[1. ROLL CALL]
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YEAH.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BOARD MEETING JANUARY 20, UH, 20TH, 2026.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DR. MOORE? HERE.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UM, REVEREND KEVIN NORAM.
HE'S, AND I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO COME FORWARD AND DO OUR INVOCATION TODAY.
BEFORE I DO OFF THE INVOCATION, I SIMPLY WANT TO SAY TO THE LEADERS OF THIS GREAT COUNTY, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I GOD OUR FATHER, WE COME FIRST AND FOREMOST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, THAT YOU'RE THE SUPREME AUTHORITY.
THAT YOU ARE OUR GOD, THAT YOU ARE THE ORCHESTRATOR, YOU ARE THE NAVIGATOR.
YOU ARE THE ONE THAT LEADS US AND GUIDE US.
SO, LORD, WE COME TO YOU AS WE HAVE GATHERED IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS GREAT COUNTY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD IN THE YEAR OF 2026, AND NOT ONLY GIVE US THE INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED THAT WILL, UH, NOT ONLY LEAD THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS COUNTY, BUT LORD, THAT, THAT IT WILL PRESENT A BETTER PLACE AND, UH, A MORE, UH, REWARDING ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE.
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR, UH, THEIR WILLINGNESS TO NOT ONLY SERVE THIS COUNTY, BUT LORD, THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY IN WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED.
LORD, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOD THAT ORDERS THE STEPS OF THE RIGHTEOUS.
AND LORD, I THANK YOU FOR THE RIGHTEOUS LEADERS, AND I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE SKILLS AND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE.
AND WITH THE LOVE, AND WITH THE COMPASSION THAT IS MOST NEEDFUL.
AND LORD, WE GIVE YOU HONOR, EVEN AS WE CALL UPON YOU, BECAUSE WE ARE REMINDED THAT YOU PROMISE THAT YOU WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING FROM THEM THAT LOVE AND SERVE YOU.
AND LORD AS THEY LOVE, AND NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY, BUT LORD, AS THEY'VE ALL EXPRESSED THEIR LOVE FOR YOU, LORD, WE, WE ASK THAT AS YOU CONTINUE TO BESTOW UPON THEM WHAT IS NEEDED, UH, THAT THEY WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY, UH, GUIDING AND CONTINUOUSLY, UH, TAKING THIS PLACE, THIS COUNTY, TO THE PLACE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR US.
AND THEN, LORD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM PHYSICALLY, LORD, UH, BLESS THEM LORD, AS THEY, UH, STAND IN THEIR STRENGTH.
LORD, BE NOT ONLY IDENTIFIED, BUT LORD, BUT ALSO IT WILL BE PORTRAYED IN THEIR ACTIONS AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO WITHSTAND EVEN, UH, THE THINGS THAT COME AGAINST THEM.
LORD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD COLLECTIVELY BLESS THEM BY WAY OF YOUR COUNTENANCE.
AND THAT, UH, WHEN THEY OPERATE AND WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER FOR THE DECISIONS OF THIS COUNTY, LORD, THAT IT WILL BE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE MUST BE GOD INVOLVED.
AND LORD, WE JUST SIMPLY ASK THAT YOU WOULD JUST HAVE YOUR WAY, GOD, AS YOU CONTINUE TO LEAD IN GOD.
AND THIS IS OUR PRAYER WE HUMBLY SUBMIT UNTO THEE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT AND DO IT FOR US.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I HAVE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR? NO.ANY BOARD MEMBERS MAKE A MOTION? WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA, IF YOU HAD TIME TO, UM, REVIEW THAT? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? I MOVE.WE'VE, UM, PASSED THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation ]
ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND TODAY WE HAVE MR. PAUL HENSON THAT'S GONNA, UH, PRESENT TODAY.MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE TODAY, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, WE'VE SENT YOU
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SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKAGE.IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT, I PREPARED MOST OF THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
A FEW ADDITIONAL UPDATES FOR YOU.
THE FERNDALE RIVER ROAD ROUNDABOUT IS STILL BEING BID.
UH, THE BID CLOSES ON THE 28TH, AND ONCE WE GET ALL THE BIDS IN, WE SHOULD HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA ON OUR SCHEDULE.
AND, UM, ONCE THE CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, WE'LL UPDATE THE COUNTY.
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE HAVE POSTED THE SPEED LIMIT ON CHERRY HILL ROAD.
UH, CHERRY HILL ROAD WAS A RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT THAT'S A STATUTORY 35 SPEED LIMIT PER STATE REGULATIONS.
WE'VE LET OUR RESURFACING CONTRACTS FOR THE YEAR, UM, PRE-CON MEETINGS ARE BEING SCHEDULED IN FEBRUARY.
YOU MAY EVEN SEE SOME OF THAT WORK STARTING TO BEGIN IN IN EARLY FEBRUARY.
UM, WE'RE BEGINNING OUR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR THE REESE ROAD RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT, UH, WITH THE GOAL TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRINGTIME WHEN THE WEATHER ALLOWS.
WE'RE CHANGING ALL THE FORT BARFOOT SIGNS BACK TO FORT PICKETT.
THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SOMETIME IN THE NEAREST FUTURE.
WE HAVE D ESTATE, SO WE SUBMITTED THAT TO THE BOARD TO GET ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH FOR STATE ACCEPTANCE.
SO IF Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING ON THAT, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL MAKE SURE AND GET IT TO THE, TO THE COUNTY.
AND AS EVERYBODY'S HEARD, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET A BIG ONE THIS WEEKEND, GET THAT.
WE'RE, UH, GONNA BE PREPPING FOR THAT ALL WEEK.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER, I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.
AND MR. FRENCH IS ON ASSIGNMENT AT ASHLEY RESIDENCY FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, SO I'LL BE FILLING IN PROBABLY NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
WE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THOUGH WITH, UH, BIG HOLES.
I MEAN, THE WHOLE SIDES OF THE ROADS ARE CRUSHING.
UM, BUT POTHOLES IS JUST TAKING OVER AND I, I'M SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT TURNING IN DAMAGED TIRES AND WHEELS.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? IS THAT, UH, IN THE PROCESS OR? WELL, SIR, UM, MY NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION FOR ANY CITIZEN BOARD MEMBER, ANYBODY, IS TO GO TO, UM, YOU CAN GOOGLE VDOT WORK ORDER.
IT TAKES YOU RIGHT TO OUR LANDING PAGE.
YOU CAN FILL OUT A WORK ORDER IN THREE MINUTES.
BOARD MEMBER, CITIZEN, WHOEVER.
ONCE WE HAVE A WORK ORDER, WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO INVESTIGATE IT.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO CALL OUR ONE EIGHT HUNDRED FOUR ROADS AND WE'LL GO LOOK AT 'EM.
WE TAKE EVERY SITUATION SERIOUSLY.
IF A POTHOLES REPORTED AND WE HAVEN'T CORRECTED WITHIN 48 HOURS, WE'RE LEGALLY LIABLE.
FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF THAT TO ADDRESS THAT MM-HMM
DO NOT MAINTAIN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
THAT'S IMO BUT, UM, AGAIN, THE SAME RULES APPLY AND IF YOU PUT IN A WORK ORDER, THEY'LL ADDRESS IT WITHIN 48 HOURS.
TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING READY.
WE MIGHT BE PUSHING SNOW WITH OUR POTHOLE TRUCKS AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
[7.A. Proposed Bylaws Amendment]
ITEM, UM, PROPOSED BYLAWS, AMENDMENT, UM, TOWER SOUTH HALL.OUR ATTORNEY, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAD TO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TODAY.
I, SO, SO YOU CAME UP WITH THIS WHEN I WAS RE REVIEW, WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE BYLAWS IN PREPARATION FOR THE ORG MEETING, I DID NOTICE SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CLARIFY.
AND SO IN THE, IN THE BYLAWS IT TALKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES AND IT TALKS ABOUT THAT THEY WOULD BE MADE ONLY BY A RESOLUTION, TECHNICALLY A MAIN MOTION THAT CARRIES IS A RESOLUTION, I THINK.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BEAR, UH, USEFULNESS TO, TO JUST CLARIFY THAT, THAT THAT IS THE CASE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RESOLUTION THERE.
AND THEN I'VE ALSO DELETED OF COMMITTEES IN THE ARTICLE TITLE TO JUST SAY APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE YOU DO APPOINT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS UNDER THIS AS WELL.
AND THEN THERE IS A, A RESOLUTION THERE, UM, THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISH THIS AMENDMENT.
UM, AND TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO RATIFY PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS MADE INCONSISTENT WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE HOUSEKEEPING MEASURE.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY QUESTIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, MAKE THE MOTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DENWITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA DOES HEREBY APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OUTLINED ABOVE AND TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY.
RATIFIES ALL PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LANGUAGE THEREOF.
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DR. MOORE.YES, WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
[9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS]
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.SO THIS IS THE FASTEST THAT WE'VE EVER GOTTEN TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS.
SO I, I'LL JUST TAKE UP THE NEXT 45 MINUTES DOING THIS PIECE, I GUESS.
BUT TYLER, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ACTION ITEMS AT MEETINGS, SO JUST APPLAUD TYLER FOR BRINGING YOU ONE NEXT MEETING.
THAT'D BE MUCH MORE ACTION ITEMS
ONE, UH, FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OUR FIFTH COHORT OF INDIVIDUALS AND WE WERE ABLE TO OBVIOUSLY KICK THAT OFF, UM, HERE MOST RECENTLY JUST WANTED TO, TO PUBLICLY STATE, UM, BECAUSE WE EVEN HAD A COUPLE OF OUR ME NEW MEMBERS THAT HAVE STARTED TO, TO TAKE OUT, UM, GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXPRESS JUST HOW THAT FIRST MEETING MEANT SO MUCH TO THEM.
AND, AND I, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THAT PROGRAM, UH, IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY.
UM, SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION, AND THE VIRGINIA TECH PEOPLE WILL BE HAPPY FOR THIS, UM, WE, WE HAD THE DISTINCT PRIVILEGE, ANN HOWERTON, TAMMY COLLINS AND MYSELF, UM, IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY TO SIT DOWN WITH, UH, DR. CHERYL BAILEY, DR. DAVID MOORE, ANOTHER DR. MOORE, AND, UM, DR. STEPHANIE DAVIS.
SO THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS, I, I'LL ATTEMPT TO READ THEIR TITLES.
DR. BAILEY IS THE VISITING PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE FOR THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY AND GOVERNANCE AND AFFILIATED FACULTY, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
DR. MOORE IS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AT THE I INSTITUTION AT INSTITUTE FOR POLICY AND GOVERNANCE FOR VIRGINIA TECH.
AND STEPHANIE DAVIS IS THE COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CERTIFICATES PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT VIRGINIA TECH.
BUT THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS, UM, HAVE BEGUN IN THE COMMONWEALTH TO FIND LOCALITIES THAT THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, LOOKING AT THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THE THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHY IS THAT THEY LOOK AT AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH GIVES THEM THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT CAN AND CANNOT, UH, WOULD BE REALISTICALLY EXPECTED.
AND SO IF YOU STOP AND REALLY THINK ABOUT BROWN AND WILLIAMSON, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WHEN THEY PULLED OUT, JUST HOW DEVASTATING THAT WAS FOR THE CITY.
SO THESE ECONOMIC BASE ANALYSIS ARE, OR ANALYSIS ARE REALLY GOOD.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH VIRGINIA TECH IS, IS, IS SIGNIFICANT.
WE'RE NOT, WHEN WE GET THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT, WE'LL DO A PRESS RELEASE ON IT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT POINT.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING OUT SOME OF THE WORK PLAN AND WHAT THE DETAILS OF THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
BUT WE HAD A GREAT, UH, KICKOFF MEETING, LIKE I SAID, ANN AND TAMMY AND MYSELF, AND REALLY THINK THIS COULD BE THE FOUNDATION OF, YOU KNOW, FOR JURISDICTIONS OUR SIZE, THE WAY THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND JUST SO HONORED THAT DR. BAILEY WOULD REACH OUT TO US.
AS YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY ACTIVE AT VACO.
UM, SO SHE ACTUALLY CAME TO US AND SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT WITH YOU ALL.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP.
UM, NEXT THING I WANNA TELL YOU WAS THAT I HAD A DISTINCT HONOR TO MEET, UH, THE PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD SUPERINTENDENT.
AND HER NAME IS, UM, ANDREA DECODER.
SO SHE'S THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT, TOOK ALEXA VET'S SPOT THERE.
UM, SHE, SHE'S BEEN THERE, I THINK HER FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB WAS THAT FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE REESE ACROSS AMERICA EVENT.
UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HER.
AND SO WE HAD STACY ENGLISH AND CORNELL, UH, TAMMY, UH, TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH, UH, WHAT, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US AND THE PARK SERVICE AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT FIVE FORKS AND THE COLLABORATION THERE.
UH, TREMENDOUS BACKGROUND AND CAREER, UH, PROBABLY TOO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, BUT HAS A, A REAL, UH, BIG FOCUS ON TRYING TO TAKE THE TOURISM SIDE OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO DRIVE, DRIVE VISITATION TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SITES.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND THAT SHE'S, UH, SHE'S GONNA BE PERFECT FOR THE JOB.
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UM, ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, MR. CHAVIS AND I TOOK A, A TOUR OF HIS DISTRICT LAST WEEK.I THINK WE DROVE AROUND FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND PROBABLY ONLY SAW A QUARTER OF HIS DISTRICT.
UM, AND I GOT BACK TO THE OFFICE AND, AND KIND OF TALKED TO SOME KEY STAFF ABOUT WHAT WE SAW, AND A LOT OF POSITIVE AND SOME THINGS THAT PROBABLY COULD, UH, SOME IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT ROADS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE, THERE WERE CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS THAT MAYBE HAD BEEN NEGLECTED.
SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM PAUL TODAY ON HOW WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OVER TO VDOT.
BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, JUST THE OVERALL GROWTH PATTERN, LOOK AT HOUSING SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED TO MR. CHAVIS.
SO I SAY THAT TO SAY, UM, IF, IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THE SAME THING IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND, AND SOMETIMES, AND I CAN EVEN BRING THE VOTING DISTRICT.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE, AM I ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD? AM I ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD? YEAH.
AND THERE'S A LITTLE CUT OUT OVER HERE AND IT, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO DO THAT.
AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC NEED, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, UH, AS WELL.
BUT IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND I, I THOUGHT BILL HAD STARTED SOMETHING.
I KNOW, DAN, YOU AND I DID IT LAST YEAR FOR YOUR DISTRICT TOO, AND, BUT I REALLY DID APPRECIATE WHAT MR. CHAVIS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE FOR DOING THAT.
UM, OR IF YOU WANNA DO TWO ON TWO, IF YOU WANNA DO TWO DISTRICTS THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN DO IT.
JUST CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN TWO.
UM, OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, AND YOU KNOW, THAT PRESIDENT SDO AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE IS RETIRING.
UM, I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE, OF THE RICHARD BLAND FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO THE, THE BOARD OF VISITORS I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS, UM, SHORTLISTED THREE CANDIDATES FOR WHAT THEY CALL THEIR NEW INTERIM PRESIDENT.
AND SO, UH, PRESIDENT OTT WILL BE THERE TILL THE END OF JUNE, BUT THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD COME IN, THEY HOPE TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT EITHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, AND WOULD BE THAT INTERIM THAT MAY SERVE SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OR SO UNTIL THEY DECIDE TO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR A FULL-TIME PRESIDENT.
BUT IT'S DOWN TO THREE CANDIDATES.
TIFFANY BIRDSONG, WHO'S AN INTERNAL CANDIDATE, UM, WHO'S BEEN WITH RICHARD BLA COLLEGE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
UH, KENNETH ALEXANDER KENNY ALEXANDER'S A A LOCAL GOVERNMENT GUY.
HE'S THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK, UM, AND IS ALSO VERY HIGH INTO, UM, A LOT OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
AND HE IS FROM, UM, NEW YORK AND HAS HAD SOME INTEREST IN THIS, THIS END, UH, THIS PART OF THE, OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND SO, UH, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK FOR THREE SEPARATE MEETINGS AT RICHARD BLAND TO GET TO KNOW THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S THE BOARD OF VISITORS THAT GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
UH, FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY REALLY HIGHER ED, UH, IN DEWIN COUNTY AND THE ONLY TWO YEAR INSTITUTION IN THE STATE.
UM, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT THE INNOVATION PARK, YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF DUAL ENROLLMENT THAT WE SEE AT THE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, UM, AND SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT HOPEFULLY WILL SHARE THE VISION THAT PRESIDENT SIDEDO AND FOR US, UH, FOR THAT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, GENERAL ASSEMBLY STARTED LAST WEEK ON JANUARY 14TH, SIGNING DIE, OR THE LAST DAY IS MARCH 14TH.
SO, MARIE GRANT IS, UH, OUR, OUR POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SO SHE'S REALLY BUSY, BUSY RIGHT NOW.
UH, OVER 1600 BILLS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED THE MORNING, UH, FRIDAY MORNING, AND YOU STILL HAD FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUBMIT BILLS.
UM, SO A, A A PRETTY BIG LIFT THIS YEAR, UH, FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
UH, NEW GOVERNOR HAS TAKEN OFFICE.
UH, THE INAUGURATION OF THAT WAS THIS WEEKEND.
SO, UM, GOVERNOR SPAN BERGER GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PUSH FORTH SOME OF HER INITIATIVES, BUT AGAIN, SHE HAS TO ACCEPT GOVERNOR YOUNGIN'S BUDGET TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THAT.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF WORK, UH, GOING ON PRESENTLY AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT DAY IS, UH, GONNA BE ON FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE OMNI RICHMOND HOTEL.
SO MISS GRANT'S IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, VERIFYING OUR DELEGATES AND SENATORS AND WHAT TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO GO TO THE CAPITOL TO SEE THEM AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
I'VE ALSO ASKED HER ON THE, ON FEBRUARY 2ND, OUR WORKSHOP, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING FOIA AND KOYA, BUT I'VE ALSO ASKED HER TO GET, JUST GIVE A BRIEF LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT STARTED TO CALL AND ASK QUESTIONS TOO, UM, ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND DIFFERENT BILLS THEY'VE INTRODUCED.
SO WE, WE TAKE THOSE ON A ONE, ONE OFF TYPE, UH, BASIS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THERE, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO, TO MARIE OR ME, AND WE CAN, WE CAN
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WORK THAT THROUGH.UM, COUPLE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT DATES FOR THIS SESSION.
THAT'S, THAT'S CALLED BUDGET SUNDAY.
SO THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS, THE SENATE FINANCE, AS WELL AS THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, IT'S THEIR, THEIR LAST SUNDAY TO, TO REPORT THEIR RESPECTIVE BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, APPROPRIATIONS SENTENCE FINANCE AND, AND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS.
UH, SO THE NEXT BIG DATE IS JUST A FEW DAYS LATER THAT FOLLOWING THURSDAY THE 26TH, THAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR EACH CHAMBER TO, UM, ACT ON ITS RESPECTIVE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE HOUSE WILL VOTE ON THEIRS AND THE SENATE WILL VOTE ON THEIRS.
UM, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH IS WHEN IT ALL KIND OF COMES TOGETHER AND, UH, YOU END UP HAVING THE, THE HOUSE VOTE ON THE SENATE AND THE SENATE VOTE ON THE HOUSE SIDE.
AGAIN, ALL TRYING TO GET TO THAT WEEK OF, OF THAT LAST DAY, MARCH 14TH.
SO A A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE OVER THE NEXT, UM, FEW WEEKS.
UM, 20 FY 27 BUDGET, UH, BUDGETS WERE DUE FRIDAY, THIS PAST FRIDAY.
SO, UM, YOU, YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY OPERATION, THE FIVE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, 19 COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, 30 SOME, I SAY SOME 'CAUSE WE HAD A FEW MORE THIS YEAR OUTSIDE AGENCY REQUEST.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU JUST IN JUST A CURSORY REVIEW, ANN'S LOOKING AT IT, A LOT OF REQUESTS THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH WITH THAT WITH YOU ALL.
UM, LATER ON, UH, FEBRUARY 28TH IS THE LAST DATE THE SCHOOL HAS TO PRESENT ITS BUDGET.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTEN THE BUDGET CALENDAR.
Y'ALL ADOPTED THAT AT YOUR, AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
UH, BUT SHOULD BE, UH, WE, WE, ANN AND I WILL START DOING WHAT WE KIND OF CALL INTERNAL REVIEW WHERE EACH COUNTY DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER WILL COME IN AND KIND OF PRESENT THEIR BUDGET.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT OVER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FEBRUARY.
UM, SO IF WE'RE NOT AS ACCESSIBLE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE IN THE BUDGET MEETINGS, SO JUST FEEL FREE TO CALL US OR TEXT US.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN.
UM, I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER THE, UH, MOUNT LEVEL, UM, HISTORICAL MARKER THAT WE, WE WENT TO YESTERDAY.
I'M GONNA LET MS. EBER BONNER TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BUT I HAD A, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THAT YESTERDAY.
AND JUST A TREMENDOUS, WE WERE TRYING TO TALK EARLY AS A STAFF, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE THOUGHT WERE THERE.
I I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS AN OVERFLOW ROOM IN ADDITION TO THE
BUT WHAT A, A GREAT DAY OF UNITY.
AND I KNOW MR. DOOLEY AND I WERE WALKING TO THE CAR AFTERWARDS AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT MAKES DIM WHAT SO SPECIAL.
AND, AND I TELL YOU, UH, EVENTS LIKE THAT, KIND OF BRING IT TOGETHER, UH, FOR SOME OF US TOMORROW NIGHT.
JUST WANNA REMINDER, UH, FORT LEE'S HAVING A COMMUNITY RECEPTION WITH THE NEW GENERAL.
UH, SO THAT STARTS AT FIVE TOMORROW, I THINK RUNS TO ABOUT 8, 7 38 O'CLOCK.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S TAKING PLACE TOMORROW.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE, IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE SEEN ANY OF SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, NOT SO MUCH IN THE NEWS, BUT IT'S CALLED THE MONKS WALK.
AND SO THE, THE WALK FOR PEACE IS A, A LONG DISTANCE PILGRIMAGE THAT'S, UH, INITIATED BY BUDDHIST MONKS OUT OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
UH, AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS JUST TO PROMOTE PEACE, UH, COMPASSION AND NONVIOLENCE.
AND THE WALK BEGAN ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2025, AND IS PLANNED TO, TO SPAN APPROXIMATELY 2,300 MILES.
UM, IT GONNA CONCLUDE IN WASHINGTON DC SO TEXAS OUT TO FLORIDA, STRAIGHT UP THE EAST COAST TO WASHINGTON, DC UH, THE MONKS WILL BE WALKING, UH, THROUGH US ROUTE ONE, UH, AS THEY THROUGH DIM WITTY COUNTY.
SO THEY'LL GO MECKLENBURG BRUNSWICK TO DIM WITTY PETERSBURG COLONIAL HEIGHTS, AGAIN, FOLLOWING THAT ROUTE ONE KIND OF CORRIDOR.
UM, I THINK THERE'S 19, IS IT 19 MONKS THAT ARE PART OF THE, THE, THE GROUP.
HE'S KIND OF BECOME A SYMBOL OF THE, THE WHOLE ACA OF THE WHOLE JOURNEY THERE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND PAUL JUST MENTIONED THE INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT'S COMING FROM THE SOUTH.
SO WE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IMPACTS US, THAT THERE, AND LAST ESTIMATE I SAW IS THEY WANT IT TO BE IN RICHMOND THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, UH, WHICH IS THE SAME TIME WE'RE GONNA BE IN RICHMOND.
SO YOU, YOU MIGHT GET THAT TO, I JUST WANNA PUBLICLY THINK THE, THE, THE PEOPLE IN DIM COUNTY, OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK HAS REALLY
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BACKED THIS WALK IN A BIG WAY.A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY MAY EVEN BE SPENDING THE NIGHT IN DENWOODY DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF DAY THEY COME THROUGH.
I THINK THERE'S A COORDINATION MEETING THIS WEEK TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT ON THE COUNTY SIDE AS WELL AS ON THE VOLUNTEER SIDE.
UH, TALKED ABOUT THE, THE SNOWSTORM, UM, POTENTIAL FOR THIS, THIS WEEKEND.
THE WORD HISTORIC HAS BEEN USED A COUPLE TIMES.
UH, WHEN YOU START REFERRING TO A SNOWSTORM IN THE 1940S IN WHICH 20 SOME INCHES HIT RICHMOND, THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS POTENTIALLY COULD BE THAT TYPE OF STORM.
UM, JUST BEFORE WALKING IN HERE AND, AND MS. EBRA BONNER AND I TALKING VDOT, UH, AARON HAD SENT ME A TEXT THAT THEY'RE PREPARING FOR DENWOODY 23 INCHES.
AND, UM, DOMINION ENERGY IS LOOKING AT 18 TO 20 SOME INCHES.
SO IT COULD BE A, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT.
REASON, TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE TODAY IS WE, WE KIND OF URGE OUR CITIZENS NOW TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT THE WEATHER IS SAYING, SO THAT IF YOU NEED TO TAKE SOME PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, NOW IS THE TIME TO, TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE LIVE IN AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF LIVESTOCK AND A LOT OF ANIMALS.
UM, SO HOW YOU, HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, AT AND WHEN THAT TYPE OF SNOW.
AND THE OTHER KIND OF ALARMING THING IS, IT IS NOT A ONE OR TWO DAY EVENT BECAUSE THE WEATHER AFTER THAT IS STILL EXTREMELY COLD.
UM, SO JUST, AGAIN, I WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS FOR THAT TO THINK OF THAT THROUGH.
UH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, SAY THE LAST, THE BEST FOR LAST.
UM, THERE ARE TWO PROFESSIONAL, UM, DESIGNATIONS GRANTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS, IIMC, UH, THE CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION, WHICH IS CALLED CMC AND THE MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION.
UH, THE MORE ADVANCED OF THE TWO IS THE MMC.
UH, THAT PROGRAM, UH, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ADVANCE THE CONTINUED EDUCATION, UM, AND PREPARE PARTICIPANTS TO REALLY DO COMPLEX TYPE OF CLERK DUTIES.
UM, THE PROGRAM HAS, YOU REALLY STOP AND LOOK AT, IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY RIGOROUS, UM, NOT SOMETHING EASILY ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, AND THE APPLICANT OF THE MMC HAS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'VE ACTIVELY PURSUED THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT MORE THAN THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THE PROFESSIONAL, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF IT TOO.
UH, SO I SAY THAT TO SAY OUR VERY CLERK, MS. BROWN, COMPLETED HER MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATION IN JANUARY OF 2024.
SO JUST TWO YEARS AGO, SHE, SHE GOT THAT FIRST CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK, WHICH SHE MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK, PRETTY CLOSE.
BUT NOW, THIS PAST NOVEMBER HAS, UH, COMPLETED THE, THE MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATION, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS JUST PHENOMENAL.
SO KAISHA CAME TO US FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, WITHOUT THESE CERTIFICATIONS.
AND JUST A FIVE YEAR PERIOD HAS NOT ONLY GOTTEN THAT CMC, BUT NOW THE, THE MMC.
UM, SO WHAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE REMARKABLE THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE TOWNS, ALL THE CITIES, ALL THE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA, UM, WHICH I, I WAS TRYING TO DO THE MATH OF THAT EARLIER.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS, ONLY 39 CLERKS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAVE RECEIVED THEIR MASTER CERTIFICATION.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT REGION NINE, WHICH SPANS THE GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, HENRICO TAKES IN ALL THE WAY DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE RICHMOND MSA, BUT IT GOES FURTHER THAN THAT.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GREENSVILLE COUNTY.
UH, KAISHA IS THE ONLY, UH, MMC IN THAT WHOLE REGION NINE.
SO, UM, AND IS THE FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY TO EVER GET THAT DESIGNATION.
SO I, I WAS TELLING MS. GRANT EARLIER, WE THAT'S WONDERFUL.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A, A PRESS RELEASE.
THAT PRESS RELEASE WILL GO OUT LATER THIS WEEK, UM, ON THAT HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, THAT SHE'S THE FIRST IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY TO EVER REACH THAT TYPE OF MILESTONE.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT WILL GO OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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KAISHA.AND LOOK FIVE YEARS IN, WHAT A TREMENDOUS CAREER AHEAD OF YOU.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GOOD STUFF.
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WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.UM, MR. LEE, I'M GONNA START WITH YOU TODAY.
HOW ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.
UM, FIRST THING, UM, WANT TO COMMENT ON, UM, KEVIN'S TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND I FEEL PRETTY GOOD WITH VIRGINIA TECH, UM, DOING IT.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT THAT I, I I'LL LOOK FOR, UM, AND HOPE I DON'T SEE IT IN ANY OF THE THINGS.
AND I GUESS IT WAS ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS OR SOMETHING.
UM, ONE OF THE, I THINK IT WAS THE BERKELEY GROUP THAT TALKED ABOUT ALL THE UNDEVELOPED LAND MM-HMM
WELL, THAT CORN FIELD OR SOYBEAN FIELD IN ITY IS NOT UNDERDEVELOPED.
IT'S BEING VERY WELL DEVELOPED AS A CORN FIELD.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OR A SOYBEAN FIELD.
SO WE NEED TO GET THAT MENTALITY OUT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN AND GROW WHERE WE NEED TO GROW AND STAY RURAL WHERE WE NEED TO, TO STAY RURAL.
AND I GUESS I'LL GET OFF MY LITTLE SOAP BOX WITH THAT, BUT, UH, BUT ANYWAY, AND THEN WITH THE, WELL, I'LL JUMP BACK UP ON ANOTHER, UM, SOAP BOX.
AND IF YOU SEE A COW IN THE FIELD WITH SNOW ON HIS BACK, THAT MEANS HE IS WARM 'CAUSE HE GOT MELTED THE SNOW.
SO, UM, MOST FARMERS ARE PROBABLY GETTING READY.
ONE OF MY BIGGEST MISTAKES FARMING WAS HUNTING THE LAST DAY OF HUNTING SEASON AND NOT PREPARING FOR A BIG SNOW STORM.
AND THEN I SPENT THREE DAYS FEEDING COWS, GETTING TRACTOR STUCK AND, AND JUST CREATING THE BIGGEST MESS YOU EVER SEEN.
SO I THINK MOST OF 'EM ARE HEATING THE WEATHER AND GETTING READY FOR, FOR, UM, THAT.
UM, I DO WANT TO, UM, CONGRATULATE COMMITTEE CHERYL ON HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL SHE DOES FOR THE BOARD.
UM, IT TAKES A LOT TO KEEP THIS BUNCH STRAIGHT
I KNOW YOU GOT A JOB WITH HIM, SO YOU JUST JEALOUS BY THE NAME
BUT, UH, I DO WANT PEOPLE TO, UH, LOOK OUT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS THIS WEEKEND AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKEN CARE OF, AMEN AND EVERYTHING.
I'M AT THAT AGE NOW WHERE I HOPE MY KIDS ARE GONNA LOOK AFTER ME SOME IN THIS LEVEL.
SO ANYWAY, BUT THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, LEMME START WITH KAISHA.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT CLERKS DO AND TO BE ABLE TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN THE MASTER SIDE, UM, AND ONLY BEING 30 SOME IN THE WHOLE STATE.
AND BY THE WAY, NONE IN DEITY COUNTY EVER DOING IT BEFORE.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR, UM, GOVERNOR THAT HAS LEFT OFFICE GOVERNOR YOUNGIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UM, WE ARE IN THE BEST FISCAL CONDITION THAT THIS STATE HAS BEEN IN IN A LONG TIME.
UM, AND IT COMES FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN CREATED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UH, IN THE STATE.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO HIM AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE, UH, DURING THOSE FOUR YEARS, UM, WE, MS. BONNER AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE LIMOUSINE, UH, FOR OUR BANQUET, UM, AND WHICH WERE AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT, UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY EVENING.
WE HAD A GOOD, GOOD EVENING WITH, WITH THOSE, UM, GREAT MIX BETWEEN YOUNG AND I'M GONNA SAY OLDER.
UM, WE'RE IN THE ROOM, UM, AND I JUST MADE A STATEMENT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
AND, UH, A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS BEEN PUT INTO NAMA, AMAZON AND THROUGH THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER THE MANY, MANY YEARS THAT THAT, UM, UNIT HAS BEEN THERE.
AND, UM, SO WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THEY DO IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY.
UM, WE'LL BE GOING TO THE FORT LEE, THE, THE COMMUNITY SESSION TOMORROW EVENING.
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THE NEW GENERAL.
I KNOW SOME OF OURS HAD A TWO ON TWO WITH THEM, BUT I HAVE NOT MET THE GENERAL, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOMORROW EVENING.
WE, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH FORT LEE,
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UM, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT EITHER ARE ACTIVE DUTY AND OR RETIRED AS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE DIM, WITTY COMMUNITY AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH OUR PARTNERS AT FORT LEE.UM, THE, UH, KEVIN TALKED ABOUT THE MONKS THAT WILL BE COMING THROUGH DIM, WITTY COUNTY.
ONE OF THOSE STOPS WILL BE AT WEST END BAPTIST CHURCH, UH, AT OUR PAVILION.
UM, TALKED TO MS. PITTMAN, WE'VE LINED THAT UP FOR THEM TO BE STOPPING THERE AS ALONG THEIR TRAVELS THROUGH THE COUNTY.
SO DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME THAT WILL BE OR WHAT DAY THAT WILL BE, BUT, BUT THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE STOPS THAT THEY WILL MAKE.
UM, AND I WILL, UH, END WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, BE PREPARED.
I WAS A BOY SCOUT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE WEATHERMAN STARTS TALKING A WEEK OUT, I PICKED UP ON IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, UH, WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND.
HE SAID, WELL, WATCH OUT FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
AND MY FRIENDS AT CHANNEL SIX WERE THE ONES I WAS LOOKING AT.
UM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU A STORY.
MANY YEARS AGO I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS AND I ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT IF IT SNOWED IN MEMPHIS, IT WAS GOING TO SNOW IN VIRGINIA BECAUSE THE COLD AIR WAS FAR ENOUGH SOUTH THAT IT WAS GONNA COME HERE.
SO I ALWAYS CALLED MY FAMILY WHEN IT WAS SNOWING IN MEMPHIS, AND IT EVENTUALLY SNOWED IN VIRGINIA WHERE THEY'RE CALLING FOR 13 TO 15 INCHES IN MEMPHIS ON FRIDAY.
SO I GOT A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO GET, GET SOMETHING COMING OUR WAY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, REMEMBER WE TALK ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER.
DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN TO BE READY.
UM, BUT REMEMBER THAT NEIGHBOR THAT MIGHT BE NEXT DOOR OR ACROSS THE STREET, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, UH, STAY IN TOUCH IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
COMMUNICATION GOES A LONG WAY AND BE THINKING ABOUT OUR EMS PEOPLE, OUR FIRE, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND THOSE THAT ARE VDOT WORKERS THAT MAINTAIN THE ROADS IN IN VIRGINIA.
GIVE 'EM A CHANCE TO GET THE ROADS CLEAR, GET OUT OF THE WAY.
IN OTHER WORDS, TO STAY OFF THE ROADS AND GIVE THEM TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB.
UM, AND WITH THAT, MS. BONNER, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR.
WELL, I JUST ECHO WHAT MR. LEE AND MR. MARK MORRIS SAID, AND KAISHA, YOU ALWAYS MAKE US FEEL IMPORTANT.
ANYTHING THAT WE EVER ASK HER TO DO, UH, SHE'S RIGHT THERE TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK MARIE TOO FOR WHAT SHE DOES FOR THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
I'VE HAD SOME GREAT REMARKS FROM PEOPLE THAT'S INVOLVED IN IT.
THEY LIKED LAST WEEK WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THE WHOLE STAFF, UH, JUST THANK YOU.
UH, I'M GONNA GET TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH MS. BONNER TAKING THE, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TRAINING.
I THINK WE'RE WILL BE THE FIRST ONES IN THE COUNTY THAT'S, UH, GONNA DO IT.
BUT ANYWAY, I, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING GET TO MEET, UH, IN THIS TRAINING AND TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S TAKING IT, YOU KNOW? SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UH, I'M SUPPOSED TO LEAVE FR SATURDAY FOR VACATION, SO I HOPE I DON'T GET SNOWED IN HERE, SO I CAN'T GET SOUTH.
BUT, UH, TALKING ABOUT MS. SDO, IS SHE, UH, SHE'S, IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE'S DONE FOR THE COLLEGE MM-HMM
HOW MANY, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF RIVING CUTTINGS.
I DON'T, I THINK ABOUT FOUR SINCE SHE'S BEEN THERE.
UH, IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, SO SHE'S, SHE'S REALLY PUT FORTH A LOT OF EFFORT AND HER HUSBAND, UH, PLAYED GOLF WITH HIM.
AND I THINK HE'S THE ONE THAT, UH, IS PUSHING HER TO GO HOME.
UH, SHE'S WILLING TO STAY ANOTHER WHATEVER, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, BUT SHE, UH, BUT HE WANTS TO GET BACK TO HIS GRANDKIDS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND, UH, AND WE HAVE A LADY HERE TONIGHT KNOWS HOW THAT IS TO HAVE GRANDKIDS MM-HMM
THAT YOU PUT FORTH THEM FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, UM, I'VE ENJOYED, UH, BEING WITH, UH, WITH HER AND HER, HER HUSBAND.
SO I'M LOOKING, I HOPE THEY HAVE A GREAT FUTURE.
OKAY, MR. DOOLEY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
I ENJOYED, UH, YESTERDAY'S EVENT.
UM, WHAT, WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, UM, AS WE SEE, AGAIN, JUST SO MUCH NEGATIVITY IN, IN OUR WORLD AND ON THE NEWS AND THE MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA ESPECIALLY, TO BE REMINDED OF, OF WHAT DR. KING TALKED ABOUT IN THOSE UNITY.
AND, UH, AS I WAS LEAVING YESTERDAY, THE EVENT, I WAS TALKING TO THE PASTOR THAT DID THE, UH, THE
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SPEECH OF, OF DR. KING, AND, AND AS WE WERE TALKING, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW IF, IF YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF, YOU TALK ABOUT THE TWO COMMANDMENTS THAT, THAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT, TO LOVE YOUR LORD GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, AND MIND.AND THE SECOND TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
EVERYTHING ELSE JUST KIND OF FALLS IN PLACE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO HATE SOMEBODY YOU LOVE.
AND SO, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO UNKNOWN AND INTO THE, UH, THE STORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF YOU, IF YOU JUST LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, THINGS KIND OF, KIND OF FALL INTO PLACE.
UM, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE.
THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WAS THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND ALMOST GETTING RUN OVER AT LEAST ONCE THAT I OBSERVED.
APPRECIATE Y'ALL STEPPING IN, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY THERE WAS SAFE.
'CAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND AND, AND JUST ENJOYING THE EVENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
UH, PRAYERS TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND AND WORKERS THIS WEEKEND IS DAY DON'T GET THE OPTION TO STAY HOME, UH, WHEN, WHEN EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE NEEDED.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
UM, UM, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY AGAIN.
AND, UM, UH, I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS YOUR 2026, UH, CHAIR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME SERVING AS CHAIR, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M JUST, UM, I'M EXCITED AND HONORED TO LEAD THE BOARD.
UM, BACK, I, I DID THIS, THE FIRST TIME I DID IT WAS IN 26 JANUARY, 2016.
AS CHAIR, MY GOAL IS TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON VETERANS ISSUES, PARTICULARLY MENTAL HEALTH AND ACCESS TO, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
AND MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I RETIRED FROM CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL, WHERE I WORKED FOR MANY YEARS, ABOUT 35 YEARS OR SIX MONTHS, UH, ON THE, ON THE FORENSIC UNIT.
AND MENTAL HEALTH IS NEAR AND DEAR IN MY HEART, AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS OFTEN, OFTEN TOO OVERLOOKED, UM, IN SOCIETY.
I THINK I DID READ SOMEWHERE THAT AT FIRST THEY WERE GONNA CUT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BUT, UM, I THINK IT WAS, UH, ONLY A DAY AND THEY PUT IT BACK.
THEY PUT IT BACK, THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO APPROPRIATE MORE MONEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
IN 2026, I INTEND TO WORK TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS AMONG VETERANS AND ALL DI WITTY RESIDENTS.
UH, YESTERDAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING AN EVENT AT MOUNTAIN LEVEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
UM, AND IT TALKED ABOUT, UH, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING.
UM, IN MARCH OF 1962, HE VISITED, UM, THE MOUNTAIN LEVEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
UM, THE EVENT WAS WELL ATTENDED, UM, I GUESS IS, I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN ABOUT 300 PEOPLE THERE.
AND IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOMENT IN OUR COUNTY'S HISTORY AND OF, OF DR.
THANKFULLY, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENT WAS HELD INSIDE THE CHURCH 'CAUSE IT WAS COLD YESTERDAY.
BUT, UM, THE WARMTH INSIDE THE SANCTUARY WAS UNMISTAKABLE.
ATTENDEES HEARD POWERFUL INSPIRED REMARKS FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, I VERY OWN KEVIN, UM, MASSENGILL.
HE, UM, HE SPOKE AND, UM, TOLD A COUPLE JOKES.
HE, HE HAS A JOKE OR TWO IN THERE.
UM, SOME I'VE NEVER HEARD, BUT PEOPLE JUST REALLY ENJOY THAT.
HE IS THE PASTOR OF, UM, MOUNT LEVEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND THE HONORABLE JENNIFER MCCULLEN CONGRESSWOMAN REPRESENTS, UH, VIRGINIA'S FOURTH DISTRICT.
UM, SHE SPOKE AS WELL, UH, AND THE THEME WAS ABOUT UNITY.
HE'S THE PASTOR OF ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
AND HE BLESSED US WITH, UM, UH, ABOUT A READING OF DR.
HIS, UH, HIS DELIVERY WAS, UH, PERFECT AND SERVED AS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE ENDURING MESSAGE OF HOPE, UNITY, AND THE, AND THE PURPOSE THAT CONTINUES TO CALL US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
UM, AND ALSO ON YESTERDAY WE GOT A, UM, A NOTE ABOUT, UH, DI MOURNS, THE PASSING OF DR.
GLADYS MAE WEST, A NATIVE DAUGHTER WHOSE BRILLIANCE AND DETERMINATION CHANGED THE WORLD.
SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED ON A FARM IN DENWITTY COUNTY.
DR. WEST UNDERSTOOD AT AN EARLY AGE THAT EDUCATION WAS HER PATH FORWARD.
UM, THAT DETERMINATION LED HER TO EARN HER BACHELOR'S AND MASTER DEGREES FROM VIRGINIA STATE, UM, COLLEGE NOW UNIVERSITY, AND LATER A PA PHD IN MATHEMATICS.
HER GROUNDBREAKING WORK AND IN MATH MODELING OF THE EARTH HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATION
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FOR SATELLITE, UM, GEO SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOW INCORPORATED IN THE GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEM.GPS, WHICH WE ALL KNOW, WE ALL USE THAT ALL THE TIME MM-HMM
AND, UM, SOMETIMES IT, WE DO GET LOST ON IT, BUT IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE THE GPS AND RECOGNITION OF HER EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
DR. WEST WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HALL OF FAME IN 2018.
ONE OF THE AIR FORCE SPACE COMMANDS HIGHEST HONORS LOCALLY, THE DEN WITTY COUNTY.
BOTH HER SUPER SUPERVISORS PROUDLY PRESENTED DR. WEST WITH A RESOLUTION ON MARCH THE 19TH.
AND THAT WAS IN 2019, RECOGNIZING HER REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND GLOBAL IMPACT.
GLADYS WEST'S LIFE IS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT TALENT, PERSEVERANCE, AND EDUCATION CAN TRANSCEND CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN INSPIRE GENERATIONS.
DEWEY COUNTY IS FOREVER PROUD TO CALL HER ONE OF OUR OWN.
WE EXTEND, WE EXTEND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ALL WHO WERE INSPIRED BY HER LEGACY.
AND, UM, SHE DID COME AND VISIT US AND, UM, WE, WHEN WE FOUND OUT SHE WAS FROM DEN WITTY, EVERYBODY WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, UH, IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED IN, IN HER, UM, LIFETIME.
SO WE WANT TO DEFINITELY, UM, UH, SEND CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY.
AND, UM, ALSO, UM, DR. MOORE TALKED ABOUT INE FIRE THAT WE, UM, ATTEND.
THEY HAVE THEIR, UM, THEIR CHRISTMAS ORGAN ORGANIZATION OR GET TOGETHER ALWAYS IN JANUARY BECAUSE THEY SAID THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, SO THEY LIKE TO HAVE THEIRS.
IT WAS A, A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS A LOT OF SEASONED PEOPLE.
AND THEY ALWAYS GIVE OUT AWARDS AND TALK, UM, ABOUT, UM, ALL THE, THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
AND, UM, AND THEY HAVE SOME YOUNGER ONES AND SOME CHILDREN WAS THERE THIS TIME.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN CHILDREN.
SO, UM, THE FAMILIES ARE GROWING THERE IN INE.
SO WE, UM, WE TRY TO GO, UM, EACH TIME.
THEY SENT US AN INVITATION IN JANUARY.
SO THAT WAS, UM, AGAIN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT KAISHA, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING HER CERTIFICATIONS AND EVERYTHING AND, UM, IT IS A VERY, VERY BIG DEAL KAISHA TO, UM, TO, UH, GET THOSE AWARDS AND MOVE UP AND, AND, UM, ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK TO STUDY AND GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
SO, UM, BUT NOW, UM, YOU CAN JUST TELL EVERYBODY I'M THE NUMBER ONE PERSON AROUND HERE AND THEN WITTY, AND WE ARE ON THE MAP
SO AGAIN, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND I DO WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING INTO 2026 AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, I'VE GOTTEN TO THE PLACE, I SEE WHY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY WATCH TV AS MUCH.
YOU KNOW, YOU, WHEN YOU TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, I DON'T WATCH TV.
I SAID, WHY NOT? I JUST DON'T WATCH TV.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AND I LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN THE WORLD, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ENOUGH TO REALLY MAKE YOU, UM, NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE, UM, JUST SOMEONE SENT ME SOMETHING IN PETERSBURG, I, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THE, UM, THE ISIS PEOPLE THERE TRAVELING, THEY WERE IN, THEY WERE IN IN PETERSBURG.
AND, UM, SOMEONE SENT ME, THEY, THEY WERE THERE AND, UM, TRYING TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THERE.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I CLARIFY THIS, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD BAD PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP HAVING BAD PEOPLE, UM, THAT DON'T DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT IT IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN OR YOUR LANGUAGE BARRIER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN I WORKED AT CENTRAL STATE, I WORKED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD A LOT OF ISSUES AND THEY WERE NOT THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE.
AND, BUT I DO AGREE, IF WE FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, YES, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, THAT'S NEVER GONNA CHANGE.
BUT, UM, IT'S A WAY TO DO EVERYTHING.
IT'S US TO BE, IT'S A WAY TO BE, UM, SHOW DIGNITY AND NOT HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT IN THE STREET AND UNDERWEAR AND NO CLOTHES ON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO YOUR JOB, BUT MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING THINGS AND, UM, AND DIGNITY AND TRYING TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.BECAUSE AFTER THAT PERSON WAS, UM, WHEN HE WAS TAKEN TO THE COURTHOUSE, THEN HE WAS LET GO, BUT HE WAS LET GO IN UNDERWEAR AND NO SHOES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, IF YOU ASK SOMEBODY IN ADVANCE, MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT I WANNA, I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY AND PRAY FOR OUR PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BE HERE, THAT WE DO GET THOSE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW A LITTLE DIGNITY AND RESPECT FOR THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE AS WELL.
BECAUSE, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK OUT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, THERE MAY BE, UM, SOMEONE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR.
AND I JUST WANNA KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH AND, AND, AND PEOPLE, BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE THING I DO KNOW AND THAT GOD NEVER MAKES MISTAKES AND HE MADE US THE WAY HE WANTS TO MAKE US.
WE CAN'T GO IN AND CHANGE, BUT YOU ARE GONNA BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF YOU DON'T DO THE RIGHT THING.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY AS WELL.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE SNOW IS COMING.
I'M GOING DEBRIEF FROM THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE SNOW IS COMING, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, AS A BOARD MEMBER SAID TO LOOK OUT FOR PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS WHO LIVE BY THEMSELVES, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, TO CHECK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FIRES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOST EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, BUT HAVING THINGS ON THE STOVE OR WHATEVER.
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF LOOK OUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND, UH, AND HELP THEM IF NECESSARY.
AND THAT INCLUDES VETERANS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF HOMELESS VETERANS THAT ARE OUT HERE.
SO, AND I THINK, UM, THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.
GET SOME CAT FOOD FOR YOUR KID.
JUST MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE IF HE RUNS OUT, HE'S NOT GONNA BE HAPPY WITH YOU.
UH, UH, NO, WE MAY HAVE TO GIVE HIM SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT ANYWAY, THANKS FOR MENTIONING.
UM, SEE, I DIDN'T HAVE A, I DIDN'T HAVE A ANIMAL STORY TODAY.
NEXT TIME I'LL TRY TO FIND, WELL, I DON'T HAVE ONE THIS TIME.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME,
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
THE BOARD WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE, PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, JIM AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, DIMITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DIMITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, DIMITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BACKSTOP SHOOTING AT NIGHT, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A THREE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY 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.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GO AND CLOSE PLEASE? SECOND.
AND WE WILL BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS, BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DIMITY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, DIY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DIMITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, DIMITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BACKSTOP SHOOTING AT NIGHT, 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 5.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A THREE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION
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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 NOVEMBER HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSED MEETING OR OF THE MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED, THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT PLEASE.
[12.A. FY 2026 Budget Amendments]
NOW WE WILL GO TO, UH, PUBLIC AMENDMENTS.MS. UM, HAMILTON, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FINANCE.
MADAM CHAIR, I THINK BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MEAT OF THAT MATTER, I'D LIKE TO GET THE THREE BOARD MEMBERS TO READ THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.
AT THE JANUARY 20, 20, 26 MEETING OF THE DENVER WITTY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I INTEND TO VOTE CONCERNING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS APPROPRIATED TO THE DIMITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DIMITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AFFECT MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DEITY COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY.
AND I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
AT THE JANUARY 20, 26 MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I INTEND TO VOTE CONCERNING THE 20, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026 BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WILL ADJUST HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR THE DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I'M EMPLOYED BY THE DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AFFECTS MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DEY COUNTY, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES OF DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY IN THE PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC INTEREST.
AT THE JANUARY 20TH, 2026 MEETING AT THE DEY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION AND VOTE CONCERNING THE FY 2026 BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WILL ADJUST HOW MUCH MONEY IS APPROPRIATED TO THE DENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DENWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
THE BUDGET AFFECTS MANY GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN DEWINE COUNTY, INCLUDING ALL SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY.
AND I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE, UH, MR. HARTON, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCE.
UM, IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE'VE FINISHED UP OUR AUDIT AND WE KNOW WHAT OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BALANCES ARE GONNA BE.
AND SO WE NEED TO TRUE UP OUR FY 26, UM, EXPENDITURE BUDGETS BASED ON THE CARRY FORWARD AMOUNTS FROM FY 25.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS TO THE FY 26 BUDGET THAT I'LL, I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER WITH YOU.
UM, THE REASON WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THE, THE TOTAL, UM, CHANGE IN OUR BUDGET IS MORE THAN 1% OF OUR ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND SO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THESE CHANGES.
UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, THE, UM, THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE SPENT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE BALANCES TRUED UP SO WE CAN SPEND THE FUNDS AS THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE IN THOSE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
UM, THAT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT, UM, DECREASES THE E SUMMONS EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, TO TRUE UP THE FY 25 BALANCE FOR, FOR THAT ACCOUNT.
THE THIRD AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES, UM, FUNDS FOR THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS FUND BUDGET AND THE SCHOOL GRANTS FUNDS BUDGET AS ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDS WERE, UM, APPROPRIATED, WERE APPROVED BY THE, THE GOVERNOR AFTER WE HAD APPROVED OUR BOARD, OUR BUDGET IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE NEED TO GET TRUED UP WITH WHAT THE STATE IS SENDING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UH, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IS A TRUE ABOVE THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS FUND YEAR END FUND BALANCE TRANSFERRED TO THIS, THE SCHOOL CAPITAL FUND WE HAD ORIGINALLY, UM, HAD 500,000 IN THAT TRANSFER FROM THE SCHOOL FUND TO THEIR CAPITAL FUND.
BUT AT, AT THE TRUE UPTIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS AN ADDITIONAL 221,000 TO BE CONSIDERED, UM, FOR TRANSFER TO THEIR CAPITAL FUND.
THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TRANSFERS, UH, ABOUT $22,000
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FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUND FOR AS A 50 50 MATCH OF A, UM, PHARMACY PRO, UH, DRUG PROJECT GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE.AND SO THAT, THAT $22,000 IS OUR MATCH TO THAT GRANT.
UM, THE SIXTH AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES $300,000 FROM THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO ADDRESS VARIOUS REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED, UH, TO ENSURE THE FUNCTIONALITY AND SAFETY IN OUR FACILITIES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR VISITORS.
UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE, WE APPROVED OUR BUDGET, UH, LAST MAY.
WE INCREASED THE BUDGET THIS YEAR ALREADY BY A GRANT THAT WAS, UM, GIVEN TO THE, TO THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OFFICE FROM THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA.
AND THE STATE COMPENSATION BOARD ALSO FUNDED AN ADDITIONAL POSITION IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
SO THE $76,000 THAT WE'VE AMENDED THE BUDGET SINCE MAY IS, IS ONLY CHANGED THAT'S BEEN MADE SO FAR BEFORE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.
AT THIS TIME THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.
IS ANYBODY SIGNED UP? MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MADAM CHAIR? JUST A COMMENT.
I WANNA THANK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UH, HAVING HAD A, A STUDENT THAT PLAYED TENNIS FOR FOUR YEARS, UH, KNOW THE, KNOW THE STATURE OF THE TENNIS COURT AND, AND THE PUBLIC USES THOSE TENNIS COURTS, UH, A LOT.
UM, JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, SUPPLEMENT THAT'S THERE AND HAVING PUT THREE KIDS THROUGH MIDWAY SCHOOL AND A FIFTH GRADE GRADUATION TO AUDITORIUM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT IN THE AUDITORIUM, SO, THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MA'AM? CHAIR? I MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
[12.B. Rezoning Case, P-25-14, 7512 Boydton Plank Road]
TO OUR REZONING CASE.UM, THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED BY, UH, MARK BASSETT PLANNING AND ZONING.
MR. MASSING, HOW ARE YOU? AS YOU INDICATED, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST BY, UH, THE WCH FAMILY, UH, REQUESTING TO REZONE THEIR EXISTING PROPERTY WITH THE EXISTING DWELLING ON IT.
UM, I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS VIEW FROM BOYTON PLANK ROAD INTO THE PROPERTY.
UM, OF COURSE THEY HAVE THEIR EXISTING HOME ON TWO ACRES AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REZONE IT TO RR ONE TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD A, UH, BIGGER ACCESSORY DWELLING, UH, ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, AS IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED, UM, THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO DO A BUILDING, AN ACCESSORY BUILDING THAT'S 50% OF THE SIZE OF THE EXISTING HOME.
THEY'D LIKE TO BUILD AN ACCESSORY BUILDING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THAT.
UM, SO, UH, MR. CULBERTH, UH, TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT THAT, UM, WHEN THEY WERE REQUESTING TO SUBMIT A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE ACCESSORY BUILDING AND RECOMMENDED THAT THEY CONSIDER REZONING TO THE RRR ONE ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, THERE'S A MIX OF ZONING SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY, UH, B TWO AND R ONE ZONING.
UM, JUST TO NOTE THEY DO, UH, I'LL GO BACK FROM THE SLIDE.
UH, THEY, THE PROPERTY TO THE REAR OF THEIRS, THEY DO ON THAT PARCEL AS WELL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A MIX OF ZONING AND USES SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THE, UM, THE CHURCH, UH, JUST TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE VACANT PARCELS AROUND IT.
UH, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THIS IS WITHIN OUR SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT DOES RECOMMEND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, FOR THIS AREA.
UM, SMALL ACREAGE LOTS AS WELL AS, UM, MEDIUM DENSITY
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LOTS WITHIN THAT SUBURBAN, SUBURBAN AREA.UH, WHEN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE REQUESTS, THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS RELATED TO IT.
UM, IT IS CONSIDERED A DOWN ZONING, UM, AND, UH, THE DENSITY OF HOUSING WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, INCREASE WITH THIS REQUEST.
AND THE RR ONE ZONING DISTRICT DOES REQUIRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF TWO ACRES AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS JUST OVER TWO ACRES.
SO IT FITS IN NICELY WITH THE, UH, ZONING CLASSIFICATION THAT'S REQUESTED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL IN THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USE CONFORMS TO THE UNDERLYING USES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS GENERAL AREA IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
AGAIN, THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AREA OF THE NORTHERN DINWOODY DEVELOPMENT AREA AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND, UH, THE REZONING TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE NOW, SUSAN, I HAVE QUESTIONS, MA'AM.
UM, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? DOES HE WISH TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
IT'S JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO BUILD A GARAGE.
THEY JUST RESTORE VEHICLES AND ATVS AND STUFF AND NEED SOMEWHERE TO DO IT.
SO THERE'S NO ACCESSORY BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY AT ALL RIGHT NOW.
AND MY ONLY THING, I GUESS, UM, AND WHILE THAT THIS EVER GETS TO BE A QUESTION OR NOT, UM, FOR MARK, I DON'T KNOW, UM, SO THIS IS A GROWTH CORRIDOR, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, RIGHT? ONE.
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S MIXED USES RIGHT NOW, BUT REALLY FROM THE RACETRACK NORTH IS WE WE'RE TRYING TO SEEK SOME DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND I, I'M, I DON'T, I GUESS THIS GENTLEMAN BOUGHT IT KNOWING THAT ON WEEKENDS AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT I, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR IN THIS MEETING THAT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WHAT HAPPENS BESIDE HIM.
UM, CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE, UM, OVER TIME IN THIS CORRIDOR.
SO I, MAYBE IT WASN'T A QUESTION BUT A COMMENT, SO, OKAY.
SO I'M GOING TO, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYTHING ELSE? BOARD MEMBERS? NO.
UM, BE IT RESOLVED THAT IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 2 2 8 6 8 7, IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THIS RESOLUTION, MY, I HOPE I'M RIGHT.
THAT'S IT IS TO INITIATE IT'S SO SMALL AND FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE AND GOODS ZONING PRACTICE.
I MOVE THAT REZONING P 25 14 AS PRESENTED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
[12.C. Conditional Use Permit Request Case C-25-7, 16011 Boydton Plank Road]
AND NEXT WE HAVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST.UH, UH, MARK BASSETT WILL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, THIS REQUEST IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THE SUMMER FIELDS ARE REQUESTING TO OPERATE AN EVENT FACILITY IN THE A TWO GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT.
THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS WHERE THE, YOU COULD SEE THE OLD BUTTERWORTH HOME.
UM, AND THERE'S OUTBUILDINGS AND A STORAGE SHED
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ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.CURRENTLY, UH, THE SURROUNDING LAND USES, OF COURSE, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, UM, A HUNDRED ACRES OF FARMLAND, UH, SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.
AND THERE ARE, UM, SOME SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, UH, NEARBY AS WELL.
UH, IF THEY'RE GRANTED, UH, THE USE TO ALLOW AN EVENT FACILITY, THE APPLICANTS ARE WANTING TO HAVE HOLD EVENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS BIRTHDAY PARTIES, REUNIONS, WEDDINGS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND, UH, THE EVENTS WOULD BE LIMITED TO FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 10:00 PM WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PROPERTY IS WI WITHIN THE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA, WHICH ALLOWS, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE A TWO ZONING DISTRICT DOES ALLOW FOR AN EVENT FACILITY UPON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GRANTING THE USE UNDER A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UH, WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS CASE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, THERE WAS REALLY NO MAJOR DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
UH, NOBODY HAD ANY, UH, REAL COMMENTS RELATED TO IT.
UM, AND VDOT DID NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED, UH, REZONING.
UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE ZONING USES AROUND IT, UH, WE FELT LIKE, UH, THE USE WAS APPROPRIATE, UH, THE EXISTING FACILITIES ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND GIVEN THE ACREAGE AVAILABLE FOR THE EVENT FACILITY IN RELATION TO THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND SURROUNDING ZONING PATTERN, THE PROPOSED USE IS APPROPRIATELY LOCATED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, WE DID GO OVER THE CONDITIONS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I CAN, UM, OUTLINE THOSE THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENING THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, CONDITION ONE LIMITS THE USES TO THE, UH, THE USE OF THE PROPERTY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USE AND AN EVENT FACILITY AND PROPERTY RENTAL FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, THE EVENT SPACE AND CAPACITY, THE EVENT FACILITY CONSISTS OF THE OUTDOOR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND INSIDE THE EXISTING DWELLING AND OTHER OUTBUILDINGS LOCATE ON THE PROPERTY.
NO MORE THAN 75 PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY ONE TIME DURING AN EVENT.
AND, UM, PARKING, THEY ADDRESSED PARKING.
ALL PARKING FOR THE EVENT FACILITY SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.
PARKING ON THE ADJOINING PROP PARCEL IS ALLOWED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER'S CONSENT, UH, DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE.
THE ENTRANCE, UH, COURSE TO THE EVENT FACILITY WOULD BE ON ROUTE ONE AND COMPLY WITH ALL VDOT ENTRANCE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
UH, SANITARY SEWER, UH, AND POTABLE WATER.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONFORM WITH ANY AND ALL, UH, DIMWIT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS, UH, RELATED, UH, TO THE SUBJECT USE SITE LIGHTING, ANY ADDITIONAL SITE LIGHTING RELATED TO THE EVENT FACILITY, UH, SHALL CAST DOWN AND INWARD TO THE SITE AND BE CONTAINED ONTO THE PROPERTY AND NOT CAST ONTO THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES.
UH, TIME OF OPERATION AGAIN WAS 10:00 AM THROUGH 10:00 PM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
AND AS WE HAVE WITH OTHER EVENT FACILITIES, UH, WE HAVE HAD, UM, SOME APPLICANTS AND PEOPLE OPERATING EVENT FACILITIES ASK ABOUT OUTDOOR CAMPING.
SO WE DID ADDRESS THAT IN THE CONDITIONS.
UH, SECURITY, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALWAYS LIKES US TO INCLUDE THAT.
UM, THAT IF THEY'RE PROVIDING ANY SERVICES THAT, UH, PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE, UH, DEITY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, SPECIAL EVENTS, THEY DO HAVE TO, IF THEY ARE HAVING EVENTS BEYOND WHAT'S ALLOWED UNDER THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT, UH, PORTION OF THE COUNTY CODE NOISE.
NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY EVENTS, UH, WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE, UH, COUNTY'S NOISE ORDINANCE.
AND THEN WE JUST HAVE OUR STANDARD COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LAWS, UM, FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL.
AND, UH, ANNUAL REVIEW WOULD TAKE PLACE BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE CUP REVOCATION IF THERE WOULD EVER NEED TO BE A NEED TO REVOKE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
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UH, AFTER REVIEWING THE CONDITIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID VOTE, UH, TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY WENT OVER AT THEIR MEETING.THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
UM, AND APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK GOOD EVENING.
KEVIN SUMMERFIELD, I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TO ADD OTHER THAN MY WIFE AND I ARE VERY EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY
ANY, ANY ISSUES WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS OR ANYTHING? NO MA'AM.
NO, THAT'S WHY I, I WENT UP YESTERDAY AND LOOKED AT IT.
YEAH, IT'S VERY, WE WE'RE READY TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, HELP HELP SOME PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, JUST HELP OURSELVES OF COURSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BETTER HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
MY WIFE IS LONG TIME RESIDENT FROM HERE, SO YEAH.
UM, GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM CHAIR.
HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP AND WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I THINK I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BASS AT THIS TIME, BUT WE'LL SEE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE, UM, GRANT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EVENTS.
UH, HOW MANY EVENTS IS THAT WITH THE CONDITION OF USE PERMIT OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR? IS THERE A NUMBER? THERE'S NOT A, UH, LIMITATION ON THE, BUT WOULD BE IT BE THE WEEKENDS, SATURDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, UM RIGHT.
AND THEN THE HOURS FROM 10, 10 TO 10, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO NOW IF THEY WERE GONNA DO A ACCESSORY, LIKE A TENT OR SOMETHING, UM, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET PERMITTING FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT WOULD TRIGGER A SECURITY IF THEY'VE GOT 75 PEOPLE IS THE MOST THEY CAN HAVE? DOES THAT TRIGGER SECURITY OR, OR WHEN WOULD IT, WHEN OR WHAT WOULD TRIGGER SECURITY? YEAH, FOR THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM AS THE BUSINESS OWNER IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO HAVE SECURITY FOR AN EVENT.
SO IT WOULD REALLY RUN THROUGH THEIR DISCRETION IF, IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO HAVE SECURITY OKAY.
OR AN INDIVIDUAL HOLDING AN EVENT THERE IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED SECURITY.
SO IT, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE REQUIRED OR TRIGGERED BY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THE EVENT.
UM, COULD I ASK THE APPLICANT A QUESTION? SURE.
WOULD Y'ALL U IN THE EVENT OF AN EVENT, UM, WOULD YOU USE AN OUTSIDE TENT AS A POSSIBILITY? I MEAN, HONESTLY I'D SAY IT'D BE A POSSIBILITY, BUT I, I SEE NECESSARY.
DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY IF IT NEED, YOU KNOW RIGHT.
TRY TO HELP SOMEONE OUT IF YOU COULD.
AND, UM, 'CAUSE I GUESS MY ONLY THING AND, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AND I I LIVE PRETTY CLOSE TO Y'ALL, UM, NUMBER 12 IS MY, UM, MY BIGGEST THING WITH ALL OF THESE AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS UM, COMPLY WITH THE LAWS, THE EVENT FACILITY SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE FED FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL CODES.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, I THINK THAT'S FINE.
UM, IT'S IN AN AREA THAT, UM, EVERYBODY KINDA GETS ALONG.
BUT I, I THINK AS LONG AS YOU DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA DO, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE MADAM CHAIR? MAY IT BE RESOLVED IN AN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15.2 DASH 22 A 86 A SEVEN.
IT IS STATED THAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS INITIATED IS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS, THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, GENERAL WELFARE, AND GOOD ZONING PRACTICE.
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PERMIT C DASH 25 DASH SEVEN AS PRESENTED TO BE APPROVED BY THE, WITH THE CONDITIONS BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE A, A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DEITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
AND WHO IS WE HAVE MR. MR BLA DAVID BLA TO BE REAPPOINTED.
I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT, UH, MR. BLA DAVID BLA UH, TO FROM 1 31 TO 2 30, 20 30.
[13.A. Appointments]
WE HAVE A NEED TO MAKE SOME APPOINTMENTS TO THE DEWIN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.I'D LIKE TO UH, APPOINT MIKE TAYLOR FOR A TERM TO BE FILLED AN UN EXPIRED TERM, UH, FILLING THE SPOT FOR THOMAS UH, TUCKER FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE.
UH, SECOND ROLL CALL DR. MOORE.
ALL VOTING? AYE MADAM CHAIR, UM, I'D LIKE TO UM, APPOINT UH, ANTHONY SIMMONS TO A TERM, UM, TO EXPIRE 1 31 20 30 TO THE PLANET COMMISSION.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT LARRY HARVILLE FROM A TERM FEBRUARY 28TH, 2030.
MADAM CHAIR HAD NO OTHER APPOINTMENTS FOR TONIGHT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN MADAM CHAIR? THERE WAS A, THE, THE COMMITTEE, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, AND I CAN, I CAN, I CAN GO OVER THAT REAL QUICKLY WITH YOU.
UM, THE, THE, THE COM THE, THE BOARD, THE, THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR THE BOARD TO SET UP A COMMITTEE AND I THINK THIS WAS MENTIONED A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, BY THE BOARD.
BUT, BUT THE, I THINK IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GET EVERYBODY EVERYBODY'S NAME, UM, IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
BUT, BUT IT IS TO THAT POINT, SO IT WOULD BE A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A DENWOODY FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BACKDROPS AND SHOOTING AT NIGHT.
UM, AND IT WOULD, WOULD APPOINT MEMBERS TO THAT, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND SO THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT I'VE PRESENTED TO YOU AND THAT I CAN GIVE TO ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTS A COPY OF IT.
BUT IT, IT, IT STATES THAT THE DEN WITTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BELIEVES IN THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. IT STATES THAT FIREARMS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO MANY OF CITIZENS OF WITTY HUGHES FIREARMS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, INCLUDING HUNTING, TARGET, SHOOTING, AND SELF-DEFENSE.
AND IT STATES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS RAISED CONCERNING RESPONSIBLE FIREARMS USE IN MULTIPLE SITUATIONS OF FIREARMS BEING DISCHARGED IN AN UNSAFE MANNER.
AND IT RESOLVES THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD APPOINT A FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BACKDROPS AND SHOOTING AT NIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE CHARGED WITH STUDYING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGARDING ORDINANCES, GOVERNING BACKDROPS FOR FIREARM SHOOTING AND SHOOTING AT NIGHT.
UM, AND THEN IT WOULD RESOLVE THAT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
MR. DANIEL D. LEE, CHAIRMAN SHERIFF DONALD ADAMS OR HIS DESIGNEE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY MAN TO MANN OR HER DESIGNEE, UH, MR. CASEY DOOLEY.
MR. RYAN SMITH IS THE DISTRICT ONE, UH, CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
MR. STEVE SCHMIDT IS THE DISTRICT TWO CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
MR. FOREST, STAN SENIOR IS THE DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND FAITH DRIGGERS IS THE DISTRICT FOUR CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN FINALLY, MR. CHUCK ALLEN IS THE DISTRICT FIVE CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
ALRIGHT, MADAM CHAIR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR MR. SOUTH, WHAT IS THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THIS COMMITTEE? SO IT WOULD BE WHEN THEY PRESENT A REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF
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YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM A TIMELINE ON THAT.I THINK THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A SIMILAR COMMITTEE, IT, I'M THINKING IT TOOK TWO TO FOUR MONTHS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEY GOT A REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THEREAFTER THEY DIDN'T MEET ANYMORE.
IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SET THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN STONE, WE COULD, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF FLEXIBLE THE WAY IT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THIS, UH, COMMITTEE AND THE PARTICIPANTS AS PRESENTED.
UM, NOW WE MOVE TO CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS TONIGHT.
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TO BOARD MEMBER MEMBERS COMMENTS.DR. MOORE, I STARTED JUST, JUST REMEMBER WE GOT SOME SNOW ON THE WAY.
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
I'M, AS LONG AS THEY'RE QUIET, I'M QUIET.
WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND UM, THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
SO CAN I GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVE SECOND.