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[1. ROLL CALL]
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025.
REGULAR MEETING AT THIS TIME, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? MR. DOOLEY? HERE.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME, UH, WE ARE GONNA DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR, UM, MR. JOHN MEZA AIRPORT BOARD AND MR. THOMAS TUCKER ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO IF WE COULD STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL DO THE INVOCATION AND FOLLOWING THAT, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR FATHER, REGARDING HEAVEN, I BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME THAT I HOPE BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.
AND WE MISS NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL, FOR GUIDES, THE KINGDOM, THE POWER OF THE GLORY FOR OUR MEMBER.
I PLAN ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
AT THIS TIME, AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY MADAM CHAIR? WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL AMENDMENTS.
I DO, UM, WISH TO CHANGE THE ACTION ITEM SEVEN A.
INSTEAD OF THAT BEING PRESENTED BY OUR TREASURER, UH, THE HONORABLE JENNIFER C. PERKINS.
THAT WILL BE DONE BY, UH, TYLER SOUTHALL, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
IF NOTHING ELSE, UM, CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
AND WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE YOU, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK, LOOK THAT OVER.UM, IF ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE REPORTS AND WE HAVE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.UH, MR. AARON FINCH, WHO'S GONNA COME TALK TO US.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES, UH, TO THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FERNDALE AND RIVER ROAD ROUNDABOUT PROJECT.
UM, AS I SAID LAST MONTH, WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY GOOD BIDS ON THAT PROJECT, SO WE'RE ADJUSTING SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PROCEDURES, THE DETOURS AND, UH, LANE CLOSURE HOURS, UH, WITH ANTICIPATION TO RE ADVERTISE THAT PROJECT IN JANUARY AND GET SOME BETTER BIDS.
IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT THE LONG-TERM SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT, UM, WITH THIS NEEDING WARM SPRING WEATHER TO DO THAT GRADING AND CONSTRUCTION WORK TO BEGIN WITH.
SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT ONE.
AND FINGERS CROSSED WE GET BETTER BIDS NEXT TIME AROUND.
UM, MAINTENANCE CREWS REPLACED A CULVERT ON CONTINENTAL ROAD, UM, IN THE PAST MONTH, A SHORT ONE OR TWO DAY DETOUR.
DIG UP A 18 INCH CROSS PIPE AND REPLACE THAT ONE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME GRADING ON OUR UNPAVED ROADS IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY MARMORA HORSE TRAIL AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON THE CHERRY HILL ROAD RAW RUSTIC.
WE AIM TO HAVE THAT PROJECT COMPLETE THIS WEEK AS WELL.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE GRADING GOING ON AND PUT DOWN OUR LAST COATS OF TAR AND ROCK.
OUR LAST LITTER AND MOWING CYCLE IS UNDERWAY.
CURRENTLY OUR PRIMARIES ARE NEARLY COMPLETE.
UM, SECONDARIES ARE UNDERWAY ACROSS THE COUNTY AND INTERSTATES ONGOING AS WELL.
UH, WE DID GET THE SIGNAGE POSTED ON THE TRANQUILITY LANE ROYAL RUSTIC PROJECT.
SO EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT RAW RUSTIC IS COMPLETE.
THAT DID INCLUDE POSTING THE STATUTORY 35 MILE AN HOUR, UH, SPEED LIMIT ON THAT ROAD.
WE ARE BEGINNING OUR PRELIMINARY WORK ON THE QUAKER ROAD ROUTE SIX 60 AT ROUTE ONE REALIGNMENT PROJECT.
THAT'S A PROJECT IN THE SIX YEAR PLAN THAT'S BEEN IN PLAN FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.
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CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT NEXT SUMMER, SO BEGINNING TO LOOK AT SOME UTILITIES AND RIGHT OF WAY AND, UH, SURVEY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT.AND LASTLY, UM, TWO ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO BRING BOARD THIS AFTERNOON CONCERNING, UH, PROPOSED ABANDONMENTS OF SECONDARY ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THIS CAME ABOUT AFTER A SECONDARY ROADWAY INVENTORY REVIEW.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR SECONDARY DATA, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED ABANDONMENTS FOR.
ONE IS A SPUR OF ROUTE 6 73 SMITH GROVE ROAD.
UM, SO SMITH GROVE ROAD USED TO INTERSECT WITH WHEATON ROAD AND IN 1971 IT WAS REALIGNED TO INTERSECT WITH DUNCAN ROAD.
THAT LITTLE SPUR OF ROAD WAS DISCONTINUED FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT NEVER ACTUALLY ABANDONED FROM THE SECONDARY SYSTEM.
SO IT IS SITTING THERE IN THE, TECHNICALLY IN THE SYSTEM STILL OVERGROWN WITH TREES AND BRUSH AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, ALTHOUGH IT IS TECHNICALLY IN THE STATE SYSTEM.
UM, SO THAT ONE WE ARE PROPOSING AN ABANDONMENT ON.
UM, THERE'S A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS WITH THESE ABANDONMENTS.
THE SECOND ONE IS GOING TO BE ROUTE SEVEN 10 CEMETERY ROAD IN MCKINNEY.
IT'S END ROAD OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROUTE 40 IN THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY.
THAT ONE, IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE ROAD, IT IS JUST THE LAST ABOUT A QUARTER MILE SECTION OF THAT ROADWAY.
ALL OF THAT SECTION THAT WE APPROACH FOR ABANDON PROPOSED FOR ABANDONMENT IS IN ONE SINGLE PARCEL THAT IS UNINHABITED.
SO IT FUNCTIONS MORE OR LESS AS A PRIVATE ROADWAY AND HAS NO PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR STATE MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO THAT ONE WE ARE PROPOSING AN ABANDONMENT ON AS WELL.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A PUBLIC PROCESS WITH THIS.
IT EVENTUALLY RESULTS IN POSSIBLY A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, WE POST, WELL POST WILLINGNESS TO ADVERTISE.
IF THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
HOWEVER, HEARING IS NOT MANDATED BY CODE.
AND THEN RESOLUTION WILL FORMALLY DISCONTINUE THE ROADS.
UM, WE PLAN TO BEGIN WORKING ON THAT, UH, THROUGH DECEMBER.
IT'S 30 DAY ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD AND HAVE THE HEARING IF WE DO GO TO A HEARING AND PASS A RESOLUTION AT A JANUARY MEETING.
I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T DONE ANY, ANY, UM, ABANDONMENTS WITH THIS BOARD.
THIS IS THE FIRST ABANDONMENT PACKAGE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY DONE.
SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A LEARNING PROCESS FOR ALL OF IT, BUT LOOKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, IT SHOULD BE, IT SEEMS PRETTY CUT AND DRY.
UM, SO LIKE ANYTHING, WE'LL PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC AND SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC AND AND BOARD THINKS AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST A, A COUPLE MAINTENANCE THINGS.
UM, AARON, I, YESTERDAY, UM, I WAS REQUESTED AT A MEETING TO STOP BY WATERFORD LANDING TO LOOK AT THEIR ROADS.
AND SO I, I WENT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THE, THE ONLY, THERE WAS A COUPLE ROADS THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT.
WATERFORD TERRACE, WHICH IS THE NEWER ROAD IN WATERFORD, LANDON.
UM, MIGHT WANNA JUST JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL DONE SOME, MAYBE SOME PATCHING OUT THERE.
UM, IN THAT CUL-DE-SAC AREA, IT IS KIND OF REALLY, REALLY SOMEWHAT ROUGH.
UM, AND THEN, UM, MIY RUN, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE SECTIONS IN MYRIE THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA JUST TAKE A LOOK AT AS WELL.
SO I, I TOLD THOSE FOLKS I WOULD, I WOULD MENTION IT TO YOU.
UM, ALSO GOT A CALL, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THIS IS REALLY RELATED TO YOU, BUT, SO IT'S, UM, ON STERLING ROAD THERE IS A ADDITIONAL FINE OF $250, I BELIEVE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN POSTED.
AND I, I'M, I'M FROM THE CITIZEN THAT CONTACTED ME.
THEY WERE SAYING THAT, UM, AND I GUESS THIS IS REALLY MORE OF A COURT'S QUESTION, THAT IF WE WRITE A TICKET OUT THERE, I GUESS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MORE PUNITIVE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT AN ADDITIONAL $250 ON THE, ON THE, THE TICKET.
UM, BUT THEY WERE QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT A, THAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING, WHICH IS MORE OF A SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONVERSATION.
BUT THE, THE B PART OF THE QUESTION WAS, IS IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE? YOU KNOW, SHOULD THE $250, UM, SIGNAL YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD, NOT WHILE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
AND SO THAT SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE HAVE THE SIGNS PLACED, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO STOP SPEEDING ON OR TRYING TO REDUCE IT, THAT IT WOULD BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ENTRANCES ON STERLING, NOT, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
I THINK FOR YOU ALL, IT'S MAYBE JUST A LOOK TO SEE WHERE IT'S POSTED.
AND THEN THE, THE QUESTION THAT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ARE WE ACTUALLY, ARE WE ACTUALLY INCREASING TICKETS BY THAT 250? LIEUTENANT LEE'S KINDA SHAKING HIS HEAD, MAYBE WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
SO THEN THE, THEN THE COMMENT FROM THE CITIZEN THAT ASKED IT WAS LIKE, THEN, THEN WHY DO WE HAVE THE $250
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SIGN IF WE'RE NOT USING THE $250 TO, TO DO THAT? SO, UH, THIS, THIS IS PROBABLY A BIGGER CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.BUT IF YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THE PLACEMENT OF IT ABSOLUTELY.
IT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT THE SIGN GOT KNOCKED DOWN AND THE TWO 50 WAS JUST GOT PUT UP PLACED AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
BUT YES, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TWO 50 IS, IS A LOCALITY DRIVEN PROCESS, BUT THEY ARE ULTIMATELY OUR SIGNS.
AND I DID, I DID TALK TO SHERIFF ADAMS YESTERDAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TOO, THAT HE, HE SAID THEY WERE GONNA GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT HE, HE ALSO DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL, UM, TWO 50 WAS ACTUALLY BEING PUT ON TICKETS OUT THERE.
UM, I DO WANNA JUST THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE OVERPASS MOWING.
AND PEOPLE CAN KIND OF SEE FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A FROST, NOTHING WILL BE GROWING ANYMORE.
[6.B. Crater District Area Agency On Aging (CDAAA)]
UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, QUA A DISTRICT ERA AGING AGENCY ON AGING.AND IS THIS, UH, MR. SNICK? OH, I'M CLOSE.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF CREATOR, DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING, WHICH PROUDLY SERVES OLDER ADULTS AND CAREGIVERS ACROSS THE CRATER REGION.
THE CREATOR DISTRICT AREA AGENCY ON AGING IS PART OF VIRGINIA STATEWIDE NETWORK OR OF AREA AGENCIES OWN AGING.
OUR MISSION IS TO HELP OLDER ADULTS REMAIN HEALTHY, INDEPENDENT, AND SAFELY AT THEIR HOMES FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
WE SERVE INDIVIDUALS AGE 60 PLUS THEIR CAREGIVERS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES PROVIDING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT DIGNITY, SAFETY AND INDEPENDENCE.
UM, THERE IS OVER 7,300, UH, UH, OLDER ADULTS IN D WIDI COUNTY.
UM, CDA SERVED, UH, LAST YEAR, 765 OF THEM.
D WIDI CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE STEADY GROWTH IN ITS AGING POPULATION, INCREASING THE NEED FOR SERVICES THAT HELP SENIORS AGE IN PLACE.
IN THE PAST YEAR, CREATOR PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF, OF ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS, INCLUDING HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
WE PROVIDED OVER 3,300, UH, DELIVERED, UH, MEALS TO HOME BOTH SENIORS.
UM, WE PROVIDED 130 MEALS, UM, IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
UM, ALSO SIX, UM, OVER 600 MEDICAL AND ESSENTIAL TRIPS.
UM, 48 HOURS OF LEGAL SUPPORT.
UM, SIX EIGHT HOURS OF CARE COORDINATION.
WE OFFER SEVERAL SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS HEALTH, SAFETY AND, AND STABILITY.
UM, AND THEY INCLUDE INSURANCE COUNSELING, HOMEMAKER SERVICES, NUTRITION COUNSELING, DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM, COOL CARE PROGRAM, EMERGENCY SERVICES, LIMITED EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR URGENT NEEDS SUCH AS MEDICATION, FOOD, UTILITIES, AND SAFETY RELATED ITEMS. SENIOR MEDICAL PATROL PROGRAM.
THESE PROGRAMS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING HEALTH, PREVENTING CRISIS, AND HELPING SENIORS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES.
UH, TO MEET INCREASING NEEDS, CREATOR HAS EXPANDED SEVERAL PROGRAMS, SERVING D THE RESIDENTS, UM, CARE COORDINATION PROGRAM, CHORE PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES HOME REPAIRS MINUS MAIN MINOR MAINTENANCE AND ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSEHOLD TASK.
OTHERS, ADULTS CAN NO LONGER MANAGE SAFELY RESPITE AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAMS. UH, SUPPORTING SENIORS AT HOME RESULTS IN REDUCED NURSING HOME ADMISSIONS, FEWER EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT IN HOSPITALIZATIONS, LOWER LONG-TERM CARE, EXPENSIVE AND IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN AGING SERVICES PRODUCES MEASURABLE COST SAVING WHILE IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR D RESIDENTS.
WHILE WE RECEIVE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING, LOCAL SUPPORT IS CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY AS NEEDS CONTINUE TO RISE.
THE MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM DWI, THE MORE OLDER ADULTS CAN, UH, CAN WE SERVE, THE MORE MEALS WE CAN DELIVER, THE MORE HOMES WE CAN MAKE SAFE.
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HOME TO GROWING AND VIBRANT OLDER ADULTS.POPULATION CREATOR, UM, IS COMMITTED TO, TO BEING A STRONG PARTNER IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THESE RESIDENTS NOW AND IN YEARS AHEAD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MA'AM? JUST, JUST A QUESTION.
UM, MR. CHAVIS AND OUR OUR OFFICES ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF YOUR BUILDING.
UM, I'VE HEARD
SO, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, UM, WE, WE DO OUTREACH.
SO WE GO MYSELF AND OUR STAFF, WE GO OUT, OUT AND UM, YOU KNOW, IN ALL LIKE THE EVENTS WE, WE SPEAK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS AND, UM, LIKE CHURCHES WE ARE SCHEDULING AND GOING OUT AND, UM, SPEAKING OF ABOUT THE PROGRAMS, THE NEW PROGRAMS AS WELL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE TRYOUTS THERE, RIGHT? YES.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WILL BE A, UH, UH, AN EVENT IN ON PETER AT PETERSBURG LIBRARY AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER EVENT WE HEAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PRESENCE AND SPEAK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. YEAH.
I I MEAN, YOU HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM, BUT I THINK IT IS JUST GETTING MORE PEOPLE AWARE OF YOUR PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WORK WITH IS SENIOR NAVIGATOR AND GETTING YOUR, YOU CONNECTED WITH SENIOR NAVIGATOR.
WE ARE CONNECTED SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THOSE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S KIND OF A, A, UM, JUST NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, OVERALL HOMEMAKER, NOT HOMEMAKER, I'M SORRY, UH, HOME DELIVERED MEALS, UM, SINCE MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, UH, GREW ALREADY 20%.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE WORD IS OUT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO EVERY COUNTY AND THE, THE CITY TO MAKE AWARE THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NEED MORE FUNDING TO MEET THE, THE, THE NEEDS OF THE OLDER ADULTS.
IT'S FINALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.
MARK SAID ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT COMPANIONSHIP.
DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE TO HELP, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING ALONE, WHO ARE KIND OF LONELY AND JUST NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO FROM TIME TO TIME? YES.
SO ACTUALLY, UH, WE WORK WITH, UH, WE WERE OUTSOURCING THE SERVICE.
UH, WE BROUGHT ALSO, WE BROUGHT IN-HOME MODEL.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING, UH, HOMEMAKER COMPANIONS AND, UH, EXPANDING THE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY WE DO, WE HAVE A LIST AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
IS THAT A COST TO THE SENIORS? IT DEPENDS ON THE INCOME.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOMEONE, LET'S SAY MAKE, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF MONEY, 800 AND THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING.
THEY MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE, THEY MIGHT PAY $2 PER HOUR.
I, I KNOW WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET EARLIER.
WHEN DID YOU START, WHEN DID YOU START HERE? UM, IN THIS, IN MARCH.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS, SO THE GOOD THING IS YOU GET TO BE THE FIRST IMPRESSION FOR THE BOARD COME BUDGET.
'CAUSE THE BUDGET IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY GETTING READY TO START TO, TO LOOK DEEP INTO.
SO WITH THE CHANGE, UH, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A, WHAT WE CALL OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION REQUEST.
IF YOU, IF YOU GO TO TRANSPARENT DEM WAY UNDER OUR BUDGETING TAB MM-HMM
YOU'LL SEE FOR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THAT'S DUE TO US, I THINK THE FIRST WEEK, ANN, IN JANUARY, JANUARY 16TH JANUARY.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THE HOPPER THERE.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE GOOD THING IS YOU GET TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO, TO TALK TO THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU FILL OUT THAT FORM.
OH, I I'M SURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FOR IT.
I THINK SHE BROUGHT HER RIGHT HAND.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, WHAT WE SEE, AND I MEAN DEY COUNTY CAN'T DO IT BY ITSELF, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS MM-HMM
ALLOWS OUR REACH TO, TO BE A WHOLE LOT GREATER THAN WHAT WE, WE COULD HAVE DO ON OURSELVES BY OURSELVES.
UM, BUT, BUT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING DOES MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST NOT CONNECTING THE DOTS
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TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THERE'S EVEN RESOURCES OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP.AND SO, BUT DON'T, DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE DON'T, I MEAN, WE RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THE WORK BEHIND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S COMPLICATED WORK AND, BUT IT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
[7.A. Contract Extension, Delinquent Real Estate Tax Collection]
UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS, CONTRACT, EXTENSION, DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAX COLLECTION AND, UH, MR. HALL WILL BE DOING THAT.I AM PINCH HITTING FOR THE TREASURER TODAY.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF HISTORY HERE.
AS YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER, BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE BOARD DID APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH TAXING AUTHORITY CONSULTING SERVICES NAMED TAX TACS, UM, FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT TAXES.
SO EVEN THOUGH THAT CONTRACT DID INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF BOTH PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE TAXES, THE BOARD MEMO THERE STATED WE WERE GOING TO USE THEM FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH WAS THE INTENT AT THAT TIME.
UM, THEY HAD A, A CONTRACT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BROADER THAN THAT, BUT IT WAS THE INTENT AT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD BE FOR, FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.
THE TREASURER HAS BEEN USING THEM FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION, HAS BEEN PLEASED WITH THEIR SERVICES AND WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THOSE SERVICES TO REAL ESTATE TAXES AS WELL.
NAMELY, UM, DELINQUENT TAX, PARCEL REAL ESTATE SALES, UM, WITH THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT.
THESE ARE LEGAL SERVICES AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A FORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THAT.
AND THERE IS A RESOLUTION PREPARED, THEREFORE YOU SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AGAIN, WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH TACS, BUT WE JUST WANTED THE, THE BOARD TO TAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, UM, TO DESIGNATE TACS FOR, FOR, UH, REAL ESTATE TAX COLLECTION AS WELL.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? OKAY, READY? UH, CHAIR I MAKE A RESO, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
[7.B. Resolution Approving American Medical Response (AMR) And Hospital To Home (H2H) To Operate Private Emergency Medical Services Within The County Of Dinwiddie]
NEXT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF, UH, APPROVING AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE AND HOSPITAL TO HOME TO OPERATE PRIVATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DENWITTY.AND THAT IS BY, UM, CHIEF DAVID KI OH, YOU'RE HERE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIRMAN.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS RESOLUTION APPROVING AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE, ALSO KNOWN AS A MR AND HOSPITAL TO HOME H TWO H TO OPERATE PRIVATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DENWITTY.
IT'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE.
MID-ATLANTIC INCORPORATED, ALSO KNOWN AS A MR AND HOSPITAL TO HOME H TWO H, WHICH ARE SEPARATE.
PRIVATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMPANIES ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE INTER FACILITIES OR FACILITY TO HOME MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DENWITTY.
A MR IS CURRENTLY LEASING AN OFFICE AT THE DENWITTY COUNTY AIRPORT, PROVIDING A BASE FOR STAFF TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT AND REST BETWEEN TRANSPORTS.
SWAY IT TO VIRGINIA ADMIN CODE SECTION 12 VAC FIVE DASH 31 DASH FOUR 20.
THE COUNTY'S REQUIRED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE OPERATION OF A MR AND H TWO H AS PRIVATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANIES IN THE COUNTY.
THESE AGENCIES WILL NOT PROVIDE E NINE ONE SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
THE ONLY REASON THEY WOULD WOULD BE IF I REQUESTED THEM TO COME AND HELP WITH A MASS CASUALTY TYPE INCIDENT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE HIGH FREQUENCY THANK TO GOODNESS.
WE DON'T RUN A LOT OF THEM, BUT THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY HAS TO COME HELP AND PICK THAT UP.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE RESOLUTION ON THE SECTIONS.
UM, HEREBY APPROVED TO OPERATE MEDICAL TRANSPORT WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE COUNTY.
AND IT SAYS UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF FIRE AND EMSH TWO H.
AND THIS IS H TWO H RESOLUTION, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS H OF THE A MR. JUST CHANGE OF NAMES ARE AUTHORIZED TO RESPOND TO CALLS OF NINE ONE MER EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, NO SUCH AUTHORIZATION SHALL HAVE A DURATION LONGER THAN 30 DAYS WITHOUT A FORMAL VOTER APPROVAL.
WE WON'T HAVE ANY MUTUAL AID CONTRACT WITH THEM OR ANY SUCH THING LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA OPERATE AND MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT, SO IT JUST COVERS THE VIRGINIA STATUTE TO ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE WITHIN THE COUNTY TO BE WITHIN REGULATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY.
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RIGHT.UM, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
[7.C. Revisions To Purchasing Charge Card Program Policies And Procedures]
UM, NOW WE HAVE REVISIONS TO PURCHASING CHARGE CARD PROGRAM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.AND THAT'S, UH, MS. ANN HAMILTON, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, LAST MONTH WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU THE PROCUREMENT POLICY REVIEW AND AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE TO THAT POLICY.
AND IN DOING, IN GOING THROUGH THAT POLICY, WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO UPDATE A COUPLE OF OTHER POLICIES.
UM, THE PCARD POLICY BEING ONE OF THEM, WE HAD NOT, UM, UPDATED THAT POLICY SINCE WE CHANGED FROM USING THE BANK OF AMERICA WORKS SYSTEM TO PROCESS THOSE TRANSACTIONS.
AND WE, AND NOW WE USE, UM, THE MUNI, THE TYLER MUNI SYSTEM TO PROCESS THOSE TRANSACTIONS.
THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE WORKFLOW HAS CHANGED AND WE NEEDED TO UPDATE TO THAT AND OUR POLICY, THAT'S THE BIGGEST, UM, CHANGE THAT WE MADE TO THE POLICY.
WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO USE THE BANK OF AMERICA, UM, PURCHASING CARD PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED THROUGH THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
SO WE'RE JUST, UM, ASKING FOR, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, APPROVAL OF OUR, UM, POLICY AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ANY QUESTIONS EVER? OKAY.
MA'AM? CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE POLICY CHANGES AS PRESENTED.
[7.D. Revisions To Travel/Training Policies And Procedures]
UH, NOW MS. MS. HOWTON AGAIN FOR REVISIONS TO TRAVEL TRAINING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.SO THE PCARD POLICY AND THE TRAVEL POLICY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND HAND BECAUSE MOST ALL OF OUR TRAVEL EXPENDITURES ARE PAID ON THE PURCHASING CARD.
AND SO AGAIN, WE NEEDED TO REVISE BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, THE MAIN THINGS IN THE TRAVEL POLICY ARE JUST SOME CLARIFICATION.
UM, SOME DISALLOWED EXPENSES WERE MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN IT WITH OUR, OUR STEWARDSHIP AND OUR ETHICAL, UM, CORE VALUES.
UM, WE CHANGED THE TIMELINE REALLY FROM TURNING IN YOUR DOCUMENTATION AFTER YOU RETURN FROM YOUR TRIP FROM 15 TO SEVEN DAYS TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
'CAUSE THE LONGER YOU LET THE RECEIPTS LINGER, THE LONGER IT TAKES TO, TO GET THEM ALL STRAIGHT.
UM, AND AND ALSO WE NEEDED TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO, UM, COINCIDE WITH OUR WORKFLOW IN MUNIS, WHICH IS WHERE ALL THESE PRO ARE PROCESSED THROUGH.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR, UM, APPROVAL OF THE, THE UPDATED POLICY FOR TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE, UH, POLICY PROVISION.
[7.E. Authorization For County Attorney To Approve Opioid Settlement With The Sackler Family]
UM, AND NEXT WE HAVE AUTHORIZATION FOR A COUNTY ATTORNEY TO APPROVE OPIATE SETTLEMENT WITH THE SACKLER FAMILY.AND THAT'S, UH,
ALRIGHT, SO THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST MUNDANE ITEM ON THE AGENDA SO FAR.
BACK IN AUGUST, YOU APPROVED A RESOLUTION FOR THE COUNTY TO ENTER INTO A SETTLEMENT WITH THE SACKLER FAMILY AND TO APPROVE OF THE PURDUE BANKRUPTCY PACKAGE.
UH, YOU APPROVE THAT AND THEN THAT AU THAT AUTHORIZED OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO TAKE THOSE ACTIONS.
OUTSIDE COUNSEL DID VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE BANKRUPTCY PACKAGE.
HOWEVER, WHEN IT CAME TO SIGN THE TI TIME TO SIGN THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE SACKLER FAMILY, APPARENTLY IT IS BEING DEMANDED FOR THE SACKLER FAMILY AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER AGREEMENTS, UH, THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ACTUALLY SIGNED THOSE AND NOT OUTSIDE COUNSEL.
AND SO I HAD THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AUTHORIZED TO SIGN SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS, BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE SACKLER FAMILY AGREEMENTS AS I THOUGHT THAT OUTSIDE COUNSEL WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO THIS RESOLUTION PRETTY MUCH SAYS WHAT YOUR AUGUST RESOLUTION SAID.
NOTES THAT THE COUNTY VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PURDUE BANKRUPTCY PACKAGE AND THEN AUTHORIZES ME AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO SIGN ANYTHING NECESSARY WITH THE SACKLER FAMILY TO FURTHER THE SETTLEMENT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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OKAY.SO DID WE GET A MOTION MAY CHAIR MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION, UH, FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AS PRESENTED? SECOND.
[8. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS.MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE BOBBY RODRIGUEZ.
I'M BOBBY AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING AMOR AND OUR SOLAR PROJECT, LOU JONES.
I'VE APPRECIATED SPEAKING WITH YOU ALL AT YOUR TOWN HALLS TODAY.
I WANTED TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF AND SHARE THAT WE'RE PREPARING THOROUGHLY FOR OUR DECEMBER MEETING.
WE'RE BRINGING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS SO WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE AND SHOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTING COMMITTED TO PRODUCING THE BEST PROJECT POSSIBLE.
ONE WHERE EVERY ANGLE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CONSIDERED.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO NOT BE ABLE TO SEE OR HEAR THIS PROJECT.
AND WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO PURSUING THAT GOAL.
WE'RE ALSO HOSTING A SECOND COMMUNITY MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD SO NEIGHBORS CAN REVIEW MATERIALS AND ASK QUESTIONS.
OF COURSE YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO THAT.
IT'S AT THE ROCKY RUN ROAN CLUB AND IT'LL BE FROM 5:30 PM TO SEVEN AND WE'RE INVITING BASICALLY THE WHOLE TOWN.
SO SHOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET ALL OF THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND JUST, UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACCESSIBLE AND THAT WE CAN GET EVERYTHING OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW.
ONE OTHER THING IS THAT IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET ONE-ON-ONE, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE TO HEAR ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS.
UH, IT WOULD BE REALLY ANY TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, UM, MINUS THANKSGIVING.
'CAUSE I'LL BE WITH MY FAMILY AS I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL BE.
BUT, UM, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
DAN LEE HAS BEEN SUPER, UH, RESPONSIVE, SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE HIM AND I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR Y'ALL TO, TO GET TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WELL.
BUT I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT THERE.
AND I JUST, ONE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT FROM GOING TO YOUR TOWN HALLS, IT REALLY, I REALLY CAN SEE THE COMMITMENT THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO THE COUNTY.
SO IT'S VERY INSPIRING TO SEE THAT.
SO THANK YOU AND I'LL SEE YOU VERY SOON.
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
WE WILL GO TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS AND MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.UM, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS TONIGHT OR TODAY, UM, ONE, I I WANTED TO TYPICALLY YOU ALL APPROVE ANNUALLY A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE COUNTY.
UM, SO YESTERDAY I HAD A, A CONFERENCE CALL WITH DR. HART AND MS. SMALLWOOD, UH, THEIR OFFICE MANAGER OVER THAT, THAT, UM, AGREEMENT.
UH, THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH REALLY WASN'T A CHANGE, BUT I GUESS SOMEWHAT IT WAS, IS THAT IT COMMITS THE COUNTY.
AGAIN, WE GOT THIS IN OCTOBER, IT'S NOW NOVEMBER.
UH, BUT IT COMMITS THE COUNTY TO $325,649, WHICH IS WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR, FOR FY 26.
UM, I SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE 'CAUSE IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE BUDGETED LAST YEAR.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, UM, THEY TURNED BACK TO THE COUNTY ABOUT $140,000.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, WHICH IS ABOUT 42%, LITTLE, LITTLE, ABOUT 42% OF THE, OF THE TOTAL, UH, AGREEMENT WAS RETURNED BACK.
WE DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR THE, UM, THIS PACKET, BUT THEY NEEDED IT TO BE EXECUTED.
I EXECUTED IT ON YOUR BEHALF, BUT JUST WANTED TO TALK IT THROUGH.
UM, SO WHY WERE, WHY WAS THE $140,000 RETURNED FROM LAST YEAR.
AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS, UM, WERE IN, IN VACANCIES.
SO THEY'RE HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME HIRING SPECIFIC POSITIONS.
UH, ONE OF THE POSITIONS OR THE AREA IS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, SEPTIC PERMITS
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AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DOES, WHETHER IT'S INSPECTIONS TO RESTAURANTS AND, AND OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT DO.UM, BUT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SAVINGS IN DENWOODY.
I THINK PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY WAS WELL OVER 200 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS RETURNED TO THEM.
UM, BUT IN TALKING TO DR. HART, AND AGAIN, FOR UPCOMING BUDGET, THERE, THERE HAD BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, IF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WANTED TO COME TOGETHER TO PAY FOR A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE THAT WOULD DO NOTHING BUT WELL IN SEPTIC PERMITS, THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID, UM, LOCALLY.
SO I ASK THEM, UM, TO EVALUATE THAT, WHAT THAT REQUEST MAY LOOK LIKE, AND TO BRING THAT BACK TO US AT, AT BUDGET TIME.
TECHNICALLY, IT DOES REQUIRE THE BOARD TO RATIFY THIS.
UM, I KNOW WE DON'T USUALLY VOTE UNDER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENT.
I JUST WANT THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT THERE'S ANY CONCERN BY THE BOARD.
UM, IS AGAIN, THAT THE CONTRACT, THE AGREEMENT WAS THE SAME AS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST.
IT'S JUST THAT DOLLAR FIGURE THAT'S THERE.
MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR FORMAL ADOPTION AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UH, CONCERN OF THE BOARD.
SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S KINDA SHAKING THEIR HEAD.
SO JUST FOR THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT Y'ALL RATIFY OR, OR AGREE TO, TO THAT AGREEMENT.
UM, AND AGAIN, CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN A FORMAL ADOPTION IF WE NEED TO.
THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT THE CREATOR REGIONAL HEALTH, UM, IMPROVEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN RECENTLY, UM, ADOPTED.
AND SO THERE WERE OVER 50 SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE A PART OF THAT.
AND, UH, SO THAT DOCUMENT WE PUT ON, WE SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAST WEEK.
DR. HART HAS SENT A SPECIFIC, UM,
UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST, JUST KIND OF WANNA GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, TYLER, AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UNTRADITIONAL, NOT, YOU KNOW, TO DO IT THIS WAY.
WOULD YOU PREFER, AND ANN, FROM THE AUDITING STANDPOINT OF THIS, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE AGREEMENT? IT WOULDN'T HURT ANYTHING TO HAVE A FORMAL RATIFICATION OF YOU SIGNING IT.
AND THAT COULD HAPPEN IN DECEMBER.
THE BOARD COULD PUT IT UNDER OLD NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING IF IT WANTED TO, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING, BUT IF, BUT WHATEVER THEIR PLEASURE WAS, I'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND IT GET RATIFIED JUST AS A HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE.
YEAH, AND AND FOR THE BOARD TOO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THESE AGREEMENTS TO COME IN TO COINCIDE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, WE TYPICALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE, WE DON'T GET THESE, WE DON'T, THEY SHOULD COINCIDE WITH THE, THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT IT, IT APPEARS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH CONCERN WITH IT.
I WILL, I WILL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING.
JUST RATIFY IT, UH, MORE FORMALLY JUST TO CHECK IN THE BOX.
HAS THE LACK OF EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CREATED ANY KIND OF A HARDSHIP FOR OUR CITIZENS IN DITY COUNTY? YEAH, SO THE, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE'VE, WELL IT'S A COUPLE COUPLE WAYS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THE, THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE PROBABLY HAVE HAD ISN'T IN, IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
UM, HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT THE, THE LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT HERE IS, IT'S, UM, VERY SPORADIC WHERE VACCINATIONS CAN BE GIVEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF DIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO, UM, THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VISITS AT THIS PARTICULAR OFFICE HERE.
UM, WE DO HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT THE, UM, THE STRUCTURED ASPECT OF THIS.
AND I, I PASS THAT ON TO, TO DR. HART MORE, MORE OF THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SIDE.
UH, HE DID INDICATE THAT HE WAS, HE'S ACTUALLY MEETING, UM, TONIGHT, I BELIEVE HE'S AT THE SUSSEX BOARD.
AND THERE'S SOME CONCERNS THERE ABOUT ITS OPERATIONS, UM, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO DENWOODY DENWOODY WAS BECAUSE OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL SPACES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO US, THERE WAS NO CONCERN FROM US TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS GONNA BE MORE TOWARDS, UM, IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SIDE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE SOME OPERATIONAL, I I LIKE TO KNOW SOME OF THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THAT.
I, I DO KNOW OUR CITIZENS FROM TIME TO TIME.
I, I SEE 'EM COME TO THE DOOR AND THEN WALK AWAY BECAUSE IT'S ONLY CERTAIN TIMES OF THE MONTH THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE CERTAIN SERVICES.
SO I I, TO THAT POINT, DR. MOORE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU, HE'S, HE'S GOTTEN, AND IT'S IN THIS CRATER HEALTH, UM, IMPROVEMENT
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PLAN.THERE IS SPECIFIC, UH, HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE, UM, SHOULD BE OF CONCERN, I THINK, TO OUR PUBLIC OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, UH, AND SOME OF THE DATA THEY'RE COLLECTING.
I DO WORRY A LITTLE BIT IN MS. EBRA BONNER AS PART OF HER DISTRICT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS SOME OVERLAP IN THE 2 3 8 0 3 2 3 8 0 5 AREA CODE.
AND SO THEY, THEY COLLECT A LOT OF DATA BY AREA, YOU KNOW, BY ZIP CODE, NOT AREA CODE, ZIP CODE, NOT NECESSARILY JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.
SO SOME OF THE PETERSBURG INFORMATION MAY BE SKEWED, SKEWED A LITTLE BIT IN, IN THAT END OF THE COUNTY.
UM, BUT IT'S LIKE I WAS TELLING OUR STAFF YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE HARD PART ABOUT THIS JOB IS WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND TALK TO SOMEONE, IT'S LIKE, MAN, THIS IS, THIS HAS GOTTA BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT UNTIL THE NEXT PERSON COMES IN.
BUT, BUT YOU MEAN OVERALL COMMUNITY HEALTH IS, IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREA WHEN YOU HAVE LIMITED MEDICAL ACCESS.
AND SO WE ARE STILL, AND TALKING ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL SEEING A LOT OF ISSUE WHERE WHEN, BY THE TIME OUR PEOPLE MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL, THERE'S A LOT OF PREVENTATIVE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
AND SO WE SEE A LOT OF STAGE FOUR CANCER AND YOU, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T SOME OF THE PREVENTATIVE THINGS EARLY ON.
SO PROXIMITY TO HEALTHCARE, YOU THINK ABOUT THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, THAT'S, THAT'S STILL GONNA BE A BIG, BIG THING FOR US.
UM, OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, I, I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE ONE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICE HAD A WEDDING THAT I NEEDED TO GO TO IN NORTH CAROLINA.
BUT JUST, UM, OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP THINKING EACH TIME I, WE MEET WITH THE PASTORS, I THINK WE, WE PROBABLY CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT.
AND THEN, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE EVENT THAT SEEMS TO BE EVEN BETTER THAN THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
AND JUST THE COMMITMENT OF THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY IN DEWINE COUNTY.
WE'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TONIGHT WHEN WE RECOGNIZE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
BUT HOW BLESSED WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY SO INTEGRATED IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE AS, AS, AS ONE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT ONE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICE, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE REALLY GOOD SPEAKERS FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD OUR OWN, UH, TAMMY COLLINS, THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND ALSO A PASTOR OF, UM, HER CHURCH WAS ABLE TO, TO GIVE SOME REMARKS, WHICH I HEARD WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
UH, THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A DOMINION RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, UH, FOR THE HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING LAB AND JUST, JUST WHAT A SIGNIFICANT EVENT THAT WAS.
I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF, UH, ONE, I GUESS OTHER COMMUNITIES JUST DESIROUS OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE AT THE LOCKS CAMPUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ENERGY WISE AS A COMMONWEALTH, TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF FACILITY, WHICH IS ONE OF ITS KIND, UM, REALLY IN THIS NATION IS, IS JUST A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE FOR US.
AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR HOSPITALITY TO ALLOW US TO BE A PART OF THAT, THAT, UH, RIBBON CUTTING.
WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT BRIGHTPOINT, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH, UH, BILL FIGGY, THE PRESIDENT HAS COME EVERY YEAR, UH, TO, TO UPDATE THE BOARD OF, OF SUPERVISORS HERE ON WHAT THEIR, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE.
BUT IT WAS, I THINK FOR THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO COME TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH, UH, HVAC WELDING, ELECTRICAL NURSING, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, AND IT WAS JUST A, JUST A REALLY, REALLY NEAT DAY.
UM, AND JUST VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RESOURCES THAT'S, THAT'S THERE.
AND WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GONNA BE NEEDED AS A COMMUNITY, UH, MOVING FORWARD, THESE TYPES OF, OF, UM, CERTIFICATIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO, TO OUR FUTURE.
SO I JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ON VETERANS DAY.
WE'RE GONNA SEE LATER, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A PURPLE HEART COMMUNITY, WHICH IS TIED TO OUR MILITARY, BUT IT WAS ALSO, TO ME, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT VETERANS DAY BECAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REPRESENT THE BOARD LAST FRIDAY AT THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY.
UH, GENERAL DONAHUE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT, UH, GENERAL AT FORT LEE.
UH, HARD TO REPLACE THE NEW GENTLEMAN COMING IN, SEEMS EQUALLY AS MOTIVATED AS SHE WAS.
UH, SHE'S NOW A THREE STAR MOVING TO THE PENTAGON.
SHE STARTED, SHE, HER PROMOTION WAS FRIDAY AND SHE REPORTED YESTERDAY TO, TO THE PENTAGON.
SO, UM, WHAT A TREMENDOUS ASSET SHE'S BEEN FOR OUR AREA.
AND UNDER THIS CATEGORY, I WANT TO TALK WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX, RAGSDALE AND EAST SIDE, WE PARTNERED THIS YEAR WITH SOVA, OUR,
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OUR REGIONAL CHAMBER TO PUT UP BANNERS AND RECOGNITION OF THOSE THAT HAVE, HAVE, UH, SERVED OUR, THE US MILITARY.AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE PASSED AWAY.
MANY OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE, BUT THOSE BANNERS HAVE BEEN PROUDLY BEEN PRESENTED REALLY SINCE MEMORIAL DAY TO NOW, JUST PAST VETERANS DAY.
PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO DEC DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS, SO WE'LL BE LIKE, EVERYBODY ELSE WILL SKIP THANKSGIVING AND GO STRAIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS, UH, BANNERS WILL BE COMING UP SOON, UH, HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
BUT WHAT A TREMENDOUS, UM, I THINK APPROACH THIS YEAR TO, TO HAVE OUR VETERANS SO PROUDLY, UH, PRESENT IT THAT WAY.
GOVERNMENT DAY WAS EARLIER TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES, IT'S KINDA LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES OF THE YEAR.
AND THE, THE, THE KIDS THAT WERE HERE TODAY I THOUGHT DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND I REALLY LIKED THE COLLABORATION, WHAT THEY KIND OF THOUGHT THROUGH WHEN IT WAS NOT ONLY THE, THE BUDGET EXERCISE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY ALWAYS DO.
THE STAFF KIND OF REALLY GETS INTO IT A LITTLE BIT COMPETITIVE HERE TO TRY TO GET THEIR PROJECTS APPROVED.
UM, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY LEFT, I WAS ABLE TO JUMP ON A SCHOOL BUS WITH THEM BEFORE THEY HEAD BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM KIND OF RAISED THEIR HANDS AND SAID, LOOK, WE BE HONEST, RIGHT? THAT'S THE TRUTH OF CHILDREN THAT YOU HAD REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE FUN, BUT Y'ALL ACTUALLY MADE IT FUN.
SO I THINK TO A TEENAGER, WE DID SOMETHING THAT THEY FELT LIKE GOVERNMENT WAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FUN MM-HMM
SO REALLY, REALLY GOOD DAY THERE.
UM, JUST REALLY COMMEND THE TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY THERE TO HAVE WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
UH, KENNY WIDE NEWSLETTERS OUT.
UH, MOST PEOPLE I THINK, HAVE RECEIVED THEIRS BY NOW.
IF SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T, I STILL GET A CALL FROM EVERY NOW AND THEN.
I HAD A PERSON CALL ME LAST WEEK, SAID THEY STILL DIDN'T HAVE IT.
AND THEN THEY GOT IT ON FRIDAY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT LATE, UM, THAT HAD ANOTHER LADY FROM CHURCH TO CALL ME YESTERDAY AND SAY, WELL, I STILL HAVEN'T GOT MINE.
SO IF YOU'RE MISSING ONE, WE, WE DO HAVE THEM HERE.
UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE THEM AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS TOO, TO GIVE A COPY TO.
BUT IT'S A, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD NEWSLETTER.
YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO MARIE AND COORDINATING THAT TO, TO GET IT TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF ABOUT THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON IS IN THERE.
SO EACH YEAR WE DO BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND SO, UM, THE, THE BOARD RECOGNIZES OUR HOMETOWN HEROES IN FEBRUARY.
UH, NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL DECEMBER 1ST.
AND SO EVEN SOMETIMES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YOU, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WILL COME UP TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO SUBMIT THIS PARTICULAR NAME.
WE ALLOW THAT TO TAKE PLACE AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY GOOD.
SO DECEMBER 1ST, GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE TO, UH, ACCESS THAT FILLABLE FORM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAD A CITIZEN OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY THAT, THAT RE UH, HAD EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE DIMITY SPORTS COMPLEX AND SOMEWHAT TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING.
I CONTACTED DOMINION ENERGY TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE ON THEIR FORMAL REVIEW.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE STARTED TO EXPRESS, AND NOW I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM CHESTERFIELD COUNTY THAT THE RIVER CITY SPORTS PLEX IS ALSO, UH, SAME INDIVIDUALS EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS THERE.
UM, WHAT DOMINION ENERGY INDICATED THEY, THEY HAVE, AGAIN, SINCE THE LAST MEETING, THEY WENT OUT AGAIN AND LOOKED AT EVERYTHING, SUBMITTED A, A CORRESPONDENCE BACK TO US.
SO THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ANY, ANY ISSUE OF IMMEDIATE HEALTH CONCERN.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, THE FORMAL REVIEW WAS IN PLACE.
THEY'RE HOPING THAT THAT FORMAL REVIEW WOULD BE COMPLETE THIS, UH, THIS WEEK.
UH, SO MY, MY REQUEST WAS, IS IF WE COULD GET THE MORE TECHNICAL REPORT, AND APPARENTLY IT READS LIKE AN ENGINEERING REPORT, BUT, UH, WHEN THAT IS COMPLETED, THAT NOT ONLY IT JUST BE SUBMITTED TO US IN WRITING, BUT IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO A MEETING.
SO I'M THINKING MAYBE YOUR WORKSHOP MEETING, UM, MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT, THAT REPORT AND ITS FINDINGS.
UM, AND THEN JUST TONIGHT WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME REALLY COOL THINGS HAPPENING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, VACO WILL BE HERE.
WE WERE ABLE, WE WERE BLESSED TO RECEIVE THE, THE GLASS TROPHY OVER HERE, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE, THE PRESIDENT OF VACO COMING TO DO THE, UM, BEST SMALL COUNTY FOR A MOCK TRIAL.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF THE MOCK TRIAL, UH, PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE COMING.
AND WHAT A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE ATORY UNIT MAN TO MAN, OUR COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY IS PLANNING ON COMING TO, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS THE, THE JUDGE IN THAT MOCK TRIAL.
WE HAVE NOT ONE, BUT TWO DIXIE TEAMS THAT WILL BE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY FIERCE COMPETITORS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.
SO THE AMERICANS IN THE NATIONALS WILL HAVE TO SIT IN THE SAME ROOM TONIGHT WITH EACH OTHER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST TELLS
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YOU THE FUTURE DEN WINY BASEBALL IS, IS, IS PRETTY, PRETTY GREAT.UM, AND THEN, UM, I MENTIONED THE, THE PURPLE HEART COMMUNITY, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY, UH, JUST A ADMIRABLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD OF SOMEONE.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT, THAT, UM, WILL BE HERE TONIGHT AND A LOT OF OUR CHURCHES WILL BE HERE SURROUNDING HIM IN SUPPORT.
SO COME BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND IF SOMEBODY'S LISTENING AT HOME, GET HERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AND YOU'LL KEEP COMING.
SO, MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
SO WE CAN START WITH BOARD MEMBER.UH, MR. CHAVIS, I CAN START WITH YOU.
UH, MR. DO, CAN YOU SEE HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE? I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS WITH YOUR FAMILIES.
UH, BE SAFE AND CHECK ON THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE FOLKS IN THEIR LIFE, UH, TO SPEND HOLIDAYS WITH.
SINCE THERE ARE PEOPLE OF VERY FEW WORDS, I'LL GO DOWN TO KEVIN MASSENGALE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO THE LOCK YARD AND THE RIBBON CUTTING THAT WE HAVE THERE.
YOU KNOW, I JOKE WITH MY FAMILY, THERE'S ONE BILL THAT I DON'T MIND PAYING, AND IT'S THE ELECTRIC BILL.
AND I SAY THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE OUR LIFE IS ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE WITHOUT IT.
AND IF WE THINK BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE ICE STORM AND WE WERE OUT FOR OVER 20 DAYS, WE KNOW HOW MISERABLE OUR LIFE CAN BE AND HOW, HOW IT DISRUPTS OUR ECONOMY, HOW IT DISRUPTS OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR LIVES IN GENERAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE FOR WITH DOMINION POWER AND, UH, ENERGY.
BUT, UH, I WILL SAY THIS, THAT I'M A PROUD CUSTOMER OF D UH, DOMINION AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR DEN WITTY COUNTY AND FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, BOTH IN VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
NOW, THEIR, THEIR FOOTPRINT AND WHAT WE HAVE IN DENWITTY COUNTY, UH, WITH DOMINION, UM, TAKES US TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
AND, UM, SO I JUST SAY I'M, I'M THANKFUL FOR THEIR COMMITMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, THE DOLLARS THAT THEY HAVE SPENT IN THE INVESTMENT THAT THEY HAVE PUT HERE TO MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO VACO THIS PAST WEEKEND.
ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WENT THERE, UH, ATTENDED A VARIETY OF CLASSES.
OF COURSE, I SERVE ON THE EDUCATION STEERING COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE CHANGE, UH, THAT WILL BE OCCURRING IN JANUARY AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SOME OF THE, UM, POSITIVE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT COULD BE NEGATIVE, BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THOSE CHANGES COME INTO PLACE.
SO, BUT WE HAD HAD A GOOD MEETING.
I THINK ALL OF US HAD A, HAD A, UM, UH, A VERY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE BY GOING, UM, IT WAS 72 WHEN I GOT THERE.
UH, AND THE STORM CAME IN AND IT 16 THE NEXT DAY SNOWED WHEN SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WERE LEAVING, UH, TO COME BACK HOME.
BUT WE HAD, WE HAD A GOOD EVENT.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY PERSONALLY THANK YOU TO KIM TAYLOR FOR HER SERVICE TO D WITTY COUNTY AND AS OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH KIM POPE AS SHE COMES IN AND TAKES OVER THAT POSITION.
UH, I THINK OUR BOARD IS EAGERLY UH, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN WITH HER AND TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDAS AND THE THINGS THAT AFFECT THE CITIZENS OF DENWITTY COUNTY.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE ONE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT WE HAD SUNDAY AT WEST END BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE ONE THING THAT WE DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT THERE WAS A COLLECTION THAT WAS TAKEN UP AND IT WAS OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS COLLECTED FOR THE DINWOODY FOOD BANK AND WAS PRESENTED TO ANDY JONES AND TO THE TREASURER OF THE FOOD BANK, UH, ON SUNDAY.
AND, AND I THINK FOR 250 PEOPLE, UM, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN ON THAT DAY.
AND, UM, I THINK WE WERE ALL BETTER PEOPLE WHEN WE LEFT THAN WHEN WE CAME IN MM-HMM
AND, UH, THANKS FOR ALL THE PARTICIPANTS THAT, UM, WE'RE PART OF THAT, THAT SERVICE.
UH, AND I, AND I PRAY THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL BE INVOLVED WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVER 80 HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN THIS COUNTY, AND IT'S A DAY FOR ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER AND TO CELEBRATE OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
AND, UM, I JUST HOPE OTHERS WILL BE INVOLVED WITH IT AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, FOOTBALL GAME, UH, DENWITTY WON THIS PAST WEEK ON BEAT HANOVER.
NOW THAT WE'LL BE PLAYING VERONA, TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED.
WE GOT WEATHER ISSUES THAT ARE COMING IN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE GAME, INSTEAD OF ONE 30 ON SATURDAY IS NOW FRIDAY NIGHT AT, UH, SEVEN O'CLOCK.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
SO THAT AT HOME AT HERE, IT'D BE AT DENWITTY.
UM, AND THE OTHER IS, UM, IT IS THAT SEASON, UM, TO GIVE THANKS.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING WITHOUT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
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AND HOW, AND OUR GOD THAT THAT FULFILLS OUR LIVES AND GIVES THE THINGS TO US.THANKSGIVING KIND OF GETS LOST IN OUR LIFESTYLE.
WE GO FROM HALLOWEEN TO CHRISTMAS AND ALL I ASK IS EXACTLY WHAT CASEY SAID IS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE MAY BE.
UM, CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBOR, PRAY FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT WE DO HAVE.
UM, JUST, JUST A FEW THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO JUST TALK ABOUT.
UM, OF COURSE, UM, WEST END, I DID GO TO THE, UM, EVENT AT, UM, WITH THE, UH, FAITH BASE.
IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, UM, THAT THE SPEAKERS WERE, WERE, WERE GOOD.
AND, UM, EVEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, FOOD AND TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE FOOD BANKS AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED AT THIS TIME.
SOME PEOPLE, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE TOO PROUD TO COME BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE SUFFERING.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SERVE THEM AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU MAKE A DOLLAR TOO MUCH AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE.
SO, UM, IT'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT'S GIVEN AWAY, UM, UH, FOOD AND TURKEYS.
I THINK EVERY HOUSE WILL HAVE A TURKEY.
I THINK, I THINK I JUST KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TURKEYS TO GIVE OUT AND JUST TRY TO HELP.
UM, DURING THIS TIME BECAUSE OF, UM, WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE SNAP BENEFITS AND TALKING ABOUT HOW, UM, PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T HAVE, PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY.
UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, MISSING PAYCHECKS AND GETTING, I, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT GETTING A, A PAYCHECK TO HAVE 0, 0 0 ON IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GETTING BECAUSE, UM, THEY DIDN'T GET PAID AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T GO TO WORK BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T, UM, DIDN'T HAVE CHILDCARE.
IT WAS JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS OR EVEN HAVING GAS TO GET TO WORK IF THEY NEEDED TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, OF COURSE, THANK GOD THEY'RE BACK AT WORK AND MAYBE ABLE TO, UH, CATCH UP ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, WE DID GO TO THE HOMESTEAD.
I I SIT ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE AND WE COVER A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THE AGING POPULATION WITH THE REHAB CENTERS AND SENIOR CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, THEY, UM, HAVE A NEW GROUP THAT, UM, THAT THEY HAVE ORGANIZED.
AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE, UH, FACILITIES TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COME IN AND THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS AS, UM, A LOT OF PLACES DO NOT TAKE CARE OF OUR SENIORS IN THESE PLACES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE THE HELP THAT YOU NEED OR GOOD QUALITY HELP.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST GO IN FOR A PAYCHECK, THEY DON'T REALLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS UNFORTUNATELY.
SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT, UM, IT'S A NEW, UM, UH, COMMISSION GROUP THAT THEY HAVE ORGANIZED, UM, IN RICHMOND.
AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES ARE GONNA BE, ARE, ARE SITTING ON THAT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND CHECKING ON THE PEOPLE.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, WE DO HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION THAT'S, UM, THAT, THAT WILL BE SWORN IN IN JANUARY.
AND THE THING OF IT IS WE, UM, WE WORK TOGETHER, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
NO MATTER WHO'S THERE, WE WORK TOGETHER ON TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND, UM, UH, THE, THE WORLD IS DIVIDED UNFORTUNATELY, BUT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO BRING THINGS TOGETHER TO TRY TO HELP WITH, UH, PEOPLE IN NEED.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING TO DO THAT AND WORKING TOGETHER FOR EVERYONE.
THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE THAT WE ARE GONNA LOOK FORWARD TO DOING.
AND OF COURSE, UH, THANKSGIVING, YES, IT'S COMING AND UM, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL HAVE FOOD TO EAT AND, UH, IT'S ANOTHER DAY TO THANK GOD FOR AN OPPORTUNITY, AS I ALWAYS SAY, TO TRY TO GET IT RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, NOT ONLY WITH OUR FAMILIES, BUT HELPING, UH, PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY.
BECAUSE, UM, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'RE GOING TO ENTER, ENTERTAIN AN ANGEL.
AND I DO BELIEVE IN THAT QUOTE, SO.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A NEED TO GO ENC CLOSE SESSION.
MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
WHO IS NOW THE REGION FOUR CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN.
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I HEAR YOU.THAT'S YOU WERE SITTING THERE QUIET.
THAT'S A BIG LEADERSHIP POSITION.
YOU LOOK AT REGION FOUR AND EXPAND.
FOR MR. LEE WHO HAS BEEN DOING FOR YEARS.
YOU GONNA BE LOOKING AND THEN WITH THAT, SO DAN LEE WAS THE ONE THAT VOTED ME, I MEAN, RECOMMENDED ME TO WELL THAT'S GOOD.
ANYWAY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
AND UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, AND WE, UM, SINCE, UM, OF COURSE I'M NOT DAN LEE, BUT DAN LEE IS NOT HERE AND WE ARE, UM, PRAYING FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AT THIS TIME.
SO, UM, GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS.
SO WE ARE JUST GONNA KEEP LIFT, LIFT HIM UP IN PRAYER AND HIS FAMILY.
UM, BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, WE CAN PRAY.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
ALRIGHT.AND NOW WE HAVE A NEED TO GO IN CLOSED SESSION.
THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL COUNTY ATTORNEY, EVALUATION APPOINTMENTS CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION DI COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY, REGION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A THREE.
DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY.
WOULD DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY? ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.
MAY I HAVE A MO A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PLEASE.
AND WE WILL HAVE A SEVEN O'CLOCK SESSION.
UM, WE NEED A MOTION TO COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL COUNTY ATTORNEY EVALUATION APPOINTMENTS CREATOR PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION DE WITTY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY REGION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 3.
DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.
AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.
[12.A. Virginia Association Of Counties (VACo) Achievement Award]
GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO, UM, OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.IF WE COULD, COULD WE JUST ALL WALK DOWN TO THE PODIUM FOR THE GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
SO THOSE THAT, THAT DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, MY NAME IS KEVIN MASSEN GO AND IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO BE THE, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE FOR SOME TIME IN DWIN COUNTY.
I, I WAS TOLD NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I BECAME COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT THE BEST THING A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CAN DO IS, IS KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE BOARDROOM.
BUT WHAT WE ARE, I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE HERE FOR TONIGHT.
IT'S NOT FOR A BAD THING, IT'S FOR A GOOD THING.
SO THERE ARE, UH, FOUR THINGS THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING, UH, TODAY.
AND, AND THE FIRST, UH, IS THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY'S DEAN LYNCH, IT'S
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, WANTED TO PRESENT A RECOGNITION TO THE COUNTY.UM, AND DEAN, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY YOU WANNA SAY ABOUT IT.
WE ALSO HAVE A VIDEO, SO I DUNNO IF YOU WANT A VIDEO TO GO FIRST, LET THE VIDEO GO.
KAISHA, CAN YOU PLAY THE VIDEO THAT RECOGNIZES OUR MOCK TRIAL THAT WE DID IN DEWINE COUNTY? IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE REDEFINED WHAT WORKING REMOTELY MEANS AND SO IS THE FORD F-150.
BRING YOUR DESK WHEREVER YOU GO WITH AN AVAILABLE FLAT AFTER PAY BILL.
FLAT INTERIOR WORK SURFACE, DROP DOWN THE AVAILABLE TAILGATE WORK SURFACE TO GET IT ALL DONE AND PLUG IN WHAT YOU NEED OUTSIDE THE CAB WITH AVAILABLE PRO POWER ON BOARD.
HOW'S THAT FOR UPING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY TUB? THIS SMART CAN ONLY BE CALLED F-150 NOW GET 0% FINANCING FOR 60 MONTHS PLUS NO PAYMENTS FOR 90 DAYS ON SELECT 2025 F-150 TRUCKS.
IT IS A COOL CRISP DAY OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORIC DENWITTY COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
THE L SUSPECT AND HIS ATTORNEY CAUGHT ON CAMERA WALKING IN.
MR. GRINCH, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? YOU GOT A COMMENT? WE HAVE NO COMMENT.
WE'RE GONNA LET IT PLAY OUT IN THE COURT SYSTEM, BUT MY CLIENT IS INNOCENT.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, JUDGE AMANDA MANN WALKS TO THE COURTHOUSE DOORS.
JUDGE, ANY COMMENT BEFORE WE GO INTO COURT? NO, SIR.
WE'RE GONNA LET THIS PLAY OUT IN THE COURTROOM TODAY FOR THESE DENWOODY COUNTY SEVENTH GRADERS.
OH, I'M JUDGE AMANDA AND MAY PZA.
THE GRINCH ACCUSED OF STEALING CHRISTMAS.
HE STOLE PRESENTS, TREES AND EVEN FOOD.
WHAT THEY WOULD SOON LEARN OVER THEIR MONTHS OF PREPARATION FOR THIS ONE DAY TRIAL, WE CALL THE GRINCH TO THE STAND, WAS GETTING A CONVICTION OR HAVING THE GRINCH FOUND NOT GUILTY.
OH, THE NOISE, NOISE, NOISE, NOISE INVOLVES A LOT MORE HARD WORK.
YOU FIND HIM GUILTY THEN THEY REALIZED JUST BECAUSE HE RETURNED THE ITEMS IS NOT EXEMPTING FROM HIS CRIMES.
THEY ALSO LEARNED WHAT THE PROSECUTION NEEDS FOR A GUILTY VERDICT.
DID YOU GIVE THE GRINCH PERMISSION TO USE YOUR OUTFIT? NO.
WERE YOU AWARE OF THE ALLEGED CRIMES THE GRINCH WAS COMMITTING IN YOUR NAME? YES, I SEE EVERYTHING, BUT I WAS BUSY DELIVERING PRESENTS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
SO THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE AND WHAT THE DEFENSE NEEDS TO HAVE.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TO PROVIDE A FULLER PICTURE OF A STORY, NOT OF CRIME, BUT OF A MISUNDERSTOOD INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DRIVEN TO ACT BY CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND HIS CONTROL.
AS THE TRIAL WENT ON, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY INTO OUR VILLAGE.
IN FACT, A RING MOTION CAMERA CAPTURED MOTION AT CHRISTMAS EVE.
BOTH SIDES PRESENTED STRONG EVIDENCE.
YOUR HONOR, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT EXHIBIT D INTO EVIDENCE.
IT IS, IT IS AN X-RAY OF THE GRINCH'S HEART PROVING THAT HIS HEART DID GROW THREE SIDES FROM A NORMAL HEART.
HAVE YOU BEEN GIVING GIVEN IMMUNITY TODAY BY THE PROSECUTION IN RETURN FOR YOUR TESTIMONY OF THE GRINCH? YES, I HAVE.
THEN THERE WERE THE WITNESSES.
MY NAME IS CINDY LOU, WHO? AND I LIVE WITH MY PARENTS.
MR. AND MRS. WHO IN THE FIRST LITTLE HOUSE ON THE SQUARE IN WHOVILLE.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS WITNESS, YOUR HONOR.
JURY FOREMAN, HAVE YOU REACHED A VERDICT WHEN IT IS OVER? THE GRINCH CONVICTED ON THREE OF FOUR CHARGES.
THE WINNERS IN THIS TRIAL ARE ALL THE STUDENTS SITTING IN A CLASSROOM.
YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE KIDS HAVE LEARNED.
UM, AND WHETHER IT'S BEING ON THE JURY OR BEING THE BAILIFF, THEY NOW HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN FROM A BOOK OR A TABLET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THEIR TEACHER, COURTNEY MASSENGALE.
THEY'VE HAD TO RESEARCH, THEY HAD TO DEBATE, DEBATE AMONG THEMSELVES.
THEY HAD TO WORK IN GROUPS, THEY HAD TO WORK ALONE.
THEY HAD TO COME BACK TOGETHER.
AND THE BARE MINIMUM FOR US SHOULD BE THE SOLS.
AND WE'VE COVERED THAT TENFOLD WITH THIS EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
AND ONE DAY, MAYBE ONE OF THESE STUDENTS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY INTO LAW SCHOOL.
HONESTLY, BEING LIKE BEING ABLE TO HAVE EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS, IT HAS SPARKED MY ENTRANCE, MY INTEREST.
SO MAYBE DURING THE MONTHS OF RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION, STUDENTS MET WITH DENWOODY COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS TO LEARN ABOUT EVIDENCE COLLECTION, DNA AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT REALLY TAKES TO PUT A CASE TOGETHER.
THEY ALSO MET WITH A HALF DOZEN ATTORNEYS TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO PRESENT THEIR CASE IN COURT.
NOW, WHILE THE GRINCH WAS FOUND GUILTY ON THREE OF FOUR COUNTS, MOST OF THE STUDENTS SAY THEY AGREE WITH THE JURY'S DECISION.
THAT'S A LOOK INSIDE WAYNE'S WORLD.
I'M WAYNE KOVAL, CBS SIX NEWS.
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AT THIS TIME WE'LL TURN THE PROGRAM BACK TO, TO DEAN LYNCH.DEAN MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
I'M DEAN LYNCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, UH, WE HAVE EXISTED SINCE 1934 TO SERVE AND SUPPORT COUNTY OFFICIALS IN THEIR ADVOCACY EFFORTS THROUGH THEIR EDUCATION PROGRAMS, MEMBER SERVICES, AND THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS.
IN 2003, WE ESTABLISHED OUR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE COUNTIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES.
AND TODAY I'M PROUD TO PRESENT DENWITTY COUNTY WITH THE BEST SMALL COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE 23RD ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM FOR VACO.
WE RECEIVED A RECORD 155 ENTRIES THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE 10TH TIME DENWITTY COUNTY HAS WON AN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, UH, WHICH IS TRULY A TESTAMENT.
UH, DENWITTY COUNTY HAS WON THE BEST SMALL COUNTY AWARD THREE TIMES.
IN FACT, DENWITTY COUNTY HAS WON IT THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
NO OTHER COUNTY HAS WON THE BEST SMALL COUNTY AWARD MORE THAN ONCE.
DENWITTY COUNTY'S FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE CAPTURED THE BEST SMALL COUNTY AWARD.
AND IN 2023, DENWITTY COUNTY'S CITY PLANNING PROJECT CAPTURED THE BEST SMALL COUNTY AWARD.
SO WE, THIS IS TRULY A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM.
WE HAD JUDGES LOOK AT ALL 155 ENTRIES, AND OUR JUDGES USE THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES IN FINDING THAT THIS PROGRAM, UH, DESERVED THE BEST AWARD.
UH, IS THE NUMBER ONE WAS DOES THE PROGRAM OFFER AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM? AND DOES THE PROGRAM PROMOTE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION? AND IS THE PROGRAM A MODEL FOR OTHER COUNTIES AND IS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO A OR A CUSTOMIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT? AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, THAT THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE SEEN NO OTHER PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN THE STATE AND HOPEFULLY OTHER COUNTIES WILL BE ABLE TO EMULATE THIS.
AND SO THE WINNER IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL PROGRAM.
NOW YOU SAW THE, UH, YOU SAW THE GRINCH, UH, THE COMMONWEALTH VERSUS MR. GRINCH.
THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER MOCK TRIAL, AND THAT WAS THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VERSUS GOLDILOCKS.
AND WE DON'T THINK WE SAW THAT ONE.
BUT, UH, BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE AWARD HERE, SO THANK YOU.
CAN WE GET A PICTURE BEFORE NEW? YEAH, LET'S GET THANK YOU FOR LETTING MR. HALL.
AND, UM, I SEE MS. WALKER'S HERE WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS I THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE MOCK TRIAL.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMONWEALTHS ATTORNEY, MAN TO MAN THAT'S HERE.
I JUST, IF WE COULD GET ONE MORE PICTURE FOR WHEN I'M OLD AND GRAY.
WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THESE.
SO THOSE THAT ARE PART OF THAT PROGRAM.
[12.B. Dixie Youth Baseball Americans And Nationals Recognition]
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SO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING, FOLLOWING SPORTS KNOWS THAT THE NAVY NATION, OUR FOOTBALL TEAM IS UNDEFEATED.UM, SO PLAY AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT, SEVEN O'CLOCK.
BE THERE AGAINST VER SO NAVY NATION IS STRONG IN THAT WAY FOR SOME OF YOU.
YOU THAT MAY REMEMBER, UM, GOING BACK A FEW YEARS JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BASEBALL PROGRAM.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DOING SOME GOOD STUFF IN BASEBALL TODAY, I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM HERE, WHICH IS THE FUTURE OF THE DIMITY BASEBALL PROGRAM.
SO THE, THE DIXIE, UM, ALL STARS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE, TO, YOU KNOW, ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEN GO ON TO, TO THE WORLD SERIES.
UM, AND SO THOSE THAT KNOW ME KNOW THAT I WAS A, A BASEBALL PLAYER IN HIGH SCHOOL, UM, PLAYED BASKETBALL, PLAYED ONE YEAR OF FOOTBALL.
THAT WAS THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE,
SO, AND, AND IN BASEBALL, THOUGH AGAIN DEN WHEN HE'S ALWAYS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB, I LATER I WOULD THEN COACH.
AND SO THEN WHEN HE'S DIVIDED INTO TWO THE AMERICANS AND THE NATIONALS.
AND SO I SPENT MOST OF MY COACHING CAREER ON THE AMERICANS, BUT THEN I FINISHED IT IN THE NATIONALS.
SO I STILL GET ASKED IN DIMITY, WHO DO I LOVE MORE? THE AMERICANS OR THE NATIONALS? AND SO I JUST GET TO SAY DIMITY.
SO TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING BOTH TEAMS. BOTH TEAMS, BUT WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE DIMITY AMERICANS.
UM, AND SO AS THE CLERK READS OUT THE NAMES, THEN WE'LL HAND YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE, BUT WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL.
I MEAN, IT'S TREMENDOUS THAT Y'ALL WOULD NOT ONLY DO WELL IN VIRGINIA, BUT THEN TO REPRESENT US ON A NATIONAL SCALE.
UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S TRULY, TRULY SPECIAL.
UH, FOR THAT, UH, I WAS PRIVILEGED THAT MY SON WAS ABLE TO GO ON TO THE WORLD SERIES.
MY YOUNGEST, MY OLDEST SON, AND THAT YEAR DEAN, I THINK I WAS THE ONLY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN THE STATE THAT I, I ACTUALLY PROMISED THE KIDS THAT IF THEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, I'D GET A MOHAWK.
AND SO MY, MY HAIR'S A LOT SHORTER NOW.
UM, SO YOU, YOU DO YOU MAKE YEAH, IT IT DOES.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE A PROMISE LIKE THAT.
I, I REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT THERE WAS NO CHANCE THAT THEY WOULD WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
SO AS WE WERE GOING TO THE SIXTH THEN, AND WE WERE DOWN BY THREE OR FOUR RUNS WITH TWO OUTS.
SO AS BITTER AS THAT DEFEAT WAS GOING TO BE, I FELT PRETTY GOOD THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO GET A MOHAWK.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY THING ABOUT BASEBALL.
IF YOU STRING A COUPLE HITS TOGETHER, YOU START GETTING PEOPLE ON BASE.
AND I STARTED TO LOOK UP AND REALIZE THAT THE WINNING RUN WAS ON SECOND BASE AND A KID GETS UP THAT HAD STRUGGLED FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, BUT WAS STILL ON THE ALL STAR TEAM AND IS HOW FATE WOULD HAVE IT, THAT THE KID THAT WAS STRUGGLING THE MOST, THAT HAD ALL THIS ADVERSITY ALL YEAR LONG HAD THREE BALLS AND TWO STRIKES.
AND IT CAME DOWN TO ONE PITCH THAT HE HIT INTO THE LEFT CENTER FIELD AND SCORED THE WIN AND RUN.
AND AS HE ROUNDED THE BASE, AND I THINK I HUGGED HIM WHEN HE ACTUALLY GOT THE SECOND, THE ONLY THING HE COULD SAY WAS MOHAWK MOHAWK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE POWER OF BASEBALL REALLY IS.
SO THE AMERICANS FIRST AND PLAYERS WITH THE GOLD STAR ON THEIR CERTIFICATE PLAYED IN THE DIXIE YOUTH WORLD SERIES IN 2024 AND 2025.
AKARI JACKSON, MANAGER JAMES WALL, ASSISTANT COACH SCOTT WYNN, ASSISTANT COACH NUMBER ONE, CLEVELAND WALKER JR.
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NUMBER TWO, JAYLEN COX, NUMBER FIVE, AIDEN FOSTER.NUMBER SEVEN, LANDON WHITE, NUMBER EIGHT, KOBE SINGLETON.
NUMBER 16, CADENCE WALL NUMBER 17, TYSON WINN.
NUMBER 18, LANDON DONALD, NUMBER 21, JULIAN REEVES, NUMBER 98, BRAYLIN STACHER, THANK AND NUMBER 99 SINCERE WALKER ON THANK YOU.
CAN YOU, MAYBE WE CAN MOVE TO YOU.
NOW WE GOT THE DIMITY NATIONALS, ALTHOUGH I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR SOME OF THESE KIDS.
ALL RIGHT, DR. WALKER, WE, WE GOTTA CHECK SOME BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND SEE SOME.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW FOR OUR NATIONAL TEAM, WELL, YOU JUST TOLD ME TO READ THE FIRST PART.
COACHES DAVID LEWIS, MANAGER WILL KENNEDY, ASSISTANT COACH SHANE BISHOP, ASSISTANT COACH NUMBER 13, BLAINE BISHOP GOLD STAR NUMBER FIVE.
WILLIAM CRETH, GOLD STAR NUMBER 34, RIDER HALLETT.
NUMBER 17, LANDON HANSEN, NUMBER 24, WAYLON LAUDER, NUMBER 12, HUNTER LEWIS GOLD STAR NUMBER 23.
NOAH PERKINSON NUMBER 99 MILES SMITH.
NUMBER THREE, KANI TUCKER GOLD STAR NUMBER DOUBLE ZERO.
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REALLY TIGHT.YEAH, MAYBE SOME OF YOU, YOU KNEEL IN THE FRONT, MAYBE SOME OF GUYS ON THE FRONT ROW OR SIT OR WHATEVER.
HOW Y'ALL DOING THIS EVENING? I WANT TO THANK, UH, EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW, UH, FOR US IT'S TWO YEARS FOR THIS TEAM.
UM, AND I, I WANT THANK EVERYBODY FOR DEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR RECOGNIZING US AND, UH, GETTING US HERE, UH, FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
AND, UH, SO WE HAVE TWO PLAQUES FROM LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, UH, FOR YOU GUYS HAVE APPRECIATE OF YOU GUYS.
[12.C. Dinwiddie County Lifetime Achievement Award]
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE NEXT RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE IS SOMEWHAT THE CULMINATION OF WHAT COULD BE THE, THE VERY BEST THING THAT DIMITY COUNTY COULD EVER RECOGNIZE A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL.UH, EARLY, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE FIRST EVER INDIVIDUAL FOR A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND SO WE DECIDED TO KEEP A GOOD THING GOING.
AND WITH THIS, THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL, WE DECIDED TO GO NOW TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
SO THIS IS THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZED.
UH, HERBERT ANDERSON, UH, IS SOMEBODY WHO I'VE KNOWN MOST OF MY, MY LIFE.
I WOULD SAY, UM, AS A YOUNG MAN GROWING UP IN DENWITTY COUNTY, UM, THE IMPACT THAT SOMEONE CAN HAVE ON YOUR LIFE, UM, YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS, BUT YOU JUST, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT JUST ARISE TO THE OCCASION.
UM, AND IT'S WEIRD HOW GOD PUTS PEOPLE BACK INTO YOUR LIFE.
SO I I ORIGINALLY LET MATT, UH, REVEREND ANDERSON, UH, WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL, AND MY FATHER WHO STATE TROOPER, UM, EVEN HAD TALKED TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, THIS GUY.
AND THEN, UM, AS LIFE WOULD HAVE IT, AND WE WERE JUST RECOGNIZED FOR THE, OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE.
UM, DE WINY COUNTY, UH, HAPPENED TO START A BIBLE STUDY EARLY IN THE MORNING, KIND OF A LONG STORY.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT MR.
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CHAVIS WAS ASKED TO GO TESTIFY TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.AND REVEREND ANDERSON, HE PRAYED HARD THAT DAY THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO, HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, UH, ACTUALLY TESTIFY.
AND WE, WE GET TO ROSALYN DANCE WAS, WAS THE SENATOR.
AND WE WALK IN, BILL AND I, AND UM, WE, ROSALYN DANCE COMES UP TO US, SAID, BILL, YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS, BUT IT'S, UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEAK.
I DON'T HAVE, I I DON'T HAVE SPEAK SAID, BUT WHAT WE WILL DO, THE THE SPEAKER AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE A PRAYER BREAKFAST, A BIBLE STUDY.
WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO COME TO THAT? AND SO WE DID.
AND WE GET BACK IN MY PICKUP TRUCK AND BILL SAYS, UH, I WANNA DO THAT.
I SAID, WELL, BILL, YOU JUST DID IT.
HE SAID, NO, NO, NO, I, I WANNA DO THAT IN DENWOODY.
I WANNA START A BIBLE STUDY CLASS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TO.
AND SO WE PUT THE, THE NEWS OUT, AND ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS THAT CAME WAS REVEREND ANDERSON.
AND THE GENTLENESS OF THE WAY HE GOES ABOUT CONNECTING WITH INDIVIDUALS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T BE AROUND HIM AND YOUR LIFE IS NOT CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER, BUT NOT, NOT REVEREND ANDERSON.
UM, BUT I TELL YOU, EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS IMPORTANT.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING HE WAS TALKING THE WHOLE TIME EITHER, BUT WHEN HE DID START TALKING, EVERYBODY STARTED LISTENING FROM WHAT HE SAID.
SO IT, IT HUMBLED ME WHEN MY TEACHER, SHARON YATES, SHARON, ARE YOU HERE BY ANY CHANCE? WHERE YOU AT? WHERE YOU AT? THERE YOU ARE.
WHEN, WHEN MY ENGLISH TEACHER, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WHAT THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST, UH, LIFETIME, A ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, AND MS. YATES SAID, UM, HOW ABOUT REVEREND ANDERSON? I SAID, WELL, THERE CAN'T BE ANYBODY MORE DESERVING.
AND WE ALL HOPE TO GET THERE ONE DAY WHEN WE FEEL LIKE OUR LIFE'S WORK HAS MAYBE COME TO AN END.
BUT HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU HE'S BREATHING AND HE'S STILL INFLUENCING FOR THAT.
SO IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE REVEREND ANDERSON FOR THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD HAVE THE CLERK READ THE RECOGNITION ALLOWED FOR THE, FOR THE AUDIENCE.
HERBERT ANDERSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 24TH, 1929 IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, A PROUD 1948 GRADUATE OF PEABODY HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WENT ON TO EARN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND LATER RECEIVED AN HONORARY DOCTOR OF DIVINITY FROM VIRGINIA SEMINARY IN COLLEGE IN LYNCHBURG, A PATRIOT AS WELL AS A PASTOR.
REVEREND ANDERSON SERVED HIS COUNTRY FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR, FOLLOWING HIS MILITARY SERVICE.
HE ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WORKING NINE YEARS WITH TUSS OPTICAL COMPANY, AND 27 YEARS WITH ALLY CHEMICAL FIBERS DIVISION.
NOW HONEYWELL, A DEVOTED SERVANT OF GOD.
REVEREND ANDERSON IS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF ROCKY BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH IN SUTHERLAND, VIRGINIA.
HE FAITHFULLY SERVED AS PASTOR OF THE CENTER STAR BAPTIST CHURCH BEFORE BEING CALLED TO THE HISTORIC SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH IN DEITY COUNTY, WHERE HE MINISTERED FOR 31 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING.
BEYOND THE PULPIT, REVEREND ANDERSON HAS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY.
HE IS A PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF VIRGINIA BAPTIST, INC.
PAST DIRECTOR OF THE DENWOODY COUNTY FOOD BANK, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED CHURCHES OF DENWITTY, AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE DENWITTY COUNTY CLERGY ASSOCIATION.
HIS AFFILIATIONS ALSO INCLUDE THE PETERSBURG CHAPTER OF THE VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, THE BAPTIST MINISTER'S CONFERENCE OF PETERSBURG, THE NAACP, AND THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL RESIDING IN SUTHERLAND, VIRGINIA.
REVEREND ANDERSON HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH 71 YEARS OF MARRIAGE TO HIS BELOVED WIFE, MRS. OBINA WYATT ANDERSON.
TOGETHER THEY HAVE RAISED THREE DAUGHTERS, ONE FOSTER DAUGHTER, SIX GRANDCHILDREN, AND SIX GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
WHEN ASKED TO SHARE WHAT GOD'S HIS LIFE, REVEREND ANDERSON PROCLAIMS WITHOUT HESITATION, I LOVE THE LORD AND WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
FOR HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO FAITH, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND FOR THE PROFOUND IMPACT HE HAS MADE ON GENERATIONS OF DENWITTY COUNTY RESIDENTS, WE ARE PROUD TO HONOR REVEREND DR.
HERBERT ANDERSON WITH THE DENWITTY COUNTY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
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TRULY, WE HONOR THE LORD, THE LORD TODAY, WHO IS TRULY THE HEAD OF MY LIFE UNTIL THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD SUPERVISOR, THE ADMINISTRATOR TO THE BOARD, TO ALL THE OTHER OFFICIALS HERE, TO ALL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS, AND TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS, I GREET YOU AND THE ONLY NAME THAT MATTERS.AND THAT IS THE NAME OF JESUS.
WELL, AT THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY KNEE WILL BOW.
EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS THAT JESUS IS LORD TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
I'M JUST SO HONORED AND SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO RECEIVE, SEE THIS AWARD A FEW WEEKS AGO, I I'M NOT LIVING AT HOME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAD A SIX SPELL.
AND PLUS I'M HAVING SOME WORK DONE ON MY HOUSE AND MY LIVING WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER RIGHT AT THE PRESENT TIME.
AND I, I DIDN'T INTEND TO SAY THIS, BUT I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET HERE.
THE TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP SO BAD FROM CHESTER, VIRGINIA
MY SON-IN-LAW GOT ME IN HERE ONE TIME,
BUT, UH, I, I GOT A CALL FROM, UH, MS. MARIE GRANT AND, UH, SHE SAID, I HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD BE.
SHE SAID, THAT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU WITH A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND THEN I'D BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THAT THING I SAID WASN'T IF THE DOCTORS SAID ANYTHING TOO, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT,
JESUS CALLS HIS GROUPS FOR HIM.
AND HE SAID TO ONE GROUP SAID, COME THE BLESSED OF MY FATHER, AND TOLD HIM, SAY, WHEN I WAS HUNGRY, YOU FED ME.
WHEN I WAS THIRSTY, YOU GAVE ME DRINK.
WHEN I I WAS SICK, YOU OR, AND IN PRISON SAY, YOU CAME TO VISIT ME.
SEE, WHEN I WAS NAKED, YOU CLOTH ME.
BUT WHAT WHAT REALLY CAUGHT ME ABOUT THAT PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE, THE ONES THAT HE WAS TALKING TO DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHO HE WAS TALKING TO OR WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEY BEGAN TO ASK HIM, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU HUNGRY? WHEN DID WE SEE YOU SICK? WHEN DID WE SEE YOU NAKED? AND HE SAID, AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO THE LEAST OF MY BROTHER, YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME.
I I NEVER STARTED OUT TO RECEIVE AN AWARD SUCH AS THIS.
ONLY THING I WANTED TO DO WOULD BE A GOOD SON TO MY MAMA.
'CAUSE MY DADDY DIED WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
BUT I LIVED FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE TRYING TO UPLIFT MY MOTHER WHEN I GOT MARRIED.
I WANTED TO BE THE BEST HUSBAND I COULD BE.
AND WHEN THE LORD BLESSED ME WITH SOME CHILDREN, I WANTED TO BE THE BEST FATHER I COULD BE.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY LIFE, UH, UH, AWARDS YES.
AND WHEN I BEGAN TO PASTOR, I TRIED TO BE THE BEST PASTOR I COULD BE.
AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE KNOW, I FEEL SHORT,
BUT I I I WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, UH, 72 YEARS NOW.
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AND ON SUNDAY MORNINGS WHEN WE COME TO CHURCH, I TELL HIM, I SAID, HERE COME THE WHEELCHAIR BRIGADE SO EVERYBODY GETS OUT AND GIVE US A HAND.AND NOT ONLY HAVE MY WIFE AND I HAVE A COUPLE, MY DAUGHTERS WITH ME TODAY, MY SON-IN-LAW, WOULD Y'ALL JUST STAND? AMEN.
I WANT MY GRANDCHILDREN STAND.
I GOT, I GOT GREAT GRAND, GREAT GRAND.
DO I HAVE ANY MORE GREAT GRAND ANYMORE GRANDCHILDREN? AND I, I I, I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL.
THEN I HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE CHURCHES THAT I PASTORED FROM.
UH, SHARON, I'M GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND.
WE'LL HAVE OUR PASTOR SHARON, HERE, REVEREND NORMAN.
IS ANYBODY HERE FROM CENTER STAR? I DON'T KNOW.
AND AFTER MY RETIREMENT, THE LORD BLESSED ME TO SERVE AS INTERIM PASTOR A MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, ANYBODY HERE FROM MEMORIAL? PRAISE THE LORD.
AND I SEE SOME MINISTERS HERE TODAY WHO HAVE WORKED WITH ME DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS THAT YOU, WOULD YOU MIND STANDING PLEASE ALL OF THE MINISTERS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH ME? PRAISE THE LORD.
JUST BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY, I THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE, THE SUPPORT, AND THE RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN ME.
I, I APPRECIATE, I I TRULY FEEL BLESSED AND HIGHLY OF FAVOR.
AND I WANT THE MEMBERS OF ROCKY BRANCH CHURCH, MY HOME CHURCH.
A NOW I CALL IT MY HOME CHURCH.
ACTUALLY, I STARTED IN GILL FIELD BAPTIST CHURCH IN PETERSBURG.
BUT WHEN YOU GET MARRIED,
AND THEY BROUGHT, SHE BROUGHT ME OUTTA THE CITY AND MADE A COUNTRY BOY OUT OF ME.
AND SOME ASKED ROCKY BRANCH, YOU ARE HERE.
AND I SEE MY PASTOR BACK THERE.
PASTOR BLAND, RAISE YOUR HAND, PASTOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF ROCKY BROWN.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING, SHARING WITH US ON THIS SEAT.
I'M REMINDED OF A STORY OLD PREACHER WHO PREACHED AT THE CHURCH FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING DURING THAT TIME TO PAY 'EM WITH, BUT THE CONGREGANTS WERE GIVING VEGETABLES OUT OF THE GARDEN TO WHEN GARDEN TIME THEY, WHEN THEY KILL HOGS, THEY'D BRING HIM SOME FRESH MEAT.
AND ONE CHRISTMAS LADY TOLD THE SON SAYS, GO OUT THERE IN THE SMOKEHOUSE, GET ONE OF THEM HAMS, CARRY DOWN THERE AND GET TO THE OLD PREACHER.
AND THE SON WENT OUT THERE AND PUT THE HAM IN A BAG AND CARRIED IT ON THERE TO THE PREACHER.
AND THE PREACHER OPENED THE BAG, SAID, OH MY.
SO THEY USUALLY GIVE ME THE FEET AND THE EARS AND THINGS, BUT THEY HAVE SENT ME A HAM.
SAID THAT'S THE SAME THING DADDY SAID, BUT MAMA, MAMA SAID, GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE AWARD.
UM, REVEREND ANDERSON, YOU HAVE JUST BEEN A STRONG PILLAR IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND
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WE CAN TELL BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE HOW MUCH THEY LOVE YOU.UM, REVEREND ANDERSON, UM, YOU HAVE BEEN A FRIEND.
AND ALSO, UM, PEOPLE JUST LOVE YOU AND THEY LOVE YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR TOO.
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT STORY WAS PRETTY GOOD AT THE END,
AND, UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THE BOARD JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR AGE EARLIER.
AND, UM, SOMEONE SAID, I THINK, I THINK HE'S LIKE 91.
I THINK I, I SAID, I THINK HE'S A LITTLE, MAYBE GOT A FEW YEARS ON THAT.
BUT, UM, WE KNOW THAT YOU STILL CONTINUE TO PREACH.
UM, ALTHOUGH THAT YOU'RE RETIRED AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST LOVE YOU.
WE JUST LOVE YOUR WISDOM AND WE JUST LOVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR DENWITTY COUNTY.
AND I WAS AT WEST END CHURCH ON, ON SUNDAY, AND, UM, YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FOOD BANK.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD SOMETHING TO EAT.
THAT'S WHY YOU STARTED THAT WITH SOME OF YOUR, UM, UH, I THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO SIT ON THE BOARD WITH YOU THAT ARE HERE.
AND, UM, EVEN AT THE CHURCH, I THINK IT WAS, I THINK 200 PEOPLE MAYBE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEY RAISED OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOOD BANK.
AND, UM, THAT WAS, AND THAT WAS JUST GREAT TO GIVE TO THE FOOD BANK.
AND THAT WAS, THAT'S THE MONEY THAT WAS RAISED.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT THIS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND, UH, WITH THE TWO, UH, PLAQUES HERE AND, UM, EVERYTHING.
AND, AND AGAIN, CAN, CAN WE JUST STAND FOR HIM AGAIN PLEASE? AND JUST GIVE HIM ANOTHER STAND.
AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M 9 6 90 96 YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT A, A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND THEN WE'LL START THE MEETING BACK UP IN CASE ANYBODY WISHES TO LEAVE.
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I GOT NO, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST SITTING RIGHT THERE.[01:55:46]
HALLELUJAH.THEY ANNOUNCED WHERE YOU WERE.
YEAH, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY, WELL, WE KNOW, WE KNOW WE LOVE HIM.
GOD'S STILL IN THE BLESSING BUSINESS.
SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
A LOT OF THEM, UM, BASEBALL, UM, ONE OF THE COACHES I KNOW HIS, HIS BROTHER AND I WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR 20 SOME YEARS.
IT'S ABOUT OVER ISN'T HOW MUCH MORE WE GOT.
WE GOT THE PURPLE, THE PURPLE HEART.
WHO'S GOT A PURPLE HEART? ONE SECOND.
AND I'LL DO THAT ONE REAL QUICK.
MANNY MO AND MAC
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HE AN ODD MAN OUT AT THIS TIME.WE, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA CALL THE BOY BACK TO ORDER.
[12.D. Proclamation: Purple Heart County]
SO MADAME CHAIR, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM UNDER SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS IS THAT WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART.THE RICHMOND CHAPTER, UH, 1965 IS THE NAME OF THAT CHAPTER.
UM, AND THEY HAD REQUESTED THAT THE COUNTY CONSIDER A, A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OR DESIGNATING DENEE COUNTY AS A PURPLE HEART COUNTY.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF DEVELOPING THAT PROCLAMATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
UH, DIMITY COUNTY IS THE HOME OF A LARGE NUMBER OF VETERANS.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT TO 10% OF OUR OVERALL POPULATION, UM, IS TIED TO THE US MILITARY.
UH, THE VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL LISTS THE NAMES OF VIRGINIANS THAT ARE KILLED IN DEFENSE OF OUR FREEDOMS. AND 60 OF THOSE NAMES ARE ON THE MEMORIAL ARE INDIVIDUALS FROM, FROM DIM, WITTY COUNTY.
AND THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN DESERVE TO BE HONORED AND RECOGNIZED.
UH, SO THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA IN 2016 CAME UP WITH, UM, THROUGH A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE IN THE HOUSE, UH, PROCLAIMING VIRGINIA PURPLE HEART STATE IN 2016, UH, TO FATHER SUIT IN THAT WITH THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZED AS DIMITY AS THAT PURPLE HEART COMMUNITY.
THEY DO NOT CARRY, UH, ANY SPECIFIC FORCE OR EFFECT OF LAW.
UH, BUT WE HAVE FOUND PLACES TO PUT SEVERAL SIGNS.
UH, ONE, THE DEITY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, THE DEITY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, THE DEITY HISTORIC COURTHOUSE, THE ROBERT AND BETTY RAGSDALE COMMUNITY CENTER AND EAST SIDE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT CENTER.
SO THESE SIGNS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ERECTED AND YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE THAT'S, THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
AGAIN, THEY ARE TO HONOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED IN COMBAT AND OR A VETERAN IF IT'S VACANT.
AND IF IT'S VACANT, UM, COMPLETELY THE SIGN IS STANDING STANDS AS A MEMORIAL TO, TO THOSE WHO NEVER CAME BACK HOME FROM COMBAT.
SO IT WAS OUR, OUR PRIVILEGE AND REALLY OUR HONOR TO, TO, UM, PUT FORTH THIS RESOLUTION.
SO, UM, IF YOU ARE SO DESIRING, WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PROCLAMATION AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? YEP, WE THE ROLL CALL.
AND MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S ALL OF THE SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS THAT WE HAVE, BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENING.
[13.A. Proposed Amendment To Chapter 10 – Fire Prevention And Protection, Article III. Fire Prevention Code]
UH, NOW WE, UM, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO, LET'S SEE, CHAPTER 10, FIRE PREVENTION AND PRO AND PROTECTION ARTICLE THREE, FIRE PREVENTION CODE.AND THAT'S WITH, UM, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, TYLER
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
AND WE HAVE WITH US, UM, CHIEF KISSNER, CHIEF BLAKE, AND CAPTAIN JENNINGS FROM THE DENWOODY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, CAPTAIN JENNINGS WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL AT THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 BOARD SUPERVISORS MEETING.
AND HE GETS THINGS MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE BY THE NEXT MEETING WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU TO DISCUSS SOME CHANGES TO THE COUNTY CODE ABOUT THE POWERS OF THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
SO THE CHANGES WE BROUGHT TO YOU TONIGHT ARE PRETTY MUCH BASED ON THE HANOVER COUNTY CODE.
THE BOARD DID ALLOW STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND POTENTIAL ACTION TONIGHT.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THESE CHANGES IS FOUND IN SECTION 10 DASH 19.3, AND THAT SECTION WOULD MAKE THE FIRE MARSHAL A LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE MARSHAL, COMPLETE WITH THE POWER TO ARREST, TO PROCURE AND SERVE WARRANTS OF ARREST AND SERVE SUMMONS IN 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 IN THE FIRE MARSHAL.
DEPUTIES AND ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF ALL OFFENSES OCCURRING WITHIN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING TO THE EXTENT APPROVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, UH, THE TOWN OF MCKINNEY INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, FIRES, FIRE BOMBINGS, BOMBINGS ATTEMPTS OR THREATS TO COMMIT SUCH OFFENSES, FALSE ALARMS RELATED TO SUCH OFFENSES AND POSSESSION AND MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, SUBSTANCES, AND FIRE BOMBS.
SO FAIR AMOUNT, UH, RESPONSIBILITY THERE.
THOSE POLICE POWERS WILL ONLY BE EXERCISED BY A CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL OR DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL WHO HAD COMPLETED THE REQUISITE TRAINING AS SET FORTH.
UH, HAVING COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, MR. JENNINGS IS GOING TO BE IN A POSITION TO QUALIFY FOR THAT.
OTHER KEY PROVISIONS INCLUDE, UH, 19.1, WHICH CODIFIES HOW THE FIRE MARSHAL IS APPOINTED 19.2,
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WHICH CODIFIES THE PROCESS FOR APPOINTING DEPUTY AND ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS.UH, 19.4, WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE FIRE WOULD CHARGE, I'M SORRY, THE FIRE MARSHAL WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF FIRES.
SECTION 20 WOULD STATE THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE STATEWIDE FIRE PREVENTION CODE, AS WELL AS PROVISIONS OF THE COUNTY CODE THAT PERTAIN TO FIRES AND OTHER RELATED LAWS.
IT 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 OF CHAPTER 10 OR THE VIRGINIA STATEWIDE FIRE PREVENTION CODE ARE CLASS ONE MISDEMEANOR AND THEN 20.2 WOULD GIVE THE FIRE MARSHAL THE RIGHT TO ENTER PROPERTY TO INVESTIGATE RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, HAZARDOUS WASTE, OR REGULATED SUBSTANCES WHERE A RELEASE IS REASONABLY SUSPECTED TO HAVE OCCURRED.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A DRAFT MOU WITH THE DEMEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO GOVERN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IS THERE A FAIR AMOUNT OF INTERPLAY BETWEEN THOSE TWO OFFICES THAT WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY IN A COUPLE MINUTES? UM, AND THEN I, THE, THE FIRE MARSHAL IS, IS RAY BLAKE.
HE'S BEEN THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME NOW.
AND THEN, UM, MR. JENNINGS, CAPTAIN JENNINGS IS COMING ON AS THE, THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'VE KIND OF LAID OUT THE, THE SKELETON OUTLINE OF THE CODE.
YOU OF COURSE HAVE TO CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M HERE AT ANY POINT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM.
I'M CHAIR, I MAKE THE BE IT ORDAINED THAT THE ORDINANCE, UH, TO AMEND CHAPTER 10, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION.
ARTICLE THREE FOR OUR PREVENTION CODE, BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
UM, AND NOW WE HAVE, I THINK AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO APPOINTMENTS.
[14.B. MOU Between The Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s Office And Dinwiddie County Fire & EMS Regarding Investigations Performed By The Fire Marshal’s Office]
MADAM CHAIRMAN, AS AS WE'RE MOVING TO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM, I HAVE A DISCLOSURE THAT I NEED TO READ REALLY QUICK.DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH 31 12 OF CODE OF VIRGINIA 1950 IS AMENDED.
I'LL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE MOU BETWEEN THE DEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEY COUNTY FIRE, AND EMS REGARDING INVESTIGATIONS PERFORMED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE BECAUSE I'M EMPLOYED WITH DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, THE MOU BETWEEN THE DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND DEITY COUNTY FIRE AND EMS REGARDING INVESTIGATIONS PERFORMED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S TALA, SOUTH HALL, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SO AGAIN, UH, MR. JENNINGS BEING APPOINTED FIRE MARSHAL CAME TO MY OFFICE TO DISCUSS KIND OF WHERE THE POWERS OF THE FIRE MARSHAL CAME FROM IN DENWITTY AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK.
AND, AND THE FIRST THING I THINK WE CAME TO WAS THE ORDINANCE.
THE OTHER THING WE CAME TO IS THIS MOUI THINK WE'RE ALSO INDEBTED TO HANOVER COUNTY FOR THIS MOU.
THEY'RE IN SOME WAYS A SIMILAR COUNTY TO US WITH A, WITH A, A SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND, AND THEY HAVE A ROBUST FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AS WELL.
THIS MOU SIMPLY OUTLINES HOW THE, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU HAVE A SERIOUS INCIDENT SUCH AS A MURDER, I THINK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TAKES SOME PRECEDENCE THERE TO, TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT WHILE THE, THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE STAYS WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE EVENT, UM, OF A, OF A TRULY MAJOR INCIDENT THAT'S SET FORTH.
AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALSO IS WILLING TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE CREDENTIALING THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
I, I THINK THAT'S THE BASIC SUMMARY OF IT.
I DON'T WANNA DRAG YOU TOO MUCH INTO IT.
IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE DOCUMENT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING NEEDING NEEDED FOR THIS, I'M PLEASED TO SAY, AND I'M, I'M GRATEFUL TO THE, TO THE CHIEF AND, AND, AND CHIEF BLAKE AND, AND, UH, CAPTAIN JENNINGS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THE SHERIFF IS AGREEABLE TO IT, AND AFTER YOUR APPROVAL, THIS CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BE SIGNED.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMS ARE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE MOU WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE FORM PRESENTED.
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AYE.THANK YOU TO FIRE STAFF AND THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR, FOR BEING A GOOD TEAMMATE AND, AND AGREEING TO THIS MOU TO, TO MAKE DENWITTY COUNTY STRONGER AND BETTER.
[15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
OKAY.AT THIS TIME, UM, WE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP? YES, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE MAYA AKINS.
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS MAYA AKINS AND I LIVE AT 2 5 6 1 0 SURREY AVENUE IN THE WEST PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I'M HERE BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS FACING SERIOUS SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES THAT AFFECT OUR DAILY LIVES AND THE WELLBEING OF OUR FAMILIES.
SOME OF OUR STREETS ARE NARROW, SO NARROW THAT TWO VEHICLES OFTEN CANNOT PASS SAFELY.
THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY FREQUENT SPEEDING AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS LIKE SPINOUTS DRIVERS OFTEN DO NOT SLOW DOWN EVEN WHEN RESIDENTS ARE WALKING ALONG THE ROADSIDE OR WHEN CHILDREN ARE OUTSIDE PLAYING.
THESE CONDITIONS MAKE IT UNSAFE TO TRULY ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO ORDER A TRAFFIC STUDY AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD REAL SOLUTIONS, LIKE SPEED LIMIT, SIGNS, SIDEWALKS, AND TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES SUCH AS SPEED BUMPS OR RAISED CROSSWALKS.
THESE ARE PROVEN STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN VDO T'S TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM AND THEY WORK AS A NEW RESIDENT.
I'VE LEARNED THAT TRAFFIC ISN'T THE ONLY CONCERN.
LONGTIME RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED THAT STORM WATER FLOODING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR DECADES.
DURING HEAVY RAINFALL, STREETS AND YARDS ARE FLOODING, DAMAGING PROPERTY AND CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
AND WITH YOUR PENDING APPROVAL OF NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE HORIZON, THESE PROBLEMS WILL ONLY GET WORSE IF WE DON'T ACT.
NOW DIM WITTY COUNTY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY UNDER ITS OWN ORDINANCES AND THE VIRGINIA STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM THESE HAZARDS WHO'RE ASKING FOR MORE THAN PROMISES.
SO TONIGHT I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, UH, A CLEAR TIMELINE FOR STARTING TRAFFIC STUDY IN STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AND POTENTIAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES SO WEST PETERSBURG RESIDENTS CAN BE PART OF THE PROCESS AND STAY INFORMED.
THESE CHANGES AREN'T JUST ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY'RE ABOUT PROTECTING FAMILIES, PRESERVING PROPERTY, AND RESTORING PEACE OF MIND.
CHILDREN DESERVE SAFE STREETS.
OUR HOMES DESERVE PROTECTION FROM FLOODING AND OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO BE HEARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING DIY COUNTY A SAFE AND THRIVING PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
[16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
BOARD, UH, BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? UH, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT I SAID IN THE EARLIER MEETING.I DON'T HAVE NOT A MAN OF A LOT OF WORDS, BUT I WILL SAY AGAIN, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, UM, TO EVERYONE.
REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO YOU, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT MIGHT BE SITTING ALONE AT HOME THAT DON'T HAVE FOLKS TO LEAN ON DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
UH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, EMULATE WHAT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST SHOWED US AND US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS OURSELVES.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL COMING TONIGHT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE SERVICE TONIGHT, BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR IT,
PRAISE GOD FOR THE, THE WORST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES DIMITY COUNTY UNIQUE IS THAT WE DON'T HIDE BEHIND THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
WE ARE BOLD IN PROCLAIMING JESUS CHRIST AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
AND, UH, I WILL CONTINUE TO STAND ON THAT.
UH, WHAT A GREAT EVENING FOR US TO CELEBRATE FROM THE YOUNGEST TO THE OLDEST AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
WE ARE TRULY BLESSED AS A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES, UM, AND THE LIVES THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS TOUCHED OVER, HIS 96, 97 YEARS OF LIFE IS AMAZING.
UM, WE'RE ALL BETTER BECAUSE WE KNOW REVEREND ANDERSON AND THE YOUTH THAT WE RECOGNIZE TONIGHT, THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN THE DEDICATION AND THE COACHES AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, WE ALL SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO THEM.
THEY'RE GOOD, GOOD KIDS AND WE'RE IN A GOOD COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I'LL ECHO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO, TO THANKS.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
I SAID AT THREE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON, GOD HAS BLESSED EVERY, ALL OF US IN THIS COMMUNITY.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AROUND.
WE FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S A LOT WORSE OFF THAN WE ARE.
AND I JUST PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS US IN HIS WAY, IN HIS TIME.
THE AWARDS WE GET THE BEST SMALLEST COUNTY, YOU
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KNOW, THAT COMES FROM WHAT SERVING THE MASTER.YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT STARTED IN THIS COUNTY IS BECAUSE OF CHRIST.
OUR PRAYER GROUP THAT STARTED MM-HMM
IT MADE OUR, OUR FAITH BASE SO STRONGER.
AND LOOK WHAT IT'S, UH, LED TO YESTERDAY, LIKE YOU SAID, 200 PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER.
FAITH-BASED, PUTTING CHRIST FIRST MAKES THIS COUNTY FIRST.
SO, LIKE MY BROTHER SAID, THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THAT'S WHAT THANKSGIVING'S ABOUT.
LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK BEFORE.
AND WE'RE SO, WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE WHAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE COUNTY.
YOU GUYS SITTING BACK THERE, YOU KEEP US SAFE, BUT YOU DEPEND ON ONE THING, RIGHT? THE MASTER TO KEEP YOU SAFE WHEN YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF US.
SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT, WHAT YOU DO AND EVERYTHING WE CAN DO FOR Y'ALL.
UM, YES, WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL EVENING.
UM, AS SOMEONE, AS SOMEONE SAID THE YOUNG TO THE, UH, TO THE AS A SEASON, HOW ABOUT THAT
WE'RE GETTING THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A, UH, A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WITH, UM, COMING TO HEAR DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THE COUNTY.
AND, UM, UH, THE YOUNG LADY, UM, WE ARE GONNA WORK ON IT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRINGING THAT INFORMATION.
UM, BUT UM, AND I'M GLAD YOU YOU MADE IT YOUR WAY OUT TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AMEN.
WE HAVE TO, UM, LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITIES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.
IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE PERSON, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO THAT.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, ALSO, UM, JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND UM, AGAIN, UM, JUST WANNA KEEP, UM, OUR CHAIRMAN, DAN, UH, LEE AND HIS, UH, AND HIS FAMILY.
UM, AND OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS.
YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY MAY BE WATCHING TONIGHT, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MENTION, UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, LIFT THEM UP IN PRAYER.
I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING.
AND I HOPE EVEN RIGHT NOW WITH UM, PEOPLE NOT HAVING MONEY, UM, WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND SO FORTH, I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A HOT MEAL ON, UH, NOT ONLY ON THANKSGIVING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO EAT AFTER THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE, UM, HAVE FOOD AFTER THAT.
SO WE ARE PRAYING FOR, UH, FOR THOSE, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE ANYBODY BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANYONE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, AS DR. MORRIS SAID, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE AND I THINK, UH, MR. UH, CASEY, JULIE SAID IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE, JUST REACH OUT TO THEM, INVITE THEM OVER, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR DINNER.
UM, I KNOW OUR CHURCH IS DOING SOMETHING ON SATURDAY.
WE ARE JUST HAVING A SENIOR DINNER AND PEOPLE CAN COME AND JUST GET SOMETHING TO EAT ON SATURDAY AT MY CHURCH.
SO, UM, SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE THAT NEEDS SOMETHING, JUST KIND OF REACH OUT AND TRY TO HELP 'EM, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME.
SO AGAIN, HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND AT, AT THIS TIME I WILL END ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADUR TO MOVE.