* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON. [1. ROLL CALL] WELCOME TO THE BOARD MEETING OF APRIL 21ST, REGULAR MEETING AT THREE O'CLOCK. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE HAVE A NEED FOR ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. HERE. MR. LEE. HERE. MR. DOOLEY. DR. MOORE. HERE. MS. EBRA BONNER. HERE. FOUR BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, UM, WOULD YOU STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AFTERWARDS? THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. I, FATHER, FATHER JORDAN HEAVEN HALL, BE THY NAME. KINGDOM COME THAT I WILL 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 TRESPASSED AGAINST US. BELIEVE US NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER ON THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. I PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR HIS SANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL [4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA] AT THIS TIME. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, WE, WE DO HAVE ONE AMENDMENT. SO WE HAVE MICHAEL BROWN WITH RIVER STREET THAT WILL BE GIVING US A BROADBAND UPDATE. I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT UNDER REPORTS AND WE'LL MAKE THAT SIX B. SO SIX B, SIX B, MICHAEL BROWN RIVER STREET, AND NO OTHER AMENDMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, ANY FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? MADAM CHAIR? MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE AMENDED AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. [5. CONSENT AGENDA] AND UM, THE CONSENT AGENDA? YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? OKAY, MAY I TRY TO MAKE A MOTION? WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY, THANK YOU. [6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation] UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE REPORTS. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. OH, MR. AARON FRENCH IS HERE TODAY. HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN A WHILE. THANK YOU . AARON, DID YOU BEEN HIGH NIGHT ON US TO HANOVER FOR A WHILE? WE'RE VERY GLAD TO BE BACK. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE RESIDENCY IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SO THAT MAY . OKAY. TALKING WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM THIS AFTERNOON. DID GET AN UPDATE ON THE FERNDALE, UH, ROUNDABOUT. LOOKS LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION START DATE HAZARD POSTPONED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THE SUMMER, UM, RATHER THAN MAY START ON THAT PROJECT. UM, HOWEVER, I KEEP EVERYBODY CLOSER. CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. UH, RESURFACE THE CONTRACTS THROUGH OUT THE COUNTY ARE WELL UNDERWAY. UH, SURFACE TREATMENT IS DONE ON SECONDARY ROADS ARE SLURRY IS UNDERWAY AND THE PLANT MIX CONTRACTS, THE ASPHALT CONTRACTS HAVE NOT BEGUN YET, BUT THEY'RE COMING. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW LARGE MOBILIZATIONS OF BIG PROJECTS, UH, FROM A RESEARCHING STANDPOINT. UM, IN THE COUNTY THIS YEAR, I'M DOING SOME PATCHING ON ROUTE ONE. UM, THE APPROACHES ON THE BRIDGE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS BETWEEN NASH MILL ROAD, WE DID THE SOUTHBOUND, WE THE NORTHBOUND SIDE EARLIER THIS WEEK, PLANNING TO DO THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE. NEXT. WITH THAT BEING A ONE LANE BRIDGE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS TAKE TRAFFIC ALL ON SECONDARY ROAD. WE'RE GONNA SHIP SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC INTO INSIDE LANE OR GOING SIDE. SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE CONFUSING. MM-HMM . TRAFFIC SET UP. IT'LL BE ONE DAY I DEAL DO THAT SHOOT BEFORE WEDNESDAY AND NEXT WEEK WE PUT MESSAGE CORD OUT THERE TO PUBLIC ABOUT THAT. SO HOW, HOW DID THAT BRIDGE GET TO BE ONE ON ONE LANE BRIDGE? THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. , WE ALL HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. WE ALL SCRATCH OUR HEAD, BUT, UH, I DIGRESS. SO I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE. . I'M GONNA DO SOME RESEARCH AND I MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU AGAIN THAT OKAY. WELL IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FROM ALL THE WAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT DOWN, HOW MM-HMM . SO, YEAH, WE, UH, RECENTLY COMPLETED A TRASH PICKUP CYCLE ON THE INTERSTATES. UM, AS FROM A MOWING PERSPECTIVE, [00:05:01] UM, WE'RE GONNA HOLD OFF ON MOWING PROBABLY UNTIL MAY, AS DRY AS IT IS AND FROST THIS MORNING. UH, I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH IN THE WAYS OF GRASS GROWING ON THE ROADWAY. HOWEVER, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT ON OUR PROBLEM AREAS FROM PERSPECTIVE NEEDED. UM, ONLY EXCEPTION TO THE MOWING IS GONNA BE OUR INTERSTATE. UM, YES, WE'RE GONNA UP MOWING CHANGE, UH, MAINTENANCE CREWS PLAN TO BE DOING SOME SHOULDER CLIPPING ON ROUTE ONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WE ARE GETTING A ROUGH MARK COUNTY NEXT ON OUR SIXTH YEAR SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN FRONT. UM, IT IS TIME TO START THAT PROCESS IN THE COUNTY. SO I'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN ON. YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE PLAN. UM, JUST PUT ON, WE MOVE. SO THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR THE SIX YEAR PLAN THIS YEAR. THEY MAJOR CHANGE TO THE PLAN. UM, FUNDING ON OUR TFE SOURCE IS FLAT THROUGH PLAN, UM, AND FUNDING ON OUR UN FLAT THROUGH PLAN UNTIL THE LAST PLAN YEAR DOES DROP OFF A LITTLE. UM, WITH THESE BEING FORMULA, THESE ARE PROJECTED, UM, ALLOCATION AMOUNTS. SO THEY'RE PROJECTED LIKE SIX YEARS OUT. SO I THINK THEY'RE BEING A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE AND, AND DROPPING THAT FUNDING ALLOCATION IN LAST YEAR WHEN, UM, THAT IS LIKELY TO FLUCTUATE AS WE MOVE THROUGH SUBSEQUENT YEARS PLAN FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT. PROJECTS IN THE PLAN ARE THE QUAKER ROTARY ALIGNMENT PROJECT. WE HAVE THAT OATH CHARGES NOW. UM, WE COMPLETED A SURVEY ON THAT SITE LAST WEEK. I'M GONNA MOVE TO WORKING WITH CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT. UH, THE 6 64 REESE ROAD ROLL RUSTIC PROJECT IS TWO CHARGES AS WELL. SO THE CANARY HEADQUARTERS WILL BE BILLING THAT ROAD. UM, THERE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ON THAT ROAD. NEXT IN THE PLAN IS THE 7 0 9 SHIPPING ROAD ROLL RUSTIC. UM, THAT PROJECT, THAT IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN THE SUMMER OF 28. WE, IT'LL BE FULLY FUNDED. UM, WE'VE GOT 42,000 CARRY OVER WITH THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UH, 27 20 AS WELL. UM, AFTER THAT YOU HAVE THE SPAIN DRIVE ROLL ROCK STICK PROJECT, WHICH THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE PLAN FROM LAST YEAR IS THE PRIORITY OF THE SPAIN DRIVE PROJECT. UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS GOOSE POND ROAD WAS ORIGINALLY AFTER SHIPPINGS. I SWITCHED THOSE. SO SPAIN DRIVE WILL BE GETTING FUNDED, UM, IN YEARS 28 THROUGH 30 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DATE IN, UH, 2030, PROBABLY THE LATE SUMMER 2030. WE'LL GO THAT ROAD. AFTER THAT IT POND ROAD ROYAL RUSTING PROJECT, UM, FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT BEGINS AND THEN 2030 AND WRAPS UP IN 32. SO WE'RE LIKELY TO BUILD THAT ONE IN 2032. AFTER THAT IT IS MEMORIAL DRIVE. UM, WE'LL START FUNDING THAT PROJECT IN 32 AND IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE A COUPLE YEARS TO GET THAT PROJECT FUNDED. SO ALL OF OUR UNPAID ROADS IN THE COUNTY, ALL OF THAT FUNDING IS DEDICATED TO THE USE THE PLAN. SO NO OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD ANY NEW RURAL REAL ESTATE PROJECTS. UM, IN THIS PLAN CYCLE. ALL OF THE FUNDING, UH, THAT WE, THROUGH THIS PLAN CYCLE, I'VE GOT DEDICATED TO THE BALANCE ENTRY ACCOUNT. UM, MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS, JUST KEEP LETTING THIS APPROVED THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS AND SELECT THE PROJECT ONCE WE GET SIGNIFICANT APPROVAL LIKE WE DID TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE, UM, WITH THIS QUAKE ROTARY ON PROJECT AND THE TRANQUIL LAND PROJECT THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE? OKAY. UM, HOW AND WHAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, UM, WHILE YOU TAKE THIS LIST, AND THEN HOW MANY MORE, HOW MANY DIRT ROADS ARE LEFT IN BENWOOD COUNTY? AND YOU CAN BE A, IT CAN BE ROUND NUMBER, ROUND NUMBER, PROBABLY 10 OR SO. 10 15. OKAY. I KNOW WE'RE WITH 'EM DOWN IN, IN THE 14 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE, WE HAVE BEEN WHITTLING THEM DOWN SIDE. AND SO WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY BEGIN SEEING IN, IN THE NEXT DECADE OR SO WILL BE [00:10:01] AS WE LOWER THAT UNPAID INVENTORY, OUR ALLOCATIONS FOR THE UNPAID ROADS, WE'LL START TO KIND OF DWINDLE AS WELL. SO WE'LL BE GETTING LESS AND LESS BECAUSE THERE'S LESS POTENTIAL PROJECTS. UM, HOWEVER, ANY KIND OF, ANY CHANGE IN OUR UNPAVED ROADS THAT DON'T QUALIFY, WE CAN ADD NEW PROJECTS TO PLAN, ADD NEW QUALIFYING ROADWAYS IF THERE'S MORE CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROADS, ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA GENERATE, UM, ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL VOLUME, TRAFFIC VOLUME ON THOSE. THERE'S SOME ROADS THAT WILL BE AN UNPAVED PROBABLY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TRAFFIC VOLUME TO MEET THE NEED. HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD ASKED TO DO SO, THEY CAN'T USE HEALTHY FUNDING TO OUR SURFACES BECAUSE IT'S NOT . OKAY. UM, AND I GOT ONE MORE. UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT, UM, FOLKS GOING SOUTH ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE, THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT SOUTHBOUND, I MEAN THAT NORTHBOUND BRIDGE, IT'S A HOLE THERE. WHEN YOU COME OFF THAT BRIDGE THAT SENDS ME AND MY TRUCK INTO ORBIT. SO YOU PROBABLY NEED TO FIX THAT BEFORE YOU PUT 'EM ONE. I WAS HOPING MAYBE A STATE EMPLOYEE WOULD RIDE NOAH AT SOME POINT AND AND FEEL THAT, BUT THEY HAVE EVIDENTLY HAVE IT. SO I BELIEVE THEY MAY BE PATCHING THAT ONE IF IT HASN'T BEEN DONE. IT'S IN SCOPE FOR THIS WEEK. SO THE PLAN WAS TO DO THAT ONE FIRST BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS WORSE AND OKAY. GOOD. WE'RE DOING BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. ALRIGHT. OKAY. BILL, GO AHEAD. FORT EMERY, SHARON BAPTIST CALLED ME. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BRIDGE, ABOUT SOME RAILS BEING PUT UP THERE, YOU KNOW, AT NIGHT, PEOPLE LEAVING CHURCH AND ALL. HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT BRIDGE? I'VE SPOKEN TO KEVIN. YEAH, WE, WE PASSED IT ALONG COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BILL, THREE WEEKS AGO, MAYBE A MONTH. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. SO YOU, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS? I'VE GOT PICTURES THAT I CAN SEND TO YOU AGAIN. IT, IT MAY HAVE GOT MISSED IN THE, WHEN YOU GOT BACK, BUT, BUT THE BRIDGE IS LIKE ON A LITTLE CURVE, YOU KNOW, AT NIGHTTIME COMING FROM THEIR CHURCH. MM-HMM . IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. I MEAN, I RODE BY AND SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. SOME SIGN, YEAH, SOMETHING. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAY I OBJECT? THANK YOU, AARON, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT, UM, THERE TO BE SOME IMPACT ON THE STARTING OF THE ROUNDABOUT? ANYTHING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE? SO AT RIVER ROAD IT IS TIME OF YEAR RESTRICTION ON SOME OF THE TREE REMOVAL. WE'VE GOT TO DO THE TREE REMOVAL IN THE SPRING. SO WE MAY SEE SOME TREES COMING DOWN OUT THERE SOONER THAN GROUND IS ACTUALLY BROKEN. YEAH. IT MAY BE DURING MAY THEY GO OUT AND DO SOME CLEARING AND TO GET THE TREES OUT THEY NEED TO AND THEN MOBILIZE LATER. RIGHT. THEY JUST TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND WHEN THE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME KIND OF A DETOUR AND THAT TYPE OF THING. UM, SO JUST INDIVIDUALS STARTING TO ASK ME ABOUT IT. OKAY. UM, THROUGH THERE. AND I KNOW MS. BONNER TOUCHES MS. BONNER'S DISTRICT TOO, SO, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, SOME IMPACT. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. SO, BUT THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN EVEN HAVE, WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO ACTUALLY SOMETHING STARTING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, I MEAN CLOSURE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA FOR US TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE TOWN HALL SCENARIO THERE WITH VDOT KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS. MM-HMM . 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH. OKAY. SO MAYBE DOING A JOINT, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE IN, IN THE FALL. OKAY. I THINK IT'S GOOD CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. WE'VE GOT A, IN THE CONTRACT AND IN THE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT, IT'S A VERY WELL DEFINED SCHEDULE AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PROJECT, WHICH LENGTH THAT WE CLOSE AND WHEN AND FOR HOW LONG. SO ONCE WE GET A DEFINITE START DATE OF THAT, IT'LL BE PRETTY EASY TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER TIMELINE OF, FOR THESE FOUR WEEKS. THEY'LL HAVE THIS LANE CLOSED FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS. THEY'LL HAVE THIS LANE AND WE COULD MAYBE EVEN GET SOME DIAGRAMS THAT SHOW THAT TO SHOW REPUBLIC AS WELL. YEAH. I JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE RIGHT. INSTEAD OF WHEN IT HAPPENS. MADAM CHAIR, I, UH, MARIE GRANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH VDOT [00:15:01] IN REGARDS TO YOUR MARKETING EFFORTS OF, OF THE ROUNDABOUT, SPECIFICALLY THE NEWSLETTER THAT'S COMING OUT IN A COUPLE WEEKS. WE'LL HAVE, AGAIN, IN COLLABORATION WITH VDOT, UM, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT, WEBSITES OF WHERE TO GO TO AND TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO WE, WE DID PUT THAT IN THE NEWSLETTER, BUT I, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING CLOSER TO THE CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME. WE, WE CAN GET THAT SCHEDULED. OKAY. JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I NOTICED WE HAVE A LOT OF SIGNS, UM, IN THE AREA THAT THE GRASS HAS GROWN OVER THE SIGNS, SO YOU CAN'T HARDLY, UH, MAKE OUT WHAT THE, THE NUMBERS OR WHAT THE, UM, THE LETTERING. SO, UM, WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS YOU MIGHT SEE SIGNS WITH, WITH GRASS GROWING OVER THE SIGNS. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE, AND OF COURSE YOU ALREADY AN ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE OVERPASSES AND THE GRASS. UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU SAID MAY, BUT OTHER THAN THE OVERPASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT GROWS KIND OF FAST AND, AND IT'S JUST A SMALL CAR, YOU CAN'T SEE 'EM COMING, YOU KNOW, ON AND OFF, YOU KNOW, UM, IF SOME, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A SMALL CAR, YOU CAN'T SEE 'EM AND YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO KIND OF RUN INTO EACH OTHER WITH THAT. UM, AND I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, FUNDED MONEY AND WITH THE DIRT ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT NOW, AND I THINK WE, WE KIND OF MENTIONED THIS AT ONE TIME ABOUT PAPER STREETS. WOULD THAT BE, WOULD THAT QUALIFY TO GO INTO TRYING TO BUILD THOSE UP? SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE? PAPER STREET? NO, MA'AM. SO THE RURAL RUSTIC MONEY IS, IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE FOUR ROADS THAT ARE GRAVEL ROADS MORE OR LESS THAN IN HARD SURFACE. AND THEN THAT THIS MONEY, THE MONEY AS WELL CAN ONLY BE APPLIED TO ROADS THAT ARE ALREADY IN MAINTENANCE. SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SEPARATE LAND USE, UM, TREE UBSTANCE PROCESS BRINGING SYSTEM. YEAH. BUT, BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT COULD BE DONE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE LINE. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT THAT, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION. OKAY. I, OKAY. THANK MADAM MADAM CHAIR. UM, AARON, I DID GET A, I'M SENDING PICTURES TO YOU NOW. THIS IS WATERFORD LANDING SUBDIVISION, UM, ACTUAL SUBDIVISION STREETS THAT ARE KIND OF CRUMBLING ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD. I I'LL SEND YOU THE PICTURES TO 'EM. UM, AND THEN THE ACCESS ROAD THERE IS, I BELIEVE OXFORD LANE. MM-HMM . AND SO, UH, IT WAS REFERRED TO AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM OF OXFORD LANE WHERE IT BOTTOMS OUT WHERE THE TRANSMISSION LINES CROSS THAT THERE'S, UM, A LARGE POTHOLE THAT'S IN THAT LOCATION AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THAT. UM, SO I CAN GIVE YOU KIND OF LOCATION AND ALL THAT FOR THOSE THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. UM, I'VE GOT WATER FOR LANDING PROGRAM FOR FULL RESURFACING, I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR. SEE, WELL, I THINK WHAT QUESTIONED IT WAS A RESIDENT OF WATERFORD DROVE BY LAKE JORDAN AND SAW LAKE JORDAN'S ROADS GETTING DONE. SO THAT PROMPTED THE QUESTION OF HOW COME LAKE JORDAN GOT DONE BEFORE WATERFORD. SO LAKE JORDAN'S BEEN IN THE PLANT FOR TWO YEARS, RIGHT? OH MAN. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. ONE IS A SLURRY SEAL, IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT AND ONE'S GONNA BE A SURFACE TREATING SCENARIO. WHAT? PIERCE LAKE JORDAN IS MORE OF A SURFACE. SO LAKE JORDAN, WE DID WHAT'S CALLED A CAPE SEAL BECAUSE, UM, THAT ROAD HAD BEEN RESURFACING QUITE SOME TIME. RIGHT. CAPE SEAL, THEY ACTUALLY DO A SURFACE TREATMENT, LIKE TYPICAL, WHAT WE WOULD DO ON SECOND IS ROCK, RIGHT. UM, TO BUILD SOME STRENGTH UP TO THE ROAD. BUT ROCK GUITAR IS ROUGH. YES. IT'S NOT THE BEST FROM A STANDPOINT NEITHER IN A SUBDIVISION. RIGHT. SO IT KEEPS YOU, THEY DO THE ROCKAR SURFACE TREATMENT AND THEN COME AND PUT THE SLURRY SEAL OVER TOP OF IT TO SEAL IT AS OKAY. YOU GOT CURB AND GUTTER IN THERE WHERE THE OTHERS ROLL DITCH TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT'S. MM-HMM. OKAY. THEY CAN BE OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN. YEAH, GLAD TO BE BACK. . OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANKS. THANK YOU AARON. OKAY. UH, NOW WE HAVE, UH, MR. MICHAEL BROWN [Additional Item] RIVER STREET BROADBAND UPDATE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE, I WALK THROUGH, FIRST OF ALL THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, UH, THE TIMING OF THE PROJECT AND HOW THE INTERFACES INTO THAT AS WELL. UH, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. [00:20:01] UM, I WOULD START OUT BY SAYING I'M NOT WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THIS PROJECT FROM A SCHEDULING PERSPECTIVE AT ALL. UH, THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS I EXPLAINED WHY WE'RE IN THIS POSITION NOW AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO GO AHEAD. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW WHAT THIS SLIDE IS DOING IS IT'S REALLY SHOWING THAT, UM, DENVER COUNTY IS PART OF, OF AN OVERALL REGIONAL, UH, NETWORK THAT MOTILITY, UH, IT STRETCHES ALL THE WAY OVER FROM PATRICK COUNTY AND EVENTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO MATTHEWS COUNTY. SO THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THAT. BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT BRINGS MORE THAN JUST INTERNET SERVICES NOW. IT BRINGS THE CAPABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE, UM, MULTI-COUNTY NETWORKS, UM, WITHIN THE COUNTY NETWORKS, UH, FOR ALL THE LOCATIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT BUILDS A LOT MORE POWER WHEN WE DO THIS AS A FULL NETWORK. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. DWIN COUNTY IS PART OF A 19 COUNTY, UH, FIBER BUILD THAT WE'RE DOING. ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ON HERE IS THE GREEN AREAS THAT YOU SEE. THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT ALREADY UP. WE HAVE CUSTOMERS ON THOSE NETWORKS. THAT INCLUDES IN BEDFORD COUNTY. IT INCLUDES IN COUNTY. I REALIZE THAT YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THOSE COUNTIES. WHAT WE'RE BUILDING OUT, WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT. AND THERE IS A, A BUILD OUT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. UH, NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS LOOKS LIKE A REALLY BUSY SLIDE AND I KNOW NOBODY CAN SEE IT FROM THE BACK ROOM OR WHATEVER, BUT, UH, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY. I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THROUGH THIS, UH, SLIDE PRETTY IN DETAIL. UM, WHAT IT DOES IS IT SHOWS EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOTTA BUILD AND HOW WE'RE BUILDING IT OUT. UH, IT ALSO SHOWS THE TIMING OF EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS AS WELL. AND I'LL DESCRIBE THESE AREAS A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO TO HAVE A BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, IT STARTS WITH HAVING WHAT WE CALL CENTRAL OFFICE OR REMOTE CENTER WHERE EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO, AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR ELECTRONICS ARE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE REACH THE OUTSIDE WORLD FROM THOSE POINTS, FROM THOSE REMOTE CENTERS. WE ALSO HAVE FIBER DISTRIBUTION POINTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT LINES, IT'S REALLY LAYING OUT EXACTLY WHERE THOSE FIBER DISTRIBUTION AREAS ARE. UH, WE ALSO HAVE GOT THE TIMING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN THE BUILT PLAN AS WELL. WHEN WE PLAN ON GETTING TO THESE LOCATIONS, THE TOP TABLE THAT, UM, A NICE SHARP PRETTY MUCH, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, REMOTE CENTERS. AND WHEN WE ARE PLANNING ON BEING IN EACH ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS OF GETTING THEM BUILT OUT. SO YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THE MAP AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE DOWN TO THE ADDRESS LAYER. AND ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO GO ONTO THE WEBSITE, BUT YOUR ADDRESS IN AND GET A TIMING OF WHEN WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GET SERVICES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. IT WALKS THROUGH, UM, EXACTLY WHAT, HOW MANY SUBSCRIBERS ARE IN EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS. UH, BUT I ALSO ENCOURAGE, I I WANT TO CONDENSE THAT TO THE REMOTE AREAS PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVELY, BUT ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITHIN THOSE REMOTE AREAS. THERE'S THESE OPTICAL, UM, CROSS CONNECTS AS WE CALL THEM, WHICH ARE THE OPTICAL SERVING AREAS. THERE'S MULTIPLE THAT COME OFF OF THAT. AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILD OUT. WE START OUT WITH THAT CENTRAL OFFICE AREA AND THEN WE BUILD THE, UM, UH, THE SERVING AREAS THAT ARE FED OFF OF THAT AS WELL. WE HAVE TO START WITH THAT CO, UH, AREA FIRST. UM, WE'VE GOT 33, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, SERVING CENTERS AND WE'VE GOT A BUILD, UH, IN DIFFERENT COUNTY TO COVER THE COUNTY. UH, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY LARGE, SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, UH, IS QUITE A FOOTPRINT THAT WE'RE BUILDING. UM, BUT IT GOES INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON IT, EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING WHEN AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON IT. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SLIDE ONCE AGAIN FROM THE BACK, I KNOW, KNOW, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF IT. THIS IS JUST KIND OF GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW WHERE WE, UH, WHAT THE PROJECT IS. SO WE STARTED OUT THIS PROJECT WITH , A RURAL DISTRIBUTION. SO LITTLE BIT OF A PRETTY GOOD SIZED PROJECT THAT WE HAD TO DO AND EVERYTHING AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT. THEN BATTY CAME ON AND BATTY ADDED ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS, WHICH WAS GREAT. IT REALLY WAS GOOD. BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ADD IN ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS. THE DESIGN THAT YOU JUST DID FOR R OFF NOW HAS TO BE REDONE TO ADD IN BATTY LOCATIONS AS WELL. UM, FIBER ROUNDS MAY BE THE SAME, BUT THE SIZING, THE CHANGE AND THE ROUTING DID CHANGE AS WELL. AND SO WE, WE DID A RESET FOR THAT. STARTED MOVING FORWARD AGAIN AND INDEED CAME ONCE AGAIN. GREAT. INDEED IS A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. THERE'S 9 55 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SERVING WITH THAT. UM, ON THE MAP, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THERE, THERE'S LITTLE GREEN SCARS THAT REPRESENT THE FEED LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE. YOU'LL SEE THE LITTLE DIAMONDS ON THERE AS WELL THAT SHOW WHAT WAS AWARDED IN THE SECOND ROUND. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE DELAYS. THIS WAS A BIG FACTOR INTO THE DELAY. SO BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE AWARDED THE [00:25:02] IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, THEY PULLED HIM BACK, UM, AND RE AWARDED THE, AND WHEN THEY RE AWARDED THE, THEY CHANGED THE . THEY ACTUALLY GAVE A LOT MORE OF THE SATELLITE OF LOWER SATELLITE SYSTEMS. UM, I WON'T QUESTION THE, UH, THE WISDOM IN THAT. I WILL JUST SAY THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. UH, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AGAIN AND DO THE REDESIGN AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, BE HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME TO, TO KIND OF VET OUT. UH, WE HAVE JUST NOW AND RIGHT ON SCHEDULE WITH WHAT THE HC IS REQUESTED OF US. WE JUST SUBMITTED ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR OUR B UH, PUBLIC, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT RELEASE. SO WE ARE NOT UNDER CONTRACT YET UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THAT. SO WE COULDN'T START ANYTHING UNTIL WE'RE IN CONTRACT. THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER DRAWBACKS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF THAT. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, RIVER FUNDING, AND THIS IS A LITTLE OVER 19 MILLION. UM, SO WE NEEDED FUNDING FOR THAT. AND WHENEVER WE WENT, UH, MYSELF WITHIN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FUNDING ROUNDS WHERE WE WENT, WENT IN NEW YORK, THE FACT THAT DEEP WAS NOT LOCKED IN AND HAD SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON THE NETWORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, THAT'S DELAY SOMEWHAT AND ALSO MADE THE, UH, THE INVESTORS A LITTLE BIT SCARED BECAUSE THEY WANTED US ON CONTRACT FIRST. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. UH, WE WERE TALKING WITH THE INVESTORS WE'RE MUCH MORE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THAN WE WERE, BUT THAT REALLY DID CAUSE QUITE A BIT OF DELAY ALL AROUND. UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S A VERY, VERY BIG PROJECT. UM, NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT HAPPENED, BEEN STANDING STILL, UH, DURING THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR BEAD, UH, THIS PROJECT IS A TOTAL OF 705 MILES. UH, WE'VE PARTIALLY BUILT 52 MILES IN THE NORTH SIDE AREA, UH, WHERE WE HAVE THE REMOTE OWNER IN PLACE, UH, AND READY TO GO THERE. WE PULLED BACK ON THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE BE FUNDING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE GREEN STARS ON THE DRAWING, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LOT IN THAT NORTH SIDE AREA. SO WHAT WE DETERMINED VERY QUICKLY IS WE NEEDED TO RESIZE OUR FIBER WORK WITH THAT. SO WE PULLED BACK ON THAT CONSTRUCTION SO WE COULD REEVALUATE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT EVERYTHING RIGHT. WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS PLOW DOWN THE ROAD ONCE AND THEN TURN RIGHT BACK AROUND, PLOW DOWN ANOTHER. UM, SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT A HUNDRED MILES OF FIBER AND ALL THE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE ON HAND READY TO GO. UM, I'VE ALREADY AWARDED CONTRACTS TO TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS. UH, SO THEY'RE GEARED UP AND READY TO GO. ONE OF THEM HAS 268 MILES, THE OTHER ONE HAS, UH, 107 MILES. THAT'S ONLY DUE TO WHERE THEY'RE, AND HOW WE'RE AWARDING THEM. WE'RE AWARDING THEM BASED OFF THE REMOTE SERVING AREA. AND SO IF IT'S A LARGER REMOTE SERVING AREA, THEN THE OTHER THING I KIND OF WANTED TO POINT OUT IS, UH, WE'VE DONE 38% OF THE ENGINEERING WORK ALREADY. SO WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T WAITING. WE'VE GOT THE, THE, UH, DRAWINGS AND EVERYTHING READY TO SUBMIT TO PERMITS. I HAVE NOT SUBMITTED TO PERMITS AND WON'T UNTIL WE ACTUALLY, UH, CAN PULL THE TRAY HERE AND START THE RUN AND HAVE A FUNDING IN PLACE, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO HAPPEN IN MAY. UH, ONCE THAT'S DONE, I'M NOT STARTING FROM THAT POINT. WE'VE ALREADY MOVED THE BALL QUITE A BIT DOWN WITH THE . SO NOW WE'RE JUST GETTING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. THE OTHER ASPECT OF THAT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AND ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS THAT WE FACE IS THE EAST WINDS. FOR THE REMOTE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE. THESE REMOTE BUILDINGS, YOU SEE THEM A LOT OF TIMES AT THE BOTTOM OF CELL TOWERS THERE AT THE CONCRETE BUILDINGS. THAT'S WHAT HOUSES ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR ELECTRONICS INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, WE'VE GOT TWO OF THOSE EASEMENT SECURE. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SECURE TWO MORE ON THAT. UH, ONE OF 'EM IS BEHIND SCHEDULE ONE OF 'EM ON SCHEDULE. WE'RE TRYING TO, TO GO AS FAST AS WE CAN TO GET ONE THAT'S BEHIND SCHEDULE TAKEN CARE OF AND START THAT MOVING FORWARD. SO THERE'S, UH, THAT'S SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN, IN THE FUNDING SIDE OF IT'S REALLY BEEN MORE AROUND TIMING, UH, THAN ANYTHING ELSE. UM, UNDERWRITERS ARE ARE LITTLE NERVOUS SOMETIMES ASKING THEM TO BORROW SOME MONEY. UH, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT BUTTONED UP COMPLETELY. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONTRACT WILL BE WORK. SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, OUR, OUR HOPE IS TO GET STARTED AGAIN IN MAY. THAT IS OUR OBJECTIVE AT THIS TIME. SO I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION. MM-HMM . SO, UM, WHEN LOOKING AT, I THINK YOU WRITE, IS IT LIKE AN EYE TEST? BUT SO ON, IT LOOKED LIKE Q1 OF 2028 IS WHEN YOU EXPECT TO FINISH INWOOD. SO I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE, THE VADI REQUIREMENTS WERE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. THAT IS CORRECT. AND WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH GCD CONCERNING [00:30:01] THAT. OKAY. UM, THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET A, NOT NECESSARILY GET AROUND IT, BUT WORK THROUGH THAT. UM, SO WE ARE NOT THE DIRECT AWARDEE. IT IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, WESTERN PIEDMONT DISTRICT, UM, PDC DISTRICT. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE THE, UM, AND I'M NOT GIVING INFORMATION THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED TO SHARE. RIGHT. UM, DHCD IS PLANNING ON WORKING WITH THEM AND FORWARDING THEM THE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN EXTEND THAT INTO 2027, WHICH IS WHEN WE NEED THE FUNDING IS IS, UH, WILL EXTEND INTO 2028. SO WE HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT. AND THOSE ARE PRIMARILY TO THE LOCATION THAT YOU'RE SEEING Q1. OKAY. AS, AS FAR AS PEOPLE ACTUALLY GETTING HOOKED UP IS, IS IT RIVER STREETS THOUGHT THAT IT BUILDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST AND THEN LIGHTS AT ONE TIME? OR ARE THERE GRADUALLY PEOPLE THAT CAN BE BROUGHT ON? 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE'S OUT, IT'S REALLY BESIDE THEIR, THEIR AT THEIR FRONT DOOR, BUT THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN TURNED ON YET. IS IS THAT THE THOUGHT? BUILD IT ALL FIRST, THEN LIGHT IT UP, OR THERE'S SOME ON THE WAY? NO, SIR. THE INTENTION IS AS WE BUILD OUT ONE OF THESE OPTICAL SPLITTER CABINET AREAS, ONE OF THESE SERVING AREAS RIGHT. WE LINE THAT UP AT THAT TIME. UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT IS YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE ALL THE CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT IN PLACE AND THE CABLE BUILT FROM THAT CENTRAL OFFICE OUT TO THAT SPLITTER CABINET TO DO THAT. AND SO WE ACTUALLY DO, AS SOON AS THAT CABINET IS READY, WE LINE IT UP, WE CALL IT AVAILABLE NOW. AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE STARTING WITH THE FULFILL SERVICES. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, I, I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT'S HAD A BOX IN FRONT OF MY, MY HOUSE FOR ALMOST A YEAR. OKAY. UM, YOU CAN GO A HUNDRED YARDS FROM MY BOX AND IT, THERE'S NOTHING CONNECTED AND I'M A HUNDRED YARDS OFF OF FOUR IN ROUTE FOUR 60. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE GONNA LOOP THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN MY PARTICULAR AREA BEFORE IT WILL, I WILL BE, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE, UM, TO BECOME A CUSTOMER OF RIVER STREET. SO THE CITIZENS IN MY COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WAITING IN THE, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN DENWITTY COUNTY, AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF TIME. AND I EVEN NOW I SEE US BEING PUSHED OUT EVEN FURTHER, UM, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. MY ISSUE IS TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING AROUND RIVER STREET. IT'S CHANGING IN DENWITTY COUNTY. UM, PEOPLE ARE GOING FOR OTHER OPTIONS. OKAY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF THERE AND IT, MY CONCERN IS EVEN THOUGH YOU RUN THE PAST BY THEM, THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER FORM OF TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR HOME THAT THEY'RE USING. AND RIVER STREET'S NOT GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THEM AT THAT POINT. AND SO IT IS JUST CHICKEN IN AN EGG TYPE SCENARIO FOR ME. AND, AND THE DIFFICULTY IS I FEEL TOTALLY CONSTRAINED THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH RIVER STREET. THEN I CAN GO TO ANOTHER POINT IN THE COUNTY AND ONE BY ONE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO MM-HMM . AND THEY FEEL LIKE WHY, WHY IS, WHY ARE WE IN THIS SITUATION WITH RIVER STREET? BUT YET YOUR COMPETITOR IN OTHER AREAS HAVE DONE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCENARIO. AND I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, BUT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE DEALING WITH IT ON A DAILY BASIS, IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. OKAY. UM, AND THEN I LOOK AT MY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TEACH REMOTELY, EVEN WITH ALL THE WEATHER ISSUES THAT WE HAD, IT PUT THEM BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST NECESSARILY THE BUSINESS COMPONENT OR PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I'M HOPING, I'M GOING TO KNOCK ON WOOD WHEN I SAY THIS, THAT THAT THE TIMELINE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN US, WHICH ONE OF THOSE REPRESENTS MY PARTICULAR AREA THAT WE'RE GONNA LIVE BY IT. UM, BUT HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN FAVORABLE FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO, UM, I HAVE A HOMEOWNERS MEETING IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, UM, THAT THE FIRST QUESTION TO ME IS GONNA BE, HAVE YOU TALKED TO RIVER STREET? SO COUPLE THINGS IF I COULD ADDRESS, UM, YOU MENTIONED LOOP WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ISN'T AS MUCH OF A LOOP AS IT'S JUST [00:35:01] TIE BACK THAT GETTING ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AND EVERYTHING, GETTING THAT DONE, THAT LEG, WE ACTUALLY WERE JUST WAITING FOR THE SPLICING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. UM, DECISION WAS MADE CORRECTLY. SO PULL BACK ON EVERYTHING UNTIL WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO REEVALUATE. DID CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. UM, DUE TO THE, IN YOUR AREA, THERE'S A LOT OF THE OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL. UM, DON'T THINK I'M GONNA RUN TOO MANY ISSUES FROM A PERSPECTIVE. GOOD. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT TECHNOLOGY WISE, BEING ABLE TO THAT, UH, TO BE ABLE IF, IF THE GROWTH GETS BEYOND OUR CAPABILITY OF THAT. UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS PRIMARILY THE, UM, OTHER PARTIES COMING INTO PLAY IS THE LEO, THE SATELLITE SYSTEMS, UM, SPRAY TECHNOLOGY, UH, A TECHNOLOGY. SO I REALLY ENJOY TECHNOLOGY. IT'S A GREAT TECHNOLOGY. LIKE ALL TECHNOLOGIES HAS ITS ADVANTAGES, ITS DISADVANTAGES, ADVANTAGES IS, AND IT'S VERY QUICKLY DISADVANTAGES. IT STILL HAS BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINTS, AGGREGATION PERSPECTIVE. UH, I DO THINK THAT THOSE START TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF LATENCY ISSUES AND THAT TYPE OF THING, UH, THAT YOU DO NOT GET WITH THE FIBER OPTIC NOW. MM-HMM . UH, WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, LEO'S GREAT FOR A SATELLITE TRYING TO TIE TOGETHER COUNTY OFFICES OR ANYTHING ELSE. LIKE THAT'S DEFINITELY ANOTHER WAY TO GO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. GIVES YOU A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AS FAR AS THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. BUILDING I'M, I BUILD MY PASSION IS TO BUILD, MY PASSION IS BUILD BROADBAND IN RURAL AMERICA. IN, I WANT THIS PROJECT DONE. UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 47 YEARS. I CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT BECAUSE I WANNA DO THIS PROJECT, I WANT DO THIS FOR OTHER PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA. I'M VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. UM, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT YOU ARE BEING VERY KIND TO ME AND SOME OF MY REACTIONS WITH OTHERS, I'VE NOT MET HIS TIME. AND THAT'S TRYING TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF GENERAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD AND THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UH, I WAS TOLD WHEN ALL THIS STARTED THAT I WOULD BE THE LAST ONE THAT WOULD EVER GET BROADBAND. I WAS THE FIRST AND THE REASON I'M FIRST BROADBAND CAME IN, LIKE MARK SAYS THEY HOOK, HOOK UP TIME TO GO BY. RIGHT. AND SO THEY RUN IT BY MY HOUSE IN TWO MORE DAYS. I'VE GOT IT BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY GOT THREE MORE RUN, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY WELL RUN OUT NOW. THEY'RE PRETTY COMPLETE. YEAH. SO THEY'VE MOVED, THEY GOT EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH WE SAID WOULD BE THE LAST ONE. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN RURAL BAND AND RIVER STREET? SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I COULD SAY THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT ONE OF THEM IS SIZE AND SCOPE, WHICH AFFECTS, UM, FUNDING AS WELL. SO THAT'S, THERE IS A MUCH SMALLER SCOPE, SO MUCH EASIER TO GET. UM, THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT IS THEY OWN THEIR POLE LINES. THEY'RE ABLE TO GO ON THOSE POLE LINES AND GO AERIAL, UH, WITH EVERYTHING, UH, WHICH IS MUCH FASTER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, I, I CAN CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT THAT GOING VARY IN THE LONG RUN IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE FOR US FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE, IT'S, UM, POLE CHAIN OUT DIFFERENT THINGS, WEATHER AND EVERYTHING AFFECT LINES A LOT MORE DOES UNDERGROUND. UH, WE DO GET CUT CABLES FROM TIME TO TIME AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS, UM, IS THAT UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE IS MUCH MORE RESILIENT THAN ABOVE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. OKAY. SO WE'VE REALLY MADE IT POINT TO DO THAT. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, UH, IS AN ONGOING COST FROM THE OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE TO PAY THE, THE ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE ATTACHMENTS. UH, PRETTY MUCH AREN'T, AND THEY'RE NOT INEXPENSIVE AT ALL. UH, IN SOME OF MY HIGHLIGHT AREAS, EXCHANGE AREAS, I'M ACTUALLY GOING VERY OFF THOSE POLE BECAUSE COST. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, WHY ARE THEY FASTER? TWO REASONS EASIER TO GET FUNDING WITH A SMALL PROJECT. AND ALSO IT'S MUCH MORE, IT'S MUCH FASTER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD IN THE AIR THAN IT IS THEY DIDN'T, THEY STOPPED, THEY GOT TO SOUTH SIDE ELECTRIC AND SAT SIDE, NO. SOUTH SIDE SAYS REPLACE ALL MY POLES AND THEN YOU CAN, BUT THEY STOPPED, I MEAN, DOWN 7 0 3 HALFWAY AND WENT UNDERGROUND. SO IT'S NOT [00:40:01] THAT THEY'RE FASTER ON LINES BECAUSE THEY STOPPED. OKAY. AND SO THEY, THEY'RE BUILT OUT NOW BECAUSE THEY, THEY STAYED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING, BUT THEY DID IT. I I I WOULD SAY THE PRIMARILY THE PRIMARY DIFFERENTIAL AT THAT THIS TIME IS PROBABLY THE ASPECT OF NOW. YEAH. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. NOW YOU SAYING IT'S THE LINES IN GOING UNDER IS THE DIFFERENCE, YOU SAVE THE MONEY. SO IT DOES SAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO GO AERIAL AS OPPOSED TO THERE. EXACTLY. SO, BUT THEY STOPPED THEM SOUTH SIDE? NO. OKAY. SO THEY'RE DONE. I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING IT. SO HOW DID THEY HOOK UP? AND YOU CAN'T HOOK UP. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M YOU SAY YOU'RE BUILDING OUT, YOU'VE BEEN BUILDING OUT FOR THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS NOW? LONG TIME. A WHILE. LONG TIME BUILDING OUT. YEAH. SO EVERY TIME WE TALK TO YOU, YOU SAY WE'RE BUILDING OUT, WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING OUT TO? IT WAS NEWS. WELL, I WAS SAYING THAT WE, WE'VE BUILT IN THE, UH, THE NORTH SIDE OFFICE, THE BUILDING, THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THAT LOCATION. OKAY. UH, WE'VE GOTTEN THAT PART OF IT DONE. I'VE GOTTEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE FIBER BUILT IN THAT AREA AS WELL. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, AND SO THAT'S, WE WERE BUILDING OUT IN THAT AREA HOLDING STRAIGHT UP. WE DID PULL BACK AS A RESULT OF THE THINGS THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER. WE DID PULL BACK ON IT. UM, AND WE DO PLAN TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS WE CAN. THE TARGET AT THIS TIME IS IN THAT. I RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THAT REALLY, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE YOU KEEP SAYING I'M BUILDING OUT AND I'M LOOKING, WE'RE NOT BUILDING RIGHT NOW NOW, BUT WE HAVE THAT BUILDING. YOU'VE BEEN SAYING WE'RE BUILDING OUT HOW MANY YEARS YOU SAID WE'VE BEEN BUILDING OUTBUILDING. YEAH. UM, OH WOW. THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. THE ONLY REASON I'M HESITATING ON THAT, THAT QUESTION IS I WAS BROUGHT IN FOR, YOU KNOW, IN THE END OF 2003 WAS ONE PURPOSE AND THAT WAS TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. MM-HMM . UM, AND SO WHEN YOU SAY ME SAYING THAT MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, I ASSUME THAT ITS RIVER STREET HAS SAID THAT, THAT YES, THAT'S WHO YOU WORK FOR. I MEAN, AND IT IS AND I'M JUST MM-HMM. I'M, I'M JUST CLARIFYING THAT MY PURPOSE IS TO BUILD THIS PROJECT OUT AND, AND GET IT BUILT. AND I WAS HIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. GOOD, THANK YOU. JUST A QUESTION OF THE, OF THE MONIES THAT ARE BEING SPENT IN, IN WITTY COUNTY, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF IT THAT IS BE MONEY? I SAW A SLIDE, I'M, I WANNA KNOW WHAT, GO BACK TO IT. IT'S ABOUT 4% IS BE MONEY IS BEAD MONEY. SO 4% OF THE MONEY IS HOLDING UP A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROJECT IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME. I'M, SO I YES, IT'S YES, 4%. YOUR INVESTORS OR OTHERS THAT ARE INVOLVED, YOU HOLDING UP A PROJECT BECAUSE OF 4% OF, OF A PROJECT. THAT FOR ME IS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE. WELL, IF I COULD EXPAND UPON IT, IT'S NOT JUST THE 4%, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE MATCH WITH THE VALUE FUNDS. MM-HMM . THEY'RE CONCERNED. SO THEY'RE AT IT AS A WHOLE ONE INDIVIDUALLY. UM, BUT YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT. OKAY. THAT 4% THE FEE, EVEN IF IT'S 8% THE MATCH OR 4%, YOU HAVE 92% OF THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. IS, WOULD THAT BE AN AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT? NOT QUITE AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE 90% OF ALL THE FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES. RIGHT. MADDIE ROFF AND, WELL I SAY ROFF AND CAP, UH, OR ROFF. ROFF DID NOT GET ANY MONEY UPFRONT FOR THE BUILD OUT. WHAT IT DOES IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE IS WE GET A 15 YEAR PAYBACK FROM VIRTUAL SERVICE FUNDS TO BE ABLE FUND THOSE PROJECTS AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IS THAT WITH CONNECTIONS OR PRIOR TO CONNECTIONS? IT IS PASSING PASSINGS. RIGHT. SO YOU'VE GOT THE PASS IN ORDER TO GET DOLLARS. SAME THING WITH ADDING, SAME THING WITH STEVE. ALL OF THEM ARE BASED OFF OF PASS. NOW IS THAT AN ACTIVE PASS, MEANING THAT IT'S ACTIVE OR JUST I'VE C I'VE SET IT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AND THE LINE IS THERE. THE LINE WHEN YOU CALLED IN AND REQUEST SERVICE, I CAN GET YOU SERVICE WITHIN 10 DAYS. OKAY. THAT'S WHEN OKAY. THAT'S WHEN. SO UNTIL IT'S LIVE, UNTIL THE WHOLE LOOP IS LIVE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE PENNIES WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME. OKAY. INTERESTING. OKAY. AND INDEED, NOW THAT THEY REIMBURSED BASED OFF OF THE BILL. SO I CAN ACTUALLY SUBMIT AS YOU'RE BUILDING OUT MATERIALS AS I GO. AND THEN DON'T REIMBURSE ME FOR THAT. NOW I ALSO, BEFORE I CAN CLOSE THAT OUT, I HAVE TO MATCH MY [00:45:01] SIDE OF THAT INVOICE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF I GET HUNDRED THOUSAND INVOICE, UM, 53 CENTS UP IS PAID BY MATTING. THE REMAINDER HAS TO BE PAID BY THURSDAY. SO BEAD IS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY. AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY MONEY WISE TO WITH BEAD MONEY. OKAY. AND WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING? WE SUBMITTED ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR IT, UH, JUST WEEK ON SCHEDULE. UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TELLING US IT'S JUNE TIMEFRAME, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT UNTIL OKAY. WE, WE FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. BECAUSE WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING SUBMITTED. THEY'VE ACCEPTED IT. WE FEEL THAT WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, BE AT RISK IF THE INVESTORS DECIDE NOT TO DO THAT. BUT THAT'S, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY, THEY WANT TO DO THIS. THEY JUST WANT THE CONTRACT IN HAND OR MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THEIR CONTRACT. SO OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE BEAD MONEY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OF THE, OF THE 19 COMMUNITIES, ANY OF THEM BEEN, BEEN IN THE PROCESS, LIKE US IN DENWITTY COUNTY, WE'RE STILL WAITING. WE'RE HOLDING BACK ON DOING, WORKING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR BEAD MONEY. SO BEAD FUNDING, NOBODY HAS BUILT ANY, UM, ANY LOCATIONS OUT IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA TODAY. UM, THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE SAME REASON THAT WE'RE IN, THEY'RE NOT UNDER CONTRACT YET. AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE GUARANTEED FUNDS COMING INT I A GOVERNMENT OVERSEEING THIS. THEY'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING ALL THE PAPERWORK AND THEN THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THAT AND THEN WE CAN GO UNDER CONTRACT, WHICH IS, SO THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SHOWED ON THE MAP THAT WERE ALREADY GREEN AND LIT UP, THEY WERE NOT BEAD MONEY DEPENDENT? THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT. NONE OF THOSE WILL BE FROM THE, UH, INTERESTING. WERE, WE HAD ALREADY GOT STARTED IN THOSE AREAS DOING HALF, DOING , DOING BATING IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. OKAY. THANK YOU ADAM CHA? YES. UM, I, MINE ISN'T A QUESTION, IT'S JUST GOING BE A COMMENT. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK, I THINK DR. MOYLAN AND BILL HAD BOTH EXPLAINED OUR FRUSTRATION AND I TOO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS JUST BEEN BAFFLING AT BEST. UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN WE HAD SUPPOSEDLY WE WERE GOING TO HAVE MONEY AND A STAKE IN IT, THEN IT REALLY WAS FRUSTRATING. THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THERE WERE NO OTHER OPTIONS. AND I'M GONNA JUST SAY THIS, I LIE IF, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST THING THAT HAPPENED AT DENWOODY COUNTY WAS STALLING BECAUSE IT, IT GAVE OUR CITIZENS, UH, AN OPTION THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE TILL, YOU KNOW, YOU SAVE 2028. WE'VE HEARD 2024, WE'VE HEARD 25, WE HEARD 26, NOW WE'RE HERE 28. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS FRUSTRATING AND WE DON'T, WE'RE JUST PAWNS AND THIS WHOLE FIASCO. SO, UH, YES. UM, I CAN AGREE BECAUSE, UM, I DO GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT NOT HAVING INTERNET SERVICING AND IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING NOT ONLY FOR THE FAMILIES, FOR THE CHILDREN AS WELL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL CORNER YOU ASKING WHEN ARE WE GONNA HAVE IT, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? AND, AND AS THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS A VERY LONG TIME AND REALLY WITH NO RESULT. SO, UM, I, I DO THANK YOU FOR COMING, UH, TRYING TO EXPLAIN YOUR, YOUR POINT AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY 2028 IS A LONG TIME. GOOD. BUT I'LL SAY WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL 2028. WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE PROCESS, OUR CUSTOMERS BETWEEN MAY AND APRIL. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ALL AT ONCE. IT'S AS WE GO WHAT WE'RE SHOWN HERE. DO WE HAVE A KAISHA DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT? WE DO. I'D LIKE TO PRINT AND HAVE THAT SENT TO ME, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU FOR MY PRESENTATION. A COUPLE WEEKS. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MADAM CHAIR. OH, MR. BROWN, JUST ONE LAST COMMENT. UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE MESSENGER. YEAH. BECAUSE SOME, SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT EASY. NO. TO TO BE THE MESSENGER MM-HMM . UM, BUT I, I WOULD SAY THAT COMMUNICATION TO DATE WITH RIVER STREET AND, AND I KNOW THAT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB TODAY EXPLAINING WHERE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AND, AND WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU'RE HOPEFUL TO BE. THE ONLY THING I'D ASK IN RETURN IS WE [00:50:01] STILL GET CALLS, WE STILL GET, UH, VISITORS. WE HAD ONE YESTERDAY THAT CAME BY THAT WANT TO KNOW. SO WE, WE WANT TO BE A RESPONSIVE COMMUNITY. SO WHEN WE GET THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS, WE WANT RESPONSES BACK. SO JUST PLEASE GO BACK TO, TO THE FOLKS AT RIVER STREET AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE, WE'VE GOTTA IMPROVE UPON WHEN PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS TO GET REAL ANSWERS TO 'EM. OKAY. THAT'S SOMETIMES BEING AT THAT PODIUM IS NOT EASY AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING THE MESSENGER, BUT WE GOTTA HAVE COMMUNICATION TOO. I AGREE. OKAY. I AGREE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [7.A. Contract Award: Sheriff Vehicles] OKAY. UM, UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, ACTION ITEMS, UM, CON CONTRACT AWARD, SHERIFF'S VEHICLES. UM, I THINK, UM, SHERIFF ADAMS IS I HERE? WELL, YOU MAJOR NOT MAJOR NOT. OKAY. WHERE ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. MASSENGILL COME TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ADAMS. UH, IF YOU RECALL, UH, THE BOARD, UH, APPROVED A TOTAL OF $578,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROL VEHICLES FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THIS CURRENT, UH, BUDGET YEAR. UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING THESE VEHICLES AS THEY COME IN. WE'VE TRIED TO GET THE ONES THAT WE COULD. UM, WE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP THREE MORE VEHICLES, UH, FROM SHEEHY. UH, THE PRICE ON THE THREE IS $133,587 AND 33 CENTS. UM, THESE, UH, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO 'EM. THEY'RE ON THE WAY IN. THEY HAVEN'T PHYSICALLY MADE IT ON THE, ON THE LOT YET, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY SHOULD BE HERE SHORTLY. UM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS, UH, TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THOSE, UH, THREE, UH, VEHICLES. UH, THEY'RE 2006 FORD, UH, POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLES, THE SUVS LIKE WE ARE CURRENTLY USING, UM, ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE, THE PURCHASE OF THOSE FOR $133,587 AND 33 CENTS. GOOD QUESTION. UM, ALRIGHT. SO ROUGHLY 43,000. 44,000 OF VEHICLE. CORRECT. UM, AND THAT'S JUST THE, THAT'S THE VEHICLE ITSELF. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE ANOTHER REQUISITION FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT. AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DELAYS IN GETTING THAT IN FOR SOME REASON. UH, EAST COAST, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UH, IN CHESTERFIELD AS THE, AS A COMPANY. WE GET THAT THROUGH. UM, WE JUST GOT IN, UH, SOME FROM THEM LAST WEEK THAT WE WERE UPFITTING THE, THE LAST TWO VEHICLES THAT WE PURCHASED. UM, AND SO I'VE MADE A REQUISITION, UH, TO HOLLY FOR THAT, UH, UH, FOR THAT EQUIPMENT AS WELL, WHICH IS COMING OUT OF THAT SAME FUND, OUT OF THAT SAME POT OF MONEY. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APRIL, ALMOST MAY NOW AND JULY IS THE END OF THE YEAR. AND UM, DOES THIS HURT YOU WITH CAUSE NOT BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE 'EM? ARE YOU OKAY ON CAUSE OR WE ARE. WE WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE, THESE PARTICULAR VEHICLES ARE IN THE GROUP THAT WAS KIND OF EARMARKED FOR THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC UNIT. UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL, UH, CANDIDATES TO HIRE FOR THOSE, UH, OPEN POSITIONS. MM-HMM . AND I THINK IF WE CAN, BY THE TIME WE GET THAT DONE AND GET THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE IN PLACE, THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE HERE. WE GET THEM, UH, UP AND RUNNING FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, PEOPLE COMING IN. A COUPLE OF THOSE ALREADY TRAINED. WE WON'T HAVE TO SEND THEM TO THE ACADEMY. UH, WE'VE GOT SIX, SIX RECRUITS IN THE ACADEMY NOW THAT WILL GRADUATE IN JUNE I BELIEVE IT IS. UH, AND UH, AND WE HAVE SOME OF THEM OUTFITTED WITH CARS, BUT BY THE TIME WE GET EVERYTHING, THE TWO THAT ARE UP THERE BEING OUTFITTED, NOW WE GET THOSE INTO THE, UH, FLEET AND OUT ON THE STREET. UH, AND THESE THREE, WE SHOULD BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. MADAM CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND ROLL PAUL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU WILLIAM. THANK YOU WILLIAM. UM, [7.B. Contract Award: Fire Suppression System Maintenance And Repair ] NEXT, UH, ON THE ACTUAL ITEMS WE HAVE, UM, CONTRACT AWARD, FIRE SUPPRESSION, SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. UH, TIMMY, THE DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES. [00:55:01] GOOD EVENING BOARD. GOOD EVENING. UM, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS A FIRE PROTECTION UNDER THIS, IT HANDLES ALL THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. I'M PRETTY SURE Y'ALL DONE THIS BEFORE. UH, ALL OF OUR BACKFLOWS VILLAGE FOUND A COUPLE THAT WEREN'T ON CONTRACT. WE GOT THEM STRAIGHT WITH HOLLY AND IT'S HAVING ALL ABOUT BUILDINGS, FIRE PUMPS, SPRINKLERS. SO, UH, IT WAS FIRE PROTECTION AND CHARGE CONTROLS WAS THE LOWEST ONE. SO I'M JUST ASKING IT'S UH, ONE YEAR WITH FOUR YEARS TO IT TO APPROVE THIS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS GUYS? NO. JUST OUR PART OF DOING BUSINESS. IT IS, YOU GOTTA MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS. ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THOSE IS THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IS WHAT IT IS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. [7.C. Contract Award: Grounds Maintenance Of Off-Site Property ] A I. THANK YOU. AND ALSO WE HAVE UM, MR. CLARIN DOING THE CONTRACT AWARD GROUNDS MAINTENANCE OF OFFSITE PROPERTY. UH, THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAINING THIS IS, UH, OUR PARK SURFACES HAS BEEN CUTTING UM, A LOT OF GRASS. WELL EXPLAINED TO YOU THE BERMUDA GRASS, UH, WHICH EVERYBODY I TALKED TO ANN AND COLLEAGUE, A COUPLE PEOPLE ABOUT IT EQUALS HEIGHT. BERMUDA HAD THE COMPLEX, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CUT IT ONCE WHEN THE SEASON, THEN TWICE AND THEN THREE TIMES WHEN IT GETS REALLY HOT. SO I FIGURED, I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW TO THROW THIS SITE THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK THAT DOWN. SO LAST YEAR BETWEEN ONE FULL-TIME, FIVE PART-TIME, THEY WERE CUTTING 112 ACRES OF GRASS A WEEK. SO THAT'S WITH CUTTING TO BERMUDA TWICE. IT'S ON SPORTS FIELDS. SO WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE IS 22 LOCATIONS. IN THIS ONE IT'S ONLY 23 ACRES. SO WE'RE TAKING THIS CONTRACT AND REMOVING 23 ACRES OFF OF THEM SO THEY CAN CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE COMPLEX. WE ALSO HAD THE LANDFILL, THEY WERE CUTTING THE LANDFILL LAST YEAR WAS 32.31 ACRES. SO WE'RE TAKING THAT OFF CUTTING WITH THE LANDFILL AND THE BUSH HOG. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET WHERE WE CAN CONCENTRATE MORE AT THE COMPLEX AND KEEP IT UP TO ITS CAPABILITIES WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACTORS, UH, WATER FOR MOST OF 'EM IS, UH, UH, MAN MANITES, NORTH SIDE MCKINNEY FIELD AREAS AWAY WHERE WE WERE WASTING TRAVEL TIME MOVING OUT. WE'RE NOT REALLY SET UP FOR THAT. AND UM, PERSONNEL AT THE COMPLEX WE'RE DOWN TO ONE FULL-TIME AND FOUR PART-TIME ONES IN COLLEGE. SO WE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING ON MANPOWER. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT FOR 23 ACRES, PROVIDE THAT CONTRACT. OKAY? OKAY. QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO. DO WE GOTTA DO WHAT? CAN DO MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OKAY. [7.D. Lease With Farm Credit Mall] UM, NOW WE HAVE UH, MR. TALA SOUTH HALL WITH THE, THE LEASE WITH FARM CREDIT MALL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MASSING. SO FOR MANY YEARS, MORE THAN I CAN TELL YOU, UH, DENWITTY COUNTY HAS RENTED SPACE IN THE FARM CREDIT MALL FOR THE USE OF DENWITTY EXTENSION OFFICE AND FOUR H PROGRAM. IT IS TIME FOR THAT LEASE TO BE REAPPROVED. THE MONTHLY RENT WOULD CONTINUE TO ESCALATE BY 2% A YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE 2030 $2, UH, 59 CENTS FOR THE MONTHLY RENT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, STARTING ON JULY 1ST. THE LEASE IS ALSO BEING CHANGED TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY UNTIL ONE PARTY OR THE OTHER DECIDES TO END IT. WHICH NOTIFICATION IS REQUIRED TO HAPPEN AT LEAST 60 DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE THEN CURRENT TERM. AND THIS ALSO IN THE RESOLUTION, THERE'S A FINDING, UM, THAT ALTHOUGH, UM, MR. CHAPEL IS THE, THE OWNER OF LANDLORD FARM CREDIT MALL LLC, HE'S NOT PARTICIPATED IN HIS CAPACITY AS CLERK OF COURT IN THIS UM, LEASE. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEASE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THIS IS WITH THE, UH, WITH FARM CREDIT MALL. UM, FOR THAT, FOR THAT SPACE THERE, THAT COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IS USED FOR A VERY, A VERY LONG TIME. LONG TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE OR COMMENTS? I'LL SUB SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. [7.E. Opioid Settlement With Six Remnant Defendants] AND NOW WE HAVE THE OPIATE SETTLEMENT WITH SIX, IS IT T UH, DEFENDANTS? THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. BONNER. IT'S THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT WAS SIX REMNANT DEFENDANTS. OKAY. AND SO THERE WERE, [01:00:01] THERE WERE SIX DEFENDANTS WHO HAVE, UM, ENTERED INTO A NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT MM-HMM . AND SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AS YOU KNOW, D WITTY COUNTY FILED SUIT AGAINST A NUMBER OF ENTITIES INCLUDING RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS MANAGERS ALLEGING THAT THOSE ENTITIES CAUSED IN WITTY HARM, UH, BY CAUSING OR FURTHERING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF SETTLEMENTS TO DATE, INCLUDING KROGER, JANSSEN, WALMART, WALGREENS, CVS, TIVA ALLERGEN AND DISTRIBUTORS AND HENRY SCHEIN SIX ADDITIONAL REMNANT DEFENDANTS HAVE AGREED TO PAY A LITTLE LESS THAN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS NATIONWIDE TO SETTLE CLAIMS AGAINST THEM. THEN WHIT'S SHARE OF THE SETTLEMENT AFTER ATTORNEY'S FEES APPEARS TO BE ABOUT $4,355. UH, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FINAL AMOUNT MAY BE MORE OR LESS AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONCURS WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL IN ADVISING THAT THOSE FUNDS BE USED FOR OPIOID REMEDIATION. OUTSIDE COUNSEL HAS ADVISED THE BOARD TO APPROVE OF THE SETTLEMENT AND, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONCURS AND THERE'S A RESOLUTION THERE THAT WOULD APPROVE IT. AND THEN THAT AUTHORIZES ME TO GO AND ELECTRONICALLY SIGN, UH, THE AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE SETTLEMENT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, THIS ONE'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY. YEAH, A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THEY, THEY DO ALL, UH, ADD UP TOGETHER. THAT'S GOOD. SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ROLL PAUL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA? BONIN AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU TYLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS TYLER. THANK YOU DONALD. UM, AT THIS TIME DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD? ANYONE SIGNED UP? MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. [9. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS] OKAY. SO WE GO TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS. YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M GONNA MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND AND MY TALK. UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD THE, THE PRIVILEGE HERE TO TWO PARTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, ONE OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION STAFF AND ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, RECOGNIZED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC WEEKS IN, IN DENWOODY. SO I, I'M KIND OF, I KNOW ANIMAL CONTROL, JUST KIND OF SOME OF ALVIN'S STILL BACK, BACK THERE, BUT I KNOW WE HAD A SHIFT CHANGE THEN WE HAVE. AND SO WE HAD TO, TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. UM, BUT LET ME, LET ME HIT, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FIRST. AND, UM, AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I GREW UP IN A PUBLIC SAFETY FAMILY. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO THIS THIS TIME AROUND WAS FOR THE BOARD TO, FROM ME TO YOU EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT THAT YOU DO. AND I HOPE THAT THAT CAN GO BACK TO ALL THE OTHERS THAT ARE, ARE THERE. UM, CHIEF KISSNER SINCE HE, HE GOT IN DENWOODY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS REALLY TAKEN A, A REALLY REFRESHING LOOK AT, AT PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT ONE OF THE CRITICAL PIECES TO ANY PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IS THAT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PIECE. SO IF YOU, IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY THE FIRST RESPONDER. I MEAN, SO WE, WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF TIMES THOSE IN THE FIELD BEING THE FIRST ONES THERE, THEY MAY BE THE FIRST ONES THERE, BUT THEY WEREN'T THE FIRST ONE TO, TO TAKE THE CALL. AND SO THEY ARE TRULY THE, THE, THE FIRST RESPONDER. UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE, AND I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION CENTER, UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOMETIMES THAT ENVIRONMENT, I THINK IT'S CHAOTIC SOMETIME IN MY WORLD. UH, BUT WHEN YOU GO OVER THERE CERTAIN TIMES, UH, IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY CHAOTIC. AND SO IF YOU, IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR STAFF, THEY BRING ORDER TO THAT CHAOS. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THEY ARE IN THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEALING AND WORKING WITH SOMEBODY ON THEIR VERY WORST BAD DAY. AND SO THAT, THAT ABILITY TO, TO BRING ORDER AND CHAOS IS, IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, I THINK THEY, THEY'RE ALSO THE LIFELINE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC, OUR COMMUNITY, WHO WE SERVE AND THOSE RESPONDERS. AND SO SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT, BUT THAT IS TRULY THE CASE. UM, I'VE HAD PERSONAL INSTANCES WHERE I'VE HAD A SITUATION, A GUY THAT I THOUGHT WAS BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE, UM, THEY COULDN'T GET THERE FAST ENOUGH, BUT THE, THE CALM VOICE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, OF THE PHONE MADE IT ALL THAT WORTHWHILE. UM, I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN ENVIRONMENTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HURRICANES THAT COME ALONG, AND THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF REALLY PROTECT OUR RESPONDERS. SO WHEN ROAD CLOSURES EXIST AND FLOODING IS TAKING PLACE, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE TRULY THE, THE EYES AND EARS THAT CAN RELAY CRITICAL INFORMATION IN THE FIELD, THE, THE RIGHT WAY. SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT. SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE, THE LIFE SAVING, UH, INSTRUCTIONS [01:05:01] THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, OF THE PHONE. AND SO, BUT THEY, THEY DO THAT. I DUNNO IF THEY'RE, I THINK Y'ALL GOT THE, THE STORK CLUB, AS HAS ANYBODY HERE ACTUALLY RAISE OF HANDS INSTRUCTIONS ON, THERE YOU GO. THAT'S IT. UHHUH . YEAH. SO, I MEAN, THESE ARE THE, THE WHAT AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES. AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO HAD TRAGEDY WHERE EVEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE HAVE DONE THAT ON, ON THAT, THAT CALL AS WELL. UM, AGAIN, YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE MAL, THE MULTITASKERS, I THINK I DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT THAT SOMETIMES. UM, BUT AGAIN, GO OVER AND, AND LOOK AT THE COMMUNICATION CENTER AND YOU, YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU, I JUST DON'T EVEN WANNA TALK. I JUST, IT'S, IT'S SO WHAT'S, UH, A GOOD WELL OILED MACHINE. UM, AND THEY TAKE ON THIS TREMENDOUS EMOTIONAL WEIGHT. AND SO UNLIKE THE PROVIDER THAT'S ON THE SCENE AND CAN, CAN KIND OF PROCESS IT SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS ON THE CALLS AND WHETHER THE CALL WENT GOOD OR THE CALL, ESPECIALLY IF IT DIDN'T GO GOOD, UM, IT'S HARD TO GET AWAY FROM THAT, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S JUST EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UM, TO THINK THAT THROUGH. AND, AND I KNOW CHIEF KUSHNER SAID THIS OFTEN TO ME, UM, AND I HOPE YOU'VE SAID IT TO THEM TOO, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT'S ESSENTIAL TO OUR SUCCESS, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN THE VERY FIRST, I THINK IN THE JOB INTERVIEW, A ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, KUSHNER, CHIEF KUSHNER TALKED ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST FIRE AND EMS AND ANIMAL CONTROL. IT IS DISPATCH AND IT IS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION. IT'S LIKE, IF WE, IF WE DON'T GET THAT RIGHT, NOTHING ELSE REALLY GETS RIGHT. UM, SO HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. UM, BUT AGAIN, I JUST, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN CHUCK LEWIS AND KRISTEN MILTON, THAT'S HERE, LEADERSHIP POSITIONS THERE, AND THEN THE, THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND AMEN. THANK YOU FOR SETTING HERE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT BRINGS OUT THE BEST OF A BOARD THAN A GOOD BROADBAND CONVERSATION, . BUT, BUT FOR YOU ALL LAST WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, I OFTEN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE EVERY WEEK SHOULD BE YOUR WEEK, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY. SO IF WE COULD JUST GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND NOW, MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD TURN TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND, UM, ALVIN, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN AT A, A LOCAL LEVEL. I THINK HE SERVES ON THE STATE BACK BOARD. UM, AND JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF ANIMAL CONTROL. AND SOMETIMES I, I'VE GOT MY, MY KEVIN MASSON GO LIST FOR YOU, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND ALVIN'S MY BIGGEST HERO BECAUSE AL WAS, I WAS IN A MEETING ONE TIME AT, AT THE, AT THE WATER AUTHORITY. AND I TOLD MY WIFE, I SAID, THIS IS GONNA BE A PRETTY CONTENTIOUS MEETING. AND NOT THAT SHE USUALLY CALLS OR ANYTHING. I JUST SAID, LOOK, I'M, I'M GOING TO BE IN A POSITION THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING BAD THAT'S HAPPENING, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE PHONE. WELL, MY SEVEN OR 8-YEAR-OLD AT THE TIME, FOUND ABOUT A FIVE FOOT BLACK SNAKE IN THE KITCHEN. AND SO I'M GETTING THIS FRANTIC 9 1 1 TEXT, WHICH IS CODE FOR KEVIN DOES A MAJOR PROBLEM. I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE MEETING AND COME TO FIND OUT THAT ALVIN LANGLEY IS, IS ON THE WAY. SO, UH, YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT ANIMAL CONTROL, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CATS AND DOGS, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS TOO, LIKE THE NO LEG SNAKE THAT, UH, CAN GET INTO YOUR HOUSE. AND THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN A SNAKE IN YOUR HOUSE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. UM, ALVIN AND I, AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S WAS KEVIN MASSENGILL. HE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SO, SO CALM AND PATIENT. 'CAUSE I GOT THERE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. ALVIN WAS STILL LOOKING IN EVERY POT, EVERY PAN. AND I WAS LIKE, ALVIN, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY GONE. HE SAID, YEAH, IT COULD BE. BUT LAST WEEK I LEFT AND THE LADY WENT TO GO MAKE, I THINK IT WAS TEA OR SOMETHING, AND THEN HER TEA KETTLE WAS A COPPERHEAD. I SAID, YEAH, ALVIN, STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU WANT TODAY. ALL NIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE EVER FOUND IT, DID WE? WE, WE, WE NEVER DID. BUT, UM, THAT WAS A NICE NIGHT. BUT I THINK ABOUT ANIMAL CONTROL, AND I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE, BUT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS. AND SO MORE AND MORE OUR SOCIETY IS, IS EMBRACING THE FACT OF APPROPRIATE ANIMAL CARE. BUT FROM ANIMAL CONTROLLER'S PERSPECTIVE, THEY'RE DO THEY DO BOTH? THEY, IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, THEY DO BOTH. UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OFTENTIMES THE FIRST TO ACTUALLY SEE THE PROBLEMS IN A [01:10:01] HOME. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ABOUT THE CASES WHERE MAYBE THERE WAS A CONCERN OR THERE WAS A COMPLAINT, MAYBE NOT. BUT WHEN HE SHOWED UP AND THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES GOING ON WHERE SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDED TO GET INVOLVED. AND SO WE START GETTING INTO FAMILY SERVICES A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T SEE, MAYBE LAW ENFORCEMENT POTENTIALLY, BUT ANIMAL CONTROL WILL SOMETIMES SEE THINGS THAT, THAT MOST PEOPLE MISS. UM, THEY REDUCE RISK IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU, YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, UM, ONE OF THE, I DON'T THINK THIS HAPPENED IN CHIEF KISSINGER'S TIME, BUT UH, THE PREVIOUS CHIEF CALLED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SAID, WE, WE'VE GOT A, WE GOT A PROBLEM. THERE'S A CAR WHO DROVE THROUGH A COW. AND I SAID, DROVE THROUGH THE COW. HE SAID, YEAH, THERE'S HALF OF THE COW ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE OTHER COW'S ON THE HALF IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND WE MED FLIGHTED THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN, IN THE CAR. UM, SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR FARMERS WHO DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH LIVESTOCK, BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN A, A DARK COUNTRY ROAD AND THERE'S A, A HORSE OR A COW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, THAT CAN, THAT CAN BE TRAGIC. UM, BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY REDUCE RISK IN, IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AGAIN, I I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE SNAKE SITUATION, BUT THEY RESPOND TO, UM, REALLY UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS, RIGHT? IN ADDITION TO, I, I TALK ABOUT ANIMAL CONTROL TO SOME OF MY MORE URBAN COLLEAGUES AND, AND THEY'RE LIKE, IN, IN DENWOODY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 'CAUSE THERE ARE THESE THINGS CALLED SNAKES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THESE THINGS CALLED SKUNKS. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE TIME THAT ALVIN AND STAFF HAVE, HAVE MET A SKUNK CLOSE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. UH, AND, AND IN SOME SITUATIONS, AGAIN, EXTREMELY HIGH RISK, HIGH RISK SITUATIONS. UM, THEY'RE EDUCATORS, THEY'RE TEACHERS. THEY, THEY TALK TO THE PUBLIC. THEY, THEY TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT PROPER ANIMAL CARE. BUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT, UH, YOU THINK ABOUT VACCINATIONS AND, AND WHAT THEY DO FOR JUST OVERALL PUBLIC HEALTH. AND THEY HAVE A KEY ROLE IN THAT. AND SO I THINK ABOUT ALVIN, THE, THE, THE TIMES THAT, UM, RABIES AND SOME OTHER TYPE OF EXAMPLES THAT, THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND THEY, THEY OFTEN HANDLE SITUATIONS, UM, WHEN IT'S A, WE HAVE ABUSE AND NEGLECT. AND, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH ANIMALS AND INVESTIGATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE. THEY ARE TRULY INVESTIGATORS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF COURT PROCEEDINGS IN SOME CASES. SO IT'S, UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK, WELL, IT'S A, IT'S A DOG CATCHER. IT IS MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN A DOG CATCHER. UM, SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, ALVIN, I JUST, I WANNA THANK YOU AS WELL. I WAS HOPING WE COULD GET FASTER SO WE COULD GET THE REST OF THE STAFF THAT'S HERE. BUT PLEASE LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT YOU DO. UM, YOU KNOW, ALVIN'S HAD SOME STRUGGLES OVER THE LAST YEAR REALLY WITH TRYING TO FIND GOOD STAFF AND BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN GOOD STAFF, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION. UH, ALVIN HAS SPECIFICALLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. AND SO I'VE GOT THIS WAY OF TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE, NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GET TO DO. AND, AND ALVIN'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. AMEN. SO ALVIN, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MA'AM. I'M GONNA PAUSE JUST FOR A SECOND. I KNOW YOUR COMMENTS ARE LATER, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SCHEDULE'S LIKE. BUT IF ANY COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO MAKE, I'D ASK THAT YOU DO THOSE NOW AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO MY COMMENTS. OKAY. JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I KNOW IT'S A HARD THING AND UH, I KNOW HE'S BEEN OUT MY HOUSE PLENTY OF TIMES FOR POSSUMS AWESOME. POSS BUT I THINK HE FEEDS THEM SO HE CAN COME OUT , WHATEVER. THANK YOU. YOU ALVIN. YEP. AND THANK YOU FIREMEN AND UH, EVERYBODY, EVERYONE, FOR ALL YOU DO WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULD BE LOST. ABSOLUTELY. MM-HMM . I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO NINE ONE ONE FIRST AT THE CALL CENTER. YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB. UH, IT IS A JOB THAT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT. AND, UH, IT TAKES SPECIAL PEOPLE TO DO THE JOB AND JUST, NOT JUST ANYBODY CAN DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YEAH. THE TRAINING THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH AND, AND THE ABILITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S UP HERE OR DOWN HERE, IS A SKILL. AND I JUST SAY, SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALL OF YOU. 'CAUSE IT'S A 24 HOUR DAY, SEVEN DAY A WEEK JOB. IT DOESN'T TAKE A MINUTE OFF. AMEN. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, ALVIN, [01:15:01] UM, THE JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE IN D WITTY COUNTY AND, AND EVEN HELPING OUR NATIVE NEIGHBORS AROUND US, UM, AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE, UM, YOU'RE UP HERE BUDDY, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE VALUE WHAT YOU DO. UM, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS OF JUST, YOU DON'T REALIZE THE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR YOUR POSITION. UM, YOUR SHOES, WHEN THAT DAY COMES, IS GONNA BE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HARD TO FILL. AND, UH, I HOPE THAT IT, IT DOESN'T COME IN ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE, BUT I, I KNOW THAT I'M WISHFUL THINKING ON THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A TALENT, MY FRIEND. YES. YES. UM, WE ALL, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT GONNA GO PICK A SNAKE UP BY THE TAIL. NO. UM, OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, BUT BUT YOUR, YOUR VIGILANCE TO THE JOB IN WHICH YOU DO DAY IN, DAY OUT 24 7, UM, IS, HAS BEEN IMPECCABLE. AND, UM, JUST THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT A, A SNAKE STORY AND A, UM, SKUNK STORY WITH ALVIN. AND, UH, THE SNAKE WAS AT MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE, WHICH WAS MY MOM'S HOUSE. AND ALVIN WENT AND GOT IT. UM, BUT MY DAUGHTER MOVED OUT OF THAT HOUSE AND BACK IN MY HOUSE FOR, UM, TWO OR THREE DAYS. AND AFTER THE THIRD DAY SHE WAS LIVING WITH US, I WANTED TO CALL ALVIN AND SEE WHAT HE DID WITH THE SNAKE TO BRING IT TO MY HEIGHT TO GET HER TO GO BACK HOME. OH, IT'S TERRIBLE. SHE DID GO HOME AND THEN, UH, THAT'S TERRIBLE. I HAD A SKUNK IN, IN THE TRAP. AND, UH, SO I CALLED ALVIN TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET IT OUT 'CAUSE I WAS GOING TO GET IT OUT. AND THANK GOODNESS ALVIN SAID, WELL, I, I, WE, WE CAN DO IT. AND I SAID, WELL, COME ON, . AND I THINK, UM, MY DAUGHTER HAD THAT ON VIDEO, AND ABOUT THE TIME ALVIN GOT READY TO THROW THE BLANKET ON IT, THE SKUNK SPRAYED HIM. AND HE SAID A BAD WORD, . AND NOBODY COULD GET AROUND HIM FOR A WEEK OR TWO. BUT, UH, YOU CALL HIM, HE COMES. HE'S THAT'S RIGHT. HAS ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB. THE OTHER THING ABOUT ALVIN, HE CAN TAKE THE ANGRIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD AND TALK TO 'EM, AND IN FIVE MINUTES THEY'RE, THEY MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY. UM, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY'RE MUCH CALMER. SO I, AND THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT MAYBE HE COULD COME UP HERE AND SIT WHILE BROADBAND WAS GOING ON . ANYWAY, UM, THANK YOU ALVIN FOR WHAT YOU DO. AMEN. AND THEN SATURDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK, UM, POKEY NATION WAS, UM, JUST AT A, THE HIGHEST PITCH THEY COULD BEAT. AND I'VE GOT A REALLY SAT THROUGH A CATASTROPHE BEFORE, THANK GOODNESS. UM, BUT, UH, PARACHUTISTS TRIED TO LAND IN LANE STADIUM AND HIT THE SCOREBOARD AND, UM, HUNG THERE. AND WHEN YOU ARE PART OF 35,000 PEOPLE THAT REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT SIT DOWN, WATCH EMERGENCY SERVICES, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UNDER A MICROSCOPE THEN. I MEAN, TRULY UNDER A MICROSCOPE. AND THEY TRIED A, A LOUDER TRUCK THAT WASN'T QUITE TALL ENOUGH AND THEY HAD TO GET ANOTHER LOUDER TRUCK, BUT THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THEM, OF THEM AND TRYING TO SAVE THAT GUY'S LIFE. AND HE WAS LUCKY THAT NOTHING WORSE HAPPENED THAN IT HAPPENED. YEAH, VERY TRUE. BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT Y'ALL LAST WEEK WITH THE FIRE IN NORTH BEND, WOODY, AND YOU HAD 30% HUMIDITY IN 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN ITS OWN CATASTROPHE. AND YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS PERSON IN ONE OF THE HOUSES. UM, 'CAUSE MY DAUGHTER WORKS WITH, UM, WITH HIS MOTHER. UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT PRAISE FROM THE CITIZENS ABOUT THAT INCIDENT. AND I KNOW IT STARTS FROM WHEN THE CALL COMES IN TO WHEN Y'ALL ARE DISPATCHED AND WHO'S DISPATCHED AND ALL OF THAT. SO I AM TRULY PROUD OF DENVER WITTY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE JOB Y'ALL DO. UM, I'VE BEEN LAYING ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR BEFORE WAITING FOR Y'ALL TOO. AND THAT I'M STILL HERE, THANK GOODNESS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TRULY HAVE TO BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN DENVER. SO THANK Y'ALL. OKAY. UM, THE, UM, EMERGENCY STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE NINE ONE, THE 9 1 1 [01:20:01] PE PEOPLE, UM, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE ON THE PHONE, SOMETIMES YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON THAT THEY CAN TALK TO. MM-HMM . AND BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DO CALL JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO, UM, ALONG WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A TALENT. MM-HMM . EVERYONE CAN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MY BACKGROUND IS MENTAL HEALTH AND PEOPLE CAN'T DO THAT EITHER, BUT YOU, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY GET THE, UM, THE SERVICES THEY NEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND, YOU KNOW, GOD BLESS YOU FOR DOING THAT. UM, THE FIRE, UM, IN NORTH DENWOOD, BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME. I WAS COMING DOWN THE STREET AND I SAW THE, THE, UM, THE BLACK SMOKE GOING UP, AND THEN I SAW EMERGENCY CREWS EVERYWHERE AND THEY WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN NEED. AND, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS HOT AND EVERYTHING LIKE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS GOING ON. UM, YOU ALL, UM, CHIEF YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB WITH THE OTHER, UM, UH, PEOPLE COMING TO HELP THE OTHER SERVICES AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU KNOW, ALVIN, YOU KNOW, I GOT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANIMAL STORES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM, KIND OF KNOWN FOR THE ANIMAL STORES. SO ANYWAY, UM, I WANNA TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS AT CENTRAL STATE, THEY CALLED ALVIN. ALVIN CAME OUT AND I WAS LOOKING OUT MY OFFICE AND ALVIN HAD AN ARM OUT THE WINDOW AND HAD THIS BIG OLD GIANT SKUNK ON, ON THE BACK AND HAD IT COVER UP. HE WAS JUST GOING ON CALM, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, OH, IT'S A GIANT SKUNK. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, HE WAS HUGE. HE WAS, HE WAS A REAL BIG SKUNK. BUT ALVIN, ALVIN CAME AND HE GOT 'EM. AND THEN I, UM, , UM, I WAS, UH, THINKING ABOUT THE STORY. THIS LADY CALLED ME. I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHAT AREA IT IS. I MEAN, IT WAS IN MY AREA. IT WAS UP IN, IN, UM, DISTRICT FIVE. AND SHE CALLED ME AND SHE SAID, MS. BONARD, THIS GOAT IS OUT EVERY MORNING CHASING PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET. SO I SAID, I SAID, OKAY, MA'AM. AND THEN I SAID, DO THEY HAVE HORNS? SHE SAID, YEAH, THEY HAVE HORNS. SO SHE WAS JUST TELLING ME THAT HE WOULD GET OUT AND CHASE PEOPLE. AND THIS OLDER MAN HAD TO JUMP IN THE BACK OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK BECAUSE THE GOAT WAS TRYING TO GET HIM AND EVERYTHING. SO I CALLED ALVIN, ALVIN COMES OUT, ALVIN IS TALKING AND PLAYING WITH THE GOAT, AND THIS GOAT WAS CHASING EVERYBODY ELSE. AND THEN ALVIN TELLS ME, HE SAID, THE GOAT IS NOT A PROBLEM. I SAID, I SAID, ALVIN, THE GOAT WAS CHASING PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET IN THE MORNING. THEY CAN'T EVEN GO TO WORK. AND ALVIN WAS AT PLAYING WITH THE GOAT AND EVERYTHING, BUT LATER ON THEY, UM, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANIMALS IN THE, UH, SUBDIVISION UP THERE WHERE I LIVE AT AND ALL THAT NORTH DE WITTY. BUT THE GOAT DID LEAVE. BUT ALVIN , THE LADY WAS LIKE, I CANNOT BELIEVE HE'S OUT THERE, PUT THAT GOAT AND JUST PLAYING WITH THE GOAT AND, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. BUT, UM, THAT WAS, THAT'S UH, THAT'S ONE OF MY STORIES ABOUT THE GOAT AND THE SKUNK AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AT, UM, ALVIN, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU COME OUT AND I TELL YOU, UM, YOU ARE NOT AFRAID. YOU KNOW, WE JUST, I DO HAVE ONE LAST STORY ABOUT THE PIT BULL IN MY, IN MY AREA. UH, THE PIT BULL WAS CHASING KIDS AT THE, AT THE BUS STOP. SO WE CALL ALVIN, ALVIN CAME OUT, IT WAS TWO OF 'EM. HE TOOK ONE AND THE OTHER ONE WENT BACK IN THE HOUSE. 'CAUSE THE NEIGHBOR TOLD HIM. SO ALVIN WENT IN AND HE WANTED TO TALK TO THE GUY, GET THE GUY'S DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THINK YOU REMEMBER THIS STORY. SO THE GUY WAS, UM, UH, NOT A NICE INDIVIDUAL. UM, HE THREW HIS, HIS, UH, LICENSE DOWN ON THE, ON THE FLOOR. AND THEN ALVIN LOOKED AT HIM AND HE SAID, DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK I'M GONNA BEND DOWN AND GET THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, ? AND, UM, AND THE GUY JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND ALVIN, I THINK HE LEFT. BUT, UH, I MEAN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT DANGER YOU COULD BE IN, BUT YOU STILL WENT AND TRIED TO SOLVE THE SITUATION. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR ALL YOU DO AND EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE END OF MY ANIMAL STORY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. , DID YOU HAVE ONE MORE? NO, I DON'T HAVE ONE MORE. I DON'T HAVE ONE MORE . ONE DAY WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP AND LET Y'ALL TELL STORIES TO US SO WE CAN BE THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THE THE REST OF MY COMMENTS AREN'T AS EXCITABLE, BUT I MEAN, SO YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU WANNA LEAVE, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU WANT TO STAY, THAT'S FINE TOO. UM, BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT AT FIRST IS THE, UH, FY 27 BUDGET AND CIP MM-HMM . SO, MS. HOWERTON, UH, WAS ABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO PUBLISH A BALANCE BUDGET. SO THAT BUDGET, UH, WAS ADVERTISED ON APRIL 14TH. AND THE SECOND AD IS IN THE, THE PAPER TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FY 27, UH, BUDGET. AND CIP WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH AT 7:00 PM [01:25:01] HERE IN, IN THE BOARDROOM. AND IF YOU RECALL, YOU CAN'T VOTE THE SAME NIGHT ON THE BUDGET. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. UH, WE HAVE THAT VOTE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 5TH, THAT'S TUESDAY, MAY 5TH. THAT'S USUALLY YOUR NORMAL, UH, WORKSHOP. BUT WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING THAT DAY SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE ACTION, UH, HOPEFULLY TO ADOPT, UM, A BUDGET AT THAT TIME. MS. HARTON AND I HAVE BEEN, UH, LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY REVENUE NUMBERS. AND SO REVENUE NUMBERS HAVE, UH, AND WE SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, THAT REVENUE, UH, TENDS TO BE FLUID IN THE SENSE THAT THE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE, SOMETIMES NOT SO FAVORABLE. THAT'S USUALLY NOT THE OPTION. SOMETIMES IT GETS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. UM, SO IN, UH, OUR CURRENT REVIEW OF THE 27 FY 27 PROPOSED REVENUE, UH, UH, LATEST PROJECTIONS ARE SHOWING SOME IMPROVEMENT. AND SO WE HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND SPECIFICALLY NOT ENOUGH TO, TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CUTS THAT WE DID MAKE THIS YEAR. UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY TWO AREAS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING TO. ONE IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REALLY IN MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ANIMAL CONTROL DISPATCH. UM, BUT THERE ARE, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT'S OFFERED THROUGH EXXON, AND SO THEY PROVIDE OUR BODY CAMERAS AND THE TASERS, BUT THERE'S ALSO 9 1 1 SERVICES THAT HELP WITH TRANSLATION SERVICES. UH, AND SO THIS, THERE'S NEW AI TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT ASSIST OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A GREAT WAY. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO BE PART OF ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF HOUR PRESENTATION, UH, YESTERDAY OF, OF LOOKING AT THIS. AND SO I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR THAT. AND THE, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO I'M LOOKING AT ABOUT $150,000 EACH. SO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM YOU WERE AT 500,000. I THINK WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THAT. AT 650,000, IF YOU REMEMBER, THEIR REQUEST WAS 800. SO WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN MAKE THOSE MODIFICATIONS. SO WHAT'S WHAT'S BEING SEEN BY THE PUBLIC WILL CHANGE SOMEWHAT BY THE TIME WE GET NEXT WEEK TO THE HEARING. 'CAUSE THE REVENUE NUMBERS WILL BE ADJUSTED UPWARDLY. AND THOSE TWO EXPENDITURE ITEMS WILL BE, WILL BE PUT IN. BUT AS YOU RECALL, WE, WE STILL CUT WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF, UM, INTERNALLY TO, TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD SOME OF THESE THINGS. UM, ALSO, AND UM, MR. LEE MAY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, 'CAUSE I KNOW HE CHAIRS THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THE FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR BACKSTOPS AND SHOOTING AT NIGHT, THERE IS A, A MEETING SCHEDULED ON THE 27TH, AND THAT'S, UM, 6:00 PM IN THIS ROOM. THERE WAS POTENTIALLY SOME CONFUSION. WAS THAT GONNA BE AT EAST SIDE OR WAS THAT GONNA BE HERE? UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A COMMITTEE MEETING. AND SO MR. LEE WILL, UM, PRESIDE OVER THAT. UH, ON APRIL 15TH, DEY COUNTY ANNOUNCED A COUNTYWIDE BURN BAN. AND SO CHIEF KISSINGER CAME TO ME AND WANNA APPLAUD HIM. HE RECOGNIZED THE EXTREME DRY CONDITIONS. I DON'T KNOW THAT A WHOLE LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES OR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE IT, BUT, UH, BUT WHAT WE DID IS, UH, WE ANNOUNCED A, A TEMPORARY COUNTYWIDE BURN BAN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ON THE 15TH. AND SO THAT BURN BAN PROHIBITS ANY OPEN AIR BURNING IN, IN COUNTYWIDE. SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S TEMPORARY. IT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE NEXT WIDESPREAD, UH, SOAKING RAIN THAT WOULD COVER THE COUNTY. AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UH, THAT, THAT THE BAN WILL OFFICIALLY BE LIFTED. SO THE LITTLE BIT OF RAIN WE GOT ON ON SUNDAY WAS JUST A TEASER, UH, NOT ENOUGH COUNTYWIDE TO, TO REALLY IMPROVE CONDITIONS. SO WE, WE PUT OUT THERE, AND JUST TO REITERATE, COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE HANDLING ANY TYPE OF, UM, IGN IGNITION SOURCE, RIGHT? SO, UH, INCLUDING MACHINERY, ESPECIALLY CIGARETTES MATCHES THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY ARE SEEING PEOPLE WITH CIGARETTE BUTTS THROWING 'EM OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THAT'S GONNA GET A BRUSH TRUCK PRETTY QUICKLY IN THESE TYPES OF CONDITIONS, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH DRY GRASS AND, AND WOODY DEBRIS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UH, SO THE BURN BAND, UM, SUPERSEDES, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE ANNUAL STATEWIDE BURN BAND LAW. AND SO THAT WAS FROM 4:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT FROM THE 15TH TO THE 30TH. SO THIS, THIS COMES INTO EFFECT. I APPRECIATE CHIEF KISSINGER'S APPROACH IN THIS. UM, BRETT JENNINGS WAS HERE EARLIER, OUR FIRE MARSHAL. THE, THE SENSE THAT, UM, IF, IF WE DO SEE A, A SITUATION, WE USUALLY GO OUT JUST FOR THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE, AND WE GIVE A WARNING FIRST. UH, [01:30:01] UNLESS IT'S TOO SIGNIFICANT. BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GIVE A WARNING FIRST. AND 'CAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THIS, BUT IF WE COME OUT THE SECOND TIME, THEN IT, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FIND THE INDIVIDUAL FOR IT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT WE DID THAT ON THE 15TH. AND THEN ON THE 16TH, WE, WE DID HAVE THE DISTRICT FIVE SUBDIVISION FIRE THAT TOOK PLACE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MS. EBRA BONNER AND I HAPPENED TO BE TOGETHER AT THE TIME THAT, THAT THIS WAS GOING ON. AND SO, JUST A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS JOB FOR DEWINE COUNTY FIRE AND EMS. UM, THE, AND AGAIN, STARTED WITH THE 9 1 1 CENTER, BUT AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY TO SHOW UP ON SCENE AND HAVING SO QUICKLY HAVING TO ASSESS ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND, AND BY THE TIME I DROVE BY, UH, THAT WHILE IT WAS GOING ON, THE SMOKE HAD REALLY JUST COVERED MULTIPLE ROADS. SO IT'S, TO JUST BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS, WAS, WAS SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT. IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COORDINATION AND, AND, AND THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT AND FIRE AND EMS DID A, DID A GREAT JOB, QUICK THINKING, UH, AND THEN, AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLIMENTS TO, AGAIN, CHIEF KISSER AND HIS STAFF TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE EARLY ON THAT THIS IS GOING TO OVERRUN OUR SYSTEM PRETTY QUICKLY. AND SO MUTUAL AID WAS THEN SOUGHT WITH CHESTERFIELD, I BELIEVE, CAME AS WELL AS PETERSBURG TO ASSIST. AND SO IT WAS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, IF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A EA HIGH CALL EMS MOMENT, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT DIFFERENT. I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT A, A, A SUBDIVISION CUL-DE-SAC AREA, NOT JUST THREE HOMES AFFECTED, BUT, BUT MORE THAN THAT. SO JUST THANK YOU CHIEF FOR, FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND HAVE DONE. UH, MAY 3RD TO THE EIGHTH IS, UH, NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. SO WE RECOGNIZE TWO, UH, PARTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT THE THIRD THROUGH THE EIGHTH IS NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. SO ANYBODY IN PUBLIC WORK, IN PUBLIC SERVICE NATIONALLY, THAT'S THE WEEK, UM, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. AND IT ALSO DOVETAILS NICELY WITH, UM, PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK, WHICH IS THE SAME, SAME WEEK. AND I'M GONNA GET INTO THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, IN, IN A MINUTE. BUT MAY 7TH IS ALSO, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THESE CARDS SET IN FRONT OF US. THIS IS THE, AGAIN, THE, THE, UH, ANNUAL TRI-CITIES LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, MEMORIAL BREAKFAST THAT STARTS AT 7:00 AM FOR BREAKFAST, AND THEN EIGHT O'CLOCK IS THE SERVICE UNDER OUR BOARD IS ALWAYS COMES OUT NUMBERS FOR, FOR THAT TYPE OF THIS EVENT. AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS THE 31ST ANNUAL, UM, OF THAT. SO WANTED TO BRING THAT, THAT'S AT THE HOPEWELL MOOSE LODGE. AND AGAIN, ON THE SEVENTH, THE SAME WEEK AS THAT. SO WHILE I WAS PICKING UP MS. EBER BONNER WAS TO, TO GO TO, UH, AGAIN ON THE 16TH, UH, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERK'S ASSOCIATION ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER IN BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA, IES, WHICH I THINK FOR THE, THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE VIRGINIA TECH, JUST A FUN FACT, MS. EBRA BONNER AND MYSELF HAD NEVER BEEN TO VIRGINIA TECH, SO THIS IS EVER RIGHT IN MY LIFE AND HERS. SO WE HAD TWO INDIVIDUALS. I KNOW THAT SEEMS VERY ABSTRACT FOR SOME OF YOU ALL THAT WE'VE NOT GONE THERE, BUT WE WE'RE VCU RAMS PEOPLE AND VSU, SO NOT NECESSARILY BLACKSBURG, BUT WE, WE REPRESENTED DI WOODY, WELL, KAISHA BROWN, OUR CLERK WAS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S ASSOCIATION, AND ALSO RECOGNIZED AS THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERK OF THE YEAR. SO THIS COMES AFTER, YEAH, THIS COMES AFTER RECEIVING HER MMC, WHICH IS THE MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. AND THEN, UH, MOST RECENTLY, KAISHA WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY SVA, OUR AREA CHAMBER, UM, AS 40, UNDER 40. UH, SO, UH, I TOLD HER THERE'S A THING CALLED SUCCESS MANAGEMENT NOW THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED ALL THESE THINGS SO QUICKLY, IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP YOU, UH, MOTIVATED MOVING FORWARD. BUT KAISHA, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE VERY PROUD, MISS EVEN BONNER AND I, UM, I, I TOLD MY WIFE, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, I CAN NEVER DO ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE IT WAS TOO STRESSFUL FOR BRENDA AND I, WE WERE HIDING AROUND A HOTEL FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM KAISHA TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO POP OUT AND SURPRISE HER. BUT WHAT A, WHAT A TREMENDOUS NIGHT THAT WAS. UM, AND [01:35:01] THEN I, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, VIRTUALLY I WAS ABLE TO BE A GUEST LECTURER FOR VIRGINIA TECH. AND I, I TAUGHT A CLASS LAST WEEK IN THE MASTER'S OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. AND IT WAS AN EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DIM WITTY BOARD STORY AND THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION NEXT MONTH, 20 YEARS, UM, AND I, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I'D WORKED WITH, UH, 14 BOARD MEMBERS DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THIS BOARD SPECIFICALLY HAS, HAS BEEN HERE FOR 14 OF THOSE 20. AND AGAIN, THERE'S LESSONS TO BE LEARNED ON THE WAY THAT CIVILITY IS NEEDED IN THE WORKFORCE TODAY. AMEN. AND SO, BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND, AND HOW WE DO THAT. SO, UH, TOMORROW I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO, UH, GO TO, UH, RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE. WE'LL BE HAVING OUR FIRST BOARD OF VISITORS MEETING AT RICHARD BLAND TOMORROW. SO I'LL, I'LL BE COMPLETELY OUT OF POCKET MOST, MOST OF THE TIME TOMORROW. UM, THIS REPRESENTS 14 YEARS THAT PRESIDENT AU, UM, HAS BEEN LEADING THE COLLEGE. SHE IS DEPARTING. AND THEN WE GET THE DISTINCT PLEASURE TO WELCOME DR. KENNETH ALEXANDER, WHO IS ALSO THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK, UH, FORMER SENATOR IN VIRGINIA, AND NOW IS THE, UH, INTERIM PRESIDENT OF, OF, UH, RICHARD BLAINE COLLEGE. SO WE GET TO WELCOME HIM TOMORROW AS WELL. UH, DR. MOORE HAD ASKED ABOUT COMMENCEMENT AND WANTED TO, TO LOOK AT MAYBE COMING TO COMMENCEMENT AS AS A BOARD. UM, SO THE 2026 COMMENCEMENT IS SATURDAY, MAY 16TH AT 2:00 PM AT 2:00 PM AND I HAVE A ROLE THERE TO SPEAK AT THAT COMMENCEMENT. SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT. AND THIS IS THE ONLY COLLEGE IN DIM WOODY COUNTY. AND I, I KEEP TELLING THE PEOPLE IN PRINCE GEORGE THAT THE BEST PART OF IT'S IN DENWOODY, THE OTHER PARTS IN PRINCE GEORGE. BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS SPLIT BETWEEN BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. MADAM CHAIR, THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. MARK, YOU READY? I'M READY. OKAY. OKAY. UM, [10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] I'LL START WITH, UM, SAY THE DATE, UM, MAY THE 30TH. THERE WILL BE A FLY IN AT DENWITTY, UH, AIRPORT, AND IT WILL BE A DAY LONG EVENT. I PROMISE YOU. WE'LL HAVE AIRPLANES FROM WORLD WAR II UP TO CURRENT, AND THERE WILL BE FOOD TRUCKS THERE, THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN. UH, IT'S GONNA BE A FUN DAY. UM, SO MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THAT. YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE ABOUT THAT THROUGH OUR, UM, INVOLVEMENT WITH PART AND OTHER THINGS, UH, AND AS WELL AS OUR WEBSITE FOR DEITY COUNTY, UM, KAISHA, GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB. UH, AND I KNOW THIS COMING YEAR IS GONNA BE A DEMANDING YEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERKS. UM, BUT IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE IN DENWITY COUNTY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US AS A BOARD, AS FOR THE COUNTY, THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY, AND, UH, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO GOING FORWARD. GREAT THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN AND CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. UM, WHILE OUR CHAIRMAN AND OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WAS AWAY, MR. LEE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, CONGRATULATE OUR NEWEST CITIZENS ACADEMY GRADUATES, UM, A WEEK AGO. GREAT NIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY A, A SPECIAL THANKS TO MARIE GRANT, WHO PRETTY MUCH RUNS THAT PROGRAM, PUTS EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WE HAD A GREAT EVENING AT EAST SIDE. UM, ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM, UM, WAS FANTASTIC. AND, AND WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU EDUCATE, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE ABOUT WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS AS A COMMUNITY AND AN ADMINISTRATION, THE GOVERNMENT SIDE, IT'S AMAZING HOW THE LIGHT BULB GOES OFF TO PEOPLE TO REALIZE, OH, Y'ALL ARE STEWARDS OF THE DOLLAR OF WHAT WE ARE PAYING IN TAXES. AND THE THINGS, THE SERVICES THAT WE REPRESENT. TWO, OF COURSE, WERE REPRESENTED THIS EVENING, UH, WITH 9 1 1, THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE AND ALVIN. BUT THEY GET TO HEAR FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THIS COUNTY, UM, ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AS WELL AS THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM, AND MY HAT'S OFF TO MARIE, BUT THE NEXT CLASS IS BEING PUT TOGETHER. SO REACH OUT TO MARIE GRANT, OR, UM, WE, OR THROUGH THE COUNTY, WE WILL GET INFORMATION TO YOU PUTTING THAT NEXT CLASS TOGETHER. UM, I WAS IN CLASS THIS WHOLE WEEK, THIS PAST WEEKEND, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE TEEN EXPO. [01:40:01] UH, I THINK WE ARE, SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT I, I THINK WE HAD OVER 200 CHILDREN THAT WERE INVOLVED, STUDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. UM, IT'S THE FIRST ONE THAT I'VE MISSED MM-HMM . UM, SINCE WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IT ON. UM, BUT I KNOW THAT IT AFFECTS LIVES, IT CHANGES LIVES, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES EXPRESSING TO, TO CHILDREN AND TO FAMILIES THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, UM, AND OPENING UP THEIR WORLD. UM, THANK YOU TO EVERY STAFF MEMBER THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO PUT, UH, TO DO IT. OUR FRIENDS AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, WHO ARE THE HOST COMMUNITY FOR IT, AS WELL AS MY SCHOOL SYSTEM, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT HAS EVOLVED WITH OUR STAFFING WITH, FROM DR. WESTON ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH, UM, PUTTING THE PROGRAM TOGETHER. UM, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THEM, UM, FOR THAT INVOLVEMENT. AND, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. CHAVIS. MR. CHAVIS. WELL, UM, I ECHO A LOT OF THINGS YOU SAY, MARK, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW HIM. YOU KNOW, , YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING. BUT ANYWAY, UH, MR. COLLERAN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR EVERYTHING IN THE COUNTY. IT'S, UH, I MEAN, ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES HERE ARE JUST, UH, FANTASTIC. UM, THE WAY WE GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER, SUPPORT EACH OTHER. AND YOU COULD SEE A WHOLE ROW OF TODAY HOW, UH, MR. KISSINGER, HOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY PULLS TOGETHER AND MAKES THINGS GO SMOOTH. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT, UM, I WAS ON VACATION THIS PAST WEEK AND SPENT SOME TIME WITH PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTIES. AND THE WAY THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE, YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THE HARMONY WE HAVE AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE. I MEAN, THEY'RE FIRING THEIR ADMINISTRATORS AND HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU SEE A WHOLE LOT ABOUT US. MM-HMM . AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PAT US ON THE BACK OF SUPERVISORS OR WHATEVER, BUT WE PULL TOGETHER, BUT, UH, AND NOT PULLED AGAINST EACH OTHER OR TALK ABOUT EACH OTHER UNLESS IT'S POSITIVE. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, STAFF, HOW YOU DOING TOGETHER AND PULLING TOGETHER AND KEEPING THE COUNTY AFLOAT. MM-HMM . AND HEARING POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THE COUNTY AND CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS ACADEMY. I HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH THAT'S ATTENDING THAT, AND THEY CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH STUFF THEY LEARNED BY COMING TO THAT CLASS AND THEY'RE PROMOTING IT. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU FINISH ONE CLASS, YOU GOT ANOTHER JUMP RIGHT IN AND, AND, AND, AND DO IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON NOW. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. DAN? UM, I GUESS THE FIRST THING, UM, UH, KEVIN MENTIONED THE FIREARMS COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE 12TH, 27TH HERE. AND, UM, WE HAD, WELL, IT WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THE SHERIFF HAD PUT SOMETHING I ON HIS WEBSITE. UM, SO WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT OF INTEREST, UM, AT THAT MEETING ON, UH, MONDAY NIGHT. AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST LOOKING AT BACKSTOPS, UM, DISTANCES AND, UM, TIMING OF SHOOTING. SO IT'S NOT ANY, ANY TAKING ANY RIGHTS AWAY. UM, SO WANT PEOPLE TO, IF THEY WANT TO BE HERE, TO BE HERE. UM, TALKING ABOUT THE BURN BAND, UM, THE FLIP SIDE OF THE BURN BAN IS FARMERS. SO, UM, ITY IS ONE OF MANY COUNTIES THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A FEDERAL DRY, UM, AREA ALREADY, UM, BEFORE A LOT OF STUFF HAS EVEN BEEN PLANTED. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PRAYING FOR RAIN FOR FIRE, WE'RE PRAYING FOR RAIN FOR FARMERS, AND YES, ABSOLUTELY. AMEN. PRAYING FOR RAIN. SO, UM, ANYWAY, AND THEN, UH, LIKE MARK SAID, UM, ABOUT THE CITIZENS ACADEMY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR THE COMMENTS AFTERWARDS AND WHAT A GOOD JOB MARIE DOES WITH THAT. AND THESE CITIZENS ARE LOOKING AT WAYS AND, AND I GUESS I WAS IMPRESSED THAT IT WAS A BIG EMPHASIS ON GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK, UM, THAT'S REALLY POSITIVE. PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO, TO GIVE BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY. THEY HAD, UM, DAVID THOMPSON, WHO'S PRESIDENT OF ING NATIONAL THERE, TALKING ABOUT THE ROOFING CLUBS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, [01:45:02] HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE REALING CLUBS AND THE ESTATE DONORS AND THE SHRIMP DONORS, AND HOW THAT MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK IN THE, INTO THE, UM, COMMUNITIES. AND, AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS THEN, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT DO'S ROYALTON, WHO'S AT THE COUNTY FILE, AND THAT MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THEIR COMMUNITY TOO. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO AGAIN, IT'S ALL CONNECTED. UM, AND, AND WE'RE DOING THINGS TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER. UM, SO I WAS, THAT WAS REAL POSITIVE. AND, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OH, OKAY. . ALRIGHT. UM, WELL, I, I THINK EVERYONE HAS SAID, UH, SAID THIS TO KAISHA, BUT, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON BEING NAMED CLERK OF THE YEAR. UM, AND, UM, INSTALLED AS A PRESIDENT, THAT WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, KEVIN AND I, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO SURPRISE HER BECAUSE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO KAISHA, SHE SAID, OH, THEY'RE READING THIS ABOUT SOMEBODY. I DON'T THINK I KNOW THIS PERSON. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HER . AND, UM, THEY WERE SAYING ALL THIS GOOD STUFF AND SHE WAS JUST LIKE, OH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS REALLY NEAT. AND SHE SAID, SHE WAS LOOKING IN THE AUDIENCE AND SAID, I WONDER WHO IT IS. THEY MAY NOT BE HERE. SO ANYWAY, THEN THEY SAID, WELL, WE HAVE, UM, A, UH, TWO SPECIAL GUESTS THAT GOING TO COME IN. AND THEN WHEN SHE SAW US, SHE WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS SO SURPRISED SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HER. SO SHE WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. WE JUST HAD TO HIDE BEHIND THE, THE DOOR AND TRY, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO, SO WE DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT. I'M GLAD SHE DIDN'T SEE US BECAUSE SHE WAS WALKING OUT AND THEY SAID, NO, GO THIS WAY. GO THAT WAY. SO ANYWAY, UM, WE, UM, IT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE HAS TO TAKE A TRIP THIS YEAR GOING SOMEWHERE OUT WEST OR SOMETHING. SO SOMEWHERE, I DON'T THINK SHE'S EVER BEEN. BUT, UM, SHE'S GONNA BE ALL OVER PLACE. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR HER. SO WE, UH, WE THANK, UH, THANK HER FOR THAT AND THANK THE PEOPLE FOR SELECTING HER AND ALSO FOR SOVA, YOU KNOW, UM, DOING THAT AS WELL. SO SHE'S JUST GOING UP AND UP. MADAM CHAIR FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, IF YOU WANNA TELL THE REST OF THE STORY. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S PICTURES OF YOU DOING COUNTRY LINE DANCING. YOU KNOW WHAT? SEE UHUH YEAH. TO HARPER VALLEY. PTA, IT'S ON FACEBOOK. NO, IT WAS, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS ONE, IT'S ON FACEBOOK. NO, IT'S NOT. I THINK I, DID YOU SEE A COMM? NO. YOU KNOW, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT. BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS A LADY THERE WHO COULD REALLY SING. SHE WAS, I MEAN, THAT LADY COULD REALLY SING. SHE WAS SINGING HARPER VALLEY, PTA, I MEAN, SHE HAD A WONDERFUL VOICE. SHE DID. MM-HMM . AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH, SHE'S ONE OF, UM, COMMISSIONER CIRCLE. YOU KNOW, SHE'S ONE OF THE OFFICERS THAT THAT LADY COULD SING. I LOOKED UP TO FIND, FIND YOU MADAM CHAIR. AND NEXT THING I KNOW, I LOOKED AT THE, TO SEE OF PEOPLE LINE DANCING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SEE, I WAS ON THE END. SO ANYWAY, BUT YOU'RE ON, BUT YOU WERE IN IT, YOU KNOW, WELL GUESS, BUT GUESS WHAT? I COULDN'T DO WITH THAT. OKAY, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON. OKAY. . BUT WE WERE THERE FOR HER, SO THAT, THAT WAS HER DAY. YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GET YOU ABOUT THE ACADEMY. YEAH. . UM, ANYWAY, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, THE CITIZEN ACADEMY GRADUATES, UH, YOU KNOW, SORRY THAT WE MISSED IT. THEY HAD, UH, GRADUATED 17 PEOPLE AND, UM, AND THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER OVER EIGHT SESSIONS. I THINK IT WAS 16 HOURS. AND, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR THEM TO, UH, UM, GO WITH THAT PROGRAM. UM, THEY WERE AMBASSADORS WHO CARRIED OUT A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS, BUT WHEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH THIS CLASS, THEY LOOK AND THEY SAY, OH MAN, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT GOES ON IN, UM, IN THE COUNTY AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD. SO, BUT, UM, UM, MARIE GRANT HAS BROUGHT THAT, CARRIED IT OUT, AND SHE REALLY ENJOYS THAT. AND, UM, THEY DO GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY, UM, HOW IT IMPACTS THEIR LIVES. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND, UH, AND GETTING, UH, PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AGAIN. SO THAT WAS GREAT FOR THE 17 PEOPLE. UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY, UH, THE TEEN EXPO, LOT OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND AND, UM, THEY HAD 21, THEY HAD 120 KIDS, BUT ONLY 21 WAS SENIORS. SO YOU COULD IMAGINE THE REST OF 'EM RAN RAIL AND EVERYTHING THEY WERE, UM, BUT THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED. UM, THEY HAD 45 PARENTS AND 30 VOLUNTEERS, SO WE HAD ALMOST 200 PEOPLE THAT DAY. AND WE HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, OFFICER LEE OVER THERE. HE, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED. SO HE CAME BACK, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE AGAIN, AND [01:50:01] THEN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE HAD TO GO, BUT HE, HE CAME BACK AND FORTH. HE WAS HELPING, YOU KNOW, DELIVER, UM, LUNCHES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO HE WAS, UM, SO I THINK HE GOT STUCK THERE FOR A WHILE. WE'LL BE GLAD THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HUNG AROUND TO, TO DELIVER THE, THE MEALS TO PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING. UM, THEY HAD, UM, STUDENTS SPENT THE DAY IN SESSIONS FOCUSED ON, UH, CAREER INTERESTS. AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE, UH, STUDENTS HAD, UM, INTERVIEWS FOR THE SUMMER WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. MM-HMM . THAT WAS GOOD TOO. SOME OF THE PARENTS SHOWED UP TO GET THEIR CHILDREN. THEY SAID, WHERE'S MY CHILD? AND THEY SAID, OH, SHE'S, THEY'RE IN AN INTERVIEW. SO THEY HAD INTERVIEWS AND THAT WAS GOOD. AND WE ALSO, UM, GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN JUST AWESOME IN LETTING US, UH, USE THE FACILITY EVERY YEAR. SO WE THANK RICHARD BLAND FOR THAT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. SO WE THANK THEM. AND WE HAD, UM, SIGNATURE SPONSORS THIS YEAR. WE HAD, UH, DOMINION ENERGY, JOHN RANDOLPH FOUNDATION, THE BANK OF SOUTHSIDE, VIRGINIA, AND DONATIONS, UH, WAS RECEIVED FROM MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, UM, NONPROFITS. SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A GREAT, UM, TIME TO GO. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT NOW FOR HOW MANY YEARS? OH, A LOT. 12 YEARS. 12. 1215. THAT'S A LOT. . WE'VE BEEN THERE. AND, UM, JUST TO BE THERE TO HELP OUT AND DO WHAT WE, WE CAN DO. AND WE JUST ENJOY SEEING, UH, THE YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVE THINGS. AND, UM, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY WITH MONEY. 'CAUSE THE LITTLE ONE, THE FIRST FIRST TIME WE HAD A YOUNG LADY, SHE, SHE WAS THERE, SHE SAID, THIS WAS SOME YEARS AGO, AND SHE LOST HER $20 AND SHE SAID, OH, I CAN'T FIND MY MONEY. SO WE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LONG GONE. YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT MONEY AGAIN. ALL THESE KIDS. AND, UM, WHEN, UH, IT WAS TIME TO GET PRIZES, SHE WON THE GIANT 20 INCH OR SOMETHING TV. YEAH. AND HER, AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED. SO SHE MAY HAVE LOST 20, BUT SHE GOT A NICE TV AND HER MOM WAS EXCITED. UM, SHE WON THAT. SO IT WAS ANOTHER LITTLE, UH, LITTLE YOUNG MAN HE WAS THERE. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I LOST MY $20. AND SO SOMEONE FOUND IT AND GAVE IT TO A TEACHER TO GIVE TO HIM. SO HE WAS ALL EXCITED, YOU KNOW, WAVING IT AROUND. I SAID, YOU NEED TO PUT THAT IN YOUR POCKET BEFORE YOU LOSE IT AGAIN, . BUT SO, UM, SO HE WAS REALLY EXCITED TOO, THAT SOMEONE DID TURN IT IN. SO THAT'S GOOD. YOU DON'T SEE THAT ALL THE TIME. BUT, UM, SOMEONE TURNED IT IN, ANOTHER STUDENT TURNED IT INTO A TEACHER. SO HE WAS REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO HE HAD HIS LITTLE MONEY AND EVERYTHING AND, UM, THEY HAD A FUNNEL, UH, TRUCK WITH, UH, FUNNEL CAKES AND OREO COOKIES AND STUFF. AND, UM, THEY HAD CHICK-FIL-A FOR LUNCH, SO THEY JUST HAD THEMSELVES A BALL. THEY WERE, THEY, THEY WERE EATING AND RUNNING AND PLAYING AND JUST HAD A GOOD TIME. SO, UM, IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR. MM-HMM . SO WE ARE EXCITED, YOU KNOW, UM, ABOUT, UH, TEEN EXPO. SO, UM, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE DOING EXTREMELY WELL IN THE 12 YEARS THAT'S BEEN THERE. SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND, UM, ALSO, THIS IS STRESS AWARENESS MONTH. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S HAVING SOME, UH, SOME STRESSORS MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, UM, JUST, UM, TRY TO HELP 'EM OUT AND TALK TO 'EM AND EVERYTHING. AND, UM, IF THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, UH, TALK TO SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY, THAT'S GOOD TOO, BECAUSE EVERYBODY, UM, STRESS COMES TO EVERYBODY. YOU HAVE GOOD STRESS AND THEN YOU HAVE BAD STRESS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, EXAMPLE OF GOOD STRESS, YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED OR WHATEVER AND WORRIED ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING'S GONNA TURN OUT AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY GOOD STRESS. BUT THE BAD STRESS IS WHEN IT, UM, AFFECTS YOU MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND YOU'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES AND, UM, UM, YOU, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME THINGS DONE. AND, UM, I DO WANNA MENTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I HAVE TO MENTION THAT, UM, WE HAD A, UM, OF COURSE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, YOU KNOW, TOOK HIS WIFE AND HIMSELF OUT AND, UM, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOMEONE'S HOUSEHOLD, BUT, UM, UM, THEY WERE HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME MM-HMM . AND YOU JUST WONDER WHY YOU GONNA DO THAT? YOU'RE GONNA TAKE BOTH PARENTS AND BOTH THE CHILDREN WERE AT HOME AT THE TIME AND, UM, WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THEIR MINDS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE BOTH THEIR PARENTS, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS KIND OF UNEXPECTED AND, UM, IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING. SO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN AND ANYONE THAT'S IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LOT. AND, UM, AND WE SAW IN THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, JUST PEOPLE TAKING, UM, CHILDREN, UM, THEIR SPOUSES AND, UM, [01:55:01] SO FORTH. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A 9, 8, 8 NUMBER THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL AND GET HELP OR, AND TRY TO, UM, HELP TRY TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES BECAUSE IT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT IS GETTING WORSE. AND UM, BUT UH, WE JUST WANNA TRY TO HELP PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN TURN THINGS AROUND. SO, UH, AND THE LAST THING I HAVE IS, UH, IF YOU HAVE NOT, UH, VOTED, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE AND THE POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 7:00 PM MM-HMM . SO IF YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE TO GO VOTE HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE, THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO DO IT FOR TODAY. SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID MADAM CHAIR, YES, MS. COLLINS I THINK HAS A EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE. EXCITING, FUN AND EXCITING. EXCITING, FUN AND EXCITING. THEY SAID EXCITING. THEY SAID FUN. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. OKAY, MR. MASSENGILL, JUST A QUICK ADD ON TO COMMENTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. UH, NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS SOON. OH, OKAY. IT IS THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY AND OUR, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, OUR PASTOR'S ROUND TABLE MEETS EVERY MONTH. AND ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT FORWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY WAS A FAITH FIELD DAY. RIGHT. AND SO THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH. WE INVITE YOU ALL TO COME MAYBE TO BE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE YOU WANNA PLAY KICKBALL OR GAME OF BASKETBALL OR SOME FUN LIGHTWEIGHT ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN PARTAKE IN ON THAT DAY. BUT FROM 10 TO TWO AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, WE WILL HAVE, UM, FAITH FIELD DAY TAKE PLACE THERE. LUNCH IS GONNA BE PROVIDED, WE'LL HAVE RESOURCES THERE. THERE'LL BE A PRAYER TENT THERE. AND SO OUR FAITH COMMUNITY WANTED TO PLAN AN ACTIVITY WHERE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COULD COME TOGETHER AND JUST HAVE FUN, UM, AND FELLOWSHIP WITH EACH OTHER DURING THAT TIME. ALSO, MANY OF YOU IN THE PAST ARE AWARE OF FIELDS OF FAITH, ALSO PART OF NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. UM, THIS YEAR A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT HAS BEEN DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH OUR FOOTBALL GAMES IN YEARS PAST. THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO OCCUR DIRECTLY AFTER THE BOYS BASEBALL GAME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THAT IS ON THURSDAY, MAY 7TH AFTER THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL GAME WILL BE FILLS OF FAITH. SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR YOUR CONSUMPTION AND FOR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY TO HEAR IT. THANK YOU. GOTCHA. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MAY THE NINTH AND SEVENTH. OKAY. GOT A LOT GOING ON. YEAH. OKAY. THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU TAYLOR. THANK YOU. UM, SO YOU SAID ACTIVITY AND FUN. SO JUST KICKBALL AND ALL THAT? MM-HMM . BOND DANCING. UH, REALLY BOOTS. I GUESS THEY MAY HAVE THAT GOING ON. BE MUSIC. YEAH. SEE THERE WILL BE MUSIC ELECTRIC SLIDE. OH YEAH. OKAY. I SAW THAT TOO. OH, YOU SAW THAT? OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT'S ON . OKAY. WELL TAMMY, YOU HAVE FLYERS AND STUFF? YES. OKAY. WE WILL BE IN COUNTY NEWSLETTER AS WELL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. THAT'S GOOD STUFF. [11. CLOSED SESSION] UM, NOW WE HAVE A NEED TO GO ENCLOSED 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, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DENVER COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, DANITY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DENWOODY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DENWOODY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD, 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 AT 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 THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD ROLE 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? SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER. AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. AND UM, WE WILL BE BACK AT UH, SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. WE DON'T HAVE A SEVEN O'CLOCK SESSION AFTER CLOSED SESSION. WE DO HAVE ALL NEW BUSINESS. OKAY. SO WE'LL COME OUT AT THAT TIME, WHATEVER TIME THAT WHATEVER SEVEN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT COULD BE CLOSE TO SEVEN BUT IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SEVEN O' IT MAY NOT BE. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. OR MAY NOT BE OKAY. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE WILL BE BACK HERE WHENEVER AT SOMETIME. WHENEVER THAT'S RIGHT. SOMETIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'LL KNOCK THAT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. UM, WE HAVE A NEED TO COME OUT A CLOSED SESSION. [02:00:02] SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. WHEREAS THIS BOARD CONVENED IN A CLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 1. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DENDY COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, DENDY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DENVER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DENDY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES, COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A FIVE. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PERSPECTIVE OR BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS UPDATE AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 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 AND NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY ACQUISITION OR 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. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL. MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. OKAY. [12.A. Appointments] AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE, UM, ALL NEW BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS. YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE, WE HAVE A NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD. YES. I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT TARA LEWIS FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE. THREE THIRTY ONE TWENTY THIRTY SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. NEXT AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DIMITY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT BOB NEILS FOR TERMS TO EXPIRE FOUR TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY NINE. SECOND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE. AND LASTLY, THE DEWINE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT NICHOLAS MOODY TO THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF STUDENTS AND WATKINS TO EXPIRE JANUARY 31ST, 2028. A ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS? AYE. MR. LEE AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING? AYE MADAM CHAIR? NO, NO OTHER APPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE UM, CITIZEN COM CITIZEN COMMENTS? ANYONE SIGNED UP? MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. OKAY. WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND I WILL START WITH, UH, DAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, MARK, I'M GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU BILL. THANK YOU DAN FOR THE DEER NUGGETS. . OH MY GOODNESS. OKAY. AND CASEY, I WAS LATE TO THE PARTY SO I'M NOT GONNA HOLD IT UP FURTHER THAN WHAT IT HAS BEEN, SO. NO MA'AM. I'M GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHT DAD. UM, WELL IF NOTHING ELSE, I, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, JUST HAVE A GOOD EVENING. UM, MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SECOND. AND ROLL CALL MR. CHAVIS. AYE. MR. LEE? AYE. MR. DOOLEY? AYE. DR. MOORE? AYE. MS. EBRA BONNER AYE. ALL VOTING AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ARE WE GOOD? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.