIS BOARD IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND IS COMMITTED TO POSITIVE AND PRAGMATIC GROWTH. UM, I GUESS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A PERSONAL STORY THAT HAS STAYED WITH ME THROUGHOUT, UH, MY LIFE. MY FATHER WAS A WOOD SHOP TEACHER, INDUSTRIAL ARTS TEACHER. AND, UH, GROWING UP I LOVED TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM IN THE SHOP. WE'D BUILD THINGS TOGETHER USING THE LATHE AND THE BAND SAW, UM, TURNING PIECES OF WOOD INTO SOMETHING USEFUL, SOMETHING LASTING. IT REALLY BROUGHT ME A LOT OF JOY. AND ON A PARTICULAR NIGHT WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD, I WAS IN A SHOP WORKING ON A, OF COURSE A MODEL SAILBOAT , AND, UH, WAS DRILLING AND SAWING AND JUST MAKING A MESS, HONESTLY. AND WHEN IT CAME TO STOP FOR THE NIGHT, HE TOLD ME, YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP. GO GET THE BROOM AND THE DUST PAN. AND THEN HE EXPLAINED THAT SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN, HE SAID, ALWAYS LEAVE THINGS BETTER THAN YOU FOUND THEM. AND THAT SIMPLE IDEA OF LEAVING THINGS BETTER WHEN YOU, UH, THAN YOU FOUND THEM, BECAME KIND OF A GUIDING PRINCIPLE. UM, IN MY LIFE AND IN MY WORK, WHETHER IN [01:25:01] EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY SERVICE, I'VE TRIED TO LIVE BY THAT LESSON TO ADD VALUE, TO IMPROVE WHAT I COULD AND HELP CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS. SO IT SEEMS THAT PERHAPS I DID SOME OF THAT. UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE RECOGNITION THAT I'M RECEIVING TONIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN, NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT TO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND EDUCATION IN OUR REGION. THE NEXT [12.B. Resolution: Sergeant Charles R. "Charlie" Walker- Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office] TWO RECOGNITIONS WE HAVE, UM, THE SHERIFF IS HERE AND I WANTED TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING. UM, I CAN TALK ABOUT CHARLIE IF YOU WANT ME TO. UM, WELL, RIGHT. GOOD. WHILE, BUT, UH, WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING. YES, SIR. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, WELL YOU GO AND TALK ABOUT IT. WHAT? THERE YOU GO. HOW Y'ALL DOING? GOOD. WE GOOD? HOW'S EVERYBODY? GOOD, CHIEF, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR YEARS. WE DID, AND I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THIS FELLOW, BUT GETTING TO CHARLIE WALKER AND RICKY DAVENPORT, THERE ARE TWO DEPUTIES THAT I'M GOING TO GREATLY MISS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND APPLAUD THE BOARD FOR RECOGNIZING EVERYONE TONIGHT. CHARLIE WALKER, HE'S A MAN. WELL, BOTH OF 'EM ARE MEN THAT WORE MANY HATS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I REMEMBER ONE TIME I ASKED CHARLIE TO WRITE DOWN EVERY JOB HE DID. HE GAVE ME A LIST WITH 40 SOME JOBS ON IT, AND THEY WERE ALL THE GENTLEMEN. AND RICKY, RICKY DID SO MUCH FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WAS HE A DEPUTY, BUT IF IT SNOWED, HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO PUT SALT DOWN ON THE SIDEWALKS, SHOVEL THE SIDEWALKS, UH, WHEN NOTHING WAS GOING ON AT NIGHT, ON NIGHT SHIFT, HE WOULD CLEAN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MOP THE FLOORS WHEN WE HAD A JAIL, AND NOW WE GOT A LOCK UP. HE WOULD WASH ALL THE SHEETS AND THE BLANKETS AND ALL, YOU KNOW, ON HIS OWN TIME. SO THEY HAD TWO DEDICATED OFFICERS, AND WE'RE GONNA REALLY MISS THEM. THANK YOU, SHERIFF. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UM, THOSE THAT KNOW ME KNOW, I, I GREW UP IN A, IN A PUBLIC SAFETY FAMILY. AND YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS JANUARY, I, I LOST MY FATHER WHO WAS A STATE, STATE TROOPER, BUT SIMILAR TO JEFF. YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR DAD CAN, CAN MAKE SUCH AN IMPRESSION ON YOU. AND I THINK BACK AND, AND EVEN WHEN THE SHERIFF WAS TALKING AND THERE WAS NOBODY JOE MASSING HAD MORE RESPECT FOR THAN DUCK ADAMS. BUT YOU THINK ABOUT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY MAKE UP LESS THAN 2% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. AND WE, WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE 98% OF THE POPULATION HAS NO IDEA WHAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR FIRE AND EMS DO EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO PUT THAT BADGE ON. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE CRITICIZED BY A LOT, THEY, THE CALLS ARE QUESTIONED, THEY'RE RESPONSE TIMES ARE QUESTIONED, THEY'RE PROFESSIONALISM AT TIMES OR ARE QUESTIONED BY THAT 98%, BUT 2% DECIDE TO LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE. AND FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND TO THE FIRE AND EMS OF DIM WITTY COUNTY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THE LIST AND, AND WE KNEW THAT BOTH CHARLIE AND RICKY WERE GONNA BE RECOGNIZED. AND I THINK ABOUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE IN DIM WITTY COUNTY, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET, UH, WERE THEM OF COURSE, KNEW CHARLIE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. HE HAD THIS, UH, WOLFMAN, CHARLIE WALKER HOWELL THAT I, I GOT TO KNOW AT THE CORNER MARKET A LITTLE BIT. AND YOU CAN DO THAT WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, CHARLIE, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU STILL GOT ONE MORE WOLFMAN HOWELL THAN YOU, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT A WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT I THINK ARE THE EPITOME OF WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND NOT THAT THERE'S NOT GOOD TIMES NOW, A LOT OF POSITIVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY TELL YOU THAT, UM, BOTH OF YOU, BOTH OF YOU, UM, AND CHARLIE, YOU KNOW WHAT DAD THOUGHT OF YOU AND ESPECIALLY THE WAY YOU CARRIED YOURSELF AND, AND THE WAY THAT YOU, [01:30:01] YOU KNOW, ALWAYS DRESSED AND, AND, AND, AND MADE SURE THAT YOU WERE THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT LOOK OF A, OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND RICKY THE SHERIFF SAID IT BEST, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIMES THAT NOBODY WAS WATCHING AND YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST 'CAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. UM, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. SO YOU GET TO THE POINT OF RETIREMENT, RIGHT? AND YOU THINK, DID IT MATTER? DID IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND SO THE PEOPLE WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT, BUT YOU AS WELL, I GOT SOME SPECIAL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU. BUT ALL OF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK BACK ON IT AND SAY IT MADE A MADE A DIFFERENCE. SO AT THIS TIME, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, CHARLIE WALKER'S RESOLUTION READ, WHEREAS CHARLES R CHARLIE WALKER BEGAN HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH DIMITY COUNTY IN 1986 AS A MEMBER OF ANIMAL CONTROL. AND IN 1987, HE JOINED THE DENWITTY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS A JAILER UNDER SHERIFF BENNY HEATH. AND WHEREAS FROM 1990 UNTIL 2008, MR. WALKER BROUGHT, BROADENED HIS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH SERVICE WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GENTRY WELL WORKS AND CHAPERRAL STEELE. NOW GRAU BEFORE RETURNING HOME TO THE DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE UNDER SHERIFF DUSTY RHODES IN 2008. AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE, MR. WALKER WAS RECOGNIZED AS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER OF THE QUARTER AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2011, A TESTAMENT TO HIS PROFESSIONAL FOR, FOR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. AND WHEREAS IN 2019, UNDER SHERIFF DONALD T DUCK ADAMS, MR. WALKER WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, WHERE HE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS PROJECT LIFESAVER, TRIAD DRUG TAKEBACK, AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND WHEREAS MR. WALKER WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2016 WHERE HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS TRAINING OFFICER FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WORKING IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE CRATER CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY TO ENSURE THAT DEPUTIES MET IN-SERVICE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND ACHIEVED CURRENT CERTIFICATIONS, THEREBY ENHANCING THE READINESS AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND CAREER, MR. WALKER HAS REMAINED DEEPLY CONNECTED TO DEWEY COUNTY, FINDING FULFILLMENT IN WORKING ON HIS FAMILY FARM, REFLECTING THE SAME DEVOTION AND WORK ETHIC THAT HE BROUGHT TO HIS PUBLIC SERVICE. AND WHEREAS AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF HONORABLE AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO DENWOODY COUNTY, MR. WALKER NOW RETIRES, LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF INTEGRITY, DEVOTION, AND HEARTFELT COMMITMENT TO HIS COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DENWOODY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 DESIRES TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO CHARLES R CHARLIE WALKER FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF LOYAL, DEDICATED SERVICE TO DENWOODY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO CHARLES R CHARLIE WALKER AND A COPY SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY. CHARLIE, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, DO I HAVE THREE MINUTES? , YOU CAN PUT THE CLOCK ON THERE. YEAH, I CAN PUT THE CLOCK ON IF YOU WANT THE QUESTION, KEVIN. YEAH, JUST A COUPLE GET THE CLOCK ON. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE, UH, LORD AND SAVIOR. I USUALLY CAN TALK A WHOLE LOT, BUT FOR SOME REASON I'M A LITTLE LOST WITH WORDS TONIGHT. UM, THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS, KEVIN. AND I'M GONNA REFLECT ON ONE THING THAT YOU SPOKE OF EARLIER, AND IF I DON'T TALK TO EVERYBODY, I'M SORRY, YOUR FATHER SET WORD AND WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT OFFICER WAS DIRECTING TRAFFIC. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS GOOD OR BAD, BUT IT, IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE I HAD THE CAMPAIGN HAD ON RIGHT. HAD THE UNIFORM ON RIGHT AND IT JUST MEANT A LOT TO ME. LIKE I MENTIONED A FEW OTHER THINGS. MY SISTER, LINDA, THANK YOU. I JUST WISH WAS HERE TO SEE THIS BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THANK YOU SHERIFF ADAMS. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOU BELIEVING IN ME YEARS AGO WHEN I DID WORK IN THE JAIL AND I'M SAY IN PUBLIC NOW, I NEVER SAID IT BEFORE. YOU TREATED ME LIKE A TRUE DEPUTY SHERIFF FROM DAY ONE. SOME OFFICERS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS IT OR NOT, BUT SOME OFFICERS WHEN THEY WORKED IN A JAIL OR WORKED AT A DIFFERENT CAPACITY OTHER THAN LAW ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT ON THE ROAD, THEY WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY. SHERIFF ADAMS NEVER DID THAT TO ME. HE ALWAYS TREATED ME LIKE [01:35:01] A DEPUTY SHERIFF. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE BIGGEST JOB. WHEN I CAME BACK, WE HAD A LIEUTENANT MAITLAND THAT RETIRED. WILLIAM GOT THE CAR THAT LIEUTENANT MAITLAND HAD AND ALSO WHEN HE GOT, WHEN THE KEYS WERE THROW TO HIM, SAID, YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF CHARLIE TOO. HE GAVE ME ON THE DAY LAST DAY THAT I HAD TO SERVE AS A DE COUNTY, UM, DEPUTY SHERIFF, HE PRINTED UP BE SHEET, SAID MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. GOOD JOB WILLIAM, SEAN GOODWIN, APPRECIATE YOU TWO. YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE, DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE GOT THE JOB DONE. SAME THING WITH LIEUTENANT NEIL HERE. THANK YOU LIEUTENANT FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME. I THOUGHT. THERE HE IS. CAPTAIN KENNEDY. KENNEDY. I'M GONNA TOWELL HIS HEAD UP. EL ALMOST GLUED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I GOT ONE MORE THING FOR YOU. REALLY. I'M RUNNING, ROLLING TONIGHT BY THREE MORE MINUTES. GET HERE . SO IT'S CUSTOMARY TO THE BOARD FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, WE, WE DO A SPECIAL PLAQUE AND THIS READS CHARLES R. WALKER WITH GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF M COUNTY PRESENTED BY THE DEWIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2025. SO MA'AM, MY I LOVE ME ROOM. WILL YOU HANG THAT? HANG THIS BESIDE. OKAY, I GOT YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FEEL LITTLE BETTER. I THINK I GOT ABOUT 30 MORE MINUTES LEFT IN. HEY, I TRIED, I TRIED, UM, TWO PEOPLE THAT I, I DON'T THINK I JUST MENTIONED DONNA. SHE HAD PUT UP WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME. SHE HELPED OUT WITH COMMUNITY RELATIONS, THE PROJECT LIFE SAVING AND ALL, AND MY RECENTLY, MY BRIBE, RIGHT? RECENTLY CONGRAT, UM, TRUST ME I WHOLE LOT STRICTLY THE SHERIFF. ADAMS . THAT'S MY THIRD, MY 30 MINUTES IS OVER CITIZEN COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT YOU CAN ADD. THANK YOU. WHAT YOU, OKAY, [12.C. Resolution: Corporal Ricky L. Davenport- Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office] NOW WE'LL DO CORPORAL DAVENPORT. WHEREAS CORPORAL RICKY LYNN DAVENPORT FAITHFULLY SERVED THE CITIZENS OF DENWOODY COUNTY AS A MEMBER OF THE DENWOODY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR MORE THAN 22 YEARS. AND WHEREAS CORPORAL DAVENPORT BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON APRIL 12TH, 2003. AND FROM HIS VERY FIRST DAY, DEMONSTRATED AN UNMATCHED WORK ETHIC, WILLINGLY TAKING ON RESPONSIBILITIES THAT OTHERS OFTEN OVERLOOKED, ALWAYS ENSURING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SERVICE. AND WHEREAS CORPORAL DAVENPORT DEDICATED HIMSELF TO WORKING NIGHTS AND ENSURING THAT HOLDING CELLS WERE CLEAN, SANITARY, AND SAFE, PROTECTING BOTH THE HEALTH OF THOSE IN CUSTODY AND THE WELLBEING OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS. AND WHEREAS DURING THE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, CORPORAL DAVENPORT WAS ESPECIALLY VIGILANT MAINTAINING METICULOUS CLEANING STANDARDS, REMAINING HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSCIOUS, AND SHOWING GENUINE CONCERN FOR HIS COLLEAGUES AND ALL WHO ENTERED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND WHEREAS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP, CORPORAL DAVENPORT WAS PROMOTED IN 2017 TO CORPORAL OF SECURITY AND TRANSPORT A POSITION IN WHICH HE CONTINUED TO SERVE WITH DILIGENCE, INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. AND WHEREAS AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF HONORABLE AND DEDICATED SERVICE, CORPORAL RICKY DAVENPORT RETIRED FROM THE DENWOODY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON AUGUST 31ST, 2025. AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWOODY COUNTY, VIRGINIA ON THIS 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, DESIRES TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO CORPORAL RICKY LYNN DAVENPORT FOR 22 YEARS OF LOYAL, DEDICATED SERVICE TO DEM WITTY COUNTY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DEM WITTY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO CORPORAL RICKY LYNN DAVENPORT, AND A COPY SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY. AND RICKY, I HAVE, I HAVE A PLAQUE FOR YOU TOO. AGAIN, RICKY HELD THAT GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF DEWIN COUNTY 2003 2025, PRESENTED BY THE DEWIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2025. THANK YOU. SAY I GET 30 MINUTES LIKE CHARLIE. [01:40:01] NO, CHARLIE SAID IT, BUT LIKE HE SAID, IF YOU GET GREAT ADMINISTRATION HERE, UM, THROUGH DUCK ADAMS AND, UM, THE PREVIOUS SHERIFF CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HIS NAME RIGHT NOW, . ANYWAY, UM, IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND YES, RIGHT NOW I'M LOST , YOU KNOW, ALL THESE YEARS THAT THE, UM, 20TH FACTORY AND ALL THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I MEAN, ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE WORKING OVER HERE, BEING OVER HERE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL APPLAUSE, SIR, YOU GO FIRST. I'M OKAY. THANK I WAS GONNA BE COMIC RELIEF. ALRIGHT, SO [12.D. Resolution: Mr. Calvin "Butch" Cunningham- Dinwiddie County Planning Commission] WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE LAST IS, IS BUTCH CUNNINGHAM. AND SO A LOT OF THE, THE NEXT FEW RESO UH, RESOLUTION IN WHEREAS AS YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF WHAT BUTCH HAS ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN IN DWIN COUNTY. I WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK. SO WHEN, SO THE RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE YEARS, THERE'S A TIE IN HERE. SO WHEN I WAS AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE BASEBALL THING DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR ME. SO FOR PLAYERS THAT DON'T MAKE IT, THEY COACH, RIGHT? SO I GET THIS, THIS ITCH TO GO CO COACH, I THINK IT WAS BABE RUTH LEAGUE AND, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, I GREW UP IN GERALD MASSENGILL'S HOUSEHOLD. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHT LACED. UM, BUTCH CAUGHT ME, TAUGHT ME, UH, VOCABULARY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ON THE BASEBALL FIELD . SO I, I ALMOST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS COACHING AGAINST HIM, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANYBODY I WANTED TO BEAT MORE THAN BUTCH CUNNINGHAM. UM, AND THEN WE MADE IT TO ALL STARS AND WE WERE ABLE TO COACH TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS REALLY CHANGED. I SAID, OH, I, I START TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF, OF BUTCH CUNNINGHAM AND THEN TO THINK ABOUT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS AND ALL THE ES THAT, THAT THAT'S GETTING READY TO GET READ, BUT I WILL SAY THIS. SO THEN I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME HOME. AND SO I WANT, FOR THOSE THAT ARE FROM, FROM DENWOODY, THINK 2002, AND WE START REALLY, YOU KNOW, BUTCH WAS ONE OF THESE ADVOCATES, UH, FOR CHILDREN AND WANTING OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT NOT TO BE AVERAGE. HE, HE HAD AN AMAZING VISION OF WHAT ATHLETICS AND WHAT OUR CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE. AND I, I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE WE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A, A, A DIM WOODY SPORTS COMPLEX IF IT WASN'T FOR SOMEBODY LIKE, LIKE BUTCH WHO CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO JUST MEDIOCRE. WE, WE CAN BE EXTRAORDINARY. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES THAT'S VERY TECHNICAL AND IT'S REVIEW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT CAN COME ACROSS A LITTLE COLD, UM, BECAUSE IT IS SO VERY TECHNICAL. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU HAVE IN, IN BUTCH CUNNINGHAM. SO THAT, THAT REALLY COMPETITIVE FIERCE NATURE THAT WAS BUTCH REALLY STARTED TO SEE HE'S, HE'S THE BIGGEST TEDDY BEAR YOU EVER MEET. AND DIMITY COUNTY TODAY IS MUCH BETTER OFF BECAUSE SOMEONE LIKE BUTCH CUNNINGHAM CAME IN AND, AND REALLY JUST, JUST WANTED US TO THINK A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND BETTER. AND I THINK ABOUT NEXT MONTH WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING TWO TEAMS THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE WORLD SERIES, THE DIMITY AMERICANS AND THE DIMITY NATIONALS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PLAY ON FIELDS THAT WERE THOUGHT OF BY BUTCH CUNNINGHAM. THAT'S MY PIECE. SO HOPEFULLY IT WASN'T TOO, TOO ROUGH. I I'M WIPING GEARS. NO, THANK YOU. I GUESS MY STORY WITH BUTCH, UM, GOES BACK A LOT FURTHER AND, UM, I I MET BUTCH THROUGH THE, UM, POOL FAMILY AND I GREW UP WITH THE POOL FAMILY. AND SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, LINDA STARTED DATING THIS OLDER MAN AND, AND A LOT OF SECRECY AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND JUST HAPPENED. SHE WAS FRIENDS WITH MY WIFE AND, UM, PROBABLY BEFORE, WELL LONG BEFORE I KNEW MY WIFE. SO I HEAR STORIES ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS FAMILY RIGHT HERE, THEY, THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ME AT MY BEST VERY OFTEN 'CAUSE I DON'T DO VERY BEST VERY GOOD, BUT THEY'VE CERTAINLY SEEN ME AT MY WORST AND THEY'VE BEEN RIGHT BY MY SIDE, UM, THROUGH THAT. AND, UH, LINDA WAS AT IT, AND I, NOT TO TALK ABOUT LINDA SO MUCH TONIGHT, BUT IT, IT, THERE WASN'T IN THE SAME LINDA WAS AT IT THE DAY I FOUND OUT I WAS GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A [01:45:01] HEART AND LIVER TRANSPLANT AND GOD PUT HER THERE FOR, FOR THAT REASON. AMEN. AND BUTCH AND LINDA HAVE BEEN SPECIAL FRIENDS TO US FOR A LONG TIME AND, UM, I PROBABLY SEEN BUTCH AT HIS BEST AND WORST A COUPLE OF TIMES ALONG THE JOURNEY. BUT, UM, WHEN I APPOINTED BUTCH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I DON'T THINK HIS WIFE EXPECTED THAT HE WOULD LAST AS LONG AS HE DID WITHOUT SAYING SOMETHING THAT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY. BUT, UH, LINDA, HE MADE IT . UM, BUTCH WILL TELL YOU WHAT'S ON HIS MIND, GOOD OR BAD, AND I, I PEOPLE LIKE THAT. I LIKE PEOPLE LIKE THAT 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE STAYING. MM-HMM. UM, BUT BUTS, UM, AND I'LL DIRECT THIS AT MARK BASSETT, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONER LIKE HIM, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT. UM, AND HE WAS A CREDIT TO DENWITTY COUNTY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. HE, HE'S, UM, THOUGHT THINGS THROUGH, HE DID HIS HOMEWORK AND, UM, HE, HE WAS A GREAT SERVICE TO, TO DENWOODY COUNTY AND, UM, HIM AND HIS WIFE WANNA DO WHAT ME AND MY WIFE WANNA DO BEFORE TOO MUCH LONGER, START TRAVELING AND SEEING THE WORLD AND, AND DOING THINGS TOGETHER. SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT, MA'AM. CLERK IF YOU COULD READ THE RESOLUTION. WHEREAS CALVIN BUTCH CUNNINGHAM HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THE CITIZENS OF DI WITTY COUNTY AS A MEMBER OF THE DIM WITTY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR 20 YEARS. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE, MR. CUNNINGHAM HAS CONTRIBUTED HIS TIME, EXPERTISE, AND THOUGHTFUL INSIGHT TO THE RESPONSIBLE PLANNING AND GROWTH OF DE WITTY COUNTY. AND WHEREAS DURING HIS YEARS OF SERVICE, HE ASSISTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF THREE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN UPDATES, ENSURING THAT DE WITTY COUNTY CONTINUES TO BALANCE GROWTH WITH PRESERVATION OF ITS RURAL CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS MR. CUNNINGHAM ALSO SERVED AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S LEAD FOR THE RECREATION COMPONENT OF THE MOST RECENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEMONSTRATING HIS COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVING AMENITIES FOR ALL CITIZENS. ANN, WHEREAS BEYOND HIS SERVICE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MR. CUNNINGHAM HAS DEEPLY INV, HAS BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE DIM WITTY COMMUNITY SERVING ON THE DIM WITTY COUNTY YOUTH COMMISSION COACHING BABE RUTH AND DIXIE YOUTH BASEBALL, AND EARNING RECOGNITION AS A MEMBER OF THE U-S-S-S-A HALL OF FAME. AND WHEREAS MR. CUNNINGHAM IS KNOWN NOT ONLY FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION, BUT ALSO FOR HIS GOOD HUMOR AND ABILITY TO BRING LIGHT AND LEVITY TO ANY ROOM HE INHABITS, FOSTERING TEAMWORK AND COLLEGIALITY AMONG HIS FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY STAFF. AND WHEREAS HIS COMMITMENT, INTEGRITY, AND GENUINE CARE FOR OTHERS REFLECT HIS DEEP DEVOTION TO THE CITIZENS AND FUTURE OF DIMITY COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION TO CALVIN BUTCH CUNNINGHAM FOR 20 YEARS OF FAITHFUL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE DIMITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AND FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY HE SO PROUDLY SERVES AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWITTY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO MR. CALVIN BUTCH CUNNINGHAM AND A COPY BE SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING FOR ALL ETERNITY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BUTCH CUNNINGHAM, I, UH, PROBABLY GOT A COUPLE THINGS TO SAVED. HUH? I NEED TO GET A PICTURE. OH YEAH. READY TO TALK. READY TO TALK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ELDER. APPRECIATE ALL THE KIND WORK. IT JUST FLOORS ME. GLAD TO HAVE MY FAMILY HERE. I WANT THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ESPECIALLY DAN LEE FOR APPOINTING ME MANY YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT BECAUSE I AM APT TO SAY A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS WHEN I SHOULDN'T. BUT MY WIFE, LINDA, IF SHE SAID IT ONCE, SHE SAID IT A THOUSAND TIMES, DON'T EMBARRASS ME, . OR, AND I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, WHEN THEY GOT TO TELEVISING THIS STUFF, SHE WATCHED IT EVERY TIME. AND SHE WOULD LET ME KNOW SOMETHING IF I DID SOMETHING WRONG. AS SOON AS I WALKED INTO THAT BEDROOM, MY SON, MATTHEW, HIS WIFE JANA, BETH COPELAND, AND HATTIE, MY GRANDDAUGHTERS, MY DAUGHTER MEGAN, [01:50:01] HER HUSBAND, JAMES, ABIGAIL AND AUBREY. AND, UH, I'M REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR THIS. I WANNA THANK, THANK, THANK THE STAFF. I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY SITTING IN THERE , MR. SOUTHALL AND MR. DREW AT TIMES KEEPING ME STRAIGHT BECAUSE I I WILL SAY THINGS OUTTA LINE SOMETIMES, NOT MEANING TO, AND OF COURSE STAFF, GREAT STAFF TO WORK WITH AND ESPECIALLY ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. SAM, YOU'RE ONE OF 'EM, YOU ARE MY LEFT HAND MAN, RIGHT? UH, AND HE HAS KICKED ME A COUPLE TIMES ON THING, UH, MR. GURLEY IS HE HE'S IN THE BACK. ROLL TIE. ROLL TIE. I LOVE HIM. THERE YOU GO. MR. CULBERTH. MATT CULBERTH. THANK YOU. UH, MORGAN, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S NOT HERE. SHE'S NOT HERE. MORGAN INGRAM WAS HERE AND SHE HELPED A WHOLE LOT. I KNOW THAT. I WANNA THANK HUDDY TUS, SAM HAYES, MR. TOM TUCKER, JOHN HARVILLE, ANTHONY SIMMONS, ALVIN LANGLEY, HANNAH BISHOP, THE NEWLY APPOINTED, AND I'M, I'M PROUD OF HER AND I'M, I'M SURE SHE'LL DO A GREAT JOB, BUT ALL OF YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING ME STRAIGHT. BUT THE ONE, MOST OF ALL IT KEEPS ME IS THAT STRAIGHT DAILY IS MY WIFE. AMEN. I COULDN'T GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT HER. SHE'S HAD HEALTH ISSUES AND IT, UH, IT HAS BEEN TRYING AT TIMES, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT A FAMILY THAT SUPPORTED US WHERE, WHERE WE WE'RE A FAMILY WITH TWO NEW LIVERS. MM-HMM DONATED BY OUR CHILDREN, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT I CAN'T HELP IT. I LOVE MY FAMILY, I LOVE THIS COUNTY, I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY AND I REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE TONIGHT AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. THAT'S ALL I CAN DO, . THANK YOU. UH, I'M BACK. UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE RECESS AND FOR EVERYBODY, UM, WE CAN DO PICTURES AND UM, THINGS. SO, UH, YEAH, LET'S TAKE KEN AND WE'LL DO HOWEVER, UM, WE'LL DO PICTURES. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ORGANIZING THE PICTURES, BUT WE'LL FIGURE THAT ON CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. MR. [Additional Item 2] CHAIRMAN AND MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE WERE A COUPLE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. UH, FIRST ONE, AS WE CAME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION, THERE'S A CERTIFICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED. SO MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THAT, WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BACKSTOP SHOOTING AT NIGHT, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PERSPECTIVE 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 1 180 3. DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 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 CERTIFIED THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING. I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE ALL. AND MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE, WE HAD FOUR RESOLUTIONS SO I'M GONNA TAKE EACH ONE OF THOSE IN ORDER. JUST NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND. AND, AND ADOPTION. SO THE FIRST IS A RESOLUTION FOR MR. JEFFREY S. BROWN. RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE NEED A MOTION? SO WHO SECOND? YOU HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. AND THE RESOLUTION FOR SERGEANT CHARLES R CHARLIE WALKER, DIY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE I MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION. SECOND. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING AYE AND RESOLUTION CORPORAL RICKY L DAVENPORT, [01:55:01] DEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE I MAKE THAT MOTION. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. AND LASTLY, RESOLUTION. MR. CALVIN BUTCH CUNNINGHAM, DEY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION I'LL MAKE THE RESOLUTION PASS THE RESOLUTION. MOTION TO PASS. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS WE CAN MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU. THAT WAS, UH, ACTUALLY VERY NICE. UM, OKAY, SO WE'RE [13.A. A-25-3, Proposed Subdivision Ordinance Amendments To Shorten Mandatory Plan And Plat Review Times] GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. UM, AND WE'VE GOT 8 25 3 PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO SHORTEN MANDATORY PLAN AND PLAT REVIEW TIMES. UM, MR. BASSETT DIRECT THE PLANNING AND ZONING YOU HAD. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR. PLANNING COMMISSIONERS MR. MASSENGILL, UH, THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. UM, DURING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THEY PASSED, UH, HOUSE BILL AND A SENATE BILL AND AS YOU INDICATED, MR. CHAIR, UM, TO SHORTEN MANDATORY PLAN AND PLAT REVIEW TIMES FOR LOCALITIES STARTING JULY 1ST, 2025. AND ALSO THESE, UH, TIMEFRAMES ALIGN WITH NEW TIMEFRAMES FOR LOCAL AND STATE AGENCY REVIEWS AS WELL. UM, SO TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CHANGES, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE, UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AS PART OF THE, UH, DEWIN COUNTY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 18. UM, ARTICLE TWO, PLATS AND SKETCHES, UM, FINAL PLATS AND, UH, REDUCING THE SUBDIVISION AGENT'S REVIEW TIME FOR A FINAL PLAT FROM 60 DAYS TO 40 DAYS INTO AMEND, UH, SECTION 1860, REDUCING THE TIME THAT THE SUBDIVISION AGENT HAS TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE, PROPOSE FINAL PLATS FROM 60 DAYS TO 40 DAYS. AND IN TO INCLUDE THAT THE SUBDIVIDED MAY PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY TO DECIDE WHETHER THE PLAT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED. AND TWO, ADDING IF THE SUBDIVISION AGENT DISAPPROVES A FINAL PLAT, THE SUBDIVIDED MAY APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE DISAPPROVAL. UM, OF COURSE, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING, UM, YOU ALL MAKE, MAKE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE AS APPROPRIATE. UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AS SUBMITTED AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THEIR SEPTEMBER UH, MEETING DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, UH, TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING. I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE YOU, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU MARK. OKAY, THANK YOU. I I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO THIS CASE? MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION AMONG PLANNING COMMISSIONS ONE. ALRIGHT, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? MR. CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION WHEREAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 22 5 2 AND 15 2 2 85 AND 15.2 2 2 86 A SEVEN, THE DENWITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, OR GOOD ZONING PRACTICE WARRANT THE CONSIDERATION OF A FOLLOWING SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT A DASH 25 DASH THREE AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE THE SECOND? SECOND? COULD WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. E BROWN BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. [13.B. Amendments To Dinwiddie County Code Chapter 4. Animals And Fowl, Article III. Dogs, Division 2. Dog Licenses ] AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING B AMENDMENTS TO DEITY COUNTY CODE CHAPTER FOUR, ANIMAL AND FILE ARTICLE THREE DOGS DIVISION TWO DOG LICENSE. MR. SFO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. [02:00:01] CHAIRMAN. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THE TREASURER AND THE TREASURER'S OFFICE CAME TO ME AND THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE IN DINWITTY COUNTY WHO OWN DOGS. THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE AN OPTION THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GET AN ANNUAL RENEWAL ON AN INDIVIDUAL DOG TAG, THEY WANTED TO ALLOW THAT OPTION FOR A THREE YEAR DOG TAG. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE TO, TO HAVE THE COUNTY CODE GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THREE YEAR DOG TAG AND MAKES THINGS EASIER FOR THE CITIZEN AND NOT HARDER WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND SO THE AMENDMENT SLATED FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD ACTION TONIGHT WOULD ALLOW CITIZENS THE OPTION OF OBTAINING A THREE YEAR DOG TAG INSTEAD OF THE PRESENTLY REQUIRED ONE YEAR DOG TAG. PRESENTLY, A ONE YEAR DOG TAG COSTS $5. THE THREE YEAR DOG TAG WOULD COST $10 IF YOU DO THE MATH, IT'S A SAVING OF, OF $5 OVER THREE YEARS. UM, THAT THREE YEAR DOG TAG WOULD BE ISSUED IN COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE DOG GONER NOT COMPLYING WITH THE POLICY OF THE TREASURER'S OFFICE WOULD BE BACK IN THAT WORLD WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET THE ONE YEAR TAG. THE THREE YEAR TAG WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION, WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR THE THREE YEAR TAG IS AN OPTION FOR INDIVIDUAL DOGS. IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR KENNELS. JUST WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT RABIES VACCINATIONS AND, AND EVERYTHING IT I THINK WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MUCH. UM, THE AMENDMENT DOES MAKE NU A NUMBER OF OTHER MINOR, MINOR TECHNICAL CHANGES. UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, MR. MICHAEL DRURY, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR HIS HELP IN THE DRAFTING OF THE ORDINANCE. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND MS. PERKINS, THE HONORABLE MS. JENNIFER C. PERKINS IS HERE THIS EVENING AND WOULD ALSO BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MS. PERKINS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT, PLEASE? SELF EXPLANATORY. DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WILL HELP PEOPLE STAY IN COMPLIANCE BETTER? MM-HMM . BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GET ONE YEAR AND THEY DON'T GET THE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET A THREE YEAR TAG AND SO IT CUT AND SO IT CUTS DOWN ON TWO ON A YEAR THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY. SO, AND THE RABIES LOOK FOR THREE, THREE YEARS TOO, RIGHT? IF YOU GET A THREE YEAR IT IS. IF YOU GET A THREE YEAR SHOT, YOU GET, YOU GET A THREE YEAR TAG. YEAH. YEAH. SO, AND THEN IF YOU GET A ONE YEAR SHOT, YOU ONLY GET A ONE YEAR TAG. RIGHT. OKAY. QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE? OKAY. UM, MR. CHAIRMAN DID I'M, I'M SORRY, DID YOU GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING? YEP, I GOTTEN AHEAD OF MYSELF. UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO IT? MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. OKAY, I'M GONNA SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. TRYING TO GET OUT. ALRIGHT, SO ANY DISCUSSION? WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? OKAY, UM, BE ORDAINED THAT THE AMENDMENT TO DEWEY COUNTY CODE CHAPTER FOUR ANIMALS AND FOUL ARTICLE THREE DOGS. YOU GOT IT. DIVISION TWO DOG LICENSE IS ADOPTED AS PRESENTED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. [13.C. Amendments To Dinwiddie County Code Chapter 4. Animals And Fowl, Article I. In General, Section 4-6. Compensation For Livestock And Poultry Killed By Dogs] ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO C AMENDMENTS TO THE DEITY COUNTY CODE CHAPTER FOUR, ANIMALS AND POWER ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL SECTION FOUR SIX COMP COMPENSATION FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY KILL BY DOGS MR. SOUTH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF DOGS, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST MAKE A NIGHT OF IT. SO, UM, WE, THIS NEXT ONE HERE IS, IS TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE CODE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET LAST WINTER THEY APPROVED A, UM, A, A CERTAIN SENATE BILL 1000 THAT BECAME LAW, UH, FOLLOWING THE SESSION AND SIGNATURE BY THE GOVERNOR PRIOR TO SENATE BILL 1000, TAKING EFFECT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE COUNTY WAS LIABLE TO PAY THE OWNERS OF LIVESTOCK UP TO $750 PER LIVESTOCK AND THE OWNERS OF FOUL UP TO $10 PER FOUL. IF DOGS KILLED SUCH ANIMALS, SENATE BILL 1000 RAISED THOSE AMOUNTS TO $1,000 FOR THE LIVESTOCK, $25 FOR THE FOUL. SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE COUNTY CODE ACCORDINGLY. THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT WOULD DO THAT. UH, AND THEN ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 1000, BUT ALLOWED FOR BY STATE CODE, THE AMENDMENT ALSO ADDS AN OPTIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE HARMED ANIMAL OWNER WOULD HAVE TO FIRST EXHAUST THEIR LEGAL REMEDIES AGAINST THE DOG OWNER OF THE DOG THAT KILLED THE ANIMALS IF KNOWN. SO IF YOU KNOW WHOSE DOG KILLED YOUR ANIMALS, YOU'VE GOTTA GO AFTER THEM TO TRY TO RECOVER FIRST SINCE YOU KNOW WHO DID IT BEFORE YOU HAVE THE TAXPAYERS PAY, UM, TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF, OF MY OFFICE. NO CLAIMS UNDER SECTION FOUR DASH SIX HAVE BEEN PAID OUT SINCE AT LEAST 2011. UM, AND, AND CLAIMS ARE QUITE RARE. I REMEMBER HEARING ONE OF THEM IN THE PAST 14 YEARS. UM, BUT IT IS, IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF STATE CODE THAT THIS PROVISION BE THERE. AND I WOULD ALSO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO MICHAEL JURY FOR ASSISTANCE IN DRAFTING THE ORDINANCE. I'M HAPPY [02:05:01] TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. CHAIRMAN, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP. UM, SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, I'M HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN THIS IF I CAN JUST FOR, IT'LL TAKE TWO SECONDS. IF, IF YOU COME UP AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. SURE. THANK YOU. JUSTIN GOODMAN, 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER DRIVE. SO I HAVE BIRDS MYSELF. AND YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THAT IS JUST WAY TOO LOW. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOME PREMIUM, UH, POULTRY, LIKE TURKEYS, YOU SELL 'EM IF, IF THEY GET 'EM RIGHT BEFORE HARVEST, YOU'RE SELLING 'EM FOR CHRISTMAS FOR LIKE $165 A PIECE. SO $25 IS JUST WAY TOO LITTLE. UM, THAT'S JUST MY ONLY TAKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S JUST, THAT WAS IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME MR. CHAIRMAN. MAYBE I CAN HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT ONE. IF YOU DO, IF YOU KNOW WHOSE DOG KILLED YOUR POULTRY AND LET'S SAY IT WAS A TURKEY WORTH $160 OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, THESE LIVESTOCK, THESE BULLS, THESE COWS ARE WORTH FAR IN EXCESS OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS. YOU CAN RECOVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THAT ANIMAL WAS FROM THE PERSON WHOSE DOG DID IT, UM, AS A PRIVATE ACTION. BUT THE, WHAT THE STATE CODE REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO PAY IS AT THAT $25 AND THE THOUSAND DOLLARS, I SUPPOSE A COUNTY COULD ELECT TO PAY MORE. UM, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, ANY COUNTY THAT, THAT HAS ELECTED TO DO SO. RIGHT. AND THIS IS A, JUST IN CASE YOU, YOUR LEGAL ACTIONS, DON'T IT, IT IS. OR IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT MAY BE, IT COULD BE PROVED THAT A DOG DID IT, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE PROVEN WHOSE DOG DID IT. RIGHT. AND SO IN THAT CASE, IT WOULD BE A RECOVERY, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OF THE COUNTY AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, COUNTIES HAVE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY GENERALLY. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE EXCEPTIONS THAT MAKES A COUNTY RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAPPEN. AND, AND SO THOSE LIMITS DID GO UP AND THIS POOL OF MONEY IS SUPPLIED BY DOG TAGS. IS THAT OR IS IT JUST GENERAL? THIS POOL OF MONEY IS GENERAL FUND MONEY. OKAY. I, I HAVEN'T SEEN AN INSTANCE OF IT BEING PAID OUT, BUT IT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND MONEY NOW TO, TO YOUR POINT EXACTLY. THE DOG TAGS DO FUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICE. BUT YOU KNOW, I, THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND PAYMENT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ANYBODY? MM. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. AL. WE CLOSE PUBLIC. GO AHEAD WITH THAT. I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHT. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? UH, BID ORDAINED THAT THE AMENDMENT TO DIMITY COUNTY CODE SECTION 4.6 IS ADOPTED AS PRESENTED. SECOND. RIGHT. WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND ROLL CALL. MS. EBRA. MS. EBRA, BONNER AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OLD AND NEW BUSINESS. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY APPOINTMENTS. NO SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN? NO, NO APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. OKAY. [15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)] WE'RE GOING TO HEAD ON TO, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENT? YES. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE JUSTIN GOODMAN. OKAY, I'M GOING. UM, OPEN CITIZEN COMMENT, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND, AND ADDRESS AND, UH, YOU'LL HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME PERIOD TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. SO MY NAME IS JUSTIN GOODMAN AND I LIVE AT 15 2 0 1 JAMES RIVER DRIVE IN DISPU. I WAS HERE ON THE 11TH OF OCTOBER. VISITED YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES BY THE WAY. THE GENTLEMAN WHO GOT THE AWARD TODAY, I WAS VISITING THE FACILITY, HE HELPED PLAN. SO I WAS A, I'M A SOCCER COACH, SO I GO BACK TO THE FIELD AND I PARK AT WHERE THE PARKING AREA IS. WE GET OUT OF OUR VAN, WE GET ELECTROCUTED. OKAY, COOL. SO I'VE BEEN SHOCKED BY A ONE 10 OUTLET. I'VE ALSO BEEN SHOCKED BY TWO 40. IT'S LIKE A TWO 40. IT'S A LOT OF CHARGE THAT YOU GET. SO WE GET SHOCKED. I CALL FIRE AND EMS, THEY COME, THEY CALL DOMINION. DOMINION COMES THE WORKER WHO'S THERE AT THE FACILITY SAID THAT HE'S BEEN THERE FOR, UH, 10 YEARS. AND IT'S NORMAL. EVERY TIME THEY MOVE THE SOCCER GOALS, THEY GET REALLY SHOCKED AND HE KIND OF LIKE, AND I'M LIKE, DUDE, THAT'S NOT NORMAL. UM, HOMES NEAR THESE HIGH POWER TRANSITION TRANSMISSION LINES DON'T SELL. THERE'S OSHA REQUIREMENTS. IT'S MY FIRST TIME VISITING. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE THERE. THEN YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO PARK UNDER THEM. SO WHEN THE WEATHER [02:10:01] IS RAINY, YOU'RE IN YOUR VEHICLE. IT'S JUST REALLY NOT GOOD. I TOOK MY EMF READER THERE AND IT IS WAY BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED, UH, LEVELS FOR CHILDREN. I HAVE THAT IARC LIST, EMF AS A POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN. MY BIG QUESTIONS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE DOMINION REPRESENTATIVE WHEN THEY WERE THERE WAS WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PACEMAKERS? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE RABBIT HOLE GOES DEEP. I WENT DOWN INTO, UM, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND ON THE FOURTH SEPTEMBER 4TH RIGHT HERE, AND I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU AS EVIDENCE OR HOWEVER Y'ALL DO IT, SEPTEMBER 4TH, SOMEONE'S DEFIBRILLATOR DOWN THERE BY THE SOCCER FIELD MESSED UP. I DON'T KNOW THIS FELLA'S NAME OR THIS LADY'S NAME, WHO KNOWS IF SHE'S DECEASED, BUT SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. ALL THE CALLS FROM THIS SPORTS COMPLEX NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. THERE NEEDS TO BE RESEARCH DONE, UH, WITH A CARDIOLOGIST TO SEE HOW FAR AFTER THE EFFECTS OF HIGH EMF CAN SOMEONE'S PACEMAKER MESS UP. THIS IS NOT GONNA DIE WITH THIS BOARD MEETING. I WILL BE BACK NEXT MONTH TO PRESENT MORE CASE BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU. THE BIGGEST ISSUES ABOUT THE ENTIRE THING IS THAT STUDIES GO BACK TO 1979 SHOWING THESE TRANSMISSION LINES, GIVING KIDS LEUKEMIA ONE AND A HALF TO TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY. LET'S GO AND TALK ABOUT THE POWER WORKERS THAT WORKED THERE. AND I'M GONNA PRESENT ALL THIS TO YOU. THIS GOES BACK TO THE EIGHTIES. THEY HAD THIS IN 1988 WORKERS IN EAST TEXAS WERE 13 MORE, 13 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP BRAIN TUMORS. OKAY, SO WHY ARE WE PLANNING OUR CHILDREN NEAR THIS? IF I HAD VISITED THIS FACILITY YEARS AGO, I WOULD'VE BEEN HERE THEN. UM, I HAVE THE DEVICE HERE. DOMINION STILL CAN'T TELL ME. AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SEND YOU GUYS SOMETHING. SO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE SENT YOU THE REPORT, THERE IS A RECOMMENDED, UH, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW, WHAT THE VOLTAGE IS OF THOSE TRANSMISSION LINES. IF THEY ARE TWO 30 OR HIGHER, THERE'S OSHA REQUIREMENTS TO STAY AWAY FROM 'EM. SO WHY ARE WE PARKING UNDER THEM? AND REALLY ON THE 4TH OF OCTOBER, SOMEONE HAD A CARDIAC EVENT WITH THEIR PACEMAKER BY THE POWER LINES BECAUSE THE EMF RADIATION THAT IS BEING GIVEN OFF, THIS IS SERIOUS. THIS IS AS BAD AS FLINT, MICHIGAN. AND THAT'S NOT A JOKE. UM, THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. THE GUY GOT COMMENDED TODAY FOR THIS FACILITY I CALLED PLANNING AND ZONING. THERE WERE ZERO USE RISK ASSESSMENTS DONE. THAT'S WHAT THE GUY TOLD ME. THAT'S NOT TRUE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE GUY TOLD ME. UM, IF YOU COULD WRAP, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE. NO, NO, THAT'S SO I'LL BE BACK TO PRESENT MORE. BUT I WOULD REALLY THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD RUN WITH THIS ON THE FOURTH, SOMEONE SUFFERED A CARDIAC EVENT. BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW FAR BACK, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT ALL THE CALL LOGS FOR THAT FACILITY. ANYTHING HEART RELATED, WHERE WERE THEY AT AND THAT, SO I HAVE THESE TO GIVE YOU. I WOULD REALLY LOVE SOMEONE TO TAKE THIS BECAUSE IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HARMING THE PUBLIC BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. I'VE ALREADY CALLED PRINCE GEORGE PARKS AND RECS. I SAID MY TEAM WILL NOT BE COMING BACK EVER. I WILL NOT GO BACK WITH MY KIDS. THERE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT SENSITIVITY LEVELS. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS. AS SOON AS I PULLED IN I GOT A HEADACHE. OKAY? AND I, I MEAN I MADE A VIDEO OF IT. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. I LOVE MY COUNTRY. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE BLESSING THAT I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND, AND PRESENT THINGS LIKE THIS. BUT THE NARRATIVE IN THE COUNTY IS THEY'RE SAFE AND EVERYONE KEEPS TELLING THEM THAT I'M NOT FROM THE COUNTY. SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT HOMES DON'T SELL NEAR 'EM. THEY'RE REALLY BAD FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH. THE PACEMAKER WENT OFF ON THE FOURTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE ANGELA ORELL. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. ANGELA ORL 1 6 5 6 3 CAN ROAD MCKENNEY. I DO WANNA SAY WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT TO BE HERE THOUGH. WONDERFUL. VERY LUCKY. SO I FIRST WANNA START OUT JUST BY SAYING I'M NOT AGAINST ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE EFFICIENT AND IT'S NOT RIGHT NOW. SO AS WE ARE IN THE THROES OF ELECTING A NEW STATE ADMINISTRATION, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT ENERGY AND HOW WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE BUILD OUT OF SOLAR ENERGY. 91% OF NEW CAPACITY POWER IN THE COUNTRY IS SOLAR BATTERY STORAGE. AND SOME WIND CHINESE IMPORTS TO THE US EQUAL APPROXIMATELY 87% SOLAR PANELS AND 87% BATTERY STORAGE ENERGY. AND THAT'S A HUGE CARBON FOOTPRINT. SOLAR PRODUCE, SOLAR PRODUCES ENERGY ONLY 4.8 [02:15:01] HOURS A DAY AND COSTS SIX TIMES MORE THAN CONVENTIONAL COMBINED CYCLE POWER. WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE NOW AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RATE HEIGHTS, RATE HIKES DUE TO, UH, CONSISTENT ENERGY BEING DISPLACED BY PART-TIME INTERMITTENT SOURCES. WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN ENERGY POLITICS, UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE IT OR NOT, WE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASING SOLAR PANELS OR THEIR COMPONENTS INVERTERS, BATTERY STORAGE FROM CHINA. IT IS UNAFFORDABLE, IT IS INTERMITTENT PART-TIME ENERGY AND WE SHOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THEIR ECONOMY. IT IS NOT GOOD FOR VIRGINIA OR OUR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, AND BOTH ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT, UH, POLITICIANS HAVE THEIR HAND IN THE SOLAR TILL. SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION POTENTIALLY. SO I AM HOPING THAT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY, UM, OR I WOULD SAY, UM, ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE, OUR, OUR COUNTY. UM, AND ITS SELF-DETERMINATION GOING FORWARD ON THIS MAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DID I DO IT 50? YOU DID? DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? MR. CHAIRMAN? I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. UM, DO YOU WANT DO, NATALIE, DO YOU WANT GO IF [16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] Y'ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR YOU WANT ME TO, Y'ALL HAVE I MAKE A COMMENT IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND ADDRESS. SURE. MR. GOODMAN, MR. GOODMAN, I, I SPOKE EARLIER, UH, TRYING TO PROACTIVELY TO THE BOARD ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS. UM, SOME OF OUR CITIZENS, ME INCLUDED, SAW YOUR POST ON THE COMMUNITY BOARD AND SO WE WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT PROACTIVE TO THAT. UM, I I WILL SAY UPFRONT AND I TOTALLY RESPECT ANYONE, WHETHER THEY LIVE IN DENWOODY COUNTY OR THEY'RE VISITING OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, UM, FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED. AND SO FOR YOU, I'M NOT QUESTIONING AT ALL WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED. UM, AND WE WOULDN'T KNOW NECESSARILY IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. SO WE, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I ALSO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY THAT EVEN BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA, IF ANYBODY WISHES TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY, WHETHER THEY'RE A COUNTY RESIDENT OR NOT, UM, I THINK YOU'LL FIND DI MANY COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO BE EXTREMELY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ON, UM, ISSUES SUCH AS THIS. NOW I WILL ALSO SAY THAT, UM, TO JUST KIND OF CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS. UH, ONE, THE PROPERTY THAT WE IDENTIFIED, UH, TO BUILD SOUTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS OWNED BY THE RAINY FAMILY AND MARY EDITH RAINEY. THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS I'M THE ONE THAT, THAT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY WAS NOT DONATED TO THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY ACTUALLY PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY. UM, AS A CONDITION OF THE SALE. THE RAINEY FAMILY, WHO THEIR FAMILY ALSO SOLD THE PROPERTY WHERE WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS LOCATED BESIDE THEM. UH, WHEN THEY SOLD THAT PROPERTY TO THE COUNTY, THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT IT'D BE USED FOR A MUNICIPAL USE. AND SO THERE'S ACTUALLY COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT THE PROPERTY COULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY AND THEN SOLD TO CHICK-FIL-A IF WE WANTED TO. SO IT HAS TO BE USED FOR A COMMUNITY PURPOSE. UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. CUNNINGHAM, OTHERS, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT POTENTIALS COULD BE USED ON THE PROPERTY. THERE WAS A, A FIRM BCWH ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING THAT DESIGNED SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THAT PROPERTY AS A POTENTIAL LOCATION WITH OTHERS, ONE OF THE, THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS WAS THE HIGH VOLTAGE, UM, LINES THAT GO THROUGH THE PROPERTY. UH, SO A PART OF THAT REVIEW AND, AND I SPENT A GOOD PART OF AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF YESTERDAY TRYING TO FIND KIND OF A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK. 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, UM, OF A REPORT THAT WAS DONE. BUT I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER, UM, THAT IT WAS EVALUATED, IT WAS LOOKED AT. I REMEMBER THE INDIVIDUAL COMING TO THE BOARD, THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN A JOINT MEETING, AND TALKED ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. UM, AND ESPECIALLY, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I I REMEMBER THE, THE REPORTS THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED ABOUT IT. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE, THE COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED, UM, WHAT THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTED. I REMEMBER THE INDIVIDUAL MAKING A COMMENT THAT, UH, THAT, THAT SOME OF THE THINGS IN OUR HOUSEHOLD COULD CAUSE MORE DAMAGE THAN THE, THE HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION LINES MICROWAVE EXAMPLE. [02:20:01] AND A TOASTER WAS USED. SO WE, WE TALKED VERY CAREFULLY WITH DOMINION ENERGY ABOUT THAT. AND ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS THE SPORTS COMPLEX. AND SO THE, THE ISSUE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T BUILD ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURES DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE HIGH POWER TRANSMISSION LINES AND TO PUSH THE ACTUAL RECREATIONAL ASSETS TO THE SIDE. NOW THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE EVERYTHING SERIOUSLY. SO THE DAY THAT, THAT YOU MADE, UM, A, A LET US KNOW WITH YOUR CONCERNS, CHIEF KISSNER, WHO'S IN THE BACK, WHO'S THE HEAD OF OUR FIRE, AND EMS CONTACTED ME AT HOME. AGAIN, THIS IS, I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR US. SO HE CONTACTED ME AND WANTED ME TO BE AWARE THAT WE HAD A CONCERN, UH, OF COURSE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMING OUT THERE AS WELL AS DOMINION ENERGY. SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOUR CONCERNS ON DEAF EAR. IN FACT, TODAY I TALKED TO LEADERSHIP AT, AT DOMINION ENERGY. AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT I HAVE PREPARED TO DO, AND WHAT I TOLD THE BOARD EARLIER IS I'M GONNA WRITE A FORMAL LETTER TO DOMINION ENERGY. AND THEY HAVE AGREED, UM, TO DO A, A, A REVIEW OF IT AND TO PROVIDE THIS BOARD WITH ALL THE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND I ALSO TOLD THE BOARD THAT I PLAN TO COPY THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION ON THAT CORRESPONDENCE AS THEY REGULATE DOMINION ENERGY AND TO THE EAST OF THE, WHERE YOU ARE AT THE SOCCER FIELD TO THE EAST OF THAT SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC ACTUALLY HAS SOME, SOME LINES THERE AS WELL. SO IN ADDITION TO DOMINION, WE'RE GONNA ASK SOUTH SIDE, UM, ELECTRIC IF, IF THEY WOULD DO THE SAME THING. UH, SO AGAIN, COMPLETELY OPEN, COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. WE WOULD WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND AGAIN, PROVIDE THAT DATA BACK TO THE BOARD. UM, THE QUESTION I HAD ON MONDAY WITH SOME OF MY KEY STAFF, IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE AT THIS MOMENT, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT PLAY OUT THERE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, GAMES HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED. IS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, IMMINENT DANGER OF, OF INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE? WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE OKAY AT THE MOMENT TO DO THAT IN ALL DUE RESPECT. SO, UM, I'VE ALSO, WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE CALL LOGS TO SEE WHAT OTHER, UM, TYPE OF CALLS MAYBE HAVE COME INTO THIS. QUITE HONESTLY, I, I'VE COACHED THE GOOD PART OF THE TIME THAT THIS SPORTS COMPLEX HAS, HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE. UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN SHOCKED, BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT, THAT I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM, FROM YOU. UM, AND I HAVE AND APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE COME BACK AND INDICATED THAT THEY, THEY'VE EXPERIENCED, AS YOU SAID, THAT PHENOMENON THAT WAY. SO AGAIN, IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE IT. THIS, THIS GOVERNMENT IS REALLY TRULY BIG ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE. SO WE'RE GONNA BALANCE WHAT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THAT AREA WITH ANY POTENTIAL RISK IN HEALTH. AND, AND PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'LL TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT TO THE UTMOST, UM, FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE COURAGE OF GOING TO A JURISDICTION THAT'S NOT YOUR OWN AND EXPLAINING WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED. AND WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT. AGAIN, WE CAN'T REACT TO ANYTHING. WE DON'T KNOW IT, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF, IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH ME PRIVATELY, WE CAN SET UP A TIME AND DO THAT. I WOULD, I WOULD OFFER THAT. AND AGAIN, ANY ANY PART OF A SOLUTION WE CAN HAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO BE A PART OF THAT. I THANK YOU. SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU. NO, I'M NOT RE OR CAN I JUST COMMENT THAT ALL? IS IT LEGAL OR NOT? I DON'T WANNA BREAK A RULE. NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT OUT TO THE MEETING IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH, UM, MR. YEAH, JUST, JUST THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. OKAY. I I'LL STAY AFTER FOR SURE. COOL. THANK YOU. UM, AND I WILL JUST SAY, UM, MY OLD HEART, I HAD A PACEMAKER AND I ALSO COACHED THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND BEEN THERE WITH GRANDCHILDREN AND I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY PACEMAKER. BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS ME. UM, SO, UM, BUT UH, AND I'M LIKE A MAGNET FOR ELECTRICITY AND I'VE NEVER BEEN SHOCKED, BUT, UH, I GET SHOCKED EVERYWHERE ELSE I GO. BUT ANYWAY, UM, UM, LET'S, ALRIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. OH, THIS WAY? YEAH. MR. CHAVIS. I'M GOOD. FORWARD COMMENT. I'M GOOD. ALRIGHT. I'M FINE. THANK YOU. I AM ALSO ALRIGHT. I'M FINE TOO. SO, UM, WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? TO A MOVE? SECOND. ROLL CALL MISS BRA BONNER. AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE ALL VOTING AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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