* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] OKAY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. [A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America] IT'S 8 59 AND I WANT TO TRY TO GET STARTED RIGHT AT NINE O'CLOCK. SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE THIS MORNING. I UNDERSTAND THE STORM ON THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY WAS PRETTY BAD. LAST NIGHT, WE JUST GOT A LOT OF FLASHING LIGHTS AND SOME NICE NEEDED RAIN AND MY END OF THE COUNTY. SO, UM, I HOPE EVERYONE, UH, DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH DAMAGE WITH THAT AT THIS TIME. ONCE LET MR. FOX GET BACK TO A SEAT I'D LIKE TO CALL THE OCTOBER 5TH, TWENTY, TWENTY ONE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE TO, OH, OKAY. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. [B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions] ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? MADAM CHAIR. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SO, UM, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT, I DO NEED TO SAY WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION ON OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL PAUSE AT 10 O'CLOCK AND GO INTO THAT CLOSED SESSION. SHOULDN'T TAKE MUCH MORE THAN 15 TO 30 MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL RESUME, UH, THE SCHEDULE OF THE AGENDA AFTER THAT. SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING ROLL CALL MRS. SHIRAKI MR. FOX, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR. I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER. ALRIGHT. OKAY. REPORT [C. Report – Virginia Department of Transportation – Ed Carter] VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. MR. SMITH IS HERE. UH, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M MATT SMITH. I'M THE ASSISTANT RESIDENT ENGINEER AT THE V DOT EDINBURG RESIDENCY. AND I'M FILLING IN FOR MR. CARTER TODAY. WHO'S A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON VIDA'S RECENT MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTY. UM, WE'VE COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 80% OF OUR FINAL ROUND OF MOWING ON OUR SECONDARY ROUTES. AND WE PLAN TO RAMP WRAP UP THE SECONDARY AND PRIMARY MOWING. THIS MONTH, WE PERFORMED DITCHING, UH, CLEANING AND SHOULDER REPAIR OPERATIONS IN THE ROCKLIN AND RELIANCE ROAD AREA. WE'VE ALSO PLACED SHOULDER STONE ON THE NEWLY PAVED PORTION OF OUT SIX 19 RIVERMONT DRIVE. WE'VE CLEANED UP DOWN TREES AND DEBRIS FROM STORM DAMAGE. WE PICKED UP TRASH BAGS COLLECTED BY RSW REGIONAL JAIL CREWS. AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ROUTE 6 28, ROCKY HOLLER ROAD, INSTALLING PIPE BRUSH AND TREE TRIMMING, IMPROVING DITCHES AND MAKING, UH, ASPHALT PATCHING REPAIRS. WE'VE ALSO PERFORMED GRADING AND STONE APPLICATION OPERATIONS ON VARIOUS NON, UH, NON-HARD SURFACE ROADS IN THE COUNTY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT AS NEEDED. UM, AND WE'RE PLANNING ASPHALT PATCHING ON VARIOUS ROUTES. UH, TWO OF WHICH INCLUDE ROUTE THREE 40 AND TORAY DRIVE THIS MONTH. UM, OTHER MATTERS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SIX YEAR PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 FOR THE ROUTE 55, BETWEEN LINDEN IN FRONT ROYAL. UM, I THINK THEY WERE MOVED UP AND OUR DISTRICT DESIGN SECTION IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THAT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE BEST ALLOWABLE SAFETY MEASURES TO IMPLEMENT THERE. UM, INCLUDED FOR CONSIDERATION OUR GUARD RAIL UPGRADES CENTER LINE, INLAID MARKERS, RUMBLE STRIPS, INTERSECTION, STOP BARS, UM, DIFFERENT WARNING SIGNS, UM, LIKE THAT. AND, UH, IT'LL BE EVALUATE OR HE'LL GET BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WITH WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'RE LOOKING AT ON THAT. SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES OR ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS FOR ME? I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF POINTS, MR. SMITH. I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND OUR ONE COMMENT ACTUALLY, UM, A COUPLE OF SESSIONS AGO, I'D ASKED AT FRIESLAND ROAD BE CLEAN AND, [00:05:01] UM, GRASS TAKEN OUT OF THE GUARDRAILS AND JUST GENERAL WORK, UH, GOING UP THAT ROAD. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DONE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE GUARDRAILS NOW PEOPLE ARE HAPPY. UH, ACTUALLY GOT A COUPLE OF GOOD COMMENTS AND, UH, I APPRECIATE IT. UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BAGS OF TRASH Y'ALL PICKED UP? I KNOW THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING, I DON'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, BUT USUALLY WHEN YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS SHOCKING. SO I KNOW THAT I LIKE THE SHOCK VALUE. YEAH, I CAN, I CAN FIND OUT AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. NOT A WORRY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYONE ELSE? YEP. UM, I SEE THAT IT'S AS GOOD. YOU'RE DOING THE, UM, THAT THE MONEY FOR THAT BRAIDS ON 55, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, CAN YOU CHECK THE GUARDRAILS ON DISMAL HOLLOW ROAD? LIKE SOME OF THOSE PRETTY BANGED UP PROBABLY ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN LONDON AND HAPPY CREEK ROAD. IT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE CREEK BY THE 66 BRIDGE. OKAY. SO THEY LOOK PRETTY BANGED UP, UM, AND ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGH KNOB ENTRANCE, WE'D HAD, WE PUT A RUMBLE STRIPS IN AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, THEY DON'T REALLY LAST THAT LONG. SHE WAS SNOW REMOVAL AND THEY'RE IN PRETTY POOR SHAPE. SO EVEN GET THOSE PUT IN BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW REMOVAL, SO THEY GET TORN UP AGAIN. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, AND I KNOW DATE, THEY LOOKED AT TRYING TO MAKE THAT A SAFER ENTRANCE IN THERE AND THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, THEY GOT THE FLASHING SIGN HEADING EAST AND POP OVER THAT HILL. OKAY. BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING UP SOME TYPE OF, UH, OTHER VIDEO SIGN OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GO, UH, LET PEOPLE KNOW IF SOMEONE'S THERE WAS STOP TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING, WHICH AFTER A WHILE, PEOPLE WON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO IT ANYWAY. BUT I THINK THAT GOT PUT ON THE BACK BURNER CAUSE MAYBE LACK OF FUNDS OR WHATEVER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF A LEASE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR, FOR THIS MONEY, FOR THE ROUTE 55. OKAY. YES. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR. RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. WELCOME. AND ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE A COUPLE, UM, BACK RIGHT BEFORE IDA HURRICANE IDA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ISSUE. THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION BOARD PUT UP ONE, THE BEGINNING OF BROWNTOWN ROAD OFF OF THREE 40, THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PAVING PROJECT THERE, UM, THAT WENT AWAY AND NOW THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS ON THAT ROAD WERE WONDERING, AND I'M ASSUMING THIS LATE IN THE SEASON, THAT'S BEEN PUT ON HOLD FOR NEXT. WELL, WE'RE STILL IN PAVING ACT. WE'RE STILL ON PAVING OPERATIONS. IT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH, WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS WE CAN CONTINUE THAT TO, TO WRAP THINGS UP. SO I, I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE STATUS ON, IN THAT AREA, BUT I CAN CHECK ON THAT. UM, AND THEN I DID A LOT OF DOOR KNOCKING IN THAT AREA, UH, THIS WEEKEND. AND SEVERAL PEOPLE ASKED ME ABOUT IF THERE WAS ANY WAY AND I KNOW FUNDING IS AN ISSUE ON ALL OF THIS. UM, BUT THE TREES THAT HAVE GROWN OVER IN THE LOW-HANGING BRANCHES, PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL TRAILERS, THEY'RE DAMAGING THE TRAVEL TRAILERS, THE AIR CONDITIONS, AND SO FORTH ON THE TOP OF STRAIGHT BROWN ON BROWN, ON BROWN TOWN ROAD. WELL, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY AN ISSUE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THE TREES, UM, ARE DEFINITELY OUT ON THREE 40 AS WELL. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF MY ON THREE 40, UM, AND SEVERAL PASSING ZONES. UH, ONE THAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, UM, THEY'RE JUST AT THE, WHERE THE TRAIN TRESTLE CROSSES THREE, BEFORE YOU GO UP LUMPED AND FLATS, YOU CAN PASS THERE, BUT THE TREES HAVE COME GROWN OVER SO MUCH THAT IT ACTUALLY OBSTRUCTS YOUR VIEW. AND IT'S, IT MAKES HAZARDOUS THE PASSING THERE AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL, BUT DURING THE DAY YOU JUST DON'T HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY BECAUSE OF THAT OVERHANG. UM, AND ALSO I KNOW THERE'S A PAVEMENT SCHEDULE FOR ROUTE THREE 40 AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE THAT IS, BUT THREE 40, THE PAVEMENT IS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. IF WE GET A BAD WINTER OR FREEZE AND THOUGHTS, THAT THING IS, UM, CAUSE IT'S, IT'S CRACKED UP REALLY BAD IN PLACES. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A WAY IF IT'S TO MOVE PRIORITIES UP WHEN THE ROAD GETS IN, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT BEING A MAJOR THROW AWAY. YEAH. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IN THE SCHEDULE FOR THE OVERLAY. I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE ROUTES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME ASPHALT PATCHING IN THIS MONTH. SO YEAH. UM, AND THEN WE HAD DONE THE STUDY AT, UM, THEY ARE BETWEEN THE CAVERNS AND KOA WITH SNAKE ROAD IN THE SAFETY OF THAT. UM, AND UH, MR. CARTER HAD TOLD ME THAT [00:10:01] IT HAD BEEN APPROVED TO LOWER THE TRUCK'S SPEED THERE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SIGNS GO UP. UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A TIME LIMIT OF, OF 30 DAYS OR SO. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THOSE WERE GOING TO BE PUT UP. I PERSONALLY SAT THERE AND THAT WAS THE 40 MILE AN HOUR FOR TRUCKS THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT FOR TRUCKS. UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, I, I HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF SITTING THERE AND WATCHING THE TRUCK BEHIND ME AS I WAS WAITING FOR THAT LEFT-HAND CAR FIVE CARS AHEAD OF ME AND THE TRUCK THAT CAME AROUND THE CORNER BEHIND. HE JUST DIDN'T GET SICK. I DIDN'T GET HIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THE TWO OF US, UM, WERE MORE SHOOK UP ON THAT. HIM OR ME. UM, IT FEELS WEIRD TO SIT THERE AND SEE A TRUCK COMING IN AND NOT KNOWING IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET STOPPED, UM, BEFORE THEY HIT YOU. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR MY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE ELSE. AND ONE MORE QUICK THING, UM, THERE'S A HAPPY CREEK ROAD. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED FROM THE TOWN LIMITS TO THE HAPPY, UH, THE DISMAL HOLLA, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE PUTTING DOWN THE FINAL COAT OF PAVEMENT AS ANOTHER, STILL LIKE A LITTLE BUMP THERE RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE TOWN LIMITS. I GUESS MY MAIN QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATION DATE TO FINISH UP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING FROM, I GUESS, DISMAL, HOLLA DOWN TO MANASSAS RUN AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON THAT TURN LANE TO, I GUESS, TO TAKE A LEFT ON A DISMAL HOLLA. YEAH, NO, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, MR. CARTER. I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN THIS MORNING AND UH, HOPE MR. CARTER FEELS WELL BETTER SOON. OKAY. WE ARE NOW AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND THIS IS A PERIOD. YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ON A PUBLIC COMMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MRS. SHIRAKI NO. MA'AM. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, SECOND CALL ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE [E. Report – People, Inc. – Samantha Barber] ON TO REPORTS AND PEOPLE INC. UH, SAMANTHA BARBER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. UM, I'M MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BARBER. MOST OF KNOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW, ME AS A PRESIDENT OF REACHING OUT NOW, BUT TODAY I'M HONORED TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR PEOPLE INCORPORATED. UM, THANK YOU, MR. CARTER FOR GETTING US ON THE AGENDA. UM, WITH ME TODAY IS MARSHALL WILLIAMS AND MARSHALL WILLIAMS IS WITH HIS ASSISTANT CHRISSY ANGLIN AND THEY'RE WITH, UM, PEOPLE INC AND VIRGINIA CARES, WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. AND WITH ME IS THE ASSOCIATES DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DON CLARK. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE INC IS, UH, THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR WARREN COUNTY, UM, WITHIN THE REGION OF THE SHANNON DOR AREA. UM, WE CURRENTLY SERVE 13 COUNTIES IN THREE CITIES IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. AND, UM, WITHIN THAT MYSELF AND DAWN WERE OVER 11 OF THOSE AREAS, WHICH COVER, UM, SHANNON, SHANNON DOR REGION, UH, PRINCE WILLIAM AND NORTHERN PIEDMONT. UM, TODAY WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SHANNON DOOR AREAS, SPECIFICALLY WARREN COUNTY AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE AND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO OFFER HERE, UM, IN WARREN COUNTY AS THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR, UM, FOR THE COUNTY. UM, MOSTLY TODAY, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, VIRGINIA CARES. UM, IN A FEW MINUTES, I'LL GIVE THE MIC TO MR. MARSHALL TO, TO DISCUSS IT. WE HAD A VERY, UM, MARSHALL HAD A MEETING WITH US LAST FRIDAY TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS. UM, WE'RE VERY MUCH HONORED TO, TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM HERE IN THE REGION, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE A REGIONAL JAIL HERE. UM, THAT IS, THAT IS WITHIN THE COUNTY. UM, BUT OF COURSE, MARSHALL CAN SPEAK MORE MORE TO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. UM, IT'S IT'S AS A COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, WE WANT TO SERVE AND BRING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, THE, IN THIS REGION, OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED IN WOODSTOCK. SO RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY, UM, CAN GET SERVICES WHETHER BY CALLING OR COMING DOWN TO, UM, COMING DOWN TO, TO THAT OFFICE. UH, WE HAVE TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND DOWN INTO WOODSTOCK AREA. UM, VALLEY VISTA [00:15:01] IS ONE OF THEM THAT IS WITHIN THE COUNTY REGION WHERE RESIDENTS HERE CAN, UM, CAN BE QUALIFIED FOR, YOU KNOW, FOUR APARTMENTS THERE DOWN IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE BUSINESS LOANS, UH, FORECLOSURE PREVENTION, COUNSELING, UM, FREE INCOME TAX PREP, WHICH, UM, EMILY, UH, GAVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE COPIES OF THAT. UH, WE RECEIVED THE GRANT, UH, TO HELP AREA RESIDENTS WITHIN THE REGIONS THAT WE SERVE, UH, THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC, UH, TO, UM, GET HELP WITH PAYING FOR THE INTERNET SERVICES. UM, AND FOR WARREN COUNTY ITSELF, WE WERE GIVEN ABOUT $20,000. AND OF THAT, WE, I THINK WE'VE ONLY USED A THOUSAND, UM, INFORMATION HAS BEEN SENT OUT TO AREA ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY PUSH, UM, GETTING OUR RESIDENTS, UM, SUPPORTED IN THAT AREA, IN THAT AREA. AND I SAID, WE HAVE FLYERS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT WE BROUGHT THAT WE BROUGHT TODAY TO LEAVE WITH YOU. AND, UM, DON HAS ALSO SENT OUT, UM, INFORMATION TO AREA AGENCIES. UH, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE DO SEE A SPIKE IN, IN THE SUPPORT, UM, FOR, FROM EVERY AREA RESIDENTS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MATCH SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRYING TO BUILD UP THEIR CREDITS AND NEED SUPPORT IN THAT AREA. WE HAVE OUR OWN FINANCIAL SERVICES AND, UM, AND THAT IS ANOTHER SERVICE THAT WE OFTEN NOT JUST THE BUSINESS LOANS, BUT MATT SERVICE ACCOUNT, PERSONAL LOANS AND SMALL BUSINESS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. UH, SO OF COURSE ANOTHER BIG ISSUE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, THAT'S ONE THING, UH, AN ADVOCACY PLAN THAT YOU ALSO RECEIVED IS WE, UM, OUR PRIORITY FOR 2022 IS TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, TO, UH, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE TO, UM, EARLY CHILDCARE EDUCATION IS ALSO A HUGE, UM, PRIORITY THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO IN 2022 AND TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UM, JUVENILES, WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN TROUBLE, BUT FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS IN, IN SUPPORTING THEM. AND MARSHALL CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL. UM, SO IN A NUTSHELL, I KNOW WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME. I WANT TO GIVE THE MIC TO MARSHALL TO TALK MORE ABOUT VIRGINIA CARES, BUT WE'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AFTER GOOD MORNING. UM, I WANT IT TO BRING TO YOU THE SERVICE OF THIS MORNING THAT PEOPLE INCORPORATED THROUGH THE VIRGINIA CARES PROGRAM ACTUALLY HAS TO OFFER WITH THOSE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. THEY ARE PRE AND POST REALLY SERVICES. THE PRE-RELEASE SERVICES WOULD ACTUALLY BE WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUALS INSIDE OF RSW, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR. SO WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH MR. WEAVER THERE AT THE, UM, AT RSW TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS APPLICABLE FOR US TO RECEIVE THE SERVICES AND ACTUALLY TO DO SERVICES THERE. SO WE'VE GOTTEN THAT PART DONE. THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DO WITH RSW RIGHT NOW, AND BECAUSE OF COVID IS ACTUALLY JUST TO DO THE ORIENTATION THERE. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING. WE HAD A DATE ACTUALLY WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TODAY TO COME OUT, BUT WE HAD TO MOVE THE DATE OUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE COVID REASONS. SO WITH THAT PROTOCOL BEING SAID, WE ARE WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM. AND WHAT SERVICES DO WE OFFER? THE OFFERING PROGRAMS FOR VIRGINIA CARES ARE THIS. AND BEFORE YOU, I THINK YOU JUST HAD SENDING THEM OUT PANT. OKAY. SO WITH THE PAMPHLETS, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE SERVICE PROGRAM SERVICES THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE DO OFFER ARE NOT ON THERE. UM, WE ALSO OFFER PROGRAMS THROUGH LIKE SOCIAL SERVICE. I'M WORKING WITH MICHELLE HERE, WHICH IS THE LIAISON FOR THE COUNTY AND WORKING WITH HER AND TRYING TO START A RE-ENTRY PROGRAM WITHIN THAT RE-ENTRY PROGRAM. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FIND OUT WHAT SERVICES DO WE HAVE HERE IN THE AREA THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING OUT. SO WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY'RE NOT ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHERE DO I GO TO GET HOUSING? WHERE DO I GO TO GET JOBS? HOW DO I GET A BETTER EDUCATION? WHO CAN I GO TO TO GET THOSE THINGS? WE'VE STARTED A RE-ENTRY COMMITTEE HERE IN THE AREA, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THAT TOGETHER SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE SERVICES. AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTACT PRIOR TO COMING OUT WHERE THEY CAN GET THOSE SERVICES FROM. AND THAT'S WHERE THE PRE-RELEASE PART COMES IN. SO BY RUNNING THE TWO NONPROFITS THAT I DO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, I'M A STATEWIDE INDIVIDUAL. SO THAT HELPS ME GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED TO COME TO THE AREA TO HELP PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES THAT MIGHT NOT BE HERE. SO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT SERVICES ARE HERE. I CAME TO FIRST NIGHT OUT AND SAW AN ARRAY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THERE AND YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL SERVICES. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET THOSE COLLABORATIONS TOGETHER TO FIND OUT HOW CAN WE GIVE THESE SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INCARCERATED SO THEY CAN [00:20:01] HAVE THE BEST SERVICE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SUCCESS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THIS SUCCESS. WHY, BECAUSE WHAT IS OUR JOB IT'S TO PREVENT RECIDIVISM? WE ALL KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT HAPPENS NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT LOCALITY, IT COULD BE A FAMILY MEMBER, IT COULD BE SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT IS THE PREVENTION GOING FORWARD TO DO THAT IS HAVING THAT INFORMATION GIVEN TO THEM, MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THE FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE TO BE INVOLVED. THAT FAMILY UNIFICATION IS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPERATIVE. IF I HAVE A SON OR A DAUGHTER OR A FRIEND THAT'S IN THERE, THAT COMMUNICATION DOESN'T ALWAYS GO FORWARD. SO WHAT HAPPENS HOME PLANS END UP FAILING. AND BY DOING THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN. SO I KNOW IT'S A SHORT TIME HERE, BUT I GAVE YOU SOME INFORMATION THERE THAT HAS MY CARD AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO. THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES, NOT JUST THERE ON THE PAPER, BUT ALSO SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD AND LIVE SUCCESSFUL LIVES. WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US OUT AND COME TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE ONE THAT PROGRAM. DO YOU START THAT ACTUALLY SETTING UP ALL THOSE SO THAT WHEN THEY STEP OUT, IT'S ALREADY LINED UP OR IS THE INFORMATION GIVEN AND WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY HAVE WHERE THEY SHOULD SAY, IT'S BOTH. SO WHAT WE DO IS I DO AN ASSESSMENT SAY FOR SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS A CERTAIN JOB, BUT THEIR BACKGROUND PREVENTS THEM FOR GOING BACK INTO THAT JOB. SO WITHIN THAT ASSESSMENT, I CAN FIND OUT THERE'S OTHER TOOLS THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE. SO WHAT I WILL DO IS FIND OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ON THE OUTSIDE AND FINDING OUT IF THAT JOB IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM. THAT'S ONE WAY OF DOING IT. WHEN THEY COME OUT AS THE PULSE RELEASE SIDE OF IT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING TO THAT RE-ENTRY MEETING AND TO THAT COUNSEL FINDING OUT, OKAY, HEY, I MIGHT HAVE, I MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE WITH GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. I DIDN'T GET ALL MY CREDITS TO DO HVAC. HOW CAN I GET MY CDL LICENSE? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ASKING ME TO WAIT WHEN THEY COME OUT. SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO US AND THEY'LL HAVE A PHYSICAL PERSON TO ACTUALLY TO TALK TO WHEN THEY COME OUT. SO THEY'LL HAVE A NAME AND A NUMBER AND A CONTACT PERSON, SO THEY CAN HAVE THAT WHEN THEY COME OUT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY? SO AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, UM, THE FRONT ROW WARREN COUNTY DRUG PREVENTION COMMITTEE IS ATTEMPTING TO SET UP A DRUG COURT AND DRUG COURT IS A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ESCAPE THE, UH, THE ADDICTION, YOU KNOW, RECIDIVISM ISSUES WHERE THEY HAVE PEOPLE WALKING ALONGSIDE THEM EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY. AND SO WHAT WE, WE HAVE GAPS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, AND I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU PERHAPS OFFLINE AND HELP TALK ABOUT WHAT GAPS WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF SERVICES THAT PERHAPS WE COULD COLLABORATE. AND YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY GAPS IN HOUSING BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEND SOMEBODY BACK TO THE SAME ENVIRONMENT THEY'VE BEEN IN BECAUSE THAT RECIDIVISM GOES UP. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A, A SAFER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK INTO. SO I WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS DISTRICT, 21 PROBATION AND PAROLE, LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M A STATEWIDE EMPLOYER, BUT, UM, THROUGH THE NONPROFIT. SO WHAT I DO IS I DO THOSE VOLUNTEER SERVICES AS A STATEWIDE PROVIDER, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. SO I WORK WITH THE DRUG COURT IN FREDERICKSBURG AND THEN COLEPEPPER. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT GAP PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, BECAUSE WHAT OUR YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS, WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT DRUG COURT, THEY HAVE TO START UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS RIGHT. AND BY MAKING IT RIGHT NOW, WE CAN PREVENT FROM THE RECIDIVISM GOING HIGHER WHEN THEY GO INTO, BECAUSE WITH DRUG COURT, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM NOT TO GO BACK TO JAIL FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, THAT YOU'RE GETTING THAT SECOND CHANCE OR A SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE MISTAKES, THEY DON'T THINK THERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO STAND BY THEM AND WALK WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, BESIDE THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I DID. WHAT WAS WRONG? CAN YOU HELP ME OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THINGS FALL TO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE A MISTAKE AND THEN FINDING OUT WHAT THE MISTAKE IS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME TO ME THREE OR FOUR TIMES FOR ASKING FOR A JOB AND YOU GET THAT JOB, BUT THEN I'M LOOKING AT IT AS LIKE, IS IT THE JOB OR IS IT YOU? SO I NEED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP, TO MAKE THEMSELVES STRONGER AND BE MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT. YEAH, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE POTENTIAL COLLABORATIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO FILL IN THE GAPS IN THOSE RESOURCES. SO 20, IT IS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY FOR US. UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR TOP THREE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IS TO CREATE ALTERNATIVE, UM, PROGRAMS FOR, UM, FOR OUR MINOR INFRACTION. UM, [00:25:02] AND THERE'S NO, THERE NO SERVICES. NOW OUR DRUG COURT IS, I DON'T AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH JUVENILE DRUG. WE ARE NOT ESTABLISHING A JUVENILE BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN SURE THERE IS A JUVENILE DRUG THEY'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THAT THERE IS A JUVENILE IN OUR AREA. YEAH, CORRECT. YES. SO, UM, AT THIS POINT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS, WE'RE AT THE, THE INITIAL STAGES. OKAY. WELL, I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. AND I, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MEET SOMETIME TO TALK ABOUT THE, AS AT RISK YOUTH, UM, I USED TO BE A SCHOOL NURSE AND KIDS ARE, I MEAN, THEY'RE OUR FUTURE AND I I'VE, I BROUGHT IT UP AT OUR LIAISON MEETING POORLY PROBABLY ABOUT WHAT IS IT WE'RE MISSING WITH THE KIDS. I MEAN, WE HAVE SPORTS PROGRAMS AND THIS AND THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING. SO WITH THAT BEING ONE OF YOUR THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE THERE. AND THAT'S ONE THING PEOPLE INCORPORATED AS ALSO RE WORKING WITH MY ORGANIZATION, REACHING OUT NOW IS TO ENHANCE THAT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA OF WHICH WE ARE WORKING TO PROVIDE MORE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN WARREN COUNTY IS THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE DO HAVE. AND WE THROUGH A CHANNEL NOW CREATE COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATING WITH PEOPLE INCORPORATED. SO THAT'S BEING WORKED ON THAT AS WELL. I ALSO NOTICED YOU HAD TOURISM LOANS AND TOURISM WA I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER AREA OF INTEREST FOR ME. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF TALK ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. DEPARTMENT [F. Report – Department of Social Services – Jon Martz] OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. MARTS, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GO AFTER SOME FRIENDS. WE WERE JUST MEETING WITH THEM YESTERDAY. UM, AND I'M CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED BRAND NEW POSITION FOR SOCIAL SERVICES THAT HAVE JOB DEVELOPER. AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE NOW HAVE A JOB DEVELOPER. SHE'S HERE WITH US TODAY. SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING AND HOW YOUR INVESTMENT IS ALREADY PAYING DIVIDENDS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF WARREN COUNTY. HER NAME IS BROOKE MCCLUNG. GOOD MORNING. AS JOHN SAID, MY NAME IS BROOKE MCCLUNG. I AM HONORED TO HAVE THE NEW POSITION OF JOB DEVELOPER AT SOCIAL SERVICES. I'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MONTH. IT'S A NEW PROGRAM AND A NEW POSITION FOR ME. SO WE'RE KIND OF LEARNING AS WE GO. UM, SO FAR WE HAVE IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE HAD SEVEN CLIENTS SERVED. AND IN THAT TIME WE WERE ABLE TO GET FOUR EMPLOYED THAT IS WALKING IN NO JOB, HAVING NOTHING. UM, WE'VE DONE RESUME BUILDING APPLIED FOR JOBS ONLINE, UM, ASSISTED WITH HOUSING, ANYTHING THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO BECOME EMPLOYED. UM, I'VE SET UP A FACEBOOK PAGE TO HELP THIS LOCAL JOBS IN THE AREA. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF JOHN PROVIDED THE LINK IN. OKAY. HE DID. SO IT, YOU CAN FIND IT AT WARREN IT'S. THE FACEBOOK PAGE IS WARREN COUNTY DSS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. I POST ON THERE ANY LOCAL JOBS, NOT JUST HERE, BUT ALSO IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE IT'S NOT JUST FOR UNEMPLOYED. IT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDEREMPLOYED. SO THEY MAY BE WORKING AT A JOB NOW THAT THEY'RE UNHAPPY AND THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND USE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEIR SKILLS AND WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THAT. AND JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE EMPLOYED AND WE CAN GET THEM EMPLOYED, DOESN'T MEAN OUR SERVICES STOP THERE. WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR THEM TO GET THEM TO WHAT THEIR ACTUAL CAREER GOAL IS. UM, ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU CAN BOOK APPOINTMENTS TO COME IN FOR RESUME BUILDING JOB APPLICATION, FULL JOB DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ANYTHING FROM COVER LETTERS, TO JUST LOOKING FOR RESOURCES, SUCH AS WHAT SOME OF PEOPLE INC LISTED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FURTHERING THEIR CAREER, MAYBE SOME TRAININGS, STUFF LIKE THAT, ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE ALL DEVELOPING IT. SO IT'S, IT'S BUILDING WELL. WELL, WELCOME. AND THANK YOU. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE FOR JUST ONE MONTH. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT. WE'RE LETTING YOU OFF EASY TODAY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO. SHE WAS A LITTLE SHY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A COUPLE, UH, A YOUNG LADY AND A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO CAME OFF THE TRAIL AND WALKED INTO HER OFFICE AND THEY'D BEEN SLEEPING IN THE TENT AND HAD NO FOOD. AND WITHIN SPAN OF AN AFTERNOON, SHE FOUND [00:30:01] THEM FOOD, HOUSING, AND A JOB. SO THAT IS, UM, WHAT OUR PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT. SO, UH, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE COMMUNITY LIAISON. MICHELLE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A FEW THINGS. THANK YOU, JOHN. GOOD MORNING. UM, SO ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN SOCIAL SERVICES IS THAT WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT. IT'S A COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT, UM, WITH THE WESTERN CONTINUUM OF CARE AND THAT'S WHO OVERSEES, UH, OUR AREA FOR HOMELESSNESS AND THE GRANT IS TO PROVIDE MOTEL STAYS FOR OUR HOMELESS. AND THAT'S ONE, ONE WAY WE'RE ABLE TO, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OUR, OUR A COUPLE THAT WERE STAYING IN A TENT BY HAVING THESE FUNDS TO PUT THEM UP IN MOTELS. UM, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO APPLY FOR JOBS AND GO TO INTERVIEWS AND BE ABLE TO TAKE A SHOWER AND ALL OF THAT. SO, UM, IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE SPENT ABOUT $4,000, UH, HELPING 11 CLIENTS. AND WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, OR TRYING TO FIND THEM PERMANENT HOUSING WHILE THEY'RE STAYING IN THEIR MOTEL. BUT THAT IS DIFFICULT. WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO GET THEM, UM, UH, EMPLOYED IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO BE EMPLOYED, GET THEM EMPLOYED AND THEN MAKE IT SO THAT THEY CAN HOPEFULLY PAY THEIR OWN WAY MOVING FORWARD. AFTER, AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS, TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF US HOUSING THEM WITH THE GRANT, UM, THESE ARE ALSO, THESE FUNDS WILL ALSO HELP PEOPLE COMING OUT OF A HOSPITAL. SOMETIMES THE HOSPITAL RELEASES PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE TECHNICALLY HOMELESS AND THEY DON'T, IT'S TOO HARD FOR THEM TO BE OUT ON THE STREET. THERE MIGHT NOT BE WELL ENOUGH TO BE ON THE STREET, SO WE COULD ACTUALLY HOUSE THEM IN A MOTEL FOR A WEEK OR TWO WHILE THEY GET STRONGER. UM, AND THEN HOPEFULLY HELP THEM MOVE ON TO A PERMANENT HOUSING. AND THE MORE THE, UH, THE GRANT ENDS ON MARCH 30TH. SO THAT TAKES US THROUGH THE WINTER. AND I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP FAMILIES, THAT AREN'T ABLE TO UTILIZE THE THERMAL SHELTER. UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM DURING THOSE COLD MONTHS GET SOME HOUSING. SO THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO. I'VE NEVER KNOWN MICHELLE TO BE SHY, BUT SHE WAS, AGAIN, IT WAS A $35,000 GRANT THAT WE GOT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS THROUGH MICHELLE'S CONTACTS AND HER WORK DOING THAT. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. UM, ONE FINAL ITEM FOR YOU AND A BIT OF A SAD NOTE. UH, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SAMANTHA EDWARDS HAS BEEN OFFERED AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. AND AS MUCH AS WE ARE SAD TO LOSE HER, WE ARE HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY A PART IN HER BEING ABLE TO ADVANCE OUR CAREER. THIS IS HER LAST MEETING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR AND INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IT WAS TO SERVE HERE IN WARREN COUNTY. I'LL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF OUR IDEAS WHEN WATCHING THEM COME TO FRUITION, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THEM AS A NEIGHBOR AND CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE WITH WARREN COUNTY. UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MYSELF, BUT ALSO FOR THE STATE, BECAUSE I WILL BE WITH ANOTHER SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY NEARBY. AND I THINK THE MORE WE WORK TOGETHER, THE STRONGER THE STATE WILL BE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT TRULY HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND SERVE IN SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE. OH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE AND BEST WISHES. UM, I'LL BE SERVING AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY. UM, I HAVE ENJOYED MY DRIVE HERE VERY MUCH EVERY DAY. THANK YOU TO V DOT FOR MAKING IT SAFE, A LOT OF AREAS, BUT A HUNDRED MILES A DAY, AS MUCH AS I ENJOY THIS COMMUNITY, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING AND LIVING IN THE SAME COMMUNITY. UM, SO YES, RIGHT NEXT DOOR. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE COLLABORATIONS AND WHILE YOU'RE GOING TO ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL AREA, IT'S USUALLY DIRECTOR NEXT DOOR. SO THERE'LL BE MORE OF A SURROUND, UM, TO END ON SOME GOOD NEWS. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A CHILD WHO'S BEEN IN FOSTER CARE FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. I WERE ABLE TO, UH, THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF ANNA PORTIO, ONE OF OUR WORKERS FINALIZE HIS ADOPTION. HE IS IN HIS FOREVER HOME NOW. UM, SO THAT MAKES ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE THIS YEAR. KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, WHAT A BLESSING, I'M [00:35:01] SORRY. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT. WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR WHO ARE ABOUT TO TURN 18, UH, AND THEY'VE CHOSEN NOT TO BE ADOPTED AND ONCE YOU'RE OVER 14, YOU HAVE THAT. RIGHT. UM, BUT THEY WILL BE IN OUR FOSTERING FUTURES PROGRAM. SO CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. OKAY. OKAY. [G. Report – Warren County Public Schools – Dr. Chris Ballenger] WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DR. BALLENGER. GOOD MORNING. UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE HERE. SO THIS YEAR, OUR CHALLENGES WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WITH THOSE CHALLENGES, THEY'LL ALSO COME NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS DIFFERENT THINGS AND TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS ON HOW TO CHANGE OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. BUT, UH, THIS YEAR WE KNOW THAT WITH, WITH, UH, WITH COVID NUMBERS. UM, AND, AND WHEN THE DELTA VARIANT HIT, THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, OUR DASHBOARD WAS SHOWING A LOT OF NUMBERS, BUT I DO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED BACK TO HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS. UM, WE HAVE NOT, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE A SINGLE SCHOOL ON THE VDH OUTBREAK LIST. UM, ALL OF OUR NUMBERS ARE REPORTED DAILY TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT, THAT DETERMINE IF THERE IS AN OUTBREAK AND AN OUTBREAK IS DETERMINED BY ONE OR TWO, TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVING CONTACTED THE VIRUS FROM, FROM ONE SOURCE. SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH THOSE NUMBERS ARE HIGH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, BUT WE DO REPORT THOSE ON OUR, ON OUR DASHBOARD FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES. UH, DURING THIS TIME, UH, OUR NUMBERS HAVE STARTED TO DECLINE A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAVE ALSO WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN EACH OF OUR BUILDINGS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY MODIFY SCHEDULES, ADJUST WHERE THEY NEED TO ADJUST AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH ENHANCING OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES WHEN WE NEED TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE WITHIN THE SCHOOL, BECAUSE OUR MAIN PRIORITY THIS YEAR WAS NOT JUST TO KEEP STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT INSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT LAST YEAR, THE, THE HYBRID MODEL, THE VIRTUAL MODEL DID NOT WORK FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND SO OUR GOAL THIS YEAR WAS TO TRY TO PROTECT INSTRUCTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND WHEN WE SAY PROTECT INSTRUCTION, THAT MEANS PROTECT THAT TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM TO WHERE THAT TEACHER CAN BE THERE. UM, AND, AND ALSO TO PROTECT THE INSTRUCTION FOR THE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS OUR GOAL THIS YEAR TO PROTECT OUR INSTRUCTION. UH, WE DO HAVE A WEEKLY COVID MEETINGS WHEN WE HAVE HIGH NUMBERS AT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. SO, UH, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES OUT AND MEETS WITH THE SCHOOL, UH, COVID RESPONSE TEAM. THEY, THEY LOOK AT THEIR PROCESSES, THEY LOOK AT THEIR NUMBERS, THEY, THEY JUST REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THERE WEEKLY, AND THEN, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR CHANGES IF THEY NEED TO. UM, YEAH, THE ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT WITH THIS YEAR BEING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, WE, WE STILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THOSE CHECKS BEFORE STUDENTS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL. UM, AGAIN, AS LORD FAIRFAX, HEALTH DISTRICT HAS INFORMED ME THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AN OUTBREAK IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO IF THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE HAPPENING IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO TO HELP US PROTECT INSTRUCTION AND TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN, TO KEEP THAT TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM, TO KEEP THOSE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY'S HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THOSE CHECKS AND IF THEIR CHILD IS SICK OR, OR SHOWING ANY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND HAVE THE, HAVE THEIR CHILD CHECKED OUT BEFORE THEY SEND THEM TO SCHOOL. THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE OTHER STUDENTS AREN'T HAVING TO QUARANTINE. UH, WE DO HAVE OUR, OUR MODIFIED QUARANTINE. SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THE 10 DAY QUARANTINE, UM, THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF CAN TEST AFTER FIVE DAYS. AND IF IT'S A NEGATIVE TEST AFTER FIVE DAYS, THEY CAN COME BACK ON DAY SEVEN. UH, SO WE DO REDUCE THAT OFF OF A NEGATIVE TEST OFF AFTER DAY FIVE. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO IS WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH A VISTA GRANT WITH THE, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH THAT VISTA GRANT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, AS A SYSTEM, WE, WE [00:40:01] HAVE PUT IN FOR THREE FREE, UH, ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS THROUGH THAT GRANT, UH, ONE TO BE OUR COVID RESPONSE SUPERVISOR, AND THEN TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS TO HELP US WITH CONTACT TRACING AND, AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE MAY NEED. UM, ALSO WITH THIS GRANT, WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE, UH, ADDITIONAL TEST KIT. AND SO WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE HEARING ARE PARENTS WHO ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING TESTING, AND THAT OUR, OUR LOCAL PHYSICIAN'S OFFICES ARE, ARE TIED UP WITH PEOPLE COMING IN TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL TEST. SO THEY CAN GO TO WORK OR GO BACK TO SCHOOL A LITTLE EARLIER. SO THIS WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT THOSE TEST KITS OUT TO THOSE, TO THOSE FAMILIES THAT WANT THEM, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO THEN UTILIZE THAT TO COME BACK, UM, ON DAY SEVEN INSTEAD OF DAY 10. SO, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, THAT GRANT, UM, SINCE I'M ON GRANTS, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR OTHER GRANTS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CARES AND OUR, UM, WE WE'VE ACTUALLY HIRED OR IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING AN ADDITIONAL 24 STAFF MEMBERS THAT SPREAD OUT THROUGH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, UM, AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE. AND THAT IS TIED WITH THE LEARNS GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR, UH, LATE IN THE SUMMER. AND THAT SUPPLIED US WITH WHAT WE ARE CALLING STUDENT SUPPORT COACHES, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT STUDENTS COMING BACK INTO SCHOOL THIS YEAR, THEY WERE GOING TO BE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. UH, FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, IT HAD BEEN 18 MONTHS SINCE THEY STEPPED FOOT IN A SCHOOL. AND WE KNEW THAT MAYBE THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME SUPPORT NEEDED TO HELP ACCLIMATE THOSE STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TWO STUDENTS SUPPORT COACHES AND WITH THE GRANTS FOR IAS TO FORM A TEAM OF A SIX MEMBER TEAM TO HELP AND MEET WITH THOSE STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS, PROVIDE SERVICES TO MAKE CONTACTS ALSO PROVIDE REMEDIATION AS PART OF OUR OVERALL, UH, GO WITH THIS YEAR. SO LOOKING AT THOSE GRANTS TO HELP OUT, I DID MENTION THE VISTA GRANT. UM, WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW, MR. MITCHELL TOLD ME THAT THE DEQ GRANT OR THE DAR GRANT, UH, FOR THE BUSES HAD JUST OPENED UP. SO HE HAS A WEBINAR THAT HE'S GOING TO ATTEND TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR AND QUALIFY FOR. UH, IF THAT DOES THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WERE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO SET UP A TRANSPORTATION FUND. AND SO ONCE WE SEE WHERE THAT GRANT'S GOING TO GO, UH, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BUSES. SO, UH, IF WE QUALIFY FOR THAT GRANT, WE WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO UTILIZE THAT GRANT BECAUSE DEPENDING UPON THE, THE OUTCOME OF, OF WHERE THEY SET THE CUTOFF FOR THAT GRANT IS COULD BE A ADDITIONAL, COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL THREE OR FOUR BUSES DEPENDING UPON HOW THE GRANT WORKS. AND IF WE QUALIFY FOR THAT, UM, THE GRANT USED TO BE, IT WAS A 50% REIMBURSEMENT. IT'S GOTTEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT, AND WHEN YOU SAY 50%, IF, IF ON AVERAGE A BUS WAS, WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN YOU WOULD GET $50,000 IN REIMBURSEMENT. UM, RECENT GRANTS, THEY'VE TAKEN THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 35,000, BUT STILL IF YOU PURCHASE FREE GRANTS AND GET THAT 35,000 FOR EACH OF THOSE GRANTS, THAT'S BUYING YOU BASICALLY ANOTHER BUS. SO, UM, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT GRANT. UH, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT'S AT. AND, UM, I'LL KEEP DR. DAILY APPRISED ON, ON WHERE WE'RE AT WHEN THAT GRANT, AS IT COMES AROUND, IF WE QUALIFY FOR THAT. UM, AND OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE OUR BUSES. SO, UH, WE WANTED TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THIS, WHEN THIS GRANT CAME OUT TO SEE IF WE QUALIFIED FOR IT. SO I DID WANT TO UPDATE THE BOARD. I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SMITH HAS REACHED OUT TO YOU GUYS, BUT, UH, I ASKED HIM TO REACH OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO COME AND TOUR THE FULLY COMPLETED ASMR ROADS. UM, SO THE WINDOWS WERE PUT IN OVER THE SUMMER. UM, THE ASPHALT WAS, WAS, UH, REDONE AROUND THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT WAS TORN UP BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THE HEAVY VEHICLES THAT WERE COMING AROUND THERE. SO, UH, ALL OF ASMR ROADS IS UPDATED AND COMPLETED. AND, UM, I TALKED TO MR. SMITH ABOUT, UH, REACHING OUT TO A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS TO SEE ABOUT IF HE WANTED TO COME OUT AND TAKE A TOUR OF THE COMPLETED SCHOOL. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE RECEIVING THAT EMAIL HERE SHORTLY. UH, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY RECEIVED THAT, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, LAST YEAR, WE DID SOME SMALL, SOME, UH, SOME SMALL UPDATES AND, UH, REPAIRS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO AS FAR AS PROJECTS. UH, WE DID COMPLETE, UH, THE GREENHOUSE AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SO THAT REQUIRED A SLAB TO BE FORWARD ELECTRIC, TO BE RAN TO IT. AND THEN THE ERECTION OF THE GREENHOUSE. UM, WE DID, UH, DO PARTIAL FENCING AT EAGLESON MORRISON. [00:45:01] UH, THAT SHOULD BE FINISHED THE, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE REST OF THAT DONE. UH, WE HAD SOME CONCRETE AND SOME PILLAR WORK ALONG WITH SOME WINDOW WORK AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE BIG PILLARS OUT IN FRONT OF SKYLINE, MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDED A LOT OF LOVE. AND SO, UM, WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET THOSE THINGS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. UM, AND THEN ALSO THE ROOF AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, JIM HAD, HAD HAD AN ISSUE WITH SOME LEAKS. AND SO WE, WE ADDRESSED THAT AND WE GOT THE GYM ROOF FIXED BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THOSE LEAKS ONTO THAT WOODEN FLOOR, THOSE FLOORS CAN BE UPWARDS OF 150 TO $200,000. AND, UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ROOF, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR AS WELL. UM, CURRENTLY WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE STILL HAVE OUR FUNDS FROM CARE SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE FINAL CONTRACT CHANGES WITH, UM, A AND E ON THE LF ON K AND BLUE RIDGE TECH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE UPDATED HV AC SYSTEM, UM, IN THOSE TWO SCHOOLS COMPLETED. SO, UH, THOSE TWO SCHOOLS HAVE THE ANTIQUATED WATER SYSTEM. UH, SO THERE IS NO WAY FOR THEM TO BRING, UM, OUTSIDE AIR IN, UH, LF. K IS ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WAS BUILT IN 19 77, 76, SOMEWHERE AROUND IN THERE. IT'S AN OPEN CONCEPT. AND, UM, SO WHEN YOU, NOT JUST WITH, WITH COVID, BUT WITH THE FLU SEASON OR ANY TYPE OF ILLNESS REALLY RUNS QUICK THROUGH L F K SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE OPEN CONCEPT WITHIN THAT BUILDING. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE A FOCUS ON THAT. BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OUTSIDE AIR IN, UM, FOR, UH, FOR THE STUDENTS THERE AND TO, TO HELP BETTER THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN, WITHIN THOSE TWO SCHOOLS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO GETTING THAT DONE AND GETTING THAT PROCESS STARTED, OF COURSE, THOSE CARES GRANTS. THEY HAVE A TIMESTAMPS ON THEM. UH, WE'RE USING ACTUALLY TWO GRANTS, UM, TO, TO GET THAT THAT PORTION COMPLETED. AND, UH, ONE HAS A, UH, COMPLETION OF, OF 2023 THAT THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE USED BY THE SECOND ONE IS 20, 24. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PULL OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER TO TRY TO HELP AND, UH, SAVING OUR, OUR TAXPAYER SOME MONEY WITH SOME FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME PROJECTS COMPLETED THAT THAT NEED TO BE DONE. AND THAT IS ALSO HELPING WITH, UM, COMBAT THIS, THIS VIRUS. SO, UM, WHAT ARE OUR CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW? REALLY OUR CHALLENGES STAFFING, UH, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER BUSINESS IN, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, STAFFING IS AN ISSUE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FEEL, UH, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TEACHERS OUT THERE TO FEEL DOWN. UM, THERE JUST ARE NOT ANY APPLICANTS, UH, ONE OF OUR OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OUR SUBS. UM, SO WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME CREATIVE THINGS AND WE HAVE STARTED TO ACTUALLY PAY OUR TEACHERS FOR WHEN THEY, UM, SUB OR USED OUR PLANNING PERIOD, UH, TO COVER A CLASS. AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO BE CREATIVE WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, HAVE AN ADULT IN THERE, AND THAT WE'RE ARE PROVIDING A GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL OF OUR STAFF OR TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. SO THOSE ARE REALLY OUR CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE FACING. UM, YOU KNOW, COVID, I FEEL WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON IT WHERE WE, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR ADJUSTMENTS WITH OUR MITIGATION PLAN. UH, ADMINISTRATORS AT EACH SITE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, LOOKING AT THEIR DATA, TAKING NOTES AND, AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AT THEIR SCHOOLS. AND THEN OF COURSE, AS WE ADJUST WITH, WITH OUR STAFFING ISSUES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DO A GOOD JOB THERE AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR. UH, SO, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. ANY QUESTIONS, WHICH AREAS, UM, DR. BALLENGER AND STAFF, ARE YOU HURTING THE MOST? IS IT MA UM, WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MATH POSITIONS AND SCIENCE POSITIONS, UM, THAT, THAT ARE VACANT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD, FOR INSTANCE, A, A, A HISTORY POSITION AT ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WE WERE JUST ACTUALLY ABLE TO [00:50:01] FEEL, UM, I THINK IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND REACHING OUT TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND SEEING IF ANYBODY'S GRADUATING EARLY, WE'RE CONTACTING OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE WE ARE REALLY, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING AROUND AND, AND BEATING THAT EVERY SINGLE BUSH THAT WE CAN OR SHAKING THE TREE, SEE WHAT APPLES WILL FALL OUT. SO, UM, BUT REALLY THE SUBS ARE PROBABLY MORE OF AN, AN ISSUE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOBODY IN THE PIPELINE, UH, FOR THAT. AND WE DO USE A SUB COMPANY, UM, AND THEY ARE DOING THE SAME THING. THEY ARE OFFERING A LOT OF INCENTIVES, UM, TO, TO PEOPLE TO COME WORK FOR THEM AND TO BE A SUB. BUT, UM, IT JUST, NOBODY'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. YOU, AND I'VE SPOKEN IN THE PAST ABOUT STEM DEGREES AND HOW IT'S HARD TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH STEM DEGREES, BUT HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO PAY STEM DEGREE GRADUATES MORE MONEY THAN ARTS DEGREE GRADUATES? I KNOW IN THE SYSTEM EVERYBODY'S PAID THE SAME, BUT THAT'S NOT REALISTIC. THE STEM DEGREES CAN GET OUT OF COLLEGE AND MAKE 80. I'M A RECRUITER. SO I KNOW THESE THINGS, THEY MAKE 80 TO $90,000 A YEAR, UM, IN THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS. AND SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING OTHER THAN PASSION FOR EDUCATION THAT WOULD ENTICE THEM TO COME AND MAKE 45 50. AND SO IT, HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO THE REALISTIC APPROACH TO PAYING THEM MORE? SO, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR, IF THEY HAVE A MASTERS, IF THEY HAVE A MASTER'S PLUS THERE IS OTHER COMPENSATION FOR THAT. UH, SO, SO THEY CAN GET THERE AS WELL. AND IN SOME INSTANCES, YOU ALSO KNOW AS A RECRUITER, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INSTANCES, YOU JUST CAN'T RE YOU, YOU JUST CANNOT COMPETE. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT, DO WE WANT TO OFFER THIS OR THAT YES, WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALL THE TIME. UM, WE, WE CONSTANTLY WANT TO IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE AND PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE STABLE FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. THERE'S UNREALISTIC. I JUST THINK THAT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF TO TRY TO PAY EVERYBODY THE SAME RATE, REGARDLESS OF DEGREE, IS UNREALISTIC BECAUSE THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THAT DOESN'T OPERATE THAT WAY. AND SO I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS EVER A CHANCE TO CHANGE THAT STRUCTURE AND SAY, OKAY, LET WE UNDERSTAND. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET GREAT MATH TEACHERS, BECAUSE IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GRADUATING KIDS WHO ARE DEFICIENT IN MATH AND GO TO COLLEGES AND THEN HAVE TO TAKE REMEDIAL CLASSES IN ORDER TO GET UP TO SPEED. AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A CYCLE THAT'S JUST NOT, NOT SUSTAINABLE. UH, WE DO HAVE CONVERSATION. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE THE QUESTION ON YOUR, UM, ATTENDANCE. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A SPREAD OF COVID WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM STUDENT TO STUDENT, BUT I'M SURE WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE COVID POSITIVE. UM, WHAT IS YOUR SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN THAT HAVE A POSITIVE FAMILY MEMBER IN THE HOME THAT ARE POSITIVE? DO THEY STILL, ARE THEY STILL ALLOWED TO COME TO SCHOOL? UM, WHAT IS THE PROCESS THERE AND IS THERE A VIRTUAL LEARNING SYSTEM FOR THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT MISSING TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL BECAUSE A FAMILY MEMBERS POST. YES. AND SO THAT IS CALLED A HOUSEHOLD CONTACT. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE, THE NUMBERS. YOU MAY, YOU MAY SEE AT SOME SCHOOLS THAT THERE'S ZERO POSITIVE CASES AT THE SCHOOL, BUT THERE MAY BE 40 QUARANTINED. WELL, THOSE ARE YOUR HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS. UM, AND, AND YES, WE DO HAVE THAT VIRTUAL COMPONENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING AND THE REALLY OUR MAIN GOAL WHEN A STUDENT GOES ON QUARANTINE IS TO CONTINUE THAT TEACHER, STUDENT RELATIONSHIP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH THAT FAMILY. AND SO WE ARE ALSO, UM, PAYING TEACHERS AFTER SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL HOURS, UM, AN HOURLY RATE TO, TO CONTINUE TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION. SO THEY, THEY CAN JUMP ON. AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL, UH, DEPENDING UPON THE LEVEL OF THE STUDENT, UH, YOU HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECORDED ALL OF THEIR LESSONS FOR THE ENTIRE SEMESTER. AND SO WHEN THOSE STUDENTS GO ON QUARANTINE, IT'S JUST, THEY'RE NOT SKIPPING A BEAT BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT RECORDED LESSON THERE. UM, THEN THOSE STUDENTS CAN JUST LOG IN AND, AND MEET WITH THE TEACHER ON AN OPEN MEET. IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION, UM, AT THE ELEMENTARY, UH, THEY MAY NOT HAVE THAT. AND SO THOSE TEACHERS ARE THEN SENDING THAT, THAT WORK HOME WITH, WITH THE CHILD, AND THEN THEY HAVE SCHEDULED TIMES TO WHERE THOSE, THOSE STUDENTS AND PARENTS [00:55:01] CAN LOG IN AFTER HOURS IF THEY WANT TO. UM, BUT ALSO W ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS WE BUILT IN REMEDIATION HOURS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DAY, BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE GOING OUT ON HORN TEAM. AND THAT WAY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED THEM AND REALLY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE WHEN THEY CAME BACK AS WELL. SO WE'RE UTILIZING THAT TIME, UH, WHEN THEY COME BACK AS WELL, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND WE DO MOVE THOSE STUDENTS TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM. OKAY. AND NOW IS THAT THE STUDENT ALSO THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A NEGATIVE TEST BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED BACK IN SCHOOL OR JUST ASYMPTOMATIC? YEAH. SO, SO IF THEY'RE QUARANTINED, THEY'RE QUARANTINED FOR 10 DAYS, THEY CAN TAKE THE NEGATIVE, THEY CAN TAKE THE TEST ON DAY FIVE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, IF YOU'RE YOU'RE QUARANTINE. SO IF YOU'RE POSITIVE, YOU HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL OUT YOUR 10 DAYS. UM, BUT IF YOU'RE QUARANTINE AND THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY, IF YOU'RE QUARANTINED DUE TO BEING A CONTACT, THEN THEY CAN TEST ON DAY FIVE AND COME BACK ON DAY SEVEN. OKAY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE TIME THAT STUDENTS ARE OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. AND THAT GOES BACK TO THAT PROTECTING INSTRUCTION. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION MR. BAY? I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION. MORE OF A COMMENT. UM, I'M HEARING A LOT OF, UM, COMMENTS COMING BACK THAT BASICALLY SAYING YOUR TEACHERS ARE JUST OVERWORKED AND I, I UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN BE OVERWORKED WITH DEALING WITH THE KIDS IN THE CLASS. AND THEY'VE GOT TWO CLASSES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. THEY'RE VIRTUAL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN. I'M REAL CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET BURNED UP. AND WHEN, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT PROCESS, WITHOUT THE HELP AND THE BACKUP SUPPORT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO GOOD. AND THEY ARE, THEY'RE DOING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AND MORE, AND I JUST WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT. AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD IS AWARE OF THAT. SO, UM, AND THAT YOU CAN TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND I, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED, STAFFING IS OUR MAJOR ISSUE. AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A SUB TO COME IN. AND SO IF YOU HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL AND YOU HAVE 12 UNFILLED POSITIONS GOING INTO THAT MORNING, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 12 CLASSROOMS. THAT IS NOT, THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A DESIGNATED ADULT TO BE IN THERE FOR COVERAGE. SO THAT MEANS THEN HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE, UM, SOME OF THE STRUCTURES THAT, THAT MAYBE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE MOVED TO, TO COMPENSATING OUR TEACHERS FOR, FOR COVERING CLASSES AND FOR DOING THINGS, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A STRESS, AND I KNOW IT'S A STRESS WITH, ON OUR TEACHERS AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP OUR TEACHERS WITH, UH, RELIEVING SOME OF THAT. BUT, UM, UNTIL SOMETHING'S CHANGED WITH, WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR, OR EMPLOYEES. SO FOR INSTANCE, WE JUST OPENED UP AN ADDITIONAL 17 POSITIONS. THAT'S A PROVIDE TWO MORE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS TO HELP IN THE, IN THE CLASSROOMS. AND THOSE ARE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS TO HELP FOR COVERAGE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO HELP FOR COVERAGE, BUT IF THE PEOPLE DON'T APPLY, I MEAN, WE HAVE THE POSITIONS OUT THERE, BUT IF WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE IN THERE, THEN WE'RE STILL KIND OF SPINNING OUR WHEELS AND, AND WE'RE STUCK THERE. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS AND INCENTIVIZE THINGS TO OFFER OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, TO RELIEVE THAT BURDEN. BUT THAT RIGHT NOW, IF I WAS TO SAY IS WHEN IT COMES TO, FOR ME, IF I ALREADY THAT'S MY TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS MY STAFF. THANK YOU. HMM. WELL, I, I CERTAINLY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE PREDICAMENT YOU'RE IN AND THE TEACHERS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS A ROUGH JOB. AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT AS A TEACHER, IF YOU'RE NOT WELL, OR YOUR CHILD'S NOT WELL, OR YOU HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, YOU CAN'T GET DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS ON THE WEEKENDS. AND, UM, NOT HAVING A RELIABLE SUB, I KNOW THE TEACHERS I USED TO WORK WITH AT RESI. UM, THEY, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE IN THAT ROOM. AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A SUB AND THEN THAT PUTS MORE STRESS ON YOUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE PULLED OUT OF THEIR ROOM. IT'S, IT'S JUST A BAD SITUATION. AND I EMPATHIZE WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND THE TEACHERS, AND, UM, WISH THERE WAS A GRAND SOLUTION, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THE, THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT YOU'RE HIRING WILL HELP. YEP. WELL, AND WE'VE INCREASED OUR SUB PAY AS WELL TO TRY TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG-TERM SUB, [01:00:01] WE WE'VE UPPED THAT TO $120, UM, PER DAY, UH, TO TRY TO, TO RECRUIT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THAT, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE FOR A LONG-TERM SUB, IT WAS PROBABLY AROUND A HUNDRED. SO WE'VE INCREASED THAT $20 A DAY. UM, THE, JUST THE DAILY SUB RATE WAS $71 A DAY AND WE'VE INCREASED THAT TO A HUNDRED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WE'VE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO ACTUALLY INCENTIVIZE TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN. WHAT IS THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT IN WARREN COUNTY? SO WE ARE RIGHT AT 4,900, AND I WANT TO SAY 94 THAT'S IS THAT DOWN? IS THAT SO, SO THAT'S ON PAR WITH WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, WE FINISHED LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE A 4,997. UM, NOW THAT WAS DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BECAUSE LAST YEAR OF COURSE WAS OUR FIRST YEAR IN THE PANDEMIC. AND SO WE DID LOSE AROUND 125 STUDENTS AT THAT TIME. NOW, I THINK ONCE EVERYTHING COMES BACK AND ALL THIS IS OVER WITH YOU WOULD PROBABLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE PARENTS HAVE ACTUALLY TOLD US I'M GOING HOME INSTRUCTION UNTIL THIS IS OVER. THEN WE'LL BRING OUR STYLE, OUR CHILD BACK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN, IN CENTRAL OFFICE. AND SO, UH, WE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE BACK UP TO THAT 5,100, IF WE CAN MOVE OUT OF THIS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, I HATE TO PUT A STOP TO QUESTIONS, BUT IT IS 10 O'CLOCK AND WE HAD A HARD STOP. SO I THANK YOU, DR. BALLENGER. THANK YOU. IF I COULD HAVE [L. Closed Session – Sections 2.2-3711(A)(7) and (A)(8) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for Consultation with Legal Counsel Pertaining to Actual or Probable Litigation and Consultation with Legal Counsel for the Provision of Legal Advice re: Economic Development Authority Matter] A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, I MOVED THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSE MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS TWO DOT TWO DASH 3 7 1 1 8 7 AND EIGHT OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR CONSULTATION AND LEGAL COUNT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION AND THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN, VIRGINIA, THE EDA, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, THE EDA VERSUS JENNIFER MCDONALD AT ALL THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL VERSUS THE EDA AT ALL, AND OTHER POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND LITIGATION RELATING TO OTHER POSSIBLE LIABILITIES OF THE EDA AND THE RECOVERY OF EDA FUNDS AND ASSETS. IS THERE A SECOND ROW COLUMN IS THE SHERLOCKIAN MR. CARTER, MRS. OATES. I MET HIM SHARE I MR. MABE, MR. FOX. OKAY. WE WILL BE IN CLOSED SESSION TO APPROXIMATELY 10 30. ALL RIGHT. IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIES TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTIONS TWO DOT TWO DASH 3 7 1 1 8 7 AND EIGHT 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 WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING BY THE PUBLIC BODY. IS THERE A SECOND? MR. FOX, MR. MAIN, MADAM CHAIR. I MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER, RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE [H. Reports – Board Members, County Administrator, Interim County Attorney] ON TO BOARD REPORTS. MR. CARTER, MR. BOX. NOTHING. I HAVE NOTHING MR. MABE, THE SAKE OF TIME. I'LL, UH, YOU MRS. OATES, SAME SAKE, SAKE OF TIME. I'M GOING TO YIELD. OKAY. UM, I'VE JUST GOT A FEW THINGS. UM, PUBLIC SAFETY WISE COMING IN THIS MORNING, UH, FALL IS HERE. SO THE WEATHER IS REALLY FOGGY AND JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS OUTSTANDING ALONG THE ROADS, WAITING FOR BUSES, UM, AND A REMINDER THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE DEER START GOING CRAZY, CROSSING THE ROADS AS WELL. SO JUST THAT EXTRA CAUTION ON THAT, UM, WONDER REMIND EVERYBODY IT'S, UH, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND, UM, TO A LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE BROADBAND. UM, I PERSONALLY WENT OUT DOOR TO DOOR FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, TRYING TO HAND OUT FLYERS ABOUT OUR BROADBAND INITIATIVE. THERE'S A SURVEY THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF IN DOUBT, JUST TAKE THE SURVEY, UH, BEST INFORMATION I CAN GIVE YOU ON THAT AND THAT'S COUNTY WIDE. UM, AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, ALL OF OUR NUMBERS ARE OUT ON THE WEBPAGE AND, UM, YOU CAN CONTACT US FOR THAT. AND AT SOME POINT ALL POINTS BROADBAND WILL BE HAVING THEIR PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND TO [01:05:01] GO OVER THESE AREAS AS WELL. CORRECT? YES MA'AM. UM, AND WE WILL TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. WE HAVE REASSESSMENT GOING ON. SO I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE UNNERVING WHEN PEOPLE START COMING AROUND, LOOKING AT YOUR HOME OR ASKING QUESTIONS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, NOBODY'S ASKING YOU FOR ANY MONEY, DON'T GIVE THEM ANY MONEY. WE WERE IN THE FIRST PHASES OF THIS, AND THERE'S NO MONEY INVOLVED. IT'S JUST ANSWERING A SURVEY AND IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE YOU TO ANYTHING AS WELL. IT JUST PUTS YOUR HOUSEHOLD ON A MAP OF AN UNSERVED AREA. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THE MEDICA FAMILY AND GIVE YOU OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY. AND IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING FOR SUPPORT, PLEASE REACH OUT DR. DALEY. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A CAPTAIN, MY ADDICO, IF HE WOULD COME UP FOR A MOMENT FOR A REPORT. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COUNTY STAFF HAS ALWAYS, IT'S GREAT TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING. UH, DR. DALEY ASKED THAT WE COME AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, UM, OF WHICH SATURDAY KICKED OFF, UH, I'M SORRY. SUNDAY KICKED OFF NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, UH, WITH THIS YEAR'S THEME BEING, UH, LEARN THE SOUNDS OF FIRE SAFETY, UH, EVERY YEAR, FIRE KILLS MORE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES THAN ALL NATURAL DISASTERS COMBINED. IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT AND GRASP THAT FOR A MINUTE, THAT THE VERY THINGS THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL, EARTHQUAKES, TORNADOES, HURRICANES, FLOODWATERS, ET CETERA, KILL LESS PEOPLE THAN THE VERY THING THAT WE CAN CONTROL. IT'S BECAUSE WE, AS A SOCIETY TAKE FOR GRANTED THE DANGERS OF FIRE, WE USE FIRE EVERY DAY TO HEAT OUR HOMES, PREPARE OUR MEALS, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. WE JUST TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, UM, WITH THE IMPACTS OF COVID THIS YEAR, UH, WE ELECTED NOT TO DO OUR ANNUAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK KICKOFF EVENT, UM, AND MOVED EVERYTHING VIRTUAL, OUR COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION AND EDUCATIONAL STAFF ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY, PUTTING TOGETHER A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS, UH, THIS YEAR TO DISCUSS THE SOUNDS OF FIRE SAFETY, BE IT A WORKING SMOKE ALARM IN THE HOME, A CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM TO THE SOUNDS OF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, EXIT DRILLS. HOW DO WE TIE THAT MESSAGING BACK, UH, FROM AN EDUCATIONAL FORMAT? UH, THE DESIGN WAS WE WERE GOING TO RELEASE ONE VIDEO EACH DAY. UM, WELL, OF COURSE IN THE TIME THAT WE DO VIRTUAL, ALL OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS DECIDE TO CRASH FOR LIKE SEVEN HOURS. SO, UH, BUT WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON GETTING THAT BACK UP AND RUNNING, UH, AND HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. UH, WE'RE STILL DOING SOME EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN OUR DAYCARES, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE OUTSIDE APPROACH. WE'RE SENDING CREWS TO THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, BUT WE'RE BRINGING THE STUDENTS OUTSIDE, UH, TO WHERE WE'RE NOT SENDING OUR RESPONDERS FOR THEIR PROTECTION, UH, WITH INSIDE THE FACILITIES. UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME OF THE NORMS THAT WE DO. UH, WE ARE DONATING TO FIRE SAFETY BOOKS THIS WEEK TO SAMUELS PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT CAN BE CHECKED OUT FROM, UM, BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AND JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. UH, THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVICE THAT YOU CAN HAVE IN YOUR HOME IS THE SOUND OF A WORKING SMOKE ALARM. WE DO OFFER A SMOKE ALARM PROGRAM AS PART OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION INITIATIVES. AND WE ASK THAT ANYBODY THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH A WORKING SMOKE ALARM IN THEIR HOME TO CALL OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AT 5 4 0 6 3 6 3 8 3 0, OR VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITE@WARRENCOUNTYFIRE.COM. UH, YOU'LL ALSO SEE A CHANGE IN OUR UNIFORM THIS MONTH AND A DIFFERENT APPEARANCE ON OUR EMERGENCY APPARATUS FIRE CHIEF PANZANO IS PARTNERED WITH OUR LOCAL UNIT UNION, LOCAL 35 88, AND HAS AUTHORIZED, UH, A PINK BREAST CANCER AWARENESS SHIRT, UM, AS OFFICIAL DEPARTMENTAL APPAREL FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. UM, MINE WAS DIRTY. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT WEARING IT THIS MORNING. UH, SO YOU'LL SEE STAFF RUNNING AROUND WITH BRIGHT PINK SHIRTS ON, UH, SIGNIFYING OUR SUPPORT FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. IN ADDITION TO YOU'LL SEE, PURPLE RIBBONS, UH, FLYING ON OUR APPARATUS, UH, TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL PHOENIX PROJECT, UH, AND TO BRING AWARENESS TOWARDS, UH, DOMESTIC ABUSE, UM, AWARENESS, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I ALSO TO ON BEHALF OF CHIEF PANZANO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE RESCUE SERVICES AND THE, MY ATTICA FAMILY REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF SUPPORT YESTERDAY, [01:10:01] AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT REACHED OUT TERRAN. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT ARE TRYING TIME, BUT CERTAINLY WITH THE SUPPORT MECHANISM OF OUR FIRE AND RESCUE SYSTEM, WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO AT SOME POINT YOU GUYS WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO CHECK SMOKE ALARMS, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO FORGOTTEN AND YOU, YOU, AND I'VE JOKED THAT I THINK YOU HAVE LIKE AN 80 YEAR OLD SMOKE ALARM OR SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE. SO ARE YOU STILL DOING THAT? I KNOW WITH COVID, YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE PREVENTED THAT WELL, TWOFOLD COVID CERTAINLY IMPACTED THAT PROGRAM AT ONE TIME, WE WOULD NOT GO INTO SOMEBODY'S HOME, UH, TO INSTALL A SMOKE ALARM TO WHERE THEN WE WENT INTO, WE WOULD GO INTO A HOME, YOU STAYED AWAY FROM US KIND OF THING. WE WORE MASKS PROTECTIVE GEAR. WHEREAS NOW WE ARE GOING BACK INTO PEOPLE'S HOME, UM, WITH A SMOKE ALARM, WE HAVE THE SCREENING PROCESS, UM, THE STAFF PROTECTIONS, ET CETERA, WE ARE NOT DOING THE DOOR TO DOOR PROGRAM, UM, UNLESS THERE'S A FIRE INCIDENT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'LL USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS. WE WILL GO DOOR TO DOOR. UM, THEN ALSO TOO, I, I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB WITH OUR SMOKE ALARM PROGRAM. UH, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS WE GOT TO GET INNOVATIVE BECAUSE WE'VE CANVAS ALL OF OUR HIGH-RISK AREAS. WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB GETTING THOSE SMOKE ALARMS IN THE HOME, BUT OUR PROGRAM IS AT THE 11 YEAR MARK. UM, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, OUR SMOKE ALARM, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY 10 YEARS. SO NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SENDING OFFICIAL LETTERS AND NOTIFICATION TO THE HOMES THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN STARTING AT THAT 11 YEAR MARKER. UM, AND JUST REMINDING THEM THAT, HEY, THE SMOKE ALARM WE PROVIDED NOW NEEDS A RE REPLACED CALL US, OR WE MAY EVEN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED HANDS AND THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT TO CHECK THE DATE OF THAT SMOKE ALARM. UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, NOT REALLY DO ANY DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN, UNLESS THERE'S AN INCIDENT THAT WARRANTS THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF THE SUBJECT OF A SMOKE DETECTORS AND NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND MAYBE MORE FOR STAFF, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW, WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT ABOUT, I THINK THE SAFER GRANT IS IN OCTOBER. SO THE SAFER GRANT ALREADY DROPPED, WE WEREN'T AWARDED A FALL. CARA WAS AWARDED 4.8 MILLION. UH, THERE WAS A DEPARTMENT IN BOSTON WHO AWARDED 24 MILLION IN THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT. IS THERE, UM, SO THEY AWARDED ROUGHLY THREE AND A HALF OR 350,000, OR I'M SORRY, LET ME GO BACK $350 MILLION. WE THINK THAT THERE'S STILL SOME MONEY IN THE POT BECAUSE IN ESSENCE, THE PROGRAM DOUBLED, UM, BUT THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SAFER GRANT DROPPED AND WE WERE NOT SELECTED, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION THAT WE DIDN'T GET IT. UM, SO THERE'S STILL HOPE OUR AFG GRANT FOR THE PPE. UM, THEY'RE IN AROUND ABOUT AROUND, UM, ROUND NINE, I THINK, LAST CHECK. AND WE WEREN'T SELECTED IN THAT AS WELL. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF NETWORKING, A LOT OF RESEARCH ON MR. CARTER. AND WE HONESTLY THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY UNDER A GRANT, UM, AN ALREADY UNDER A SAFER GRANT. WE THINK THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF US GETTING DOUBLE FUNDED WHILE UNDER THE GRANT FOR THE RIVERMONT STAFFING IS PROBABLY NOT HIGH WITH AS MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE APPLYING. WE'VE SEEN SO MANY APPLICATIONS. I THINK THIS WAS THE RECORD NUMBER OF APPLICANTS TO THE SAFER PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE'S NO MATCHING FUNDS. THEY WAIVE THE MATCHING FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE COVID, UH, SITUATION. SO IT'S IN ESSENCE FREE MONEY FOR A THREE YEAR TIMEFRAME. SO YOU JUST HAVE THAT MANY MORE LIKE HOLIDAYS APPLIANCE. SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO REALLY ANALYZE THAT PROGRAM AND FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE STRETCH OUR DOLLAR TO GO TO THE FARTHEST. SO, SO EVEN THE ROUND ONE, THERE ARE MORE ROUNDS, SO WE SHOULDN'T LOSE FAITH. TOTALLY. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE MORE ROUNDS TENTATIVELY. SO THEY ANNOUNCED EARLY IN THE GRANT PROCESS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DOUBLE THE FUNDING AND THE GRANT, THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SAFER GRANT SAFER USUALLY COMES IN A ONE-TIME ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT THEY ONLY ANNOUNCED TO THE ORIGINAL FUNDING AMOUNT. UM, SO THEY, SO THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ROUND. [01:15:01] YOU JUST DON'T GET THAT NOTIFICATION FROM SAFER. SO, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP HOPE THEN NEITHER A WEEK. NEITHER WE, WE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND WERE THOSE THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE ALREADY ASKING THEM AND STARTING TO COMPILE, CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR GRANT SO WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT MADE YOU SUCCESSFUL? SO WE'RE STARTING TO READ THEIR GRANT NARRATIVES AND REACHING OUT NO MORE, NO LESS THAN WE SHARED THE GRANTS, UM, THAT WE SUBMITTED THE, WE SUBMITTED A WEEK, THE RIVERMONT GRANT, WE SHARED WITH A LOCALITY AND THEY WERE AWARDED ULTIMATELY USING SOME OF THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT WE USED FOR THE RIVERMONT GRANT. SO, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP, BUT WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO COPY AND PASTE TOO. SO IF THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, SO, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. AND REMIND THE BOARD THAT NEXT TUESDAY WE WILL MEET AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE WORK SESSION. SO WITH, UH, FREDERICK WATER SO THAT THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL CAN ATTEND BECAUSE THEY HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT 7:00 PM THAT THEY NEED TO LEAVE FOR. SO WE'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION. THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT THE LIAISON, A MEETING ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, SO THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ALSO IN TIME FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND. IF THEY LIKE TO IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, UH, YOU WERE INVITED TO VISIT THE STEVENSON QUARRY TOMORROW, AND, UH, THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME TO VISIT THE QUARRY BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO FILL IT. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE TUNNEL WHERE THE WATER HAS COME THROUGH BEFORE THE WATER'S IN IT, THE TIME IS NOW TOMORROW. AND I HAVE DIRECTIONS. IF ANYBODY NEEDS DIRECTIONS, HOW TO GET UP TO THE QUARRY UP THERE. UM, ALSO AT THE LIAISON MEETING, WE SCHEDULED THE NEXT LIAISON MEETING FOR DECEMBER THE EIGHTH. SO YOU MIGHT MARK THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS. UM, OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO COME THIS NEXT TIME, SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT AVAILABLE. THE TOWN HAS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED OUR JOINT ADVANCE FOR FEBRUARY SIX. SO BACKING UP FROM THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND OUR NEW SUPERVISORS AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, LOOK AT THEIR CALENDARS SO THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE A MEETING IN LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER AFTER THANKSGIVING, BEFORE CHRISTMAS TYPE THING, UH, FOR THE BOARD THEMSELVES TO HAVE, UH, PROBABLY A TWO, THREE HOUR ADVANCE OF DISCUSSION. AND THEN A SECOND MEETING, WHICH MAY BE A DAY MEETING WITH STAFF AND HAVE THOSE TWO SCHEDULED IN PREPARATION PRIOR TO FEBRUARY SIX. I'M VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MATT ROBERTSON HAS ACCEPTED THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POSITION EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST. AND HE'S ALREADY HERE AT WORK AND OVER THE LAST, UH, SIX MONTHS, UH, WE'VE HAD MRS. LOGAN WORKING VERY HARD OVER THERE AND H PICKING UP HR ALONG WITH HER OTHER DUTIES AND TRYING TO COORDINATE EVERYTHING ELSE FOR US, AND LIKE TO ASK HER TO MAKE A LITTLE, SOME COMMENTS IN A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UM, BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR DEDICATED STAFF FOR THEIR WORK IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD WITH HR, IT'S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT, UM, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OFFICE, UM, UNDER DR. DALEY'S LEADERSHIP. AND I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE KEELA FOR HER HARD WORK DURING THIS TRANSITION TIME, SHE DIVE RIGHT IN AND HAS WORKED VERY HARD, AND IT'S BEEN VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. WE ALWAYS ADMIRE JODY FOR HER HARD WORK THAT SHE DID WITH THE COUNTY, BUT NOW WE'VE GAINED AN EVEN BIGGER ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT SHE DID DAY IN AND DAY OUT. WE NAVIGATE IT THROUGH PAYROLL AUTHORIZATIONS, NEW JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS, OPEN ENROLLMENT, SWITCHING, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, IDENTIFYING POLICY CHANGES, RESPONDING TO STATE POLICY CHANGES, ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS, MANY COVID PROTOCOLS AND QUESTIONS, UM, HIRING OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND ASSISTING OUR WORKFORCE. KAYLA HAS OUR SERVICE AWARDS OFF FOR PRODUCTION, AND OUR STAFF WILL BE RECEIVING THOSE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE HAVE A STAFF TRAINING SET UP THIS WEEK FOR WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT JANE AND KAYLA WILL MAKE A WONDERFUL HR TEAM FOR THE COUNTY MOVING FORWARD [01:20:01] AND NOW TO INTRODUCE, AND NOW TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR, JANE MEADOWS, SHE JOINS US WITH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN HR. SHE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. SHE HOLDS A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL IN HUMAN RESOURCES CERTIFICATION AND HAS OVER 15 YEARS OF DIRECT HUMAN RESOURCES EXPERIENCE. HER FIRST DAY WITH THE COUNTY WAS YESTERDAY. SHE CAME BACK TO WORK TODAY. THANKFULLY SHE HAS ALREADY STARTED ON HER LIST OF PROJECTS MOVING US FORWARD. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO WELCOME HER TO OUR TEAM. AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE AS WELL. UM, AND, AND MS. KAYLA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'VE, YOU'VE PICKED UP A LOT AND WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND MS. LOGAN, I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS TO COMMEND YOU ON EVERYTHING YOU'VE PICKED UP. WOW. AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WOULD REMIND YOU. WE LOOK TALKED ABOUT THE AIR PURIFIERS THAT MR. HAYES HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, LAST MONTH. AND WE ARE TESTING THOSE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM OVER IN THIS BUILDING AND WE'LL SEE WHAT REACTION WE HAVE AND SEE HOW THEY WORK. AND WE MAY THEN TRY SOME MORE. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MA'AM SO, DR. DALEY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL IF THEY'RE WORKING AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE WHAT'S THE MEASUREMENT PART OF IT'S GOING TO BE SUBJECTIVE. OKAY. PART, PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE SUBJECTIVE. IF THERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THAT AREA SEEM AND FEELS HEALTHIER, THAT'S ALL SUBJECTIVE. MA'AM I DON'T DISAGREE, BUT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY IT AND SEE HOW IT WORKS. IT FIGURED AS LONG AS THINGS ARE BETTER THERE THAN THEY WERE AFTER, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, THEN IT'S A GOOD THING. AND IF THERE'S NO CHANGE AT ALL AFTER THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, THEN IT'S SO, SO, SO WE'LL SEE, IT'S HARD TO MEASURE IT IS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE FACTS THAT WE ARE USING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND NOT FEELINGS THAT WE'RE USING TO MAKE THINGS DECISIONS, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE WERE GOING SLOWLY AND JUST EXPERIMENTING THAT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY BECAUSE TO SEE THE OUTCOME, WE MAY NOT PUT ANY MORE IN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR. DALEY. YES, SIR. HOW HAS OUR GRANTS AND RESEARCH PERSON GOING? I MEAN, I HAVEN'T, SINCE SHE CAME ON BOARD, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT, ABOUT HER SO, WELL, SHE'S BUSY, SHE'S WORKING. HER INITIAL, UH, WORK IS TRYING TO ROUND UP ALL THE GRANTS AND MAKE A LARGE CHART FOR THE BOARD SO THAT THE BOARD CAN SEE ALL THE GRANTS AND WHAT THEY'RE AND THE DATES WHEN VARIOUS THINGS NEED TO TAKE PLACE. WHEN YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT SOMETHING OVER AND FINANCE, WHEN YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A REPORT, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A PAYMENT IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, WHEN THE GRANT EXPIRES, ET CETERA, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS THE, INITIATIVE'S DOING SOME RESEARCH, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING WHEN, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET BACK TO CREATING THIS CHART FOR YOU AS THE FIRST MAIN ASSIGNMENT, SHE HAS BEEN WORKING, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DRUG COURT OPTIONS AND A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT PRIMARILY WORKING ON THIS. THANK YOU. AND MR. HAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT? I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. OKAY, MRS. LOGAN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE DOWN [I. Appropriations and Transfers] TO APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS. IS THERE ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ON THAT AND IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATS. I MADAM CHAIR, I MR. MABE, MR. FOX. OKAY. APPROVAL [J. Approval of Minutes] OF MINUTES, THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 7TH AND SEPTEMBER 21ST. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? I MOVE MADAM CHAIR THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, UM, AS PREVENTIVE FOR CEP AS PRESENTED FOR SEPTEMBER 7TH AND SEPTEMBER 21ST. IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. HI, MR. MABE, MADAM CHAIR. HI MRS. OATES, MR. CARTER. OKAY. [K. Consent Agenda] CONSENT AGENDA. OR ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED SECOND [01:25:01] ROW COLUMN IS SHIRAKI MR. CARTER, MRS. OATES, MADAM CHAIR, MR. MABE, MR. FOX. OKAY. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL [M. Additional New Business (If needed)] NEW BUSINESS TO DISCUSS HERE? MADAM CHAIR WOULD JUST REMIND THE BOARD DESPITE MRS. ROCKY'S OBJECTIONS THAT THIS BUDGET SCHEDULE IS FLEXIBLE. AND THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND ASK THAT WE CHANGE A DATE UP OR DOWN. I THINK WE ALL ASSUME WITH WHETHER IT'S A MOVING TARGET AT ANY GIVEN DAWN. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. AND I GUESS WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE BREAK BEFORE THE WORK SESSION TEST. ALL RIGHT. [WORK SESSION A. Discussion – Overview of the Public Works Department – Mike Berry] THIS ONE'S THIS ONE'S ON NOW. YEP. OKAY. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, I WAS IN LAST OCTOBER, I THINK I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GUINEA PIGS TO START WITH A PRESENTATION AS WE PREPARED FOR THE BUDGET SEASON. UM, AND SO THEY, UM, FOCUSED ON THE DEPARTMENT, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE FUNCTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A, UH, A LITTLE BETTER VISUAL OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE DO. AND, UM, AND, AND I HAVE A LOT OF WRITING AND NOT THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE A LOT OF WRITING, SO I DON'T WANT TO SCARE YOU. I HAVE LIKE 52 SLIDES. SOME OF THEM ARE PICTURES. UM, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST. IT'S KIND OF START WITH WHERE, WHERE WE CAME FROM, BECAUSE WE'RE RELATIVELY OLD, RELATIVELY NEW AND CONTINUING TO GROW. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT WE DO AND WHERE WE'VE CAME FROM. IS THIS STILL WORKING? IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WENT DOWN. OKAY. UM, SO THE PUBLIC WORKS NAME REALLY SHOWED UP IN THE BUDGET IN 2017, 18, AND IN THE BUDGET WAS CREATED AND IT SAYS SANDY'S PUBLIC WORKS, STASH, SANITARY DISTRICTS. AND THAT WAS CREATED PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ADDITION OF LAKEFRONT OIL SANITARY DISTRICT. UM, AT THAT TIME WE ONLY HAD ONE MAN, A SANITARY DISTRICT, UM, THAT WAS SHENANDOAH FARMS. AND THEN WE HAD A NEED TO MANAGE AND TO PERFORM ROAD MAINTENANCE FOR SUCH, UM, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS POSITION WAS CREATED AT THAT TIME FOR THAT BUDGET CYCLE. UM, AND, AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE DID ELIMINATE SOME OTHER POSITIONS OR, OR DO SOME TRANSFERS INTERNALLY. UM, WE HAD SOME MORE MANAGEMENT AT THE TRANSFER STATION. WE JUST KIND OF MERGED SOME OF THAT TOGETHER. UM, NO LONGER HAVE A MANAGER LISTED AT THAT LOCATION. UM, SOLID WASTE MANAGER POSITION, SOMEWHAT CHANGED. THAT WAS KIND OF MY ROLE BEFORE, UM, JULY OF 2017, UM, WITH WE DID, AT THAT POINT, WE HAD OUR FOREMAN IN THAT BUDGET, AND THAT'S WHY I KNOW I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND HOW IT CHANGED BECAUSE WE STARTED BASICALLY WITH, UM, MY POSITION CHANGING MY SALARY, WASN'T IN THE BUDGET. EVENTUALLY THAT MY SALARY WAS MOVED OVER INTO THE, UH, THE BUDGET, THAT BUDGET. UM, AND, AND WE'VE GROWN EACH YEAR, UM, AS FAR AS THE ROAD SYSTEM. SO 2018, UM, WE ADDED, WELL LATE 2017, WE HAD TO LAY THAT HEIGHT SANITARY DISTRICT. AND THEN IN, UM, THE NEXT ONE, UM, WHAT WAS IT, 18? WE ADDED A WILD CAT DRIVE AND THEN 19, WE ADDED OSCOPY LANE SANITARY DISTRICTS IN 2020, WE IN IT, SHANNON WOODS, SANITARY DISTRICT. SO, UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS. UM, I HAD ONE WITH MISS OATS, I GUESS, IN THE LAST YEAR. SO THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTACTED US, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS AT THIS TIME FOR ANY NEW ONES IN 2021. UM, AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW JUST FOR SANITARY DISTRICTS IN THAT BUDGET ALONE IS AT THREE MINUTE AND WE'LL GET INTO ORG CHARTS AND WORK CHARTS. AND I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT THEN I'VE, I'VE GOT KIND OF A MASTER GIANT ONE. THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO READ, AND THEN I'M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO EACH CATEGORY. UM, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT EXPANDED DUTIES AGAIN WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RETIRING. AND WE TOOK ON, UM, THE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT ROLE, SHANDA FARM SANITARY DISTRICT AND, AND THE FRONT ROW WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT. UM, SO THOSE ARE AND GOT INTO THE V DOT REVENUE SHARING PROGRAM AND, AND, UM, OTHER V DOT ROAD RELATED ITEMS THAT WERE FORMALLY HANDLED BY THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. SO THAT MANAGEMENT CAME UP, CAME ON US AS WELL. UM, ONE BLESSING, UM, DECEMBER, 2021, WE DID HIRE SANITARY DISTRICT MANAGER. UM, WE HADN'T REALLY HAD A POSITION THERE FOR MANY YEARS. UH, ORIGINALLY SHANDA FARMS HAD A SANITARY DISTRICT MANAGER, AND [01:30:01] I THINK THAT POSITION HAS BEEN UNFILLED SINCE 2012, IF I'M ACCURATE THERE. UM, BUT, UM, MR. CAULFIELD HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AND DONE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN ROADS AND CONTINUING TO BRANCH OUT AND EXPAND HIS HORIZONS. UM, W AND, AND, AND THE BIG GROWTH IN THIS THIS YEAR, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO FORMERLY ESTABLISHED IN 1718 WAS THE GENERAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE IN EARLY 2021, UM, THE DIRECTOR POSITION WAS ELIMINATED AND THE DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND PERSONNEL GENERAL SERVICES, INCLUDING BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. UM, SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL GROWING. I THINK THAT, UM, WE'RE STILL KINDA FINDING OURSELVES TOTALLY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE HAD THIS GOAL OF BECOMING ONE TEAM AS WE, AS WE COME TOGETHER. UM, AND, AND THAT'S OUR INTERNAL GOAL BECAUSE WE, WE ARE SPREAD OUT AND ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH COVID AND THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING. UM, WE'VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PUBLIC WORKS, BECAUSE IN THE BUDGET AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET A LITTLE DEEPER, YOU KNOW, IT INCLUDES SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SANITARY DISTRICT MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC ON ONE SIDE MANAGEMENT IN FRONT WORLD, WAR COUNTY, AIRPORT GENERAL SERVICES MANAGEMENT. AND THIS INCLUDES A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES, INCLUDING ROAD MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, RENOVATIONS, CUSTODIAL, AND MOVING SERVICES. AND AS I MENTIONED, TRYING TO BECOME ONE TEAM WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING SOME CROSS TRAINING, OUR SANITARY DISTRICT STAFF AND OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF THAT DO FIX IT, TYPE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY STARTED. THOSE GUYS KNOW PERFORMING COVID TREATMENT, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO TRAIN THEM THERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO START CROSS TRAINING THEM ON FIRE SUPPRESSION. UM, YEAH, SO WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO RESPOND. YOU KNOW, DONNA, SHE'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF ONE-ON-ONE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'VE HAD EXPOSURES AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE OUT, UM, I'VE BEEN OUT MYSELF. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET BEHIND QUICKLY. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A LEAN STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME OF THE DUPLICATION IS A GOOD THING. SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST, DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO BRING, UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS TO HAVE A ONE TEAM, UM, GOAL, UM, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BUDGETARY MANAGEMENT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA HONE IN REAL HARD THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A GLANCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH SANITARY DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVE MANAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND THOSE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, POS P O S F OR THE ASSOCIATE ADVISORY BOARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE $6.7 MILLION WORTH OF BUDGETS. UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE HANDLING 13 BUDGETS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEY INCLUDE ALL THE SANITARY DISTRICTS THAT WE ACTIVELY MANAGE. SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, ADMIN TIME AS WELL, OUR CURRENT STAFF, AND IT'S, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN BLOW IT UP ANY BIGGER THERE, BUT, UM, THIS IS A KIND OF AN ORG CHART TO SHOW YOU OUR, UM, OUR STAFF AND I, AND I WILL HAVE SOME BREAKDOWNS TO, TO SHOW THEM IN A LITTLE SMALLER SCALE. UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, I'M THE DIRECTOR AND I HAVE SOME NAMES UP THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN UNDER ME, UM, WE HAVE JAMIE LINTZ AND HE'S A SOLID WASTE MANAGER. UH, WE HAVE MICHAEL KOHLFELD UNDER THE SANITARY DISTRICTS, AND THEN WE HAVE DONNA WHO'S THE GENERAL SERVICES. SHE'S MORE OF A GENERAL SERVICE MANAGER, REALLY THEN OUR TITLE CUSTODIAL MANAGER, UM, AND, UM, A GOOD TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS. AND IF YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT AND WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE OR NOT. BUT, UM, THIS IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME THE NUMBER OF PART-TIME POSITIONS, UM, IN EACH GROUPING, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE SOLID WASTE TEAM, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST EMPLOYEE, UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE PART-TIME. WE ONLY HAVE THREE TIME, THREE FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN THE, IN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND OUR, AND OUR SANITARY DISTRICTS. UM, THOSE GUYS, TRAVIS JONES IS OUR FOREMAN. WE HAVE TWO FULL TIME, UM, OPERATORS UNDER HIM. SHE ENDED UP FARM SANITARY DISTRICT, UM, TIMMY LENSES, OUR FOREMAN, AND TRAVIS AND TIMMY, BOTH REPORT TO MICHAEL OUT NOW. UM, AND TAMMY, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, GET THE POSITIONS FILLED. WE'VE HAD SOME TROUBLES, I'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE TODAY GETTING THE STAFF IS TOUGH, BUT WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OPERATORS OUT THERE. NOW, THOSE MEN, UM, TAMMY INCLUDED SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE ALL THEIR BUDGET IS IN PERSONNEL EXPENSES ARE UNDER THE SHADOW, FARM, SANITARY BUDGET, UM, BENEATH DONNA IN THE CUSTODY [01:35:01] OF THOSE SERVICES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, FULL AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. UM, WE HAVE THREE GUYS NOW. UM, WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TWO, WE HAVE ONE WHO'S MOVED OVER THAT WAY WHO KIND OF STARTED OUT MORE CUSTODIAL, BUT HE'S A GREAT TRADESMAN AND IT'S WORKED OUT WELL CAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME PERSONAL, UM, ISSUES AND MEDICAL ISSUES. UM, AND, UM, WE, WE HAVE WEST CURRENTS AND, AND CLARK MODES AND EARLY, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NEIL'S BEEN A REAL ASSET TO THAT TEAM AND THEY DO BASICALLY ALL THE MAJOR, THE MAJOR FIX THAT STUFF THAT WE DON'T NEED CONTRACTORS FOR IN THE COUNTY. UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL BREAK DOWN THROUGH THESE A LITTLE MORE. UM, WE HAVE THE LADIES AND CUSTODIAL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE STATIONED AT THE PSB AT THE COURTHOUSE, AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO FLOAT THROUGH THE MULTIPLE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. UM, AND OVERALL, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S KINDA MOVING OR DIRTY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE INVOLVED IN IT. AND THIS, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS A LITTLE BETTER, UM, ON THE NEXT PAGE, JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE, THE WAY THAT THE, I KNOW THAT THAT CHART IS GOING TO BE HARD TO READ, BUT WE WANTED TO WHOLE WORK CHART. AND AGAIN, I'LL BREAK IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER AS WE MOVE AND PLEASE STOP ME. UM, AND THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, UH, OUT AT THE AIRPORT, I ACT AS THE MANAGER ON THE AIRPORT SIDE. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE ROBERT SCOBLE, WHO IS OUR FBO OUT THERE HANDLING THE, THE FLIGHTS AND SUCH, AND AS WE KEEP GOING, UM, SO PUBLIC WORKS AND I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN EACH GROUP A LITTLE MORE IN PUBLIC WORKS, SOLID WAYS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOLID WASTE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REFUSE COLLECTION, REFUSE DISPOSAL, THE CLOSED LANDFILL AND RECYCLING. AND I KNOW OFTEN CLOSED LANDFILL THEN REALLY HIT THE RADAR, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S STILL A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET AND, AND, AND OUR, AND OUR JOB AND WHAT WE DO. SO IN OUR CITIZEN CONVENIENCE OR REFUSE COLLECTION SITES, UM, AND OUR BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TWO BUDGETS. THE FOUR OUTLINES SITES ARE 42 30 AND THE TRANSFER STATION, CONVENIENCE SITES, 42 35. SO, BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS FUNCTIONAL WISE. UM, I PLACED ALL FIVE LOCATIONS, UM, CAUSE THEIR ORG CHARTS BASICALLY THE SAME, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, THEN SOLID WASTE MANAGER, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE COMPACTOR, UM, OPERATORS. AND, AND TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S AT 13. TYPICALLY WE HAVE 15, WE'VE HAD AS MANY AS 18. IT REALLY DEPENDS OVER THE YEARS ON ONE, HOW MANY SHIFTS THEY WORK AND HOW MANY HOURS THEY WORK, UM, WHEN THE LEGISLATION CHANGED PART-TIMERS COULD NO LONGER WORK BEYOND 29 HOURS. NO, THAT REALLY AFFECTED THAT SIDE OF THE PROGRAM. UM, WE HAD TO KIND OF BUS PEOPLE UP AND WE TRIED NOT TO PENALIZE THEM, OR I TRY NOT TO PENALIZE THEM. SO WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE WORK SIX HOUR SHIFTS, BUT I TRIED THE MEN THAT WERE WORKING MORE HOURS TO ALLOW THEM TO WORK THE MAX OF 29. WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE, THAT'LL TRY TO DO THAT, BUT TYPICALLY THEY'LL WORK A SIX HOUR SHIFT, BUT ALL OF THE CONVENIENCE SITES ARE MANNED BY PART-TIME INDIVIDUALS, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE AN EMERGENCY, UM, AND SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO COME IN OR, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE, UM, A NEED FOR SOMEONE TO GO OUT THERE AND HELP THEM JUST A COUPLE OF FRIDAYS. UM, THIS SHOWN LINDA CONVENIENCE SITE. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT BUILDING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON OUR CIP AND IT'LL BE IN THE NEW CIP, THE SHADOW FARM SITE, AND LOOKING AT LOOKING ACTIVELY TO FIND A, YOU KNOW, A BETTER HOME OR A BETTER SOLUTION FOR THE COLI SITE AS WELL. BUT THE LINDEN SITE, I THINK IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, A DECENT FLOW OF, UM, RECYCLING INTO COMPACTORS. AND IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TWO COMPACTORS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AT A BUSY SITE, LIKE THE COLI SITE, UH, BECAUSE THAT CAN REALLY, REALLY HELP A LOT. WHEN ON THE WEEKENDS, WHEN YOU'RE AT A BUSY LOCATION, WHEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY FOR TWO SKEW COMPACTORS AT ONE PLACE, UM, YOU KNOW, COOLEY DOES MORE THAN LYNDON. NOW, THE OTHER THING I'D MENTIONED IS AS WE LOOK AT SITE DEVELOPMENT IS THE, THE LOCATION AND, AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, THIS SITE WILL DO MORE RECYCLING THAN THE COOLEY SITE, ALTHOUGH YOU'LL HAVE MORE TRASH AT THE COOLEY SITE. AND I REALLY BELIEVE A LOT OF IT IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE LACK OF SPACE, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY GET OUT OF THE WAY THERE WITHOUT WALKING AROUND THINGS ARE PARKING IN THE PARKING LOT. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. JUST ANOTHER PICTURE HERE, UM, OF THE COMPACTOR IN SOME, SOME OF OUR CANS, UM, WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT RECYCLING. [01:40:01] UM, I KNOW WE USED TO BE ON THE TOP OF THE COUNTY HIT LIST FOR MOST YEARS, UM, IN REGARDS TO PERSONAL QUESTIONS AND HOW THAT WORKS, MOVING ON DOWN TO REFUSE DISPOSAL. THAT'S THE LARGEST BUDGET, UM, IN THE, IN THE SOLID WASTE FIELD, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, SOLID WASTE MANAGER. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, WHICH WE JUST HIRED OUR, OUR SECOND, OUR NUMBER TWO BACKUP OPERATOR. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SCALE HOUSE ATTENDANTS. ONE IS FULL TIME. ONE IS PART-TIME AND MAINTENANCE STAFF. WE HAVE AT TIMES HAD A PART-TIME PERSON THAT HELPED WITH MOHEN. BUT TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY WE HAVE A PART-TIME PERSON AND A LOT OF TIMES THEIR BACKUP OPERATORS DESIGNATED THERE, BUT I FELT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU, YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PROPERTY OUT THERE THAT WERE TAKEN CARE OF. AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE FEW PLACES, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE PAST WERE TAKEN CARE OF ABOUT PARKS AND REC, BUT, UM, THE, THE TRANSFER STATION IS AL ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF IT. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 85 PLUS ACRES, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF AROUND THE LANDFILL, THE GAS FANS, ET CETERA, WHEN WE GET TO THE TRANSFER STATION. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PERMITTING SOME, BUT OUR, OUR TRANSFER STATION AND OUR CLOSED LANDFILL HAVE ACTIVE PERMITS, UM, THROUGH THE QUEUE, UM, AND CLOSED LANDFILL WAS ORIGINALLY THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT LEGISLATION HAS CHANGED, BUT SO IF YOU EVER SEEN ANY REFERENCE TO PBR 33, YOU'LL USUALLY SEE THAT REFERENCED IN REPORTS THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. UH, WE DO HAVE REGULAR INSPECTIONS. UH, WE JUST GOT SOME REPORTS BACK. I SENT A DR DAILY WHERE WE PASSED OUR MOST RECENT INSPECTION ON OUR TRANSPORTATION AND OUR CLOSED LANDFILL. UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST THINK ABOUT THE TRASH PHONE. WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE REGULATION AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET. SO I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET A LITTLE DEEPER WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE, ANYTIME YOU HAVE A TRANSFER STATION IS TO HAVE A WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY OPERATOR. NOW, UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO, WE DID HAVE THREE, WE HAD EQUIPMENT OPERATOR LEAVE. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE JOB MARKET AND, AND PAY IS, I THINK WE HEARD SOME EARLIER. UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE JAMIE WITH, UH, JAMIE LISTS WHERE THE CLASS ONE LICENSE AND I HAVE A CLASS, TWO LICENSE. UM, AND THE DIFFERENCE BEING WITH CLASS ONE, THAT'S FOR TRANSFER STATIONS, CLASS TWO, YOU CAN OVERSEE TRANSFER STATIONS OR CLOSED LANDFILLS. SO OUR GOAL WOULD BE FOR ANY OF OUR, REALLY ANYBODY WHO IS WILLING TO OBTAIN THE LICENSURE TO DO SO. UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE POOR AND THE BOARD OF WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS CHANGED. UM, SOMEWHAT, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE CHANGED THE TEST, BUT YOU CAN NO LONGER TAKE YOUR BOOK WITH YOU. AND I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S A VERY TOUGH TEST. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR IN SOLID WASTE BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN SIT FOR THE TEST. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STATE APPROVED CLASS, AND THEN YOU ARE GOING, YOU'RE GOING AND TAKING A TEST WITH THE POUR. SO, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE DO. AND TYPICALLY WHEN THE EMPLOYEE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS, UM, WE HAVE AN INCENTIVE FOR AN EMPLOYEE IF THEY WOULD ACHIEVE OBTAINING THEIR LICENSE. AND WE HAVE MADE IT A CONTINGENCY OF HIGHER BEFORE OUR TRANSFER STATIONS, THE SCALE HOUSE AND THE TIP. AND FOR WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRANSFER STATION AND COMMERCIAL TRASH, THOSE ARE YOUR TWO BIGGIES THERE. UM, EVERYTHING COMING AND GOING IN THE COUNTY, EVERYTHING THAT COMES FROM OUR CONVENIENCE SITES, UM, IS GOING ACROSS THE SCALES AND THAT'S OUR COMMERCE HUB. AND AFTER IT LEAVES THE SCALE HOUSE, IT HITS TO THE TIPPING FLOOR. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL THE TRASH IN THE COUNTY THAT COMES TO US IS MANAGED ON THAT ONE FLOOR. UM, IT'S AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS, THERE IS GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT ON THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT REALIZE JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, LEACHATE COLLECTION. WE HAVE A LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM. UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SENDING ANY KIND OF CONTAMINANTS BACK OUT ACROSS THE, THE YARD, AND WE'RE COLLECTING THAT AND WE'RE SENDING IT TO THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, HANDLING AND WE HAVE TO PUMP AND HAUL THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT OUR COSTS, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL THOSE FACTORS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TIPPING FEES AND WHAT WE'RE PAYING. UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER CERTIFICATION WE HAVE IS OUR PUBLIC WAY, MASTER'S LICENSE FOR SCALE HOUSE. UM, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, MYSELF, JAMIE, BRIAN, MARSHALL, AND ANTHONY CURRENTS. AND BRIAN MARSHALL IS OUR FULL-TIME SCALE HOUSE EMPLOYEE AND ANTHONY OCCURRENCES ARE PART-TIME. UM, WE, WE LIKED TO HAVE ANOTHER PERSON. UM, THEY ARE, WE DO HAVE, UM, MONIES IN THE BUDGET. IT'S, IT'S JUST TOUGH TO FIND SOMEONE AND IT, [01:45:01] AS YOU KNOW, MOST HOLIDAYS WERE OPEN THERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP AND GET RID OF COMP TIME IS, IS REALLY TOUGH AT THAT LOCATION WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE THREE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. SO WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO TRY TO DEVELOP A LITTLE MORE HELP THERE IN THAT SCALE HOUSE. AND, AND ACTUALLY ON THE OPERATOR SIDE TOO, WE, WE REALLY BEEN HAVING TROUBLE. UM, ACTUALLY, WHILE I WAS OUT TEARING, UM, INTERVIEWED AND WE HIRED OUR MOST RECENT, UM, OPERATOR, BUT THAT COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH ALL THESE HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONDAY HOLIDAY, UNLESS IT'S CHRISTMAS WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN UP HERE. NOW I DID THE FIRST TIME AND A LOT, A LOT OF YEARS, I DID SEE A SLIGHT, SLIGHT CHANGE I CALCULATE AND I, AND I'VE GOT TO GRASP BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE KEEP OUR TONNAGE BY FISCAL AND FISCAL YEAR. UM, BECAUSE THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, WE HAVE A LOT OF REPORTING AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE REPORTING REQUIRED. UM, WE HAVE TO CALCULATE OUR TONNAGE FISCAL YEAR. SO WE LOOK AT IT BUDGETARILY AND THEN FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE STATE MANDATE IS TO DO, UM, FOR RECYCLING REPORTING AND, AND FOR WHAT'S CALLED A SWEETER REPORT. UM, SO THIS IS A SLIGHT DIP, BUT I'LL SHOW YOU THE PHYSICAL YEAR REPORT AND, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE A CLIMB. UM, AND, AND I STARTED WITH THE COUNTY IN 2011. UM, AND AT THAT TIME I HAD A 10 YEAR HISTORY. WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 30,000 TONS. SO, UM, FROM EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRENDING, YOU KNOW, TRENDS AND TRYING TO TREND. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SAW A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HOUSEHOLD TRASH WITH COVID. AND I THINK THAT WAS A SLIGHT DIP THAT WE SAW IN THE, THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR. UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY, BUT OVERALL WE'VE CONTINUED TO CLIMB NOW, WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROCESSING WASTE, UM, THE EMPLOYEES, YOU NEED TO HANDLE IT AND ALSO BUDGETARILY BECAUSE THESE BUDGETS, UM, WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REPUBLIC SERVICES AS A CONTRACTOR. WE HAVE CPI ADJUSTMENTS ANNUALLY BASED ON THE MARKET UP TO 5%, OUR, OUR CONTRACT WITH BATTLE CREEK AND PAIGE COUNTY INCREASES 25 CENTS PER TIME PER YEAR. SO IF WE INCREASE SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS PER YEAR AND YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN YOUR CPI AND YOU HAVE AN INCREASING YOUR TIPPING FEE, NATURALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY MORE MONEY FOR YOUR WASTE THAT YEAR. EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T CHANGE, IT'S GOING ON, THIS IS A MAP OF THE LANDFILL. AND I KNOW I'VE GAVE YOU GUYS SOME, A FEW CRASH COURSES, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BACK THERE. AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, UNDER A PERMIT NUMBER 180 4 WITH, UH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. UM, WE ARE REGULARLY INSPECT IT. COVID KNOCKED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT TYPICALLY WE WOULD SEE THEM EVERY THREE MONTHS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH VIRGINIA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS. SO WE'RE IN OUR 30 YEAR POST CLOSURE CARE. YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WILL WE EVER BE DONE? I HOPE THAT WE WILL. I'M NOT SURE. UM, WE CONTINUE TO DO WORK REGULARLY AT THE LANDFILL, UM, MONITORING GAS, MONITORING THE WATER, THE GROUND WATER, THE SURFACE WATER, UM, AND, AND THE STATE, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME WE'RE DOING ANYTHING DOWN THERE, I KNOW, AND THIS COLORS, THIS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS. IT'S, IT'S LIKE SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN DONE. UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY HEAVILY REGULATED. AND, AND ALL THAT DATA GOES TO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. AND WE WORK WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS WHO ARE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GET TAGGED NICKEL INTO GEOLOGY AND YOU START GETTING INTO SAMPLING AND, UM, AND THE LABORATORY REPORTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS A PART OF OUR JOB. AND A LOT OF TIMES, I DON'T THINK THAT'S LOOKED AT WHEN WE JUST LOOK AT REFUSE COLLECTION BECAUSE, UM, OR REFUSE DISPOSAL BECAUSE THE BUDGETARY IMPACTS, UM, FOR THIS WORK IS WITHIN THAT BUDGET AS WE APPROACHED THE BUZZER CHEESE AND IT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. SO ALL OF OUR CONSULTANT WORK, ANYTHING THAT WE DO, ADDITIONALLY, UNLESS IT WOULD BE A CA INCLUDED IN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS BUDGET. SO WE'RE DRILLING WELLS ON THE LANDFILL. UM, IT'S COMING OUT OF THIS 42 42 0 4 BUDGET. THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE A PAYMENT WILL COME FROM. UM, AGAIN, I JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROUNDWATER, WE'RE DOING CORRECTIVE ACTION MONITORING AND, UM, WE SAMPLE THE RESIDENTIAL WELLS. I KNOW I HAVE SOME NOTES AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS, IF I'M NOT, AM I GOING TOO FAST? UM, OKAY. CAUSE IT WAS TOUGH TO GET ALL OF THIS IN, I'M USUALLY A 10 TO 12 SIDE KIND OF GUY, BUT WITH ALL THESE PIECES, I WAS REALLY, [01:50:02] YEAH. YEAH. SO I KNOW IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO HUNGRY TIME, SO I'M TRYING. UM, BUT, UM, YEAH. ANYWAY, IF THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND MY EYES ARE GETTING OLD. YEAH. IT'S, IT'S HARD ON THE EYES FOR SURE. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT THINGS HERE. UM, YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, ON MY LAPTOP THAT I FINALLY GOT A SCREEN FOR, I FINALLY, OR, WELL, ACTUALLY I GOT A, I GOT A BOX AND THEN I GOT A SCREEN AND NOW I'M HAPPY, MAN. I GOT THIS SCREEN CAUSE HE GAVE ME THIS LITTLE TEENY AND I WAS LIKE, HOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS THING. AND I, I REALIZE MY AGE IS STARTING TO REEL UP A LITTLE NOW, BUT, UM, MAY HAVE FULL GAS, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I DON'T TYPICALLY DO THIS BEFORE THE BOARD, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY IN OUR SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE DON'T GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. IT REALLY KIND OF GOES ON SCENE, BUT IT IS AN EXPENSE AND IT HAS BEEN A COST FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I THINK THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KIND OF KNOW, HEY, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE GOING ON. UM, BUT OUR GAS UNITS HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL, NEW LANDFILL GAS EXCEEDANCES AND WE HOPE, AND AGAIN, A PART OF OUR JOB, MY JOB IS TO WORK TO SEE HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, PROTECT THE BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME? YOU KNOW? SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER, BUT THAT THAT'S A GOAL ALL THE TIME. NUMBER ONE IS PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH, NO MATTER WHAT, AND WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO SO. UM, JUST DURING THE, DURING THE JUNE, THE CORRECTIVE ACTION GROUNDWATER EVENT, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE AN EXCEEDANCE AND MONITORING WELFARE FOR TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE GET INTO THE TECHNICAL TERMS, BUT WE DO RE SAMPLE AND IT WAS NOT AS FAR OFF THE LIMIT. SO WE'RE DOING, THEN THEY'LL GET IT AND MISS OUT, IT'S LIKE STATISTICS. SO THEN THEY BEGIN TO DO STATISTICAL SAMPLING. SO IT, SOMETIMES EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN RIGHT NOW ON THOUGH. THEY'LL DO THE STATISTICAL SAMPLES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT GOES TO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. AND THEN, THEN WE COME UP WITH A PLAN, AN ACTION PLAN, UM, WHICH WE RECENTLY DREW UP THREE NEW EXTRACTION WELLS TO TREAT WATER, UM, NEAR THE LOCKHART PROPERTY, WHICH WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THAT PROPERTY. THESE WELLS WILL BE CONNECTED. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEY WILL BE CONNECTED TO OUR GRAM WATER EXTRACTION TREATMENT SYSTEM. WE HAVE A LITTLE SEA CONTAINER. THAT'S BASICALLY A BABY, UM, WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. AND THE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS. WE WANT YOU TO DO ONE, TWO AND THREE. SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT STEP. WE'RE ALSO WORKING THE SCHEDULE, CLEANING OUR CURRENT EXTRACTION WELLS TO REMOVE BACTERIA THAT'S FORMING, UM, CAUSE THAT CAN CREATE ISSUES AND THE PUMPS. AND THEN, UM, IT, IT RESTRICTS THE WATER FLOW AND REDUCES IN FACT IN THIS OF THE TREATMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S CONTINUAL MAINTENANCE THERE AND THAT'S ACROSS FROM THAT LINE GOES IN FRONT OF THAT SMELTER PROPERTY, WHICH FEW YEARS AGO WE DID A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THERE. AND SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE, UM, PROACTIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, HEY, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGE AND I KNOW I LIVE DOWN THAT WAY. SO THE FARMS ARE BUSTING UP QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROTECT THEM. WE DON'T WANT HOME SPELT THERE. WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA THAT WE HAVE KNOWN ISSUES. UM, ALSO, UM, ARE I MENTIONED THE, THE GET SYSTEM, BUT IT'S RUNNING SUCCESSFUL. UM, UM, THEY REMOVED VOLATILE, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH THERE, BASICALLY THE VOLATILES GO OUT OF A STACK, IT GOES THROUGH A TREATMENT SYSTEM AND THEN WE DISCHARGE THEM. WE HAVE TO SAMPLE THE DISCHARGE ALSO. SO THERE'S A LOT OF REGULATION THERE AND I KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY GET QUESTIONS ANYTIME THAT THE LANDFILL IS MENTIONED. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, LOTS OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND SOLID WASTE. AND I THINK I GAVE THIS TO MS. COLORS IN OUR SOLID WASTE MEETING. UM, YOU KNOW, LANDFILL GROUNDWATER SAMPLING. WE HAVE A SEMI SAMPLING, UM, WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT DO LANDFILL RESIDENTIAL WELLS SAMPLING. THERE'S THREE TYPICAL, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO DO SEMI-ANNUAL AND LESS CONCERNS. THEN WE DO THEM QUARTERLY. WE DO SEMI FOR FLETCHER AND SMELSER WELLS AND THEN QUARTERLY FOR LOCKHART. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WE HAVE, UM, UH, FILTERED AND UNFILTERED. SO THAT'S THE WELL THAT WE HAVE ISSUES WITH. SO WE HAVE A TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AND WE DO SAMPLES BEFORE AND AFTER, UM, THE TREATMENT SYSTEM. SO WITH FILTERED WITH FILTRATION, WE'VE HAD NO CONCERN NOW, YOU KNOW, AND I I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE A QUANTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MORE [01:55:01] STRINGENT THAN DRILLING A NEW WELL, UM, SWEET REPORT, SOLID WASTE INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT WERE DUE BY MARCH 31ST OF EACH YEAR. AND THAT'S A REPORT THAT SHOWS HOW MANY TONS THAT WE, WE ACCEPT THAT WE LANDFILLED. UM, THE REPORT I GAVE YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE RECYCLING OR BRUSH BRUSH OR MULCH THAT WAS JUST STUFF AND PUT IN THE GROUND. SO ANYTHING TAKEN AT THE TRANSFER STATION I HAVE TO REPORT, UM, IF IT WAS RECYCLED, I HAVE TO REPORT IT TO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA EACH YEAR. UM, OUR FINANCIAL INSURANCE AND KHAFRE OWL. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL HAVE TO START AGGRAVATING MR. ROBERTSON ABOUT, UM, REAL SOON. AND, UM, THAT IS DUE DECEMBER 31ST. UM, AND IN OUR PROCESS HAS CHANGED SOMEWHAT WITH SOME OF THE, UM, THE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS WE'VE HAD WITH, WITH, UH, THE RECENT YEAR. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TYPE OF A BOND, UM, FOR SUCH, RATHER THAN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TEST THAT WE USED TO DO. UM, OUR GROUNDWATER SYSTEM, I MENTIONED OUR DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORT WERE DUE EVERY MONTH AT THE 10TH, OUR LOCALITY RECYCLING RATE REPORT. OUR, OUR, UH, OUR MANDATE IS 25%, UM, WHICH WE HAVE ACHIEVED, UM, OVER THE YEARS. AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE BUSINESSES. IT'S NOT INDUSTRIAL WASTE, BUT IF YOUR BUSINESS RECYCLES NORMAL PRODUCTS, UM, TYPICALLY THAT'S MARCH OR APRIL, UM, WE DO THAT TOGETHER IN THE REGIONAL COMMISSION. SO THEY'LL, WE'LL HAVE A MAKE A MARCH DATE AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL SEND IT IN AS A GROUP, OUR ANNUAL FEES WE HAVE, WHICH ARE ALSO IN THIS 40 TO 40 BUDGET. UM, WE HAVE ANNUAL FEES FOR THE CLOSED LANDFILL AND THE TRANSFER STATION. SO IT COSTS US MONEY, UM, JUST TO BE IN THE BUSINESS AND THEN OUR OPERATIONS MANUAL. UM, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO REPORT AND IN MYSELF OR MR. LYNCH, YOU HAVE TO BE THE CERTIFIED OPERATOR. UM, WE HAVE TO CERTIFY THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE OR ANY CHANGES HAVE BEEN PROCESSED, AND THAT MANUAL MUST BE KEPT ON SITE FOR PROCEDURES. UM, WE HAVE A CORRECTIVE ACTION SITE EVALUATION THAT'S DUE ANNUALLY FOR OUR GUEST SYSTEM AND THEN EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR, UM, GROUNDWATER METALS AND, AND MONITOR NATURAL TENUATION NEXT DUE IN 2026. AND THEN WE HAVE A COMMUNITY INFORMATION SHEET THAT GOES OUT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, THE RESIDENTS THEY'RE JOINING, UM, DUE DECEMBER 31ST OF EACH YEAR AND THE NO EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, MOST OF THEM FOR THE CLOSED LANDFILL AND, AND DEAL WITH WHAT WE TAKE IN AND WHERE THEY GO. UM, A LOT OF IT IS MANDATED BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA SANITARY. DISTRICT'S MOVING OUT OF TRASH, UM, ROAD SIGN MAINTENANCE, INSTALLATION, SANITARY DISTRICT, MAN, THAT SNOW REMOVAL BRUSH, CUTTING STANDARD APPLICATION, GRADING, PIPE INSTALLATION, EMERGENCY REPAIRS. UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 50 MILES, 50 PLUS MILES, OUR ROUTE JUST IN THE SANITARY DISTRICTS, DAM, MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS. WE HAVE TWO DAMS IN SHADOW FORUMS AND ONE IN LAKE FRONT, ROYAL REVENUE SHARING PROJECTS, UM, SANITARY DISTRICT CIPS, GROUNDS MAINTENANCE. UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE OUR MANAGERIAL CHANGES ON THE FBO SIDE, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE GROUND MAINTENANCE AT THE AIRPORT. UM, THE, UH, SOME OF THE COUNTY FACILITIES WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED DOING, UH, THE NEW RIVERMONT FIRE COMPANY. WE'VE DOING THE MULLING OUT THERE. UM, AND THEN SANITARY DISTRICT, WE DO A LOT OF THE FACILITIES LIKE LAKEFRONT, WELL, WHICH WE OF COURSE GET REIMBURSED FOR. WE MOW FOR THEM INTERNAL PROJECTS, UM, MAINTENANCE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER WITH, UH, PARKS AND REC STAFF, UM, SIDEWALK REPAIR. UM, WE SAVED A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO MORE PROJECTS INTERNALLY. UM, WE DID SOME SIDEWALK REPAIR FROM THE GOVERNMENT CENTER OF THE CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS, THE OLD LIBRARY. NOW THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, IN COORDINATION WITH THE PARKS, NEW MEXICO CONSTRUCTION STAFF, ALSO TREE WORK I'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL, OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOREMAN AND SANITARY DISTRICT MANAGER ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE AIRPORT, WHICH WE WORK WITH. WE, WE HAVE INSPECTIONS BY THE FDA AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THOSE OBSTRUCTIONS, UM, OUT OF SIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, SO I'M HAVING THEM HELP ME IN A LOT OF ELDER PLACES, UM, MONITOR REPAIRS. WE HAD OUR SANITARY DISTRICT AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE. I MAKE IT CLEAR, NOT SHADOW FARMS, EMPLOYEES, UM, UM, HELPING WITH, UM, CEILING TILES. UM, AND SOME OF THE PROGRESS AND THE WORK WE'RE DOING OUT AT THE, UH, UM, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMPLEX. SO WE ACTUALLY HAD THEM UP AT THE PSP. WE'VE HAD SOME ROOF REPAIRS, UM, AND OUR FOREMAN'S REALLY GOOD OR A ROOF PROBLEMS, UM, TROUBLESHOOTING, UM, AND WITH PARKS AND REC CONSTRUCTION STAFF AS WELL, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR ISSUES AND TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE THE PROBLEM IS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE AND MORE INTERNALLY THAT WE CAN. AND THAT'S KINDA BEEN THE DIRECTION OF DR. DAILY TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE, [02:00:01] UM, BUDGETARILY WHERE WE CAN DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN. NOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN'T DO, UM, AND WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO A CONTRACTOR, BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET TRUCK WENT DOWN. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, WHICH, UH, SAVED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IS JUST RENT A TOW BILL LIFT TO CHANGE LIGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO LIKE THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE THAT NOW AND, YOU KNOW, AND WITH A TOW BILL LIFT, AND YOU'RE JUST CHANGING A COUPLE OF LIGHTS UP IN THERE, YOU'LL SAVE A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A DAY EASY. UM, AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO, TO, TO GET BETTER, TO GET BETTER, BUT COMPLAINTS, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON ROADS. UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THEIR TASK AS WELL. UM, AND HOW THIS FLOWS STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. YOU 9 1, 1 SIGNS, UM, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY ME AT THE TOP AND THEN SANITARY DISTRICT MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS FOREMAN AND PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE STAFF. WE DON'T SPEND THE WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THE 9 1, 1 SIGNS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE GOOD SERVICE, UM, WITH CELL PHONES, WIFI, I MEAN, YOU HAVE NEW FARM RESCUE. SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW THE AREA AND SCIENCE ARE SPINNING AROUND, ARE MISSING AND THEY COULD, IT COULD AFFECT SOMEONE'S LIFE. SO, UM, WE TRY TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS JUST A PHOTO OF OUR FOREMAN, PUTTING UP A SIGN, UM, TYPICALLY REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR SCHEDULE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVENTORY OF SIGNS, UM, NEW ROAD NAMES OR CHANGES AFTER YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED, UH, UH, A NAME, UM, WE'LL SCHEDULE INSTALLATION. AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THOSE SIGNS IN, TYPICALLY IT WOULD TAKE A MINIMUM OF THREE WEEKS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A SIGN. IF THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, MAINTAINED COUNTY MAINTAINED THE MAN IN SANITARY DISTRICTS. SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE LAKEFRONT ROLL, LYNDON HEIGHTS, OSBY LANE, SHANNON WOODS, SHANDO FARMS AND WILDCAT DRIVE. UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO THE SANITARY DISTRICT MANAGER. AGAIN, BEEN A GREAT BLESSING, UM, WITH THE, ALL THE CHANGE THAT WE'VE SEEN AND THE PUBLIC WORKS FOREMAN WILL HANDLE ALL OF THE SANITARY DISTRICTS, EXCEPTIONAL FARMS, AND THEN HIS TWO GUYS, AND THEN SHADOW FARMS. TIMMY LENTZ HAS NOW TWO OPERATORS WILL HANDLE SHADOW FARMS. NOW PUBLIC WORKS DOES GO INTO THE FARMS WE'VE BEEN IN THERE THIS SUMMER, AND THEY WILL PAY US. WE'LL DO LIKE FOR CULVERT A PIPE INSTALLATION. SO WE'LL STILL GO WIN OR WILL BE THE BACKUP CAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF ROAD OUT THERE. AND WHEN WE GET THE SNOW SEASON, WE'LL FALL IN. TYPICALLY AFTER WE GET ALL OF OUR ROADS DONE OR WE'LL HAVE ONE OR TWO MEN FALL IN THERE. SO IF THE PUBLIC WORKS CREW GOES IN, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS REVENUE THAT COMES BACK TO US. A MAPPING OF THIS IS JUST A MAP TO SHOW YOU ALL THE SANITARY DISTRICTS AND WHERE THEY LIE. UM, AS A 2020, JUST A FEW PHOTOS OF SOME GRADING, UM, AND SNOW, SNOW WORK HERE. UM, I HAVE A BUDGET JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT THE, UH, LINE ITEM BUDGETS ARE. I SHOWED THEM EARLIER, UM, LOOKING AT EACH, YOU KNOW, ROAD SYSTEM, UM, A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE IN, UH, SHENANDOAH FARMS AND THE SHANNON WOODS. AS FAR AS THE TIME INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET, WE GET, WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I JUST PUT THE NON MAINTAIN DISTRICTS UP HERE. AND, UM, WE DO GET A LOT OF THE CALLS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE NON MAINTAIN SANITARY DISTRICTS. UM, OCCASIONALLY, UM, GO OUT AND LOOK AT SOMETHING. BUT, UM, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY OTHER THAN ANSWERING QUESTIONS, BUT THEY USUALLY CALL US AND WE GET A LOT OF CALLS, UM, FROM PEOPLE JUST IN GENERAL WITH ROAD ISSUES. AND WE DO OUR BEST TO THE HELP. ANYONE WE CAN, I CAN ASK A QUESTION THERE OF THE MAINTAIN, NON MAINTAIN. SO YOUR FIRST LIST THAT HAS LIKE FROM ORAL LYNDON EYES SO FORTH, RIGHT. WE DO SNOW REMOVAL THERE AND ROAD ROAD REPAIR. YEP, YEP. AND THE NON BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST THERE FINANCIAL COLLECT TACTICAL. WE, WE COLLECT THE TAXES, UM, AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROAD. WE DON'T MAINTAIN THE ROADS. NO MA'AM SO, UM, WE HAVE 5%, WHATEVER COMES IN, WHETHER IT'S A ROAD IMPACT FEE OR JUST THE REGULAR FEE OR A DELINQUENT FEE OR INTEREST, THE COUNTY GETS 5% OF ALL COLLECTIONS AND THERE'S THE ANNUAL $350 CHARGE. AND THAT IS THE SAME FOR EVERY GROUP MANAGER. RIGHT. I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU DIDN'T DO ROAD MAINTENANCE IN THOSE AREAS. SO THAT'S BASICALLY THEIR CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO OPT INTO TO THAT, THEY CAN, BUT BASICALLY THEY DO. THEY HIRE OUT FOR SNOW REMOVAL AND ALL. SO IF THEY WANT [02:05:01] TO, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY A CREATIVE DISTRICT. LIKE IF, AND I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO NAME ANY NAMES UP THERE, BUT IF THEY DECIDED, HEY, I WOULD LIKE FOR WARREN COUNTY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ROAD SYSTEM, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO COME TO ME TO YOU AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO DECIDE, OKAY, DO WE WANT TO ESTABLISH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM? AND THEN AT THAT POINT, SINCE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BLUE MOUNTAIN MIGHT HAVE A POA BOARD AND THEY MIGHT SAY, WELL, WE WOULD LIKE FOR OUR POA TO GO IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU, WE WILL BE YOUR ADVISORY BOARD. THAT WOULD BE YOUR DECISION. THEY MIGHT BE A INFORMAL BOARD. MOST OF THESE ARE PRETTY BIG SHANKER LAWS, PROBABLY VERY INFORMAL, VERY SMALL. AND YOU'RE DOING, I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL JUST NOW I KNEW, I WONDERED WHY THE LIST WAS SO SHORT WHEN I KNEW THERE WERE MORE SANITARY DISTRICTS. SO NOW YOU'VE CLEARED THAT UP FOR ME. YEP. THANK YOU. BUT IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. CAUSE WE DO HAVE, I MEAN, I HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH, UM, SOUTH RIVER ESTATES, UM, THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP DO THEIR OWN WORK. A LOT OF THEM DID IT IN THE PAST. UM, SOME OF THE CERTIFICATIONS OR TRAINING FOR PUBLIC WORKS, SANITARY DISTRICT AND SHADOW FARM SANITARY STAFF, UM, INCLUDE V THAT WORKS ON TRAFFIC CONTROL, BE THAT FLAGGER CERTIFICATION, PIPELINE, SAFETY TRAINING, CPR, FIRST AID AND DAM SAFETY, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DONE ON PUBLIC WORK SIDE, UM, PROJECT UPDATES AND MEETINGS FOR ROAD PROJECTS WITH V DOT, UM, CONSULTANTS, DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, ROAD, DRAINAGE STUDIES, DAMS, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, UM, MEETING WITH CONSULTANTS OVER THESE TYPES OF THINGS, REVENUE SHARING PROJECTS. WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH V DOT AND MICHAEL IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THAT INTERNAL ROAD PROJECTS. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES FROM THIS YEAR FOR YOU THERE. UM, AND I ALREADY MENTIONED SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW WITH, UM, GETTING INTO THE SIDEWALKS AND, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING REPAIRS AND SHELTERS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE BUILT A NICE SHELTER, HAD LIKE OIL, UM, WANTED TO, THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW SNAPSHOTS, JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE OTHER SYSTEMS AND, AND THAT WE DEAL WITH. UM, CAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS PROCESSED. UM, YOU KNOW, , THIS IS, THIS IS A, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SMART PORTAL. UM, SOME OF THE REVENUE SHARING, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND DUE TO COVID A LOT OF THE FUNDING FUNDS HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THEY, THERE IS A SYSTEM YOU CAN GO IN AND ACTUALLY SEE JUST OFF THE INTERNET, YOU KNOW, HEY WHAT'S FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT'S FOR THIS YEAR WHAT'S FOR THIS YEAR. UM, BUT UM, WE HAVE TO, UH, ACTIVELY MANAGE ANY OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE DOING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PUT IN THIS SYSTEM AS WELL. SOME OF THE RECENT INTERNAL ROAD PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, UM, SHADOW FARMS, LAKE LAKE DRIVE FROM ARENA TO DONNA'S COURT WAS RESHAPED THE ITCHES INSTALLED AND NINE WITH EROSION CONTROL, AGGREGATE, UH, CULVERTS INSTALLED AND THE ASPHALT PLACE. AND THIS WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THE RIDE ABILITY OF LAKE DRIVE AND ELIMINATE CONSTANT GRADING AND AGGREGATE PLACEMENT. SO I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO READ EACH ONE. I MEAN, YOU GUYS CAN SEE, WE DID HEAVEN'S TREE, UM, HULK FAN LAKE, FRONT WHEEL. WE WERE ABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, A MILE ROAD. UM, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN YOU, YOU SEE, PROBABLY JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH US COMING IN AND SITTING IN THE BOARD ROOM, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REALIZE, UM, WHAT, WHAT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES. UM, AND, AND THESE PROJECTS, INTERNAL ROAD PROJECTS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SANITARY DISTRICT MEANS THAT THEY DID IT THEMSELVES WITH THEIR OWN MONEY. THIS IS MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDS SETTING IN EITHER IN THEIR BUDGET OR SET ASIDE IN SPECIAL PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY COLLECT THEMSELVES AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT THEY COMPLETE IT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE SMALL, BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT TYPICALLY PART OF THEIR, UH, INTERNAL CIP AND BOTH WERE FOR THESE GUYS, THIS IS, UH, THIS KINDA, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT ALSO WANTS YOU TO SEE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN A MOUNTAIN ROAD AND DOING A REVENUE SHARING PROJECT, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE QUITE COMPLEX. UM, THIS IS THREE SECTIONS OF BOX CULVERTS IN A SMALL SECTIONS OR ROAD. UM, THE INITIAL ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. UM, AND SHE ENDED UP FARMS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH V I MEAN THERE'S, WELL, I MEAN THE SITES LIKE STATISTICS, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR NEW PROGRAMS AND ANYTHING THAT'S OUT OF CONFORMITY TODAY. THEY HAVE TO SEND IT TO RICHMOND AND IT HAS TO BE YOU, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ENGINEERING. UM, BUT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER TIME HAVE MADE THINGS MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND IT'S, AND WE SPEND A LOT MORE TIME WITH, WITH THE DESIGNERS AND WITH THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE AND WITH THE V DOT AND, UM, ON BOTH SIDES AND PROJECT UPDATES. SO THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF OUR JOB GENERAL SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, GENERAL SERVICES. [02:10:01] PRIMARILY WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME ONE TEAM. SO I HOPE TO KIND OF FLOW MORE AND MORE TOGETHER AND FLY TOGETHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, DONNA'S TECHNICAL TITLE IS CUSTODIAL MANAGER, BUT I THINK SHE'S MORE OF A GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER OR CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR, I BELIEVE IT IS. UM, BUT, UM, SHE IS, SHE IS A WONDERFUL, UH, MANAGER AND FULL OF ENERGY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I, I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH HER, SO IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN FUN. UM, AND I, AND I'VE ENJOYED IT. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES, OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES THAT THESE, THESE GUYS IN, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE CHANGED AND THEY'VE CHANGED BOSSES, UM, THAT THEY LIKE THEIR JOB, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I, AND I FEEL HONESTLY THAT EVERYBODY OVER THERE IS ENJOYING THEIR JOB AND THEY LIKE COMING TO WORK. THEY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT MAKES IT EASY, YOU KNOW? UM, AND, AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND EVEN THROUGH THE BATTLES, UM, WITH COVID AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TRY, AND THEN NOT GETTING EVERY TIME IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT YOU KNOW, NO COMPLAINTS, UM, OUT OF THIS STAFF AT ALL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PLEASURE, YOU KNOW, UM, TO WORK WITH FOLKS LIKE THAT, BUT OUR MAINTENANCE TECH'S FULL AND PART-TIME, AND OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CHUCK AND DALE, UM, THEY'LL, HE'S OVER HERE TODAY. I MEAN, THEY DO A LOT OF OUR COVID SPRAYING AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ATTITUDES. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GREAT ATTITUDE WHEN YOU COME TO WORK IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT VERY THANKFUL ANOTHER SYSTEM WE'RE INVOLVED IN DONNA'S INVOLVED IN, AND THIS IS JUST A, JUST A PHOTO I PRINT THAT IS. AND I STARTED DOING THIS PROGRAM, I GUESS, BACK IN THE HEART MARCH, I WAS LEARNING HOW TO CLOSE OUT FISCAL FISCAL YEAR, SET THEM UP, AND I TRY TO LET HER DO ALL THE TYPING AND LET MY PHONE GO. DING, DING, DING, DING, DING. THEY NAMED HIM IN THE MORNING. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GET, WE CAN, WE CAN'T SHOW REPORTS WHEN THE WORK ORDERS COMPLETED, WHAT'S IN PROGRESS. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF WORK ORDERS ARE FLOWING. UM, THIS WAS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS TIME AND TYPICALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE EVEN AWARE, BUT, UM, WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS CALLED FACILITY DUDE. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS SOMEONE WILL I'LL GO ONLINE AND TYPE IT IN. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL AND I GET LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF EMAILS. UM, AND THIS ONE WAS ABOUT AN HPAC UNIT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS THEY'RE GOING IN THE SYSTEM, IT'S COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WE'RE MONITORING THE SYSTEM, WE'RE GETTING AN EMAIL ABOUT, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO EMAIL ABOUT IT BEING CLOSED. AND, AND WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, I FEEL A PRETTY LEAN STAFF. WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT OF REPAIRS. AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THAT MAINTENANCE TEAM DOES LIGHTENING REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT, INTERIOR, EXTERIOR PLUMBING, HPAC RENOVATIONS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL. AND NOW OUR SANITARY DISTRICT GUYS ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT AS WELL, LOCKING IN SECURITY SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, WHICH TAKES A LOT OF TIME. AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF ALARMS, BACKFLOW SYSTEMS, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, FIRE, EXTINGUISHERS, FIRE, ALARM PANELS, EMERGENCY LIGHTING, INSPECTION, THE MAINTENANCE REGENERATORS INSPECTION OF CLEANING AND CLEANING UP A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN HOODS AND FIRE SUPPRESSION INSPECTION TO ELEVATORS PASS CONTROL, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UTILITIES, WE, AND WE GET INTO UTILITIES AND TRASH AND WATER IN A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. AND AGAIN, PRIORITIZATION OF THE COUNTY'S WORK ORDER SOFTWARE SYSTEM. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SHOW EVERYTHING THEY DO IN ONE SLIDE, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT GOING ON CUSTODIAL SERVICES WITH COVID-19. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, GENERAL DAILY CLEANING, ANNUAL DEEP CLEANING, UM, ADDITIONAL CLEANING PART SERVICES AND HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS ORDERING, STORING THERE BETWEEN AND JUST DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND APPROPRIATE CLEANING SUPPLIES FOR ALL FACILITIES, MAINTAINING A GLOBAL HARMONIZATION SYSTEM OR STS SHEETS, WEEKLY HIGH ELECTROSTATIC, DEEP CLEANINGS, INSTALLATION OF BARRIERS, UM, WHICH WE'VE DONE FOR COVID AS WELL, TREATMENT OF COURTROOMS AND COMMON SPACES, EMERGENCY CLEANINGS AFTER POTENTIAL EXPOSURES. AND I HEAR COMPLIMENTS AND, AND I, I, I DON'T HAVE EVERY SINGLE NAME UP HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN, I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK, WE HAD A MEETING, UM, IN REGARDS TO A ISSUE THAT WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS A, A MAINTENANCE OR A CAPITAL. AND ANYWAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, MAJOR JOE SKULL COMPLEMENTED THE CUSTODIAL STAFF THERE, YOU KNOW, HOW GREAT A JOB THEY DO, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I, AND THAT'S OFTEN, I THINK IT'S, WE, WE FORGET, YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME [02:15:01] WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL LADIES THAT DO A GREAT JOB, UM, UM, AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND, AND, AND AT THE COURTHOUSE AND, AND, AND BEGINNING TO BRANCH OUT AS WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEANINGS PERIODICALLY AT THE AIRPORT, UM, AND COMING THROUGH SOME OTHER FACILITIES. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE PLACES. AND AGAIN, THAT'S TO HELP US WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CHALLENGES OF COVID TO BE ABLE TO BRANCH OUT, BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THEM. AND THEY ALL HAVE A GREAT ATTITUDE AS WELL AT THE AIRPORT. UM, IT'S ME. AND THEN WE HAVE ROCK. AND THEN AGAIN, I MET YOUR WORK STAFF AND I'VE JUST KINDA PUT THAT OUT THERE CAUSE WE KIND OF WORK JOINTLY, BUT, UM, ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER AND AROUND EACH OTHER AT TIMES, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PROJECT IS, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT GOING ON HERE IS THE AREA OF THE AIRPORT. UM, AND I HEARD SOME THINGS IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT I'VE KIND OF DWELLED IN AND STARTING TO PULL SOME OTHERS IN WITH ME. UM, THIS IS SOME OF THE STUFF WE DO, UM, GRANTS, THE OAV, THEN THAT'S DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION. AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THOSE IF YOU WANT LATER, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BASICALLY JUST MAINTENANCE GRANTS. UM, OUR BASE AIRCRAFT SURVEY AND INSPECTIONS, I ALREADY MENTIONED HOW THAT WORKS, HELPING THEM WITH THAT, UM, BECAUSE THE OAV TYPICALLY COMES IN AND DOES AN INSPECTION FOR THE FAA, UM, A LOSS, OUR AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY A GIVEN EVERY YEAR, UM, FACILITY REPAIRS, FAA, CAPITAL FUNDING GRANTS, THE ACRP OR AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, OUR AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, OUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, THE EEQ STORM WATER, DISCHARGE MONITORING. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO QUARTERLY. WE HAVE TO HAVE TRAINING ANNUALLY FIRST SUCH. AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE, I DIDN'T PUT ON THERE, WE HAVE A STORM WATER PLAN OR USUALLY REFERRED TO IT AS A SWIM. UM, SO WE DO HAVE A WHOLE LOT GOING ON AND I KNOW, UM, MS. COLOURS HAS BEEN TO THE MEETINGS. UM, I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES THERE ON THE BOARD AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE TO, UM, FOLLOW OUR PLAN BECAUSE OUR FUNDING IS TIED TO OUR PLANS. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ON TOP OF, OF OUR GAME, UM, AND, AND HAVE EVERYBODY ON BOARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING AND CHANGE AND THEN COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT GETTING DONE. THIS IS JUST A PICTURE I TOOK OF, UM, SOME OF THE FUNDING FROM THE FAA AND NUMBER ONE, WHICH WE, UM, HAVE SIGNED THE CONTRACT THERE FOR THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE, WHICH ACTUALLY BE A HUNDRED PERCENT FAA FUNDING. UM, WE WON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING. UM, AND THIS SHOWS YOU WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS COULD CHANGE. WE, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING, A CIP MEETING. UM, EACH YEAR THEY HAVE A MEETING BETWEEN THE FAA AND THE DOA V R R UH, OUR CONSULTANTS WE'RE REQUIRED, UM, TO WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CONSULTANT. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING ON THE WISHLIST WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEM, UM, AND, AND THE COUNTY, AND, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING. UM, AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT LEADS US AND GUIDES US WITH THESE PLANS AND MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. UM, THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF THE CIP. IT SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE LAND ACQUISITIONS AND PART OF OUR GRANT PROCESS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR THAT PROPERTY. AGAIN, I ALREADY MENTIONED THE LAYOUT PLAN. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, LOOKS, SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUTURE. UM, WE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL ASK THEM ABOUT HANGERS, BUT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, TERMINAL EXPANSION, RUNWAY EXPANSION, UM, IN THE FUTURE, UH, PLAN. UM, SO, UM, PHI THAT HANGAR, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HELLA PLAY. THEY HAD PLANS IN A DIFFERENT AREA, KIND OF IN THEIR OWN LITTLE, LITTLE PLACE OUT THERE. SO, UM, I DO HAVE A DRAFT COPY. THAT'S BIGGER THAN THIS. PROBABLY EASIER TO READ IN THE SCREEN ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CURRENT PROJECTS. UM, I MENTIONED WE'VE SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR CRACK SEALING AND PAYMENT MARKETING. THAT'LL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT PAID FOR BY THE FAA. UM, DOA, THE MAINTENANCE WE'VE, UH, ACTUALLY GOT THE CONTRACT, UM, GOING OUT FOR THE TERMINAL ROOF REPLACEMENT. AND, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING WILL COME FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. UM, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT SERVICES REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION PROPOSALS OUT WE'RE FINISHING REVIEWS NOW. AND, UM, THAT SHOULD BECOME BEFORE YOU, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, SEPTIC SYSTEM, WE HAD SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS HADN'T BEEN REPAIRED. I THINK SOME OF THE, UH, PUMPS WERE LIKE 25 YEARS OLD. UH, WE JUST HAD AN UPDATE OUT THERE THIS SUMMER, AND, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE MAINTENANCE GUYS, THE PUBLIC WORKS GUYS AND [02:20:01] DONNA, EVERYBODY INVOLVED, UM, EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. UM, WE FOUND THAT IT'S BEST TO KEEP OUR HANDS AND EYES ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S USED OUT THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S USED OUT THERE. UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS KEPT, UM, AS, AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE. UM, SECURITY CAMERA UPGRADING AND SECURITY GATE INSTALL. WE'RE IN PROCESS NOW, UM, OF, OF BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS AND THOSE WERE DESIRES OF THE COMMISSION AND, UM, I'M WRAPPING HER UP. UM, PUBLIC WORKS JUST OTHER DUTIES, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M DOING SOMETHING I JUST MENTIONED IN THE RFQ P BUT BIDS, RFPS, INTERVIEWS, UM, PROCUREMENT, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING ONE DAY THAT WE GET SO BIG, WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT PERSON, BUT, UM, CONTRACT OVERSIGHT, PROJECT OVERSIGHT, PERMITTING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE V DOT ROAD RELATED QUESTION CONCERNS, UM, BE THAT SNOW REMOVAL CONTRACT AND PROGRAM OUR CONSULTANTS, OUR PRIMARIES, OR THE AIRPORT SOLID WASTE, THE ROAD SYSTEMS AND DAMS. UM, AND A LOT OF THE TRY AND ENGINEERING. UM, WE'RE DEALING WITH TAVERN AND BRIGHT. ABELLA WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF CONSULTANTS, UM, V THAT I SHOWED YOU SOME OF THE SYSTEM PROJECT UPDATES FOR ROAD PROJECTS, THE COUNTY ROAD RATING SYSTEM, WHICH I NEED TO GET BACK BEFORE YOU COMPLETE IT. AND, UM, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. UM, SOME MORE OF OUR TIME SPENT, UM, I SIT ON THE, THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, REGIONAL COMMISSION SALLOWAY'S COMMITTEE, I'M THE VICE CHAIR THERE. UM, WARREN COUNTY SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE, THE BUILDING COMMITTEE, UM, THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE ALL THE POS AND ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS AND THAT'S PART OF OUR, OUR NORMAL WORLD. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FOCUSED MORE ON TRYING TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHERE WE'RE GOING, THEN I DID MONEY, BUT JUST LOOKING TOWARDS THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE RECYCLING CHANGES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SOME COSTS INCREASE DUE TO TRAVEL. UM, WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO HOLD THE LINE AND STAY, NOT CHANGE THE PROGRAM. UM, WE HAVE SEEN INCREASED TONNAGE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE GROWTH SHADOW FARMS AND THE COLI SITE. UM, THE CIP PROGRAMS THERE, UM, HIRING AND RETAINING STAFF IS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE'S IS A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. THEY CAN WALK OUT OF HERE AND, AND GO IN THE PRIVATE, IN A HEARTBEAT AND MAKE MORE MONEY. UM, REVENUE SHARING PROJECTS. I MENTIONED DELAYS DUE TO COVID. OUR DOA V MAINTENANCE FUNDS HAVE BEEN LIMITED DUE TO COVID, BUT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, FUNDING AND RECEIVE FUNDING FROM, UM, CARES. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HELPED SOME FOR THE AIRPORT FUNDING. UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I'VE NOTICED, SORRY TO EDC HAS BEEN A REAL ISSUE. UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE AND, AND TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND GIVE THAT KIDS SOME TYPE OF ORDER AND SOME KIND OF REPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, WE NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET OR, OR MONEY SET ASIDE AND BE READY TO, INSTEAD OF JUST RUNNING EVERY TIME WE RUN OUT OF HEAT OR AIR. UM, SO WE, WE NEED TO GET MORE PROACTIVE THERE AGAIN, COVID, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING AND MAKING IT THROUGH THOSE CHALLENGES, UM, WHEN YOUR STAFF IS IN CLOSE QUARTERS, UM, THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO BECOME ONE TEAM AND, AND SPREAD THE WEALTH, UM, AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE SOLID WASTE MEETING. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR BIG LOADER, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE, THAT'S A BIG PRICE TAG, BUT IT'S RUNNING SIX DAYS A WEEK AND SOMETIMES SEVEN. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF IT GOES DOWN, THEN, THEN YOU'LL BE CALLING ME WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, SO WE NEED TO BE READY THERE. WE GOT A TRACTOR THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOREVER. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'RE DOWN A VEHICLE RIGHT NOW. SO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PREPARING, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE BUDGETARY NEEDS, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I'D RATHER, YOU KNOW, START PICKING YOUR BRAIN NOW. UM, BUT ANYHOW, I THINK WE'VE WALKED THROUGH A LOT OF IT. UM, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERWHELM YOU, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REALLY SHOW YOU WITHOUT THE, UH, I THINK I GOT OFF WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING, WELL, YOU'VE GOT THAT 13 BUDGETS. I DIDN'T DO TOO BAD WITH 50 SLIDES WITH PICTURES INVOLVED. WELL, I LIKE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S BEING WORKED ON, BUT I LIKE HAVING ONE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT REALLY, BECAUSE THEN THAT GIVES ME AND I, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING, UM, THREE FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE TECHS, I KIND OF LIKE TO HAVE THEIR NAMES AS WELL. I KNOW THOSE ARE FLUID WHEN PEOPLE COME AND GO, RIGHT. BUT IT GIVES ME AN IDEA ON A PERSONAL LEVEL WHO'S THERE. AND THEN IF I'M IN THAT AREA, I CAN [02:25:01] ASSOCIATE NAMES WITH PEOPLE. UM, AND THEN THAT HELPS ME TO, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT. THIS GIVES ME A MUCH BETTER PICTURE OF EACH BEHALF IN THIS, BUT YOU'RE BREAKING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WITH THE NAMES AND IT'S JUST YOU BEING ABLE TO READ IT. YEAH. THAT WOULD HELP TOO. YEAH. UM, BECAUSE EVEN IN THESE LITTLE BLOWN UP LIKE THIS, IT'S STILL A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT, UM, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD GET IT DOWN SOMEHOW BETTER SO THAT WHEN BUDGET TIME COMES HAVING THAT AS WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHERS, BUT, UM, ONE THING I'M HOPING TO SEE OUT OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THIS YEAR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAKE REQUESTS FOR STUFF, HAVING, BEING ABLE TO SEE AN OUTCOME FOR THE INCOME THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO MAKE MORE SENSE OF THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOME DEPARTMENTS ASK FOR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING, BEING ABLE TO SEE, OKAY, HOW THAT HELPED, AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT TO JUSTIFY, OKAY, NOW YOU NEED THIS OR THAT. UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST COMBINING LIKE MORE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT KIND OF HAVE REDUNDANT SERVICES, IS, ARE WE STILL ON TRACK WITH THAT? DO YOU MEAN LIKE A CONSTRUCTION CREW MAN, RIGHT. WITH PARKS AND RECS, WOULD THEY, DO THEY SEEM TO BE OUT HERE DOING THEIR THING AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING YOURS WHEN YOU'RE DOING SIMILAR, JUST COMBINE THEM AND HAVE ONE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SENSE TO ME TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE. I WAS GOING TO, OH, I WAS GOING TO STEP IN THAT BEES NEST AS WELL. I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY EFFORT, UM, TO DO FACILITY. CAUSE I THINK PARKS AND REC IS DOING SCHOOLS AND, AND, BUT YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF DOING ALL THE SAME THINGS. AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IF YOU HAD ONE ORGANIZATION THAT THAT MIGHT COST TAXPAYERS LESS. SO THE, UH, MR. HAYES IS WORKING ON A SCHEDULE OF ALL OF, UH, OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE CAN DO IN HOUSE AND TRYING, WORKING VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR CREWS RATHER THAN HAVING TO CONTRACT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TWO WEEKS WEEK. OKAY. ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEN WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, THAT WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING SOME TRANSFERS OF PERSONNEL INTO OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO CONSOLIDATE THEM TOGETHER. UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT YOU HAVE PARKS AND REC COMING NEXT WEEK AND YOU HAVE FIRE AND RESCUE COMING EITHER THAT FIRST WINS THE, OR THE SECOND TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER. AND WHEN EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS COME, THEY SHOULD BRING YOU SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND THERE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD MORE NAMES IN A SHORT, THIS WORK, ON MAKING LARGER SO WE CAN ALL, UM, BUT EACH OF THEM SHOULD BRING YOU ONE OF THESE WHEN THEY COME IN THIS ROUND. UM, WE'LL BE DOING THESE ALSO THROUGH DECEMBER AND JANUARY. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. WELL, APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE US. UH, HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE, IS THERE A DOLLAR BEING SET ASIDE FOR SOMETHING BIGGER FOR COMPANIES ALREADY BY FEW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOADER THAT COULD COST A SMALL FORTUNE. YEAH. I MEAN, WELL, AND WE, WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED IN OUR SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, WE, WE DO A LEASE AGREEMENT ON THAT MACHINE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UM, A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT ON THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SO VITAL AND IT COSTS SO MUCH EVERY TIME IT BREAKS DOWN. UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A MAJOR, FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, A MAJOR PROBLEM WE DISCUSSED, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY MISS COLOR'S MENTIONED, MAYBE KEEPING THE OLD MACHINE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, LOOKING INTO PAYING OFF THAT LEASE. NOW WE HAD TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE INTEREST. WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE IN SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST FOR EQUIPMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE HOW MUCH IS DEDICATED AND ONCE WE GET ALL OF THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR SHADOW FARMS, CONVENIENCE [02:30:01] SITE IN THERE AND THE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT, ET CETERA. UM, BUT TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TRY TO SAVE ANYTHING I CAN AT THE END OF THE BUDGET CYCLE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN THE PAST, WE HAD DONE THE LEASE, THE LEASE, A LEASE TO OWN TYPE METHOD THROUGH JOHN DEERE, UM, ON THIS, IT WAS WHAT WAS, WON'T BE DOT CONTRACT. UM, AND THERE WAS LESS CAPITAL UPFRONT, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY SET ASIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE THE INTEREST. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN BE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, I MEAN, EVEN YOU HAVE A TRADE IN, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AN 80 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. ONE OF THE THINGS MRS. LOGAN IS DOING WITH ALL HER FREE TIME IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU. PROBABLY THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY IS OUR TARGET TO GET IT IN THERE. AND A SIDE ASPECT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ALL OF THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT SO THAT THEY CAN BE ALL SCHEDULED OUT. AND YOU'LL SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMES IN, THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL THE AMBULANCES AND THE FIRETRUCKS WE'LL EXTEND THAT TO BE THE EQUIPMENT AND THE VEHICLES. YEAH, MAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, KINDA CHANGED SO MUCH, BUT WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BETTER AT OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHERE WE'RE HEADING, UM, WITH THE PLACEMENT. THANK YOU, MIKE. YES, MA'AM THANK YOU. YES, SIR. UM, MIGHT MENTION THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ALREADY LOOKING AT THE MOMENT FUNCTION. OKAY. SO TAKING THAT BACK. YES. I'VE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG LOAD OFF OUR GUYS. ABSOLUTELY. NO MOVE TO ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THIS. THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.