[1. ROLL CALL]
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GOOD AFTERNOON.WELCOME TO THE BOARD MEETING, BOARD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR TODAY.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? DR. MOORE? HERE.
AT THIS TIME, WOULD YOU STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? OH, FATHER JUDGE IN HEAVEN I BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME, I WILL BE DONE FOR EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US A DAY OUR DAVID BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASSED AGAINST US.
AND LEAD US NOT TO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THS, THE KINGDOM FOR THE POWER AND GLORY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA]
UM, AND AT THIS TIME DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE AN ADDITION AS AN ACTION ITEM.SO SEVEN G, WE'VE HAD A REQUEST TO RECOGNIZE THE, UH, TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE PON SHRINE, THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY THERE.
SO I'D LIKE THAT, UH, AN, AN ACTION ITEM TO DO THAT RESOLUTION SEVEN G.
DO WE NEED, YEAH, JUST A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA, SIR.
FIVE MEMBERS PRESIDENT VOTING? AYE.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
AND THE CONSENT AGENDA.MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE TWO DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS TO BE READ BEFORE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SINCE THERE'S A, A CATEGORY CALLED TRANSFER REQUESTS FOR THE, THE DEITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON THERE.
AND BECAUSE THE ACTION PERTAINS JUST TO THE DEITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE, I'M SUGGESTING THAT, THAT THE TWO MEMBERS ABSTAIN FROM, FROM JUST THAT ITEM.
THEY WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IF THEY WERE SO INCLINED, BUT ABSTAIN FROM ITEM UH D.
AT THE MAY 19TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I INTEND TO ABSTAIN FROM THE ITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S CATEGORICAL TRANSFER REQUEST BECAUSE MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE ITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CATEGORICAL TRANSFER REQUEST ONLY APPLIES TO THE DEITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AT THE MAY 19TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I INTEND TO ABSTAIN FROM THE DEITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL CATEGORICAL TRANSFER REQUEST BECAUSE MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DEWIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CATEGORICAL TRANSFER REQUEST ONLY APPLIES TO THE DE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE SECOND.
FIVE MINUTES PRESENT VOTING AYE.
[6.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation]
UM, AND AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO TO OUR REPORTS IN, UH, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THAT'S MR. AARON FRENCH TODAY.MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DID GET SOME SLIGHTLY UNFORTUNATE NEWS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON TALKING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OVERSEEING THE FERNDALE ROAD ROUNDABOUT PROJECT.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS SELECTED FOR THAT PROJECT HAS HIT SOME DELAYS ON THE PROJECT THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
SO THEY'LL BE MOVING TO THAT PROJECT IN THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME NOW.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF A SETBACK ON THE CONSTRUCTION START, BUT SAME CONSTRUCTION DURATION, IT SHOULD BE NEXT SUMMER THAT THEY'RE WRAPPING THAT PROJECT UP ROUGHLY A YEAR DURATION.
UM, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN 85 RECENTLY, YOU'VE SEEN THAT THERE'S A, NOW AN OVERHEAD MESSAGE BOARD, UM, ALERTING NEW TRAVELERS ON 85 OF ISSUES COMING AND GOING OUT OF DENWOODY COUNTY AND ELSEWHERE ON 85.
SO NEW PROJECT BASICALLY JUST AIMS TO, AIMS TO DO EXACTLY THAT AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO TRAVELERS.
UM, ON 85 I'M GONNA TALK TO OUR TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS CENTER AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF CREATIVE MESSAGING.
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WORK IN THERE SPECIFIC TO THE COUNTY IF, IF THEY'LL LET US DO IT.UM, BUT DEFINITELY FOR EVENTS THAT THE COUNTY HAS RACES, PARADES, THINGS LIKE THAT, BIG TRAFFIC GENERATORS MM-HMM
PROBABLY TO HELP PUBLICIZE THOSE.
UM, WE ARE STILL HOLDING OFF ON MOWING FOR THE TIME BEING, UH, WITH AS DRY AS AS IT IS, WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH GROWTH, UM, ALONG THE ROADWAYS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE PREPARING, UH, TASK ORDERS TO ISSUE TO OUR MOWING CONTRACTORS THIS WEEK.
SO NEXT COUPLE WEEKS WE PLAN TO ISSUE THOSE AND DO PLAN TO BEGIN MOWING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP, KEEP AN EYE ON OUR SITE DISTANCE ISSUES.
IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, UM, OUR CREW OF CHURCH ROAD AREA HEADQUARTERS RECENTLY RESURFACED, UH, ROUTE 6 28 TRANQUILITY LANE.
THAT WAS A ROYAL RUSTIC PROJECT THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, UM, WITH, UH, RELATIVELY NEW PAVEMENT ON THAT ROAD.
IT TOOK A BEATING THIS WINTER, SO THEY KNOCKED THAT OUT AND REPAVED THAT ROAD.
UH, LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK THEY ARE DOING SOME NEEDED PATCHING ON BALTIMORE ROAD AS WELL.
UM, THE REESE ROAD ROLL RUSTIC, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS PICKING UP, UM, MCKINNEY AREA HEADQUARTERS IS WORKING ON, ON THAT PROJECT.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT MONTH, SIX WEEKS THAT THEY'RE IN AND OUT WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE BRIDGE ON FORT EMERY ROAD FOR A GUARDRAIL.
UM, IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE WARRANTS FOR A GUARDRAIL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT ADDING SOME SIGNAGE AND JUST SIGNAGE OUT THERE TO INCREASE THE CONSPICUITY OF THAT STRUCTURE.
AND I DID A LITTLE HOMEWORK AND I FOUND OUT WHY THE BRIDGE ON SOUTHBOUND ROUTE ONE IS ONE LANE.
SO WHEN THAT BRIDGE WENT UP FOR WENT UP TO BE REPLACED, THEY LOOKED AT A COMBINATION OF THE CURRENT TRAFFIC VOLUME AND EXPECTED TRAFFIC VOLUME.
THEY PROJECTED THE TRAFFIC VOLUME OUT, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, PROBABLY 20, 50 YEARS AND SAID THAT BASED ON THE PROJECTED TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT A ONE LANE BRIDGE COULD ACCOMMODATE THE PEAK, PEAK VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE, NOT CAUSE A BACKUP.
UM, AND SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE IT ONE LANE AND IN ORDER TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE COST, SO IT'S LIKELY THAT WHEN THE NORTHBOUND SIDE COMES UP FOR REPLACEMENT, THAT WILL BE TWO LANES SO THAT WE CAN DO JUST WHAT WE DID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND MOVE TRAFFIC FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
AND IN THE EVENT OF CLOSURE MM-HMM
AND OTHER THAN THAT I WILL BE BACK AT SEVEN FOR OUR SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN OF PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENT? UM, THE STUDY ON ASBURY ROAD, FULL SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION, DO YOU HAVE ANY, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT? OR THAT'S ON THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE'S AGENDA.
IT'S NOT, WE, WE'VE NOT MET YET.
IT'S BEEN SENT TO THAT COMMITTEE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE THAT THE, UM, OTHER GENTLEMAN THAT COMES TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN HE WAS HERE A MONTH OR TWO AGO 'CAUSE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STUDY COULD GO EITHER WAY.
IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A REDUCTION, IT COULD BE AN INCREASE.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S IN Y'ALL'S HANDS.
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE WHEN I WAS IN ASHLAND AND, AND HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RESULTS OF THE STUDY YET, BUT I'LL LOOK FOR IT.
YEAH, HE, IT WAS A PETITION, RIGHT? WAS THAT THE ONE WITH THE PETITION? YES, IT HAD A PETITION.
HOW'S MORE, MORE HOW'S 40 LOOKING? HOW'S THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON 40? THE DETOUR THAT'S GOING DOWN LES ROAD? I'VE HAD A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING AND THE TRUCK TRAFFIC AND STUFF ON THOSE ISLES.
SO IS THAT PROJECT ON TIME? SO THAT PROJECT IS, IT IS MORE OR LESS AN ISSUE WAS INITIATED, UM, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.
IT'S A LARGE OPERATION HAPPENING ON FORT PICKETT, UM, THAT WARRANTED A CLOSURE RIGHT THERE AT THE MAIN GATE FOR PICKETT.
UM, I SPOKE WITH, UH, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ON FRIDAY EVENING AND HE SAID THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WOULD WRAP UP MUCH SOONER THAN ANTICIPATED.
WE WENT WITH THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHICH WAS KEEPING IT CLOSED UNTIL THE 25TH, WHOEVER, HE SOUNDED PRETTY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE SHOULD BE OPENING IT UP BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
SO I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO HIM SHORTLY TO GET AN UPDATE BECAUSE IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE.
AND JUST A LOT OF FOLKS CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THEY'VE SPOKEN TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALSO ABOUT THE SPEEDING, BUT JUST THE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IT'S INCREASED OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT YEP.
AS SOON AS I GET THE WORD I'M GONNA YANK THAT DOOR.
THIS WHAT? GLAD TO SEE WE'VE GOT PAVING GOING ON ON FOUR 60.
UM, HOPEFULLY IT'LL WORK ITS WAY BACK TOWARDS FORWARD.
'CAUSE WE GOT SOME ROUGH ROAD GOING UP, UP, NOT IN THE PASSING LANE, BUT JUST THE STANDARD LANE FROM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA COME DOWN THAT FAR.
WE'RE UP AROUND WILSON'S RIGHT NOW DOING SOME MM-HMM
SOME PAVING, BUT I'M HOPING IT'S GONNA COME DOWN INTO THE FORD AREA.
SO THIS IS ON WHAT I, THIS IS GOING, THIS IS
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WESTBOUND.EASTBOUNDS NOT TOO BAD, BUT THE WESTBOUND SIDE.
SO THAT SECTION ROUGH ISN'T PLANNED THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, SO WE HAVE TO DO IT KIND OF SEQUENTIALLY DUE TO, TO THE COST BREAKDOWNS.
UM, MY PLAN IS TO WORK THAT SECTION IN, UH, NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT IS, IT'S LATE.
WHAT IT IS IS, IS A LATEX OVERLAY ON THAT ASPHALT AND IT'S A REAL THIN TREATMENT AND IT'S DELAMINATING AND COMING OFF AND MAKING IT RIGHT OFF THAT.
SHE'S PRETTY ROUGH GOING THROUGH THAT.
I WRITE IT VERY OFTEN AND IT'S
UM, HOWEVER, THE, AFTER THEY FINISH FOUR 60 WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, THEY JUMP INTO ANOTHER LOCATION AND THEN MORE THAN LIKELY COME INTO FOUR 60 WESTBOUND RIGHT HERE AT 85.
AND THEY'RE GONNA OVERLAY THAT LAST CONCRETE SECTION THAT'S EXPOSED CONCRETE SECTION UHHUH, SO ALL OF THE, THE BUMPING ON THAT SECTION.
NOW THAT JUST WITH TRAFFIC AND, AND THE BUSINESSES AND IN THAT AREA MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A DISRUPTION, BUT, UM, GOOD CONTRACTOR DOING THE WORK.
SO I'M, I'M FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING.
IT'LL RIDE MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UH, UH, THANK ERIN FOR COMING OUT TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING AT PINEY BEACH.
IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND I THINK, UM, A LOT OF THE CITIZENS WERE HAPPY THEY SAID AND TRYING TO, UM, GET THEIR VOICES HEARD.
AND, UM, I THINK THEY WERE PLEASED WITH THAT AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM SEEING YOU OUT THERE.
OR, OR YOUR, YOUR FOLKS OUT THERE TO HELP DO WHAT THEY NEEDED.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.
I WAS, I WAS GLAD TO ATTEND AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING THE FOLKS GETTING SOME SOLUTIONS OUT THERE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UM, NEXT THE, UM, LET'S SEE, HOLD UP, TURN MY PAPER AROUND.
[6.B. Firearms Safety Advisory Committee (Backstops/Shooting At Night) Report]
UH, THIS IS THE, UM, FIREARM SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, BACKSTOP SHOOTING AT NIGHT REPORT.AND, UM, UH, DANIEL LEE WILL BE DOING THAT.
WHO IS HE?
UM, WELL, I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA START WITH IT AND THEN I'M GONNA LET CASEY, UM, FILL IN THE GAPS.
UM, SO, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE FORMED THE COMMITTEE AT THE SHERIFF'S REQUEST AND SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAD HAD CALLING BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS.
AND SO EACH MEMBER APPOINTED, UM, A MEMBER TO THAT.
AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD, UM, SOME OF THEM MEMBERS, THE SHERIFF WAS THERE.
AND, UM, SO FIRST COUPLE OF MEETINGS WE HAD, UM, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ATTENDEES, BUT THE OVERALL, UM, IT, IT KIND OF BECAME A THEME TO, UM, ALL THREE MEETINGS.
AND WHILE THERE ARE SO, UH, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH SHOOTING, UM, I THINK WE FOUND EQUALLY AS MANY PROBLEMS, UM, TO TRY TO FIX THOSE, THOSE ISSUES.
UM, SO THE LAST MEETING, UM, THE SHERIFF PUT SOME LIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE HAD ABOUT 80 PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, THE LAST MEETING, AND Y'ALL ALL HAD THE MINUTES.
SO YOU'VE SEEN KIND THE GIST OF, OF THE ONES THAT SPOKE THERE THAT NIGHT.
AND SO, UM, IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO TWO SIDES.
UM, ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS, UM, PERTAINING TO, TO SHOOTING AND YOUR BULLET IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ANGLE WAS, UM, TO PUT AN ORDINANCE FOR TIME OF SHOOTING AT NIGHT, UM, REQUIRING A BACKSTOP OF SOME SORT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAD ADDED WAS A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, UM, FOR, UM, HOW FAR AWAY YOU COULD SHOOT FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DWELLING.
AND SO, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, WITH THE 80 PEOPLE WE HAD PROBABLY 90%, AND IT MIGHT EVEN BEEN MORE THAN THAT, BUT OVERALL, WE'RE OPPOSED TO DOING ANYTHING.
AND, UM, MR. DOOLEY CAN KINDA ADD TO THAT IF I'VE LEFT ANY AYE.
UM, AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR
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YOUR ACTIONS OR WE PREEMPT AND, AND SOME TYPE OF, OF ORDINANCE.SO, UM, IT WAS SIX MEMBERS THAT VOTED THAT NIGHT.
THREE WERE DOING, UM, SOMETHING WHICH WAS THE IS OF WHITE ORDINANCE, UM, AT A HUNDRED YARDS DISTANCE BETWEEN HOUSES THAT YOU COULD COULDN'T SHOOT WITHOUT PERMISSION.
UM, A BACKSTOP REQUIREMENT AND NO SHOOTING FROM NINE AT NIGHT TO SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
UM, THEN THE OTHER WAS DO NOTHING.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS, UH, THREE FOUR AND THREE THREE AGAINST.
UM, SO I GUESS THE COMMITTEE WAS, UM, AT AN IMPASSE.
SO, UM, CASEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO INTERJECT? I'D JUST SAY THAT IT WAS A REALLY POSITIVE, UM, MEETING, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AND, AND SPOKE RESPECTFULLY AND, AND CORDIALLY.
UM, I THINK GOOD INFORMATION WAS GIVEN THAT, UM, IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE HAD ZERO INCIDENTS OF ANYONE BEING INJURED DUE TO RECREATIONAL SHOOTING.
WE'VE HAD ZERO INCIDENTS OF ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO RECREATIONAL SHOOTING.
SO THE FOLKS THAT ARE SHOOTING RECREATIONALLY, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE ANNOYING TO SOME OR DOING IT THE CORRECT WAY, WE HAVE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE THERE'S BEEN PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO RECKLESS HANDLING OF FIREARMS. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THOSE ISSUES HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PEOPLE HAVE FACED CHARGES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE ACTIONS.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME OUT AND SPEAK FOR WHAT THEY WANTED IN OUR, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, ALTHOUGH WE HAD DIFFERING OPINIONS, IT WAS STILL A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED AND THE CITIZENS THAT CAME OUT AND VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND IT WAS CONSTRUCTIVE.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL THAT CAME AND, AND SPOKE AND SHARED THEIR OPINIONS.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DID BOTH SIDES KIND OF GAVE THEIR POINTS FOR NEEDING TO DO WHATEVER.
AND SO I REALLY THINK FOR AT LEAST A YEAR OR TWO, UM, THE COMMITTEE PART IS PROBABLY DONE.
AND IF AN ISSUE COMES UP, I, I REALLY THINK, UM, THIS BOARD COULD HANDLE WHATEVER WE NEED TO HANDLE IF, IF, IF THAT TIME COMES.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY OF THE OPINION THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE JUST, UM, WAIT AND SEE AND, AND IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, UM, WE'LL HAVE A PROBLEM.
UM, I'M SORRY TO SAY, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK AT THE TIME NOW IS NOT THE TIME.
JUST FIRST OF ALL, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO DAN AND FOR CASEY, UM, FOR VOLUNTEERING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE AND AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITIZENS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH IT.
I THINK PROBABLY AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY WE'RE PROBABLY AT A POINT OF IMPASSE AND BEING ABLE TO WATCH THINGS.
I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO MONITOR AND KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS AS YOU GO FORWARD AND IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES IF WE NEED TO GOING FORWARD.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS WITH RECREATIONAL SHOOTING, THAT KIND OF SAYS SOMETHING TO YOU AS YOU'RE GOING FORWARD AND OUR PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, UM, IS VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT.
SO, UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WE'LL WATCH IT AS WE GO FORWARD.
WELL, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT THEN.
[7.A. Contract Amendment: Election Equipment, Maintenance And Supplies]
AND, UM, NOW WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT, ELECTION EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLIES.AND THAT'S STEPHANIE RAY, GENERAL REGISTRAR AND DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS.
I AM HERE JUST TO QUICKLY ASK YOU FOR $150,000
WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH ELECTION SERVICES ONLINE IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR NEWEST MACHINES AND THEY PROVIDE OUR MACHINE PROGRAMMING, OUR BALLOTS, OUR TESTING FOR THE MACHINES.
AND SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW ELECTIONS SINCE THEN, WE HAVE REACHED OUR LIMIT OF $50,000.
AND SO THERE'S TWO MORE RENEWALS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CONTRACT AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LIFE LEFT IN THESE MACHINES, SO I'M JUST ASKING
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TO BE ABLE TO RENEW THAT TWO MORE TIMES FOR $150,000 TOTAL.ANY COMMENTS GUYS? OKAY, MA'AM, CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UH, RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED FOR THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT.
OKAY, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR MS. RAY UHUH.
UM, DID WE EXPEND ANY COUNTY FUNDS IN THE LAST ELECTION? YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN REQUEST THAT THE STATE, UM, GIVE THAT BACK TO US SINCE IT WASN'T AN ELECTION.
THERE IS A REIMBURSEMENT SIMILAR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AND THERE'LL BE A PERCENTAGE, THEY'VE ALLOCATED $5 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE WHOLE STATE.
UM, WE EXPENDED ABOUT 30,000, SO MAYBE A LITTLE MORE 'CAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF POSTAGE, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, GIVE THEM OUR EXPENDITURES AND HOPE THAT THEY GIVE US A LARGE PERCENTAGE BACK.
BUT THAT'LL BE, I THINK MID-JUNE IS WHEN THAT APPLICATION IS DUE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SENT IT TO US BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A BUDGET YET, SO.
[7.B. Contract Award: Copiers]
UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE CONTRACT AWARD.UM, COPIERS, MS. UH, NORMAN COHEN, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
UH, REAL QUICK, WE HAD A COMPANY THAT WE DEALT WITH CALLED DAILY, UH, COMPUTERS UP IN MARYLAND.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT DOWN HERE TO HELP US.
WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OUR COPIERS AND, AND IT'S ALL ON LEASE.
I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOU TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO A LOCAL COMPANY CALLED COBB TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, THEY'RE IN THE RICHMOND AREA, THEY'RE HOUSED HERE, AND THEY GOT 20 PLUS TECHNICIANS IN THIS AREA VERSUS THE ONE OR TWO THAT DAILY HEAD.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS JUST, UH, THE APPROVAL TO, TO MOVE OVER AND APPROVE IT AND I'LL DO MY THING.
ANY ANY QUESTION, COMMENTS? OKAY.
MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.
[7.C. Contract Award: APCO IntelliComm Guidecard System]
AND NEXT WE HAVE A CONTRACT AWARD AND THAT IS A PCO AND, UH, AND TELECOMMR. CHARLES LEWIS, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY, UH, COMMUNICATIONS.
I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK APPROVAL FOR THE APCO AND TELECOM SYSTEM.
IT'S BASICALLY AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM WE'RE USING TODAY.
UM, WE PARTNERED WITH APCO BACK IN 2006 FOR OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE'RE NOW WANTING TO MOVE FROM A MANUAL FLIP CARD SYSTEM TO AN ELECTRONIC VERSION, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,600.
THAT WOULD BE THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE.
THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF MAINTENANCE, UH, WOULD BE PAID FOR UPFRONT AND THEN THERE WILL BE A, AN ADDITIONAL $600 REOCCURRING EACH YEAR.
SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR THE E-CARD SYSTEM, WHICH IS A PDF FORMAT.
SO IF THE CAD SYSTEM GOES DOWN, WE GO TO MANUAL OPERATIONS AND WE HAVE THE, UM, E-CARDS TO USE.
UM, SO THE TOTAL PROJECT WOULD BE $54,600.
THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE CAD RMS AND EMD PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE CIP.
UM, SO THE FUNDING'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS.
SO JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF DATA INTO THE CONTRACT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFLICT? MADAM CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION.
[7.D. Contract Award: Used 2022 Excavator]
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, MOVING ON.WE HAVE A CONTRACT AWARD, A USED 2022.
AND THIS IS A 10 GROUND MOVER, RIGHT? DIRECTOR? YOU GOT IT.
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OF GENERAL SERVICES.UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, UH, A DEMO IN IS THE EXCAVATOR 3 0 7 0.5 FOR 84,000.
WE HAVE A 2012 OPEN CAB AND IT'S, UH, VERY, VERY USED.
UH, AND, UH, WE TOUCH PROBABLY 60% OF THE TRASH WITH THE EXCAVATOR.
THAT'S OUR MAIN RESOURCE AT THE LANDFILL TO COMPACT THE 50 TO 52 FOOT COM TRUCKS, TRASH TRUCKS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, THE BACKHOE TO 2023.
WE HAVE PERMANENTLY NOW WAS THE BACKUP.
SO WE WANT TO TRADE THAT IN 43 0 7 0.5 EXCAVATOR.
SO THE PRICE COMES DOWN TO 30,000 FOR THE EXCAVATOR THAT IS IN NEED.
IT'S GONNA PUT OUR OPERATORS IN A BETTER POSITION TOO.
DUSTY WEATHER OF THE OLD EXCAVATOR.
ALRIGHT, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? ANY QUESTIONS? CONTRACT, AWARD, ANY? I'LL SUB SECOND.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, THE REDUCTION IN, IN FORCE.
[7.E. Contract Award: Parking Lot Sealing]
CONTRACT AWARD PARKING LOT CEILING TO ME.WE'RE SAYING YES TO EVERYTHING
THE EAST SIDE AND THE SPORTS COMPLEX BOTH HAVE VERY LARGE CRACKS.
ONE WAS 2012, I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS 20 EAST SIDE WAS 2016 AND THE SPORTS COMPLEX WAS 2012.
THERE'S EXCESSIVE CRACKS IN THE ASPHALT AND HAS NOT BEEN RELINE ON EITHER ONE OF THEM.
SO WE HAVE GOT IN TOUCH WITH A CONTRACTOR TO, UH, WE BIDDED OUT, I THINK WE HAD EIGHT OR NINE.
UH, THE LOWEST ONE WAS 64 9 FOR APPROVED VIRGINIA SURFACE PROS.
I MET WITH HIM ALL DAY, SEEMS PRETTY GOOD.
MADE SURE HIS PLAN WAS RIGHT AND, UH, SHOULD DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE BEFORE JUNE 30TH, SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT AMOUNT OF THE 64,009 70 TO GET THIS DONE.
AND IF WE DON'T FIX THE CRACKS TO GET BIGGER, SO YES SIR.
UH, ON AVERAGE IS FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
WE'RE WAY OVER THAT SO IT NEEDS IT.
UM, AND YOUR CONTRACT IS STILL OKAY WITH OIL PRICES RISING THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS ARE, WE'RE LOCKED IN ON THAT CONTRACT PRICE? YES, SIR.
BIG PARKING LOT NIGHT AFTER Y'ALL APPROVED TONIGHT, SIR.
WE APPROVE THE, IT, IT'S PRESENTED.
THANK YOU MR. COLLAB WHAT YOU DO.
[7.F. Reduction-In-Force: Position Classification G-13]
NOW WE'RE MOVING TO, UH, REDUCTION IN FORCE POSITION CLASSIFICATION G 13.MS. LASHONDA LIPKIN LEE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
BOARD MEMBERS MR. MASSING, UH, BRING BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY A REQUEST TO ABOLISH A POSITION OF COURSE, THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS A REDUCTION OF FORCE OR R OUR DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.
MR. CLA HERE CONDUCTED A REVIEW AND THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES AND THAT REVIEW FOCUSED ON OPERATIONS AS WELL AS EFFICIENCY.
AND FOLLOWING THAT REVIEW, MANAGEMENT CONCLUDED UNFORTUNATELY THAT THE CURRENT, AS WELL AS THE PROJECTED WORKLOAD FOR THE CLASSIFIED POSITION OF G 13 MECHANIC DID NOT JUSTIFY CONTINUING TO KEEP THAT POSITION ON A FULL-TIME BASIS.
SO AS A RESULT, MANAGEMENT DID PUT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION TO ABOLISH THAT POSITION.
UM, IF THE REQUEST TO ABOLISH THE G 13 MECHANIC POSITION IS APPROVED THIS EVENING, UM, MANAGEMENT WILL PLAN TO REASSIGN THE OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY VENDOR.
UM, THIS WILL OR VENDORS, UH, THIS CERTAINLY WILL ENSURE THAT THE OPERATIONS AS
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WELL AS THE SERVICE DELIVERY WOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED.UH, ALSO IF APPROVED TODAY, THE EMPLOYEE THAT IS IMPACTED BY THIS RECOMMENDATION, UM, WOULD BE UNFORTUNATELY SEPARATED FROM THE COUNTY, UM, EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH, 2026.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ABOLISHING THIS PHYSICIAN WILL REDUCE ONGOING PERSONNEL COSTS AS WELL AS WELL, THAT INCLUDES THE SALARY AS WELL AS THE BENEFITS.
UH, SO AGAIN, OUR, OUR REQUEST TODAY IS FOR YOU ALL TO APPROVE THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE POSITION OF CLASSIFICATION G 13 MECHANIC WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.
AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNTY'S REDUCTION IN, UM, REDUCTION IN FORCE OR R POLICY AND THE DENWITTY COUNTY PERSONNEL MANUAL MR. CLAIRBORNE IS STANDING WITH ME TODAY, UM, IN CASE YOU ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
MADAM CHAIR, THERE'S A RESOLUTION IN THE BOARD PACKET SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO ADOPT IT.
MADAM CHAIR MAY, UH, READ THE RESOLUTION.
NOW THEREFORE BE A RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DEITY COUNTY VIRGINIA HEREBY APPROVES ABOLISHING POSITION CLASSIFICATION G 13 MECHANIC WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
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AND NOW WE HAVE, UM, SEVEN G UM, PON AND THAT'S, UM, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I'VE, I'VE PLACED AT YOUR, AT YOUR SEAT AND HAVE COPIES FOR THE PUBLIC.WE RECEIVED A CORRESPONDENCE FROM MEMBERS OF THE NY COMMITTEE THAT HAS, UH, BEEN CREATED TO RECOGNIZE THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF NY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
UM, IT'S LO IT'S, UM, LISTED AS ONE OF THE VIRGINIA LANDMARKS REGISTRY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT ON MAY 31ST.
I PLAN TO, UM, BE AT THAT WORSHIP SERVICE.
UH, THE, THE COMMITTEE'S ALSO REQUESTING THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED, UH, EITHER AT THAT WORSHIP SERVICE OR THEY'RE HAVING AT 1:00 PM THEY'RE HAVING A PICNIC AND SOME BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO, UH, TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE HISTORY.
IT'S, UH, POTENTIALLY THE OLDEST, UH, FAITH-BASED ESTABLISHMENT IN DENWITTY COUNTY.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT 17 25, 17 26, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF US AS A COUNTRY.
SO THE, UH, RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, I WISH I COULD TAKE CREDIT.
MARIE GRANT WROTE IT, IT A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT I WOULD'VE DONE.
UM, AND IT, IT LOOKS AND, AND I THINK REPRESENTS WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE ON BEHALF OF, OF A COUNTY THAT'S, THAT'S GRATEFUL FOR 300 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND THEY STILL ACTIVELY, I THINK EVERY ONCE A MONTH THEY CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, TO WORSHIP IN THIS LOCATION.
UH, SO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST SIMPLY NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
NOW WE HAVE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE
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COMMENTS.LEMME LEMME START OFF WITH SOMETHING.
Y'ALL MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THIS, BUT WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A MILESTONE IN THE ROOM TODAY.
OUR HR DIRECTOR IS CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY TODAY.
AH, YOU HAVE TO ING 39, NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY AT A BOARD MEETING.
SO, LASHONDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
AND NOW THAT WE'VE TOTALLY EMBARRASSED YOU, YOU CAN, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
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SON.EVERYBODY WILL WANT THEIR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED
UH, SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, KAISHA BROWN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION, OUR CLERK, UH, IS REPRESENTING THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA IN RENO YEAH.
AND I RECEIVED A VERY, UH, NICE PICTURE YESTERDAY OF KAISHA WALKING INTO THE CONFERENCE WITH THE VIRGINIA FLAG.
UM, SO JUST EVERYBODY KEEP HER IN YOUR, IN YOUR THOUGHTS, UH, FOR SAFE TRAVELS BACK AFTER THAT.
AND WE HAVE, UM, MR. GURLEY HERE WITH US TODAY THAT, THAT'S REALLY NO SECOND TO ANYBODY.
BUT ALVIN, APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP.
IT'S THOSE OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.
BUT, UH,
UM, EARLIER TODAY, MS. EBRA BON AND I HAD THE CHANCE TO ATTEND THE CIVILIAN MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THAT WAS TECHNICALLY AT THE PETERSBURG COUNTRY CLUB IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
SO PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY WAS HOSTING, UH, THIS, THIS TIME.
SO GENERAL DAVIS GAVE A A, A PRETTY GOOD UPDATE.
JUST WANTED TO PASS IT ALONG THE MUSEUM ENCLAVE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO RECEIVE, CONGRESSIONAL FUNDING.
UH, THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD IN A, IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.
HASN'T BEEN FUNDED YET, BUT EVERYTHING IS, UH, SEEMS TO BE HEADED IN A, IN A REALLY GOOD, UM, LIGHT IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW THAT AREA, THE GATE'S BEEN PUSHED BACK AND NOW PUBLIC HAS THE ACCESS TO THE, THE MUSEUMS ON, UM, ON THE BASE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PARTICULAR GATES.
AND THERE'S A WHOLE, UM, ADAPTIVE REUSE TYPE PROJECT THAT CAN TAKE PLACE IF THE FUNDS COME IN TO, TO SUPPORT IT.
UM, SECONDLY, THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR, BUT NOT ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
THEY'LL BE DONE ON THE 2ND OF JULY.
AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT THIS YEAR IS IT GIVES OUR SOLDIERS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO HOME ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
AND SO LAST YEAR IT WAS REPORTED THEY HAD 11,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT FIREWORK UH, DISPLAY.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE ON THE 2ND OF JULY THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN FOR THIS BOARD, I KNOW THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE CREATED PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GARRISON COMMANDER COLONEL BEN DUSKY.
AND HE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WILL, THERE'LL BE A CHANGE OF COMMAND ON JULY 31ST, AND HE'S MOVING ON TO HIS NEXT STOP AND DIDN'T ANNOUNCE WHERE THAT WOULD BE.
BUT COLONEL BEN DUSKY HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL, UM, JOB SINCE HE'S, SINCE HE'S BEEN THERE.
UM, AND GENERAL DAVIS HAS ALREADY, UM, ANNOUNCED WHO'S GONNA BE TAKING, UH, HIS POSITION.
THERE'S BE A CHANGE OF COMMAND, AGAIN, 31ST OF JULY FOR THAT.
UM, IF ANYBODY CAN, CAN MAKE THAT SAID INVITATIONS WOULD BE COMING OUT.
AND GENERAL DAVIS IS DOING WHAT? GENERAL DONAHUE, SHE MET WITH CL HEIGHTS LAST NIGHT.
DENWOODY AND CHESTERFIELD IS GONNA BE INVITED TO THE NEXT, UM, GENERAL'S DINNER.
SO ANY LOCAL ISSUES, UH, WILL BE BE BROUGHT UP AT AT THOSE TYPE OF MEETING.
UM, MANY OF YOU HEARD YESTERDAY AND YOU KNOW THAT DOMINION ENERGY IS A, A SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS WITHIN DENWOODY COUNTY AS THEY'VE IN INVESTED HEAVILY IN THE LOCKS CAMPUS.
UH, BUT THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT DOMINION ENERGY AND AND NEXT ERA HAVE MERGED.
SO FPL, WHICH IS, UH, FLORIDA POWER AND MINE, UM, IS A SUBSIDIARY OF THAT.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, NEXT ERA WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 75% OWNER OF THAT MERGER.
UH, BUT THERE'S LEADERSHIP, BOB BLUE AND ED, UH, BAIN.
MANY OF Y'ALL MET ED BAIN AT THE HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING LAB.
UM, SPECIFICALLY DEM HE RECEIVED A CALL BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEY TALKED, UM, ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING LAB IS CONSIDERED A A SIGNIFICANT ASSET.
AND WHEN, UM, THEY DID THEIR MERGER IN NEGOTIATIONS, THAT POTENTIAL, UM, BEING BEING ABLE TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER WAS, WAS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, THEY ALSO, I TOLD 'EM WE HAD A BOARD MEETING TODAY THAT 2.25 BILLION IN WHAT THEY REFER TO AS BILL CREDITS WILL BE REFUNDED BACK TO THE, UM, MEMBERS OF THE MERGER AND BACK TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PAY THESE BILLS.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY DIVIDE IT ALL UP, UM, IT IS NOT AS MUCH, BUT IT, IT DOES SHOW PROBABLY MORE SIGNIFICANT THINGS IS THE FACT THAT
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NOW WITH, UH, THE BUYING POWER OF NEXT ERA, THERE WILL BE, UM, DOMINION WILL HAVE A BETTER FINANCIAL POSITION THAN THEY'VE EVER HAD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.SO THEY SEE THIS AS A STRATEGIC MOVE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING THAT UP.
AND AS WE TALK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST KNOW AND KEEP, KEEP OUR, UM, EYES ON THINGS LIKE THIS.
UM, I'M GONNA SKIP NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK 'CAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, MADAME CHAIR.
BUT, UM, JUST TO SAY, I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS PIECE, UM, AS, AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE, THE FRIDAY OF, OF, OF PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND AS WE READ, 5, 10, 15, 20, ALL THE WAY UP TO 45 YEARS OF SERVICE, I, I, YOU KNOW, JUST STRUCK ME HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT DECIDES TO STAY AND TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY.
AND, UH, FOR THE BOARD, I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW EACH, EACH TIME WE HAVE OUR PICNIC HERE, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED, UH, BY OUR WORKFORCE.
AND I KNOW THEY'VE EXPRESSED THANK YOU TO YOU AS WELL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT TYPE OF BOARD THAT THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SATURDAY MAY 9TH, WE HAD OUR FAITH FIELD DAY AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THAT.
UM, WITH ANY TIME THERE'S A FIRST YOU GET TO LEARN FROM IT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S ALSO THE, THE SAME WEEK AS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
UM, AND MOTHER'S DAY IS ON SUNDAY, SO WE, WE LEARNED THAT TOO.
BUT, UH, JUST A TREMENDOUS EVENT.
UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED, I THINK GOT A LOT OUT OF IT.
AND WE SEE OURSELVES CONTINUING TO DO THIS AS A, AS AN ANNUAL EVENT.
UM, I DID PLAY BASKETBALL FOR ONE GAME AND THEN COULDN'T WALK FOR THREE DAYS, BUT AT LEAST I, I GOT OUT THERE.
I THINK NEXT YEAR WE CAN GET THAT SCHOOL BOARD, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PICKLEBALL MATCH GOING.
AND I THINK THERE CAN BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE TOO.
BUT WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT EVENT.
SO THAT WAS THE NINTH AND THEN THE 13TH THAT WEDNESDAY, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO MCKENNEY, TO THE MCKENNEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, CHIEF KISSINGER'S HERE, WE THINK HIS TEAM AND LEADERSHIP FOR THAT, UM, ANNUAL EVENT THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
AND IT, IT DOES STRIKE ME WHEN I TALK TO OTHER COUNTIES AND CITIES AND WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE MEET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND HOW UNIQUE THAT IS.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT CONSISTENTLY, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 14 PLUS YEARS.
AND SO, UM, IF ANYTHING, IT'S JUST A TIME OF FELLOWSHIP.
BUT TO, TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION FOR WHAT THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THEY DON'T WANT A PAT ON THE BACK, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO GIVE 'EM A PAT ON THE BACK AND PHENOMENAL WORK THAT THEY DO.
UH, ONE, IT'S ALSO JUST CONGRATULATE PUBLICLY, THE DIMITY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2026.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS MORE AND MORE I'M IN THIS JOB, I, I RECOGNIZE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS ON THE SCHOOL SIDE, UH, JUST FOR THE STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TODAY.
UM, BUT WE THINK ABOUT THAT AND WE THINK ABOUT IT FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT AND WE THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND AN INVESTMENT STANDPOINT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST SATURDAY AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THAT COMMENCEMENT.
AND WE HAD 18 DUAL ENROLLMENT KIDS THAT WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE THAT WERE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE OTHER TWO YEAR, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THERE, 18 STUDENTS.
AND SO YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD JUST A COUPLE, BUT NOW WE'RE UP TO 18.
I LOOKED AT HOPEWELL, HAD 28, 29 PRINCE GEORGE IN THE FORTIES.
AND SO I CAN IMAGINE THAT THIS IS JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW FOR DEWIN COUNTY AND, AND, UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SEVERAL OF THE PARENTS OF THOSE 18.
AND THEY JUST TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE THAT THIS GIVES THEM, BECAUSE IF THEY DO IT HERE, THERE'S NO COMPENSATION THAT THEY HAVE TO, UM, TO GO THROUGH.
SO THINK ABOUT THAT FREE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FOR THOSE, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO JUST, UM, AGAIN, FOR, FOR WHAT THE SCHOOLS IN THE CLASS OF 2026 UPCOMING GRADUATION.
MANY OF US ALSO ATTENDED ON MAY 14TH, THE SOVA CHAMBER EVENT.
HELD IN DENWOODY, DENWOODY, COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND PETERSBURG KIND OF COME TOGETHER FOR SOVA.
UM, AND WE HAD THREE INDIVIDUALS, UH, KAISHA BROWN, STACEY ENGLISH, AND RAY BLAKE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED
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WITH THE 40 UNDER 40 DELEGATE.MIKE CHERRY PRESENTED A, UM, A KEYNOTE SPEAKER TALK ON LEADERSHIP AND WAS TRULY INSPIRATIONAL TO, I THINK THOSE THAT ATTENDED DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
UH, THIS THURSDAY, UH, DELLA UH, DENWOODY EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY WILL HAVE THEIR COMPLETION CEREMONY.
AND SO IF, IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
BUT THAT'S THE, UH, 6:00 PM AT EAST SIDE, UM, AT THE ENHANCEMENT CENTER.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO FOUND OUT THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, THAT, THAT PROGRAM, THE D PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS, UM, AN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING OUR, OUR HISTORY OF AT LEAST EVERY YEAR RECEIVING SOMETHING.
I'M NOT TOTALLY BITTER THAT WE DIDN'T WIN BEST SMALL COUNTY AGAIN FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT I, I GUESS FOUR OUTTA SIX YEARS WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.
BUT I DID TELL YANETTE THAT IN MY OPINION, IT WAS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE BEST SMALL PROJECT ONES THAT WE'VE EVER PUT FORTH.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM THAT IS.
UM, ALSO WANNA PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR MEMORIAL DAY.
UH, WE HAVE A, A CEREMONY THAT THE COUNTY'S BEEN DOING NOW FOR 20 YEARS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEM WIDY MASONIC LODGE.
AND SO THAT'S AT 10 O'CLOCK AND WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IT ONLY BEING ABOUT 25, 30 MINUTES IF, UM, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO COME, IT'S, UM, IF YOU START GOING TO THIS EVENT, YOU'LL NEVER THINK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY THE SAME WAY.
'CAUSE IT'S JUST A PHENOMENAL EVENT.
IT'S SHORT LIVED, BUT IT'S A, IT'S USUALLY PRETTY POWERFUL.
AND I DID TALK TO THE MASONIC LODGE.
WE GOT A GREAT SPEAKER COMING IN FROM FORT LEE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND SO I, I GUARANTEE YOU IF YOU COME, UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL LIKE IT.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DID THE RESOLUTION FOR PON.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO TO THAT, LIKE I SAID, I'M GOING TO THE WORSHIP SERVICE, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE PICNIC, LET ME KNOW.
AND, UM, I'LL PUT YOU, I'LL SIGN YOU UP FOR THAT.
FOR OUR JUNE WORKSHOP, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS TO TALK THROUGH.
MAHER RIVER REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL REFI OPPORTUNITY.
SO DAVENPORT AND COMPANY WILL BE COMING IN AND SHOWING WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE FOR THE, FOR THE COUNTY.
IT WOULD, BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE AGREEMENT, DIM WHITTY, BRUNSWICK, AND MECKLENBURG WOULD ALL HAVE TO AGREE.
IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT DAVENPORT IS SHOWING YOU, THEN IT WILL BE PUT ON YOUR JUNE REGULAR MEETING.
UH, LIKEWISE, YOU'LL HAVE JAY ELLINGTON AND HIS STAFF HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF A TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THAT WOULD BE MAKING UP THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION AND POTENTIALLY ADDING BRUNSWICK, MECKLENBURG AND HALIFAX, UM, TO THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE JAY HERE TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE MAY BE A CLOSED SESSION FOR THAT MEETING.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WORKSHOP.
I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY CAN MAKE IT, BUT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
UM, ALSO WANTED, LET YOU KNOW, I GOT A CALL FROM WILL HAGUE.
WILL IS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN PALATAN.
AND SO PALATAN AND, AND REVIEWING LIGHT COMMUNITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED DIM WITTY COUNTY AS A SISTER COMMUNITY.
AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, QUITE HONESTLY, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN WATCHING Y'ALL FOR YEARS.
WE'VE GOT MORE MONEY AND MORE STAFF AND Y'ALL SEEM TO ACCOMPLISH MORE WITH LESS MONEY AND LESS STAFF.
SO MY BOARD, HIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO COME IN AND WORK WITH THIS BOARD AND TALK ABOUT SISTER COMMUNITY TYPE OF THINGS, HOW THEY DO BUSINESS, HOW WE DO BUSINESS, AND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY COLLABORATION THAT COULD BE DONE FIRST TIME, TIME IN MY CAREER THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FORMALLY LIKE THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE.
UM, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING AND HOW WE DO IT HERE.
AND DAVENPORT AND COMPANY, WHO'S THEIR FINANCIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDED THAT THEY LOOK AT HOW WE DO IT AS, AS A POSSIBILITY.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AS WELL.
SO THAT DATE IS TO BE DETERMINED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT.
THE ANN HOWTON OVER THERE IS CLOSING OUT THEIR YEAR END, JUST LIKE THE ANN HOWTON HERE.
SO THE ONLY THING THEY'VE SAID IS LET'S TRY TO DO IT AFTER THAT.
SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE IN THE SUMMER, THIS SUMMER IS WHEN WE DO THAT TYPE EVENT, UH, JOINT MEETING WITH MCKINNEY TOWN COUNCIL.
SO IN, YOU KNOW, THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN IN DEWINE COUNTY, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD TOO MANY TIMES WHERE THE, THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE BOARD FULL TOWN COUNCIL AND THE FULL BOARD MEET.
AND SO MS. COLLINS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH, UH, AT 6:00 PM AT RAGSDALE TO, TO HAVE THAT.
THAT'S GONNA, IF WE ALL CAN ATTEND THAT, WOULD THAT'D BE GREAT.
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UH, VIRGINIA TECH AND THE ANALYSIS THEY'RE DOING AT THE ECONOMIC REVIEW SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL.WE HAVE AN UPDATE MEETING TOMORROW, BUT WE'LL TALK THROUGH THAT.
UM, AND THEIR FINDINGS, A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE ON THAT, AND SO PROUD TO BE PARTNERING WITH VIRGINIA TECH TO GET THIS WORK DONE.
UM, BRENDA MENTIONED THE, THE TOWN HALL MEETING, I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE SUCCESS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DUNNO WHAT WE'RE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA WISE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT BRENDA, WELL, WELL ATTENDED EVENT, RIGHT? SO SHE, SHE SAYS DISTRICT FIVE TENDS TO GET MORE PEOPLE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
THAT'S A PERSONAL CHALLENGE, I GUESS TO THE REST OF Y'ALL IF Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
AND WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT WHAT BRENDA DID, SHE TARGETED IT TO VDOT AND WE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE FROM DR.
WE HAD ONE PERSON FROM MR. DOOLEY'S DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY CAME LAST NIGHT, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT TOPIC.
SO MAYBE IF YOU TARGET A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, YOU, YOU MIGHT GET SOME MORE PEOPLE THERE FOR THAT.
I WAS TELLING, UM, DAN THAT THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE CAME UP, SO I PUT THAT BACK ON HIM TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, MAYBE THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
UM, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK LAW ENFORCEMENT WEEK WAS MAY 10TH THROUGH THE 16TH.
AND THEN THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL EMS WEEK.
UM, SO THAT'S THE 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD.
AND SO I, I'LL TELL YOU, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA COPYCAT CASEY DOOLEY.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION, CASEY SAID SOME VERY INSPIRATIONAL WORDS, BUT YOU KNOW, HE TALKED ABOUT, I GUESS A RECENT EVENT THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE AND, AND THERE WERE SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WERE ASKED.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ALL EVER SEEN A, A FATALITY? HOW MANY OF YOU EVER SEEN A A BURNED BODY? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE COMFORT TO, YOU KNOW, A VICTIM, UM, AFTER A MAJOR INCIDENT? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER SHOWED UP ON A, THE FIRST ON CALL TO, UM, A CAR WRECK? AND THE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS A FIRST RESPONDER MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE, WHAT EVERY PERSON I THINK IN THE ROOM IS THEY RAISE THEIR HAND.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, IF YOU TAKE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS ALL OF THIS, AND WE'RE IN FIRE INCLUDED, IT'S LESS THAN 2% OF THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WEAR THAT UNIFORM.
AND SO THAT'S 98% CRITICIZED THE TWO, WHY DIDN'T YOU GET HERE FASTER? WHY AREN'T YOU TRAINED BETTER? WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OF YOU? YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY, THEY ASK THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.
UM, WHEN I COME TO WORK EVERY DAY, I, I DON'T QUESTION WHETHER I'M GONNA COME BACK.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NATIONAL POLICE WEED AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE THOSE TYPE OF SACRIFICES TO GIVE US THE FREEDOM TO HAVE A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY, UM, THAT THIN BLUE LINE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT GOES BETWEEN CHAOS AND CIVILITY, THAT'S WHAT OUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS DO.
AND THEY'RE JUST AS MUCH, UM, ON THE FRONT LINES AS ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE BLESSED TO, TO TALK WITH OUR 9 1 1 STAFF RECENTLY WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO COME TO A MEETING, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL AS WELL.
BUT FOR THESE TWO, AGAIN, FOR, AND OUR EMS PROVIDERS, AND I THINK YOU ALL SAW IT, THE, YOU KNOW, MR. CHAVIS, YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB TALKING TO, UM, TO HEATHER AT THE, AT THE FIRE AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION.
UH, EMS IN DEWINE COUNTY IS WHAT CHIEF OVER 80% OF ALL OF OUR CALLS ARE, ARE OUR EMS CALLS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT WE ARE AN EMS DEPARTMENT MAINLY.
AND WE, WE, WE ADDRESS FIRE AS IT COMES UP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, WHAT OUR PEOPLE DO, AND I JUST WANT PEOPLE AT HOME TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU GET IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE IN DEWINE COUNTY, WHAT WHAT WE DO ON THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EMS WEEK, UM, I JUST WANT US TO PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT EMS AS WELL AS LAW ENFORCEMENT THE LAST, LAST TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO, SAY THE BEST FOR LAST, WE, WE'VE GOT A YOUNG MAN THAT I WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT, UM, IS GONNA BE OUR COLLEGE INTERN.
HE'S REPORTING TO MS. COLLINS, OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, CHRIS MOORE IS WITH US.
CHRIS, UM, HE JUST COMPLETED HIS WELCOME HIS FIRST YEAR AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY THERE, UM, AND IT'S SO MUCH AS YOU'RE MAJORING IN, BUT YOU'RE MAJORING IN JOURNALISM AND MINORING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, CORRECT? YES.
PRELAW AND PRE-LAW CONCENTRATION.
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YEAH.SO IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE AN UNDERACHIEVER ALREADY.
BUT
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO NOW, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, COMMENTS FOR THE BOARD, BUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE'RE GONNA DEVIATE FROM MY SCHEDULE AND I'M GONNA ASK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO COME DOWN FRONT.
YEAH, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THIS WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS AND WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.
AND, UM, KEVIN, NEED FOR YOU TO COME DOWNSTAIRS PLEASE.
SORRY ABOUT THE DOWNSTAIRS PART.
AND, UM, WANT YOU TO GET RIGHT HERE, SIR.
SO THE CAMERA CAN SEE YOU BACK THERE TOO.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, UH, THE BOARD THINKS A WHOLE LOT OF YOU WE'RE GONNA DO COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT LATER WHEN WE GET UP THERE, GET BACK TO UP, UP ON THE PODIUM.
BUT WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE OVER YOUR 20 YEARS.
AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT YOU DID NOT WANT ANY, A LOT, BUT, UM, I THINK THE BOY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND, UM, 'CAUSE IF, IF NOT, WE WOULD'VE KIND OF FILLED THE ROOM UP.
BUT NOW YOU, YOU JUST WANTED TO DO NOT DO A WHOLE LOT, BUT WE HAVE, UM, THIS PLAQUE FOR YOU AND, UM, FOR YOU TO PUT ON YOUR DESK AND YOU KNOW, YOU ARE AN EXCEPTIONAL PERSON.
UM, ALL THE, THE, UH, BOARDS THAT YOU SIT ON, EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, EVEN TODAY, YOU WERE AT A MEETING BEFORE YOU WENT TO THE MILITARY COUNCIL AND NOW YOU'RE HERE FOR THE BOARD MEETING.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT NOW FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU.
THIS, THIS BOARD THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH FOR 14 YEARS AND MR. MOODY OUT THERE AND
SO WE WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE AND HOW MUCH ALSO BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T SAY LOVE A LOT, BUT WE LOVE YOU TOO.
UM, THIS IS PRE PRESENTED TO W KEVIN MASSEN GIFT FOR 20 YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND SERVICE TO DENWITTY COUNTY WITH GRATITUDE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY THE 19TH, 2026.
AND THIS IS PRESENTED TO YOU FROM US.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY, IT'S LOVELY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND WE WANT TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.
AND AGAIN, WE WANTED TO TELL YOU NOT HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU, BUT ALSO HOW MUCH WE DO LOVE YOU.
OKAY? AND SO WE WANNA TELL YOU THAT.
WE'RE GONNA, AND 20 YEARS IS A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
OKAY, NOW MARIE, DO YOU WANT US ALL TO GET HERE TO GET A PICTURE? GET MR.
WHAT? SAY HE HIRED, THAT'S RIGHT.
THE WAY YOU LOOKED
I WONDER, DID YOU KNOW SOMETHING? DID YOU KNOW SOMETHING? I DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE GOOD, GOOD
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LAST NIGHT.[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND DAN, YOU WANNA START? ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, UM, I COULD PROBABLY SPEND A, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON KEVIN'S STORIES, BUT, UH, WE, WE DON'T NEED TO GET THERE.YEAH, I'M PROBABLY, UM, SAVE THEM FOR LATER.
BUT, UM, KEVIN, WE, UM, I GUESS I'VE BEEN A PART OF, OF SOME PART OF, UH, DENWITTY AS LONG AS YOU'VE BEEN HERE MM-HMM
UM, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN ON THE BOARD.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND, AND, UM, I KNOW IF A CITIZEN WANTS TO TALK TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN CHESTERFIELD, GOOD LUCK.
HE, HE CAN USUALLY TALK TO HIM.
UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU.
UM, AND YOU REPRESENT DENWOODY COUNTY WHEREVER YOU GO.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS, UM, YOU'RE DENWOODY COUNTY NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO.
AND THAT'S A, A REALLY GOOD THING.
UM, SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I APPRECIATE EVERY MINUTE YOU SPEND SPINNING DENWOODY AND, UM, PROBABLY CAN, UM, MOVE YOU FROM A COME HERE TO BEEN HERE
UM, I CAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S STILL, SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY CAN'T, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
BUT EVERYTHING YOU DO AND, UH, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I GUESS YOU THOUGHT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HARRISON WAS DOING HERE, AND I WAS GONNA TELL YOU THAT HARRISON WAS HERE TO DO A RAIN DANCE FOR ALL THE FARMERS, BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE A TRUCK HITCH TO WALK INTO TO, TO DO A RAIN DANCE.
SO, UH, BUT WE DO NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR FARMERS.
I, I SAID, UM, THE ONLY GOOD THING IS WE CAN PRAY, BUT THANK GOODNESS WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE WEATHER.
'CAUSE EVERYTHING HUMANS DO, WE TEND TO SCREW IT UP.
SO THE WEATHER WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER THING.
SO, UM, SO IT'S GONNA RAIN ALWAYS HAS, UM, THAT'S WHAT THE OLD PALM SAID.
UM, THREE WORDS THAT COME TO MY MIND WHEN I THINK OF KEVIN MASSENGILL.
INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, FRIENDSHIP.
UM, THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH KEVIN, THE 14 YEARS ON THIS BOARD, AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION PRIOR TO THAT, UM, HE IS A PHENOMENAL LEADER.
UM, HE'S THE CEO OF THE COUNTY.
UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANT TO THAT IS, IS TO HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE, HOW HE TREATS PEOPLE, THE VALUE THAT HE HAS FOR THE CITIZEN, EVERY CITIZEN OF DENWITTY COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT BORDER US AND THE COMMITTEES THAT HE SERVES ON AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED THERE.
UH, IT'S JUST, YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE LEADERSHIP ABILITY THAT HE HAS WHEN HE WALKS INTO THE ROOM, WHATEVER THE MEETING MAY BE.
UM, I'M, I'M GOING TO DATE MYSELF WHEN I SAY THIS, LIKE EEF HUTTON.
UM, WHEN, WHEN HE WALKS IN, PEOPLE KNOW WHO HE IS, THEY KNOW HIS, WHAT HE IS GONNA SAY AND HOW HE'S GONNA PRESENT HIMSELF.
AND IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE AT THIS LEVEL, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS, UH, COMPLIMENT TO HIM.
AND I'M GONNA SAY TO HIS MOTHER AND HIS FATHER FOR THE VALUES THAT HE PUT IN HIM MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, GROWING UP, IN PARTICULAR, HIS DAD WHO IS NOT HERE AND HIS MOTHER IS, IS STILL ALIVE.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE END.
UM, AND THINGS TO DO TO, TO CONTINUE TO TAKE DENWITTY COUNTY FORWARD.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
UM, AND FOR, FOR EVERY CITIZEN THAT'S HERE, AS YOU HAVE HEADS THAT ARE BOBBING UP AND DOWN, UM, WHAT YOU MEAN TO THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE BOTH HERE, THE ADMINISTRATION AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, WHEN I FIRST CAME AND STARTED RUNNING FOR THE BOARD, I HAD PEOPLE SAYING THAT, UM, KEVIN NEEDED TO GO.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, ALL THE BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM.
AND IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE WRONG.
UH, WE BECAME FRIENDS TO, I I ASKED HIM TO GO OUT AND EAT
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WITH ME SO WE COULD GET THINGS SETTLED.AND WE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS BY RIDING SO MANY DAYS.
WE HELPED BUILD THE JAIL, BUT SPENDING TIME WITH HIM AND HE, HE REALLY HELPED ME TO BECOME WHAT I AM TODAY WITH THIS BOARD AND ANOTHER MAN TOO.
THIS GUY SITTING RIGHT BACK HERE, HE IS BEEN A BIG INFLUENCE ON, I THINK ALL OF US OF WHAT HE DID.
BUT, UH, KEVIN ALWAYS BUILT ME UP.
UM, I THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY GONNA HELP ME OUT WHEN I ASKED HIM TO GIVE ME AN AWARD FOR BEING THE FIRST LUMBEE INDIAN ON THE BOARD.
SO I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS, I DON'T KNOW I'VE EVER TOLD YOU, BUT HE SAID, BILL, YOU INDIAN'S ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, THE NAME OF THE TRIBE IS THE HELLA WE TRIBE.
HAS ANYONE HEARD ABOUT THE HELLA WE TRIBE IN DENWOODY COUNTY? UHUH
I SAID, REALLY? HE SAID, YEAH, LOOK AT, LOOK UP HERE.
THERE'S THE INDIAN, RIGHT? HE'S HOLDING A SWORD.
THERE'S THE LITTLE, THERE'S THE PINE.
WHERE'S THE BIG PINE? THERE? IT'S THE TALLEST, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO WHAT HAPPENED? THE INDIAN CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THAT TREE, AND HE LOOKED FROM THE EAST OF THE WEST AND SAID, WHERE THE HELL ARE WE? AND I THINK MR. HARRISON WAS WITH US WHEN HE LEARNED ABOUT THE, UH, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NIGHT? I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER.
AND, UH, HARRISON SAID, KEVIN, WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? SO WE ALL LEARNED SOMETHING THAT NIGHT, RIGHT? THAT KEVIN CAN COME UP WITH THE BEST STORIES LIKE HIS DAD DID.
IF YOU EVER MET HIS DAD, THERE'S THE TWIN.
BUT HE HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH IN MY LIFE, AND I KNOW TO THE COUNTY.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
I ASK HIM HOW MANY COMMITTEES HE WAS ON AT ONE TIME.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? AND I'M ONLY ONE.
WELL, I WAS ON COUPLE OF THREE, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU GO THROUGH.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU REPRESENTING DENWOOD COUNTY, BECAUSE WHEN I GO ANYWHERE, THEN THEY SAY, KEVIN IS YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, MS. LEE AND MR. CLYBURN AND OUR STAFF THAT SHOW UP ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS TO PRESENT, UH, DIFFICULT ITEMS. UH, I HOPE THAT OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A REFLECTION OF LEADERSHIP THAT KEVIN GIVES ALSO.
IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S HARD, OUR JOB IS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND TO ALWAYS EVALUATE HOW THE TAX DOLLARS OF DEITY COUNTY CITIZENS ARE BEING SPENT AS MR. CLYBURN.
MS. LEE, THANK YOU FOR MAKING HARD DECISIONS, UM, AND EVALUATING HOW CITIZENS' MONIES ARE SPENT.
UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP, I'VE, I'VE BEEN PART OF DIMITY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 18 YEARS, SO I'VE WATCHED KEVIN, UM, FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
I SAY THAT A LOT IN THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE I, I WEAR THE HAT OF, OF A DEPUTY SHERIFF ALSO.
UH, AND SO I'VE GOTTEN TO, TO SEE THE DIFFERENT SIDE OF IT.
AND RESOUNDINGLY, THE THE BEST COMPLIMENT I CAN GIVE YOU IS THAT I SEE SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT IS DUE TO YOUR FAITH IN YOUR WALK OF CHRIST.
I SEE YOU EMULATING JESUS CHRIST AND THE WAY THAT YOU LEAD, UM, WHETHER IT'S SERVING FOOD OR PUTTING OTHERS' NEEDS ABOVE YOUR OWN.
UM, IT'S JUST, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUALLY POINTING TO CHRIST IN ALL THAT YOU DO.
THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING TO BE SAID IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE.
IT'S NOT A POPULAR THING RIGHT.
TO DO IT IS A LOT OF TIMES CONTROVERSIAL.
AND YOU DO IT WITH, WITH HONOR, WITH PRIDE, WITH HUMILITY.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S THE REASON THAT DIMITY COUNTY REMAINS SUCCESSFUL AND WHY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE LOOKING AND GOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING DIFFERENT? WHAT IS GOING ON IN DIMITY COUNTY? AND I THINK RESOUNDLY, WE CAN POINT TO CHRIST AND YOU'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT.
UM, JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS BEFORE I GET TO, UH, TALK ABOUT KEVIN A. LITTLE BIT.
AND WE, UM, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST, UH, 1 49 HAD A VETERANS CLINIC CLAIM IN MAY, MAY THE SECOND AT EASTSIDE ENHANCEMENT CENTER.
UM, THEY STARTED OUT WITH, UH, 40
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LOCAL VETERANS ATTENDED TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AND ENDED UP WITH A HUNDRED.AND THESE ARE THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO DID NOT, UM, SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION EARLY.
SO, BUT EVERYBODY WAS, UM, SEEN AND THEY, UM, DID WELL WITH THE BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
I THINK THEY SAID IT WAS ALMOST NEAR DUST STOP BEFORE THEY LEFT.
AND THEY STARTED EARLY IN THE MORNING.
UM, THE PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK, FIRST WEEK IN MAY.
UH, HUMAN RESOURCES DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING THE WEEK FUN AND ENGAGING FOR THE EMPLOYEES HERE.
IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR TO PROVIDE LUNCH FOR THE STAFF DURING THE WEEK.
UM, WE ALSO HAD, UH, ALVIN LANGLEY'S BARBECUE.
AND COLES LAW IS ALWAYS A HIT ALONG WITH MR. CHAVIS GREEN BEANS.
AND THANK YOU TO ALICIA LEE AND DAN FOR THE DELICIOUS HOMEMADE PIES.
I LOOKED AROUND AND DIDN'T SEE ANYMORE.
UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR EMPLOYEES SHARED THAT THE WEEK MADE THEM FEEL VALUED AND APPRECIATED.
AND I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR ALL YOU CONTINUE TO DO IN DENWITTY COUNTY.
UM, ALSO, I ATTENDED A CAR SHOW.
I THINK THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR GOES TO PAMELA PARK EVERY YEAR FOR, UH, THE CAR SHOW.
AND I WAS A JUDGE AT THE PAMPHLETS PARK ANNUAL CAR SHOW.
IT WAS, UH, FUN AND WELL ATTENDED.
I THINK THEY HAD ABOUT 150 CARS TO COME TO BE JUDGED.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE CALL? AND, AND MY, MY FAVORITE, I HAVE A, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM MM-HMM
BUT I ENDED UP WITH A 1970 CHEVELLE MM-HMM
SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT, LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, THEY HAD A, A LOT OF ANTIQUE CARS OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING.
I HAD ONE, UM, I SELECTED, BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THAT CAR.
SO MY SECOND CHOICE WAS THE, UM, 1970 CHEVELLE.
SO THAT GUY WAS PRETTY HAPPY TOO.
UM, AND, UM, WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING THAT WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT, AT PINEY BEACH.
AND, UM, DELEGATE KIMBERLY POPE ADAMS, SHE WAS THERE AS WELL AS, UM, VDOT.
AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND HAD GOOD DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON DATES FOR, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WE AS, UH, AS A BOARD, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON OTHER, UH, DATES FOR TOWN HALL MEETINGS LATER ON IN THE FALL.
THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, BE DOING THAT.
AND ALSO, THE VACO ANNOUNCED THE ACHIEVEMENTS AWARD FOR, UM, THE DE WITTY EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY, DELLA.
AND, UM, THAT PROGRAM'S REALLY IS DESIGNED TO HELP, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND JUNIORS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BECOME INFORMED AND ENGAGED WITH EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN THE DEM WITTY COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
AND KUDOS TO MISS JEANNETTE NICHOLAS WHO COORDINATES THE PROGRAM.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO, WHO, UM, MADE THAT PROGRAM POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, THIS MORNING, UM, KEVIN AND I WENT TO THE MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING, AND I WAS, UM, SITTING NEXT, UM, TO ONE OF THE SOLDIERS.
AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO BUY A HOUSE IN DI WE, HE SAID, WHEN I LOOKED, IT WAS 19.
HE SAID, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST TURNED MY HEAD FOR A MOMENT.
AND 18 OF THE HOUSES WERE SOLD, BUT HE REALLY WANTED TO COME TO DENWITTY.
SO HE ENDED UP, UM, HE HAD TO GO TO PRINCE GEORGE.
HE SAID, I, I SETTLED FOR PRINCE GEORGE.
AND I SAID, WELL, WE ARE SORRY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD TO GO THERE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HOUSES FOR YOU.
AND HE WAS JUST TELLING ME ABOUT, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, HE'S FROM LIKE THE NEBRASKA OR SOMEWHERE.
SO HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT, UM, THE ANIMALS AND HAVING A GIANT, YOU KNOW, I GOT A STORY ABOUT A ANIMAL, YOU KNOW, THERE IT IS.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, HE TOLD ME, HE SAID HE HAD TWO GIANT TURTLES IN HIS YARD.
I MEAN, THEY WERE HUGE AND THEY WERE, UM, LAYING EGGS AND EVERYTHING.
SO HE TOOK THE LAWNMOWER AND WENT AROUND SO HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO OVER IT AND EVERYTHING.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.
HE SAID OWLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND ALL THAT.
SO I SAID, I'LL TELL THE BOARD ABOUT THE OWL, THE STORY TODAY.
AND, UM, SO HE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT AND TALKING ABOUT HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT TO THEN WI IF THEY CAN, UM, BUY A HOUSE OR BUILD A HOUSE OUT HERE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS KUDOS TO US, THAT THEY DO WANT TO COME OUT AND LIVE IN DENWOODY COUNTY.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, WITH KEVIN, OF COURSE, I'M THE ONLY FEMALE.
SO WITH FIVE GUYS, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR A FEMALE WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE GUYS YOU GOTTA WORK WITH.
AND, UM, SO, UM, IT'S A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE HAVE, WE TRAVEL OR WE GO PLACES, I WILL, UH, LIKE TO THANK, UM, MS. TAMMY COLLINS THERE.
SOMETIMES SHE FEELS BAD FOR ME.
SHE SAID, I'M GONNA GO WITH YOU.
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UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S A LOT.YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
BUT KEVIN HAS ALWAYS TREATED ME WITH RESPECT.
UM, I LIKE THAT HE PUTS GOD FIRST IN WHATEVER HE'S GOING TO DO.
AND HE GENUINELY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT.
I WAS, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TODAY AND, UM, THEY WERE SAYING THAT HOW IS, UM, THEY DON'T AGREE ON THINGS.
AND, UM, WE DO, UH, IT'S NOT ALL THE TIME THAT WE, UH, AGREE TOTALLY, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AGREE TOTALLY ALL THE TIME.
BUT, UM, HE WAS JUST SAYING, IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY SAD.
HE SAID, IT'S JUST KIND OF BAD.
SO I SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH THINGS.
AND WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT WE PRAY BEFORE HE, WE COME OUT FOR A MEETING, HE SAID, WHAT? I SAID, YEAH, YEAH.
I SAID, WE DO THAT BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PRAY FOR WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE SO GOD CAN DIRECT US.
AND HE WAS JUST GOING ON SAYING HOW DIFFERENT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT ON HIS BOARD AND EVERYTHING.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO, AND IF YOU WANT SUCCESS AND IF YOU WANNA MOVE FOR FORWARD, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT.
BUT KEVIN HAS ALWAYS DONE THAT.
HE'S, UM, ALWAYS LISTENING TO PEOPLE.
I, I THINK HE, HE SLEEPS WITH HIS PHONE UNDER THE PILLOW OR SOMETHING BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS TALKING TO PEOPLE AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK THIS BOARD HAS ENCOURAGED HIM TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN, IF YOU GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.
HE'S BEEN GOING TO HIS SON'S, UM, UH, BASEBALL GAMES, AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE HE SAID, OH YEAH, I'M GOING TO SEE MY SON PLAY AND EVERYTHING, EVEN IF HIS GRADUATE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SON GRADUATED.
AND, UM, SO HE'S BEEN DOING THAT.
AND THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE FAMILY INCORPORATED IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE SERVANTS HERE.
WE, WE SIGNED UP TO BE SERVANTS ELECTED, UH, OFFICIALS.
AND, UM, IT'S A HARD JOB SOMETIMES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, WE, WE'VE DONE THIS AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE NEED TO HELP ALL OUR CITIZENS.
AND THEN WITH, AND THAT'S WHAT KEVIN DOES.
HE, UM, HE DOES THAT AND HE, HE JUST, HE TRIES TO MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL OKAY, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF HOW THINGS MAY TURN OUT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU, YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE, UM, THEY, UH, RESPECT YOU.
THEY, THEY, UM, SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, KEVIN IS REALLY GOOD AND THIS AND THAT, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS, BUT THAT'S A PART OF LIFE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, WE JUST THANK YOU.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA SAY, UH, AS A PASTOR TOLD ME ONE TIME, PEOPLE DON'T SAY THEY LOVE EACH OTHER ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW, I SAID, ASK PEOPLE, WE DO LOVE YOU.
YOU KNOW, AND KEVIN'S NOT AN EMOTIONAL GUY.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN HIM.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM RAISE HIS VOICE.
BUT, UM, BUT, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH.
BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT ABOUT HIM.
AND BEFORE WE GO ON CLOSE SESSION, MR. MOODY, I'M GONNA SEE IF YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE HARRISON, BECAUSE YOU, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HIRED HIM AND I'M GOING TO, UM, EXTEND THE INVITATION.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING.
DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING AT THIS TIME FROM THE AUDIENCE? A COUPLE.
AND I WAS SITTING HERE AND WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO THE BOARD MEETING, UH, I'VE GOTTEN, SO I DO AI A LITTLE BIT NOW, AND I SAID, WHO'S THE LONGEST SERVING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR? AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE.
IS THAT TRUE CORRECTLY IN THE, IN THE COUNTY? YES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU AND I DO HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU MAY MAYBE MAKE 37 YEARS.
WHO KNOWS? THAT'S A LONG TIME.
BUT YEAH, THAT WAS AS, AS A BOARD CHAIRMAN BACK IN 2006, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BE BEST DECISIONS THAT I'D EVER MADE IS, AS A BOARD HAD MADE TO HIRE YOU AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, THEN WE IS VERY, VERY FORTUNATE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, TO HAVE A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR LIKE YOU.
WITH, WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, HE PUT DENWITTY ON A PATH OF HUGE SUCCESS.
AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE.
AND, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY WHEN FOUR OF Y'ALL GOT ON THE BOARD WITH ME BACK A FEW YEARS AGO, WE DID START PRAYING BEFORE,
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BEFORE THE BOARD MEETINGS.AND THAT ALONG WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP, I THINK, HAS TAKEN THIS COUNTY A LONG WAYS.
I TALKED TO SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IN OTHER COUNTIES AND I SAID, WE USED, WE PRAYED WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD, I SAID, WE PRAYED BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED TO, TO KIND OF GET IT TOGETHER.
AND HE SAID, REALLY? I SAID, YEAH, WE'D GET IN THE BACK, WE'D HOLD OUR HANDS AND WE'D SAY THE PRAYER BEFORE THE MEETING, THE GOD FOR GOD TO GUIDE US AND WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AND I THINK THAT PLUS HAVING A GREAT LEADERSHIP OF KEVIN HAS GOTTEN THIS BOARD ALONG, I JUST COUNTY IN, IN A GREAT POSITION.
WANT THANK YOU KEVIN, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
UM, I AM GONNA OPEN UP, ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING IN THE AUDIENCE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'LL OPEN IT UP.
BEFORE THEY DO? NO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS, BUT IS ANYBODY ELSE GONNA JUMP IN BEFORE KEVIN SAY ANYTHING? I GET MORE NERVOUS IF THEY START SAYING ANYTHING.
IF I COULD JUST, JUST FOR A SECOND.
SO I'M, I'M USUALLY NOT SURPRISED, ESPECIALLY AT A BOARD MEETING.
'CAUSE ANY GOOD COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL TELL YOU THERE'S NO SURPRISES AT, AT A BOARD MEETING.
UM, SO JUST PUT CONNECTING THE DOTS, I GUESS.
MADAM CHAIR LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A MESSAGE LEFT FROM MARIE OH MY GOODNESS.
THAT YOU ASKED ME TO LISTEN TO.
AND THEN YOU QUICKLY TOOK IT OFF, TOOK IT OFF AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WE'RE RECOGNIZING NEXT MONTH.
AND HIS NAME WAS KEVIN, SUPPOSEDLY AS WELL.
AND I
THAT THAT MAY BE THE CASE, BUT YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TYPICALLY SURPRISED, BUT, UM, THANK YOU ALL ONE, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE, THE REST, I MEAN, I, AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD PUT THE DIMITY COUNTY STAFF AGAINST ANYBODY.
UM, THE, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I'VE OFTEN SAID IT, I ALMOST FELT LIKE WHEN I GOT HERE THAT I WAS SOMEWHAT A FRAUD BECAUSE IT WAS, I HAD NOT DONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORK.
SO THE, THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS WHEN HARRISON AND THAT BOARD, AND HARRISON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST BOARD MEETING YOU AND I EVER HAD TOGETHER, WE WENT INTO AN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS TRIED TO HIT EACH OTHER.
AND SO IT WAS, TO SAY IT WAS SOMEWHAT CONTENTIOUS, IT WAS, IS IS PROBABLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT AND YOU KNOW, BUT IF, IF YOU REALLY STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE BOARD OF THAT TIME TO, TO TAKE A 31-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN WHO AT THE TIME WAS THE YOUNGEST IN THE STATE TO BE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, IT WAS TIED.
JONATHAN SWEET, I DUNNO IF Y'ALL KNOW JONATHAN, HE WAS IN BATH COUNTY AT ONE TIME.
HE IS MOVED ON TO DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT HE GOT APPOINTED THAT YOU YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
YOU REMEMBER THAT PART OF IT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, BUT WE, WE WERE THE TWO YOUNGEST AT THE STATE AT THE TIME, AND TO, TO LOOK BACK ON REALLY TWO DECADES OF WORK, UM, IT TOOK A, IT TOOK A GOOD STAFF TO DO THAT.
AND CHRISTIE, I WAS HAPPEN TO THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU AND I WERE HERE AT THE TIME AND HARRISON AND OTHERS WERE HERE.
UM, BUT THERE, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU, EACH ONE OF YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEING SAID, BUT FOR EVERY POSITIVE THING YOU SAID ABOUT ME, THERE'S A PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT ASSISTED IN SOME WAY.
RIGHT? AND SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIVE OF YOU, SIX OF YOU INCLUDED.
UM, THIS, THIS JOB HAS NEVER DONE SOLO.
IT, IT TAKES, IT TAKES A GROUP.
AND YEAH, I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT'S A FUNERAL AND IT'S NOT.
IT'S, UM, THIS ISN'T REALLY THE END CELEBRATION, BROTHER CELEBRATION.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE, BUT I'M, WHEN I REALLY LOOK AT WHERE DEWINE COUNTY IS TODAY AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT GIVES US I THINK, CONTINUOUS ENERGY TO DO WHAT WE DO.
UH, KEVIN, UM, MARIE ASKED ME TO CALL ROGER GILL.
ROGER GILL WAS YOUR STUDENT ADVISOR.
HE WAS, AND HE WAS SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
UH, BUT THIS MORNING HE LET ME KNOW HE HAD GOTTEN SICK AND SO HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
BUT SHE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT, AND MS. COLLINS TO, THEY KNEW SOMEHOW THAT HE WAS YOUR STUDENT ADVISOR AND YEAH.
SO I WALKED INTO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND ONE OF THE FIRST CLASSES I TOOK WAS A ROGER GIL CLASS.
AND SO ROGER WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE STARTED THE CLASS, HE SAID, LOOK, EACH ONE IN THIS ROOM NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT
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YOU WANNA DO IN LIFE.AND IF YOU'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, YOU NEED TO PUT YOURSELF IN A ROOM.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOUR MOM AND DAD WANT.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOUR GIRLFRIEND WANTS OR YOUR BOYFRIEND, IT'S WHAT, WHAT YOU WANT.
AND THAT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR ME.
SO I, I ACTUALLY WENT IN THE ROOM IN MY BEDROOM AT HOME AND THOUGHT IT THROUGH.
SO I LEFT EMY HIGH SCHOOL, RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE FIRST YEAR, AND WAS INTERVIEWED ON VALENTINE'S DAY, THAT, THAT FEBRUARY.
AND THE NEWSPAPER SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? AND I SAID, I WANNA GET INTO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WELL, WHERE DO YOU WANNA DO THAT? AND I SAID, IN DENDY COUNTY, WHAT DO YOU WANT DO IN ITY COUNTY? I SAID, BE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND SO NOT, NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO DO WHAT THEY DREAMED.
THAT'S SO THE DENDY MONITOR, WHEN I CAME HERE, THE, THERE'S A ME WITH A MUSTACHE
I'M, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO MY STORIES TO THE POINT THAT YOU'D EVEN REMEMBER ROGER GILL AND I KNEW YOU, YOU KNEW HIM.
BUT THEY SOMEHOW KNEW THAT I KNEW, BUT WHEN I CALLED HIM, HE WAS SO EXCITED TO MAKE IT, BUT HE, UM, LIKE I SAY, HE WAS SICK AND HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
BUT HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU THAT.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
SESSION.NOBODY WANTS TO STAND UP NOW, SO.
THE BOARD WILL CONVENE AND CLOSED SESSION.
UH, THE 2.23711 A ONE PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, ITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DENWITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY OR DEITY COUNTY, OR THE GATEWAY JUSTICE SERVICES COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD, UH, 2.23711 A THREE.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, DISCUSSION CONCERNING PERSPECTIVE BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES UPDATE, UH, 2.23711 A THREE, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, UH, FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES OR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC HELD REAL ESTATE PROPERTY.
WILL DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD IT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION ON NEGOTIATING STRATEGY, UH, OF THE PUBLIC BODY ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, ACQUISITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, UH, EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY PUBLIC BODY, UH, REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS, UH, REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL.
ADVICE CONCERNING NEW LEGISLATION.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH THE SECOND.
WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION AND WE AND WE WILL BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS EVENING.
I NEED A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION.
WHERE'S THE BOARD CONVENED? AN ENCLOSED MEETING UNDER 2.237 A ONE ONE A ONE.
PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, DENWITTY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, DENWITY COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND GATEWAY, UH, JUSTICE SERVICE COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD, UH, 2.23711 A FIVE.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRY OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE UPDATE 2.23711 A THREE.
DISCUSSION OF CONSIDERATION, NEW ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OR FOR THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, UH, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT
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THE BARGAINING POSITION OF NEGOTIATION.STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, UH, FOR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX AND HIS HISTORIC COURTHOUSE COMPLEX.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, UH, EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION, UH, OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL ADVICE CONCERNING NEW LEGISLATION.
AND WHEREAS NO MEMBER, UH, HAS MADE A STATEMENT THAT THERE WAS A, UH, DEPARTURE, UH, FROM THE LAWFUL PURPOSE OF SUCH CLOSE MEETING OR OF THE, UH, MATTERS, UH, IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION DISCUSSED NOW BE IT CERTIFIED THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS, A AS WERE DISCUSSED, IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
AND I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT SECOND ROLL CALL DR. MOORE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, UM, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
[12. SPECIAL RECOGNITION]
MADAM CHAIR BEFORE WE DO THAT.UM, MS. CRYSTAL SMITH, I'M SORRY, IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
SPECIAL RECOLLECTION, BUT WHAT I'D, WHAT I'D LIKE TO, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE, THE FULL RESOLUTION.
BUT AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, CRYSTAL SMITH, OUR RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR AFTER 38 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMONWEALTH IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT CAPACITIES THAT VDOT, UM, HAS DECIDED TO, TO RETIRE.
UH, MR. FRENCH EARLIER TODAY FOUND OUT THAT MS. SMITH WAS UNABLE TO, TO MAKE IT TONIGHT EVEN THOUGH SHE WANTED TO.
UM, SO, UM, JUST, JUST TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF A LITTLE BIT, THAT I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH NUMEROUS, UH, RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATORS IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER HERE IN DENWOODY.
AND, YOU KNOW, CRYSTAL IN, IN HER APPROACH TO, TO TRY TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF DEWINE COUNTY OUT IS, IS WORTHY OF BEING, BEING RECOGNIZED AND A 38 YEAR CAREER IN, IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE SWITCHED JOBS QUITE A BIT, BUT 38 YEARS WITH THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS KIND OF QUESTIONED, SHE WAS IN CHESTERFIELD FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THEN I FOUND OUT WHEN SHE, WHEN SHE BECAME RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR HERE, THAT SHE LIVED IN DISTRICT THREE IN MR. CHAVIS DISTRICT.
UH, SHE ALWAYS HAD A, A FONDNESS FOR DEWITTE COUNTY, BUT SHE MOVED AND SHE, I THINK SHE WAS THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR PRINCE GEORGE.
'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE A, A, A CONSIDERATION HERE OF ANYTHING WRONG.
UH, BUT CRYSTAL'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
UM, I HATE SHE CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WOULD ASK THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR CRYSTAL SMITH AND MR. FRENCH IS GOING TO TAKE THE, UH, FRAMED RESOLUTION BACK TO HER.
CAN I GET MOTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION PRESENTED SECOND.
FIVE MEMBERS, PRESIDENT WILLIAMS AND MR. FRENCH HAS TAKEN HER PLACE? YES.
YEAH, HE KIND OF LOOKED KIND OF FUNNY ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, WE DO WANT THANK, UH, MS. CRYSTAL SMITH FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE AT VO.
I'M SORRY SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
[13.A. Virginia Department Of Transportation Secondary Six Year Plan]
NOW WE WILL DO A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN.ALRIGHTY, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
ARE YOU, UM, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING, I WILL GO THROUGH THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN AS PROPOSED.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE, THE DRAFT.
UM, SO RUN THROUGH THE FUNDING AND EVERYTHING REAL QUICK AND OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PLAN, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 THROUGH 32, OUR TFE UH, COMMUNICATION FUNDING IS FLATLINED FOR EACH YEAR.
THE PLAN WAS $66,952 ACCRUING FOR A TOTAL OF $401,712 AT THE END OF THE SIX YEARS.
UM, OUR UNPAVED ROAD MONEY, THE RURAL RUSTIC FUNDING, UM, WE HAVE 900
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TO $82,110 FOR FISCAL YEARS 30, 30 AND 31, AND THEN DROPPING DOWN TO $67,235,000 AT THE END OF THE PLAN, ALL ACCRUING FOR A TOTAL OF $515,987, LEAVING US WITH A TOTAL OF $917,699 IN THE PLAN.UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT THOSE TWO OUT YEARS IN THE RURAL RUSTIC FUNDING, THIS IS PROJECTED FUNDING LEVELS.
IT IS A DECREASE, BUT I NORMALLY THOSE FLUCTUATE AND, AND THEY DO INCREASE AS WE APPROACH THE ACTUAL FUNDING YEAR.
UM, OUR FOLKS JUST LIKE TO BE CONSERVATIVE, I'M PRETTY SURE
UM, SO LOOKING AT, UH, THE PROJECT BY PRIORITY, UM, WE'VE GOT THE ROUTE SIX 60 QUAKER ROAD REALIGNMENT.
THAT IS A FULLY TFE FUNDED PROJECT THAT WE INITIATED LAST YEAR.
AND THEY PLAN, WE'VE DONE SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK ON IT ON THAT PROJECT AND DONE A FIELD SURVEY.
UM, WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE PROJECT, UM, IN THIS CYCLE.
WE'VE GOT THE $600,000 CARRY OVER FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, MY PLAN IS TO GET THIS PROJECT INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE FALL OR SPRING AND, UM, AND USE THOSE FUNDS UP.
UH, MOVING ON TO ALL RURAL RUSTIC PROJECTS, UH, WE HAVE REESE ROAD.
UM, THAT PROJECT HAS A $162,000 BUDGET THAT'S CARRY OVER FROM PRIOR YEARS IN THE PLAN.
NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, AND THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT IS ROUTE 7 0 9 SHIPPINGS ROAD RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT.
THAT PROJECT HAS ABOUT A $330,000, UH, BUDGET ON IT.
IT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL RURAL RUSTIC PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE $142,000 OF CARRYOVER FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 95,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND 92,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 28 TO GET THAT PROJECT FULLY FUNDED.
UM, AND WE WILL LIKELY MOVE TO CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN THE FALL OF 2028 FOR THAT PROJECT.
AS I GO THROUGH THESE, IF YOU, AS YOU AND AS YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE IS SOME SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS THAT I'M GONNA MAKE AS WE FINALIZE THIS.
UM, NEXT PROJECT IN THE PLAN IS ROUTE 6 78 SPAIN DRIVE, ROYAL RUSTIC.
SO THIS IS THE ONE CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR'S PLAN.
WE, I DID ADJUSTED PRIORITY OF SPAIN DRIVE ROYAL RUSTIC, UM, PUSHED THAT UP IN THE PLAN.
SO THAT PROJECT, THE FUNDING WILL BEGIN IN FY 28 AT $3,000 MOVING TO $95,000 AND FY 29 AND 37,000 IN FY 30.
UM, PROJECT TOTAL IS $135,000 ON THAT PROJECT AND WE'LL PROBABLY GO TO CONSTRUCTION FALL 2030 FOR THAT ONE AS WELL.
AFTER THAT WE HAVE ROUTE 7 35 GOOSE POND ROAD, ROYAL RUSTIC.
UH, THIS PROJECT HAS ABOUT $154,000, UH, ESTIMATE ON IT.
IT WAS GOING TO BEGIN FUNDING IN FY 30, UH, $45,000 GOING THAT PROJECT, AND 31 ALL 82,000.
AND THEN IN 32 IT'LL BE GETTING $28,000 TO WRAP UP FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT.
WE WILL LIKELY GO TO CONSTRUCTION, UH, LATE, UH, 2032 ON THAT PROJECT.
NEXT IN THE PLAN, UM, IS 7 57 MARMORA DRIVE, ROYAL RUSTIC PROJECT.
UH, THAT PROJECT, IT BEGINS FUNDING IN 2032.
IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT TO GET IT FUNDED.
IT, UM, HAS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ESTIMATE ON THAT PROJECT.
SO IT'LL LIKELY BE 33 34 THAT THAT PROJECT IS FUNDED AND WE MOVE TO CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE OF THAT.
WE'VE GOT OUR TWO BALANCE ENTRY ACCOUNTS, UM, THAT SHOW IN THE PLAN EVERY YEAR.
THE COUNTYWIDE ENGINEERING AND SURVEY IS MORE OR LESS A HOLDER.
IF WE HAVE, UH, IF THE COUNTY HAS A DESIRE TO FUND A, A SPECIFIC ENGINEERING, UH, PROJECT ON A SECONDARY ROADWAY, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT WE GENERALLY DON'T, UM, HAVE ANY FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THIS LINE ITEM.
AFTER THAT IS OUR BALANCE ENTRY ACCOUNT FOR A FUTURE SECONDARY PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE A $79,000 CARRYOVER FROM LAST YEAR AND A $38,000 CA UM, ALLOCATION IN FISCAL YEAR 27.
SO THAT $38,000 IS CUT FROM THE 67,000 THAT WE'RE NORMALLY GETTING TO COVER SOME OVERAGES ON CHERRY HILL ROAD THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
AFTER THAT, OUR BALANCE ENTRY, UM, IS RECEIVING THE $67,000 IN TEL AVIV FUNDING FOR THE REMAINING YEARS IN THE PLAN.
AND THAT WRAPS UP THE SIX YEAR PLAN.
SO WOULD HE EVER PAVE THAT ROAD OR AS IT WILL BE FOR REESE ROAD? YEAH.
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CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, AND SO WE'LL SURFACE TREAT IT, IT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT A MONTH TO SIX WEEKS.IT'LL GET SURFACE TREATED HARD SURFACED.
AND SHIPPINGS ROAD, THERE'S A CITIZEN ON SHIPPINGS ROAD THAT I'VE TALKED TO OVER THE COUPLE YEARS AND SHE IS VERY READY FOR THIS PROJECT AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG LIFT FOR US IN A COUPLE YEARS WITH A ALMOST $400,000 DOLLAR ROLL.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I, AARON, UH, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED TO ME EARLIER OF, OF HOW MANY ADDITIONAL RURAL RUSTIC ROADS ARE THERE INDEMNITY THAT PRESENTLY AREN'T ON THE PLAN? AND, AND I KNOW SOME OF THEM WE'VE HAD, THEY, THEY THAT QUALIFY, BUT THE CITIZENS DON'T WANT THEIR ROADS IMPROVED, BUT HOW MANY OF THEM BEYOND THE PLAN EXIST? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? UM, IT'S, ARE WE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE END BASED ON THE LAST TRAFFIC COUNTS? IT'S PROBABLY FIVE TO 10.
UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN EFFORT TO GET, GET A LOT OF ROADS RECOUNTED, AND I CAN DO IT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AS WELL.
IF THERE'S A ROAD THAT WE GET A REQUEST FROM THE CITIZENS OF, HEY, I WANT IT PAVED.
AND A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF THE SECONDARY ROADWAYS THAT AREN'T HIGH VOLUME, THEY DON'T GET THE TRAFFIC COUNTS DONE ON 'EM VERY REGULARLY.
AND SO I CAN PUT IN A REQUEST, HAVE IT COUNTED, UH, BASICALLY AT WILL AND GET A NEW TRAFFIC ACCOUNT FOR IT.
SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S IS A HUNDRED TRIPS A DAY? 50 50.
UM, IT'S, THIS IS IN DAN'S DISTRICT.
IT'S RURAL RUSTIC, UM, OFF OF COURTHOUSE ROAD.
IT TIES INTO 40 CHERRY HILL ROAD.
THERE'S NO HOUSES ON THAT ROAD, BUT YET IT WAS, IT GOT IT CUT THROUGH.
IT'S CUT THROUGH, IT'S A CUT THROUGH ROAD, BUT IT GOT THE PROJECT BEFORE REESE ROAD.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE COUNT.
IT DID HAVE A HIGHER ACCOUNT IN RE RATE, BUT NO HOUSE ON IT, NO HOUSES ON IT.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DAN KNOWS THAT I DON'T KNOW.
BUT ANYWAY, I I'M JUST TRYING TO, LIKE KEVIN'S TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE ROADS THAT'S UNPAVED.
WHAT LIKELY HAPPENED WITH REESE ROAD? A LOT OF THOSE HOMES THAT ARE AT THE END OF THE ROAD ARE NEWER HOMES.
AND SO 6 0 9 WAS PROBABLY IN THE PLAN GETTING FUNDED BEFORE REESE ROAD QUALIFIED.
AND ONCE REESE ROAD QUALIFIED, WE ADDED IT TO THE PLAN.
BUT THE BOARD MAY HAVE NOT HAVE WANTED TO ADJUST PRIORITIES ON THE PROJECTS BECAUSE 6 0 9 WAS PROBABLY ALREADY BEING FUNDED.
COULD, COULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT CHERRY HILL WAS COSTING MORE MAINTENANCE FOR THE DEPARTMENT VERSUS REESE? VERY LIKELY.
THAT IS A, THE MAIN IN INFLUENCE IN OUR YEAH.
IT IS MAINTENANCE MONEY, RIGHT? YES SIR.
WELL, DAN AND I COMPETE, HE SAYS AT HIS PLACE HE GETS MORE.
OH, IT GETS MORE, HE GETS MORE THAN FOUR.
NOW, IF THERE ARE ROADS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY BY TRAFFIC VOLUME, THERE IS NO TRAFFIC COUNT REQUIREMENT FOR THE TFE FUNDING.
THE BOARD CAN CREATE A PROJECT AND FUND, UH, A HARD SURFACING PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THE ROYAL RUSTIC PROGRAM IN, IN EAST PHI.
I'VE GOT A MS. CLAY LIVES ON MOVE.
WHAT'S THE ONE OFF OF FLAT FOOT? RIGHT? CLOSE TO 40 WHERE THE CHURCH IS? MM-HMM
IS IT BOOTH ROAD? SHE CALLS ME EVERY YEAR AND WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THAT ROAD IS GETTING PAVED.
I DON'T THINK THE TRAFFIC COUNT IS VERY HIGH ON IT.
I TELL HER IT'S B DOT'S FAULT,
SO
AND, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN AN EASY PROCESS, SO THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND PUTTING FORTH A PLAN THAT I THINK GETS US WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
AARON, I KNOW I, YOU THINK I GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR RELATIONSHIP AND THE THINGS YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED FOR, FOR ME.
BUT YOU'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS.
SHE HAD MADAM CHAIR AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE JUST NEED TO OPEN THE,
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THE PUBLIC HEARING.AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THIS TIME WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, CONCERNS? OKAY.
AND, UM, WHAT, WELL, WE DO NEED TO VOTE.
NOW DO I GET A MOTION? SO THE RESOLUTIONS, UH, PREPARED IN YOUR PACKET.
WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION AS PREPARED.
AARON, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT, DOES THE BOARD NEED TO TAKE SEPARATE ACTION ON THE BUDGET OR DOES THE RESOLUTION COVER BOTH? RESOLUTION IT OFF.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO JUNE 2ND.
THERE'S A DISCUSSION THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE WITH THE REGIONAL CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION AND DISCUSSION OF A TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BRING REVENUE TO THE MEMBER LOCALITIES OF, OF THAT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
AND, AND FRANK OR, YOU KNOW, WE ARE MORE, MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME TO THAT MEETING AS WELL.
AND YOU'LL SEE POTENTIALLY WHERE DEWINE COUNTY WOULD SPECIFICALLY HAVE FUNDS SET ASIDE, UH, TO DO ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT MAY BE WISE TO, IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT WORKSHOP TO, TO BE HERE FOR THAT JUNE, THAT'S FOUR O'CLOCK ON, ON THE SECOND.
[15. CITIZEN COMMENTS (3 MINUTES)]
OKAY.UM, AT, AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY OLD OR NEW BUSINESS? UH, NONE FROM TO ACT ON TONIGHT, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? THERE'S ONE PERSON SIGNED UP.
I BELIEVE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY.
I STAND FOR YOU TONIGHT WITH ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.
ARE WE TRULY ADDRESSING SAFETY OR ARE WE RESPONDING AFTER THE FACT? DOMINION INJURY'S REPORT ON THE DINWOODY SPORTS COMPLEX CONCLUDES THERE ARE NO SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY READ THE REPORT, IT SAYS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT.
DOMINION MAKES IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THEY DO NOT DETERMINE WHAT IS SAFE.
THEY ONLY DETERMINE WHETHER CONDITIONS MEET INDUSTRY GUIDELINES.
AND THOSE GUIDELINES ARE NOT DESIGNED AROUND LONG-TERM HEALTH.
THEY ARE DESIGNED AROUND PREVENTING IMMEDIATE ELECTRIC SHOCK, NOT PROLONGED EXPOSURE, NOT CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE, AND CERTAINLY NOT CHILDREN PLAYING UNDER OR AROUND A 500,000 VOLT TRANSMISSION LINE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEIR MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN UNDER SPECIFIC OPERATING CONDITIONS THAT WERE NOT THE SAME WHEN MY SON WAS ELECTROCUTED.
UH, THAT IS NOT PEAK LOAD, THAT IS NOT WORST CASE CONDITIONS.
AND THAT IS NOT THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN THE REPORTED SHOCK.
YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN ON OCTOBER 11TH, QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS THAT TESTING WAS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE SAME LOAD CONDITIONS AS THE INCIDENT ITSELF.
ANY SCIENTIST WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT IS SUSPICIOUS.
SO WHY ARE WE MAKING PUBLIC SAFETY DECISIONS ON OFF PEAK DATA IN A HOUSE? A HOUSE MICROWAVE, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ADVISED BY THE COMPANIES TO STAND THREE TO FIVE FEET AWAY FROM.
TYPICALLY MEASURE AROUND 89 ALS ON THE GLASS.
THE HIGHEST I RECORDED UNDER THOSE TRANSMISSION LINES, 154.9.
AND UNLIKE A MICROWAVE, THAT'S CONSTANT EXPOSURE.
WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE WITH IMPLEMENTED MEDICAL DEVICES, PACEMAKERS, DEFIBRILLATORS.
WHEN I WAS HERE BEFORE, I MENTIONED THAT THROUGH MY INVESTIGATION.
THIS WAS BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN I CAME THAT SOMEONE, ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS WAS ACTUALLY SHOCKED ON OCTOBER 4TH.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I I TALKED TO THAT PERSON.
HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE FACILITY AFTER GETTING THE, UH, BRAND NEW PACEMAKER INSTALLED, IT FAILED AT THE POWER LINES.
THROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THAT CORRIDOR GOES UP TO CHESTERFIELD RIVER CITY SPORTS COMPLEX, SAME
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CORRIDOR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SAME DAY MILES APART, SOMEONE'S PACEMAKER MALFUNCTIONED.OKAY? THIS IS AN ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA.
SO THE KEY IS HOW MANY INCIDENTS GO UNREPORTED.
WE ALSO MUST ASK ABOUT THE HEALTH LONG-TERM HEALTH IMPACTS.
SHOULD WE STUDY WHETHER FREQUENT VISITORS TO THESE PARKS EXPERIENCE HIGHER RATES OF MISCARRIAGE, INFERTILITY, OR BIRTH COMPLICATIONS? BECAUSE I HAVE SENT IN STUDIES AND I HAVE 'EM TO PROVIDE THAT THERE ARE STUDIES THAT DO SHOW CORRELATION TO EMF AND COMPLICATIONS TO THAT.
INSTEAD WE HEAR ABOUT INSTALLING A A ED TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.
THAT'S NOT PREVENTION, THAT'S PREPARATION FOR FAILURE.
NO PARENT SHOULD EVER HAVE TO QUESTION WHETHER THEY UNKNOWINGLY EXPOSED THEIR CHILD TO SOMETHING THAT WASN'T FULLY EVALUATED.
JUST GIMME A FEW SECONDS IF YOU DON'T MIND.
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FEEL THE EFFECTS DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT REAL.
RESEARCH SHOWS 20% OF PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY FEEL IT.
I FEEL IT SURGING THROUGH MY BODY.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO READ OFF THESE DEVICES THAT ARE AFFECTED, PACEMAKERS IMPLEMENTED CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS, DEEP BRAIN STIMULATORS, NERVE STIMULATORS, SPINAL CORD STIMULATORS, COCULAR IMPLANTS, INSULIN PUMPS, NEUROSTIMULATORS, IMPLANTED LOOP RECORDERS, BLADDER NERVE STIMULATORS, GASTRIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATORS, CARDIAC DEVICES.
STUDIES SHOW THAT OLDER CARDIAC DEVICES CAN NOW FUNCTION AT TWO VOL PER METER.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS ALL THESE STUFF.
AND MR. GOODWIN, I DO WANNA ASK, UM, WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR ADDRESS, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? IS IT IN DENWITTY OR PRINCE GEORGE? OH, IT'S PRINCE GEORGE.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT.
UM, I JUST REALLY, THE, THE LA AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST 10 SECONDS.
YEAH, NO INDEPENDENT IF YOU GAVE IT TO ME I KNOW, BUT IF YOU SAID, IF YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO, UH, GIVE US NO, I'M GONNA GIVE IT ALL.
I'M TRYING TO GIVE MY PAPERWORK TO GIVE TO THEM.
SO I'M BACK AWAY AND CAN I GIVE IT TO YOU OVER THERE? I DON'T.
OH, WHO DO I GIVE MY INFORMATION TO? I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INFORMATION TO SOMEBODY, THE SECRETARY.
HEY, I AIN'T HATING, BUT Y'ALL GOTTA PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE.
[16. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
SHOP.UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AS START WITH DR. MOORE.
UM, JUST ONE COMING UP ON THE 30TH OF MAY.
THE FLY IN AT THE AIRPORT FROM 10 TO TWO, UM, ON A SATURDAY MAY GET AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S GONNA BE FAMILY ORIENTED.
WHAT TIME MAY THE 30TH FROM 10 TO TWO.
PROBABLY A LITTLE LATE LATER THAT, BUT THE BOARD IS, UH, INVITED TO COME BACK.
SO, UM, AIRPORT, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE FOOD TRUCKS, THERE'S GONNA BE A VARIETY OF THINGS GOING ON AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT AIR AIRPLANES BEING THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING IN.
THE ONLY THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA UM, ADD THAT UM, WE UM, WE DID CELEBRATE UM, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 20 YEARS EARLIER TODAY.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE MENTION THAT AGAIN.
HE'S BEEN HERE 20 YEARS SO, UM, JUST WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, THAT WE APPRECIATE HIM AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH HIS LEADERSHIP AND UM, JUST THANK HIM FOR EVERYTHING HE'S DONE.
20 YEARS IS A LONG TIME, SO 20 YEARS.
AND IF, UM, NOTHING ELSE, I WOULD GO TO ADJOURNMENT.
FIVE MEMBERS OF PRISON? YE WE ARE.