[A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
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MICROPHONE LAST FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THIS FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR WITH OUR FIRST SNOW OF THE YEAR.
[B. Election of Officers]
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.WE WILL SELECT THE CHAIRMAN AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR 2022 FOR EACH OFFICE, I WILL TAKE NOMINATIONS AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON THE NOMINATIONS IN THE ORDER THEY ARE MADE UNTIL WE HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE.
NOMINATIONS DO NOT NEED A SECOND.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT NOMINATION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS AND THAT THEY ARE ALL ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION? ALL IN FAVOR.
I WILL NOW TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.
ARE THERE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? NOMINATIONS FOR DOLORES OATS, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINATION POSE, SAME SIGN MOTION IS UNANIMOUS AND THEY ARE ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION.
UH, WE WILL NOW HAVE A, UH, ONE MINUTE RECESS WHILE THE BOARD TAKES THEIR SEATS.
WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE I'M WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR.
UM, AND WELCOME OUR TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS, MRS. OATES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE HERE.
HOPE EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET IN SAFELY.
TODAY'S A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN YESTERDAY MORNING.
GO FROM 70 TO WHAT? EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW, MY WAY, AT LEAST.
[C. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]
WE WILL DO ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, THERE IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE AGENDA, TO ADD A SECOND ITEM TO THE CLOSED SESSION, WHICH IS FOR THE, UH, DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES.
AND THERE'S EMOTIONALLY BEFORE YOU, IS THERE
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A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA WITH THE ADDITION OF A CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM A LITTLE BIT.WE HAVE THE ADDITION OF PROPERTY.
IS THERE A SECOND AND OTHERWISE, AND ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED ADOPT THE AGENDA? YES, SIR.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. MABE, MRS. COOK, MADAM CHAIR.
[D. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit)]
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS A 60 MINUTE TIME PERIOD.WE'RE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS AN ITEM THAT IS NOT PART OF A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THIS MORNING.
ALL COMMENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE BE CONSIDERED OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS.
THERE SHOULD BE A NO APPLAUSE BOOING OR OTHER AUDIBLE DISRUPTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS THROUGH A SHOW OF HANDS.
THE CHAIRMAN MAY ASK FOR A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR COMMENTS, MAY BEST SPEAKERS, PLACARDS POSTERS, AND OTHER MEANS OF VISUAL DISPLAY OF COMMENTS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE BOARD MEETING ROOM.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION.
MATERIAL IS USED AS PART OF A FACTUAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD WILL NOT TOLERATE PERSONAL ATTACKS BY ANYONE ON ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE GUIDELINES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY THE CHAIRMAN FAILURE TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN ASKED TO DO SO IS IN VIOLATION OF WARREN COUNTY CODE 56 DASH FOUR AND CODE OF VIRGINIA 18.2 DASH 14 4 15 AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO $2,500 IN A JAIL SENTENCE UP TO 12 MONTHS, EITHER BOTH MRS. CHEROKEE, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEED? YES.
AND WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, WE APPRECIATE THAT MY NAME IS EDMOND, RIGHT? I MEAN, FARM IS AT 41 51.
GOONIE MEN ARE LOOPING BROWN AND, UH, I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENT SHORT TODAY SINCE I'M SURE WE'LL MAKE UP FOR THAT NEXT WEEK.
UM, I MOVED BACK HERE ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO TO, UH, HELP SAVE MY FAMILY FARMS FROM BEING SPLIT UP IN LITTLE PIECES.
AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS, BUT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THIS PROCESS HAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT A COUPLE OF ISSUES TO THE FOREFRONT THAT AREN'T JUST CONCERNS FOR LOCAL FARMERS OR OTHER RESIDENTS WERE EVEN, UH, NOT IN MY BACKYARD AT THE GATES.
THEY REALLY DO IMPACT ALL OF US.
AND THESE ISSUES ARE ROAD SAFETY AND FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE.
UH, IN MY LIFETIME, THE POPULATION OF BROWNTOWN HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED.
THAT'S BOTH A DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE BROWNTOWN VALLEY AND THE NUMBER OF HOUSES THAT WE HAVE THERE.
AND WHILE THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN IMPROVED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES BEING DRAGGED BY A SUPERVISOR, COLORS AND OTHERS, UM, WE IN BROWNTOWN COULD USE PROACTIVE HELP AND ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
UH, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SPECIFICALLY, UH, CHAIRMAN COLORS, UH, AND THE SHERIFF FOR SETTING UP THAT, UH, SPEED.
UM, NOT A SPEED CAMERA, THE SPEED TELLER ON, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN.
IT REALLY HELPED PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE SPEED LIMIT THERE.
AND IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THOUGHT AND WHOEVER ELSE WE HAVE TO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ROAD SAFETY, CONCERNS AND FIRE AND EMS CONCERNS IN BROWNTOWN IN THE COMING YEARS.
ANYONE ELSE, MRS. SHIRAKI NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP.
DID ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? MATT TIDRICK UH, STILL PRIVATE CITIZEN, THE FRONT ROW, VIRGINIA, UH, MS. COLORS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MS. COOK AND MR. BUTLER FOR YOUR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UH, IF I COULD INTERRUPT YOU BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, WE WILL HOLD YOU TO THREE MINUTES THIS MORNING.
UM, SO I GUESS I GET MY TIME BACK FROM INTERRUPTION.
WE STARTED AT THREE MINUTES SINCE I DID INTERRUPT HIM.
UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I CAME AND QUOTED A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, SIR, I WILL INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN.
IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER, I JUST READ YOU THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING, BUT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER PERSONAL ATTACK, I RESPECT THEM AS COLORS.
UM, I'M AFFORDED PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT? I'M A COURT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT? IT TURNS TO PERSONAL TAX OR PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THIS PERIOD WITH NO PERSONAL ATTACKS.
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I WILL.I WILL YOU LISTEN TO MY COMMENTS AND THEN YOU DETERMINE FOR PERSONAL ATTACKS, CLICK CLOCKING THE START OVER AGAIN.
THREE WEEKS AGO, I CAME AND QUOTED A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN THE WARREN REPORT.
I ASKED YOU TO LOOK INTO THE CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS, A SUPERVISOR MADE BASED UPON THE AGENDA TODAY.
I DON'T SEE ANY ACTION ITEMS PERHAPS DURING YOUR SUPERVISOR REPORTS.
SOMEONE WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
SO I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THIS IS TURNING INTO A PERSONAL ATTACK.
IF YOU, THIS COMES OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS, IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
YOU'RE GOING TO STOP ME, LET ME KNOW TODAY IF YOU'RE GOING TO STOP ME.
YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM, DID WE HEAR FROM SOMEONE? THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, TIME AND MOVE
[E. Report – Virginia Department of Transportation – Ed Carter]
ON TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.MR. CARTER MORNING MANAGED CHAIRMAN BOARD, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, MY HATS OFF TO ANYBODY WHO STEPS INTO PUBLIC OFFICE.
SO GOOD LUCK, UH, I'LL REPORT FOR THIS MONTH IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE DONE GRADING OPERATIONS ON PANHANDLE, STEED AND BOWMAN HOLLER ROADS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF NON-HARD SURFACE ROADS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY.
UH, WE ALSO USED OUR REMOTE SLOPE MORE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
WE DID A LOT OF BRUSH CUTTING ON VARIOUS ROUTES.
WE, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED TO DOING THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE WILL BE CONTINUING THAT.
UM, WE DID SOME DISHING OPERATIONS ON CATLIN MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND WE HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS PLANNED FOR THIS MONTH.
WE'LL BE REPLACING TWO DRAINAGE PIPES ON POMEROY AND ONE ON RICHARDSON ROAD.
UH, THE WEATHER PERMITTING, AND WE'VE ALSO COLLECTED 30 BAGS OF TRASH ON VARIOUS ROUTES.
AND WE HAD TO PREPARE SOME OF OUR, UH, OUR EQUIPMENT WITH, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING SNOW EVENT, WHICH OCCURRED.
SO, UH, TWO BOARD ISSUES I WAS ASKED TO REPORT ON, UH, THE FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS ON ROUTE 55 AT HIGH KNOB.
UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND WORKING ON THAT NOW, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE, UH, $1.2 MILLION SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE GUARD RAILS, UH, ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT'S SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN 2022 AND PACKAGED AND READY TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2023.
THAT'S THE CURRENT PROJECTED SCHEDULE FOR THAT.
UH, ALSO, UH, THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED SOME DOCUMENTATION OR MOVING FORWARD BRIDGE.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOCUMENTS TO GO THROUGH TO GET ALL OF THAT.
I PERSONALLY HAVE 2000 TO GO THROUGH AND, AND OF COURSE THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT TOO.
UM, THAT, THAT IS ALL THE THINGS THAT I HAD ON MY LIST.
I BELIEVE MY ASSISTANT HAS GOTTEN BACK WITH THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, ASKED HIM ABOUT THINGS WHEN HE WAS HERE REPRESENTING ME THE LAST TIME.
SO WHILE THE OTHER ISSUES ARE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO ADDRESS, DO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR MR. CARR? YES.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE CAN I FIND A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS, THE DOT PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED? UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO ONTO THE V.WEBSITE.
THERE'S UH, UH, UH, I DON'T HAVE IT WHEN I GET BACK.
WHAT I WILL DO IS DO YOU HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS? IF YOU WILL GIVE ME THAT I WILL SEND YOU A LINK.
SO IT'S V COOK AND HOOK AT WARREN COUNTY VA.NET TAKE FOR A WHILE TO GET USED TO IT.
WHEN I GET BACK, I'LL SEND YOU A LINK THAT YOU CAN TAP ON AND LOOK AT IT.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALL THE WORK THE GUYS DID YESTERDAY, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE STILL CLEANING UP TREES AND SO FORTH TODAY.
SO I HOPE EVERYONE STAYS SAFE.
WE, UH, WE DODGED A BULLET, UNFORTUNATELY FREDERICKSBURG AREA
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DID NOT.WE SENT TRUCKS OVER THERE LAST NIGHT TO TRY AND HELP THEM SO WELL, WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST.
[F. Report – Warren County Public Schools – Dr. Chris Ballenger]
IS REPORT A WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DR.HAPPY NEW YEAR, WELCOME TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ON, I DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING.
UM, JUST KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, UM, WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR FIRST SEMESTER.
UH, THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES OF COURSE, THAT WE FACE THIS LAST SEMESTER AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONTINUED CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE, WE, WE FACED, UH, W REALLY WHEN WE LOOK BACK OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST STUDENTS ACCLIMATING BACK INTO THE SCHOOL SETTING.
YOU KNOW, THEY GO A YEAR WITH EITHER BEING FULLY VIRTUAL OR HYBRID OR BOUNCING IN BACK AND FORTH.
UM, AND THEN NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK INTO A STRUCTURED SETTING AND, UH, EXPECTATIONS.
AND SO, SO WE DID EXPERIENCE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES THERE, UH, GETTING, GETTING STUDENTS ACCLIMATED BACK INTO OUR SYSTEM.
OF COURSE, WE, WE, WE FACED THE STAFFING SHORTAGES, THE FATIGUE, THE STRESS WITH, WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON, UM, THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, COVID HAS NOT GONE AWAY THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE VARIANTS.
AND, AND REALLY, IF YOU TALK TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCHOOLS ARE ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO BE BECAUSE OF THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
UM, AND SO WE, WE CONTINUE TO, TO MAKE THAT A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
AND THEN OF COURSE, JUST STUDENT ATTENDANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENT ATTENDANCE THAT WITH THAT WE, OF COURSE YOU ENCOURAGE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT IF YOU'RE SICK, DON'T COME TO SCHOOL UNLESS, YOU KNOW, FOR SURE WHAT IT IS.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE DON'T AFFECT OTHER STUDENTS' LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND, UM, SO WE DID HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES THERE WITH, WITH SOME ATTENDANCE, UM, ISSUES AS, AS WE LOOK INTO THIS, UM, GOING INTO OUR NEXT SEMESTER, SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES THAT WE HAD THOUGH, UH, THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO HELP STUDENTS, UH, WITH ACCLIMATING BACK INTO THE SETTING AT A SCHOOL SETTING WAS, WAS GREAT.
UM, HAVING THAT SUPPORT AND THOSE RESOURCES THERE REALLY HELPED, UH, TEACHERS HELP STUDENTS, UM, THE ALIGNMENT OF OUR REMEDIATION PROGRAMS. UH, SO WE DID DO SOME RESTRUCTURING WITH, WITH SOME OF OUR READING AND MATH PROGRAMS AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND, AND SEEING THE SUCCESS THAT THOSE, THOSE TEACHERS ARE REPORTING AND THAT STUDENTS ARE HAVING FROM DAY ONE UNTIL JUST LAST, UH, THE LAST COUPLE LAST MONTH, DECEMBER, UM, MOVING INTO THE, UH, THE NEW SEMESTER, THE SECOND SEMESTER WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME, SOME POSITIVE CHANGES AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE, THOSE REMEDIATIONS AND, AND INDIVIDUAL ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING SESSIONS.
UM, IT WAS ALSO GREAT TO SEE THE TEACHER SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION IN EACH OF THE BUILDINGS.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A LOT OF FATIGUE AND STRESS, UM, TEACHERS REALLY COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND THEY REALLY WORK TOGETHER TO HELP ONE ANOTHER OUT.
AND SO YOU COULD SEE, UM, SOME, SOME REAL COHESIVENESS KIND OF GOING ON WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS AND, AND THE SUPPORT FROM, FROM EACH OTHER, UH, STAFF DEDICATION TO ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS, THOSE TEACHERS THAT, THAT WOULD PULL THOSE STUDENTS IN ONE-ON-ONE AND WORK WITH THEM, OR OFFER AFTER-SCHOOL SESSIONS, OR HAVE STUDENTS COME DOWN DURING THEIR PLANNING PERIOD SO THAT THEY COULD GET THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND HELP THAT THEY NEED.
UH, SO SEEING THAT, THAT THE, THE STU THAT TEACHERS GO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OUR STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY, THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR SMALL GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION THAT WE GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS, UM, WORKING, GOING IN FROM LAST YEAR TO WHERE TEACHERS DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTACT WITH STUDENTS AND TO COMING BACK INTO THIS YEAR AND JUST GETTING STUDENTS USED TO THAT AND GETTING THEM BACK INTO THAT MODE, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO BRING IN THOSE, THOSE REMEDIATION PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN THINGS A LITTLE BETTER, AND TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE AND PURPOSE FOR WHAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT IN THOSE SMALL GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL SETTINGS REALLY, REALLY DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UM, WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS YEAR.
AND PLUS OUT OF OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR CARES POSITIONS THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE, WE ADDED THIS YEAR, THOSE TWO YEAR POSITIONS, WHETHER IT BE A STUDENT SUPPORT COACH OR, OR A, A CLASSROOM SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ADDED 51 OF THOSE POSITIONS THIS YEAR.
AND OUT OF THOSE 51, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE 42.
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42 ADDITIONAL STAFF WITHIN OUR BUILDING TO HELP ATTACK THE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE FACING, COMING INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR.AND SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO SEE HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE POSITIONS TO HELP WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FACE? YOU KNOW, UM, AS MR. CARTER MENTIONED, UH, WE HAD THE, AND YOU GUYS ALL KNOW WE HAD THE WEATHER EVENT, WE'RE STILL IN WINTER.
UH, SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE FACING SOME SCHOOL CLOSURES AND SOME CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, MAKING CALLS AND THOSE EARLY MORNING HOURS, UM, JUST LIKE TODAY, WE HAD THE SNOW EVENT YESTERDAY.
WE FIGURED THERE'S GOING TO BE A REFREEZE.
SO WE HAVE TO PUSH THINGS BACK A COUPLE HOURS JUST TO MAKE SURE CAN GET THE, TO WORK AND TO SCHOOL ON A SAFELY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE FACING THOSE CHALLENGES THIS YEAR AS WE ARE IN WINTER.
AND, AND IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBLE SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO STAFFING, UH, WITH THE NEW VARIANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT YES, THE CDC HAS, HAS DECREASED THE, THE QUARANTINE DAYS TO FIVE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO AS YOU, YOU SEE THE REPORTS THAT, THAT THE VARIANT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SPREADING RAPIDLY AND THAT, THAT IT COULD, UH, A LOT OF ENTITIES ARE EXPERIENCING STAFFING SHORTAGES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD ALSO FALL INTO THAT BOAT.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DID SEND OUT COMMUNICATION TO STAFF AND PARENTS YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING INTO THIS THIS SEMESTER AND, UM, ENHANCING SOME OF OUR CLEANING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE, WE PROVIDE THAT SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO TO BE READY TO, TO EXPECT THAT, THAT WE COULD HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL CLOSURE, UH, DUE TO DUE TO STAFFING.
UM, AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, OUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND, AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR STAFF AND, AND TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR STUDENTS OF WARREN COUNTY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR DR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO INITIATE US SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM CALLED SECOND STEP.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE BOARD TO GET THE CURRICULUM SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT? UM, I'M SURE IT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN USING FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT WARREN SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN USING THAT FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS COUNTY FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I JUST HAVE TO GET, UH, GET WITH, I THINK IT'S THROUGH SPECIAL SERVICES AND YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE WHAT IS IT IN THAT? THANK YOU.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, SCHOOL CLOSURES BECAUSE OF STAFFING ILLNESS, UM, WILL THERE BE A VIRTUAL COMPONENT TO THAT? AND FOR SNOW DAYS, IS, IS THAT LIKE WE HAD WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOUR KIDS WERE GOING TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL, A SIGNIFICANT SNOW, THAT WOULD BE A THREE OR FOUR DAYS, WOULD THERE BE A VIRTUAL COMPONENT TO THAT, OR WOULD THAT JUST BE ALL NON EDUCATIONAL DAYS? SO, SO THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN THAT NOW THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS ONLY, AND THROUGH, I BELIEVE IT'S SENATE BILL 1303, THEY ONLY ALLOW A NUMBER OF DAYS THAT YOU CAN COUNT VIRTUALLY, WHICH IS I BELIEVE 10.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL WITH A COUPLE OF CLOSURES AND YOU CLOSED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR A WAIVER BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL CLOSURES DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES.
SO WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THOSE DAYS THAT WE'RE ALLOTTED, UM, SPARINGLY.
UH, BUT YES, THERE WILL BE AN, A VIRTUAL COMPONENT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD PRINCIPALS MEETINGS YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT, UH, PREPARATIONS FOR, FOR AN IMMEDIATE SWITCH TO VIRTUAL, IF THAT'S WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF, WHICH THEY WERE ALREADY READY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED SCHOOL LAST YEAR PLAN WAS THAT, THAT YOU HAVE, HAVE LESSON PLANS READY TO GO, AND THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT SWITCH ON, ON ANY GIVEN DAY AND BE READY TO, TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
SO, UH, WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NOW HAVE WITH, WITH THE ONE-TO-ONE AND, AND, UM, THE, UH, LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, UH, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE FAIRLY EASILY TO, TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION, AND WE ARE READY FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE COULD UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE DAYS IF WE HAVE SNOW DAYS, UM, LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE AT, HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF MONITOR THAT AND SEE, I, I WOULD NOT WANT TO, UM, USE TOO MANY OF THOSE ALLOCATED
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DAYS BEFORE, UH, FOR SNOW, IF, IF THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE COULD BE A PROLONGED SCHOOL CLOSURE DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES.ARE THERE SPECIFIC SCHOOLS THAT HAVE STAFF SHORTAGES RIGHT NOW? UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AT STAFFING, UH, AS FAR AS WHEN YOU SAY SHORTAGES, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE, ARE STAFFED WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO MANAGE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, I'LL, I'LL SAY, UH, ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MATH TEACHERS OUT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF, OF, OF MATH TEACHERS THAT THEY CURRENTLY STILL HAVE, THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
UM, AND, AND TO MAKE THAT, THAT WORK, UH, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE FULLY STAFFED.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM MAY BE SHORT ONE PERSON.
UM, AND, AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT STAFFING, A LOT OF OUR STAFFING COULD, UH, WILL REALLY IS SOME OF THE, UH, WELL, EIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS THAT WE STILL HAVE OUT THERE FOR THOSE CARES POSSESSIONS.
UM, SO WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO GET THOSE, THOSE STAFF MEMBERS ON BOARD SO THAT WE HAVE THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES.
UM, SO, SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE'RE, YES, WE ARE SHORT IN SOME AREAS, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S IT'S TO THE POINT THAT IT'S, IT'S GONNA CAUSE TOO MANY ISSUES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE IT LAST YEAR AND INTO THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, IN THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD IN DECEMBER, MR. BALLANTINE REPORTED, THERE WERE 14 TEACHER OPENINGS.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE? UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT TEACHERS, THERE'S EIGHT, EIGHT THERE'S EIGHT TEACHERS.
SO I CAN RUN THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE.
YOU HAVE TWO COUNSELORS, UH, TWO OF THE CARES, OR SORRY, EIGHT OF THE CARE INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS, YOU HAVE, UH, TWO SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.
YOU HAVE EIGHT TEACHERS, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE CARE SUPPORTS, A STUDENT SUPPORT COACH.
UM, YOU HAVE A ONE CENTRAL OFFICE POSITION, YOU HAVE SIX BUS DRIVERS AND WE HAVE FOUR CAR DRIVERS.
SO, SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF OUR SHORTAGES THAT WE, THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE BOARD AND WITH OUR, WITH OUR STAFFING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONE SCHOOL THAT HAS MORE OF THE POSITIONS VACANT WHEN IT COMES TO STAFF, THAT'S WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ALL THE OTHERS MAY JUST HAVE ONE.
I THINK WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL MAY HAVE THREE.
YOU READ THOSE OFF RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
IS THERE A TOTAL FOR THAT OF SHORTAGE THAT YOU'VE GOT? IT SOUNDED LIKE TO ME, IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO, UH, WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT, IF, YEAH, IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT NOW AND WE DID HAVE SOME, SOME STAFF MEMBERS RESIGNED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING ON, THAT'D BE BUS DRIVERS.
THAT'S OPENED UP SOME VACANCIES THERE.
UH, WE DID HAVE A TEACHER THAT, THAT MOVED, SO THERE WAS A RESIGNATION AND THAT OPENED UP ANOTHER VACANCY THERE.
UH, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT YOU HAVE 10, 20, 30, IF YOU COUNT THEM ALL IN 32.
AND, AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY TEACHERS DO YOU HAVE THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT FOR COVID AND HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE OUT FOR COVID THE QUARANTINE NUMBERS? GOOD QUESTION.
SO ON OUR DASHBOARD CURRENTLY, WE HAVE FOUR STUDENTS OUT IN STAFF, EIGHT STAFF OUT, AND THAT IS WITH ACTIVE CASES.
SO THAT MEANS IT'S BEEN A POSITIVE TEST, UH, QUARANTINES, YOU HAVE 40 STUDENTS AND FIVE STAFF QUARANTINE RIGHT NOW, 40 STUDENTS IN WHAT, FIVE, FIVE STAFF.
AND HOW MANY STUDENTS DID YOU SAY ACTIVE? SO IT WAS AT 44 STUDENTS, TOTAL QUARANTINING AND ACTIVE CASES.
THE OTHER STUDENTS ARE QUARANTINE BECAUSE THEY WERE IN CONTACT WITH, UH, NO, NO.
MOST OF W WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR DASHBOARDS, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THE, THE QUARANTINE CASES, UM, HAPPEN BECAUSE OF HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS, IT'S, IT'S IT'S ISSUES THAT ARE OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING, BECAUSE OF OUR MASS BLARING AND BECAUSE OF THE GUIDELINES, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO, THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO STAY IN THE CLASSROOM LONGER.
NOW, THERE ARE SITUATIONS OF COURSE, WHERE IF IT'S A LUNCH AND STUDENTS ARE EATING AT A LUNCH TABLE AND THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE STUDENTS AT A LUNCH TABLE, AND ONE TEST POSITIVE THEY'RE WITHIN THAT, THAT BUBBLE, THAT BARRIER.
SO YES, ALL OF THOSE WOULD HAVE TO, WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE.
UM, BUT, BUT IF YOU'RE IN A CLASSROOM AND OUR STUDENTS ARE SIX FEET APART, THEY'RE WEARING THEIR MASK, A STUDENT TEST POSITIVE, THOSE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE AND THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.
SO, SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ONLY THAT ONE STUDENT THAT TESTED POSITIVE WOULD BE OUT, THOSE OTHER STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING.
BALLENGER, IS THIS, ARE YOU FOLLOWING THE CDC
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GUIDELINES OF FIVE DAYS? NOW? WE ARE.SO WE WE'VE MADE THAT SWITCH TO THAT.
SO THEN WE JUST SENT THAT OUT.
NOW WHEN A STUDENT IS QUARANTINE, BECAUSE THEY WERE AT THAT LUNCH TABLE, DO THOSE DAYS COUNT AS ABSENCES? OKAY.
AND THERE'S VIRTUAL A VIRTUAL CHORES FOR THEM, FOR CLASSROOM OR SO THEY'VE WORKED WITH THAT WITH THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHER, UM, ON THOSE FIVE DAYS.
AND THE, THE TEACHER WILL WORK AFTER HOURS AND DO VIRTUAL MEETS WITH THEM AND, AND PUT THINGS UP ON THE, ON THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND, OR, SORRY, MY PHONE RINGING HERE, UM, OR THEY WILL PUT, PUT THEIR ASSIGNMENTS ON THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THAT AND WORK WITH THEM.
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK IN, THEY SET UP REMEDIATION, UH, TIMES FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO WORK WITH THEM.
ONE-ON-ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TO FILL ANY OF THOSE GAPS, THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO THAT ABSENCE.
ONE, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 30 PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE GOT, THAT ARE, WE HAVE 30 OPENINGS, HOW IS THAT PROCESS GOING FOR YOU AS FAR AS LOOKING AT GETTING THOSE PEOPLE? I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MY, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT YOU ARE, BUT ARE YOU ACTIVELY REV REVIEWING PEOPLE AND LOOKING AT RESUMES AND TRYING AND DOING YOUR BEST TO GET PEOPLE? BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME, WE'D BEEN OUT FOR PRETTY GOOD WHILE.
AND IF, IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN HELP, WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, WELL, MR. MAYBE IF YOU HAVE YOUR CDL, I'M SURE WE'LL WE'LL, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE IT.
SO, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET THAT, WE COULD DEFINITELY USE SOME, SOME, SOME DRIVERS.
WE, WE, WE CONTINUALLY REACH OUT TO THE LOCAL COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE USUALLY YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, FALL GRADUATION AND FALL GRADUATES THAT ARE COMING OUT THAT, THAT HAVE THEIR TEACHING DEGREE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, US ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DIVISIONS IN THIS AREA IN SCHOOLS, IN THIS AREA ARE COMPETING FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO TRY TO GET THEM, UM, IN, IN, IN OUR CLASSROOMS. UM, YOU KNOW, YES, WE ARE ACTIVELY DOING THAT.
WE ARE ACTIVELY, UM, ENGAGED IN, UM, WRITING GRANTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A CURRENT GRANT RIGHT NOW, OUT THERE THAT I THINK WE'VE BEEN AWARDED.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK ON THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER CARES GRANT, BUT IT'S TO HELP WITH, UM, STAFFING FOR BUS DRIVERS AS FAR AS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A MONETARY, UM, INCENTIVE AS FAR AS LIKE, AS FAR AS, UH, A SIGN-ON BONUS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE OR RETENTION BONUS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO, SO WE'RE USING THOSE, THOSE GRANTS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE.
WE'RE STILL APPLYING FOR THOSE TO KIND OF HELP US TO, TO GIVE US THAT EXTRA LEG UP AND, AND RECRUITING AND RETAINING INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BUT YES, SIR, WE, WE CONSTANTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'LL, IT'LL COME IN WAVES.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ALSO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS, THEY'VE RECOGNIZED THAT, THAT THERE'S, THERE ARE SHORTAGES ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND SO THEY HAVE MADE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, WITH SOME LICENSURE.
AND SO AS WE, AS THEY HAND THOSE DOWN, WE, WE REVIEW THOSE, WE LOOK AT THOSE AND THEN WE, WE SAY, IF WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S APPLIED THAT MAY BE FIT, YOU KNOW, FIT WITHIN THAT CATEGORY BEFORE AND GIVE THEM A CALL.
UM, OR IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT, THAT MAY BE WORKING AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT OR AS A SUBSTITUTE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE HAVE DONE IS THAT TYPICALLY, UM, WITH, WITH OUR ESS SYSTEM, UM, THOSE PEOPLE, THEY COME IN, THEY SUB, AND THEN IF WE HAVE AN OPENING, WE, WE TALKED TO THEM.
SO WE'RE HIRING THEM AWAY FROM OUR, OUR SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM TO GET THEM IN THE BUILDING FULL-TIME FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THAT QUITE A BIT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK ON A DAILY BASIS AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AND PULL EVERY STRING AND OPEN EVERY DOOR AND TO SEE WHO MAY BE HIDING BEHIND IT.
UM, A DIFFERENT SUBJECT, UM, FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, ARE ANY OF YOUR CHILDREN GOING HUNGRY? I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET FOOD INTO SCHOOLS AND GET IT HOME AND, UH, HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS GOING OUT.
BUT ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING OF WHERE CHILDREN OR PARENTS OF CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN SAY THAT ONE WITH THE WAY THAT THE, THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS YEAR MADE, UM, THEY MAY BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FREE FOR EVERY STUDENT.
UH, THAT WAS A POSITIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL FEEDING A LOT OF FAMILIES.
UM, WE INITIATED OUR BACKPACK PROGRAMS AGAIN, BECAUSE WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO GIVE THOSE SEVEN DAY MEALS.
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THE WEEKEND THROUGH OUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.UH, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE BACKPACK PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING FOOD FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT NEED IT, UM, OVER THE WEEKENDS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE CONTINGENCY SET UP THAT IF WE HAVE A SCHOOL SHUT DOWN DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET FOOD TO THOSE FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DO NOT GO HUNGRY DURING THAT FIVE DAY, UM, SHUT DOWN.
SO, UM, I, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT IT'S STILL NOT OUT THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH TRYING TO GET THE MEALS AND THE BACKPACKS AND THE FOOD TO THE FAMILIES THAT NEED IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS THAT I KNOW WE PARTNER WITH, UM, SUCH AS, AS, AS REACHING OUT NOW AND WITH THE PROGRAM THAT THEY USE TO HELP FEED FAMILIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE, UH, A MILL IS A PRIORITY AND WE MAKE THAT A FOCUS.
AND SO WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FUNNY STORIES I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TELL THIS, MY, MY DAUGHTER CAME HOME ONE DAY AND SHE SAID, UH, DAD, DID YOU TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY OF US TO BRING HOME A LUNCH OR TO BRING A LUNCH TO SCHOOL? I SAID, NO.
WHY? AND SHE SAID, UM, WELL, I OVERHEARD SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT WILL NO LONGER ALLOW US TO BRING A LUNCH TO SCHOOL.
IS THAT BASICALLY NOW THAT EVERYBODY'S FREE TO EAT LUNCH, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IS THEIR PARENTS ARE MAKING THEM COME IN AND EAT THOSE FREE LUNCH.
SO THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THE FAMILIES ARE USING THAT PROGRAM TO HELP THEM OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE CAN GIVE THAT FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT SCHOOL, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THAT FAMILY TO USE THOSE FUNDS LATER ON TO PURCHASE THE MEALS THAT THEY NEED FOR HOME, THEN THAT TOO IS SERVING THE PURPOSE.
SO, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THAT FIGHT AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE FOOD SERVICE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
BALLENGER, YOU'VE MENTIONED ABOUT BEING SHORT SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT BEING SHORT CAR DRIVERS, BUT WHAT FUNCTION TO THE CAR DRIVERS DO THAT THE, THAT THE BUSES DON'T COVER? OKAY.
SO CAR DRIVERS ARE TYPICALLY THEY'RE THERE.
THEY COULD BE YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DRIVERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE, THE CAR DRIVERS WILL ONLY TRANSPORT ONE OR TWO STUDENTS AT A TIME.
UM, AND IT ALSO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, WITH OUR, OUR MCKINNEY VETO.
SO IF WE HAVE A HOMELESS STUDENT THAT WAS IN WARREN COUNTY AND THEY MOVED TO, TO WINCHESTER THROUGH MCKINNEY-VENTO, WE STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH WINCHESTER TO GET THAT STUDENT BACK INTO SCHOOL, TO, TO JUST, TO NOT ALLOW DISRUPTION IN THE SERVICES OF THAT STUDENT, UM, AT THE SCHOOL SITE.
SO WE MAY HAVE CAR DRIVING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CAR DRIVERS THAT, THAT COULD DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO STANTON, UM, UP TO WINCHESTER, UM, TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS ON, ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S INDIVIDUAL ROUTES THAT, THAT REALLY WILL TRANSPORT ONE OR TWO STUDENTS FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
[G. Reports – Board Members, County Administrator, Interim County Attorney]
BOARD REPORTS, MRS. OATS.I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A PASSION THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AND THAT PASSION IS TOURISM.
UH, THIS COMMUNITY IS BLESSED WITH THE RESOURCES OF A BEAUTIFUL PARK, MULTIPLE PARKS.
WE HAVE THIS GORGEOUS RIVER AND, UM, OUR NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY IS TOURISM, AND WE CONTINUE TO DAMAGE OURSELVES WITH NEGATIVE PUBLICITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY TO TALK TO SPEAK TRUTH, SPEAK POSITIVELY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE GREAT SERVICES, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY THROWING ARROWS BACK AT OURSELVES BY TALKING THE NEGATIVE TALK BY MAKING, UH, ISSUES WHERE NONE EXIST.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT WARREN COUNTY AND FRONT ROYAL, DO HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR SMILE AT EVERYBODY.
TALK TO THE VISITORS THAT CAME IN IN OCTOBER, WE HAD 200 VISITORS A DAY TO OUR VISITOR CENTER, 200.
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SAY HELLO, TO, TO WELCOME TO WARREN COUNTY AND FRONT ROYAL.
AND I AM, I'M JUST DISTURBED BY THE CONSTANT NEGATIVITY THAT IS PERPETUATED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST START THIS YEAR OFF, LET'S START THIS YEAR OFF IN A GOOD WAY AND IN A POSITIVE WAY AND ENCOURAGE GOOD TALK ABOUT OURSELVES.
THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE A NEGATIVE VIEW OF THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY HEAR WHAT
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THEIR ADULTS ARE SAYING.YOU KNOW, I HAVE THREE SONS AND ALL THREE OF MY SONS HAVE GRADUATED FROM WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND ALL THREE OF MY SONS DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE.
THEY DON'T, THEY THINK THIS IS A NEGATIVE PLACE TO BE.
AND I STARTED EXAMINING, WHY IS THAT? WHY DO MY KIDS BELIEVE THIS IS A NEGATIVE PLACE? BECAUSE I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY SO MUCH.
AND THEY HEAR ME AND THEY HEAR MY PASSION AND THEY SHAKE THEIR HEAD AT ME.
AND THEY THINK, WHY WOULD YOU BE SO INVESTED IN THIS MOM? WELL, WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT MY KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BLESSINGS AND THE RESOURCES THAT FRONT-WHEEL AND WARREN COUNTY HAVE.
WE DON'T HAVE PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT TAKE OUR CHILDREN HIKING.
WE DON'T HAVE PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT, THAT FLOAT OUR KIDS DOWN, THIS GORGEOUS RIVER.
WE DON'T HAVE ACTIVITIES IN OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT THAT DO THE EXACT SAME.
WHY IS THAT? THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO, ANYWAY, THIS IS MY PASSION IN CASE YOU CAN'T TELL, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE IN THE NEXT MONTH WHERE I'M GOING TO DO THIS EVERY MONTH, BY THE WAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE DOLORES'S LITTLE POSITIVE MINUTE, BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE, TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE, TO ENCOURAGE YOUR FAMILY, START AT YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLDS, START HIKING THE TRAILS TOGETHER.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT WILL DRAW YOUR FAMILY CLOSER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. MABE, THAT'S A HARD ONE TO FOLLOW UP.
ARE YOU GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT? UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SINCE WE HAD THE LAST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, I'VE BEEN A, BEEN ABLE TO GO TO THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED.
IT WAS OUR DEMOCRACY AND IN, IN ACTION.
UM, OF COURSE ON THE 21ST, WE HAD ANOTHER BOS MEETING, UM, THE 22ND THROUGH THE 20, PRETTY MUCH THE 21ST, IT WAS VERY QUIET IN MY DISTRICT.
THERE WASN'T AN ANYTHING OTHER THAN CALLS, UH, GOING OUT TO VISIT A COUPLE OF CLIENTS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF.
UM, OF COURSE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WAS THAT WAS THE NEW YEAR.
SO HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF US WHERE, UH, WE SHOULD BE PLEASED THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TO BE ABLE TO DO GOOD.
UM, LAST NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO GO TO, UH, SHANNON DOOR SHORES FOR THEIR SWEARING IN OF THEIR NEW BOARD.
UM, MOST EVERYBODY ON THEIR BOARD WAS NEW, WHICH IS EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE THEY CHANGED IT ALL OUT.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF CONCERNS, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT I'M HAVING SIT IN OUR POSITION, YOU KIND OF GET USED TO THE ROUTINE OF THINGS AND YOU'VE GOT ALL NEW PEOPLE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR GROWTH, UM, BECAUSE I ENJOY VISITING THEM AND THEM AND SHENANDOAH FARMS AND, AND BLUE MOUNTAIN.
THEY'VE ALL GOT SYSTEMS THAT KIND OF WORKED FOR THEM, AND I APPRECIATE THEM ALL.
BUT LAST NIGHT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
UM, SHANANDOAH SHORES IS GOING TO DO WELL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AS THEY STRAIGHTENED OUT THEIR, UH, EVERYTHING.
THEY JUST WANTED TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I'M VERY, VERY HONORED TO SERVE EVERYBODY HERE AT MORGAN COUNTY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS DOING POSITIVE THINGS AND REACHING OUT.
MADAM CHAIR, THE, UH, I JUST HAVE THREE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND TELL YOU HOW HONORED I AM TO BE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THE SECOND THING IS, UH, UH, OVER THE NEW YEARS, UH, VISITING MY RELATIVES OVER IN KENTUCKY, AND WE WENT TO CHURCH SERVICES AND THE PASTOR THERE AT UP, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A BORN AND RAISED IN VIETNAM.
HE WAS ONE OF THE BOAT BOAT, PEOPLE THAT CAME OVER AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW OF, YOU KNOW, DURING THE YEAR, SEE IF HE CAN GO TO ANOTHER CITY, ANOTHER STATE, ANOTHER COUNTRY, AND YOU WILL REALIZE AND APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO HAVE HERE.
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THIS IS, THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAD SEEN THE WORST OF THE WORST.AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS, UH, THERE'S THIS APPROACH TO PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S CALLED APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY.
AND INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE DO WRONG AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE FIX THAT? WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE DO, RIGHT.
AND HOW DO WE, UH, HOW DO WE REPLICATE THAT IN THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, AND THAT FITS RIGHT INTO WHAT DOLORES AND, AND MAE AND WALT WERE SAYING, THE, UH, THE, THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A GREAT COMMUNITY HERE, LET'S APPRECIATE IT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE DO DO, RIGHT.
AND, AND REALLY BUILD ON THOSE.
AND, UH, THAT'S UH, SO AGAIN, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, MY REPORT, I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THINK, UM, ALL OF OUR STAFF, NOT EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OFF.
UM, THE DAYS THAT MOST OF US WERE OUR CONVENIENT STAFF, UM, HAVE WORKED THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAYS.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A BUSY TIME FOR THEM.
THEY'VE, UM, HAD MOUNDS OF TRASH TO DEAL WITH AND, UM, GOING BACK ON POSITIVITY AND JUST LEARNING TO BE RESPECTFUL AND POLITE TO PEOPLE.
UM, THESE GUYS HAVE AN AWFUL JOB THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER APPLYING FOR YET.
THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY IN THE BAD WEATHER AND SO FORTH DOING IT.
AND THEY, THEY TAKE A LOT OF GRIEF FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, THAT THERE'S A MOUND OF TRASH THAT THEY CAN'T DEAL WITH AS FAST AS EVERYONE EXPECTS THEM TO.
SO I THINK WE, WE ALL NEED TO, TO STEP BACK AND THINK HOW TO BE GRACIOUS IN A MOMENT OF FRUSTRATION THAT YES, YOU PULLED UP THERE AND YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR ALLOTMENT OF TRASH AND SOMEWHERE TO BE IN FIVE MINUTES, BUT WE JUST NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK AND DYING FROM COVID AND OTHER ILLNESSES TODAY IS HERE, BUT TOMORROW IS NOT GIVEN FOLKS.
AND, AND HONESTLY SOME PEOPLE WAKE UP AND DON'T MAKE IT TO THE END OF THE DAY.
AND I, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TRY TO BE A LITTLE KINDER.
SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THOSE GUYS THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND REC STAFF, BUT FROM WHAT THE WONDERFUL REPORT WE GOT FROM MR KOHLFELD YESTERDAY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT, UM, THE GUYS WERE OUT THERE, 4:00 AM TO BE READY TO, TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFE.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY PROBABLY WORK TILL AFTER DARK.
AND, UM, I RODE MY AREA YESTERDAY AND THE ROADS FOR THE MOST PART WE'RE IN PRETTY DARN GOOD SHAPE CONSIDERING WHAT THEY WERE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY WERE BACK OUT THERE AT FIVE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING TO MAKE SURE ALL THE ICY SPOTS AND SO FORTH WERE GETTING TREATED.
SO WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THOSE GUYS AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, I TOOK MY PAGER WITH ME YESTERDAY AND THAT THING WAS GOING OFF RIGHT.
AND, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD WERE THERE WERE ANY ACCIDENTS WITH ANY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, NOT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR FIRE AND RESCUE.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THEY ALL STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY, AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
UM, SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S MY REPORT.
I WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR RETURNING CREW.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE.
UH, I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, MRS. SHIRAKI ON HER FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY YESTERDAY.
SHE'S NOW BEEN TRYING TO KEEP THE BOARD ON TASK FOR FIVE YEARS.
UM, YESTERDAY WAS OUR FIRST SNOW.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND, UM, THE PARKS CREWS REALLY GOT ON IT VERY QUICKLY AND DID A GREAT JOB FOR US.
AND AS YOU SAY, ALL THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND, UH, OVER IN FIRE AND RESCUE THAT HAD TO GO OUT THROUGH IT WHEN NECESSARY.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS AND, UH, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVE A LOT OF THINGS AT CHRISTMAS, AND THEY DID LEAVE A MESS FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY.
AND, UH, MRS. OATES TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO, UH, PROVIDE LUNCH FOR OUR WORKERS ONE DAY LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER THESE, AND I HAD A GRAND TIME DOING THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME
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MORE OF THAT ON OUR REMOTE SITES, IN VARIOUS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE OUT BY THEMSELVES, JUST TO RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE LINE EMPLOYEES, WHICH ARE REALLY THE ONES WHO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE COUNTY.UH, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE, WELL, THAT'S OKAY WITH THE CITIZEN, BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE LINE PEOPLE OUT THERE PROVIDING THE SERVICE, THEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.
UM, REMIND YOU THAT, UH, TUESDAY EVENING AT SIX O'CLOCK RIGHT BACK HERE, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE TOWN TO TALK ABOUT TOURISM, AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, A SLIGHT DINNER PROVIDED THERE, UH, THIRSTY.
O'CLOCK WHAT I SAY, NOT TUESDAY TODAY'S TUESDAY.
NO, WE'RE NOT COMING BACK AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UM, YOUR GOALS AND ADVANCE SESSION WITH THE, UM, SENIOR STAFF WILL BE STARTING AT THREE O'CLOCK ON JANUARY, JANUARY THE 19TH, PRIOR TO YOUR MEETING.
AND THAT WILL BE AGAIN, BACK HERE ON THE 22ND SATURDAY, THE 22ND, WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL OUT AT THE FRONT ROYAL GOLF CLUB, BEGINNING AT NINE O'CLOCK FOR A JOINT ADVANCE WORK SESSION.
AND WE'LL HAVE A AGENDA FOR THAT.
IF YOU HAVE PARTICULAR ITEMS, UH, PLEASE BE SURE.
AND LET US KNOW, UH, WHAT IS THAT DATE AGAIN? DR.
AND, UH, CARLA ARE GOING TO BE BUSY BAKING ALL NIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN BRING BREAKFAST SNACKS.
UM, THE 19TH, WHAT TIME IS THE NINTH? WE'LL SEE.
TEENS WILL BE AT 6:00 PM, SIR.
GLAD I HAD TOO MANY DATES HERE.
UH, WE ARE BEGINNING WORK ON THE BUDGET.
UM, MR. ROBERTSON'S STARTED, UH, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND WE WILL BE MEETING WITH DEPARTMENTS THIS WEEK, AND THEN THEY'LL BE PREPARING THEIR REVISED BUDGETS FOR THE BOARD TO BE LOOKING AT NEXT MONTH.
AND YOU WILL START YOUR SESSIONS WITH THE, UH, PARTNER AGENCIES NEXT WEEK, FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY, WE'LL BE DOING THAT.
SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
UH, THOSE MEETINGS WILL, AGAIN, ALL BE HERE AND THEY WILL BE IN THE EVENING.
UM, THE STAFF MEETING, WE MAY DO SOME OF THAT DURING THE DAY LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR.
UH, I LEFT YOU EACH A COPY OF THE, UH, TOWN NEWSLETTER, WHICH OUTLINES HOW THEY ARE BEGINNING THEIR BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT PROGRAM, UH, EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY, A LITTLE BIT OF A SNOW START, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DOING IS THE ENS PERMITS UNTIL THEY ARE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW PEOPLE THIS YEAR.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE COME AND PICK UP TO START PICKUP BUILDING, UH, BUILDING PROJECTS AND BUILDING THEM TEAM FOR THE BOARD AND NOTICE, UH, JANE IS HERE AND ALYSSA IS HERE.
UH, CHIEF MANZANO HAS GONE BACK TO THE OFFICE, UH, BUT WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMING IN AND JOINING WITH OUR EXISTING STAFF TO HELP BUILD THINGS AND BRING, MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
AND, UH, SPEAKING OF THE CHIEF, GOING BACK TO THE STAFF, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF, PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT COME UP ABOUT WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO DO SOMETHING IN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND HOW CAN WE MOVE THOSE AND FACILITATE THOSE PROCESSES? SO WE WILL HAVE STAFF HERE WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING ON THIS AGENDA, OR WHEN YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE HERE, BUT JUST FOR THEM TO BE HERE, TO WATCH, TO BE THE AUDIENCE, WE'RE GOING TO DISCONTINUE THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING HERE AND THEY CAN WATCH THE VIDEO
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ON THEIR OWN TIME WHENEVER THEY WANT.SO YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LESS OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.
DALEY, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A WORK SESSION TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO HELP WITH THESE TRANSFER STATIONS.
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS EITHER, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF TRASH IN MY DISTRICT.
UM, SUNDAYS ARE TYPICALLY THE, THE WORST, AND I KNOW MIKE CAN SPEAK TO THIS CAUSE HE PROBABLY GETS ALL THE COMPLAINTS.
AND, BUT IF THERE IS SOME WAY THAT WE CAN EITHER TALK ABOUT, UM, THE AREAS SMALL AND IT'S SO SMALL THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THERE, IT DOESN'T HAVE CAPACITY.
I THINK TO MEET THE DEMAND THAT IS HAPPENING THERE RIGHT NOW, AND IT NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE, UH, BOTH TO, UH, THE EMPLOYEES.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOME OF THE REPORTS I HEARD FROM THIS WEEK.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY KEEP THEIR JOB WHILE THEY STAY THERE.
I WOULD GET MAD AND LEAVE IF I WERE BEING VERBALLY ABUSED, THE WAY THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE THE RECEPTIVE, THE RECEPTACLE WAS FULL ON SUNDAY, MY HUSBAND WENT DOWN AND HE WAS ACTUALLY HELPING THE GENTLEMEN TRY TO PUSH MORE IN SO THAT THERE COULD BE, COULD MAKE ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO WERE WAITING, BUT THERE WERE IRRITATED CITIZENS WHO WERE VERY VERBALLY ABUSIVE TO THESE PEOPLE.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER SOLUTION BECAUSE THIS ISN'T HEALTHY FOR ANYBODY.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A WORK SESSION TO EXAMINE WHAT MIGHT BE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.
I THINK, UM, TWO THINGS THERE NOW, MA'AM NUMBER ONE.
UH, YOU HAVE A REGULAR MEETING, A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT WEEK AT 7:00 PM.
AND YOU HAVE ONE AGAIN AT 7:00 PM ON THE 18TH, ON THE 18TH.
AND EITHER OF THOSE DAYS, WE COULD COME IN AT SIX O'CLOCK TO BEGIN TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE, UM, RECYCLING CENTERS AND THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS.
AND NUMBER TWO, I WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LIST OF THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
AND ONE OF THOSE HAS TO BE NEEDS VERY SERIOUS TO BE AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL A SERVICE CENTER IN THE NORTH END AND PERHAPS A SECOND ONE IN THE SOUTH END THAT WE NEED TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND GET A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL SITES, WHICH MEANS IT WILL INCREASE OUR COSTS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE STAFFING FOR THEM, BUT WE NEED TO DO THIS.
WE ARE OVER OUR CAPACITY AT THESE SITES.
AND SO WE WILL PUT THAT ON THERE AT THE SAME TIME.
I KNOW WE, UM, DISCUSSED AT A MEETING LAST WINTER, UM, ABOUT GIVING MORE POWER TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO LEGALLY, UM, DEAL WITH THIS, THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING.
AND I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN WITH THAT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE GETTING TICKETS, BUT WE'RE TYING THE HANDS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THEM NOT HAVING WHAT THEY NEED TO GIVE WARNINGS AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND, AND TO EMPOWER THEM A LITTLE BIT, WHEN IT DOES GET OUT OF HAND, THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY HAD SOME SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS MA'AM AND WE NEED TO GET THOSE DONE.
I BELIEVE OUR LAST WORK SESSION IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THIS WITH, I THINK MR. BOB ROBBIE SEAL WAS HERE AND HE HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO POLICE THESE SITUATIONS, BUT WE HAVE NO TEETH.
THERE'S NO TEETH IN THE CODE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO ANYTHING IN RESPONSE.
AND WE'VE LEARNED IN THIS CULTURE THAT IF THERE'S NO, UH, NO CONSEQUENCES, THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO EXAMINE, UH, SOLUTIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE FORWARD-THINKING AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
I KNOW I HAVE TONS OF QUESTIONS AND I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE HERE, SO I'LL WAIT AND HOLD THOSE TO THE WORK SESSION.
MAYBE WE CAN DO IT NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THE 18TH HAS A LOT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY MAY BE LONG.
WELL, WE HAVE, THOSE ARE GONNA AFFECT YOU BOTH.
MA'AM, YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE LONG NEXT WEEK AND THEN GET ON THE 18TH.
MAYBE WE'LL START AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
DAILY, IF NOT MR. HAM, CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, MRS. COOK AND, UH, MR. BUTLER LOOKED FORWARD TO WORKING
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WITH YOU.I WANTED TO ECHO WHAT DELORIS SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU NOT BE IMPRESSED DRIVING OVER THE BRIDGE, SEEING THE MOUNTAINS AND THE RIVERS I'VE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IN TERMS OF NATURAL BEAUTY, THIS IS SECOND TO NONE.
[H. Warren County Public Schools Request to Transfer $63,650 from Contingency Reserves to Instruction for the FY 2021-2022 Budget – Dr. Chris Ballenger]
BUSINESS, WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS REQUEST TO TRANSFER $63,650 FROM CONTINGENCY RESERVES TO INSTRUCTION FOR THE YEAR 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET.UM, YES, WE HAVE A, AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS.
UM, IT HAS, I THINK OUR ACCOUNT INCREASED BY 20 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
WE SEE THAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE INCREASING AS WE CONTINUE TO GET NEW STUDENTS ENROLL THAT THAT REQUIRE THESE SERVICES, UH, TIMES ARE DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE DOJ, UH, THERE ARE VARIOUS LEVELS, ONE THROUGH FOUR, ONE BEING THE, UH, THE, THE HIGHEST NEED.
SO THAT MEANS THAT A STUDENT THAT IS A LEVEL ONE, THEY COULD REQUIRE UP TO 60 MINUTES PER DAY.
UM, AND SO YOU SEE HERE THAT WE DID PROVIDE THE COUNTS WITH THE NUMBER OF, UH, STUDENTS PER TEACHER.
ALSO, YOU HAVE, UH, INFORMATION ON THE STUDENTS THAT ARE MONITORED.
NOW, THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE MONITORED, THEY DON'T RECEIVE THE DIRECT SERVICES, BUT THEY, THOSE TEACHERS HAVE TO CHECK IN ON THOSE STUDENTS.
THEY HAVE TO CHECK IN AND, AND PROVIDE, UH, BASICALLY ASSISTANCE TO THE TEACHER FOR MODIFICATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND IF THEY SEE THAT THAT STUDENT IS FALLING BEHIND AND THEY NEED TO RE-ENROLL THEM BACK INTO THE PROGRAM TO START PROVIDING THEM WITH CONTINUED SERVICES.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE NEED, THERE IS A NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL THIS YEAR OF A ESL TEACHER.
AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS BACK IN, UM, STARTED HAVING THE CONVERSATION IN SEPTEMBER AND STARTED RUNNING THE NUMBERS IN OCTOBER AND PRESENTED IT AT THE, AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
UM, I I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW MANY, EXCUSE ME, HOW MUCH FUNDS DO YOU HAVE IN THIS CONTINGENCY? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THE 63 K OUT OF THAT.
I THINK IN THAT CONTINGENCY FUND, I WANT TO BELIEVE THERE WAS 156.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT, BUT WE WE'VE PUT IN THERE ENOUGH FOR APPROXIMATELY WE, WE FELT TWO POSITIONS, UM, TWO TEACHING POSITIONS THAT WE SAW GOING INTO THE YEAR, IF WE DID NOT, IF WE SAW A NEED FOR ANOTHER TEACHING POSITION, AND THOSE WOULD HELP COVER FOR THOSE, THOSE TWO TEACHING PHYSICIANS, WASN'T IT 150,580 500.
THAT'S WHAT I SAID, LIKE A HUNDRED FIFTY, A HUNDRED FIFTY SIX.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER ON YOUR SHEET, BUT THAT WAS, OH, I'M SORRY.
SO DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY RISKS THAT MIGHT REALIZE THAT YOU WILL NEED THE 62 K TO ABSORB AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT UM, WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE REASON FOR THE CONTINGENCY FUND IS, IS FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND ONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE STAFF BUDGETED OR YOU SAW THERE WAS A NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL STAFFING, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.
AND SINCE THIS IS A NEED, THAT WILL BE A CONTINUING COST FOR THE DIVISION.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, THIS IS WHY WE ARE MOVING IT OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND, BECAUSE IT'S IT, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU USE KARA'S FUNDS, BUT KARA'S FUNDS ARE ONE-TIME MONIES.
YOU DON'T USE ONE TIME MONIES FOR REOCCURRING COSTS.
UM, AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE USING THE FUNDS AND, AND SHOWING THE NEED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE FOR THIS.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS DEPLETING, THE CONTINGENCY FUND, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE PURPOSES FOR IT, FOR STAFF THEN, BUT I UNDERSTAND.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE? I MEAN, HAVE YOU ALREADY HIRED THIS PERSON? WE HAVE NOT.
IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED SINCE, UM, AS A PROJECTED POSITION SINCE NOVEMBER AND WE LISTED IT AS PROJECTED, WAITING ON THE FUND TRANSFER ONCE, ONCE IT'S, ONCE THE FUND TRANSFER, WE'LL TAKE THE PROJECTED OFF OF IT, BUT OKAY.
SO YOU'RE NOT ACTIVELY, WE ARE ACTIVELY, BUT IT'S A PROJECTED, SO PEOPLE CAN STILL APPLY FOR IT.
UM, AND WE'LL STILL GO THROUGH OUR PROCESSES FOR IT.
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UM, SO I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF ANTICIPATED IS WHAT IT'S LISTED.I MEAN, MY THOUGHT OF A CONTINGENCY IS ONCE I KNOW I'M BUYING SOMETHING, THEN I GO INTO MY SAVINGS COUNT AND I PUT IT IN THE BANK SO THAT I CAN PAY FOR WHAT ALREADY KNOW I'M GETTING.
AND I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS WE APPROPRIATE THIS OVER AND THEN YOU NEVER GET THE POSITION.
WILL THEY GET USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE? AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY YOU'VE ALREADY BURNED THAT OFF.
AND NOW YOU'RE GOING BACK INTO YOUR HUNDRED AND 50, WHICH IS NOW LESS THIS AMOUNT.
AND IT'S LIKE, MRS. COOK IS CONCERNED ABOUT, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THEN YOUR CONTINGENCY IS, IS DWINDLING DOWN.
UM, AND YOU'VE GOT SO MANY OPEN SLOTS.
I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ENOUGH IN YOUR ALREADY SET UP ALLOWANCES FOR SALARIES ON THE 30.
SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE VACANT THAT UNTIL YOU NEEDED THIS, THEN WE COULD TRANSFER.
WELL, YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN WE'VE ADDED OTHER THINGS.
AND, AND WHEN WE INCREASED THE, THE, THE RATES FOR SUBS AND ALL THAT, WE USE WHAT WE CALL TEACHER TURNOVER, WHICH WERE SOME OF THOSE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO USE SOME OF THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TAGGED THAT AS GOING TOWARDS THAT SUB RATE INCREASE.
UM, THERE WERE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT, THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND PURCHASED AS FAR AS FOR, UM, ONE-TIME PURCHASES THAT WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS IN THAT WE SAID, OKAY, YES, WE CAN UTILIZE TIGHT TEACHER TURNOVER TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AT THIS ONE, YOU HAVE TO, YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO THE VERY END TO ADD, TO HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSFER DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, AND WHEN YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE WAY TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO WAITING TO THE LAST MINUTE TO TRANSFER SOMETHING OVER OR WAITING TILL TO SOMEBODY TO GET HIRED, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY HIRED? SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU PUT THE, THE CART IN FRONT OF THE HORSE OR THE HORSE IN FRONT OF THE CART? SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OUT THERE AND THAT IT'S READY TO GO, OR WHEN THAT POSITION IS HIRED.
NO, I, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION, BUT I GUESS I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M THE ONE THAT IF I KNOW IT'S OVER HERE AND I CAN'T TOUCH IT UNTIL I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE IT, THEN I WON'T BE TEMPTED TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE ALL I KNOW I GOT IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL SAVE IT BACK UP LATER.
AND THEN WHEN I NEED THAT OTHER THING, THEN I'LL WORRY ABOUT THAT THEN TYPE ATTITUDE POSITION IN ESL POSITION.
SO, I MEAN, I'M, THAT'S WHY I WAS, YOU KNOW, ASKING THE QUESTION.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'D BE DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE, KNOWING THAT YOU HAD 30 POSITIONS, OPEN 30 SALARIES SITTING OUT THERE, BUT IT, JUST, TO ME, IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE JUST SAID, OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS PERSON THAT'S IN THIS EMPTY SLOT THAT I CAN'T FEEL FOR ANYTHING.
AND I'LL USE IT FOR THIS ESL TEACHERS.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT WITH SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR AND NOT ALL THOSE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT ALL YEAR.
SOME OF THOSE JUST, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST OPENED UP.
SO YOU'VE HAVE, I'VE ALREADY PAID FOR SOME OF THOSE SALARIES, UM, OUT OF SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS. SO FULL YEAR'S SALARY, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, WOULD HAVE BEEN A FULL YEAR BECAUSE WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN I ASKED FOR THE NUMBERS ON IT.
NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT A CONCERN, UH, OR A PROCESS IN DOING IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH, WITH HAD PAYING FOR THIS PERSON, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE SCHOOL MORE MONEY WHEN THEY'VE ALREADY GOT MONEY TO DO IT.
SO IF, IF WE APPROPRIATED THE $63,650 TODAY, CAN WE PUT SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO THE, THE HIRING OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO GO INTO THAT SLOT? WELL, LET ME, UH, TO START WITH THAT, THAT A HUNDRED AND THAT CONTINGENCY FUND IS ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET.
SO IT'S PART OF OUR APPROPRIATIONS.
SO, SO REALLY YOU'RE NOT GIVING US ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
IT'S JUST REALLOCATING THAT FUND FROM ONE ITEM TO THE NEXT, FROM, FROM ONE CATEGORY TO THE NEXT.
SO IT'S ALREADY WITHIN OUR APPROPRIATIONS AND IT'S WITH RD WITHIN OUR LEGAL LIMIT TO SPEND.
UM, AND SO IT'S JUST UTILIZING OUR FUNDS THAT WE FEEL IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NEED OF, OF THE SCHOOLS.
NOW, THAT POSITION IS GEARED TOWARDS THAT ESL TEACHER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT BEING OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT HOW YOU'RE DOING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES,
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THEN THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.SO, YES, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE TAGGED THAT AS AN ESL TEACHER WITHIN OUR BUDGET WAITING ON THE TRANSFER.
BALLENGER, IS, IS THIS A, UH, IS A 63,000? IS THAT A FULLY BURDENED? DOES THAT COVER THEIR, THEIR RETIREMENT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? AND ALSO, WHAT IS THE DEMAND? HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE THAT REQUIRE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE? UM, I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WELL OVER AND THIS NUMBER COULD HAVE CHANGED, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE 171 STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING, UH, ESL SERVICES RIGHT NOW WITH SIX ESL TEACHERS.
THEN WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY I WANNA SAY, IT'S, I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL NUMBER HERE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO 200 STUDENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING MONITORED.
UM, AND SO THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY MONITORED, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO AGAIN, MONITORING MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TESTED OUT.
SO THAT MEANS, OR THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE PROGRESSED TO WHERE THEY NO LONGER NEED INDIVIDUAL SERVICES.
SO YOU HAVE LEVELS 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR, A STUDENT CAN TEST OUT IN A FOUR.
FOUR IS, THEY'RE PROBABLY ONLY GETTING 30 MINUTES A WEEK TO WHERE I WAN IS GETTING 60 MINUTES A DAY.
UM, AND SO AS THOSE STUDENTS GRADUATE OR PROGRESS OUT OF THE PROGRAM, THEN THAT ESL TEACHER IS REQUIRED TO MONITOR THOSE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SLIP OR THAT THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE TEACHER TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE TEACHER IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND THEN IF THEY SEE THE NEED THAT THAT STUDENT IS, IS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL SERVICES, THEN THEY WILL RE-ENROLL THEM BACK IN AND START PROVIDING THEM ADDITIONAL MINUTES ON A REGULAR BASIS IN A SCHEDULE.
SO, AND BASICALLY YOU SAID THAT THE, UH, THAT YOU GOT SIX, UH, TEACHERS RIGHT NOW IN THE EA, UH, ESL, YOU'VE GOT 71 STUDENTS THAT, UH, THAT A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE, A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE.
SO THAT, THAT COMES OUT TO BE ABOUT WHAT 30 STUDENTS PER, PER TEACHER, 25, 25, 26, 25, 26 PER TEACHER.
NOW, IS THIS PRIMARILY SPANISH OR IS IT, DOES IT COVER A MULTITUDE OF LANGUAGES? ESL ENGLISH HAS THE SECOND LEG, WHICH IT CAN COVER A MULTITUDE OF LANGUAGES.
SO THEN YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE IN THERE WHO KNOWS, UH, SPANISH, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS, SAY FARSI.
UM, YEAH, A MAJORITY OF IT IS SPANISH THOUGH.
SO, BUT, BUT, UM, YES, THERE, IT COULD COVER ANY STUDENT THAT HAS ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE THAT IS JUST LEARNING THE LANGUAGE.
AND I DID WANT TO SAY MR. BUTLER, I'VE, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE, UH, I'VE NEVER HEARD A VERY MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, UM, AND APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY AND DAVID COOPER WRITER.
SO, UH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH DAVID COOPERRIDER AND APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY, SUPER, SO ACTUALLY USE IT AS THE, UH, THE BASIS FOR MY DISSERTATION.
SO IT IS A GREAT PLATFORM, SUPER.
SO IT'S JUST, UM, FOR MY, UH, INTEREST HERE, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE NUMBERS GO DOWN AND WE NO LONGER NEED SIX OR SEVEN, HE IS EL TEACHERS.
HOW TO, HOW DO YOU ABSORB THAT INTO, SO AGAIN, JUST LIKE WITH ANY TEACHING POSITION, IF YOU SEE THAT YOU NO LONGER IN NEED OF THOSE POSITIONS AND YOU, YOU, YOU CUT THOSE POSITIONS OR YOU, YOU, YOU FIND OTHER OPENINGS WITHIN YOUR DIVISION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY FOR INSTANCE, THAT ESL TEACHER HAS A MATH DEGREE OR THAT, THAT ESL TEACHER, UM, HAS THEIR ENGLISH, UH, CERTIFICATION.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN LOOK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A TEACHER THAT LEAVES FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT MOVES AWAY AND YOU NEED TO ABSORB THAT POSITION, THEN YOU TRY TO KEEP THAT PERSON BY TRANSFERRING THEM INTO THAT VACANT POSITION WITHOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SKIPPING A BEAT WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING.
IF YOU LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO IS A DUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT ONCE THE NEED FOR THE ESL IS NOW, AND MOST OF THEM ARE OKAY.
UM, BUT OUR, OUR NEED AND OUR COUNTY WE'RE SEEING IT INCREASE.
HAD SAID THAT, UH, THAT THEY GET UP TO, UH, LIKE THE LEVEL ONE, THEY GET UP TO WHAT AN HOUR, A DAY.
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IS THAT A, IS THAT A ONE-ON-ONE? IT IS AT WORK.THAT CAN BE A SMALL GROUP, NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE AT A TIME.
IT DEPENDS THERE THERE'S CLUSTERS.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO, IF YOU'RE AT A, UH, AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR KINDERGARTEN ESL STUDENTS WORKING WITH YOUR FIFTH, FIFTH GRADE ESL, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE BOTH LEVEL ONE STUDENTS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE, BETWEEN THE GRADE MANS.
SO YOU MAY HAVE A SMALL GROUP KINDERGARTEN.
UM, FIRST YOU MAY HAVE A GRAY BAND, THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH, DEPENDING UPON WHERE THOSE STUDENTS LAND AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER THOSE STUDENTS.
BUT YOU WANT TO KEEP IT SMALL ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU CAN HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON, ON THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN THE ENGLISH.
NOW, THE TEACHERS ARE ENGAGED, UH, FOR WHAT, UH, AS FAR AS THE WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS, THEY'RE ENGAGED.
W WHAT IS IT, FOUR TO FIVE HOURS A DAY, THAT'D BE PRETTY TACKY.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ALSO PUSH INTO THE CLASSROOM TOO.
SO IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY GO TO A SCHOOL AND THERE'S, THERE'S A CLASSROOM THAT, THAT HAS THREE OR FOUR STUDENTS IN THERE.
SO THAT TEACHER MAY PUSH INTO THAT CLASSROOM.
AND THEN THEY MAY TURN INTO A CO-TEACHER HELPING, SUPPORTING THOSE STUDENTS AND GIVING THEM INDIVIDUAL TIME DURING THAT LESSON, UM, WHILE THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THAT CLASSROOM SETTING.
SO, SO THERE'S, THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS THAT THEY, THEY, UM, PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TRANSFER FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,650 FROM THE CONTINGENCY RESERVES CATEGORY OF THE FY 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET FOR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO THE INSTRUCTION CATEGORY OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET FOR WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CALL MRS. SHAHRAKI MR. BUTLER.
[I. Consent Agenda]
AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, HEARING NONE.
IS THERE ANYTHING, EXCUSE ME, JUST FOR A BRIEF, UH, COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ONE, TWO AND THREE AT THIS TIME? NO, I'M JUST PULLING IT FROM HERE SO I CAN TALK ABOUT IT AMONGST YOURSELVES FOR A FEW MINUTES.
OH, WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A SECOND THEN.
WHY DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
REMOVING ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
SECOND THAT ROLL CALL, MRS. ROCKET.
MR. MABE, MS. COOK, MADAM CHAIR.
DO YOU DO THE CONSENT AGENDA? OTHER ITEMS FIRST? OKAY.
UM, THE FIRST THREE ITEMS MA'AM ARE KIND OF JOINT JOINT TOGETHER.
UH, THE INTENT IS TO, UH, GET THE BOARD A LITTLE MORE WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING DOWN HERE.
AND SO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD LAYERS ON DO NOT HAVE, WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC AUTHORITY.
THEY WOULD BE CONVERSATIONS SIMILAR TO THE BUILDINGS COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU HAVE NOW, AND THE SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE, WHICH MEETS ON TOPICS AT VARIOUS TIMES, UH, WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE PARTICULARLY WANT TO BRING IN SOME, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR, PEOPLE WHO MAY BE SPECIALISTS IN SOME AREAS THAT COULD JUST GIVE US A LITTLE MORE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE THERE A LITTLE BIT, TECHNOLOGY WILL BE A USER'S COMMITTEE, IF YOU WILL.
OUR PRIMARY PEOPLE WILL BE THOSE WHO USE OUR SYSTEM INTERNALLY TO GIVE THEIR, UH, CONCERNS AND SHARE THEIR ISSUES WITH, UM, MR. JONES AND HIS STAFF IS WHAT THAT IS FOR.
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AND THE SCHOOL LAYS ON IS BASED ON WHAT MRS. CALLER SAW AT VACO WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN THAT THE COUNTY CHAIR, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR MET WITH COUNTERPARTS FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.AGAIN, NO AUTHORITY, IT'S JUST OPENING MORE COMMUNICATIONS.
AND SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THESE THREE COMMITTEES AND TO TRY AND BRING THE BOARD IN TO BE INVOLVED WITH THESE COMMITTEES FOR COMMUNICATIONS PURPOSES, THESE COMMITTEES, ARE THEY, UH, FOR BASICALLY THE BOARD AND THE STAFF, OR ARE THERE PUBLIC PEOPLE COULD, THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT BOARD IS, WELL, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE SOME PUBLIC PEOPLE, PRIVATE SECTOR PEOPLE WITH IT.
AND, UH, MR. ROBERTSON IS WORKING ON WHO, AND WE'LL BE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ON THOSE PEOPLE.
UH, THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE OUR INTERNAL USERS AND WITH A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM THE BOARD.
AND WE MAY BRING MR. JONES MAY AT SOME POINT, WANT TO BRING SOMEBODY WITH PRIVATE EXPERTISE IN TO HELP WITH IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A REGULAR MEETING MEMBER, COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND THE SCHOOLS THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.
DALEY IN THE HISTORICALLY I HAVE BEEN TOLD, SO I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MY SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTH RIVER AND THAT'S, UM, MELANIE SAILINGS AND WE MEET AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
AND HISTORICALLY THERE HAS BEEN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THIS BODY, FROM THE BOARD ON THE BUILDING COMMITTEE, WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, MS. SAILINGS INFORMED ME OF THAT.
I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT UNTIL THIS WEEK.
WHY DID THAT POSITION, THE ART? DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT POSITION IS NO LONGER A ROLE FOR THE SUPERVISOR? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF SUPERVISORS UNDERSTOOD THE, THE NEED FOR SPACE AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, THE BUILDING PROCESSES THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM GOES THROUGH, THAT THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK TO THIS BODY AND EXPLAINING WHAT THE ISSUES MIGHT BE AND, AND WHAT THE HURDLES THAT THEY'RE FACING, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY'RE SERVICING, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD PUT SOMEONE FROM THIS BODY BACK ON THEIR BUILDING COMMITTEE? I THINK THAT'S NUMBER ONE IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA WHAT HAPPENED HISTORICALLY, AND YOU CAN GIVE THE CREDIT TO MISAEL AND, AND THEN NUMBER TWO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT TOPIC FOR THE FIRST SCHOOL LAYS ON ME TO BRING UP OR THE NEXT TIME THEY COME IN WITH A BUDGET TRANSFER FOR ANOTHER QUESTION TO BRING IT UP AND REQUEST THIS, THAT THEY HAD SOMEBODY FROM THIS BOARD TO THEIR, A BUILDINGS COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, I THINK, IS WHAT THEY SPECIFICALLY ARE CALLING IT, BUT YES.
DALEY ON EITHER OF THE THREE OF THESE? SO I WOULD, SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS YET, SO I GUESS WE HAVE TO DO EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WE DO THEM ALL TOGETHER, MR. HAMPTON, BUT THERE'S SUGGESTED LANGUAGE IN EACH ONE AND YOU CAN READ ALL THREE AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, SO MOVED.
SO I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WARREN COUNTY FINANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT WE APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WARREN COUNTY TECHNOLOGY REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THAT WE APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WARREN COUNTY, WARREN COUNTY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LIAISON.
AND THEN, AND ALSO THAT YOU WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT THE BYLAWS FOR THE WARREN COUNTY FINANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE AS PRESENTED.
AND THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE BYLAWS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. BUTLER, MS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR, MS. COOK, MR. MABE, AND WE'RE UP TO
[J. Authorization to Advertise for Public Hearing – Ordinance Options to Change the Election District and Precinct Boundaries for the County of Warren – Joe Petty/Jason Ham]
J AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE OPTIONS TO CHANGE THE ELECTION DISTRICT AND PRECINCT BOUNDARIES FOR THE COUNTY OF WARREN, MR. PETTY AND MR. HAM.GOOD MORNING, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY AND WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE BASED OFF OF OUR LAST MEETING AND DISCUSSIONS.
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO START, IF YOU WANTED TO START WITH ANYTHING
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SPECIFICALLY.THE, UM, WE, WE DIDN'T GET THIS UNTIL RECENTLY, AND THEY'VE WORKED REAL HARD TO GET THIS TOGETHER QUICKLY.
SO WE HAVE SOME CHANGES TO WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE, BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AS ANY CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL MAPS.
AND SO BASICALLY MATHEMATICALLY THAT THE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE REALLY, REALLY SIMILAR.
SO IT'S, BUT IF WE COULD GET SOME DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD AS TO WHICH ONE OF THESE TWO MAPS WOULD WORK, WE WILL THEN GET THE REST OF THE DETAILS OF THIS DONE FOLLOW THE PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS, ET CETERA.
SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS FOR Y'ALL TO DECIDE, OR TO GIVE THE DIRECTION AS TO WHICH ONE TO ADVERTISE OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO.
UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE AT LEAST FOR MY, MY DISTRICT, MY DISTRICT DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL IN EITHER OPTION.
NO, THE ONLY TWO DISTRICTS THAT WE'LL SEE A CHANGE WOULD BE THE HAPPY CREEK AND SHENANDOAH DISTRICTS.
UM, AND THAT WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION CHANGE THAT THEY SAW.
AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN AN EQUAL POPULATION WITHIN 5%.
WE ALSO RECEIVED THE NEW REDISTRICTING MAPS FROM THE STATE, AND TWO OF THE CHANGES KEEP WARREN COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
NOW THE ONE THAT DID CHANGE WAS THE DELEGATE MAP FROM A DISTRICT 31 AND 33, WHICH WERE IN REALLY EFFECTED THE SOUTH RIVER, BUT THEY FOLLOWED THE BROWN TOWN AND BENTONVILLE PRECINCT LINES.
SO THAT WAY IT DID NOT AFFECT ANY SPLIT PRECINCTS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN THOSE AND IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING FROM OUR OPTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED EARLIER.
SO YES, WE STILL HAVE JUST OPTION ONE AND TWO THAT ARE SOLELY BETWEEN THE HAPPY CREEK AND SHENANDOAH DISTRICTS.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING MR. PETTY, THAT DISTRICT 31 WILL ACTUALLY BE ON THE LINE OF THE, OF MS. COLOR'S DISTRICT AND THEN BE NORTH.
IT'S IT SEPARATES? THERE'S A, SO THE SOUTH RIVER HAS THREE PRECINCTS.
UM, THERE'S KIND OF THE TOWN AREA.
THEN YOU HAVE BROWN TOWN IN BENTONVILLE AND THIS FOLLOWS THE BENTONVILLE AND BROWN TOWN LINE.
SO IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY ONE OFF OF THOSE PRECINCTS AS THEY EXISTED TODAY.
SO MY TOWN PRECINCT WILL GO IN A DIFFERENT PRECINCT FROM BROWNTOWN, BUT YEAH, SO THE PRECINCTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT SPLIT.
AND THOSE, WE HAVE NO CHOICE IN THAT THE STATE MADE THOSE CORRECT.
THOSE MAPS WERE APPROVED AND THAT'S, WE GOT THOSE, I BELIEVE LAST WEEK.
WELL, MS. COLORS, I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THIS, IS THERE ONE OPTION THAT IS PREFERRED OVER ANOTHER? AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD THE REASONS BE BECAUSE THAT ISN'T CLEAR AND WOULDN'T BE READING THIS MATHEMATICALLY, THEY'RE REALLY SIMILAR, BUT, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, JOE HAS WORKED ON THIS, THAT TYPE OF ISSUE.
HE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SIR.
SO YEAH, SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO THINK EMMA AND TAREN, THEY REALLY STARTED WORKING WITH JASON'S OFFICE AND GETTING THESE MAPS TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED THIS WHOLE WORKLOAD.
SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FIRST, BUT YEAH, OPTION ONE CLEARLY DEFINES IT ALONG MORGAN FORD AND HOUSE VILLE BRINGS IN ASPEN HILL.
IT ALSO INCLUDES APPLE MOUNTAIN WEST WITH THE REST OF THE APPLE MOUNTAIN SUBDIVISION.
AND IT KIND OF MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE IN THAT GEOGRAPHICALLY AND IT'S LANDMARK THE OPTION TO IT REALLY SEPARATES SOME OF THE SHADOW FARMS. IT KIND OF JUST CARVES OUT PARTS OF AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND SO I THINK GEOGRAPHICALLY, THE OPTION, ONE MORE SPARED.
THE BEST THING WITH BOTH OF THEM IS THEY WOULD TAKE THESE INTO THE LINDEN PRECINCT AS BOTH OF THESE CURRENTLY USE THE YOUTH CENTER FOR THEIR POLLING LOCATION FOR EAST SHENANDOAH, WHICH HAS SEEN AN INCREASE.
AND SO BOTH OF THESE ARE POSITIVE FOR US AND LOWERING THAT POLLING LOCATIONS NUMBERS, BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO GET 4,000 REGISTERED VOTERS AT A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, I WOULD RECEIVE A NOTICE FROM THEIR OFFICE TO SAY, WE NEED TO REDISTRICT.
SO THIS WILL HELP DECREASE THAT POPULATION OF REGISTERED VOTERS WITHIN THAT PRECINCT AND MOVE THEM INTO LINDEN.
AND OPTION ONE ACTUALLY HELPS US EVEN MORE BY TAKING MORE PEOPLE AWAY FROM THAT.
SO OPTION ONE HAS A FEW MORE BENEFITS, I THINK.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY BOTH WORK MATHEMATICALLY AND, AND THE TRAVEL DISTANCE TO THE LENDING PRECINCT.
IT'S THE SAME AS WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE BE EXISTING NOW, SO THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE TRAVEL DISTANCE.
THEY WOULD BE GOING TO DIFFERENT LOCATION, BUT THE MILEAGE IS ROUGHLY THE SAME.
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THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION, HOW CUSTOMER FRIENDLY IS IT TO THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE IN THOSE AREAS? WELL, I THINK THEY WOULD BE GOING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, BUT APPLE MOUNTAIN WEST, GOING FROM THE YOUTH CENTER TO THE LONDON FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT, AGAIN, MILEAGE ISN'T MUCH OF A CHANGE, BUT THERE WOULD BE GOING TO A POLLING PRECINCT THAT DOES HAVE LESS PEOPLE GOING TO IT.SO THE TURNOUT DURING, UH, DURING AN ELECTION CYCLE MAY BE LESS, WHICH WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT, MAYBE THE LINES OF BEING A LITTLE LESS.
SO, SO WHEN I SEE THAT YOU'VE NOTED HERE THAT THE SHADOW FARMS FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD BE POTENTIALLY USED AS A POLLING LOCATION IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT WAS JUST A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR GI.
SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT POLLING LOCATIONS IN THE FUTURE, IF WE FELT NECESSARILY THAT WE NEEDED THE CHANGE OF PRECINCT, THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOW WITHIN WARREN COUNTY DUE TO THE RECENT BOUNDARY LINE CHANGE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT IF WE SEE SOME OF THESE PRECINCTS INCREASE OVER TIME, IT MAY BE A VIABLE OPTION TO LOOK AT THAT AS A POSSIBLE LOCATION, NOT AT THIS CURRENT DATE, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE DON'T WORK AT THAT FIRE STATION, BUT SIMILAR TO RIVERMONT, IF ANYTHING EVER LIKE THAT WERE TO TAKE PLACE, WE'RE WANTING TO JUST GET IT ON YOUR RADAR.
THAT THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL OPTION FOR THAT PRECINCT.
AND SINCE MRS TOBIN'S HERE, WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS? WELL, UH, MOST OF MY COMMENTS WOULD BE THAT GENERALLY I IMPLEMENT WHATEVER IS DECIDED.
UM, IT'S, IT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE.
I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN THESE OR OTHER PLANS YET, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHERE MY INVOLVEMENT GENERALLY IS.
UM, UH, CERTAINLY WOULD BE GLAD TO BE A REFERENCE FOR WHATEVER.
UM, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE PRECINCT, RIGHT? UH, YOU SHUT THE DOOR, CAUSE IT IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST.
WE ALREADY HAVE 4,600 REGISTERED VOTERS.
OF COURSE, EARLY VOTING IS HELPING RELIEVE SOME OF THAT.
UM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE EITHER PLAN WOULD, WOULD BE DOABLE, BUT ACTS IS I HAVEN'T COMPARED OR CDS OR ONE OF THEM, I, YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS TO IMPLEMENT WHATEVER IS DECIDED BY THE BEFORE.
AND OPTION ONE AND S LIKE SHE STATED, SO OPTION ONE.
SO WE CALCULATE IT BASED ON THE VOTING AGE PRECINCT POPULATION.
THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS BY REGISTERED VOTERS, BUT WE JUST SAID 18 AND OVER, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, SO CURRENTLY IT WOULD BE IN THAT, UM, EAST SHENANDOAH'S 49, 44 OPTION ONE WOULD REDUCE THAT TO 43, 79, OPTION TWO WOULD REDUCE THAT TO 44 50.
SO OBVIOUSLY OPTION ONE WOULD BRING THAT MUCH LOWER.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE REACH THAT, UM, 4,000 VOTES THAT WOULD BE 90% TURNOUT.
UM, SO, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT GETS ALLEVIATED BY ABSENTEE AS SO, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE, THAT OPTION NUMBER ONE HAS A LESS IMPACT ON THE DISSECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN AN, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I HAD WAS RIGHT ON A LINE AND DIDN'T KNOW WHICH PRECINCT TO GO TO AND SPENT TIME TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I THINK THAT LESS CONFUSION FOR VOTERS IS BETTER.
SO I WOULD, I'M GOING TO SAY OPTION ONE, MS. COLORS.
I MEAN, IT, IT BREAKS IT OUT SO MUCH EASIER TO, IT PUTS A COMMUNITY BACK INTO A WHOLE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE LINDEN AREA, WHICH I THINK THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
YEAH, WELL BEING CUSTOMER FRIENDLY TO EVERYONE IS WHAT WOULD I THINK WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON? AND IF THAT MAKES IT LESS CONFUSING THEN.
YOU AND I HAD, UH, TALKED EARLIER ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BOUNDARY LINES AND STUFF.
THAT THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW THAT WAS, WAS FAVORABLE FOR OPTION TWO IS THAT, UH, AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIVIDING LINE, AS IT COMES THROUGH, IT, IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FROM THE MAP, IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT ARBITRARY BECAUSE IT COMES THROUGH.
AND, AND, UH, BUT AS, AS YOU'RE SAYING, THE, UH, UH, OPTION ONE SEEMS TO BE THE BETTER ONE BECAUSE IT, UH, IT DOESN'T SPLIT, UH, SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS UP SO THAT, UH, IN AND PLUS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, UH, OH, UH, GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED FROM OPTION ONE VERSUS OPTION TWO.
EH, SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, YEAH, THERE'S NO EMOTION.
IT SAYS THERE'S EMOTION ON HERE.
WE HAVE TO MOVE TO MOVE TO PUBLIC TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT NOT MOVE TO CHOOSE ONE OF THESE TWO, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT BEFORE YOU'VE HAD IT OVER HERE.
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UM, LIVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE OP OPTIONS FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND WE'LL CALL MR. CHEROKEE.
MR. MABE, MS. COOK, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY THEN CASUALLY THAT WE'VE, IF THE CONSENSUS IS THAT ONE IS, SEEMS TO BE THE BETTER CHOICE, THAT WAS, SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT WE WOULD PURSUE.
THAT'S THE, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ADVERTISE OPTION ONE.
BASED ON WHAT THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST CONFUSING TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS MEETING.
[K. Request – Meeting Policy and Procedures and Public Hearing Guidelines – Ed Daley]
AND PROCEDURES IN PUBLIC HEARING GUIDELINES, DR.MA'AM YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED GUIDELINES.
THERE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S.
UH, MR. HAM'S FOUNTAIN, A COUPLE OF, UH, AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED IN HERE IN THOSE DOCUMENTS YOU RECEIVED THIS MORNING.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE AMEND IN THESE HERE IS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT AMENDMENTS WERE CHANGED.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE, COULD YOU BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE, BECAUSE THESE WERE GIVEN TO US FIVE MINUTES? SURE.
SO FOYA WAS THE ELECTRONIC MEETING PARTICIPATION CURRENTLY SAYS YOU GET TO DO THAT TWICE FOR A PERSONAL REASON.
FOYA WAS AMENDED, UH, LAST YEAR TO ALSO ALLOW UP TO 25% OF THE MEETINGS, ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT WHOLE NUMBER TO BE, UH, USED FOR ELECTRONIC PURPOSES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I PUT IN THERE.
BASICALLY THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BY LAW, UM, WHICH THAT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF WE WAS TO GO INTO A LOCKDOWN AGAIN, LIKE WE DID BEFORE.
I MEAN, AT THAT POINT, IF THERE WAS ANOTHER EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, ET CETERA, THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, BUT THAT'S, THIS IS JUST, AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DID THIS ANYWAY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO DO THAT.
SO IT WOULD BE, WELL, ACTUALLY, THIS ONLY APPLIES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THREE OF YOU HERE ANYWAY, SO THAT WOULDN'T REALLY HELP IN AN EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN SITUATION.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA.
SECTION THREE DASH SEVEN HAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT, UM, IN ANY DEBATE BEFORE THE BOARD, NO MEMBER SHALL SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE ON THE SAME QUESTION UNTIL ALL THE OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN, WHO DESIRE TO DO SO.
IT CURRENTLY ALSO READS NOR MORE THAN TWICE ON THE SAME QUESTION, UNLESS BY CONSENT OF THE BOARD, THAT SEEMS TO BE A RULE THAT FRANKLY WE HAVEN'T FOLLOWED.
AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A DEBATE ON SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO MAYBE WANT TO TALK FOR THEM TWICE.
UM, I ALSO CLARIFIED IN SECTION FIVE DASH TWO AND FIVE DASH THREE, FIVE DASH TWO TALKS ABOUT THE AGENDA BEING RECEIVED AT LEAST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND, UH, FIVE DASH THREE IS THE AGENDA SHELVING POSTED AT LEAST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND THAT'S FINE FOR REGULAR MEETINGS.
SO I'VE CLARIFIED THAT TO INDICATE IT'S A REGULAR MEETING, BUT A SPECIAL MEETING, AN EMERGENCY MEETING.
I MEAN, YOU PROVIDE THE NOTICE TO EVERYBODY AND YOU DON'T NEED, YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING A SAME DAY IF YOU REALLY NEED TO, AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR RULES TO BE, TO MAKE, TO TAKE THAT ABILITY AWAY FROM YOU.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? YES.
IF YOU GET YOUR 45, 48 HOUR NOTICE FOR ANY REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WE DO, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING THAT YOU CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING, YOU MAY NOT GET 48 HOURS.
NOTICE WE'LL GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WELL, MAYBE THE OTHER WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, ET CETERA.
OBVIOUSLY YOU TRY TO PROVIDE THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS MUCH NOTICE OF POSSIBLE ANY MEETING, BUT THE VIRGINIA CODE ALLOWS THIS BODY TO MEET ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, YOU KNOW, IN AN HOUR OR IN A DAY'S NOTICE.
AND SO, BUT YOUR RULES REQUIRE TOO THAT THE AGENDA BE PROVIDED TWO DAYS BEFORE THAT THE NOTICE BE PROVIDED TWO DAYS BEFORE.
SO BY CLARIFYING THAT JUST FOR REGULAR MEETINGS, CAUSE WE KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, YOU GET, YOU GET EVERYTHING TWO DAYS BEFORE, BUT FOR A SPECIAL MEETING, THAT RULE DOESN'T APPLY.
MA'AM THERE FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS.
HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TECH TO GIVE US MORE TIME AND PUT A PACKET TOGETHER FASTER? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED IT WITH ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
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THAT PUTS A LOT OF STRESS ON EMILY AND I, AND I GET THAT.I'M NOT TRYING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM.
I'M TRYING TO GET THE PACKET IN FRONT OF US.
SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SPEND OUR TIME A LOT OF TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND JUST TO READ THE BOOK AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ON A WEEKEND.
AND THEN READ YOUR BOARD BOOK SUGGESTION.
WHEN A LITTLE BIT IN THE WORK SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC, UH, AGENDAS.
AND WE COME TO THAT, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF MAYBE WHEN AN ITEM IS POSTED ON THE AGENDA, YOU MAY HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AT YOUR LEISURE.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE WEEKEND.
IF YOU WANT TO READ SOME MORE.
DALEY ON THIS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPT THE MEETING POLICY AND PROCEDURES IN PUBLIC HEARING GUIDELINES, DOCUMENTS AS PROPOSED.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. BUTLER, MS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR.
[L. Closed Session – Virginia Freedom of Information Act 1. Section 2.2-3711(A)(1) Personnel re: Citizen Appointments a. Warren County Planning Commission b. Social Services Advisory Board 2. Sections 2.2-3711(A)(7) and (A)(8) Consultation with Legal Counsel Pertaining to Actual or Probable Litigation and for the Provision of Legal Advice Relating to Economic Development Authority Matters]
THE CLOSED SESSION PART OF THIS MEETING.WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION? AND I THINK MRS. SHIRAKI GAVE US A NEW, UM, WE HAVE A NEW ONE.
MA'AM I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR ATTORNEY IF WE COULD ADD TO THAT THE PERSONNEL CLAUSE SECTION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER IS SPECIFICALLY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR A MINUTE.
SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND AND I CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD ON THIS.
ARE YOU UNHAPPY WITH IT? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CALENDAR? WELL, I THINK HE CAN DO A LOT BETTER THAN HE DOES.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT MUCH, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN, THERE ARE THREE PARAGRAPHS OF THE CLOSED MEETING MOTION.
AND IF YOU ADDED AT THE END OF THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, THAT WOULD GET THAT DONE.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
IT'S THREE PARAGRAPHS ALONG MADAM CHAIR.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO DOT TWO DASH 37 11 A ONE OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION SALARIES, OR RAISING RESIGNATIONS OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICER OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
I FURTHER MOVED THAT DISCUSSION.
THE DISCUSSION BE LIMITED TO THE WARREN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
I ALSO MOVED THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS TWO DOT TWO DASH 37 11 A THREE FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHERE DISCUSSION IS AN OPEN MEETING, WOULD ADVERSE ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
I FURTHER MOVED THAT TO THE DISCUSSION, BE LIMITED TO ONE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE NORTH RIVER MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF TOWN OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL AND ONE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE NORTH RIVER MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.
I MOVED THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS TWO DOT TWO DASH 37, 11 8, 7 AND EIGHT OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PUBLIC LITIGATION, AND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF LEGAL SERVICES SERVICE REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROLL AND THE COUNTY OF WARREN, VIRGINIA, THE EDA, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, THE EDA VERSUS JENNIFER MCDONALD AT ALL THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW VERSUS EDA AT ALL THE ADA VERSUS THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW, OTHER POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND LITIGATIONS RELATING TO OTHER POSSIBLE LIABILITIES OF THE EDA, THE RECOVERY OF EDA FUNDS AND ASSETS AND THE OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS OF THE ADA.
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SO MR. MAY, WOULD YOU ALSO ADD WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND ITEM, THE DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY? IT WASN'T IN THE WRITTEN SCRIPT.I APOLOGIZE, BUT IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO ADD TO YOUR MOTION THAT THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF THE DISPOSITION OF SUCH PROPERTY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ADD TO, UM, MY SECOND PARAGRAPH, THE DISBELIEF, THE DISPOSITION OF THE REAL PROPERTY.
IS THERE A SECTION SECOND TO MR. MAYS MOTION.
SECOND ROLL CALL MRS. SHAHRAKI MR. MABE, MS. COOK, MADAM CHAIR, MISS OATS, MR. BUTLER, WE WILL BE IN CLOSED SESSION RIGHT THERE.
MR. MAVE, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ US OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIES TO ITS BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MANNERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTIONS TWO DOT TWO DASH 3 7 1 1 A 180 3, 87 AND EIGHT OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, INFORMATION ACT, AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MANNERS AS WAS 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. BUTLER.
MADAM CHAIR, MS. COOK, MR. MABE.
[M. Additional New Business (If Needed)]
HAVE OPENINGS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS MR. MYERS AND MR. HENRY, WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED.IS THERE A MOTION ON THAT? MADAM CHAIR? I MOVE THAT, UM, MR. HENRY AND MR. MEYERS BE REAPPOINTED, UH, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE TERMS AS OUTLINED IN OUR FOLDER.
IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. MABE, MS. COOK, MADAM CHAIR.
MR. BUTLER, MR. MEYERS, AND MR. HENRY ARE BOTH REAPPOINTED ON THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, WE HAVE LORRAINE, BRANDON, WHO IS THE SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, AND SHE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MRS. BRANDON MADAM CHAIR ON MAKE A MOTION TO SU TO ADD MRS. R REAPPOINT, MRS. BRANDON, MRS. BRANDON, UH, TO THE CIRCLE SOURCE SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL, MRS. SHIRAKI MR. BUTLER, MS. OATS, MADAM CHAIR.
AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO, UH, NORTH RIVER VACANCY AND THE SHANNON DOG DISTRICT VACANCY, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR THOSE.
AND I WANT TO THANK MRS. BRANDON, MR. MYERS AND MR. HENRY FOR VOLUNTEERING TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS HEARING NONE? IS THERE A MOTION FOR A GERMAN SECOND, SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.