Jun 01, 2021 Board of Supervisors Meeting

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JUNE 1ST, 2021 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER IF EVERYONE WOULD STAY IN PLACE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

AT THIS TIME,

[A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]

UM, PEOPLE INCORPORATED ANNUAL REPORT ROBERT GOLDSMITH.

ADOPTION

[B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]

OF THE AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.

[C. Presentation – People, Inc. Annual Report – Robert Goldsmith]

GET INVOLVED IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE TO WITHSTAND THE, UH, IMPACT OF A PANDEMIC ON THEM IN THEIR, UH, THEIR BUDGETS.

MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

APPRECIATE TIME ON YOUR AGENDA THIS MORNING.

UH, MY NAME IS ROB GOLDSMITH.

UM, UH, CEO OF PEOPLE INCORPORATED YOUR COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY.

UH, I'M HERE TO, UH, PRESENT A COPY OF OUR MOST RECENT ANNUAL REPORTS.

YOU SHOULD EACH HAVE A COPY OF THAT AT YOUR STATION.

UH, THIS IS FOR THE PERIOD THAT ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2020.

UH, IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND, UH, THEN TURN IT INTO A REPORT.

SO, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE ALMOST A, A YEAR OLD AT THIS POINT, BUT, UH, THE MOST RECENT THAT, THAT WE HAVE FOR AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, THAT IS OUR FISCAL YEAR AS IS YOURS.

UM, IT WAS A BUSY AND CHALLENGING YEAR FOR US AS IT WAS FOR EVERYONE.

UH, WE, UH, I GUESS THE NAME OF THE GAME THIS PAST YEAR FOR PEOPLE INC, HAS BEEN THE PANDEMIC AS IT HAS BEEN FOR MOST OF AMERICA.

UH, WE, UH, CLOSED OUR OFFICES MIDDLE OF MARCH, 2020, AND WE ARE BRINGING THE LATTER GUEST AT THIS POINT, HAVE BROUGHT THE LAST EMPLOYEES BACK TO THEIR NORMAL WORK STATIONS.

AS OF TODAY, WE FACED IT IN OVER THE MONTH OF MAY, SO THAT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE NOW WORKING AT THEIR, UH, THEIR NORMAL WORKSTATIONS.

WE LEARNED A LOT DURING THE YEAR.

UH, WE LEARNED, UH, THAT WE COULD, UH, WORK, UH, REMOTELY, UH, THAT WORKED OUT MUCH BETTER THAN I HAD EXPECTED.

UH, I DO THINK THAT WE LOST SOME OF THE QUALITY INTERACTION WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVED WHEN WE WEREN'T SITTING IN THE SAME ROOM, LOOKING THEM IN THE EYES.

WE WERE, UH, FINDING OUT THEIR SITUATIONS AND, UH, PREPARING SERVICES TO HELP THEM TO, TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

BUT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES LAST YEAR.

WE ACTUALLY SERVE MORE PEOPLE THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE.

UH, I THINK THAT THAT, UH, IS ATTRIBUTED LARGELY AS A, BECAUSE WE CONCENTRATED THIS PAST YEAR ON REALLY HELPING, UH, PEOPLE TO WITHSTAND THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO WE TYPICALLY PEOPLE INC DOES NOT DO A LOT IN THE AREA OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

UH, DIRECT CASH KINDS OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WERE TYPICALLY MUCH MORE OF A LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT, UH, ORGANIZATION, UH, HELPING, UH, PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

BUT, BUT THIS PAST YEAR WE DID, UH,

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SO WE DID A LOT OF, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

WE DID THAT HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.

UH, WE DID, UH, WE DID ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES WE TYPICALLY HAVE.

UM, AND WE, UM, MR. FOXEN, UM, MR. CARTER WILL RECALL THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD A PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY WHERE WE, UH, PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO START OR EXPAND SMALL BUSINESSES.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT, BUT THIS PAST YEAR, WE FOCUSED ON HELPING TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUSINESSES, NOT TO START OR EXPAND THEM.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW JOBS THAT WE HELPED PEOPLE CREATE THIS PAST YEAR, BUT WE HELP PEOPLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR BUSINESSES AND THE JOBS THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING TO OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE, WE DID THAT HERE IN WARREN COUNTY, ALSO, UH, WE PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL LOANS SO THAT IF PEOPLE, WE ALL NEED, UH, TO BORROW MONEY FOR ONE THING OR ANOTHER, FROM TIME TO TIME, AND, UH, SOME PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE BANK.

SOME PEOPLE CAN GO TO THEIR FAMILY.

OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE OPTIONS LIKE THAT, AND ARE OFTEN FORCED TO GO TO HIGH FEE HIGH INTEREST SOURCES OF FUNDING.

AND SO WE, UM, MADE LOANS TO PEOPLE FOR PERSONAL FINANCE, NICE THIS PAST YEAR.

UH, SO THIS, THIS WASN'T AN UNUSUAL YEAR FOR US.

UH, ALL TIME TOTAL, WE SERVED OVER 11,000 PEOPLE.

WE HAD AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $108 MILLION, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, UM, NOT IN WARREN COUNTY, BUT IN SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, UH, WE DID A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT IN, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THIS PAST YEAR.

WE ALREADY HAD A LOT ON OUR PLATE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT COMPLETED.

WE, UH, FINISHED OFF A NEW, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX IN COLEPEPPER.

ANOTHER ONE IN FUCK HERE, COUNTY.

AND WE'RE BREAKING GROUND THIS THURSDAY ON A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN LURAY.

UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, HAVE DONE A LOT.

AND THAT WAS REALLY A BIG PART OF THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THIS PAST YEAR WAS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME OF THAT IN WARREN COUNTY.

UH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A COUPLE POTENTIAL SITES.

NONE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THAT, UH, REALLY JUMPS OUT AND SAYS, THIS IS, THIS IS A WINNER.

WE, WE NEED SITES THAT, UH, HAVE PUBLIC WATER, PUBLIC SEWER STATE MAINTAINED ROADS, AND IDEALLY DON'T NEED REZONING.

UH, AND IDEALLY SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBORS AREN'T GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT, UH, NEIGHBORS OFTEN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THEY, UH, PRACTICALLY NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BUILT.

UH, WE TRY AND BUILD THINGS THAT ARE, UH, AS NICE, IF NOT A LITTLE NICER THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE IN.

UH, WE BELIEVE IN THAT MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY TO ACCEPTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE MANAGE THINGS SO THAT, UH, OUR RESIDENTS DON'T INFRINGE UPON THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF, OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.

UH, WE HAVE INVESTED, WE BORROWED MONEY FOR, UH, 30 YEAR PERIODS OF TIME, IF NOT LONGER FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO WE WANT THAT PROPERTIES TO BE MAINTAINED AND, UH, WE TAKE THAT REAL SERIOUSLY.

UH, SO, UH, I GUESS THIS IS AN APPEAL TO YOU.

IF YOU GOT SOME IDEAS OF A PLACE WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, BUILD SOME APARTMENTS AND DUPLEXES, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, IN YOUR COUNTY, WE WOULD LOVE TO, UM, UH, UH,

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I'M HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ANY ONE OF YOU OR FROM, UH, YOUR ADMINISTRATOR.

UM, MR. CARTER IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE ON, ON OUR BOARD.

HE'S ONE OF THE LEADERS ON, OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND, UH, SO YOU COULD GO THROUGH HIM, GO THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATOR OR CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AT ANY POINT.

UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR ME THIS MORNING.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE, UH, SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, ANYTHING THAT CAN, MORE INFORMATION I CAN GIVE YOU MADAM CHAIR, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME YOU MIGHT SEE MR. GOLDSMITH OR NOT.

IT'S A PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING FOR SUCCESSFUL.

AND YOU'VE BEEN WITH, UH, PEOPLE FOR WHAT, TWO OR THREE YEARS.

TWO OR THREE YEARS.

YEAH, I'M ON MY 44TH YEAR NOW.

UH, SO YES, I THINK THE BOARD'S FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET RID OF ME AND, UH, FALVEY LEAVING AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

THIS PROBABLY IS THE LAST TIME.

IT'S THE LAST TIME I'LL BE HERE FOR ONE OF THESE ANNUAL REPORTS.

UH, UH, I'VE SPENT A PLEASURE WORKING WITH, UH, THIS BOARD AND WITH THIS COUNTY.

AND I HOPE THAT, UH, MY SUCCESSOR WILL BE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL IN BUILDING OUT WHAT WE DO AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF YOUR CITIZENS.

BUT, UH, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

MR. ROGERS LEADERSHIP TO PEOPLE IS REALLY EXPANDED THEIR OPERATIONS AND HELPED A LOT MORE PEOPLE START OFF WITH ALLEN ABINGTON, I THINK WITH HEADSTART AND THEN JUST KIND OF EXPANDED GRADUALLY.

AND I THINK THE FIRST FORAY INTO THE SHADOWED VALLEY WAS DOWN IN, UM, WOODSTOCK AND HE PROVIDED SOME, SOME, UH, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THERE.

UH, AND NOW WE'RE SOMEWHAT IN COLPEPPER PRINCE WILLIAM MOURN COLEPEPPER.

MAYBE I SAID IT ALREADY.

PAGE IS PAGE.

ARE YOU IN PAGE? YEAH, YOU'RE IN PAGE.

SO THEY'RE REALLY, UH, EXPANDING THEIR INCOME.

A, IT'S A BIG INITIATIVE OF THE, OF THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE BROADBAND SERVICE FOR ANYBODY THAT NEEDS IT.

UH, TONY ACCUSES ME OF LOOKING AT THE MOON NEXT TO THE NEXT PLACE FOR US TO PROVIDE SERVICES, BUT, UH, WE HAVE EXPANDED A LOT.

UH IT'S UH, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS NEEDED LOTS OF PLACES.

AND SO, UH, PLACES LIKE WARREN COUNTY THAT DIDN'T HAVE A COMPARABLE ORGANIZATION BEFORE ARE PLACES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AND PROVIDE SOME SERVICES.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE.

WE, ONE OF, I DON'T TYPICALLY REPORT ON FAILURES AT THIS KIND OF THING, BUT WE'VE, UH, APPLIED TWICE TO BECOME THE EARLY HEAD START GRANTEE FOR WARREN COUNTY, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE REGION HADN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

UH, EVEN THOUGH I WON'T BE HERE, I'M SURE WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AT THAT UNTIL WE SUCCEED, UH, AND, UH, CAN PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT NO ONE ELSE IS PROVIDING, UH, TO THE CITIZENS HERE.

UH, BUT YEAH, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST TIME THAT YOU'LL SEE ME IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION.

AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO, I THINK, WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU'VE JUST RECENTLY HIRED SOMEBODY, UH, IN THE WOODSTOCK OFFICE IN THAT POSITION IS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, SAMANTHA BARBER, WHO, UH, MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, UH, LIVES HERE IN, IN THE COUNTY AND HAS DONE SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT THINGS THROUGH, UH, ANOTHER NONPROFIT, WHICH SHE FOUNDED REACHING OUT.

NOW SHE'S STARTED WORK TODAY FOR US.

UH, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, SHE'LL BE OUT AND ABOUT MEETING WITH PEOPLE AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO FILL GAPS AND CREATE NEW SERVICES.

MADAM CHAIR, UM, IN WARREN COUNTY, UH, IT, IT APPEARS THAT YOU DID OR MANAGED $108 MILLION IN WARREN COUNTY.

HOW MUCH WAS THAT? I DON'T, THAT WAS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT W OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ON BUDGET WERE ABOUT $25 MILLION

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IN WARREN COUNTY.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURE FOR YOU TODAY, SIR, I'M AFRAID IT WAS IN THE RANGE OF A HALF A MILLION.

UH, IT WAS MAINLY THOSE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE DOLLARS THAT WE PROVIDED HERE.

UH, THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM LAST YEAR ARE A BIG PART OF IT WAS WE, WE, UH, BOUGHT SIX APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND REHABBED EIGHT APARTMENT COMPLEXES LAST YEAR.

AND SO THAT ACCOUNTED FOR A BIG CHUNK OF THAT IN THAT WAS THE APARTMENTS IN, UH, COLEPEPPER AND FUCK HERE.

WE'RE PART OF THAT GROUP.

SO, UH, A LOT OF OUR BUDGET IS PROJECT-BASED, IT'S NOT ONGOING, UH, SERVICES THAT WE DO YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT IT'S, UH, DEVELOPING SOMETHING NEW.

AND, UH, SO IF WE CAN FIND A PLACE TO, UH, BUILD SOME APARTMENTS BY SOME OLD APARTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE REHABBED AND REHAB THEM, UH, CONVERTED AN OLD BUILDING AND ADAPTED INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, TOM'S BURKE SCHOOL IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY.

IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH TOM'S BROOK, THE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING, WHEN WE ACQUIRED IT WAS, YOU COULD STAND IN THE MIDDLE AND LOOK UP AND SEE THE SKY.

UH, AND, UH, IT WAS REALISTICALLY, PROBABLY TOO FAR GONE TO REHAB, BUT WE REHABBED IT RE RESTORATIVE.

AND, UH, FOR THE PAST ALMOST DECADE NOW, I GUESS IT'S BEEN PROVIDING AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING, UH, TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE COULD FIND, UH, TO DO IN WARREN COUNTY WOULD, UH, NOT ONLY CREATE MORE SERVICES, BUT WOULD BOOST UP THE LOCAL EXPENDITURES AND ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS.

ARE, ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE YOUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR YOUR ELECTRIC PROGRAM, OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE JUST HELPING PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY NEED THE HELP RIGHT NOW, UH, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

AND I SHOULD HAVE GONE INTO MORE DETAIL ON THIS EARLIER.

THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT, SIR.

UH, WE PROVIDED THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNTIL THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TOOK IT OVER AND STARTED DOING IT ON A CENTRALIZED BASIS.

THEY, THEY CONTRACTED WITH A CALL CENTER TO DO IT.

AND SO THEY, WE STOPPED DOING RENTAL ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY PICK THAT UP AND STARTED DOING IT.

UM, WE ARE PROVIDING INTERNET ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE WHO NEED INTERNET ACCESS FOR SOME PANDEMIC PANDEMIC RELATED, UH, REASON.

AND WE TAKE A VERY BROAD VIEW OF THAT NEED AND WHO MEET INCOME GUIDELINES FOR THE FUNDING WE HAVE, WE CAN PAY BACK BILLS, WE CAN PAY CONNECTION FEES, RECONNECTION FEES, AND WE CAN PAY UP TO SIX MONTHS OF BILLS GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY DIRECTS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE KIND OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING.

ARE YOU, UM, ARE YOU WILLING TO DO ANYTHING FROM A, LIKE A, A COUNTY-WIDE BROADBAND PROGRAM AT ALL? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.

I SPEAKING AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE BROADBAND AT THEIR HOME, I UNDERSTAND THAT NEED, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO, WE NEED TO HAVE SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, PROBABLY YOUR ADMINISTRATOR, MAYBE YOUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN.

UH, MOST OF THE FUNDING THAT WE GET IS FOR SOME SPECIFIC PURPOSE, WE GET A DOLLAR FOR HEADSTART.

WE CAN ONLY SPEND IT ON HEADSTART, SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FLEXIBLE MONEY, BUT WHAT WE DO WITH THAT FLEXIBLE MONEY IS TO, UH, DEVELOP OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN FIND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP PAY FOR IT.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY FUNDS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A HUGE NEED.

I THINK THAT, UH, THIS PAST YEAR HAS TAUGHT US ALL A LESSON ON THE, THE NECESSITY OF BROADBAND ACCESS.

SO I'D LOVE TO BE INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SIR.

UM, I'M SURE THAT WE WILL BE GETTING INVOLVED ON ONE LEVEL OR ANOTHER WITH THAT.

IT'S A, IT'S

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AND WE'D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU.

GREAT.

I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES OR IF YOU HAD CONSIDERED ANY OPPORTUNITIES.

I THINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXTENDS BEYOND WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN OLDER HOMES.

THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN ANY LONGER.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN WARREN COUNTY.

WE HAVE, UM, FOLKS ON FIXED INCOMES AND THEIR HOMES ARE, YOU KNOW, SLOWLY FALLING IN.

AND SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE INC HAS AVAILABLE FOR SOMEBODY WHO COULD, COULD GET A LOAN OR A SMALL LOAN OR, OR SOME WAY TO HELP THEM, UM, MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THEIR CURRENT LIVING? THE CURRENT, UH, FUNDS THAT, THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF THING, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

WE'VE GOT A PROJECT DOWN IN THE COAL FIELDS AND DICKINSON COUNTY WHERE WE ARE, UH, IN A COMMUNITY WE'VE DEMOLISHED A BUNCH OF VACANT, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.

WE'RE REHABILITATING, OCCUPIED, DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT TOO FAR GONE TO BE REHABBED.

AND WE'RE REPLACING SOME THAT ARE TOO FAR GONE TO BE REHABBED, UH, A BIG, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE HAS FOR THOSE PROJECTS IS THAT THE HOUSES HAVE TO BE CLUSTERED.

UH, YOU, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON THAT COMMUNITY WORD.

AND SO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND SEE A VISUAL DIFFERENCE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY AREAS THAT HAVE A GOOD SIZE PROJECT FOR THOSE IS IN THE 15 TO 20 UNITS.

IF WE COULD FIND A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS 15 OR 20 UNITS, IT CAN HAVE A FEW OTHERS INTERSPERSED IN THAT DON'T NEED THAT KIND OF WORK.

BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE COULD FIND CLUSTERS OF HOUSES THAT NEED TO BE REHABBED, UH, WE COULD SEND STAFF IN, UH, ASSESS THE NEEDS FOR THE REHABILITATION, UH, ASSESS THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY OF THE HOUSEHOLDS AND THEIR DESIRE AND WILLINGNESS TO DO IT.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WRITE AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING.

NOW, PEOPLE LINK IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.

THOSE ONLY GO TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

SO AS WITH THE MICRO ENTERPRISE PROJECT THAT WE DID WITH YOU ALL A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, WE WOULD WRITE THE APPLICATION, UH, PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY, UH, FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND SUBMISSION, AND THEN WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO, UH, ADMINISTER, MANAGE THAT KIND OF PROJECT.

UH, OCTA MENTIONED ALSO THAT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGIONAL COMMISSION ON, UH, THAT KIND OF THING USING HOME DOLLARS, AS WELL AS, UH, PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT THAT THE LURAY APARTMENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO BUILD, UH, THE REGIONAL COMMISSION PROVIDED FUNDING TO HELP WITH THAT AND ALSO ADMINISTERED, UH, I THINK THEY ADMINISTERED THE BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TO HAVE A WORK SESSION JUST WITH PEOPLE EAT AND TO GET A, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ALL OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE.

I WASN'T AWARE OF, OF ALL THIS INFORMATION.

SO THANK YOU.

I'D LOVE TO COME AND DO THAT.

AND THAT'S, UH, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST, MOST VALID CRITICISM OF US AND REALLY OF ME IS THAT WE DON'T PUBLICIZE WHAT WE DO NEARLY ENOUGH.

SO I'D LOVE TO DO THAT.

MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE IT.

INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW CEO OF RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, JOHN NU-UH.

[D. Presentation – Introduction of New CEO for Rappahannock Electric Cooperative – John Hewa]

I HOPE I SAID THAT, RIGHT? YOU DID FANTASTIC.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

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THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

AND I'M ONE OF HIS FIRST START OUT BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.

AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC, THE SAME FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING TO KEEP, UM, OUR, OUR CITIZENS AND BUSINESS, UH, STRONG.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOHN HUGH.

I'M THE PRESIDENT CEO OF RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC, AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN THAT ROLE SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

I'VE BEEN AT REC FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, AND I'M NO STRANGER TO THE CO-OP SECTOR.

UM, ABOUT 25 YEARS IN THE UTILITY SECTOR AND PREVIOUSLY LED CO-OPS IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS, AS WELL AS WORKING AT OUR NATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION IN ARLINGTON.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A FEW, UM, A FEW COMMENTS THIS MORNING, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AN UPDATE WITH RESPECT TO THE CO-OP HAVE ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT WITH A FEW OF YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO JUST TAKING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALONG THE WAY AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO, UM, UH, AND I MADE THE SLIDE CLICKER WORK TO THANK YOU.

I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO JUST SOME OF THE SLIDES QUICKLY HERE, AND I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS BRISKLY SO WE CAN JUST GET TO ANY COLLABORATION YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE, BUT JUST AT FIRST OF ALL, AT A HIGH LEVEL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ELECTRIC CO-OPS COVER 56% OF THE NATION'S LANDMASS AND SERVE, AND 88% PORTIONS OF 88% OF ALL US COUNTIES.

SO, UH, THAT'S A, USUALLY A PRETTY STRIKING, UM, FIGURE THAT THAT MANY DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NATIONAL CO-OP NETWORK WHILE CO-OPS COVER A LOT OF THE LANDMASS.

WE ONLY SERVE ABOUT 13% OF THE ENERGY IN THIS NATION.

SO A LOT OF TERRITORY, A LOT OF LINE MILEAGE OF, AND SOME CHALLENGES THERE IN GETTING THAT SERVICE COVERAGE.

IS IT PICKING UP? OKAY, GREAT.

GOT IT.

GREAT.

PROGRAM AND A NUMBER OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITIES AND THE NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITIES, UH, HAVE, HAVE SUPPORT, UH, THROUGH THE CO-OP AND THAT THE CO-OP IS USING ITS SCALE TO HELP, UH, BRING SOME GOOD THINGS INTO THE AREA AS WELL.

UH, REC TODAY SERVES PORTIONS OF 22 COUNTIES.

UH, WE, UH, OUR TEAM OPERATES OVER 17,000 MILES OF POWER LINES AND WE OPERATE ON ABOUT A $460 MILLION A YEAR.

UM, ANNUAL BUDGET.

WE HAVE 430 EMPLOYEES AND OUR TEAM, UH, JUST DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB OF KEEPING THE GRID GOING AND, UH, TACKLING NEW INITIATIVES AND, AND RESPONDING TO CHALLENGES, WHETHER IT BE STORMS OR THE, UH, THE EVENTS OF THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC, WHICH I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO IN A LITTLE BIT GREATER DETAIL.

NOW HERE IN WARREN COUNTY, UH, ABOUT 11,600 METERS, JUST UNDER A, A THOUSAND MILES OF POWER LINES.

MOST OF THAT HIGH VOLTAGE PRIMARY LINES, AND WE SERVE, UM, AS YOU'D EXPECTED A NUMBER OF THE, UM, KEY COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS HERE IN THE COUNTY.

WE ALSO, UM, PROVIDE THE, UM, ENERGY DELIVERY TO, UM, TO THE SUBSTATIONS FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, UM, UH, STARTING THE TOWN AS WELL, OR SERVING THE ENERGY LOAD DELIVERED TO THE TOWN.

NOW OUR TEAM, A VERY STRONG TEAM, UH, BOTH, UM, REALLY ALL THE WAY AROUND OUR ORGANIZATION, A VERY DIVERSE SET OF TALENTS, A LOT GOING ON.

AND OUR, OUR INDUSTRY IS FACING A LOT OF, UM, BOTH OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.

SO AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE CONSTANTLY FLEXING TO, UH, TO MEET ALL THOSE NEEDS, BUT REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF HOW WELL OUR TEAM MEMBERS RESPOND.

AND I THINK JUST ONE THING I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO NOTE JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY TIMES WHEN THERE ARE STORMS AND EVENTS, THERE'S ATTENTION ON, UM, THE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR RESPONSIVENESS, BUT REALLY, EVEN ON THE NICEST PRETTIEST DAY OF THE YEAR, THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM IS DOING IS, IS QUITE HAZARDOUS, QUITE CHALLENGING, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

SO, UH, WE, WE GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS AND SYSTEMS. AND SO THAT THEY'RE IN A POSITION TO HELP SUPPORT WHATEVER, WHATEVER CHALLENGES WE'RE FACED WITH, UH, FROM, FROM AN OFFICE PERSPECTIVE, OUR TEAM MEMBERS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, THAT HAS BEEN, AND OUR CARING, OUR CARING VALUE HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT THIS PAST YEAR WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, HOMES AND FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING, UH, WITH RESPECT TO COVID.

AND SO THAT'S HELPED US, UH, WITH RESPECT TO A LOT OF OUR DECISION-MAKING.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP.

I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, JUST A FEW MOMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO MODIFY OUR OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE MEMBERS OVER THE LAST 15, 16 MONTHS NOW.

SO SPEAKING OF, UH, THAT CARING CULTURE, UH, TODAY, THE CO-OP HAS, UH, OVER 27,000 OF OUR MEMBER OWNERS ARE VOLUNTARILY ENROLLED IN THE POWER OF CHANGE, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ROUNDING UP THEIR POWER BILLS MONTHLY.

UH, SO THAT PROGRAM GENERATED INPUT, UH, OVER $150,000 BACK INTO LOCAL NONPROFITS ACROSS THE COUNTIES WE SERVE, UH, JUST LAST YEAR ALONE.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE THAT PROGRAM GROW, UH, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY HELPING US FUND A GREAT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY GRANTS AND OTHER EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY.

IF YOU LOOK AT RDCS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, UH, HISTORICALLY WE'VE BEEN VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN, UM, IN, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS.

WE ARE, UM, ANXIOUS AND HOPEFUL FOR THAT TO SAFELY, UH, RESUME, UH, THIS YEAR, AS, AS COMMUNITIES BEGAN TO RESTORE THOSE EVENTS.

BUT BEYOND THAT, WE ALSO HAVE OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP

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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP.

WE HAVE A NINE MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND, UH, THIS PAST YEAR, UH, LAST AUGUST WAS OUR LAST ANNUAL MEETING.

WE HAD OVER 20,000, 20,600, UH, MEMBER OWNERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE CO-OP, UH, ANNUAL MEETING PROCESS, UH, VIA THEIR PROXY.

THAT WAS, UH, A VIRTUAL MEETING.

THE FIRST TIME WE HAD DONE A FULL VIRTUAL MEETING.

SO, UH, THAT WORKED WELL, UM, GIVEN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.

SO WE'LL BE HAVING A SIMILAR VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING, UH, THIS AUGUST AS WELL.

AND, UH, FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE MEMBER OWNERS OF REC, I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE THE CO-OPS WEBSITE, WHICH WE REBUILT LAST FALL HAS A GOVERNANCE AND DOCUMENT CENTER.

UH, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT RDC, OUR POLICIES, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR OTHER, UM, UH, PROGRAMS, MUCH OF THAT IS HOUSED ON OUR CO-OP, UH, WEBSITE AND CAN BE FOUND IN THE GOVERNANCE CENTER, A FEW KEY CONTACTS, OUR BOARD CHAIR, CHRIS SCHEIFFER, UM, UH, HIS REGION, IF YOU WILL, THE NINE, NINE BOARD MEMBERS EACH HAVE A DISTINCT REGION, THEY ACT AND OPERATE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CO-OP, BUT THEY ARE ELECTED FROM REGIONS IF YOU WILL.

SO CHAIRMAN SHIPE IS OUR, UM, OUR BOARD CHAIR AND HIS REGION, UH, COVERS WARREN COUNTY, A FEW KEY CONTACTS.

UH, SEAN MCDONOUGH IS OUR, UM, IS OUR WESTERN REGION MANAGER THAT, UM, HELPS KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, UH, IN THIS AREA WORKING OUT OF OUR BLUE RIDGE OFFICE, AS WELL AS OUR COLEPEPPER OFFICES.

UH, JEFF HENSON, WHO MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW IS OUR, UM, REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SERVICE, UH, CASEY HOLLANDS, UH, HEADS UP OUR COMMUNICATIONS, BUT ALSO DEALS DIRECTLY WITH MANY OF OUR CHARITABLE, UH, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD ACCESS TO, UM, TO CASEY, UH, WITH REGARD TO AGENCIES THAT MIGHT BE NEEDING, UH, ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

AND THEN FELICIA AND FELICIA JOINED US JUST LAST YEAR.

SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS OUR SERVICE, SARAH SERVICE TERRITORY, WHICH INCLUDED ABOUT 3000 NEW ACCOUNTS.

LAST YEAR, WE WERE SURPRISED WITH THAT NUMBER, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS, BUT WE STILL GREW JUST UNDER 3000 ACCOUNTS.

LAST YEAR.

FELICIA IS SUPPORTING US IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS LOCALITIES AND JURISDICTIONS.

I KNOW THAT EACH COUNTY IN EACH TOWN MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT, UM, A DIFFERENT PURSUIT OR DIFFERENT VISION WITH RESPECT TO GROWTH, UH, AT, AT ANY OF THOSE SCENARIOS.

FELICIA IS OUR LEAD IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE THERE TO HELP LAND, UH, THOSE BUSINESSES AND JOBS THAT COMMUNITIES ARE STRIVING FOR.

UH, AS FAR AS OUR, UM, UH, UPKEEP THE GRID, UH, WE'RE INVESTING, UH, HISTORIC AMOUNTS AT THIS POINT, UH, OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, THIS, THIS YEAR IS AT 70 MILLION WITH THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF THAT GOING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION AND SUBSTATION, UH, NETWORK.

WE HAVE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS ACROSS OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.

IN ADDITION TO UTILIZING OUR WORKFORCE, WE WORK WITH A NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS TO EXECUTE THOSE PROJECTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, PREPARED FOR GROWTH.

AND THEN ALSO RESPONDING TO THE CIRCUITS THAT HAVE HAD THE, UM, I WOULD SAY THE WORST PERFORMANCE.

SO EACH YEAR WHEN WE HAVE A CIRCUIT OR A SET OF CIRCUITS THAT MIGHT HAVE A STORM IMPACTS AND HAVE, UM, REALLY A, A, AN UNFAVORABLE AMOUNT OF OUTAGE TIME, WE PRIORITIZE THOSE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

UH, AND THOSE ARE INVESTED IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING QUICK REMEDIATION TO KEEP THOSE CIRCUITS IN GOOD HEALTH.

AS FAR AS RESPONSIVENESS GOES, WE DO HAVE A REGIONAL, UH, BLUE RIDGE REGIONAL OPERATING CENTER IS JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, UM, OFF OF, UH, KELLY COURT THERE, UM, UH, NOT FAR FROM FIVE 22, WELL POSITIONED TO SUPPORT, UH, WARREN COUNTY AND TO, UH, ALLOW US TO ROLL TRUCKS AND PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER.

AND SO THE NEXT FEW HERE, JUST KIND OF A FEW, UH, KIND OF IMAGES OF OUR SERVICE AREA, UH, AREA, BUT, UH, AGAIN, A VERY DIVERSE 22 COUNTIES, EVERYTHING FROM OBVIOUSLY FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH TO, UH, REALLY A WAVE NOW OF HIGH DENSITY GROWTH, THAT INCLUDES BOTH RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE.

UH, WE OF COURSE ARE SERVING, UH, JUST SOME WONDERFUL, UH, VIRGINIA AGRICULTURE AND FARM LAND.

AND PART OF OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH OUR MEMBERS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR MEMBER'S PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LEAVING THEIR PROPERTY IN, UH, UH, IS GO TO SHAPE AS IT WAS BEFORE WE ARRIVED THERE.

WE KNOW THAT WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO ACCESS THOSE PROPERTIES.

MAYBE IT'S DURING STORM CONDITIONS.

WE MAY HAVE TO DO A, YOU KNOW, TREE CLEARING AND OTHER TYPE OF WORK TO, UH, TO, TO RESTORE

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OR MAINTAIN THE GRID.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH OUR MEMBER OWNERS AND THOSE LARGE PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL.

WE SERVE A, UH, A VARIETY, UH, REALLY FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TRIANGULATED, OR IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SERVICE TERRITORY, WE'RE TRIANGULATED BY, UM, CHARLOTTESVILLE, RICHMOND, AND, AND REALLY NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

SO OUR SERVICE TERRITORY STRETCHES FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM WINCHESTER, UH, OVER TO BIG MEADOWS UP ON SKYLINE DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO KING'S DOMINION.

WE SERVE QUITE THE VARIETY, AND THAT INCLUDES A, UM, A GROWING NUMBER OF, UH, AGRITOURISM, AGRIBUSINESS, UH, SITES.

SO WINERIES AND, AND OTHER, UM, UH, EVENTS AND LOCATIONS IN ALL THAT WE DO, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, THE ASPECT OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHETHER THAT BE WITH RESPECT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CO-OP AS A BUSINESS OR OUR PRACTICES, WE'RE WE'RE, WE HAVE A KEY KEEN EYE ON SUSTAINABILITY.

WE DO WORK WITH A LOT OF AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE OF LINES IN ACROSS THOSE, THOSE TERRITORIES AS WELL.

SO JUST BRIEFLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PANDEMIC IMPACT, UH, LAST YEAR, A FEW THINGS I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO KNOW, UH, FIRST WE HAD, UM, WE WERE FIRST ABLE TO MODIFY OUR OPERATIONS.

OUR, OUR FIELD CREWS HAVE BEEN JUST UNBELIEVABLY, UM, FLEXIBLE.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN THEIR FAMILIES TO HELP RESPOND, AND WE, UH, REALLY WORKED THOSE CREWS MORE IN ISOLATION, UH, RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO THE JOB SITE, OUR OFFICE TEAM MEMBERS, OF COURSE, UH, QUICKLY ADAPTED TO A REMOTE WORK ENVIRONMENT, UH, THAT THAT'S GONE GOING WELL FOR US.

UH, WE ARE NOW, UM, ORGANIZING ALL OF OUR RETURN TO OFFICE, UM, AS VACCINES HAVE ROLLED OUT, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, W FIRST OF ALL, WE DISCONNECTED, UM, AND THIS WAS INITIALLY VOLUNTARILY.

AND THEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE MANDATE, WE, WE, WE DIS DISCONTINUED DISCONNECTING POWER BACK IN MARCH OF 2020.

AND TO THIS DAY, WE STILL, UM, CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER A DISCONNECT MORATORIUM, WHICH MEANS WE ARE NOT APPLYING ANY LATE FEES, ANY INTEREST, AND WE ARE NOT DISCONNECTING ACCOUNTS FOR NONPAYMENT.

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LONG-TERM PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS, UH, AS MANY LOST JOBS AND THEIR BUSINESSES FACED EXTREME HARDSHIP.

WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE MEMBERS.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR MEMBERS TODAY, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON, UH, PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS, UP TO 24 MONTHS TO ALLOW THEM TO BASICALLY GET THEIR BUSINESS OR THEIR HOUSEHOLD FINANCIALLY RE-ESTABLISHED.

AND, UM, TO BE IN A BETTER POSITION IN, IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD, ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE $4.8 MILLION IN CARES FUNDS, UH, TO DIRECTLY TO OUR MEMBERS THAT THAT HAD ARREARAGES.

WE HAD A, A SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH TO OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE MAY HAVE, UM, THAT THE COMMONWEALTH MAY BENEFIT FROM AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF CARES FUNDING.

WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE ACCESS, UH, IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, THERE WERE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT.

AND THEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED A $13 MILLION CAPITAL CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, UH, LAST SUMMER, UH, AGAIN, UH, TIMED AND A, OF A SIZE AND A SCALE AND TIMED TO HELP REDUCE POWER BILLS, ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN JANUARY ONE, WE REDUCED POWER BILLS, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERSHIP, UM, BY ABOUT SIX TO $8 PER MONTH FOR TYPICAL RESERVOIR RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLD THIS PAST JANUARY.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT UNDERWAY WITH RESPECT TO, UM, BEING, UM, CARING AND FLEXIBLE REGARDING THE PANDEMIC.

UH, WE ARE WORKING TO, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, RESTORE OUR NORMAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND REALLY VERY THANKFUL FOR MANY OF THE COMMUNITY AGENCIES THAT HAVE HELPED, UH, OUR MEMBERS THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME AS WELL, JUST SHIFTING, UH, QUICKLY TO POWER SUPPLY.

UH, WE ARE A MEMBER OWNER OF OLD DOMINION ELECTRIC CO-OP CODEC.

ODAC IS HEADQUARTERED IN RICHMOND, AND WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY, UM, BALANCED, UM, OPTIMIZED FOR, UH, RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABILITY, A VERY BALANCED POWER SUPPLY THAT INCLUDES NATURAL GAS, NUCLEAR, COAL, SOLAR WIND.

AND WE EVEN HAVE A HYDROELECTRIC ALLOCATION FROM A FEDERAL HYDRO PROGRAM, A FEW QUICK, UM, TRENDS THAT ARE, UM, CERTAIN TO, UH, IMPACT OUR REC AND, UH, THE CO-OP'S TERRITORY DISTRIBUTED ENERGY.

TODAY, WE HAVE OVER 1300 MEMBER OWNERS THAT HAVE SOME FORM OF ROOFTOP OR GROUND MOUNT, PREDOMINANTLY SOLAR INTERCONNECTIONS.

SO WE WORK WITH THOSE HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES DIRECTLY WHEN THEY AREN'T PRODUCING OR PROVIDING GRID POWER WHEN THEY ARE OVER PRODUCING, WE'RE BUYING IT BACK AND DISTRIBUTING IT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING, IF YOU ALL TUNED IN, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK TO THE FORD F-150 LIGHTENING WAS THE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT, OF COURSE, GENERAL MOTORS, ALMOST EVERY MAJOR MANUFACTURER.

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NOW HAS, UM, OFFERINGS OR HAS MADE COMMITMENTS WITH RESPECT TO, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

UH, THE CO-OP, YOUR CO-OP HAS FOUR INTERSTATE CORRIDORS AND A NUMBER OF MAJOR U S HIGHWAYS THROUGH ITS SERVICE TERRITORY.

WE ABSOLUTELY EXPECT, UM, BIG OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES RELATED TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

UH, IT COULD, UM, HELP OUR MEMBERS SAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THEIR ANNUAL ENERGY BILLS, BUT IT WILL ALSO PUT A LOT OF DEMANDS ON THE POWER GRID.

SO WE'RE WORKING TO STUDY THAT AND INVEST TO STAY AHEAD OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST MENTIONED WITH ENERGY STORAGE, WE DO HAVE THE COMMONWEALTH'S FIRST CO-OP ENERGY STORAGE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED NOW, UH, BROADBAND, UH, TOPIC THAT IS, UH, OF, OF I THINK, A VERY HIGH INTEREST, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE REGION.

UH, THE CO-OP IS, UH, UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WITH AN 830 MILE 800 2,830 MILE, UH, FIBER BACKBONE NETWORK THAT WILL TRAVERSE THROUGH THE COUNTIES WE SERVE WITH WELL OVER A HUNDRED, UM, INTERCONNECTION POINTS ALONG THE WAY.

THAT'S A $30 MILLION PROJECT THAT THE CO-OP BEGAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WE ARE, UM, IN PROCESS OF ACCELERATING THAT, UH, TO, UM, TO, TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.

UM, IF NOT SOONER.

SO THAT, THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY BEYOND THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, ANNOUNCED PARTNERSHIPS, UM, AT LEAST IN, IN, UH, ONE AREA OF PARTICULAR WITH LOUISA COUNTY, WE'VE ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP WITH FIREFLY BROADBAND WHEREBY A FIREFLY WILL BE THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER AND REC WILL PROVIDE A FIBER NETWORK ON ITS POLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH A FEW OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING, UM, SIMILAR POSSIBILITIES AND, UH, ALSO, UM, CLOSELY WATCHING, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS THAT WE BELIEVE COULD ROLL THROUGH WASHINGTON, UH, THROUGH RICHMOND, THEY COULD BE AVAILABLE TO, UH, EITHER REC OR PARTNERS THAT WE MAY WORK WITH DIRECTLY, UH, TO PROVIDE SERVICE, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY STAFF AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

UH, WE ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN FACILITATING WHETHER THAT BE USE OF OUR POLES OR INFRASTRUCTURE OR TOWERS OR SUBSTATIONS, UH, UP TO, AND AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP LIKE WE HAVE IN LOUISA, WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY OWN AND PROVIDE A FIBER NETWORK.

AND SO I'M SURE THERE SOME QUESTIONS THERE ON THAT TOPIC, BUT, UH, OUR TEAM IS GLAD TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UM, UH, LAW AS OF LAST YEAR, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF, UM, FIBER AND BROADBAND SERVICES THAT CAN BE OUR POINT TO HELP WITH THOSE, WITH THAT DIALOGUE.

AND I'LL JUST KIND OF CLOSE OUT HERE.

I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GOING A FEW MINUTES LONG, BUT, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR OUR SMART HUB, IF YOU HAVE MOBILE COVERAGE IN YOUR TERRITORY OR IN YOUR REGION, UH, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WE ALSO OFFER TEXT ALERTS.

IT'S OUR GOAL TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, BUT IF THEY'RE OFF, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE INFORMED THAT YOU'RE NOT IN THE DARK WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DARK.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE INFORMED THERE.

AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE, UH, AN UPDATED CO-OP WEBSITE WITH JUST A LOT OF, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OTHER INFORMATION, UH, YOUR, YOUR CO-OP HAS DONE WELL WITH, WITH RESPECT TO MEMBER SERVICE AND MEMBER SATISFACTION.

WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO PUSH PUSH FURTHER ON THAT.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND MORE THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE MEMBERSHIP.

AND, AND CERTAINLY WE CAN ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, EVEN STRONGER ON RELIABILITY.

UM, AND, AND, AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, BUT WE DISCOURSE 17TH IN THE UNITED STATES LAST YEAR IN JD POWER, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND ENERGY DELIVERY.

SO THAT, THAT WAS, UH, A GOOD SHOWING BY RDC.

AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE, WE CAN GET THAT AT SCORE EVEN HIGHER.

LASTLY, OUR, OUR CO-OP HERE IS EXPERIENCING A, A WAVE OF JUST TREMENDOUS RETIREMENTS, ABOUT 20% OF THE CO-OP EMPLOYEES ARE RETIRING IN A FIVE-YEAR WAVE WE'RE IN THAT WAVE NOW.

AND SO WE'RE SEEING 25, 30, 40 YEAR VETERANS OF THE ORGANIZATION, UH, FOLKS THAT REALLY HELP BUILD THIS, THERE ARE STEPPING OUT INTO THEIR RETIREMENT STAGE OF LIFE.

SO IF YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE CONTACTS IN THE COMMUNITY, FRIENDS, FAMILY, KIDS, GRANDKIDS, UM, THOSE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED, WE'RE ALSO HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OTHER, UM, UM, EVEN EVEN K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION, UH, ACROSS OUR SERVICE TERRITORY, BUT, UH, REC THE UTILITY SECTOR IS A GREAT PLACE FOR A CAREER HOME.

AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU MIGHT SEND SOME OF THOSE, UH, INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS, OUR WAY WE DO HAVE A RECRUITER, UH, D D JACKSON NOW IS HELPING US, UM, WORK WITH, UM, THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING REC A CAREER HOME.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL, UM, STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT, THAT THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE, UH, REGARDING THE CO-OP.

WELL, I KNOW I'VE ALREADY HIT YOU WITH BROADBAND AND

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NOVEMBER.

I JUMPED ON THIS ONE, AS SOON AS YOU WALKED IN.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, IF YOU OFFER BROADBAND, SO THE CHALLENGE IS THE LAST MILE, HOW WILL YOU OFFER THAT SERVICE? WILL YOU ACTUALLY TAKE IT TO THE HA THE HOMEOWNER? SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE THE WAY WE'VE POSITIONED OURSELVES AT THIS MOMENT IS THAT WE ARE FACILITATING, UM, IF THERE ARE OTHER THIRD PARTIES THAT ARE SERVING AS THE ISP, THE ACTUAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, IN THE CASE OF LOUISA COUNTY, A NEIGHBORING, UH, CO-OP AFFILIATE FIREFLY WILL BE THE ACTUAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER.

UH, OUR, WE THINK OUR BEST POSITION LONG-TERM IS THAT, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE PROVIDING THOSE ACTUAL SERVICES THAT WE ARE FACILITATING THE CONDUIT, IF YOU WILL, THE GATEWAY, THE PATH.

AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BETTER TRACK FOR US THAT COULD INCLUDE, UM, FIBER WIRELINE TYPE SERVICE, OR IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE, UH, SOME TYPE OF WIRELESS SYSTEMS WHERE AGAIN, THE CO-OP HAS, UM, VERTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE TOWERS, WE HAVE, UH, POLES, WE HAVE OTHER, UH, FACILITIES.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO TALK WITH REALLY WITH THIRD PARTIES ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO FACILITATE THAT.

MADAM CHAIR.

IS, IS THERE A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION? I MEAN, IT IS IN THE BOOK YOU GOT USER REALLY, IT MIGHT BE MY APOLOGIES AND, AND ALSO I'LL BE, UM, A MANAGER.

IF I MAY, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH A, KIND OF A CONTACT AND UPDATED CONTACT LIST OF JUST A NUMBER OF CO-OP.

I CAN ONLY SHOW SO MANY ON THIS SLIDE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THE COUGH THAT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE COUNTY STAFF AS WELL HAVE ACCESS TO.

SO IF I MAY, I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP VIA EMAIL WITH A PDF THERE THAT YOU ALL CAN HAVE FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

GREAT.

PRESENTATION OF THE SPOT ATLANTA AND FLY IN WARREN COUNTY, MR. CHILDS, AND MR. SUTPHIN, IT WAS BACK DOWN FOR THE VERTICALLY CHALLENGED MADAM CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS.

[E. Presentation – Spotted Lantern Fly in Warren County – Corey Childs/Mark Sutphin]

A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN EXTENSION WAS GIVEN THEIR QUARTERLY UPDATE.

YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPOTTED LANTERN FLY AND, UH, THE QUARANTINE PROGRAM AND THE INSPECTION PROGRAM, AND JUST GENERALLY UPDATE ON THAT.

AND I'M A ANIMAL SCIENCE MAJOR, AND I DO A LOT OF THAT TYPE GENERAL WORK.

I'VE WE HAVE A COWORKER HERE WITH ME.

Y'ALL SEEN HIS REPORTS, EVERY, UH, TOM, WE PRESENT HIM, UH, MR. MARK SUTPHIN, HE'S HOUSED IN THE FREDERICK COUNTY OFFICE, BUT HE'S A COWORKER AND EXTENSION AGENT AND IS OUR HORT SPECIALIST.

AND HE'S ALSO PART OF THE STATE, UH, RESPONSE TEAM, UH, BECAUSE THE FIRST CASE WAS FOUND IN FREDERICK.

MARK'S TAKEN THAT ON AND BEEN A LEADER IN THE RESPONSE TO THE LEONARD FLY AND THE ISSUES THAT COME ALONG.

AND I FIGURED THAT IF YOU ALL WERE GOING TO GET THE BEST INFORMATION, YOU BETTER GET THE BEST INFORMATION.

SO I ASKED MARK TO COME OVER THIS MORNING, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT PROGRAM.

AND, UH, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER HIM, UH, OVER TO HIM IN JUST A SECOND.

UH, BUT I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK OR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, UH, EMILY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SEND YOU OUT A, UH, LINK, UH, THAT WENT TO THE STATE, UM, SPOT A POINTER FLAG PAGE THAT HAS TONS OF INFORMATION HOME.

UH, SO I HOPE YOU ALL GOT THAT.

IF YOU DIDN'T, I'D LIKE TO APPROACH THE DIOCESE AND GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE CARD HERE THAT HAS SOME BASIC INFORMATION, BUT ALSO THE ADDRESS TO THAT, THAT SITE.

WELL, GOOD MORNING AS COREY INTRODUCED ME, I'M MARK .

I AM THE HORTICULTURE EXTENSION AGENT, AND AS HE SAID, I'M HOUSED IN FREDERICK COUNTY, BUT SERVE THE SAME FIVE COUNTY REGION THAT COREY DOES.

SO THAT INCLUDES, UH, WARREN COUNTY HERE, AS WELL AS THE OTHERS IN THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY.

AND THE TOPIC AT HAND IS SPOTTED LANTERN FLY.

THAT IS A NEW INVASIVE INSECT PESTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, IN THE REGION.

IT FIRST SHOWED UP.

AND,

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UM, I'VE GOT SOME MAPS HERE THAT I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFO.

THIS IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION REAL QUICK.

UM, IN CASE YOU NEED TO REACH ME, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO COREY AND THE LOCAL OFFICE HERE IN WARREN COUNTY TO REACH ME AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE SYSTEM.

UH, WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE BEYOND TODAY, THIS INSECT IS NATIVE TO, UH, ASIA, UH, CHINA, BANGLADESH, VIETNAM REGION.

IT HAS SPREAD IN ASIA ALSO TO SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN.

AND THEN IN 2014 AT FIRST SHOWED UP IN NORTH AMERICA IN BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THE BLUE AREA ON THE MAP IS THE CURRENT KNOWN INFESTATION IN NORTH AMERICA.

UH, AND, UM, AS YOU CAN TELL, SINCE 2014, IT HAS UNFORTUNATELY SPREAD QUITE A BIT DESPITE OF A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT BY USDA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE IN COOPERATION WITH THE LOCAL LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES, TO EACH STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IN EACH STATE DEPARTMENTS OF FORESTRY, ET CETERA, THERE HAS JUST BEEN AN ENORMOUS TEAM EFFORT, UM, WITH ALL THE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO BATTLE THIS PAST.

UM, IT, IT'S A PEST ON MULTIPLE FRONTS.

IT'S A PEST OF AGRICULTURE.

IT'S A PEST OF FORESTRY.

IT IS A NUISANCE PEST, UH, TO THE HOME LANDSCAPE IN, IN THE BACKYARD AND REALLY TO GENERAL BUSINESS COMMERCE BECAUSE OF, OF IMPOSED QUARANTINES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PEST FIRST SHOWING UP IN VIRGINIA IN 2018 IN FREDERICK COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF THE WINCHESTER BORDER.

AND SO WINCHESTER FREDERICK WERE, WERE FOUND IN 2018.

IT'S SPREAD TO CLARK COUNTY IN 2019.

AND JUST RECENTLY HERE TO WARREN COUNTY, UH, KNOWN INFESTATION WAS DISCOVERED IN 2020.

UH, I'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL MAPS THAT I'LL SHOW.

THERE ARE SOME, SOME OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE SHOWING UP ON THE MAP NOW, TOO, BUT THE CURRENT QUARANTINE.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, UH, INCLUDES NOW INCLUDES AS OF THIS SPRING, FREDERICK CLARK AND WARREN, WHICH IS A STATE QUARANTINE, UH, IMPOSED BY VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

AGAIN, SHOWING UP IN VIRGINIA IN 2018, WE WERE THE SECOND KNOWN POPULATION IN NORTH AMERICA, UNFORTUNATELY IN THE WINCHESTER FREDERICK COUNTY AREA, JUST ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CITY OF WINCHESTER IS WHERE IT WAS FIRST DETECTED ABOUT ONE SQUARE MILE.

AND WE'RE WELL OVER 140 SQUARE MILES NOW OF KNOWN INFESTATION.

THIS IS A MAP THAT VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AG PROVIDED AND A KNOWN INFESTATION POINTS FROM THE FALL OF 2020.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, CLARK COUNTY IS GROWING AND AS OF FALL OF 2020, THERE ARE THREE KNOWN INFESTATION AREAS, UH, ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF WARREN COUNTY.

AND THIS INSECT IS, UH, A GREAT HITCHHIKER AT ALL LIFE STAGES, UH, MOVING WITH HUMAN AIDED ASSISTANCE AND, AND, UH, GENERAL COMMERCE AND, AND JUST HUMAN TRANSPORTATION AND MOVEMENT.

AND THAT MAP, I SHOWED PREVIOUSLY SHOW SOME LINES MOVING TO THE WEST OF PENNSYLVANIA AND MOVING SOUTH DOWN THROUGH, UM, MARYLAND WEST, VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS INSECT SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING SOME MAJOR, UH, RAIL AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS. AND SO THAT IS THE CONCERN IS TO SLOW THE SPREAD.

AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S, IT'S A PESTO ON NUMEROUS LEVELS AND IS, UM, A LANDSCAPE WIDE PASS BECAUSE IT WILL FEED ON OVER A HUNDRED KNOWN SPECIES OF PLANTS, UH, IN THE AG SETTING GRAPES, UH, ARE OUR WINERIES AND GRAPE GROWERS ARE OF MOST CONCERN WITH THIS PAST, BUT BEING A PEST THAT WILL FEED ON SO MANY DIFFERENT PLANTS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH IT, WITH IT FEEDING ON SO MANY KNOWN HOST PLANTS AND, UM, SLOWING THAT CONTROL AND SLOWING THIS, THE SPREAD UNTIL A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OR OTHER BETTER MES BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE CAN BE DEVELOPED IS, IS THE OVERARCHING GOAL, THIS MAP, UH, SO IS TO SHOW YOU THE CURRENT KNOWN POPULATION, UH, IN VIRGINIA, AS I SAID, THE RED COUNTIES, FREDERICK WARREN AND CLARK ARE THE CURRENT

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QUARANTINE IMPOSED BY VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

THERE'S ALSO, UM, SINGLE INFESTATIONS IDENTIFIED IN SHENANDOAH, PAIGE AUGUSTA AND PRINCE WILLIAM.

UM, THOSE COUNTIES ARE NOT YET UNDER THE STATE AND POST QUARANTINE BECAUSE OF A SINGLE ISOLATED EVENT THAT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UH, FUNDED BY THE USDA IS, IS WORKING TO, UH, TO TREAT, TO MENTION THE QUARANTINE, UH, THAT IS IMPOSED BY VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO ALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND REGULATED ITEMS, INCLUDING PLANT PARTS, UH, MATERIAL STORED OUTSIDE, AND ANY MEANS OF CONVEYANCE.

SO THAT'S REALLY ANY VEHICLE TRUCK, A RAIL CAR, ET CETERA.

AND IT'S, UH, UM, SELF-INSPECTION THAT THE BUSINESS MUST DO AFTER OBTAINING A TRAINING, WHICH IS OFFERED, UH, BY VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ONLINE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

AND, UM, THEN BUSINESSES CAN APPLY FOR THE PERMIT AFTER THEY'VE TAKEN THIS TRAINING.

IT IS RECIPROCAL WITH THE OTHER STATES ALSO HAVE IMPOSED QUARANTINES.

AND, UM, I'LL NOTE IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE GOAL OF SLOWING THE SPREAD AND REDUCING MOVEMENT OF THIS INSECT, UM, THE, THE QUARANTINE ALSO HELPS ENSURE THAT WE CAN KEEP BUSINESS OPEN IN THE AREA AS OTHER STATES AND COUNTRIES.

WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING, UM, AT REVERSE QUARANTINES BECAUSE OF THE KNOWN POPULATION OF SPOTTED LANTERN FLY.

SO THIS IS A MEANS FOR BUSINESSES, UH, TO CONTINUE OPERATING AND SUPPLY THEIR GOODS.

THESE ARE SOME BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ THAT, BUT SOME FACT SHEETS THAT VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS ON THEIR WEBSITE AND ALSO A SAMPLE INSPECTION STATEMENT THAT THAT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE.

AND, UH, WE AT VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ARE ALSO HAPPY TO ASSIST AS IS VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UH, BUSINESSES GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE INFO.

THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT REAL QUICK ABOUT THE INSECT ITSELF.

UM, IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE INSECT.

THE ADULTS ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR THUMB.

UH, THE ADULT IS THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

THEY GO THROUGH ONE COMPLETE LIFE CYCLE A YEAR.

OUR CURRENT LIFE STAGE ARE THE SMALLER JUVENILES, THE BLACK AND WHITE NIPS THAT ARE SHOWN UP IN THE SECOND PICTURE THERE.

AND THEN THEY WILL, UH, AFTER THREE STAGES THAT LOOK SIMILAR TO THAT, THEY MOLT INTO THE BRIGHTER, LARGER RED NYMPHS AND THE ADULTS WILL, UH, SHOW UP IN THE JULY MID JULY TIMEFRAME IS WHEN WE SEE THE ADULTS, THERE ARE PIERCING, SUCKING INSECTS.

SO THEY'RE FEEDING ON THE FLOW OF THEM OR THE SAP OF THE HOST PLANT.

AND WITH THAT COMES, UM, LOTS OF FEEDING OF THAT SUGARY SUBSTANCE OF, OF, OF THE HOST PLANT.

THEY THEN, UH, HAVE A WASTE WE CALL HONEYDEW, WHICH ALSO IS A, UH, A, UM, STICKY SUGARY LIQUID PRODUCT THAT THEY, UH, IN HIGH POPULATION AREAS AND PENNSYLVANIA, UM, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY AND PENN STATE EXTENSION HAVE DONE STUDIES COUNTING OVER 12,000 INSECTS IN A SINGLE SILVER MAPLE TREE.

SO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO AGGREGATE TOGETHER IN LARGE NUMBERS AND, AND FEED HEAVILY ON A SINGLE TREE.

AND YOU, YOU END UP WITH RAINING HONEYDEW DOWN OUT OF THAT TREE, CODING EVERYTHING ON THE SURFACE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FEEDING DAMAGE, YOU HAVE THIS STICKY SUBSTANCE THAT THEN WILL GROW CITY MOLD, UM, AND, AND JUST A NUISANCE AGAIN IN THE HOME LANDSCAPE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

SO THE OVERARCHING GOAL WAS TO, UM, SLOW THE SPREAD OF THIS INSECT.

UH, IF, IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT HERE IN WARREN COUNTY AND YOU IDENTIFY THE INSECT, PLEASE REPORT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UH, IN WINCHESTER, FREDERICK COUNTY LAST YEAR, WE PROCESSED OVER 1500 REPORTS OF THIS INSECT.

UM, THANKFULLY DUE TO SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDING IN THE COUNTY OF FREDERICK AND THE CITY OF WINCHESTER.

I HAVE A COLLEAGUE JOANNE ROYALTY.

WHO'S HERE WITH ME, UM,

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TO PROCESS THAT LARGE VOLUME THAT CAME ACROSS MY DESK LAST YEAR.

AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT ONLY TO GROW AS PENNSYLVANIA HAS SEEN NEARLY 90,000 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THIS INSECT AS IT HAS INVADED.

AND, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST REPORTING, BUT IT'S GETTING THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES, THE INFORMATION THEY NEED WITH BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, PROPER IDENTIFICATION, AND THEN RELAYING THE OCCURRENCES OF THIS INSECT ONTO VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AG, SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH THEIR TREATMENT PROGRAM AS WELL AND, AND IDENTIFIED PRIORITY AREAS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

I HAVE A QUESTION IF YOU LIVE IN MADAM CHAIR.

SEVEN DUST PREVENT THIS FROM SPREADING THIS, UH, THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE NUMEROUS INSECTICIDES THAT THAT WILL, UM, HELP IN, IN MANAGING THIS PAST.

UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU SOME, SOME OPTIONS, SEVEN ACTIVE INGREDIENT CARBORO IS, IS ONE THAT'S LISTED.

THERE ARE OTHERS, DEPENDING ON THE SCENARIO THAT MAY BE BETTER, BUT WE W AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO IS TALK THROUGH WITH EACH RESIDENT OR LANDOWNER, AND KIND OF COME UP WITH SOME BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

UH, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE DIFFICULT THING WITH THIS PEST IS YOU CAN, YOU CAN TREAT YOUR IDENTIFIED CROP OR YOUR IDENTIFIED PROPERTY, UM, WHETHER THAT'S A BACKYARD OR A, A HUNDRED ACRE ORCHARD OR VINEYARD OR WHATEVER, BUT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ON THE ECOSYSTEM LANDSCAPE WIDE SCALE OCCURRING IN THE FOREST, IN, UH, IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, IT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO REINVEST SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW WITH BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG.

UM, SO IT BECOMES A REPEAT, UH, APPROACH IS WHAT HAPPENS.

I NOTICED THAT IT SAID THE EGGS ARE LAID FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, SO THEY LAY THOSE AND THEN THEY, THEY DON'T DIE.

THEY HATCH IN THE SPRING.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE EGGS ARE THE OVERWINTERING LIFE-STAGE OF THIS INSECT.

UM, SO WE SAW, UH, EGGS BEGAN TO HATCH INTO THE BLACK AND WHITE NAPS IN MID TO LATE APRIL.

AND THERE THERE'S STILL PROBABLY A FEW HATCHING NOW.

UM, AND THEN THEY'LL GROW TO THE ADULT LIFE STAGE IN THE FALL IS WHEN THE ADULTS WILL MATE AND, AND LAY THE, THE NEW POPULATION FOR 22.

AND IF I SAW THAT PICTURE CORRECTLY, I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF IT WAS IN HERE.

YOU HAD A QUARTER NEXT TO THE EGGS.

SO THEY'RE THAT TINY THAT SOMEWHERE THERE IS THAT A QUARTER THAT'S OKAY.

ORDER NEXT TO A NYMPH.

UM, THERE'S A BLACK AND WHITE NYMPH THERE, SORRY, BUT THE, THE SIZE OF THE EGG MASS IS ABOUT ONE INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCH, LONG HALF INCH TO AN INCH WIDE IS THE TYPICAL EGG MASS.

AND THEY CAN HAVE UPWARDS OF 20 TO 30 EGGS PER EGG MASS WITH AN ADULT FEMALE.

WE BELIEVE LAYING TWO TO THREE EGG MASSES IN HER LIFE LIFETIME.

SO THEY'RE PRETTY HARD TO FIND THOSE ANYWAY.

YEAH, IT IS.

IT'S PRETTY DISCREET TO SEE THOSE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ASK ANYONE WHO SEES AN EGG MASS TO DESTROY IT, SCRAPE IT, SMASH IT, UM, PUT IT INTO A VILE OF, OF RUBBING ALCOHOL OR HAND SANITIZER IF, IF NEED BE.

UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE EGG MASSES GET LAID UP IN THE HIGHER REACHES OF THE CANOPY ABOVE HUMAN HEIGHT.

SO IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS THE MOM.

SO WE HAD A, UM, RESIDENT THAT CAME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND WAS BASICALLY WONDERING TO MEET THE, UM, PROTOCOL OF GOING CAMPING AND COMING BACK HOME.

IS THERE ANYTHING, IF YOU GO TO THIS SITE ON THERE, WE'LL EXPLAIN WHAT YOU NEED, IF YOU'RE THAT DILIGENT A PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO DISINFECT OR SPRAY IS IS THAT ON THIS SITE FOR THEM TO FIND THERE ARE BOTH VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAVE SOME RESOURCES, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, A RESIDENT, UM, OR A HOMEOWNER IN ADDITION TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THINGS, THE BUSINESS SIDE, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY UNDER THE QUARANTINE.

UM, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE CERTAINLY BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR ALL, ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, UM, ON, ON BOTH WEBSITES.

UM, PREDATORS THAT WILL EAT THEM AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, UPWARDS OF 12,000 PER TREE AGGREGATING, AND THAT KIND OF NUMBER, IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON A POPULATION THAT LARGE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE COULD GET THE CICADAS TO IF ONLY WE COULD, UNFORTUNATELY, MATT, IS THERE ANY NATURAL, UM, BIRDS OR ANYTHING THAT EAT THESE OR ARE THEY JUST, THAT'S A FANTASTIC QUESTION.

AND THERE, THERE ARE,

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SO WE'VE GOT SOME GENERALIST PREDATORS LIKE SPIDERS AND WHEEL AND PRAYING MAN S ANTS, EVEN SOME OF OUR B AND OUR HORNET SPECIES.

WE'LL WE'LL FEED ON THEM.

UM, BIRDS ARE LEARNING TO FEED ON THEM, BUT AS FAR AS A SPECIALIST PREDATOR, UM, THAT WOULD TRULY HAVE IMPACT AS FAR AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL.

WE, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING.

THERE ARE TWO INSECTS SPECIES THAT ARE BEING STUDIED BY THE USDA, UH, THAT ARE NATIVE TO CHINA AND OTHER REGIONS OF ASIA THAT HELP KEEP THE POPULATION IN CHECK THERE.

UH, BUT THAT TENDS TO BE A PROBLEM THERE'S A 10 PLUS YEAR PROCESS THERE TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT, THAT DOES CORRECT SHAME.

THE BIRDS DON'T LIKE THEM THAT'D BE A FEAST, THE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

NOT A GOOD THING.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WHAT ABOUT, UM, AND I GUESS THIS IS DIFFERENT AND I GUESS HE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT I JUST REMEMBER THE GYPSY MOTH INFESTATION, AND I GUESS THERE WAS WIDESPREAD SPRAYING, I GUESS THAT WAS MORE OR LESS IN THE FOREST WHEN IT LANDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST A WIDESPREAD, JUST LIKE THE STINKBUGS THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY USDA AND VARIOUS STATE OFFICIALS AS WELL.

UH, THE WAY TO CONTROL THIS INSECT IS, IS NOT, NOT QUITE AS EASY AS, UM, YOU KNOW, APPLYING BT ERROL, YOU KNOW, FROM AN AERIAL APPLICATION LIKE THEY DID WITH GYPSY MOSS, UM, IT, AND LIKELY, UM, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH AT, AT THIS CURRENT POINT.

UM, ALSO SOCIETAL ACCEPTANCE IS, IS NOT WHAT IT WAS DECADES AGO, YOU KNOW, 10, 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE GYPSY MOTH AS WELL.

SO, UM, THERE'S SOME ADDED HURDLES AND CONCERNS THERE.

WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING BACK AND TELLING US ABOUT THE MURDER OF HORNETS.

I HOPE NOT.

THANKFULLY, THEY'RE ONLY KNOWN ON THE WEST COAST IN WASHINGTON STATE.

EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR.

WAS THERE SOME, UH, COUNTY PROPERTY THAT WAS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED THIS PAST FALL? UM, THERE WAS REQUEST FOR SPRAIN AND SO FORTH.

UM, I BELIEVE SO THAT WOULD BE A DIRECT QUESTION FOR VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

THEY ARE THE ONES CARRYING OUT THE MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, AND WOULD HAVE THE SPECIFIC, UH, INFO ON THE EXACT PROPERTIES THAT THEY PRIORITIZE FOR MANAGEMENT.

I'M HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH WITH THEM.

UM, KYLE RHODES IS THE LOCAL FIELD MANAGER AND HE AND I TALK FREQUENTLY MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK.

AND, UM, HE CAN CERTAINLY YOU SPECIFICS ON THE DATES OF WHAT PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED, UH, AFTER YOU GUYS GAVE PERMISSION FOR THAT.

IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD.

[F. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit)]

60 MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

DO, IS ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK THIS MORNING? UM, DR.

DALEY, WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME FOR THE DISCUSSION OF, FROM COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE AND TREASURER? YES MA'AM.

IF YOU WANTED TO ASK A COMMISSIONER, SHE WOULD COME UP FOR JUST A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS.

TREASURER.

GOOD MORNING.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

WELL, THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOES, SO I FIGURE WE BRING IN OUR RESIDENT EXPERT FOR THIS.

THAT SLOWED, UM, THE MAKING OF THE AUTOMOBILES AND ALL.

UM, THE MAIN ON THE VEHICLES, UM, MAKES THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE VEHICLES FLUCTUATE.

SO IT'S JUST LIKE OUR HOUSING MARKET RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S GOING ON.

EVERYBODY'S GOING AFTER THE HOUSES THAT ARE SELLING WITH WHAT REAL QUICK, WELL VEHICLES ARE THE SAME WAY AND BECAUSE OF THE BARS AND ALL

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SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE, UH, NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT'S OUT THERE AVAILABLE TO BUY FOR THE POPULATION PUBLIC AT ALL, HAS GONE DOWN.

EVEN THE USED MARKET HAS GONE DOWN.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT RAISES THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE.

IT'S THE SAME.

THAT HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE GAS PRICES, UM, IF THEY GO UP REAL HIGH, THEN THE PUBLIC GOES OUT TO THE SMALLER VEHICLES.

IF THE GAS GOES DOWN, THEY GO OUT TO THE LARGE VEHICLES AND THAT FLUCTUATES THE VALUES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING AN INCREASE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO LAST, IF IT'S GOING TO GO INTO NEXT YEAR OR NOT.

BUT, UM, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE RIGHT NOW WITH THE ASSESSMENTS.

SO, AND SEEING IN HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT ARE RECENTLY GETTING THEIR TAX BILLS, WE DIDN'T RAISE ANY RATES, TAX RATES, PERSONAL PROPERTY RATES, ANY OF THAT, IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT VEHICLES HAVE, ARE NOT DEPRECIATING THEY'RE APPRECIATING CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND IT'S UNCOMMON FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

I SAY WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THE MARKET, UM, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THIS AND WE DON'T SET THOSE RATES AS WELL.

THEY APPRECIATE YOU USE THE SAME BULL, THE SAME VALUE WE USE THE JANUARY, UH, UH, IN ADA BOOK EACH YEAR, SAME VALUE OUT OF THE BOOK, NO CHANGE.

UH, MAY I SHARE IT? SO I HAD SEVERAL CALLS OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THE TR THE PERSON'S TRUCK PRICE INCREASED BY $2,000 OVER OR VALUE INCREASED ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL BY $2,000 OVER LAST YEAR'S BILL.

SO I DID SOME RESEARCH.

AND WHAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS THAT THE MICROCHIP INDUSTRY IS THE PROBLEM.

EVERY VEHICLE'S MANUFACTURER MANUFACTURER WITH MICROCHIPS, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF MICROCHIPS.

SO THAT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF PRODUCTION OUT OF THE MARKET.

AND AS A RESULT, THE, THE VALUE OF ITS SUPPLY AND DEMAND, LIKE WE LEARNED IN, IN COLLEGE OR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOR ME, BUT ANYWAY, HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE, WHERE IF YOU HAVE A SMALLER SITE OR YOU HAVE A SMALLER SUPPLY THAN THE PRICES ELEVATED.

AND SO THAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENED FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

AND I DON'T, THEY DON'T FORESEE A CHANGE IN THAT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FORESEEABLE PERIOD.

AND THIS HAS ALL BEEN IMPACTED BY THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF COVID.

UM, SO THAT'S, YEAH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING ME, IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT IS, THEY'RE USED TO EVERYTHING DEPRECIATE IN EACH YEAR.

AND THEN WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT ON THE HOUSING MARKET, WHEN THEY DO THE GENERAL REASSESSMENT, IT'S GOING TO, RIGHT.

THE VALUE OF PROPERTY IS INCREASING AT A RAPID RATE AS WELL.

IT'S SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

THERE'S JUST MORE DEMAND THAN THERE IS SUPPLY.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, PRICES GO UP VALUES, GO UP.

SAME WITH THE HOUSES GOING UP THOUGH.

DURHAM, SINCE WE'RE DOING REASSESSMENT, THE NEXT BOARD WILL HAVE TO, UM, DO THE EQUALIZATION RATE.

SO IT GOES UP 20%.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DROP YOUR CURRENT TAX RATE 20% OR ADVERTISE AS A, A TAX INCREASE.

HOPEFULLY.

HOPEFULLY WHAT, HOPEFULLY THE DROP THE RIGHT.

THE TAX RATE.

WE'LL DROP ON THE TABLE.

I MEAN, THAT THAT'S CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO, WHEN THE ASSESSMENT WENT UP, PASS BOARDS AND JUST KEEP THE TAX RATE, HE SAID, WELL, WE DIDN'T RAISE TAXES.

NO.

WHICH YOU INCREASED THE TAXES THAT PEOPLE PAID.

SO WE DID, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK LAST TIME THEY TALKED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THEY SAY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 11% BELOW WHAT MARKET VALUE WAS.

AND THAT WAS BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENS.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE SEE A 25% INCREASE IN THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE, A LITTLE HIGHER NET, IT'S ABOUT 81% RATIO.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

81%.

SO, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S WHAT, 65, FIVE OR SOMETHING, 65 AND A HALF.

SO IF YOU DROP A 20%, YOU START OFF AT 52 INTERESTING TIMES.

SO WE HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO EQUALIZE OUR PROPERTY OR OUR REAL ESTATE RATES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, THIS X, YOU KNOW, LARGE INCREASE IN VALUE THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE MARKETPLACE.

THE, FROM WHAT I HEARD WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT EITHER THERE WAS A CALCULATION MISTAKE OR THERE HAD TO BE A MISTAKE ON OUR PART, SOMEHOW THAT WE HAD INCREASED TAXES OR SOMETHING.

YUP.

BUT YOU NEED MORE SUPPLY, BUT YOU MAINTAIN THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THE COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE AND THAT'D BE YOUR STARTING BASIS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

CORRECT.

WELL, I THINK THAT WAS

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SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND, UM, CLARIFYING THAT YOU CAN ARTICULATE THAT MUCH BETTER THAN I WAS TRYING TO.

I KNEW THE CONCEPT, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF GETTING IT WRONG.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU CLEARING THAT UP.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT WAS THE THING TOO.

AND I DIDN'T, I HAD TO LOOK OUT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER CAUSE I GOT THE, MY TAX BILL FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BILL.

AND I GUESS I LOOKED AT THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR, WHICH WAS A BIG INCREASE FROM THE SIX MONTHS, BUT IT'S ON THERE.

I JUST HAD TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER AND GO BACK.

IT DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT, WHICH I UNDERSTOOD.

AND I FIGURED THAT'S WHY IT WAS BECAUSE THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND AS THEY SAID.

BUT AGAIN THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT, UH, MISS, WELL, I WON'T SAY MISLEADING, BUT IT WAS MY FAULT FOR LOOKING AT THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR COMPARED TO HALF YEAR.

BUT IT'S LIKE, AGAIN, IT'S ON THERE.

JUST MARIN LOOKING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER SO I COULD SEE PEOPLE MAYBE SEEING THAT TOO, AND REALLY THINK IT JUMPED WHEN HE DIDN'T REALLY.

AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT AREN'T ALREADY ON THE AGENDA TO SPEAK? OUR TREASURER IS GOING TO BE HERE IN JUST A, A MINUTE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF YOU.

DON'T EITHER.

YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.

COMES OVER.

SHE'S GOT LOTS OF CUSTOMERS THIS MORNING.

ALRIGHTY.

WELL THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH, UH, IS MR. CARTER, DID HE GO TO THE BACK ROOM OR? OKAY, SO WE'LL, WE'LL SKIP.

DID YOU WANT TO JUST MENTION AS FAR AS, UM, I THINK IT WAS IN THE PAPER, THE HAPPY CREEK ROAD PROJECT, AND THE TIMING ON THAT TAKE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO START WITH THE 17TH OF AUGUST.

I MAY OF JUNE.

SO JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS PUT OUT THERE AND THE CLOSURE SUPPOSED TO TEMPORARY CLOSURES AND THAT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS SHOULD START ABOUT JUNE 17.

YOU'D HAD LAST INTO MID AUGUST IS THE PLAN AT THIS POINT, UH, HOW MUCH CLOSURE IS GOING TO ACTUALLY DEPEND UPON THE CONTRACT, BUT THAT'S THEIR TIME PERIOD FOR THAT.

AND IT WILL BE RESTRICTED TO LOCAL EMPLOYEE, LOCAL RESIDENTS RATHER AT THAT POINT.

JUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, JUNE 17TH.

ANDREW BARRY, CAN YOU REMIND US OF WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE FLYOVER AT ROCKLIN ROAD? DO YOU KNOW THE DATE AND IT'S FOUR TO 6:00 PM, BUT I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PUBLISHED TWO AND IT IS PUBLISHED MA'AM AND IT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

TWO WEEKS FROM THURSDAY.

SO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONSTITUENTS WHO MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A VIRTUAL.

AND I FORGOT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC KEY HERE, UH, CONVENT TIME.

SO THAT'S CLOSED NOW.

REPORT FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

[H. Report – Economic Development Authority – Doug Parsons]

MR. PARSONS.

UH, MAYBE TALKING TO YOU ALL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE ABOUT, UM, UH, AT LEAST TWO OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSSIBLE LOCAL INCENTIVES THAT WOULD MATCH THOSE STATE INCENTIVES AS WELL.

UM, AT LONG LAST, I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO REPORT WE'VE RECEIVED SOME DRAFT AUDIT FIGURES FOR FISCAL YEARS, 18 AND 19 OVER THE WEEKEND, ALONG WITH A VERY SHORT, UM, PUNCH LIST OF REMAINING ITEMS TO BE DONE.

UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE EPA FOR THEIR REVIEW OF THE STATEMENTS AND THE LOAN PERTAINING TO THE AVTEC SITE.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO TO GET THIS WRAPPED UP.

UM, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE FINAL DRAFT AUDITS, WE'LL HAVE TO GET THOSE TO OUR ATTORNEYS FIRST, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE, UM, A CRUCIAL PART IN A COUPLE OF LAWSUITS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN, BUT AS SOON AS WE'RE ABLE TO DISCLOSE THOSE TO THE PUBLIC BODIES AND TO THE PUBLIC ITSELF, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE CERTAINLY LOOKING TO DO SO.

UM, UNDER BUSINESS RETENTION, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS THERE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND, UM, HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.

UM, ONE OF THEM WOULD BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION AND, UH, BRINGING IN THE STATE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE TO SEE WHAT STATE INCENTIVES MAY BE ON THE TABLE FOR THIS COMPANY.

AND, UM,

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UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PROJECTS IS, AND TRULY A RETENTION PROJECT WHERE WE'RE COMPETING WITH ANOTHER ACCOUNT AND YOU TO TRY TO KEEP AN EXISTING BUSINESS HERE.

SO WE'LL BE CONCENTRATING VERY HARD ON DOING SO UNDER BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, UH, DUE TO THE COVID CRISIS.

AND THE SHIFT ON ONLINE TO ONLINE SHOPPING, THE LOGISTICS SECTOR CONTINUES TO GROW AND IS THE FASTEST GROWING SECTOR OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.

SO THE DEMAND FOR LAND AND BUILDINGS NEAR TO VIRGINIA INLAND PORT IS THE HIGHEST THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND WE HAVE PROSPECTS, UM, COMING FROM FAR AND WIDE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ON THE LANDS THAT WE OWN, AS WELL AS SOME PRIVATE PROPERTIES HERE IN THE AREA THAT, THAT ARE ALSO IN DEMAND.

AND IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL, UM, UH, UH, LAND OWNERS FOR SOME OF THE PROSPECTS THAT WE'RE NOT A FIT FOR OUR LANDS.

AND, UM, ONE OF THOSE PROSPECTS HAS CLOSED ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IS WORKING THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.

AND ANOTHER ONE OF THESE PROSPECTS IS I'M LOOKING VERY HARD AT, AT A PIECE OF GROUND OUT ON THREE 44, AN EXPANDED LOCATION THERE.

SO, UM, I'VE HAD VERY GOOD FORTUNE AND WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

SO WE'LL LOOK TO BUILD ON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, A REFINANCING OF THAT, UH, THE EDA IS MAKING PROGRESS ON THE REFINANCING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL THAT WE CAN FOR THE TAX PAYERS.

UH, THE DEAL THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OVERALL INTEREST EXPENSE WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING WHILE REDUCING THE PRINCIPAL IN A MANAGEABLE FASHION.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS PROCESS.

UH, IT ALSO GIVES US MORE TIME TO SELL PROPERTIES AND APPLY THE SALES PROCEEDS TOWARD THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THESE LOANS, UM, THEREBY REDUCING THE DEBT AND THE FUTURE INTEREST EXPENSE TO THE TAXPAYERS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING, UM, GETTING THIS DEAL WRAPPED UP HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN GETTING INTO A NEW, UM, A NEW SET OF LOANS, UH, FOR OUR, OUR PROPERTIES.

WE'VE EXECUTED A ONE-YEAR LEASE WITH CISCO CORPORATION FOR OUR FOUR 26 BALL DRIVE BUILDING STARTING TODAY.

IN FACT, AS WE SPEAK, THEY ARE HEADED TO THE BUILDING TO BEGIN OCCUPANCY.

THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAN THE BUILDING ENTIRELY.

THEY'RE GOING TO RE-KEY ALL OF THE DOORS.

AND, UM, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE CISCO IN THE BUILDING.

IT'S A ONE-YEAR LEASE WITH A 90 DAY KICK-OUT CLAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO MARKET THE BUILDING FOR SALE, UH, TO THE INDUSTRY SECTORS THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE BEST JOBS AND TAX BASE, UH, FOR OUR, AND THANKS TO CISCO'S OCCUPANCY OF THE BUILDING, THE TAXPAYERS WILL BE RELIEVED OF $345,600 A FUTURE DEBT SERVICE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO GIVE US ALL A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF ON THE BUILDING AND BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREATH AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT GETTING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE, UH, FOR A PURCHASER THERE THAT CAN PROVIDE THE BEST JOBS AND TAX BASE FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY, A SILENT FALCON, THE COMPANY CONTINUES TO WORK ON, UH, RENOVATING THE BUILDING.

UM, I BELIEVE THEY'VE ACQUIRED A CONTRACTOR AND ARE NOW UP TO 20 EMPLOYEES OUT THERE.

UM, SILENT, FALCON'S BEEN PICKING UP A LOT OF NEW BUSINESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THEIR PAVEMENT SCANNING TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FAA ON SEVERAL CONTRACTS AND, AND CONCEPTS, UH, TO FURTHER THEIR BUSINESS.

SO, UM, I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THEIR ACTIVITIES OUT OF THE AIRPORT.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY PARTNERSHIP HAS SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN PERMISSION TO ADJUST THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE $67,000 GRANT THAT WE GOT TO COVER THE 23 ACRE TRACT, UM, UM, ADJACENT TO THE BALL, DRY BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE LAND ACROSS THE STREET THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE.

SO, UM, THIS'LL BE, UM, A GRANT THAT WILL BE GOING TOWARD DUE DILIGENCE WORK THAT WILL BE PERFORMED BY DRAPER, ADEN ENGINEERING FIRM.

AND THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE ITEMS THAT BUYERS LOOK FOR, AND IT WOULD SAVE TIME AND MONEY FOR OUR PROSPECT AND JUST MAKE OUR LAND THAT MORE, THAT MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS I'M JUST GLAD TO HEAR POSITIVE NEWS COMMENT THIS WAY.

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I'LL GET THAT TO YOU QUICKLY, AS FAR AS, UM, THE WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT.

NOW, ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE COLLEGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ARE ANY OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS, SO WE CAN LEARN HOW TO BUILD A BETTER WORKFORCE FOR THIS AREA.

THAT'S A GONNA BE, THAT IS A CHALLENGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ARE YOU WORKING TOWARDS WORKING WITH SCHOOLS OR RECRUITMENT GROUPS OR WHATEVER, JUST TO GET THE PEOPLE HERE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO THE WORK BECAUSE WE'RE, UNLESS WE CAN, UNLESS WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER TO GET.

UM, WE HAVE, I HAVE A, UM, A ZOOM CALL TODAY AT TWO O'CLOCK WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND FREDERICK CLARK SHENANDOAH AND PAIGE COUNTY ABOUT A COOPERATIVE EFFORT THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING ON TO TRY TO ATTRACT, UM, MORE WORKFORCE, MORE QUALIFIED WORKFORCE TO THE REGION, THE SUPPLY OF WORKFORCE, TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE MORE INTERESTED IN MOVING AND LIVING AND WORKING HERE.

UM, SO IN, IN FACT THAT GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR SOME MONEY, UM, AND I MAY BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH, WITH THEIR REQUEST, UM, FOR US, UH, BUT MORE POIGNANTLY, UM, THE BUSINESS RETENTION VISITS WE'VE DONE RECENTLY, UM, TO SOME OF OUR BIG MANUFACTURERS OUT ON THE NORTHERN CORRIDOR, UM, TRYING TO FINDING QUALIFIED WORKERS IS THE NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE, AND IT'S GETTING IT.

IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE INSOFAR AS THE COMPANIES BEING ABLE TO FIND THE PEOPLE THEY NEED.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TORAY PLASTICS HAS AN ADVERTISEMENT UP FOR WORKERS ADVERTISING, UH, THE, THE WAGE RATE THAT THEY NEED, UH, TRAVELING OVER THE WEEKEND HERE IN THE REGION.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I SAW SEVERAL SIGNS, UM, IN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTH AND NORTHWEST VIRGINIA FOR COMPANIES LOOKING FOR, FOR WORKERS, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN EVEN GREATER PROBLEM OUT THERE.

UM, WE DO WORK WITH GDN CLARK AT LORD FAIRFAX, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, THE STATE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, THEIR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DIVISION, UM, TAYLOR JOHNSON.

UH, WE WORKED WITH NANCY PRICE OF BUSINESS RETENTION SPECIALISTS.

UM, WE VISITED TORE RAY PLASTICS RECENTLY, AND SHE WAS OUT THERE AND THAT WAS THEIR, THAT WAS THEIR MAIN ISSUE, WAS TRYING TO FIND THE WORKERS THAT WE NEED.

UM, MOST OF OUR COMPANIES ARE PRETTY WELL AWARE OF AND INTEGRATED WITH LORD FAIRFAX, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UM, UH, MS. CLARK'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN OUTREACH, UH, LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR MAJOR MANUFACTURERS.

AND I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER, OFFER, AND THEN I DO THE BEST I CAN TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THE OTHER RESOURCES THROUGH THE DP, VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION AND THE WORKFORCE ONE-STOPS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE IN THEIR REGION.

SO THANK YOU.

IF I CAN ADD I, THIS SCENARIO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, AND TODAY I THINK THE VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT, JUST KNOW YOU WILL NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR A JOB AND PROVIDE TWO REFERENCES PER WEEK THAT YOU HAVE APPLIED TO A POSITION UP UNTIL THIS POINT BECAUSE OF COVID THAT POLICY HAD BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD, HAD NOT BEEN IN PLACE, BUT AS OF TODAY, JUNE ONE, ANYONE WHO WAS ON UNEMPLOYMENT WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT THEY HAVE INQUIRED TO TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP, UM, THE WORKFORCE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT A HUGE RETIREMENT GROUP NOW THERE'S, AND IF YOU HEARD REC I MEAN, 20% ATTRITION IS HUMONGOUS TO ANY ORGANIZATION.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE WORKFORCE POOL COMING UP AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT GENERATION, A DIFFERENT, THEY THINK DIFFERENTLY, THEY WORK DIFFERENTLY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO ADAPT, OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO ADAPT.

SO THOSE ARE, IT'S A PUSH PULL, AND I KNOW IT'S A BIT OF A SUBJECT OF DEBATE, BUT I AM HEARING FROM COMPANIES THAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM PERSPECTIVE WORKERS, THAT WITH WHAT THEY'RE GETTING IN ASSISTANCE, THAT THE MARGIN OF VALUE TO GO BACK TO WORK, ISN'T WORTH THEM GOING BACK TO WORK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WIDESPREAD THIS PARTICULAR PHENOMENON IS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS.

IT'S IMPACTING OUR RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.

I'VE MET WITH SEVERAL OWNERS OF RESTAURANTS AND THEY HAVE HAD TO INCREASE THEIR HOURLY RATES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, THAT PHENOMENON.

BUT I THINK THAT AS WE RECOVER FROM COVID THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE POLICIES ARE GOING TO LAPSE AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL

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RE ADJUST THE MARKET BACK TO, YOU KNOW, MORE COMPETITIVE TERMS. I GUESS THE ONE SMALL SILVER LINING IS COMPANIES ARE INCREASING OUR WAGES TO TRY TO COMPETE FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE WORKFORCE.

THAT'S WILLING AND ABLE AND QUALIFIED.

IT'LL JUST COST YOU MORE TO EAT THERE.

THE BUSINESS HAS GOT TO PASS THEIR COSTS ALONG TO THE CUSTOMERS.

SO NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

I THINK YOU NEED TO BE, KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE'S A VERY RAPID INFLATION RATE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE SUPERMARKET, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS 4.4% LAST MONTH.

AND WE PUT WELL 0.4% AND MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 12.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. MART LOOKS LIKE I CLEARED OUT THE ROOM.

LET'S TRY TO TRY TO GET LUMBER.

WE HAVE LOTS OF CHALLENGES IN THE WORKFORCE AREA.

WE, WE HAVE A GRANT MA'AM YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD APPROVED A GRANT LAST SPRING FOR RETRAINING WORKERS AT LORD FAIRFAX.

AND WE MAY WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UH, DIVERTING THAT BACK AND RE CAUSE WE MAY NEED THEM MORE THAN THAT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

SO THAN WE DO IN THE OTHERS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT.

AND IT JUST, THAT'S INTERESTING.

[I. Report – Department of Social Services – Jon Martz]

GOOD MORNING.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY? THE LAST ONE, THE IMPORTANT CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

GOOD MORNING.

I'M JOHN MARSA, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR WARREN COUNTY.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK HERE, TALKING WITH YOU AGAIN.

I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UM, AND JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, HOW OUR GOVERNANCE, SO TO SPEAK IS SET UP.

UM, VIRGINIA CODE 63.2 DASH 300 TALKS ABOUT, UH, LOCAL BOARDS ARE ESTABLISHED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF BOARDS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

THERE'S ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD, AND THERE'S AN ADVISORY BOARD.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE, UH, ISN'T IT AN ADVISORY BOARD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD AND IT GETS REALLY CONFUSING.

AND ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD IS OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

DR.

DAILY IS MY BOARD.

UH, HE'S THE PERSON I REPORT TO.

AND HE'S THE PERSON THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO DR.

DALEY AND HE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND ME ALL THE TIME.

SO, UH, WHAT DOES AN ADVISORY ITEM, I'M SORRY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD DO OR RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, UH, POURING A LOCAL DIRECTOR, UH, PREPARING PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR THE LOCAL DIRECTOR, UM, MEETING AT LEAST BI-MONTHLY MAKING LOCAL POLICY DECISIONS, UH, RESPONSORY POSSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PER CODE, UH, DISCRETIONARY POWER TO REQUEST LOCAL FUNDING, PREPARING, SUBMIT ANNUAL BUDGET TO LOCAL GOVERNING BODY AND MAY EMPLOYEE LEGAL COUNSEL AND ALL THOSE WITH THE ASTERISK BY IT.

HE DELEGATES TO ME SO THAT HE'S FREED UP TO DO THE IMPORTANT STUFF FOR THE COUNTY R AS A REWARD.

IT CAN BE FROM FIVE TO 13 MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A FIVE MEMBER ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL FOR HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.

UM, IT INTERESTS ITSELF IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVED BY MONITORS.

UH, THE FORMULATION IMPLEMATION IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PROGRAMS MEANS AT LEAST MONTHLY AND PREPARES AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY CONCURRENT WITH A BUDGET PRESENTATION THROUGH ME AS THE DIRECTOR AND SUBMITS REPORTS TO THE GOVERNING BODY AS NEEDED.

NOW CURRENTLY, UM, WE HAVE THREE BOARD MEMBERS.

WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UH, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO NEW MEMBERS.

UM, THERE IS NO MENTIONED IN THE CODE WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME FROM NOW, SINCE THERE ARE FIVE DISTRICTS, WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

UH, BUT WE DO NEED MORE PEOPLE ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD.

AND I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ADVERTISING ON THE WEBSITE ON FACEBOOK AS HAVE WE, THAT WE NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR ADVISORY BOARD.

HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE ON THAT BOARD CURRENTLY, TOO? OKAY.

SO WHAT ARE WE FOR? AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS SOMEONE'S, WHO'S AVAILABLE,

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UM, WHO CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITIZENS IN THEIR DISTRICT OR WHERE THEY'RE LIVING TO COME TO SOCIAL SERVICES AND SAY, HEY, HERE ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

ARE YOU SERVING AT WHAT PROGRAMS DO YOU HAVE? AND THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY GO TO CHURCH, WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR GROCERY STORE, WHEN THEY'RE IN MEETINGS SAYING, HEY, SOCIAL SERVICES HAS A PROGRAM FOR THIS.

UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IS GETTING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, WE ALSO LOOK FOR DIVERSITY AND DEDICATION.

WE ASK YOU TO COME TO THE MEETINGS OR EVERY OTHER MONTH, UH, WE TRY TO KEEP THEM SHORT, BUT I'M A TALKER.

SO THEY GO A LITTLE BIT LONG NOW.

UM, THEY USED TO BE 30 MINUTES AND ABOUT UP TO AN HOUR TO 90 MINUTES.

UM, BUT WE TRY TO GIVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IT.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY WE DO THINGS THE WAY WE DO, UH, THE MORE INFORMATION THAT GETS OUT ABOUT THAT, THE BETTER OFF WE ALL ARE.

SO, AS I SAID, OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERSHIP, WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS, ALL OF WHICH THEIR TERMS ARE ENDING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

UM, YOU CAN SERVE FOUR YEAR TERM AND WE HAVE TEA VACANCIES.

SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, NOW OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE REAPPOINTED.

YOU CAN BE REAPPOINTED ONE TIME AND THEY'RE ALL ON THEIR FIRST TERM.

SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE BOARD CAN REAPPOINT THOSE MEMBERS AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THREE FOR FOUR MORE YEARS, BUT WE NEED SOME NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD.

WHEN DO YOU MEET? IS IT DURING THE DAY OR IS IT IN THE EVENING? RIGHT NOW, WE MEET ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN OUR BUILDING.

HOWEVER, I AM OPEN TO MOVING THAT MEETING.

WHENEVER IS BEST FOR OUR BOARD.

IT CAN BE AT NIGHT, IT CAN BE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

I'LL, I'LL MEET ON SATURDAY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

UM, WE WANT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME VOLUNTEERS, IF YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, PLEASE, UH, CURTIS THEM TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE.

THEY CAN TALK TO ME.

THEY CAN TALK TO DR.

DALEY.

UH, YOU CAN TELL THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW.

MR. MABE COMES TO OUR MEETINGS, UH, AND IS INVOLVED.

HE CAN TELL HIM, UH, ABOUT HOW PAINFUL OR NON-PAINFUL IT IS TO SIT THROUGH OUR MEETINGS.

UM, AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE TRY TO GIVE OUT ARE THE THREE MEMBERS THAT EXPIRE IN DECEMBER.

ARE THEY, HAVE THEY VOICED WHETHER THEY WANT TO HAVE A SECOND TERM OR ARE THEY, I HAVEN'T ASKED YET.

UH, BUT THEY ARE GETTING VERY INVOLVED IN THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, AND STARTING TO ASK A LOT MORE QUESTIONS THAN THEY DID WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE.

AND SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT, UH, THEY REMAINED INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF OUR BOARD.

WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOME RECRUITING.

WELL, AND MY REASON I ASKED THAT IS YOU, SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO FIND PEOPLE.

AND IF WE KNEW WHAT THEIR FEELING WAS, NOW WE KNOW WHETHER WE NEED TO FIND TWO PEOPLE OR FIVE PEOPLE.

SO, UM, THE INFORMATION YOU JUST, JUST FOR THE TEAM HERE, UM, I'VE BEEN TO EVERYONE, I THINK, BUT ONE MEETING SINCE YOU STARTED.

AND IT HAS BEEN AN, UH, A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, WHAT THEY CAN DO, HOW IT'S CHANGED, WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN THE DOOR.

UM, I'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO QUITE A FEW OF THE EMPLOYEES.

THERE ARE PARTNERS THERE AND, UM, IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT STELLAR.

UH, LAST MEETING, UH, THERE WAS, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL REPORT TO, I THINK, TO OVER A HALF OF YOUR STAFF, AS FAR AS THEIR DEPARTMENTS GO.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT YOU HAD GIVEN, UM, UH, SIX PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.

AND IT WAS TERRIFIC JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND HOW THEY WERE AFFECTING CHANGE AND THE HELP.

CAUSE IT'S MORE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO HELP THAN ANY THAT I'VE SEEN AROUND.

SO I APPRECIATE IT, JOHN, YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

I WOULD ADD THAT EVERY SINGLE SUPERVISOR THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AGENCY, WE'RE AN INTERNAL PROMOTION.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEY

AND WE DIDN'T RECRUIT OUTSIDE FOR ANY SUPERVISORY LEVEL AND PEOPLE CAN COME TO OUR AGENCY, CAN LEARN HOW TO DO THE JOB AND THEY CAN GET PROMOTED.

AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE WITH WHAT WE DO.

UH, BUT ALSO SAY THERE'S BEEN AN INTERESTING MEETING BECAUSE PEOPLE INC, UH, WAS HERE AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AND VDP, OH, I'M SORRY.

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ARE LOOKING TO DO THE SAME PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS TO MAKE, AS SOON AS WE GET OUT OF HERE, UM, TO TRY TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME MEETINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A BIG BELIEVER IN NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, BUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT TO FIND OUT WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND WHERE THE OVERLAPS ARE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COVER THOSE GAPS.

NO, I, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A SUMMIT OF ALL THESE, BECAUSE I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EACH ONE.

THE, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE, INC.

BE HONEST THOUGH, THAT COLLABORATION IS IMPORTANT TO A VERY EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT.

AND SO COLLAB, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE INC DID THE HOUSING PIECE.

I DIDN'T EITHER.

I VERY HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR PROJECTS IS TO TART START A RESOURCE COUNCIL FOR WARREN COUNTY.

AND THAT IS TO BRING IN EVERY AGENCY, EVERY NONPROFIT AGENCY IN BUSINESSES ALIKE TO THE TABLE.

AND FIRST WE START OFF BY TALKING, WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT SERVICES DO YOU PROVIDE? WHO DO YOU PROVIDE THEM TO MAKING SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING? THAT'S GOING TO TELL US WHERE THE HOLES ARE.

THAT'S GOING TO TELL US WHERE THE OVERLAP IS.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

AND AS SOON AS IT DOES, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS INVITED.

SURE.

WELL, SO THE THERMAL SHELTER IS CLOSED.

AND YOU'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT TO BE USING IN COOPERATION WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES TO BE USING THE CAFETERIA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS.

I THINK IT IS.

YOU WANT TO TELL THEM ABOUT THAT? WE ARE STARTING A, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PILOT PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE MODELING IT AFTER A ONE-STOP TYPE OF MODEL WHERE IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO SOCIAL SERVICES OR THE EDC OR DMV, UM, MAYBE GET SOME INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

YOU HAVE TO GO HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BRING THEM ALL TO ONE PLACE SO THAT YOU CAN GO TO ONE PLACE, GET INFORMATION FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, MAYBE PUT APPLICATIONS IN FOR FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UM, OR GET APPOINTMENTS GOING FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO THE RESIDENT OF WARREN COUNTY ASSESSED TO GO TO ONE PLACE AS THE CAFETERIA OVER ON 15TH STREET, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS, WE'RE STARTING OUT.

NOW WE HAVE THE CSB ON BOARD ALREADY.

AND MICHELLE IS MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS BEING IN SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TOO.

UM, CSP IS NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY SERVICES, CORRECT? YES.

MA'AM CAUSE IT DOESN'T IT.

I WOULD SAY NSW.

YEAH, YEAH.

OR WAIT A MINUTE, WHATEVER.

N W S AND NO, NO ONE USES THEY USE THIS OTHER TERM AND I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT WAS.

IT'S INTERESTING.

I USED TO WORK FOR A CSB OUT IN NORTHERN NECK.

AND SO YOU GET USED TO THE TERMINOLOGY OF IT AND PEOPLE SAID NORTHWESTERN NORTHWEST.

AND I'M LIKE, DON'T YOU HAVE A CSB UP HERE, BUT IT'S NORTHWESTERN.

IT SAYS, WE CALL US SOMETHING DIFFERENT UP HERE.

SO I'M TRYING TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO AT LEAST HAVE A PRESENCE.

UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME SAY, HEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU INFORMATION.

THAT'S FINE.

UM, I WILL PUT OUT INFORMATION ON ANYTHING SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN, THEY CAN GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHOP AROUND AND DRIVE AROUND AND TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME FINDING THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE SERVICES TO PEOPLE INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM HAVE TO HUNT AROUND THE COUNTY FOR THEM.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL IDEA.

AND I'VE BEEN ON THE CPE EMPTY FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY ACRONYM LIST.

CAUSE THEY SNAP.

I'M USED TO THE MEDICAL ONES AND I'VE FORGOTTEN A LOT OF THE ONES I LEARNED FROM SCHOOL.

BUT YEAH, THAT'D BE A NICE THING TO HAVE FOR YOU THEN.

SO THIS IS WEDNESDAYS AT WHAT TIME? UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS IN THEIR MORNINGS AND USUALLY, UH, FINISHED BY 1230.

SO WE'RE PLAYING IN ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK, ONE O'CLOCK.

AND WHEN DOES THIS LAUNCH? UH, IT'S I THINK NEXT WEEK IS OUR FIRST.

SO THAT WOULD BE JUNE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUBLISH THIS JUNE 9TH.

AND YOU HAVE A SPACE.

WHERE YOU BE SETTING UP SHOP? YES, SIR.

UH, WE'VE GONE IN THERE AND, UH, THE CAFETERIA IS PRETTY LARGE AND WE HAVE SOME TABLES SET UP FOR THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

OUR NEXT STEP VAN IS DETERMINING WHO MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF PRIVACY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED SOME, UM, ROOM DIVIDERS THAT WE CAN SET UP, UH, SO THAT IF SOMEBODY DOES NEED IT, UH, THEY CAN ACCESS THAT.

UH, THERE'S ALSO WIFI IN THE CAFETERIA SO PEOPLE CAN SET UP THEIR COMPUTERS.

UM, SO STARTING SMALL, BUT HOPING TO GROW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

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[J. Report – Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Update – Rick Farrall]

WHAT THE STATE HAS, RIGHT? I JUST CHECKED THAT THE OTHER DAY AND THOSE, ALL THE NUMBERS, I WILL DO MY LAST ADJUSTMENT ON THAT JULY 5TH REPORT.

REPORT OF THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY CARES ACT UPDATE LIEUTENANT FARRELL.

YOU SAID GENTLEMEN, I AM SMILING.

CAUSE I THINK WE'RE CLOSE.

SO, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS IN YOUR PACKAGE, BUT I WENT AHEAD AND GAVE IT TO YOU.

SO IT'S, SINGLE-SIDED A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO TALK THROUGH, UH, IN THIS DOCUMENT PACKAGE, YOU HAVE THE OVERALL CLOSEOUT FIGURES.

UH, THE SECOND PAGE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS WHAT, UH, MR. FLETCHER AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S HIS TRACKING SHEET, THE THIRD GREEN AND YELLOW COLOR SHEET.

THAT'S MY TRACKING SHEET, THE NEXT PAGE OR THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT I MADE, UH, TO TAKE OUT THE COMP BOARD FUNDING.

AND THEN THE LAST PAGE IS WHAT WE'RE USING THE MONEY FOR, UH, WHAT USED TO BE CALLED PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL, UH, AND IS NOW A COUNTY FUNDS.

SO THE CHART, UH, TO MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT, THIS IS THE CHART THAT WE ORIGINALLY STARTED OFF WITH AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE, UH, TO THE FINAL FIGURES.

UH, WE, WE STARTED OFF WITH THE 7 MILLION, $8,308.

THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE BROKE THEM DOWN INTO THE ACTUAL FIGURES ARE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE FIRST PAGE HERE.

NOW, IF YOU WENT TO ADD UP MY FIGURES, UH, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OFF AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE I GAVE THE TOWN CREDIT FOR THE DISTANCE LEARNING AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUPPORT.

HOWEVER, THOSE GRAND TOTALS ARE IN OUR TOTALS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE SPLIT THAT THAT WAS AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN TO, UH, TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TOP.

SO IN THE END, UH, WE GAVE SOME MONEY TO SOME INDIVIDUAL UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

UH, THE TOWN IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW WITH SEPARATE MONIES.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.

UH, WE DID WE FACILITATED DISTANCE LEARNING.

THOSE ARE THOSE 300 DEVICES THAT WE PURCHASED FOR THE SCHOOLS FOR 300,000, UH, BOTH US AND THE TOWN, UH, TOOK THE PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL ROUTE.

WE BOTH SUPPORTED SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS.

WE SPLIT THE COST OF SUPPORTING THE CHAMBER.

UH, THE COUNTY SUPPORTED, UH, THOSE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS OVER THE COURTHOUSE.

SO WE COULD GET BACK TO JURY TRIALS AND, UH, THE COUNTY GAVE US SOME FIRST RESPONDER HAZARD DUTY PAY.

THE TOWN DID NOT.

AND THESE ARE OUR FINAL FIGURES THAT COME OUT TO THE 7 MILLION, 8,308 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPLIT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN BASED ON OUR POPULATION OF 40,000.

ALL OF THE CHECKS HAVE BEEN CASHED MINUS ONE, UH, ONE UTILITY CHECK AND IT TIMED OUT.

UH, SO ONCE THAT CHECK TIMED OUT, I GOT A CHECK BACK FROM NIKKI AT THE CHAMBER AND WE REDEPOSITED IT INTO THE, UH, TREASURER'S OFFICE.

SO THAT IS ALL FINISHED.

UH, I'M ABOUT TO SUBMIT MY FINAL STATE REPORT ON JULY 5TH.

AND THAT'LL BE OUR CLOSEOUT REPORT TO THE STATE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE, UH, THIS IS WHAT, UM, MR. FLETCHER WAS TRACKING.

THIS IS HIS XL SPREADSHEET AND THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING CODES, UH, THAT ARE IN THE FINANCE WORLD.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS SHEET, ALL OF THE SUB-ACCOUNTS BEHIND IT ARE ZEROED OUT.

SO WE WENT THROUGH, WE DID A PRE-AUDIT ANY CHANGE THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER IN ANY ONE OF THESE ACCOUNTS, WE DUMPED INTO PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL, AS WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT DOING THE LAST TRANSFER THAT, UH, ANDRE AND I MADE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED IS THAT 116,782 35.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN THAT WAS THE LAST ACCOUNT THAT WE CLOSED OUT.

SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS FIGURE, IF YOU WERE TO GO INTO OUR FINANCE SYSTEM TODAY AND PULL UP ANY ONE OF THESE ACCOUNT NUMBERS, YOU WOULD SEE A ZERO BALANCE.

SO THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE ALL, ALL CLOSED OUT.

UH, IF YOU'LL TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, THIS IS MY TRACKING SHEET RIGHT HERE.

UH, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE.

UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM BOX, THAT IS WHAT I'VE REPORTED TO THE STATE.

SO THE STATE REPORTS IN TO EQUAL $3.5 MILLION FIGURES THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT NEATLY HERE BECAUSE MR. FLETCHER AND I WERE IN REAL TIME, UH, IN THIS IS HOW IT WORKED OUT.

SO AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINAL NUMBERS, UH, IN THAT LAST BOX, THAT'S

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SO WHICH SHOWING IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE NEXT PAGE IS THE ACCOUNT BOARD ADJUSTMENTS I HAD TO TAKE OUT, UH, APPROXIMATELY $885,000.

UH, ROBINSON FARMER AND COX SENT US A NOTE LAST FALL THAT SAID, HEY, IF YOU'RE DOING CARES, ACT PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL, AND YOU'RE GETTING COMP BOARD MONEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME.

SO WE TOOK IT OUT AND YOU'LL SEE HERE, BASICALLY FROM OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, ALL THE WAY INTO MAY WE USE THE FIRE AND RESCUE, UH, PAYROLL TO DO THE OFFSETS FOR THAT.

AND THAT LAST TRANSFER IN MAY YOU SEE THAT ONE 16, SEVEN 82 35.

THAT IS THE LOOSE CHANGE THAT CAME FROM ALL OF THE OTHER ACCOUNTS.

THAT WAS OUR FINAL TRANSFER, UH, FROM PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL.

AND THAT EQUALS THE, UH, 2.319443 64.

SO AS YOU TURN THE PAGE ONE MORE TIME, THE LAST PAGE HERE OF THE NON DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS, THIS IS THIS 90 1005 EIGHT NINE EIGHT ACCOUNT.

THIS IS THE $2.319 MILLION THAT WE TOOK FOR OURSELVES IN PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL.

AND THESE ARE ALL THE CATEGORIES THAT WE ARE SPENDING THINGS ON OUT OF THAT BUCKET RIGHT NOW, UH, TODAY ON THE TRANSFER SHEET FOR TODAY, YOU WOULD SEE SOME OF THESE THAT I'VE TAKEN DOWN TO A ZERO BALANCE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE COMMUNICATION TOWER UPGRADES HAD SOME MONEY LEFTOVER.

WE MOVED ALL OF THAT INTO THE COVID-19 PRESERVE.

SO WHERE YOU SEE THIS $797,000 ON THIS SHEET, THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE LEFT.

SO WHEN YOU THINK OF CARES, ACT PUBLIC SAFETY, PAYROLL ROLLED OVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

WE'VE GOT JUST SLIGHTLY LESS THAN $800,000 LEFT, UH, FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, IF YOU WILL LOOKING AT THE VERY BOTTOM IS THAT TWO, THREE ONE NINE FOUR FOUR, THREE 64.

LOOKING OVER HERE TO THE LEFT CHART, OUR ORIGINAL GUESTS WAS 2.1 OR SO WHEN YOU ADD ALL THAT LOOSE CHANGE BACK INTO THAT, THAT BROUGHT IT UP TO THE TWO, THREE, ONE NINE.

SO WE WERE PRETTY CLOSE A YEAR AGO WITH WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE HERE, ANY QUESTIONS SO AFTER TODAY, UM, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BALANCE COLUMN HERE ON THE RIGHT OF THIS LAST DOCUMENT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD SEE IN THE FINANCE SYSTEM.

AND I'LL FOLLOW THAT THROUGH WITH MR. FLETCHER UNTIL EVENTUALLY IT'S, UH, WE SEE ZEROS AND EVERYTHING, BUT THAT COVID-19 RESERVE LIEUTENANT FARRELL.

DOES THIS INCLUDE LIKE THE FEMA REQUEST AND STUFF THAT WE'VE MADE, OR IS THAT A SEPARATE? THAT IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT MS. LOGAN IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

UH, IF WE GET MONEY, IF, AND WHEN WE GET MONEY BACK FROM FEMA, THEN WE WOULD DEPOSIT THAT ACCORDINGLY.

BUT THIS IS STRICTLY JUST THE COVID THE COVID FUNDS THAT WE, THE CARES ACT FUNDS.

THESE ARE THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS THAT WE CONVERTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL THAT WE APPROPRIATED OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND WILL YOU BE, MAN, WILL HE BE MANAGING THE, THE, UM, I GET, WELL, WHATEVER, WHAT WAS THE RECOVERY? I THINK YOU, THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT FUNDS, IS THAT A WHOLE SEPARATE, UM, IT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE THING.

GRAHAM AND REQUIREMENTS.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, THAT'S IN OUR WORK SESSION, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON THAT.

WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS EXCEPTIONALLY METICULOUS WORK HERE.

A PART OF THE TIME LIEUTENANT FARREL LOST 29 CENTS.

SO HE WAS 4E-07% OFF HIS LIFE.

VERY GRACIOUSLY GAVE HIM THE 29 CENTS TO CARRY AROUND TO SOLVE THIS IF NECESSARY.

SHE DID APPRECIATE HER WORK ON THIS TOO.

WE DID FIND IT.

LIEUTENANT FARRELL, YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THIS COUNTY AND DURING THIS PROCESS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.

I KNOW THE REST OF US ALL FEEL THAT WAY.

WE, AS A, AS A BOARD ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT TRANSPARENCY AND YOU HAVE HELPED US DO THIS PART.

AND, UH, I KNOW I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I KNOW EVERYONE ON THE BOARD DOES, WE CAN'T GIVE YOU ACCOLADES ENOUGH.

AS WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION, I GOT OFF OF HIS DIRECTIONS.

OH RIGHT.

AND HAVING WORKED WITH HIM AND I JUST FOLLOW HIS DIRECTION.

AND A FEW TIMES,

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IT'S NOT A, HE'S, HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN, NOTHING, BUT HE GETS YOU BACK ON THAT DIRECTION REALLY QUICK.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU'VE MADE THIS, I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA.

YOU'VE MADE THIS LOOK SO EASY, BUT IT'S, I KNOW IT WASN'T, BUT I, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND THE SACRIFICE AND FROM YOUR FAMILY.

SO, UM, CAUSE I KNOW YOU PUT AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TIME IN THIS AND I APPRECIATE IT.

WE ARE AT REPORTS, MR. CARTER, MR. FOX.

[K. Reports – Board Members, County Administrator, Interim County Attorney]

OH, JUST LIKE TO REPORT ALONG WITH YOURSELF AND MIKE AND OTHER COUNTY STAFF, WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE COURTHOUSE AND LOOK AT SOME POSSIBLE LIGHT, BE MODELING TO GET A COUPLE MORE OFFICES.

AND AS WELL AS THE OLD SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER, THEY ALL A DOCTOR'S OFFICE ACROSS THE STREET GETS A SMALL REMODELING PROJECT GOING FOR THE STAFF.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYB.

I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME.

WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE YESTERDAY, ALONG WITH MR. UM, MR. MAVEN CHAIRMAN COLORS.

AND IT WAS VERY TOUCHING, UM, THE GENTLEMEN WHO DO, WHO INITIATE THIS EVERY YEAR, DO AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB.

THEY KEEP IT VERY SUCCINCT, BUT IT'S MEANINGFUL.

AND, UM, THE, I GUESS THE LASTING LINE THAT I TOOK HOME WITH ME WAS, UM, FOR SOME FAMILIES EVERY DAY IS MEMORIAL DAY.

AND SO I JUST, YEAH, I WROTE THAT AND PUT IT UP ON MY REFRIGERATOR.

SO CAUSE I WANT MY KIDS TO READ THAT AND UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICE THAT'S BEEN MADE FOR THEM.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT IT WAS PUBLIC WORKS APPRECIATION WEEK.

SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GROUP DOES.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE A REOPENING OF A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR BLAKE AND COMPANY AFTER 13 YEARS, UH, THEY RENOVATED AND, UM, IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY OUT THERE AND IT WAS AN, UM, AFTER COVID YEAR, NICE THAT, UH, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO RENOVATE AND KEEP GOING AND HOPE SHE HAS MANY MORE YEARS OF SUCCESS IN OUR BUSINESS.

UM, I THINK, UM, MOST OF US ATTENDED A TOUR OF THE AIRPORT ON MAY 19TH.

I'VE HAD BEEN IN THE TERMINAL ONE TIME, BUT, UM, IT'S A MUCH BIGGER FACILITY OUT THERE.

THEN I REALIZED, UM, FROM JUST DRIVING BY IT FOR, UH, FOR HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE.

SO I APPRECIATED THAT TOUR.

UM, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING OUT THERE AND A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN OUT THERE.

SO I'M LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ON MAY 19TH, IT WAS A BUSY DAY.

I WAS, UM, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH WARREN TAN CLUB AND WE PRESENTED, I WAS GIVEN THE HONOR TO PRESENT THE J BERKELEY POMEROY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP, UH, TO NATHAN THOMAS, A GRADUATING SENIOR THIS YEAR, WHO'S GOING TO BE GOING TO NASCAR.

HE'S GOING TO BE AN, A NASCAR MECHANIC.

SO I WISH HIM WELL ON THE 20TH, I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT THE EDGAR OR BALDWIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP TO MCKAYLA GRANT DURING THE MORGAN HIGH SCHOOLS AWARD CEREMONY.

AND THAT WAS IN ANOTHER GRADE HONOR.

SHE SAYS, UM, THAT I THINK THAT YOUNG LADY IS GOING TO GO FAR TOO.

AND THEN ON, UM, MAY 22ND, UM, TURN MEYER'S STUDIOS, THEY HAD ANOTHER GRAND REOPENING AND I WISH THEM THE BEST.

THAT IS PRETTY COOL STORE.

IF YOU NEED GIFTS, I RECOMMEND IT.

UM, AND THEN I DID ATTEND, UH, WITH MR. FOX GOING AROUND AND LOOKING WITH, UM, THE POTENTIAL OF OUR, UH, FACILITIES AND WHAT WE NEED TO GET A LITTLE MORE SPACE FOR THE COURTHOUSE.

UM, LEARNED A LOT THAT DAY AND ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL GATHERING AS WELL.

AND, UM, I CAN'T ECHO ANYTHING MORE BETTER THAN WHAT YOU SAID EVERY DAY IS MEMORIAL DAY FOR SOMEBODY.

SO WE JUST NEED TO REMEMBER THAT.

SO DR.

DALEY, AH, THANK YOU.

MA'AM I'M GOING TO ASK THE TREASURER IF SHE WANTS TO COME UP TO SPEAK.

CAUSE I KNOW SHE'S REALLY BUSY DOWN THERE TODAY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, I GUESS.

SO WHAT, WHEN I HAVE SOMEONE OUT, THEY LOST THEIR BROTHER, SO, UM, SHE'S NOT RETURNING, EXCUSE ME UNTIL THURSDAY.

SO THAT MAKES IT KINDA HARD.

AND WE STILL HAVE TWO COMPUTERS DOWN THAT MATT'S DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW,

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TRYING TO GET THOSE UP SO WE CAN HAVE MORE SPACES CAUSE I'M WALKING BACK AND FORTH.

I'M TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY, BUT UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON WHY THE BILLS WENT OUT SO LATE.

I KNOW WE ALREADY TALKED TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I ASKED YOU GUYS TO EXTEND THE PENALTY DATE.

UM, IT WAS JUST OUT TO SAY A PERFECT STORM BECAUSE THE COMPUTERS WENT DOWN THAT PUSHED BACK EVERYTHING FOR YOU GUYS FOR THE BUDGET, WHICH THEN PUSHED BACK THE TAX RATE BEING SET.

SO IT WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THAN NORMAL WHEN THE TAX RATE GETS SET, WHICH IS OUT OF NO ONE.

I MEAN IT'S OUT OF EVERYONE'S CONTROL.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS AND EMAILS, PROBABLY ASKING ABOUT IT AS WE HAVE TO.

UM, BUT WE, UM, ALSO HAD PROBLEMS SENDING THE FILES.

WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH BRIGHT, SO THAT DELAYED THE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THEY ARE ALL OUT.

NOW, PEOPLE ARE GETTING BILLS FINALLY AND COMING IN TO PAY, THEY CAN COME IN TO PAY.

WE CAN GIVE THEM A COPY OF THE BILL IF THEY NEED ONE.

IF THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ONE, WE ARE, WE CAN DO ANYTHING WELL JUST ABOUT ANYTHING FOR THEM TO GET A BILL, THEY CAN COME IN AND CALL.

WE CAN GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED EMAIL.

I AM LOOKING TO DO E-BILLING THAT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO THIS YEAR.

AND IT DIDN'T GET SET UP BECAUSE OF THE COMPUTERS, WHICH IS OKAY.

UM, HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE THAT FOR THE SECOND HALF.

THAT WOULD ALSO CUT BACK ON COSTS.

IF PEOPLE GET AN EMAIL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PRINT ONE AND MAIL THEM AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO SIGN UP FOR IT AND PUT THEIR IN AND THEY HAVE UNTIL THE 21ST TO PAY WITH NO PENALTY.

UM, I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN SOME CALLS AND THANK YOU FOR POSTING SOMETHING AND EMILY FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE WEBSITE, UM, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CALL IN AND THEY STILL DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE UNTIL THE 21ST WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE LEAVE TODAY.

ONCE THEY WERE TOLD THAT, UM, IS IT THE 21ST OR THE 22ND, 22ND? THE PENALTY GOES ON.

SO THEY HAVEN'T 20 AT MIDNIGHT, CORRECT? YEAH, IT WAS THROUGH THE 22ND.

I KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHEN THAT DATE, WHAT THAT SPECIFIC DATE IS EVEN I'VE HAD SOME.

SO WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE, WE TELL THEM THAT THE PENALTY DATE WAS EXTENDED FROM JUNE THE SIXTH TILL JUNE THE 22ND.

SO THEY HAVE THE 20 TILL THE 21ST TO EITHER HAVE IT POSTMARKED OR S RECEIVED FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED AS ONE TIME.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BILLS OUT 14 DAYS PRIOR TO WHEN WE CAN CHARGE A PENALTY.

SO THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HAD TO ASK TO EXTEND THE PENALTY DATE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOUR STAFF MEMBER, SORRY, DR.

SO THE, UH, WE WILL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE AND THE RENOVATIONS THERE NEXT WEEK AT THE WORK SESSION.

AND ALSO I WANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR. BARRY HAS THEM WORKING TO CLEAN UP, UH, MORE OF THE PROPERTY AT 30 JACKSON STREET, UH, WHICH IS THE OLD PROPERTY THAT WE ALSO OWN THERE AND APPRECIATE THEM WORKING ON THAT THIS WEEK TO GET THAT DONE.

UH, THE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT NEXT WEEK AT THE WORK SESSION THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS WORK SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW REGULATIONS FROM THE STATE AS FAR AS COVID ACTIVITIES AND SO FORTH.

AND, UH, THE WARREN COUNTY RECOVERY WILL CONTINUE WITH MR. MICK LIBERTY WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS, TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE IT SYSTEM BACK UP AND RUNNING.

AND HE'S BEEN VERY DILIGENT AT THAT.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

DALEY, MR. HAN? I HAVE NO REPORT.

IS APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS.

[L. Appropriations and Transfers]

THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS AS PRESENTED SECOND, MRS. UH, SHARROCKY ROLL CALL PLEASE.

MR. CARTER, MISS OATS.

MADAM CHAIR, MR. MAYOR, MR. FOX

[M. Amended Agreement for the Use of Federal CARES Coronavirus Relief Funds between the County of Warren and Town of Front Royal (Municipal Utility Relief Program) – Rick Farrall/ Caitlin Jordan]

UNFINISHED BUSINESS AMENDMENT AMENDED AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF FEDERAL CARE'S CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF WARREN AND TOWN.

AFFIRM ROOM MUNICIPAL UTILITY RELIEF PROGRAM,

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LIEUTENANT FARRELL AND MRS. JORDAN.

REQUEST TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE UPDATED SUPPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE FRONT RAIL WARREN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY RELATING TO A FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT WITH FIRST BANK OF STRAUSBERG.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, THIS AGREEMENT, UM, JUST TO QUICKLY TAKE YOU BACK, UH, IN DECEMBER, UM, THE CARES ACT WAS EXTENDED ALONG WITH THE UTILITIES MONEY WE NEEDED TO RESIGN THE AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE TOWN, ESSENTIALLY JUST CHANGING THE DATES IN THE AGREEMENT WHEN THE TOWN SIGNED THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, SOMEHOW THAT GOT MIXED UP AND THEY SIGNED THE WRONG AGREEMENT.

AND THAT WAS THE DELAY.

THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE CORRECT AGREEMENT THAT THEY'VE RESIGNED.

I AM IN POSSESSION OF A BOX OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FROM THE TOWN TO ACCOUNT FOR THE, UH, 88,109.

UH, THERE ARE SOME MISSING INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT RECORDS THAT I'M GOING TO MEET WITH THE TOWN TOMORROW ON.

WE'RE GOING TO SCRUB EVERY ACCOUNT AND I SHOULD HAVE 100% OF THE DOCUMENTATION BY THE END OF TOMORROW.

ONCE I'M FINISHED WITH THAT LOOK, UH, MA'AM, I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU MR. CARTER, OR, UM, UH, JEFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THEN ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE, UH, I'LL DO THE CHECK TO THE TOWN FOR THE 88 ONE OH NINE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM FOR MR. UH, FOR LIEUTENANT FARRELL? ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED SHERYL COLORS TO EXECUTE, APPROVE, AND DELIVER AND DELIVER THAT'S THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, APPROVE AND DELIVER AND PERFORMANCE OF THE AMENDED AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF FEDERAL CARES ACT CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF WARREN AND THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL ON BEHALF OF WARREN COUNTY IN SUBSTANTIALLY, THE FORM IS PRESENTED WITH SUCH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS AS MAYBE APPROVED BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHAHRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.

I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER

[N. Consent Agenda]

HENSON AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED? IT'S HER SECOND SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE, MR. FOX, HI

[O. Request to Adopt a Resolution Approving the Updated Support Agreement between the Warren County Board of Supervisors and the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Relating to a Forbearance Agreement with First Bank of Strasburg – Jason Ham/Ed Daley]

DR.

DALEY.

MA'AM SAME AS SAYING THAT WE WILL SUPPORT THE AGREEMENT FIRST.

THIS NEXT YEAR DOESN'T CHANGE ANY, YOU WERE COMMITTED.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM? DR.

DALEY DOES THIS DOES NOT REDUCE THE OVERALL INTEREST OUTPUT FROM THE COUNTY.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WAS MENTIONED BY MR. PARSONS, THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THAT THIS KEEPS THE FIRST MAIN STRAUSBERG IS THE SAME INTEREST THAT DOES NOT CHANGE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? I HAVE A QUESTION.

AND WOULD THIS MONEY COME BACK TO THE COUNTY? UH, IF THE ADA OR WHAT'S, COULD YOU GET THE EXPLANATION ON IT? I WOULD NOT EXPECT IT BACK, SIR.

OFF EACH YEAR, EACH YEAR TO SELL THAT PRICE.

UM, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE LEGAL MATTERS.

WE HAVE A CLAIM ON THAT AND THAT WILL WAIT.

SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT WILL COME BACK PAIN IN THESE LOANS.

THE ONLY THAT WILL COME BACK, IS IT, THE PROPERTIES ARE SOLD SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, SERVE LOSS INTO SALE TO PAY BACK.

I WOULD NOT WANT TO SUGGEST THAT THERE RIGHT NOW YOU'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE FALL DRIVE PROPERTY, AS AN EXAMPLE ON THAT PRICE IS DROPPED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PAYING

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SO NOT ANTICIPATE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? I MOVED AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION, APPROVING A SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH FIRST BANK OF THE FRONT ROW OF WARREN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ADA AS OUTLINED.

ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR.

I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER AT

[P. Closed Session – Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for Personnel re: Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT) and the Front Royal-Warren County Airport Commission]

THIS TIME RENT CLOSED.

WERE YOU IN A CLOSED SESSION OR THEY ASK THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.

I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS, UH, WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS AND THAT'S IT.

RIGHT? THAT'S ALL WE HAD.

HAVE WE HAD ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS SINCE WE RECEIVED OUR PACKET? NO.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND IF I'M READING CORRECTLY, THERE'S ONLY ONE FOR THE CPE EMT.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO A CURRENT PERSON WHO WANTS TO BE WHERE YOU APPOINTED.

THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE THAT APPLIED FOR THE AIRPORT.

THE ONE GENTLEMAN IS RETIRING FROM THE COMMISSION.

AND AGAIN, WE ONLY HAD ONE APPLICATION IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY.

AND THERE WAS A EMAIL WE RECEIVED FROM A CURRENT MEMBER WHO I ALSO WORK WITH ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND HE GIVES HIM A HIGH RECOMMENDATION TOO.

SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IF IT'S PLEASURE TO BOARD THAT WE FORGO THE CLOSED SESSION, UNLESS YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM OR SEE HIM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS AND FOREGO THE CLOSED SESSION.

IF THE BOARD IS AGREEABLE TO THAT, I HAVE A QUESTION ON ONE OF THEM PERSONALLY, UM, AND IT WILL TAKE BUT FIVE MINUTES, WHATEVER.

ALRIGHT, I'LL READ US INTO CLOSE SECOND.

THERE WE GO.

I MOVED THE BOARD, ENTER INTO A CLOSE MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TWO DOT TWO DASH THREE SEVEN ONE ONE A ONE OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, AND RESIGNATION OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICER OF THE PUBLIC BODY.

I FURTHER MOVED THAT DISCUSSION.

BE LIMITED TO THE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE FRONT ROW WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT COMMISSION.

IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE, MR. FOX.

I'M GONNA READ THIS BACK INTO, UM, I MOVED THAT, THE WORD CERTIFIES TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION TWO DOT TWO DASH THREE SEVEN ONE ONE A ONE OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED OR HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC BODY.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE MADDEN CHAIR, MRS. OATES.

HI, MR. CARTER, WILL THE BOARD BE REAPPOINTING OR APPOINTING UNDER ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS? MADAM CHAIR? I WILL, UM, MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADD THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED YEAH, THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUP THAT WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER.

AND COULD YOU ADD THAT TO THAT AND THAT THE MO AND THE, THE AGENDA BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THAT ITEM AND THE AGENDA BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THAT ITEM ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI DO WE NEED, WE SHOULD NAME THE PEOPLE THOUGH.

SHOULDN'T WE, SO I BELIEVE THIS WAS JUST THE MOTION TO ADD THIS TO THE AGENDA AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO OKAY.

YEAH, I THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING TO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO BOTH MRS. OATS, UH, AND IF YOU ARE, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA AND A GOOD CATCH.

UM, MRS. SHIRAKI YOU HAD NAMED THE PEOPLE ON THE TERMS AND THE, AND THE BODIES.

FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT COMMISSION FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM BEGINNING, JULY ONE, 2021, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2025.

SO IT WOULD BE KEN HOUGHTON'S REAPPOINTED TO THE COMMUNITY POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR A TWO YEAR TERM BEGINNING, JULY ONE, 2021, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2023, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF CYRIL COOK TO THE

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AND SO MRS. OATES, WOULD YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT SPECIFICITY? IS THERE A SECOND ON THE AMENDED SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATES.

AYE, MADAM CHAIR.

AYE.

MR. MABE, MR. FOX, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR A GERMAN MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND, SECOND.

EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT SAY, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED.

WORK SESSION, I JUST KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE FOR YOU RELATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY, KIND OF WHERE WE STAND.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE CAN, CAN WE JUST STAY IN, SO

[WORK SESSION A. Discussion – Executive Order 79 and COVID-19 Regulations Update – Rick Farrall]

UH, SO WE GO BACK TO THE END OF APRIL AND WE CLOSE THE THERMAL SHELTER.

I TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE EMERGENCY, BUT THAT MAY ALSO BE PART OF OUR NEW NORMAL FOR THE NEXT YEAR, PERHAPS.

SO THE THERMO SHELTER IS CLOSED.

UM, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE PRE-AUDIT OF THE CARES ACT, UH, IS COMPLETE FOR THAT CRF FUNDING.

THAT'S THE $7 MILLION.

IT'S THE $88,000 FOR THE UTILITY MONEY.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO CRF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE STATE.

ALL THE OTHER CARES ACT MONEY THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT FOR THE AIRPORT OR FOR THE VOTER REGISTRAR IS NON-REPORTABLE TO THE STATE AT THIS TIME.

SO, SO THAT'S WHAT THE THAT'S WHAT THE PRE-AUDIT DOES THERE.

UM, LAST WEEKEND, MAY 28TH EXECUTIVE ORDER 79, IS IT EFFECT PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER 79 DID, WAS IT GOT RID OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 72, WHICH WAS ALL OF OUR LIMITS FOR EVENTS IN BASICALLY IT SAYS FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE.

AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE CDC GUIDANCE, THE CURRENT CDC GUIDANCE REALLY ADDRESSES, UM, FULLY VACCINATED FOLKS ONLY.

SO IN MY LAST SIT REP, I LAID OUT EVERYTHING THAT IT DISCUSSED AND ESSENTIALLY IT SUMMARIZES THAT A FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE NO LONGER NEED TO WEAR A MASK OR PHYSICALLY DISTANCE IN ANY SETTING EXCEPT WE'RE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL STATE, LOCAL TRIBAL TERRITORIAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, INCLUDING LOCAL BUSINESS AND WORKPLACE GUIDANCE.

SO I HAVE STARTED TO SEE IN MANY PLACES WHERE BUSINESSES ARE POLICING THEMSELVES, SOME ARE TAKING DOWN SIGNS COMPLETELY, AND SOME ARE STILL ASKING PATRONS TO WEAR A MASK, UM, AND DO SOME THINGS, BUT THAT IS UP TO THOSE, UH, THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THE OTHER PIECE THAT IT TALKS ABOUT IS IT TALKS ABOUT FULLY VACCINATED.

PEOPLE CAN REFRAIN FROM TESTING, FOLLOWING A KNOWN EXPOSURE UNLESS YOU WORK ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR A HOMELESS SHELTER.

SO IT DOES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT BETTER GUIDANCE, UH, LOCALLY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOLKS.

NOW, IF THEY'VE BEEN VACCINATED AND EXPOSED, BUT IF THEY'RE SYMPTOMATIC, THEN WE'RE, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND FOLLOW THE REGULAR RULES.

UM, IT GOES ON TO, UH, TALKING ABOUT FULLY VACCINATED.

PEOPLE CAN RESUME, YOU KNOW, RESUME PRETTY MUCH NORMAL ACTIVITIES, UH, DOMESTIC TRAVEL, UM, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

AND REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN YOU REALLY DIG DEEP WITH UNVACCINATED PEOPLE IS THAT THEY SHOULD WEAR A MASK, STAY SIX FEET APART AND WASH THEIR HANDS.

I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S COME DOWN TO.

THE OTHER PIECE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.

79 IS IT HAS FURTHERED EXECUTIVE ORDER 51 FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

SO WE STILL ARE UNDER A FEDERAL AND STATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

SO I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE COME OUT OF OUR COUNTY DECLARED EMERGENCY AT THIS TIME.

AND MOST OF THAT'S TIED TO MONEY IN FUNDING STREAMS. I THINK ONCE WE GET TO A POINT IN ALL OF THIS WHERE THE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE NEARING THE END, AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE, WHEN WE'LL SEE THE END OF THE DECLARED EMERGENCIES, RIGHT? SO TO THE TIMELINE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, MS. LOGAN HAS ANOTHER CONFERENCE CALL, UH, REFERENCED THE FEMA B REIMBURSEMENT.

I'LL HAVE MY LAST FINAL

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SCHEDULED, A ZOOM CALL WITH ALL OF OUR CONGREGATE FACILITIES.

SO ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR NURSING HOMES, THE JAIL AND THE SCHOOLS, THEY'RE ALL DOING VERY WELL RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.

UM, THEY HAVE TESTING IF THEY NEED TO BE TESTED, THE VACCINATION PROCESS IS NOW BEING OFFERED INTO OUR SCHOOLS FROM, UM, VDH AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL THEY'RE, UNTIL THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT PROCESS.

MR. FARRELL, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU JUST ONE QUICK, SECOND, I WANT TO GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 79 AND THE GUIDANCE OF THE CDC.

SO WHAT IS THE PROVISION FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S HAD COVID BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO GET VACCINATED BECAUSE THEY HAD, COVID THE ONLY THING.

AND AGAIN, THIS, THIS GOES BACK TO, I WENT DOWN THE RABBIT TRAIL AS FAR AS I COULD.

AND IT, THERE IS A SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT AND THEY WOULD STILL, THEY STILL ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT HAVE HAD COVID TO GET VACCINATED.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO TALK TO THEIR DOCTOR.

WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN, I MEAN, CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT, UH, BUT IT DOES TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE CDCS TAKE IS, UM, EVEN IF YOU'VE HAD IT, THEN THEY STILL RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET VACCINATED.

THAT'S THE CDC, I GUESS THEY'RE GOING LIKE THE FLU.

YOU CAN HAVE THE FLU IN THE PAST, BUT YOU STILL ARE RECOMMENDED EVERY YEAR TO GET A FLU SHOT.

SO IT'S ON THE SAME TYPE THING BEING VIRAL.

AND RIGHT.

I ADVISE PEOPLE TO SIT AND TALK TO THEIR DOCTOR.

BUT, BUT IN ALL OF THIS, I THINK THE FLAVOR IS WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 79, IT, IT, IT, IT HIGHLIGHTS THINGS THAT VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN DO WHILE NOT REALLY SAYING THINGS THAT UNVACCINATED PEOPLE CAN'T DO.

THERE'S NO WAY TO VALIDATE, UM, ONE, ONE OR THE OTHER.

SO IN MY MIND, IT'S NOT, WHEN YOU CAN'T VALIDATE IT, I MEAN, WE CAN'T STOP PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO MAYOR, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED AND THEY DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK, THEY COULD HAVE A MEDICAL REASON AND WE CAN'T REALLY ASK THEM WHAT THAT REASON IS.

SO, UM, I MEAN, REALLY, IT JUST COMES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO USE COMMON SENSE AND IF FOLKS ARE SICK, THEY NEED TO STAY HOME AND WASH YOUR HANDS AND GO TO THE DOCK WHEN YOU NEED TO GO TO THE DOCK AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

IT'S A CHOICE.

AND IF THERE'S A QUESTION, SO YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT.

AND GET EXPLANATION FROM THEM.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS OFFICIAL CDC GUIDANCE ON THAT ISSUE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT AS WELL.

THEY DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET VACCINATED.

UM, SO AGAIN, THIS AFTERNOON, I'LL HAVE MY LAST SCHEDULED CALL WITH ALL OF OUR CONGREGATE FACILITIES.

UH, TOMORROW I WILL MEET WITH MR. WILSON AND HIS TEAM TO, UH, CLOSE OUT THE, UH, MUNICIPAL UTILITY FILES.

THAT'S AT 88,109.

AGAIN, ONCE I GET DONE WITH THAT, THEN I'LL CONTACT ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO CO-SIGN WITH ME.

AND THEN WE'LL PROCESS THE CHECK FOR THAT.

UH, THIS THURSDAY WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL SCHEDULED COUNTY AND TOWN KEY LEADER CONFERENCE, UNLESS WE SEE A NEED TO CONTINUE THAT VIA ZOOM.

UM, THE VDH RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE STILL IN THE CAFETERIA SPACE, THE THERMAL SHELTER, IF YOU WILL, OVER AT 15TH STREET ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGH JUNE 23RD, THERE IS NO PLAN TO CONTINUE PAST THAT.

UH, VALLEY HEALTH IS NOT USING 15TH STREET ANYMORE.

UM, THEY HAVE TRANSITIONED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FAMILY PRACTICE AND HOSPITAL CLINICS AND SUCH.

I DO BRING UP ON JUNE 23RD, UH, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY WISE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY WISE, THE NEW WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, UH, WILL BE ACCEPTING PATIENTS.

SO AT FIVE 59 IN THE MORNING ON JUNE 23RD, THEY LOSE THEIR LICENSE AT THE CURRENT FACILITY AND THEY CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT, UH, PATIENTS THERE.

THEY CAN, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO TREAT PATIENTS THAT WERE ADMITTED THERE BEFORE FIVE 59, BUT THEY CAN'T TAKE ANY NEW PATIENTS.

UH, VALLEY MEDICAL WILL BEGIN TO TRANSFER PATIENTS FROM THE OLD HOSPITAL TO THE NEW HOSPITAL, UH, EVERY 15 MINUTES TO AN HOUR OR SO UNTIL THEY'VE CLEANED THE OLD HOSPITAL OUT.

AND AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE START TAKING NEW PATIENTS, UH, TO THE NEW HOSPITAL.

HOW LONG DOES THAT TRANSFER? DOES IT, I MEAN, AS THERE A SCHEDULED TIME FOR THAT, UH, FROM A PROJECT MANAGEMENT POINT OF VIEW, IS THAT GONNA TAKE THEM TWO DAYS TO DO THAT? OR THEY SHOULD BE DONE? I MEAN, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO ONE PATIENT EVERY 10 MINUTES.

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.

WE'LL SEE.

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AND THEY'VE NOT, THEY'VE NOT ASKED FOR OUR HELP YET, BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO HELP THEM OUT IF, IF NEED BE OKAY TO GET EVERYBODY MOVED OVER.

UM, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE, UH, THE WAIVER OF THE 18 DOT TWO, FOUR 22 CODE OF VIRGINIA THAT SOME MASK WAIVER ENDS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTENDED OR NOT.

I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE SOME PROVISIONS FOR FOLKS FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT WANT TO WEAR A MASK THAT WILL BE ABLE TO WEAR A MASK.

UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING FORMAL ON THAT YET.

UH, JULY 5TH SHOULD BE MY FINAL REPORT TO THE STATE.

UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I GOT THE SNAPSHOT BACK FROM, UH, RICHMOND THAT SHOWED WHAT'S IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.

SO I'LL MAKE THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS.

SO IT MATCHES, UH, THE SHEETS THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT'LL BE OUR LAST REPORT TO THE STATE TO CLOSE OUT THE 7 MILLION AND THE 88,109 ON THE UTILITY SIDE, UH, AUGUST 19TH, RIGHT NOW, I PLAN TO RESUME OUR IN-PERSON QUARTERLY, LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, THAT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF, UH, THE ZOOM MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

UH, AND IT WILL EXPAND, UH, TO, TO BE MORE THAN JUST HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

I'LL, I'LL ADD IN, HOPEFULLY THE NURSING HOME FOLKS WILL COME BACK.

UM, WE TRIED TO GET THAT STARTED BEFORE COVID DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY LUCK.

AND THEN OF COURSE COVID HIT AND THEY ALL WANTED TO TALK BECAUSE THEY NEEDED SOMETHING.

UH, NOW THEY'RE KIND OF FADING AWAY.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED.

UH, THERE, UH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER RIGHT NOW IS THE LAST SCHEDULED DAY FOR OUR FEMA BE AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES, UH, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE EXTENDED.

UH, WE'RE NOT SURE.

AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK INTO THE THERMAL SHELTER, WHEREVER THAT WILL BE, UH, IN THE FALL.

AND DECEMBER 31ST IS THE FINAL DAY FOR OUR, UH, CARES ACT, CRF AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES WILL BE DONE.

I MEAN, THE LAST PIECE WE'RE DOING NOW IS ACCOUNTING FOR THAT 88,000 AND UTILITY FUNDS.

AND THEN AT THE VERY BOTTOM HERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHEN ALL OF THESE DECLARATIONS WILL END, UH, BUT AS THEY DO, UM, WE'LL MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS AND GO BACK ON YOUR AUGUST 19TH DATE, WHAT TIME WILL THAT COMMITTEE MEET? WE TYPICALLY MEET THE THIRD THURSDAYS AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND, UH, WE TRY TO GET SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, TO HOST US.

UH, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE BEEN UP AT EXALTA, UM, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, UH, THE INLAND PORT THEY'VE HOSTED US AND ESSENTIALLY WE DO THE MEETING AND THEN THEY GIVE US A BRIEF AND USUALLY A TOUR OF THAT FACILITY SO THAT THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS KIND OF GET A FLAVOR OF WHAT'S OUT THERE.

ARE YOU GONNA, ARE YOU GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT MEETING? YES.

WE'LL GET THE DISTRIBUTION LIST THAT I SEND OUT NOW IT'LL BE REDUCED, BUT BASICALLY IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, POLICE, SHERIFF, ALL OF THAT.

WEAR A MASK OVER THEIR NOSE AND MOUTH WHILE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO SECTION C AND THEN SECTION C GIVES YOU MORE GUIDANCE.

THE EXECUTIVE WHERE, UM, WHAT IS THE LIMIT NOW FOR GATHERINGS AND SO FORTH? IT'S GONE.

THAT'S TOTALLY GONE.

WE'RE BACK TO CAPACITY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO SEPARATE THE SEATS OR ANY OF THAT ANYMORE.

NO, BUT NOW LOCALLY, IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WE COULD, UM, BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE GUIDANCE HAS GONE.

SO AS, AND AGAIN, AS WE GO AROUND, IF BUSINESSES WANT TO MAINTAIN SOME DISTANCE, UH, THEY CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THOUGH, AS YOU READ EXECUTIVE ORDER 79, THE GOVERNOR SAYS YOU'LL WEAR A MASK, DADADADADA DA, EXCEPT IN THE CDC GUIDANCE.

AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE CCC GUIDANCE, IT SAYS BASICALLY VACCINATE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK AND EVERYTHING'S OUT THE DOOR.

SO, UH, OUR SCHOOLS WILL STILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.

UH, THE JAIL FOLKS WILL STILL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

AND IF WE HAD HOMELESS SHELTERS, THEY WERE TOO OKAY.

NOW AT SCHOOL.

UM, SO THERE, THE SIX-FOOT DOESN'T COUNT FOR THE SCHOOL BUSES IN THE CLASSROOMS ANYMORE.

THEY CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL CAPACITY AND THE CLASS AND BUS, I HAVE TO DIG INTO SOME MORE, BUT I BELIEVE SO.

IT JUST TALKS ABOUT FOLKS, PEOPLE, UH, SPECIFICALLY LIEUTENANT FARRELL.

I WAS READING IT AND I BELIEVE IT'S THREE FEET SCHOOL SERVES AT THREE FEET CAPACITY, BUT THERE THEY HAVE TO WEAR THEIR MASK.

IT SAYS ALL TEACHER, ALL STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, VISITORS MUST

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NOW? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

LIEUTENANT PARALLELS, LAST PRESENTATION ON THE CARES ACT.

THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT AND WE'LL BEGIN.

SO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS BOOK AND WE'LL START A NEW BOOK OR HERE NEXT WEEK.

AND THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON THAT AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK ARE GOING TO BE THE, UH, COURTHOUSE THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT LAST WEEK AND HOPEFULLY THE LIBRARY, TRYING TO GET THE LIBRARY TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE AMPHITHEATER IDEA THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

I HAVE A QUESTION IF YOU WILL.

I'M SORRY.

I SAY I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF FUNDING FOR THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COURTHOUSE, DO WE HAVE THOSE IN HAND OR YES, SIR.

YOU APPROVE THEM ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO.

WE WENT THROUGH, THEY ARE IN THERE.

WHAT WAS THE OTHER ITEM? MA'AM NO, THAT'S IT.

THAT WAS IT.

OH, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, THE, UH, DR.

WARREN PRESENTATION.

OH, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE DEATH OF THE BIRTH AT THAT POINT OF GENERAL WARREN, UH, NEXT WEEK.

AND WE'LL HAVE A GROUP OF YOUTH HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TO, UH, DO A LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALONG WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON AND DANIEL MORGAN.

COULD WE ALSO ADD TO THAT WORK SESSION, THE DISCUSSION OF MOVING THIS MEETING TO THE EVENING, PLEASE? SURE.

AND MAYBE A LATE AFTERNOON, I SUGGEST JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE STARTING AT FOUR O'CLOCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH ITEMS. JUST THE THOUGHT THAT WAY IT WOULDN'T IMPACT THE STAFF BEING HELD SO LATE, BUT STILLS GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WORK.

SO YOU GUYS ARE SUGGESTING THAT, THAT THE, THE, UM, FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH BE MOVED TO 4:00 PM.

UH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EVENING AND THE QUESTION CAME UP.

WHAT ABOUT SOMEBODY LIKE MR. CARTER FROM V DOT AND THAT, UH, BUT COULDN'T THAT BE THE EXCEPTION INSTEAD OF THE RULE? SO WE COULD HAVE MR. IF MR. CARTER WANTED TO COME AT 4:00 PM AND WE COULD ACCOMMODATE A 4:00 PM MEETING, THEN WE COULD DO THAT ON, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, INSTEAD OF HAVING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I, AS I'VE TOLD YOU, AS I'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE HAVE CONSIDERED HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THIS COMMITTEE, OR WITH THIS BOARD, THEY'RE UNABLE.

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO COME AT 9:00 AM IN THE MORNING.

AND YOU SAW THAT TODAY.

THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO THEY SAVE ALL OF IT FOR THE THIRD MEETING OF THE MONTH TO COME IN.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IF WE MOVE THIS, THIS MEETING TO THE EVENINGS, WE WILL, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A GREATER PORTION OF OUR ELECTORATE.

AND, UM, I AGREE WITH THE CONCERN THERE, I'M BEING THE CLOSEST ONE.

I'M ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY.

SO I CAN BE HERE AT ANY.

I CAN MAKE THAT COMMUTE AT ANY TIME, BUT, UM, SOME OF YOUR OTHERS, LIKE MR. CARTER IS ON YOUR SCHEDULE, THE FIRST MEETING OF EVERY MONTH AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THAT JOHN'S IN THE AREA.

HE LIVES HERE IN TOWN, SO HE'S NOT FAR AND SO FORTH.

MOST OF THEM ARE HERE.

UM, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU START AT SEVEN O'CLOCK TYPICALLY WE RUN TO ABOUT 10.

IF YOU STARTED AT FOUR OR FIVE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, YOU COULD RUN TILL SEVEN OR EIGHT OR SOMETHING, AND MAYBE PICK UP AS A WAY TO PICK UP THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN THE EVENING, BUT ALSO GET YOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE DAYTIME.

JOBS, THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT, UM, TWICE A MONTH.

COULD I SUGGEST THAT WE START PERHAPS AT SIX WITH REPORTS, ALWAYS PUT THE REPORTS AT THE BEGINNING, THAT WAY YOU HAVE THAT PIECE OF IT OUT OF THE WAY.

AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT WA THAT WOULD TYPICALLY START AT SEVEN.

SO THAT WOULD MAYBE BE A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY AND, UH, AND STILL GIVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK FULL-TIME

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YUP.

AND SO JUST A THOUGHT FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT FOR NEXT WEEK, AND WE WILL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.

HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT, THAT'S FINE.

AND WOULD THIS HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE STAFF THAT NORMALLY COME TO THE MORNING MEETINGS? THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME IN THE AFTERNOON LATER IN THE EVENING.

UM, LIKE I SAID, UM, I'M GOING TO BE HERE AT NINE O'CLOCK EITHER WAY, RIGHT? NO DIFFERENCE FOR ME.

AND I CAN GO HOME IN 10 MINUTES.

SOME OF THE OTHERS LIVED FURTHER AWAY AND THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO ON TUESDAY EVENING.

UM, OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS ALL HAVE THEIR MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS.

I'VE NOT FOUND ONE THAT HAS A DATE ON MEETING IN, IN OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS THAT I'M AWARE OF.

SHENANDOAH USED TO HAVE A MORNING AND AN EVENING MEETING AND THEY CHANGED IT TO TWO, TO A FOUR O'CLOCK AND A SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SO IT IS A FOUR O'CLOCK AT SHENANDOAH COUNTY.

FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT MR. DOUG BAILEY JUST SAID, AND FREDERICK DID THE SAME THING MA'AM THEY USED TO HAVE A MORNING MEETING AND THEY MOVED IT TO LATE AFTERNOON.

WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THAT SECOND MEETING TO START EARLIER IN THE EVENING, RATHER THAN SEVEN O'CLOCK.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S SUGGESTING, HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN HAVE IT EARLIER.

AND THEN THE REPORTS AND, AND THE STAFF REPORTS CAN GET TAKEN CARE OF EARLIER.

AND THEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION COULD COME AFTERWARDS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC TIME TO GET HOME FROM THERE.

THEY'RE COMMUTING JOBS AND COME IN.

NO, I'VE HEARD THE RUMOR THAT THAT MIGHT CAUSE YOU TO COME MORE OFTEN, BUT IF YOU COME AT FOUR O'CLOCK, WE WILL FEED YOU.

YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHAT HAPPENS, PACK A LUNCH.

YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

IT WOULD BE 900 MILLION.

NO, I ONLY SEE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

IT JUST, IT IMPACTS ME.