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[A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
MORNING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.AND GOOD TO SEE SO MANY YOUNG FACES IN HERE.
I, I WAS AMAZED TO SEE SUCH A LARGE CORAL GROUP.
DOES MY HEART GOOD? SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO START OUR MEETING OFF WITH PIR, WITH REVEREND STEP.
SO GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME SIR.
CAN WE ASK FOR YOU, FATHER, TO BLESS HERE, UH, TOGETHER AS THE, UM, THE BEEN SELECTED AND PUT IN PLACE TO HELP OUR PEOPLE, THE THRIVE AND PUT A PLACE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE PRAY FOR WISDOM, PRAY, FAITH US, EVEN AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT GENERATION COMING UP, IT WILL BE FILLING THIS ROOM HOPEFULLY IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
SHARE WITH US A BLESSING ON THAT MORNING AND GOVERNMENT.
AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND IF LIAM, YOU WILL COME UP AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
JUST COME RIGHT UP THE STEPS, HONEY, IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND IN, PLEASE.
THE REPUBLIC NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
THANK YOU YOUNG MAN AND PROUD GRANDPA, GRANDMA.
[B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]
OF AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED? MADAME CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDAS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL MRS. CHIAKI.
[C. Special Presentation by Ressie Jeffries Elementary School Chorus]
OKAY.AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THE RUSSI JEFFRIES CORAL GROUP HERE, AND THEY'RE GONNA SING US SOME CHRISTMAS SONGS.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO DOWN ON THE FRONT ROW CUZ I LIKE TO SEE THE FACES INSTEAD OF THE BACK OF THEIR HEADS.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME FOR THAT? SURE.
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NO, NO.WELL, WE HAVE, WE ARE AT THE LARGEST EVER, SO, UH, YEAH, THERE'S STILL QUITE A FEW KIDS AT SCHOOL, BUT I'M VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE THE TWO PLACES.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST, UM, UP HONEY.
THE, AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW, WE'RE A FEW SONGS.
UM, THESE ARE JUST A FEW SONGS FROM OUR, WE WE'RE LITTLE MORE CENTRALIZED AND WE'RE ALL TOGETHER.
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NO HURRY, HURRY, HURRY.UM, IT'S NOT ONE YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE FOR WHERE WE LIVED.
CHRISTMAS IN THE I HERE, DOWN HERE ON CHRISTMAS.
I SEE SHINE DOWN IN, DOWN IN THE SEE ON VALLEY VALLEY CHRISTMAS LOVE.
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OKAY, SO THE REST OF THE CONFLICT, THEY GOTTA COME.[D. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit)]
WE'LL START OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH IS A 60 MINUTE PERIOD.WE'RE THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
AND FIRST ON THE LIST IS REVEREND JOHNSON, LIBERTY MAN.
HE WANTS TO DO A SPECIAL PRESENTATION RIGHT THERE.
EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OR DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT'S FINE HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, I SAID THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, DON'T EVER HAVE ME FOLLOW CHILDREN.
WASN'T IT WONDERFUL? THOSE YOUNGSTERS ARE MARVELOUS, MARVELOUS MARVEL.
AND, UM, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THIS BOARD IS DOING IS, IS MORE THAN MARVELOUS, UH, TO HAVE THESE CHILDREN COME IN AND IN THE FACE OF, UH, ALL THAT WE KNOW IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY AND HAVE THEM SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
JUST TELL YOU FOLKS DON'T HAVE ME, FOLLOW 'EM AGAIN.
OKAY? I'M FOR ONE OF THE, PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN SINCE I STARTED DOING LIBERTY MAN THINGS.
I'M NOT REPRESENTING LIBERTY MAN TODAY, OKAY? I AM REPRESENTING THE, UH, JOSEPH WARREN FOUNDATION, UH, HEADQUARTERED IN WILLIAMSBURG AT NEW YORK CITY.
AND, UM, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SAW WHEN
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THEY CAME TO THE, UH, CEREMONY OF THE NAME END OF THE BRIDGES, THEY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE POLITICAL LEADERS THAT MADE THIS ALL HAPPEN.AND, UH, AND THAT'S YOU FOLKS AND ALSO TWO STAFF MEMBERS.
AND BEFORE I DO THAT, SO I WON'T FORGET IT, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE STAFF TO GET THOSE SIGNS UP.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE UP THE, THE, THE BRIDGE SIGNS, BUT IT WAS MARVELOUS BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE, THEY CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, AND THEY SAW IT, AND THE WORD HAS GONE OUT THROUGH VIRGINIA.
AND I'VE GOTTEN TWO PHONE CALLS THAT PEOPLE DROVE FROM OTHER PARTS OF VIRGINIA JUST TO DRIVE ACROSS THE BRIDGES.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT? MARVELOUS.
I HOPE THEY BOUGHT A LOT OF FOOD, UH, AND BOUGHT A LOT OF GAS WHILE THEY WERE HERE.
SO NOW, UH, I'LL GET ON WITH MY, WITH MY THING, MY, MY PART HERE.
UM, THEY THAT YOU WERE NOMINATED AND YOU WERE, UH, APPROVED TO RECEIVE, UM, A CHALLENGE COIN, WHICH HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN STRUCK, BURYING THE IMAGE OF JOSEPH WARREN ON ONE SIDE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, I THINK, YES, ON THE OTHER SIDE, CHALLENGE COINS.
IT SAYS ON THE REVERSE SIDE, THE, THIS IS A QUOTE BY JOSEPH WARREN, OUR COUNTRY IS IN DANGER, BUT DO NOT DESPAIR OF ON YOU DEPEND THE FORTUNES OF AMERICA.
YOU ARE TO DECIDE THE IMPORTANT QUESTION ON WHICH RESTS THE HAPPINESS AND LIBERTY OF MILLION MILLIONS YET UNBORN SO THAT THIS CHALLENGE COIN IS BEING GIVEN TO YOU.
COIN IS NOT A, AN AWARD THAT IS STATIC.
UH, IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU GOT FOR SOMETHING YOU DID IN THE PASS AND YOU TAKE HOME AND YOU, YOU THROW IT IN A, YOU THROW IT IN A DRAWER, YOU PUT IT UP WHEREVER YOU KEEP YOUR AWARDS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CARRY WITH YOU A CHALLENGE COIN.
I LEARNED THAT FROM MY GRANDSON WHO'S IN THE 1 0 1, AND HE RECEIVED A CHALLENGE COIN FROM HIS COMMANDING OFFICER, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO HIM EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
THIS COIN IS BEING GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR PAST ACTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT MOST AWARDS ARE FOR.
IT IS ALSO RECOGNIZING YOUR PRESENT STATE OF YOUR ACTION AND HOW YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU DO, OKAY? PRESENT IT IS GIVEN TO YOU IN RECOGNITION OF THE FUTURE.
HOPE THAT AS HELL WITH YOU WITHIN YOU AS POLITICAL LEADERS.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL CARRY THIS WITH YOU AND NOT PUT IT ON A SHELF AND HONOR IT, BUT, AND SOMETIME YOU'LL TAKE IT OUT OF IT, WHICH IT CAN COME OUT OF ITS PLASTIC ANYTIME YOU WANT, TAKE IT OUT.
BUT THAT YOU WILL FEEL LAVA AND YOU WILL CARESS IT AND YOU WILL READ THE WORDS OF JOSEPH WARREN WHO SAID THESE WORDS ONE MONTH BEFORE HE WAS KILLED AT BUNKER HILL.
SO IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE FIRST THANK YOU.
THANK, I'D LIKE TO HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE ED AND MATT COME FORWARD PLEASE.
AND IF THIS THING'S BEING RECORDED, THEN I HOPE SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT IT FROM THE NEWSPAPER OR WHEREVER THEY RECORD AND COME ON.
UM, MATT'S UM, WORK, UH, HAS BEEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COURSE, OF, OF ED, BUT IT HAS BEEN SUPERB AND HE'S TAKEN CARE OF LOTS OF THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD NOT OTHERWISE KNOW.
THIS AWARD IS NOT BEING GIVEN FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AT JUST THE NAMING OF THE BRIDGES.
OKAY? THIS AWARD IS BEING GIVEN FOR WORK THAT STARTED TO, OR THREE YEARS AGO.
AND THE MAN THAT HAS BEEN THE MOST CONSTANT, WHO HAS HAD THE KEEL AND THE WATER ALL THOSE YEARS PASSED SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS, HAS BEEN THIS MAN.
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DAMN MARINE, ASSUME TOO MUCHHIS ENTHUSIASM FOR WHAT WE WERE DOING, COMING ON BOARD AT A, AT A TENUOUS TIME AND THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, OF THE TRANSITION OF THINGS AROUND HERE.
HE CAME ON BOARD AND HE, HE, HE PUT HIS SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL, HE PICKED UP ON IT.
HE SAW THE, HE, HE SAW THE HOPE, HE SAW THE GLORY THAT WOULD BE HERE FOR THE COUNTY AND OTHERS.
AND SO ED, IF YOU WEREN'T A MARINE, I'D HUG YOU.
THAT COMPLETES PROBABLY THE SHORTEST PRESENTATION I'VE EVER DONE.
AND, UH, GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
AND, UH, I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, WITH, UH, INFORMATION AS TO, UH, IF YOU WANNA SEND A NOTE OR ANYTHING TO THE JOSEPH WARREN FOUNDATION, THAT WOULD BE NICE BECAUSE LIBERTY MAN HAS LOTS OF OTHER THINGS IN MIND THAT THEY MAY HAVE MONEY TO GO US
SO YOU WRITE A LETTER, GOD BLESS YOU, AND I SALUTE YOU.
OKAY, Y'ALL OKAY NOW TO TRY TO STAY ON TRACK AFTER SUCH WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS.
MRS. SHIRAKI, IS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, MADAM CHAIR DALE CARPENTER, AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
MY NAME IS DALE CARPENTER, I LIVE AT 5 0 9 LENA COURT IN FRONT ROYAL.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF IN HONOR OF THE BOARD HERE.
SO THE DETAIL FOR WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS, IS IN THOSE FOLDERS.
UH, I THINK THE WHOLE PURPOSE IN ME BEING HERE TODAY IS JUST TO TRY TO BRING ATTENTION TO A SITUATION THAT I THINK THE BOARD CAN HAVE SOME EFFECT IN, UH, CREATING SOME IMPROVEMENT.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, I I IS, THE ISSUE I WOULD LIKE THE SUPERVISORS TO ADDRESS TODAY IS THE CURRENT MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX BASE FOR WARREN COUNTY AND FRONT ROYAL RESIDENCE.
FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY AND COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDINGS OF THIS ISSUE, I'VE GIVEN EACH OF YOU A FOLDER THAT OUTLINES IN DETAIL THE GLARING LACK OF COMMON SENSE OR REASONABLENESS IN DETERMINING HIS TAX BASE AND THE PREJUDICIAL AND REGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE TAX ITSELF.
I'VE ALSO CALLED INTO QUESTION THE NECESSITY OF AN ADDITIONAL TAX BURDEN ON YOU, ME, AND THE WARREN COUNTY NEIGHBORS.
IN MY OWN SITUATION, IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, I HAVE PAID A SALES TAX AND FOUR PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS AND THE GRAND TOTAL BEING $4,252 LESS THAN TWO YEARS ON MY CAR.
I'M SURE THIS IS THE SAME TAX BURDEN AS SHARED BY EVERYONE AT THIS MEETING AND IN THIS COUNTY THAT OWNS A MOTOR VEHICLE.
WE SHOULD ALL BE AWARE THAT THE COUNTY HAS INCREASED THE MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX NOT ON ANY INTRINSIC AC ADDED VALUE TO THE VEHICLE, BUT ON THE BASIS OF THE INFLATION THAT EACH CITIZENS IN THIS REGION AND THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN CONTENDING WITH AS THEY SEEK TO BALANCE A WEAKENING DOLLAR AGAINST THE INCREASING COST OF LIVING.
FOR THE SAKE OF BRE BRE BREVITY AT THIS MEETING, I'M GOING TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR FOLDER.
IF I READ THEM, IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE HOURS.
I BELIEVE I'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE TAX IS ERRONEOUSLY BASED ON A MANUFACTURED FICTITIOUS VALUE, NAMELY THE MSRP P, WHICH MEANS MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE OF WHICH IT DOESN'T EXIST.
IT HAS THE SAME AUTHENTICITY AS A NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN PULLED OUTTA YOUR HAT.
NO NEW CAR MANUFACTURER THAT PUBLISHES AN MSRP P FOR A TWO YEAR OLD VEHICLE ON FRONT ROYAL WITH 43,000 MILES.
WE, WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, WITH A POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE COMMISSIONER REVENUES OFFICE UNDERSTANDS THIS.
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MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY HAD BULLETPROOF GLASS INSTALLED WHEN THEIR OFFICES WERE REFURBISHED.IN THE HANDOUTS I'VE GIVEN YOU, THERE ARE 11 SECTIONS.
THEY DESCRIBE AND SUPPORT HOW FLAWED AND UNNECESSARY THIS ARTIFICIALLY CREATED INCREASE IN THE VEHICLE.
PROPERTY TAX IS BASED ON A HOST OF EVIDENCE FROM NUMEROUS OTHER USED CAR VALUATION SOURCES.
I'VE SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STEP IN AND REVIEW THE ENTIRE VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE AND ESTABLISH A DIRECTIVE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE TO DEVELOP A PROCEDURE THAT BETTER REFLECTS THE ACTUAL VALUE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES, A REAL WORLD VALUE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE VEHICLE IS WORTH TO THE TAXPAYER IF IT WERE TO BE DISPOSED OF THROUGH THE NORMAL CHANNELS AVAILABLE TO THE TAXPAYER, SUCH AS A DEALER TRADE-IN OR A PRIVATE SALE, NOT A MADE UP MS R P THAT IS A FIGMENT OF SOMEBODY'S IMAGINATION.
NUMBER TWO, UH, DIRECT THEM TO ISSUE A REBATE OR TAX CREDIT FOR THE UNNECESSARY IMP PUNITIVE OVERCHARGES INFLICTED THIS PAST YEAR.
AND NUMBER THREE, TO DIRECT THEM FOR ALL FUTURE TAX ASSESSMENTS TO UTILIZE THE SAME REAL WORLD CRITERION WHEN CALCULATING THE VALUE OF USED VEHICLES.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I SINCERELY HOPE YOU CAN GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED IN AN EXPEDIENT MANNER AND TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TAXPAYERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, SIR, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
ANYONE ELSE? MRS. SHIRAI? YES, MADAM CHAIR, MIKE ADAIR.
I LIVE AT 3 27 TWIN OAKS DRIVE IN BENTONVILLE.
UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, JANE AND TORI WALTER.
THEY'VE, UH, SUBMITTED A, UH, A REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A RENTAL PROPERTY.
AND, UH, AS THE, UH, H HOA CHAIRMAN FOR, UH, FOR OUR HOA, WE ARE IN, UH, STRONG SUPPORT OF OF THEIR APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF THEIR APPLICATION.
THEY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY ON THEIR PLACE AND IT'S, IT REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY WELL AND I THINK IT REPRESENTS THE COUNTY WELL.
AND I JUST ASKED THE BOARD TO APPROVE THEIR PERMIT AS REQUESTED.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AS WELL.
UH, I LIVE AT, UH, ONE 30 RIVER OAK DRIVE IN BENTONVILLE.
I ALSO AM ON THE BOARD OF THE RIVER OAK, H H O A.
AND I DO STRONGLY SUPPORT JAYDEN AND TORI WALTER TO HAVE THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UH, GO AHEAD AND BE APPROVED TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AS WELL.
ANYONE ELSE? MRS. CHIAKI? NOBODY ELSE HAS SIGNED UP.
MADAM CHAIR, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? SECOND CALL.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? THIRD AND FINAL CALL.
[E. Report from the Virginia Department of Transportation - Ed Carter]
UH, REPORTS IN THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.I DON'T SEE MR. CARTER, UNFORTUNATELY.
MR. CARTER AND MR. SMITH BOTH HAD PRIOR ENGAGEMENTS, SO THEY JUST SUBMITTED THE WRITTEN REPORT FOR TODAY.
TAYLOR, IS THERE THERE ANYTHING IN THAT THAT WE NEED? I READ OVER IT.
I DIDN'T, THERE'S NOTHING PARTICULAR TO CALL THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO.
[F. Report from the Warren County Department of Social Services - Jon Martz]
WARREN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. MARS.MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES HERE IN WARREN COUNTY WITH CHRISTIE LAWSON, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
I HAVE TO START OFF BY RECOGNIZING THE GENTLEMAN HERE.
BIG GAME FOR THE HORN FROGS COMING UP.
SO,
CHRISTIE'S GONNA GIVE YOU A FLYER ON OUR FIRST PROJECT.
UH, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO OUR LOBBY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE NOOK THAT TRADITIONALLY HAS KIND OF BEEN EMPTY OR USED FOR STORAGE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LARGE DONATION OF CLOTHING FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE DECIDED TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THIS SPACE.
ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, CONNIE MOORE, DESIGNED THE CLOSET AND WITH THE HELP OF OUR FRIENDS FROM THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY CAME IN AND THEY PUT UP, UH, THE HANGERS AND THE SHELVING FOR US.
AND WE NOW HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL CLOTHING CLOSET, WHICH
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IS IN OUR LOBBY, FREED ANYBODY WHO COMES IN WHO'S IN NEED.UH, OUR FRIENDS OVER AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DID A COAT DRY FOR US AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF COATS, A LOT OF JACKETS, A LOT OF CLOTHING, ALL FREE THE PUBLIC.
UM, YOU CAN JUST COME ON IN AND GET WHAT YOU NEED.
AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF OUR STAFF FOR COMING UP WITH THIS IDEA AND THE DESIGN.
AND, UM, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO STOP BY.
OUR SECOND FLYER IS ABOUT OUR HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE.
UM, THIS TIME OF YEAR THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE OUT WITH CHRISTMAS.
UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS, THE SIGNUP DATE IS OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SIMPLY AREN'T THINKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS AT THAT TIME OF YEAR.
UH, SO WE ARE COLLECTING TOYS, UH, NEW AND GENTLY USED.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, THEY CAN COME IN IF THEY ARE IN NEED.
OUR STAFF WILL SHOW THEM TO OUR, UM, CHRISTMAS SHOP AS THEY'RE CALLING IT.
AND, UM, THREE TO FOUR TOYS PER CHILD, UH, IS, UH, WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO AN ANYBODY WHO'S IN NEED.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION, HEY, UM, COME ON OVER TO 15TH STREET, DROP OFF YOUR NEW OR GENTLY USED TOYS.
UH, I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE AND WE'LL MAKE SOMEBODY'S HOLIDAY.
THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? ON YOUR CLOSET, IS THAT INFANT TO ADULT AND INFANTS, ADULTS, ANYBODY'S SHOES, ANYTHING? WE HAVE SHOES, WE HAVE BELTS, WE HAVE JACKETS, UM, JEANS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUTTING OUT OUR WINTER CLOTHING.
UH, ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION IS THAT'S ALSO WHERE OUR LIBRARY IS AND WE COLLECT, UH, BOOKS AND ANYBODY WHO COMES IN, ADULT OR CHILD, WE ENCOURAGE THEM, TAKE BOOKS WITH THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MARTZ OR MS. LAWSON? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[G. Report - State of the County Address - Ed Daley, County Administrator]
OKAY.STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS, DR.
UH, SEE IF THIS IS GONNA WORK HERE.
UH, YOU HAVE A FORMAL REPORT THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.
IT IS, UH, 15 PAGES OR SO, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA READ THIS TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE HERE.
UH, SO WHEN THE BOARD BEGAN, UM, THREE YEARS AGO, THE TWO OVERWHELMING, UH, ISSUES WERE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND COVID, WHICH CAME A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER YOU ARRIVED.
AND, UH, IN 2020 THE E D A WAS 44 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT.
TODAY THEY OWE 25 MILLION TO THE BANKS AND THEY OWE 9 MILLION TO THE WARREN COUNTY TAXPAYERS.
SO THEY ARE 34 AS COMPARED TO THE 44.
THREE YEARS AGO, THE COVID CAME QUICKLY, YOU TEMPORARILY HAD TO CLOSE SOME OFFICES AND THEN REOPEN AND MOVE, UH, THINGS AROUND A LITTLE BIT RETROFIT, AND YOU RECEIVED 7 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUND FUNDING.
APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT MONEY, OVER 3 MILLION WENT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.
IT WAS DISTRIBUTED BACK TO BUSINESSES WHEN THEY APPLIED THE OTHER HALF, UH, ACTUALLY 3.5 WENT TO TOWN IN COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN TO FIRE AN EMS FOR SUPPORT IN THEIR NEEDS.
IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE COVID ISSUES IN 2020, THE BOARD SAID NEAR THE END OF IT, NOVEMBER, 2020, THE BOARD SAID THERE WERE SEVERAL PRIMARY ISSUES, SIX TO BE EXACT.
YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF KEY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS RELATIONS WITH FRONT ROYAL AND OTHER ENTITIES.
YOU WANTED TO ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
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IMPROVE EMPLOYEE MORALE.YOU WANTED, YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR INADEQUATE TECHNOLOGY.
REMEMBER AT THE TIME YOU ARRIVED, THERE WAS NO COUNTY IT STAFF.
UH, WE HAD TO RELY ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR LEGAL FEES.
SINCE THEN, UM, WE TOOK FOUR PARTICULAR INITIATIVES OF THE BOARD, BROADBAND DRUG COMMITTEE TOURISM, THE FRONT ROYAL GOLF CLUB AND ELECTRONIC PACKET IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, MRS. COLORS LED A COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THE BROADBAND FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND IT HAS CULMINATED IN OUR JOINING THE REGIONAL BROADBAND EFFORT WITH THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGIONAL COMMISSION AND ALL POINTS BROADBAND.
THAT IS A 96 MILLION CONTRACT FOR ALL OF THE COUNTIES, INCLUDING EVERYWHERE FROM AUGUSTA BACK UP TO WARREN IN FREDERICK.
AND THAT, UH, INCLUDES, UH, LOCAL FUNDS.
THE BOARD IS USING 6.9 MILLION OF OUR LOCAL A APA MONEY TO GO TOWARDS TO MATCH THIS.
AND ENGINEERING IS UNDERWAY NOW.
AND CONSTRUCTION WILL START, WE'LL SEE CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE SEVERAL TEAMS STARTING IN VARIOUS PLACE BE THROUGHOUT THIS SEVEN COUNTY REGION.
BUT WE WILL ALL BE, AND WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME TARGET TO BE COMPLETED BY, UH, 26.
HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE IN 2025, SO THE CONTRACT CAN BE CLOSED IN 2026.
PARALLEL WITH THAT, UH, MRS. OATS AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GARY GILLESPIE, UH, LAUNCHED A, UH, DRUG CONCERNED COMMUNITY, UH, COMMITTEE, WHICH STARTED WORKING ON HOW WE COULD ADDRESS THE DRUG ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL EVENTS, UH, TO GATHER AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THE BOARD HAS APPROVED WARREN COUNTY'S NEW DRUG COURT, WHICH IS PART OF THE NORTHWESTERN REGIONAL DRUG COURT.
AND OUR COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TRAINED AND WE ARE SUBMITTING OUR APPLICATION TO BEGIN IN EFFECT IN, UH, JULY OF 2023.
AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT AND THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE WHEN WE COME BACK AND TALK LATER SOME OF OUR MONEY FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENTS TOWARDS THIS DRUG COURT.
SO JUST KEEP THAT UH, IN MIND THERE.
UH, THE OTHER PROJECT THAT, UH, MRS. OATS IN PARTICULAR, ALONG WITH TARYN LOGAN AND ALYSSA SCOTT WORKED ON WAS TOURISM A JOINT TOURISM COMMITTEE WITH THE TOWN AND, UH, OUR VOLUNTEER TOURISM COMMITTEE AND THE THREE OF THEM HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR OVER THREE YEARS NOW.
AND THEY HAVE CREATED DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL, WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY.
THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO FUND DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL ON EQUAL SHARES.
AND, UH, DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL IS COMPLETING ALL OF THEIR PAPERWORK TO BE AN OFFICIAL 5 0 1
THE FRONT ROYAL GOLF CLUB HAS ANNUALLY NEEDED APPROXIMATELY $200,000 FROM THE COUNTY BUDGET.
SO TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THE UM, PRIVATE ENTITY, THE BOARD TOOK PROPOSALS AND A PRIVATE ENTITY STEPPED FORWARD AND THEY NOW OPERATED AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY DOES HAVE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PARTICULARLY LIKE THE SPRINKLER PUMP HAS DIED AND HAS TO BE REPLACED AND MEAN.
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THAT EVEN IF WE WERE STILL PUTTING $235,000 OF COUNTY MONEY INTO IT EACH YEAR FOR OPERATIONS.THAT'S JUST PART OF THE OPER OF THE ACTUAL FACILITY WHICH WE OWN AND CONTINUE TO OWN.
AND WE TRIED TO DO OTHER THINGS WITH IT AND THE JUDGE SAID WE WILL KEEP IT.
UH, THE LAST UH, ITEM THERE OF THE BOARD INITIATIVES WAS MRS. SARKIS AND YOU ALL HAVE YOUR LITTLE IPADS
UH, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS YOU HAD BACK THERE WAS IT AND THE IT CRASH IN, UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT TIM GRANT FROM THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY HAD HACKED OUR SYSTEM BOTH HERE AND OUT AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND UH, WE HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY WITH SOME CONTRACTORS TO RESTORE OUR SERVICES.
AND THE BOARD HAD ALREADY SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO HIRE OUR OWN IT STAFF.
SO THAT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT WE WERE NOW ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BRING ON MR. JONES AND HIS STAFF, WHICH IS WITH US NOW.
AND THEY'RE BUSY IN A VARIETY OF AREAS TRYING TO STANDARDIZE OUR COMPUTERS, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE SERVICES BEFORE AND WHERE THEY WERE SKETCHY AND THEY WERE NOT COORDINATED TOGETHER.
AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK FORWARD ON THAT AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
AS WITH THE IT COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, I BELIEVE MR. BUTLER AND MRS. COOK ARE WITH THE IT COMMITTEE AND UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT COME FORWARD.
UH, CHIEF, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS THE NEED TO FILL KEY POSITIONS AND CHIEF PANZANO BEGAN WITH FIRE AND RESCUE IN JANUARY, 2021.
AND SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO UPGRADE OUR SUPERVISORY CAPACITY, PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO GROW AND DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO OTHER POSITIONS.
WE'VE ALSO HAD VOLUNTEERS GRADUATE FROM OUR ACADEMY AND IN COOPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BACK THERE, WE HAVE WORKED ON THE SHENANDOAH FARMS FIRE STATION, THE LINDEN FIRE STATION AND THE NORTH WARREN FIRE STATION.
UH, WITH ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOUR PEOPLE RATHER YOU HAVE TO HAVE EQUIPMENT.
AND THE BOARD HAS APPROVED ORDERING FIVE NEW AMBULANCE UNITS WITH OUR COST RECOVERY FUNDS AND WE HAVE TWO NEW PUMPER TANKERS ORDERED AND THOSE WILL BE COMING IN OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, CIRCULA, CIRCLING BACK TO CHESTER GAP IS THAT WHEN COVID CAME, THEY LOST ALL OF THEIR VOLUNTEERS AND SO THEY HAD NO STAFF TO RUN THE AMBULANCE AND THEY SERVE THAT END OF WARREN COUNTY AS WELL AS RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY AND THEY COME INTO THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS WHEN NEEDED.
SO WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR OF THAT AGREEMENT WHERE CHESTER GAP VOLUNTEER COMPANY HIRES CERTIFIED FIRE AND E RESCUE PERSONNEL AND THEN RAPPAHANNOCK AND WARREN COUNTY SHARE IN THE COST OF THOSE BASED ON THE ACTUAL SERVICES.
THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS 50 50 LAST YEAR WE MOVED THAT TO 60 40 BECAUSE MORE OF THE SERVICES ARE DOWN HERE AND IT'S BASED DIRECTLY ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS.
SO IT'S JUST IF YOU HAVE 10 CALLS AND SIX OF THEM COME DOWN HERE TO WARREN, THEN 60% GOES TO US.
IF SEVEN COME DOWN HERE TO WARREN, THEN 70% WOULD GO AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND, UH, PARTICULARLY LOOKING HOW TO ADDRESS THE MAJOR NEED
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OUT AT SHENANDOAH SHORES.UH, SANANDO AS SHORES IS LANDLOCKED, WHEN THE RAILROAD COMES AND BLOCKS THE INTERSECTION, WE CANNOT GET ANY SUPPORT IN THERE AND THEY CANNOT GET ANYBODY OUT.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUE THAT THE CHIEF AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THIS NEXT YEAR.
WITHIN THE BUDGET PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, MR. LENZ HAS HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REORGANIZATION BACK THERE.
THE MAINTENANCE CRA STAFF, BRAD'S CREWS, THEY ALL WORK WITH MICHAEL AND MIKE NOW AND PUBLIC WORK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST USE OF ALL OF OUR PEOPLE AND MOVE THEM WHERE WE NEED TO AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
WE HAD TO CLOSE A LOT OF OUR ACTIVITIES BECAUSE OF COVID.
WE SIMPLY COULD NOT HAVE PEOPLE IN THE GYM AND SO FORTH.
SO NOW COMING OUT OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REOPEN THOSE AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW IS, UM, INITIATIVES THAT THE STAFF HAS COME FORWARD WITH TO HELP AND EXPAND OUR PROGRAMS UP THERE.
UH, WE HAVE A NEW AVTEC SHELTER THAT WAS DONATED BY THE AVTEX RETIREES AND OUR CREWS HELPED TO BUILD IT IN CON COOPERATION WITH THE CONTRACTORS.
WE HAVE THE OPEN THE MORGAN FORD, UH, BOAT LAUNCH, WHICH WAS, UH, RECON RECONFIGURED.
WE HAVE A NEW BASKETBALL COURT AND ROCKLAND PARK AND MRS. LOGAN IS WORKING ON THIS BIG GRANT THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TO DO GREATER EXPANSIONS OUT THERE, UH, THAT IN INDIAN HOLLOW.
WE LOOK TOWARDS THE INDIAN HOLLOW BOAT LAUNCH THIS NEXT SPRING.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSERVANCY TRAIL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE RESULTS OF THE AVTEX PROPERTY, WHICH WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU ARE DOWN HERE AT THIS END, CLEAR OVER TO YOUR FAR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE LERAY AVENUE COMES DOWN.
AND AT LARAY AVENUE IS THE TRAIL THAT GOES ON UP AND AROUND AND COMES OUT UP AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
AND IF THIS TRAIL WERE COMPLETED, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COME OUT ALONG THE EDGE THERE AND COME OUT AT THE EDGE WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING IN A NEW CAMPGROUND AND IT WOULD COME OVER WITH PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN RESERVED BY PRIVATE DONORS TO CONNECT OVER TO THE RAILS TO TRAILS PROJECT THAT RUNS DOWN TO TIMBERVILLE.
SO IT'S PART OF A BIG STRETCH, BUT IF WE JUST DO THIS PART, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GO FROM SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, CLEAR OUT TO COME UP WITH THE, UH, BRIDGES.
UH, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, FINANCE TRANSPARENCY, AND EXACTLY WHAT WAS WHAT THERE.
SO, UM, MR. ROBERTSON AND MRS. SCOTT HAVE BEEN THERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND WE NOW HAVE NEW PROCUREMENT PURCHASING REGULATIONS INCLUDING THE P P P E A.
WE HAVE A NEW CHART OF ACCOUNTS THAT CONFORMS WITH THE GASBY AND THE STATE GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
WE HAVE REVAMPED THE SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND TO ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON A SERIES OF APPROXIMATELY SIX PROJECTS THAT YOU LOOKED AT LAST MONTH AND YOU MOVE THE SPECIAL PROJECTS MONEY OVER TO THOSE SO THAT YOU CAN TIE IT DIRECTLY TO YOUR PRIORITIES.
YOU HAVE THE P CARD PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS US TO MOVE OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FASTER AND ALLOWS US NOW TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN PAYING OUR BILLS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
WE CAN STOP HAVING TO PAY INTEREST PAYMENTS.
WE HAVE ALSO IN THERE BEGIN MONTHLY TRAINING FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THEY CAN COME IN AND LEARN ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT THINGS WORK AND HOW TO ACCESS DIFFERENT FINANCIAL REPORTS.
WE HAVE IMPROVED THE AUDIT TIMELINE INSTEAD OF THE AUDIT COMING IN MAY.
THE AUDIT SHOULD BE HERE THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH.
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AND, UH, WE'VE ALSO CREATED A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND AND AN ASSET REPLACEMENT FUNDS AND WANT TO EXTEND THE SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO MR. UH ROBERTSON, MRS. SCOTT, FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THESE PROJECTS AND ALSO THE IT DEPARTMENT THAT HAS, UH, ASSISTED WITH MANY OF THESE.UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, MR. BERRY HAS UNDERGONE A SERIES OF, UH, REORGANIZATION, UH, SINCE AUGUST OF 2020.
HIS JOB WAS HERE AND THEN HIS JOB WAS HERE AND THEN HIS JOB WAS HERE AND THEN HIS JOB WAS HERE.
AND EACH TIME WE'VE ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT AND, UM, THAT HE'S ACCEPTED THIS AND MOVED FORWARD WITH IT VERY WELL.
WE'VE GOT, UH, MR. KOK THERE TO HELP RUN AROUND AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE SO THAT, UH, MR. BARRY COULD LOOK MORE AT THE BIG PICTURE.
HE STILL HAS SOLID WASTE, WHICH HE WAS RESPONSIBLE BEFORE.
UH, HE NOW HAS THE AIRPORT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE OUR OWN, UH, MAINTENANCE PERSON OUT THERE, OUR AIRPORT SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT AFTER BIT.
UM, WE HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION CREW.
WHEN BRAD'S CREW CAME OVER, THEY JOINED WITH SOME OF OUR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC WORKS AND NOW WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION WHO CAN WORK ON VARIOUS FACILITIES.
WE ALSO HAVE CONSOLIDATED FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE CREW SO THAT WE CAN MOVE AS NEEDED THERE.
THE SANITARY DISTRICTS, THEY ARE, UH, UM, ANOTHER PART OF THIS PUZZLE.
UH, YOU HAVE A SERIES OF THEM WHERE WE WORK AND YOU HAVE A SERIES OF THEM WHERE WE JUST PROVIDE FUNDS.
IN MARCH, THE UM, PROPERTY OWNERS OF SHENANDOAH FARMS SENT THE BOARD A NOTE SAYING THEY WERE TERMINATING THEIR RE AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN SHENANDOAH FARMS SANITARY DISTRICT.
THIS WAS INITIATED BY P O S F.
THE BOARD DID NOT ASK FOR IT, IT JUST ARRIVED KIND OF LIKE COVID JUST ARRIVED.
SO WE TAKE ON IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT, WE WILL TAKE ON SEVERAL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES FORMALLY HANDLED BY P O S F.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE NOTIFIED P O S F, WHEN WE RECEIVE A STA AN ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF INSURANCE COSTS, WE WILL PAY THAT BILL.
BUT WITHOUT A PREMIUM STATEMENT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PAY.
WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS FOR MAINTAINING THE COMMON PROPERTIES SUCH AS RIGHTS OF WAY, THE BEACH AREA, THE DAMS. WE WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND WE WILL MAINTAIN THOSE AS LONG AS ALL RESIDENTS OF SHENANDOAH FARM SANITARY DISTRICT ARE PERMITTED TO USE THOSE FACILITIES.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS A PRIVATE FACILITY AND IT IS OPERATED BY FEES.
SO THE SANITARY DISTRICT WILL NOT BE INVOLVED WITH PAYING FOR THE OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR THE OFFICE STAFF OR THE ACCOUNTING OR THE LEGAL.
THOSE WILL BE P O S F RESPONSIBILITIES UNLESS THEY PROVIDE SOME DIFFERENT DOCUMENTATION THAN WHAT I'VE RECEIVED TO DATE.
ALL OF THIS IS WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT YOU APPROVED FOR SHENANDOAH FARMS, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO IT IS THEREFORE IS A BUDGETED ITEM AND WE WILL PROCEED IN THAT MANNER UNLESS SOMEBODY FROM THE BOARD TELLS ME WHY NOT.
UH, ALSO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE HALF
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MILLION DOLLARS OF VDOT MONEY OF GENEAL FARM SANITARY DISTRICT MONEY CORRECTION THERE THAT HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND WE HAVE DESIGNATED THOSE AS THE BOARD DIRECTED FOR OLD OAK FOUR FOR YOUNG'S DRIVE, FOR LAKE DRIVE, GROVE FARM AND WESTERN LANE PHASE TWO.WE ALSO HAVE BEGUN THE WORK TO DO, UH, RESURFACING APPROXIMATELY, UM, A MILE AND A HALF I BELIEVE IT IS.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT THAT WE WILL BE DOING IN THE SPRINGS? WE CAN'T GET, UH, PAVERS OUT THERE WHEN WE'VE GOT A ICE STORM COMING.
SO WE'RE PUTTING THOSE PLANS TOGETHER FOR, UH, EARLY SPRING AND THAT WILL BE BRINGING USE UTILIZING ALL OF THOSE FUNDS AND THERE'LL BE A RECORD OF 'EM FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM.
SOME OF THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES FOR BACKWARDS 2023, YOU REMEMBER YOU EACH RECEIVED THESE LITTLE RATING SHEETS, WHICH YOU RATED 4, 3, 2, AND ONE AND HOW THEY WERE CURRENT CRITICAL AND URGENT, OR THEY WERE IMPORTANT BUT NOT URGENT.
AND THEN YOU HAD SOME THAT WERE ONGOING AND UNDERWAY JUST CELEBRATE AND YOU HAD SOME, DID NOT RECEIVE MORE THAN TWO VOTES AND THEREFORE WILL BE ADDITIONAL.
ALSO RANS ON THE TRACK OF WORK TO BE DONE OF THE FULL SIX RATHER SEVEN, UH, IS THE, UH, FOLLOWING UP WHAT I JUST SAID REGARDING THE P O S F DECISION TO TERMINATE THEIR AGREEMENT, CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD ON THE ROAD PROJECTS.
WE WILL HAVE A NEW WARMING SHED, UH, OUT AT THE TRANSFER STATION AND WE WILL BE EXPANDING CROOKED RUN, UH, REFUSE TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF IT IN ORDER TO, UM, PROCESS OUR WASTE QUICKER.
WE ALSO HAVE NEW FBO OPERATOR BEGINNING IN JANUARY AND YOU WILL SEE THAT AGAIN AFTER BIT.
AND WE'LL HAVE IMPROVED COORDINATION OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN CHANGING.
AND EVERY TIME MR. BARRY GETS THEM ALL SORTED, WE ADD SOMETHING BACK THERE.
SO HE'S GOTTA RESORT A LITTLE BIT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP THEM IN PLACE SO THAT HE CAN WORK ON THEM SOME MORE AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROJECTS THEY CAN WORK ON TO SERVE WARREN COUNTY.
SO THE EIGHT PROJECTS ARE NUMBER ONE UP THERE IS SANANDO SHORES, WHICH IS CRITICAL THAT WE MOVE, PARTICULARLY AS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING SUBDIVISIONS TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC BUT NOT PROVIDE ANY TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ADDRESS THIS AND WITH THE TOWN AT THIS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL ROAD NEEDS AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE DO OUR REASSESSMENT, HOW WE CAN DO TAX RELIEF, UH, IMPROVE THAT TAX RELIEF FOR OUR SENIORS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT CANCELING THE COMMUNICATION FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK, UM, WITH MR. STOW ON A REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO COMPLETE THE E D A AUDITS AND RECONCILE THE TOWN, COUNTY AND TOWN ACCOUNTS AND REDUCE THE E D A DEBT THROUGH THE TRANSFERS THAT NEED TO BE MADE THERE.
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AT DEVELOPING, UH, MR. PETTY AND THIS IS LOGAN, ARE LOOKING TOWARDS A YOUTH ENGAGEMENT CENTER THAT'S GONNA WORK OVER ON THE YOUTH CENTER NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR RECREATION STAFF OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND OUR GOOD OLD AS 400 AND THE SOFTWARE THAT GOES WITH IT.UM, ONE OF THESE TIMES THE 400 IS JUST GONNA FALL OFF THE BRIDGE AND THAT'LL BE THE END OF IT.
PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY, WILL LOOK AT HOW WE CHANGE THE PROPERTY RATE.
WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE TOTAL FOR THE NEW ASSESSMENTS AT WHICH WE SHOULD RECEIVE THE END OF THE MONTH, MRS. OURS IS WHEN, UH, MR. PEARSON HAS SAID THEY WILL BE HERE.
AS SOON AS WE HAVE THOSE, THEN YOU CAN BEGIN LOOKING AT HOW YOU CAN ADJUST THE RATE TO BALANCE, UH, THE REVENUE AND REDUCE IT FOR INDIVIDUALS.
UH, LOOKING AT, UM, THE PROFFERS, THAT BLUE RIDGE SHADOWS, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER CASE WE HAVE A DEVELOPER PROVIDES PROFFERS TO THE COUNTY AND TO THE TOWN AND TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHEN THEY DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS LEFT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE FUTURE.
SO THAT TODAY, WHAT WAS DONE 20 YEARS AGO INSTEAD OF BEING PAID FOR IS NOW BEING LEFT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS TODAY.
AND NO OTHER SUBDIVISION HAS A FEE LIKE THIS FIRE SERVICE FEE AT BLUE RIDGE SHADOWS.
SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TREATING EVERY, ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS EQUITABLY.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND DETERMINE HOW ALL WE WANT TO USE THAT IN RELATION TO THE DRUG COURT AND ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE WILL HAVE.
WE WILL RECEIVE OVER 10 YEARS, APPROXIMATELY $800,000.
SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 80,000 A YEAR.
AND WE NEED TO DETERMINE HOW PRO BEST TO USE THAT FUNDING TO IMPACT THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH, UH, DRUG OVER USE AND RELIANCE.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN OUR SHORT-TERM TOURIST RENTALS.
AND REMEMBER YOU WERE GETTING TWO OR THREE OF THOSE A MONTH AND NOW YOU'RE GETTING 10 OR 12 AND HOW THAT IMPACTS EVERYTHING.
YOU WILL BE SEEING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, UPDATES.
THE, UH, MRS. LOGAN AND MR. PETTY AND MR. WENLING AND MR. LINZ HAVE ALL BEEN MR. LINZ THE YOUNGER, HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR THE PAST YEAR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WITH THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGIONAL COMMISSION ON HOW WE UPDATE OUR PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UH, YOU WILL HAVE THAT PLAN PROBABLY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS NEXT YEAR, DEFINITELY IN BY THE SECOND QUARTER.
UH, YOU ALSO HAVE THE NEW C I P AND IN YOUR REPORT AT THE BACK UNDER ATTACHMENT B, YOU WILL FIND THE, THIS IS THE LAST C I P THAT IS CURRENT.
IT GOES THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 23, FOLLOWED BY THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS SECOND DOCUMENT THAT AT THE TOP HAS FISCAL YEARS 22 THROUGH 26, EXCUSE ME, IS FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
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THAT'S WHAT THE DEPARTMENT'S SUBMITTED, FOLLOWED BY A COPY OF THE SCHOOL'S C I P, WHICH, UH, THE SCHOOL FINANCE COMMITTEE, MRS. COOK AND, UH, MRS. OATS LOOKED AT LAST WEEK, FOLLOWED BY THE LAST PAGE IS NEXT TO THE LAST, RATHER.OH, IT IS, IS THE LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR TWO.
MRS. LOGAN FOR INCLUSION IN THE NEW C I P.
SO THEY'LL, UH, BE COMING WITH THAT ATTACHMENT A OF YOUR REPORT IS A REPORT FROM MR. PETTY ON HIS ACTIVITY SINCE WE CREATED THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND HE DID A PARTICULARLY ADMIRABLE JOB ON THIS.
AND I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE ENTIRE REPORT RATHER THAN MY JUST INCLUDING IT IN THE REST OF THIS.
UH, FINALLY YOU WILL NOTE THERE, THE ITEM IS THE CONTINUING TO BUILD OUR HUMAN RESOURCES CAPACITY.
IT IS ONE OF THE BOARD'S MOST CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, SO THAT WHEN UH, SOMEBODY DOES DECIDE TO TAKE OFF AND GO TO CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING THERE AND ARE PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO BACK THIS UP AND HELP WITH IT AND MOVE INTO THOSE POSITIONS.
AND THE MORE WE DEVELOP OUR STAFF, THE BETTER POSITIONS IT LEAVES THE BOARD.
SO YOU'RE NOT LIKE YOU WERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHERE YOU SAID THERE WAS NO BACKUP FOR ANY OF YOUR POSITIONS AND WHEN SOMEBODY WAS GONE, THEN YOU HAD A PROBLEM.
UM, MS. MEADOWS IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES AS YOU LOOK FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS TO HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT YOUR STAFF AND UPGRADE THEM.
AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE REPORT AND THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO IT.
AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, I SHOULD MENTION THE FINANCE REPORT WILL BE NEXT MONTH WITH THE AUDIT AND SHERIFF BUTLER IS DOING A REPORT THAT HE WILL PRESENT TO YOU LATER AT A LATER DATE.
ANY QUESTION OR COMMENT AT THIS POINT? I WOULD, DR.
DALEY, THAT REPORT WAS, AND I KNOW THE TIME THAT YOU HAD TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND THAT REPORT IS AMAZING.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU CUZ YOU'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ACCOMPLISHING SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED AND GAVE US CREDIT FOR.
AND THE STAFF WHO'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO HELP US GET THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED, UM, THEY'RE NOT DONE IN A VACUUM.
UH, AS A POLITICAL LEADER, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING ON OUR OWN
AND I JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THOSE THINGS.
THE, THE DRUG COURT SPECIFICALLY WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND HAVING BETH REK WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND, UH, SO THAT, AND IT'S GONNA BE AN INCREDIBLE HOPEFUL PROGRAM FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU WITH THE, UM, CONSIDERING ALL THAT THEY HAVE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THIS GROUP BACK THERE IS AMAZING.
YES, BECAUSE, UM, WAS IT THURSDAY OR FRIDAY? I SAID I WANTED THIS, SO, AND I, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT A CHORE I WAS ASKING, BUT YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AND I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAD WORKING.
AND MRS. SHAAK, I KNOW YOU WERE IN ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK SHE DID ALL THE HEAVY WORK
SO YOU ALL ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, MOVING ON TO, OH, I LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING IF I MAY.
UM, I HOPE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP.
UM, THIS WAS A, A VERY, VERY GOOD, UM, LOOK AT WHAT EVERYONE'S BEEN DOING IN SUPPORTING OUR CITIZENS AND BEING TRANSPARENT TO OUR, OUR CITIZENS OF ALL THE HARD WORK AND WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING PRIORITIZED.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THIS TYPE OF REPORTING IN THE FUTURE.
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KUDOS TO EVERYONE.ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? IF NOT BOARD
[H. Reports – Board Members, County Administrator, County Attorney]
REPORTS.AND MR. BUTLER? WELL, THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR.
JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, FIRST ONE IS THAT I'VE REACHED OUT TO CONSTITUENTS OVER AT, UH, HIGH KNOB.
UH, I'M GOING TO BE, UH, UH, ATTENDING A MEETING IN, IN JANUARY, UH, WITH THEIR, UH, HOMEOWNER, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO SEE HOW WE CAN OF, UH, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE WAYS OF MOVING UP THE PRIORITIES FOR THE INTERSECTION THAT'S GOING INTO, INTO HY KNOB.
UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, MS. COOK ON THE, ON THE AIRPORT AND, UH, I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO STEAL HER THUNDER.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, UH, GOTTEN A NEW FBO.
UM, THE, UH, WE DO HAVE MAINTENANCE OUT THERE OF LOOKING FOR A FLIGHT SCHOOL.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT RUN FLIGHT SCHOOLS AND ASKED THEM IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PUTTING AN APPLICATION IN.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEW FBO, UH, WITH, UH, WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE MY KUDOS TO MR. UH, LENZ.
UH, I TAKE KARATE OVER AT THE YOUTH CENTER AND, UH, HIS FOLKS HAVE TURNED UP THE HEAT THERE AND IT MAKES IT, UH, MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
UH, THE, UM, UM, AND, AND, UH, I'VE ALSO GIVEN A, UH, UM, OH, A LIST OF 17 DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT I KNOW THAT DATA CENTERS ARE BECOMING, YOU KNOW, A, A BIG, UH, ISSUE WITH THE COUNTY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO HAVE DATA CENTERS.
AND, UH, I'VE GOT A LIST OF 17 ITEMS THAT I GAVE TO, UH, DR.
DALEY AND, UH, UH, COUNSELOR HAM TO, TO REVIEW.
UH, THESE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS THAT I'VE GOT FOR THE, UH, FOR, I, I DON'T WANNA SAY NO TO DATA, DATA CENTERS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO HAVE DATA CENTERS COMING INTO THE COUNTY, THAT IT IS A, THAT IT IS A POSITIVE MOVE FOR THE COUNTY AND THAT IT WILL, UH, IF THE DATA CENTERS EVER DECIDE TO GO AWAY, THAT THE COUNTY WILL BENEFIT FROM THEM HAVING BEEN THERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT, UH, IF THEY DO LEAVE.
UM, AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, MS. COOK ON THE, UH, ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND, AND, UH, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE GOOD THINGS THAT, UH, UH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS DONE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MS. SCOTT.
SO THAT'S, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
UM, I WANNA COMPLIMENT ALL THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN INTEGRATING THE CIVIL COURT INTO THE WEBSITE.
IT LOOKS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT FOR OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS, SO KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO'S DONE THAT.
UM, JUST AS, UM, UH, MR. BUTLER HAS SAID, UM, WE ATTENDED THE, UM, FINANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
UM, WE CONTINUE IN UPDATING OUR COUNTY POLICIES AND, AND I PIGGYBACK MR. BUTLER.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MS. SCOTT IN, UM, CHAIRING HELPING ME CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, I ATTENDED THE ED ED A, UM, BOARD MEETING DOWN LAST FRIDAY THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND THINGS WILL BE COMING OUT OF THAT SOON.
UM, I ALSO ATTEND THE SCHOOL, UH, SCHOOL BOARD FINANCIAL MEETING WITH, UM, MS. OAKES.
AND WE DISCUSSED ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 OPERATIONS AS C I P, UM, LACK FOR A BETTER WORD, DISCUSSIONS, SO THAT SHALL BE COMING SOON.
UM, ALSO ATTENDED, UM, WITH THE LIBRARY, REVIEWED THEIR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
THAT WAS A VERY EYE-OPENING AND INTERESTING MEETING, AND I ENJOYED MEETING WITH EVERYONE.
AND JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW, I MIGHT BE REACHING OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE BUDGETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED, UM, NEXT YEAR.
UM, AGAIN, AS MR. BECHLER HAS SAID THAT THE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING WAS, UM, LAST MONTH, UM, WE, UM, WILL BE PROVIDED, UH, AN OVERVIEW IN, UH, THIS AFTERNOON OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, AND ALSO I MET WITH DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL BECAUSE OUT OF THE, THE AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WOULD ENHANCE TOURISM.
AND, UM, SO I REACHED OUT TO DISCOVER FRONT ROYAL, IT WAS YESTERDAY AND IT WAS A VERY PRO, A
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REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS HOW THE AIRPORT CAN PARTNER WITH THEM IN HELPING WITH, UM, OUR AIRPORT VISITORS THAT COME FROM OTHER STATES AND, UM, OTHER PARTS OF THE, OF, OF OUR STATE.
UM, LASTLY I JUST WANNA PUT, UM, OUT A, UM, REQUEST OF ANYBODY WHO'S THINKING ABOUT WANTING TO SERVE A COMMUNITY IS THAT OUR SENIOR CENTER IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT I HELP WITH THEM.
AND, UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO THINK ABOUT SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, THIS WOULD BE A VERY GOOD EFFORT, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, TO COME OUT AND, AND HELP THEM OUT.
UM, IT'S A VERY REWARDING, VERY REWARDING, UM, EVENT OUT THERE.
NOT SO MUCH AN EVENT, I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S VERY REWARDING TO HELP THE SENIORS AND, AND SEEING THEIR SMILES AND SEEING HOW THEY REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY, EVERYONE'S EFFORTS TO, UM, HELP THEM THROUGH SOME SOMETIMES.
BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK, I JUST BASICALLY WANT TO THANK THE CHILDREN THAT WERE HERE THIS MORNING.
WHO ARE I I I, I CAN TELL YOU ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO DO DURING THE, ANY GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO ME TO SEE THOSE CHILDREN.
UM, THEY TRULY ARE OUR FUTURE.
THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE SITTING HERE ONE DAY.
AND, UM, I THANK, I THANK THEM ALL.
I APPRECIATE THAT THEY WERE HERE.
THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY TODAY.
UM, I ATTENDED, UM, A COUPLE EVENTS IN THE TOWN, THE TREE LIGHTING, UH, WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED AT THE GAZEBO.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT GAZEBO IS JUST SO ICONIC.
AND TO SEE THE PEOPLE GATHER AROUND THE GAZEBO AND WAIT FOR THE TREE LIGHTING TO HAPPEN WAS JUST DELIGHTFUL.
UM, I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE FRONT ROYAL CHRISTMAS PARADE.
OH MY GOSH, THAT WAS THE LARGEST CROWD THAT I BELIEVE EVER
AND I'M, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS SAYING EVER, AND, YOU KNOW, SUPERLATIVES, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LARGEST CROWD WE'VE EVER HAD.
SO IF YOU WANNA EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS RIDE IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND THROW CANDY OUT TO LITTLE KIDS, CUZ THEIR EYES ARE LIKE, YEAH, ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, JUST THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS WAS, UM, PRESENT THAT DAY.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO RIDE IN IT.
AND, UM, IT WAS, THERE WERE JUST THE, THE LEVEL, EVERYBODY RAISED THE BAR ON THEIR FLOATS THIS YEAR, MY GOSH.
AND PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT.
AND SO, UM, I WANNA SHOUT OUT TO NIKKI AT THE CHAMBER BECAUSE THEY ARE SPONSORS OF THAT NOW.
THEY DON'T DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
THEY HAVE THE FRONT ROYAL, I BELIEVE THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND A LOT OF OTHER ASSISTANTS TO HELP THEM PULL THIS OFF.
SO SHOUT OUT TO NIKKI AT THE CHAMBER AND HER BOARD WHO DID THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY LAST NIGHT I WENT TO SOMETHING CALLED FOOD FREEDOM NIGHT.
UM, FOOD FREEDOM IS VERY IMPORTANT AS, UM, IF YOU WERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THINGS AT THE GROCERY STORES.
AND, UM, THE PROBLEM WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, I WENT TO AN EVENT LAST NIGHT WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM, ALLEVIATING THE ERRONEOUS REGULATIONS ON FARMERS AS THEY SELL DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS IN VIRGINIA.
AND, UM, DELEGATE NICK FRITOS, WHO IS NOT FROM, HE'S NOT OUR DELEGATE, BUT HE HAS BEEN A SPONSOR OF, OF NEW LEGISLATION TO TRY TO, UH, ALLEVIATE THESE REGULATIONS SO THAT FARMERS CAN DO FARMERS' MARKETS WITHOUT ALL THESE ONEROUS REQUIREMENTS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO BUY, PRODUCE AND CHICKEN LOCALLY GROWN, WHICH IS MUCH HEALTHIER TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE THE STUFF IN THE GROCERY STORE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE WHERE IT COMES FROM.
BUT ANYWAY, SO I WENT TO THAT LAST NIGHT AND UM, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF HOMESTEADERS AND FARMERS AND EVEN COREY FROM DOWN THE HALL WAS PRESENT FOR THAT.
AND, UH, SO, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH FOOD AND IT'S, AND IT'S, UM, ORIGIN AND THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO, IF YOU SHOP AT FARMER'S MARKETS, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT TO, UH, THE VIRGINIA, LET'S SEE, IT'S, THERE'S A WEBSITE WHERE NEW LEGISLATION IT, I BELIEVE IT'S, IS IS THAT CORRECT LIS.COM WHERE NEW LEGISLATION IS POSTED AND YOU CAN FOLLOW AND ASK FOR UPDATES ON THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE AND WHAT THEY'RE
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DOING SO THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FOOD FREEDOM LEGISLATION THAT, THAT DELEGATE FREDS WILL PROPOSE IN THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE YEAR.SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US IF YOU LIKE TO EAT.
UM, WELL I FEEL LIKE I'M VERY MUCH BAJA BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO ANY OF THE HOLIDAY FESTIVE THINGS THAT WENT ON.
I GOT A BIT SIDELINED BY A KIDNEY STONE, SO, UM, BUT I DO WANT TO SEND OUT A BIG THANK YOU TO MIKE UL AND MARK, BECAUSE I AT LEAST GOT TO SEE THE PARADE ON THE TELEVISION
UM, AND THEY DID SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I FELT LIKE I WAS ALMOST THERE.
SO, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AND AS WELL AS NIKKI AND SO FORTH AND OUR STAFF.
I DIDN'T GET TO OUR LUNCHEON YESTERDAY, DIDN'T GET TO HAND OUT TURKEYS, WHICH IS A BUMMER.
SO MY APOLOGIES, IT WASN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA BE BE THERE GUYS.
AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO ALL YEAR LONG AND, UM, I WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR CUZ UM, THE FLU HAS BEEN KNOCKING PEOPLE RIGHT AND LEFT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS AND VISIT WITH ALL OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND NOT END UP SPENDING ANY TIME IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM OR THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AFTERWARDS.
SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, AT THIS POINT IN MY REPORT AND DR.
DALEY, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU, SIR, I HAD ONE THING, I HAD ONE MORE THING TO ADD AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BREAKING IN, BUT NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I WAS AT THE PARADE AS WELL AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AT THE, THE CARRIAGE RIDE.
NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL
BUT I, I PULLED UP MY BIG GIRL PANTS AND I HELPED THOSE CHILDREN GET ON THAT CARRIAGE AND I HELPED THOSE ADULTS GET ON THAT CARRIAGE.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST HOURS, AN HOUR AND A HALF, HOUR AND A HALF TIME THAT I HAVE EVER SPENT BECAUSE I SAW SMILES THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
AND, UH, I KNOW THE, UM, I KNOW THAT IT WAS SPONSORED BY OTHERS AND I APPRECIATE THOSE PEOPLE THAT SPONSORED IT.
BUT I GOT MORE THANKS FROM L YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THIS COUNTY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF WORTH OF WORK.
SO I THANK NIKKI FOR THINKING OF THAT AND I, UH, AND UM, I I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE AND I HOPE THEY DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S A POPULAR THING.
AND SHE WAS WORRIED THEY WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO BOOK THEMSELVES.
I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THE REASON YOU HAD THESE BIG CROWDS AND EVERYTHING AT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD KAWANA'S PANCAKES THAT MORNING.
I COULD, THE LIST OF THINGS I MISSED IS, THAT'S A GOOD YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.
AND THAT'S YOUR REPORT? YES MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT, MR. HAM, YOU'VE HEARD ENOUGH FOR ME.
WISH EVERYBODY IS SAFE AND WONDERFUL FAMILY WITH YOUR HOLIDAYS.
AND IF YOUR TRAVEL SAFE TRAVELS TO SEE YOUR FAMILY.
[I. Approval of Accounts]
APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS.IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE ACCOUNTS? NO.
IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED? SO MOVE.
[J. Approval of Minutes - Regular Meeting of November 16, 2022]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR, UH, BOARD MEETING OF NOVEMBER 16TH, 2022.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS RECONSIDERATION
[K. Reconsideration of Conditional Use Permit 2022-08-04, Jaden and Tori Walter for a Short-Term Tourist Rental Located at 80 River Oak Drive and Identified on Tax Map 35B, Section 1, Lot K - Matt Wendling, Planning Director]
OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2022 DASH OH EIGHT DASH OH FOUR JADEN AND TORY WALTER FOR SHORT TERM TAURUS RENTAL LOCATED AT 80 RIVER OAK DRIVE AND IDENTIFIED ON TAX MAP 35 B[01:30:01]
SECTION ONE.K MR. WENLING, I'LL JUST BASICALLY START WHERE WE, UM, HAD LEFT OFF, UH, THE APPLICANTS, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, NO, THAT'S, I JUST WANT, SINCE IT'S A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, UH, WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION NEEDS TO BE ONE OF THE TWO PEOPLE THAT VOTED AGAINST IT.
AND YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION AND THEN VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION, BUT THAT'S HOW IT GETS IN FRONT OF THE BODY.
AND, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION THEN TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM.
AND, AND THAT COULD BE SECOND, AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE A LITTLE PAUSE WHILE YOU GET SOME REPORTS IF YOU'D LIKE.
OH, IT HAS, WELL, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR FROM MR. WENLING UNLESS YOU WANTS TO.
WE HAVE TO, UH, WE'VE HAD THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.
OH, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.
I, I WAS ASSUMING THAT THIS WAS THE END, BUT, GOTCHA.
SO I NEED TO BACK UP BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR.
WE'RE VOTING TO RECONSIDER IT AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE ISSUE ITSELF.
NOW IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? TWO OR, OR YOU CAN LISTEN TO YOUR STAFF ABOUT IT IF, IF YOU CHOOSE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? I, I HAVE ONE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT MANAGEMENT AND I'D LIKE TO, TO CLARIFY WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THE, UM, PROPERTY AS FAR AS MOWING AND MAINTENANCE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, WE WERE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS.
SO THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.
I DO NOT HAVE THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UH, WHAT STAFF ALWAYS RECOMMENDS AS PART OF THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND WE, WE, WE TALK TO PEOPLE AS WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE COUNTY, OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY OR ACROSS THE, THE, THE STA UH, STATE OR THE NATION.
UH, WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY DO HAVE A LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UH, ADDRESS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE, UH, PROPERTY BE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY BASIS.
UH, EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IN MANY CASES IT MAY BE A HANDYMAN WHO THAT, THAT CAN BE REACHED OUT TO, THAT ARE WITHIN 20 MINUTES OR A HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY AND COULD ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF OUR STANDARD PROCEDURE.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT THE BOARD, UH, WANTS TO SEE.
THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE AVAILABLE, UH, THAT CAN, CAN ADDRESS THIS.
UH, OTHER THAN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY THE SHERIFF CAN BE CALLED, UM, YOU KNOW, AND COUNTY STAFF.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THERE ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT IF WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OR SOMETHING ON MONDAY MORNING, THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FURTHER ADDRESS THAT.
BUT REALLY IT'S MOSTLY TO MITIGATE ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP WITH EITHER GUESTS OR EVEN THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
UM, WE, WE RECOMMEND THAT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND UH, UH, AND AGAIN, AS PART OF, UH, THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS, WE DO REQUIRE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND IN THAT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN WE DO ASK FOR THAT CONTACT INFORMATION OF THOSE PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN, WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AND IF THEY WANT TO GIVE IT TO A NEIGHBOR, THEY CAN GIVE IT TO A NEIGHBOR.
AND UH, IF THE NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR HAS SOME ISSUES, THEY CAN CALL THAT PROPERTY MANAGER UP IF APPROVED.
DO YOU HAVE A LOCAL MANAGEMENT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID YOU WERE PLANNING ON DOING THAT FROM YOUR HOME LAST TIME.
YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, YEAH, IF YOU WOULD COME UP.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOCAL CLEANER AND HANDYMAN THAT WILL DO THE, LIKE, TURNOVERS OF THE CLEANINGS AND UH, LAWN CARE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOW COMPANY PICKING UP THE TRASH WEEKLY.
SO IF THE NEIGHBORS WERE TO CALL YOU WITH, THERE'S A WILD PARTY GOING ON OR SOMETHING, YOU HAVE SOMEONE WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT CAN MITIGATE THAT PROBLEM.
CORRECT? YOUR HONOR, HANDYMAN WOULD BE THAT LOCAL POINT OF CONTACT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL
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USE PERMIT FOR THE WALTERS.IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
AND THAT'S WITH THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF.
MR. BUTLER, NO MOTION APPROVED.
[L. Consent Agenda]
BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? GIVE YOU A SECOND CUZ I KNOW SCROLLING DOWN I KNOW.
THIS IS, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET EVERYTHING UP.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA IS PRESENTED.
ITEM M IS UPGRADE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUES COMPUTER ASSISTED MASS APPRAISAL SYSTEM.
MRS. SCOTT AND MRS. OURS WHAT? M ITEM M ON MINE IS CLOSED SESSION.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE APPRAISAL? WAS THAT MADAM CHAIR? WAS THIS FOR THE UPGRADE FOR THE VISION SOFTWARE? YES.
THAT'S BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON A LATER OKAY.
BOARD SUPERVISOR'S REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
[M. Closed Session - Virginia Freedom of Information Act]
WE ARE AT CLOSED SESSION.WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A THREE OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD PRO REAL PROPERTY.
SUCH REAL PROPERTY BEING LOCATED IN THE SOUTH RIVER MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
I ALSO MOVE THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 A FIVE FOR DISCUSSION CONCERNING A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE OF THE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY'S INTEREST IN LOCATING ITS FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SUCH PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS TO BE LOCATED IN THE HAPPY CREEK MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.
FINALLY, I MOVE THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 88 FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE SUCH MATTERS BEING PERMISSIBLE PROVISIONS AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS.
WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY RETURN SHORTLY.
YEAH, WELL I WAS GONNA SAY THAT ONE.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO READ US OUT OF CLOSED SESSION PLEASE? AND I'VE GOT THE CLOSED SESSION IF ANYONE NEEDS.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIES TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BID BUSINESS MATTERS.
LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTIONS 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 180 3 A FIVE, AND A 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.
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AYE.AND IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
OKAY, ARE WE READY TO START OUR WORK SESSION? SO FIRST ON THE WORK SESSION
[WORK SESSION P. Discussion - Z2022-05-01 - Ordinance to Amend and Re-Ordain Sections 180-8 and 180-28 and to Add and Ordain Sections 180-28.1 and 180-43.3 of the Warren County Code re: Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District and Data Centers - Matt Wendling, Planning Director]
IS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE ORDAINED SECTIONS OF, UM, 180 DASH EIGHT AND 180 DASH 28 TO ADD AND ORDAINED SECTIONS 180 28 81 AND 180 DASH 43.3 OF THE WARREN COUNTY CODE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND DATA CENTERS.AND I THINK AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION THAT, UM, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE WILL PUT THIS ON A JANUARY MEETING.
JANUARY 3RD WILL BE UNDER UNFINISHED BUSINESS, UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO TAKE ACTION TO REMOVE IT.
IS EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES MA'AM.
[WORK SESSION Q. Information Only for Contract Modification for Audit Services - Alisa Scott, Deputy Finance Director]
ON TO INFORMATION FOR CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR AUDIT SERVICES.MRS. SCOTT, YOU CAME RUNNING IN MATT
WHERE'S THAT COIN? I'M GONNA
Y'ALL HAVE A BLESSING CHRISTMAS.
TAKE THE COIN INTO THE BAR MAN.
ALL RIGHT, MRS. SCOTT, YOU'RE UP.
THIS IS, UH, SIMPLY JUST AN INFORMATION ONLY TO LET YOU BE AWARE THAT A CONTRACT MODIFICATION WAS REQUIRED FOR THE AUDIT SERVICES CONTRACT.
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL, UH, SERVICES REQUIRED FOR GABY 87, UH, REQUIRING THE COUNTY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO REPORT ALL LEASES.
SO, UM, THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY IS LESS THAN OUR $5,000 PURCHASE ORDER THRESHOLD.
SO THIS IS JUST AN FY YOU DON'T NEED TO APPROVE ANYTHING.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT FULL TRANSPARENCY THAT THE BOARD SHOULD KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TO PAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA FOR THIS SERVICE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. SCOTT ON THIS ITEM? NO.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY CLOSE, UH,
[WORK SESSION R. Discussion - Annual Term Contract for IT Networking and Infrastructure Services - Alisa Scott, Deputy Finance Director, Todd Jones, IT Director]
ANNUAL TERM CONTRACT FOR IT NETWORKING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, YOU AND MR. JONES, BUT I GUESS YOU HAVE IT.YES, HE IS NOT HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UM, PULL THIS UP.
THIS IS ALSO SIMILAR TO THE TERM CONTRACTS WE HAVE FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND INTERIOR DESIGN.
UH, SO THIS IS FOR IT NETWORKING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES.
MOSTLY CABLING IN FOR SECURITY CAMERAS.
SO THIS MAY LOOK LIKE A NEW REQUEST BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS NOT HAD IT SERVICES PREVIOUSLY.
UM, THIS WAS A CONTRACT THAT WAS ISSUED VIA, UH, INVITATION FOR BID.
SO IT WAS SEALED COMPETITIVE BID.
UM, AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT, UH, THE BOARD AWARD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, WHICH IS ACOM.
UM, SO THIS WAS, UM, ISSUED TO THE, UH, FIRM THAT PROVIDED THE MOST VALUE TO THE COUNTY BASED OFF OF AN EVALUATION SCORECARD AND A COMMITTEE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER.
SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE THE EVALUATION, UH, CONSENSUS LETTER, UH, TO ACOM WITH ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE SIGNING THAT CONSENSUS LETTER.
SO, AND THIS IS FOR THE, UH, USE OF VIDEO CAMERAS? YEAH, IT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT IS FOR VIDEO CAMERAS.
SO ANYTIME WE NEED TO HAVE A DROP PUT IN OR INTERNET CABLES RUN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANNA HAVE INTERNET CABLES DROPPED TO THIS TV AND RAN SOMEPLACE ELSE IN THE BUILDING, OUR STAFF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THOSE CABLES THEMSELVES.
UM, THE, THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THOSE CABLES.
IS ACOM, DO THEY STILL DO OUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM OR? YES, THEY DO.
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I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE TOO, ANYTHING THAT DOES COME IN OVER $50,000, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.SO IT WOULD BE A MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE WOULD WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF.
AND ALSO THAT YOU COULD AWARD TOO.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES, I, I'D STILL LIKE TO HAVE THE THRESHOLD BE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD APPROVES AS WELL.
SO NEXT WOULD BE, UM, MS. MEADOWS, BUT DO WE WANNA SKIP OVER SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE AND MR. BARRY IS HERE AND GO TO THE AIRPORT UPDATE? SHE WAS, TAYLOR WENT BACK TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANT HER TO FEEL RUSHED.
IF MR. BARRY'S READY, WE CAN JUST DO THAT ONE AND SWAP IN REVERSE.
I THINK SINCE SHE'S GONE THERE WE COULD GO AHEAD AND DO YEAH, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AND THEN THAT WAY SHE DOESN'T FEEL RUSHED COMING IN AS WELL.
HE WAS HIT WITH, I WAS ASKING ACTUALLY THE QUESTION WEQ INSURANCE, WHICH IS QUESTION BOND.
WE WERE ABOUT TRYING ORDER, I THINK THAT, YEAH.
SO DO YOU WANT SWITCH BACK TO JANE NOW OR THAT JANE, DO YOU NEED A FEW MINUTES OR NO, IT'S FINE.
I WAS JUST WATCHING ONE MY OFFICE.
I'M, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE.
WE'RE GONNA DO YOU BOTH ANYWAY, SO YEAH, I'M WHOEVER.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE TO GIMME TIME.
[WORK SESSION S. Department Updates and Position Reclassifications - Jane Meadows, Human Resources Director]
GOOD AFTERNOON.SO I KIND OF WANNA TOUCH BASE ON THE EMAIL THAT CHERYL ASKED A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, YESTERDAY.
AND SO IT WAS TALKING SOME ABOUT, UM, HISTORICAL PAY INFORMATION AND HEADCOUNT.
SO I'LL GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT KIND OF SHIFTS THAT WE'VE HAD AND WHAT WE WANNA DO FOR THE NEXT YEAR KIND OF GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO CHERYL HAD ASKED ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PAY INCREASES AND BONUSES FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR THE LAST, UM, SINCE 2020 TOOK CURRENT.
SO IN 2020 IN DECEMBER, THE COUNTY DID A 4% PAY INCREASE FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS ALSO A THOUSAND DOLLARS BONUS FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
IN 2021, WE IMPLEMENTED A 5% PAY INCREASE FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, THERE WAS A $3,000 BONUS ISSUED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ONLY.
THAT THAT WAS A BONUS FROM GENERAL SET.
RIGHT? WAS THAT TO JUST COMP EMPLOYEES? WE EXPANDED IT TO ALL DEPUTIES, BUT IT WAS, THAT WAS COMP FROM THE STATE.
SO WE, THE COUNTY DID MAKE UP SOME PORTION OF THAT DEFICIT IN ORDER TO LEVEL RIGHT.
IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL DEPUTIES WERE COVERED.
AND THEN IN AUGUST OF 2022, WE IMPLEMENTED ANOTHER 5% INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
UM, WITH THE POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED.
UM, CHERYL HAD ASKED WHAT POSITIONS WERE ADDED, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT FROM 2020 TO 2021.
I KNOW SINCE I'VE MOVED FORWARD.
UM, AND I CAN GET MATT, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF PIECE THE PUZZLE TOGETHER.
UM, WE'VE ADDED THE AIRPORT MANAGER, UM, THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES, UM, THEY HAVE A PART-TIME ADMIN ASSISTANT.
UM, WE HAVE A PART-TIME OFFICE ASSOCIATE FOR COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY THAT HAS NOT BEEN FILLED YET.
UM, THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'VE ADDED IN A DIRECTOR TO IT TECHNICIANS
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AND A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR.UM, WE'VE ADDED IN A DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'VE BUDGETED, UM, SIX ADDITIONAL FTE FOR FIRE AND RESCUE.
SO THREE WILL BE THE BATTALION CHIEFS, WHICH WE WILL BE FILLING IN JANUARY.
AND THEN THREE FTES, WHICH THEY ARE RECRUITING FOR CURRENTLY.
UM, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE ADDED IN FOUR ADDITIONAL DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND THEN ALSO A GRANTS AND ACCREDIT ACCREDITATION COORDINATOR.
UM, WE'VE ADDED IN THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS POSITION FOR FINANCE, WE'VE ADDED IN THE BUDGET ANALYST AND THAT WAS BLENDED WITH THE GRANTS POSITION THAT WAS ALREADY EXISTING.
UM, ONLY IT WAS SHIFTED FROM ADMINISTRATION INTO FINANCE.
AND THEN WE'VE RECLASSIFIED THREE OF OUR ADMIN POSITIONS INTO OFFICE MANAGERS.
UM, AND THAT WAS FOR PUBLIC WORKS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SO THOSE HAVE BEEN THE SIGNIFICANT ALREADY APPROVED STAFFING CHANGES REALLY IN THE LAST 14 MONTHS.
AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN EMAIL ME THAT CUZ YEP.
I WAS TRYING TO WRITE IT DOWN, BUT NO, I COULDN'T KEEP IT.
UM, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY AND THEN SOME OF THE CHANGES CUZ A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS KIND OF OVERLAP.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH PARKS AND REC.
UM, SO IN THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE MADE SOME BIG CHANGES WITH PARKS AND REC ONE IN ACTUALLY SHIFTING ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE FROM PARKS AND REC OVER INTO PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEN THE SECOND MAJOR CHANGE WAS ACTUALLY MOVING THE BUILDINGS, THE YOUTH CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER GOING INTO ONE.
UM, IN DOING THAT WE REALIZE THERE'S SOME OVERLAP, UM, MAINLY FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN THAT YOU HAD TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS. WHEN THEY'RE BLENDED, YOU KIND OF DON'T NEED IT.
UM, SO WE'RE REALIGNING AND REDISTRIBUTING WHERE THAT WORKLOAD IS.
AND ALSO SOME OF THE TITLES WE WANT TO BASICALLY CLARIFY WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING CUZ IT CAN BE CONFUSING.
UM, WE HAVE RECREATION SUPERVISORS AND THEN WE HAVE FACILITY SUPERVISORS.
UM, SO THE RECREATION SUPERVISORS HELP TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS. THE FACILITY SUPERVISORS BASICALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING'S UNLOCKED UNLOCKED AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT THEY OVERLAP A LOT OF TIMES.
SO SOMETIMES THEY'RE DOING THE SAME JOB, BUT THEY'RE JUST CLASSIFIED DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR COACHES AND OUR INSTRUCTORS, UM, WE HAVE THE RECREATION AND AQUATICS SUPERVISOR AND THEN THE RECREATION AND AQUATICS COORDINATOR.
UM,
SO WE WANTED TO CLEAN REALLY ALL OF THAT UP.
MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YES.
I, I NOTICED THAT WE HAD THAT.
UH, SO THE RECREATION AQUATICS SUPERVISOR AND AQUATICS COORDINATOR, HOW MANY MONTHS A YEAR DO THEY WORK? SO, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BLENDED AS RECREATIONS AND AQUATICS.
THEY'RE ALL 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES.
SO DURING THE SUMMERTIME THE COORDINATOR IS BASICALLY AT THE POOL.
UM, AND THEN ANYTIME THERE'S ASSISTANCE NEEDED, THAT'S WHERE THE SUPERVISOR WOULD HELP.
BUT IT DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO STREAMLINE IT SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE, I GUESS, USER FRIENDLY.
WELL, AND CLEAR YEAH, CLEAR AS TO WHOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU CAN'T EXECUTE.
UM, SO AS WE KNOW RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
UM, WE WANT TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THAT POSITION INTO A RECREATION MANAGER.
UM, AND THAT POSITION WOULD BE BLENDING THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THAT RECREATION AND AQUATICS SUPERVISOR.
SO IT'D BE ONE POSITION RATHER THAN TWO DIFFERENT.
UM, AND THEN THAT POSITION WOULD BE AN EXEMPT LEVEL POSITION AND IT WOULD BE OVERSEEING THE COORDINATORS AND THEN, UM, ALL OF THE FACILITY AND RECREATION ASSISTANTS, WE'D BE RECHANGING THEIR NAMES.
SO THEY WOULD ALL BASICALLY BE A RECREATION ASSISTANT AND JUST DIFFERENT LEVELS BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO IF THEY ARE AN INSTRUCTOR OR A COACH, THEY'D HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OR A HIGHER, UM, PAY GRADE, THEN SOMEONE WHO IS UM, JUST OPENING THE DOORS AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE GOING SMOOTHLY.
AND THEN IF SOMEONE IS FULL-TIME AND ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAMS, THEY'D HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE WILL HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION.
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AND UNDERSTAND AS WELL.IT WILL BE SUBMITTED IN THE, UM, PACKET FOR THE CHANGE, UM, WITH THE SENIOR OFFICE ASSOCIATE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN OFFICE MANAGER THERE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION AND, UM, PARKS AND REC, KIND OF HOW TO SHARE THAT.
UM, BECAUSE WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SINCE WE'VE SHIFTED I THINK 50 SOME ODD EMPLOYEES OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS, THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
SO THAT'S WHERE, UM, DAN AND MIKE HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC AND SHELLY'S BEEN GREAT CUZ SHE'S BEEN HELPING OUT WHEREVER NEEDED.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON KIND OF WHO SHOULD HAVE THAT, UM, ADMIN.
SO ON ALL THESE CHANGES THAT, WHERE, WHERE DID YOU GET THE INPUT TO MAKE THESE CHANGES? SO I ACTUALLY MET WITH THE PARKS AND REC TEAM MM-HMM.
UM, TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TO EXPRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, LIKE FROM THE HR SIDE.
AND THEN ALSO JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY THE POSITIONS.
UM, THEY WERE ALSO CONFUSED AS TO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THAT HAVE BEEN, WHAT LED TO NOT HAVING PEOPLE TRAINED TO RIGHT.
SO WE'VE TALKED THROUGH KIND OF WHERE THAT IS AND TIMING AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY STAFF THE POOL AND LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
SO PARTNERING WITH RMA WHO HAS AN INDOOR POOL IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF ACTUAL LIFEGUARDS, LIFEGUARDS.
UM, SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY LIKE DELAYS STAFFING.
I WAS LIKE, THE ONLY TIME I WANT THEM FULL CLOSE IS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY OUR GOAL.
TIFFANY HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF REALLY PARTNERING WITH, UM, CINDY WHO TEACHES ONE OF OUR, UM, CLASSES.
SHE'S ALSO AT RMA AS WELL AND WORKS WITH THEIR SWIMMING PROGRAM.
SO THEY'VE BUILT THAT RAPPORT AND ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE A STRONG STAFF OF LIFEGUARDS LONG BEFORE THE POOL'S READY TO OPEN.
BEFORE YOU GO ON UHHUH
SO DOES THAT MEAN WE STILL USING THE, THE EXISTING STAFF? WE'RE SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING ANY POSITIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING PARKS AND REC? SO WITH PARKS AND REC WE'RE THEN GOING TO FEED INTO, UM, PUBLIC WORKS.
SO WITH PUBLIC WORKS, AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF TEARS.
UM, SO MIKE IS THE DIRECTOR AND THEN WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EVERYONE BASICALLY REPORTING INTO MICHAEL.
UM, WE REALIZE THAT THIS CAN BE A BIT OVERWHELMING AND CAN CAUSE SOME CHALLENGES AND DELAYS WITH HAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE REPORT DIRECTLY IN.
UM, AND THEN ONCE WE GET, I'LL GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS FIRST.
SO WITH PARKS MAINTENANCE, WE SHIFTED THAT ENTIRE FUNCTION FROM PARKS OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS.
AND UM, SO WE HAVE THE TEAM THERE THAT REPORT TO BRAD AND THEN THEN TO MICHAEL WITH SOLID WASTE.
JAMIE'S BEEN OVERSEEING ALL OF THE REFUSE SITES AND IT CAN BE SOMEWHAT CONFUSING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONVENIENCE SITE, A REFUSE SITE? UM, SO WE ARE CONSIDERING JUST HAVING ONE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE POSITIONS CUZ THEY'RE REALLY DOING A LOT OF THE SAME WORK UNTIL YOU GET INTO THE, UM, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS.
THEN IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO DIFFERENTIATE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND, UM, TRAINING FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE OPERATING.
UM, AND THEN WITH, UM, SHENANDOAH FARMS, WE HAVE TIMMY THAT OVERSEES THE TEAM THERE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO OPERATORS AND WE'RE ADDING IN A THIRD IN ORDER TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TAKING ON.
UM, WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS FOREMAN, THIS IS TRAVIS.
HE'S OVERSEEING A LOT OF THE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OUTSIDE AND SOME OF THE, UM, PROJECT MANAGERS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE STREAMLINED, THEY WENT UNDER TRAVIS.
SO THEY'VE ALL BEEN WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, THE CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR, SO DONNA, SHE OVERSEES A STRONG TEAM OF CUSTODIANS THAT, UM, THEY TAKE CARE OF MOST OF THE BUILDINGS FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE YES.
AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE BUILDINGS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE JAKE AT THE AIRPORT.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO REALLY
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UPGRADE THOSE SUPERVISORY POSITIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT THEY'RE OVERSEEING TEAMS AND PROCESSES.BUT THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT, UM, I GUESS TITLE SHIFTS.
DONNA'S CONSIDERED A CUSTODIAN SUPERVISOR AND YET SHE'S OVERSEEING SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AND MAJOR CHANGES.
UM, SO WE DO FEEL HAVING HER AS AN OPERATIONS MANAGER OVER BUILDINGS AND THEN HAVING AN OPERATIONS MANAGER THAT WOULD OVERSEE SPECIAL PROJECTS IN THE FARMS. SO, UM, TRAVIS WOULD OVERSEE THAT AND UM, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE OPERATION MANAGER FOR GROUNDS AND THAT WOULD BE BRAD.
SO WE'RE SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE PARKS MAINTENANCE TO REFER TO IT AS GROUNDS.
AND THEN JAMIE WOULD REMAIN AS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR SOLID WASTE AND JAKE WOULD REMAIN AS THE, UM, AIRPORT SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, SO WE'RE BASICALLY UPGRADING THEIR TITLES AND THEIR POSITIONS.
THE ONLY ONE THAT WOULD BE A PAY GRADE CHANGE WOULD BE DONNA, UM, THAT WOULD BE A THREE GRADE INCREASE FROM WHERE SHE CURRENTLY IS GRADED.
UM, AND WE DO WANT TO LOOK AT PROBABLY IN FISCAL YEAR 24, 25, ADDING IN SOME H V A C TECHNICIANS IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND DO.
AND THEN, UM, WITH THE OFFICE ASSOCIATE WITH THE SHEER VOLUME OF WORK.
SO THE SENIOR OFFICE ASSOCIATE YOU SEE UP THERE IN THE CORNER, IT'S THE SAME AS THE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A MINUTE AGO IN RECREATION.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ONE WHETHER THERE TWO.
SO ONE OF THEM WILL GET SHIFTED OVER TO HERE.
SO IT'S NOT IN ADDITION, IT'S JUST A SHIFT.
AND ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE YOU NAMED OFF, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, SO WHENEVER I SEE A BLUE, IT'S A POSITION UPGRADE.
SO WE AREN'T GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR CORRECT.
UH, NEW PEOPLE, BUT IF IT'S PURPLE, THEN THAT'S A, IT'S A FUTURE FTE, IT'S A FU A FUTURE FTE.
SO THOSE COME THROUGH BUDGET NEXT YEAR.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? YOU'VE GOT, UH, THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE GROUNDS MM-HMM.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AND THE MAINTENANCE FOREMAN? SO THE MAINTENANCE FOREMAN WOULD OVERSEE BASICALLY SMALLER PROJECTS, BUT NOT THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE A SMALLER SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT'S A CURRENT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR THAT WE WANT TO UPGRADE.
SO THEN YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD TAKE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND SAY, OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA, WE GOT THIS TASK OVER HERE, YOU GOT THREE PEOPLE WORKING FOR YOU, AND TOMORROW YOU GOT THIS TASK OVER HERE, WE GOT TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN.
SO THEN THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PERSON THAT YOU GO TO AND POKE 'EM IN THE CHEST AND SAY, WHY DIDN'T YOU GET THIS DONE? ABSOLUTELY
YEAH, THE MANAGERS, THERE'S, THERE'S, ARE THEY HANDS ON? I KNOW DONNA'S HANDS ON WITH EVERY DAY.
ALL, ALL OF OPERATIONS MANAGERS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR MAINTENANCE TECHS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS ANOTHER POSITION THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A A, A FOREMAN IN ON THE BUILDING SIDE FOR DONNA AS WELL BECAUSE SHE ENDS UP, UM, IN SO MUCH STUFF THAT WE NEED TO TRAIN SOMEONE TO HELP, UM, THERE ALSO WITH ADMINISTRATION AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO, UM, BUT SHE'S, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THESE STRUCTURES.
IT WILL HELP US WITH SUCCESSION PLANNING AND REALLY TRAINING BACKUPS.
CUZ RIGHT NOW WE DO RUN INTO A PROBLEM OF IF SOMEONE'S OUT OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, DONNA ENDS UP HAVING TO GO IN AND CLEAN A BUILDING AND IF SHE'S CLEANING A BUILDING, SHE'S NOT ABLE TO SUPERVISE OTHER WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS WITHOUT RUNNING INTO THE HICCUPS OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE IS OUT, THEY HAVE LEAVE, THEY'RE ON VACATION OR THEY RETIRE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREP FOR THAT.
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LEADER BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME OR, OR FOR MICHAEL OR TO DONNA TO BE IN ALL THE PLACES AT ONE TIME.YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN A LONG TIME, BUT, BUT NUTS NOT UNUSUAL ANYWAY.
SO WHILST THERE, WHILE THERE'S A BREAK IN THE OH SOUND, UH, THAT WASN'T MINE.
SO THE, THE UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE FORMER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUILDING AT OUT AT TEX LOOKS AMAZING.
HAS BEEN VERY WELL DONE THERE.
EVEN THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN REMEDIATION WITH THE BIRD DROPPINGS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BIRDS GET UNDERNEATH.
AND I JUST WANNA APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE WHEN I WAS AT THE LAST, WHICH IS A MULTI-COUNTY MEETING, IT'S THE NORTHERN REGIONAL SHENDO PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO EVERYBODY'S COMING FROM ALL AROUND.
THEY EVEN MADE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW MUCH BETTER IT LOOKED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOUR STAFF NEEDS TO HEAR JOB WELL DONE.
WELL I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE DEPUTY.
UM, AND HE, WE REALLY GREAT WITH, UH, TWO WEEK SCHEDULE IF HE'S STILL BACK THERE.
UM, BUT UM, THAT WAS MANY PARTS WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, AND I THINK SOME OF THAT BEFORE OUR TRANSITION WITH KIND OF THE CURRENT PARKS TEAM WITH TRAVIS AND HIS TEAM AND ACTUALLY THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TEAM AS WELL WITHIN MAINTENANCE, UM, PUTTING THE NETTING UP SO ALL OF IT WORKS TOGETHER.
BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE, THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW, THAT THAT LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED IN MAKING EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER AND, AND MAKE THE PROJECTS HAPPEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME ZOOM IN WORK, BUT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT LEADERSHIP, IT CAN GET MESSY.
AND I, AND I THINK THIS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
I KNOW FOR ME IT'LL, IT'LL BE HELPFUL CUZ I FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF STUCK AT A DESK ALL THE TIME.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ADMINISTRATIVE HELP.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOTE THAT FIRST CI P D PROJECT, JEFF, JEFF IS STILL HANDLING THOSE, A LOT OF TIMES THERE, IT'S LIKE, AT WHAT POINT DOES IT SHIFT FROM DONNA TO JEFF? UM, AND SO HE'S VERY CLOSELY INVOLVED IN TARA AND MIKE REALLY KIND OF ORCHESTRATE THAT SHIFT AND IT'S GONE REALLY SMOOTHLY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ROLL MM-HMM.
JEFF'S GONNA GET SPECS AND HE'S GONNA BID THIS, THIS, HE CAN GET QUOTES FOR BY ITSELF.
AND THIS, HE CALLS OVER TO MICHAEL AND SAYS, HEY, CAN YOU, YOUR GUYS DO THIS OVER HERE? AND THEY THEN TAKE THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
BUT JEFF AND TARAN HAVE THE OVERALL PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING, IF YOU WILL.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS? YES.
UM, I SEE SHEO FARMS, SANITARY DISTRICTS.
SO WHERE, WHERE DO THE OTHER SANITARY DISTRICTS FALL UNDER? AM I MISSING THAT IN THEY'RE ALL JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A, UH,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL IN THAT SAME, TRAVIS ALREADY HANDLES THOSE OPERATION MANAGER, HE HANDLES THOSE ALREADY.
SO OPERATIONS MANAGER SPECIAL PROJECTS AND SHE YES.
SHANNON DOVE FARMS. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE OTHER MANAGEMENT.
SO WHICH BOX WOULD THAT FALL UNDERNEATH? THAT IT WOULD FALL RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN SO SO THE PERSON, SO WHOEVER'S THE OPERATIONS MANAGER IS GOING TO MANAGE ALL OF THE OTHER SANITARY DISTRICTS EXCEPT FOR SHENANDOAH FARMS? NO MA'AM.
HE'S, HE'S GOING TO BE THERE IN LINE AS WELL.
SO HE'LL REPORT, SO THIS IS GONNA BE, WHEN YOU DO THE JOB DESCRIPTION, IT WILL STATE THAT THE SANITARY DISTRICTS FALL UNDERNEATH.
AND, AND I AND I I WOULD IMAGINE, I WOULD IMAGINE HE'S PROBABLY UNDER, YOU MENTIONED DONNA, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE YEAH, TRAVIS IS, HE'S PROBABLY, CUZ I KNOW HE'S PAID LESS THAN THE MEN UNDER HIM CURRENTLY, BUT, UH, I THINK HE'S PROBABLY GONNA NEED A NEW, UH, BE ON A NEW SCALE.
SO, UH, UH, GIVEN WHAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED MM-HMM.
AND THEN THE OTHERS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN OR NO, WE HAVE SIX THAT WE DO THE WORK.
THE COUNTY ACTUALLY PERFORMS THE ROAD MAINTENANCE, BUT THEY'RE SMALLER.
UM, NEXT IN LINE AS FAR AS SIZE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE LYNDON HEIGHTS, WILDCAT DRIVE, OSPREY LANE, SHANNON WOODS.
THEY'LL SAY, WELL, LYNDON HEIGHTS HEIGHTS, SHE HAVE A CREW.
YOU DON'T DO MUCH ON SHANGLA THOUGH, SIR, BUT
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YOU HAVE A CREW.YEAH, THE, SO THE PROJECT MANAGER AND, AND HIS TECHS HERE, I MEAN, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING, THEY USED TO DO TRAVIS HAD BEEN PASSED, WOULD JUST DO THE SANITARY DISTRICTS.
AND THEN AS WE TRANSITION, WE STARTED WORKING TOGETHER WITH THIS TEAM AND WE DID SIDEWALKS OUT FRONT OUT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE'VE BEGAN TO DO, LIKE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THE FENCE PROJECT AT THE CLOSED LANDFILL THAT WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE.
UM, SO THEY'RE DOING THOSE INTERNAL PROJECTS AND, AND THEY'RE DOING SANITARY DISTRICT WORK.
SO TRAVIS WILL, UM, BASICALLY OVERSEE THE FOREMAN AND THEN IF, IF ADDITIONAL HELP IS NEED IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PULL FROM THOSE OTHER MEN.
BUT THAT CREW, THERE'LL BE TWO CREWS.
YOU'LL JUST HAVE A MORE SENIOR, UH, MAN ON THE GROUND OVERSEEING THAT FOREMAN IN THE FARMS AND HE'S DONE REALLY WELL WITH, WITH THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE FOR US.
HE'LL OVERSEE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE YEAH.
HE'LL OVERSEE TIMMY IN THE FARMS. TIMMY'S GOING TO TIMMY'S IN THE FARMS. YEAH.
TIMMY, HE'LL BE IN THE FARMS. TRAVIS IS GONNA OVERSEE THEM AND THE OTHER AND THE OTHER GUESTS.
TRAVIS WILL NOW BE, YOU WILL, IF YOU'RE IN THE FARMS AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR MAILBOX OR YOUR TREE LIMB OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU'RE GONNA CALL THE OFFICE AND TALK TO SHELLY.
IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE IT, IT'S GONNA BE TRAPS.
AND HE'S, UM, HE'S A REALLY GOOD PERSON FOR THAT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I USE LAKEFRONT ROYAL AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A MAJOR CHANGE THERE MM-HMM.
UH, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYONE, HIS PERSONALITY FITS WELL WITH WHAT HE DOES AND, UH MM-HMM.
ARE WE SPREADING HIM TOO THIN? I DON'T THINK SO.
HE WILL STILL HAVE, UH, MICHAEL AS HIS TO GO TO PERSON MM-HMM.
AND WE WHAT, UH, SHANNON OUR FARMS NEXT YEAR AND HE'S STILL GONNA HAVE MICHAEL AS HIS BACKUP TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY BOSS.
I THINK IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL.
UH, FISCAL YEAR 24, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO NEW POSITIONS FOR H V A C.
IS THERE ENOUGH WORK? FULL-TIME WORK? YES MA'AM.
RIGHT NOW WE ALREADY PAID THE SCHOOLS, UH, FOR A FULL-TIME PERSON AND WE NEGLECT, UM, IN MY OPINION, A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE, LIKE CHANGING FILTERS AND JUST REGULAR MAINTENANCE CUZ WE'RE ALWAYS PUTTING OUT FIRES.
SO, UM, THE SCHOOL'S EMPLOYEE BASICALLY IN MY OPINION IS ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES UNLESS HE GETS PULLED TO A SCHOOL JOB.
UM, BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE WORKING HIM VERY REGULARLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, HEY, I SMELL GAS, OR HEY THERE, THE HEAT IS NOT WORKING.
UM, AND THERE THERE'S A LOT OF UNITS, WHICH YOU SAW SOME OF THAT IN THE, IN THE COURTHOUSE.
UM, HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE COURTHOUSE.
SO YEAH, WE, UH, AND I THINK THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS IT, 80,000 I THINK THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE PAID THE SCHOOL.
SO I MEAN, IT REALLY WOULD OFFSET ITSELF IF WE WENT THAT WAY, I BELIEVE.
AND I THINK THAT WE COULD USE THE MAINTENANCE TEAM AND START TO DEVELOP SOME OF OUR YOUNGER STAFF, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS.
AND, AND SOME OF THOSE MIGHT WANNA STEP UP, UM, AND BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN NEW TRADE.
WELL, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSOLIDATE, MAYBE THIS IS ANOTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITY MM-HMM.
ARE WE IN, ARE WE IN A POSITION NOW TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN CHANGE FILTERS AND DO AND DO THE RUDIMENTARY STUFF, THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE, AND KEEP THE SPECIALTY AWAY FROM THAT PERSON AND HAVE THAT PERSON COME FROM THE SCHOOL? I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT SAVE US MONEY? WELL, WE, I MEAN WE PAY THAT FLAT RATE NO MATTER WHAT.
UM, I, I DO THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S INEVITABLE.
UM, I DO THINK THAT WE CAN, I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOLS, UM, TECH AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, HE, HE KNOWS THE FILTERS, HE KNOWS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE
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COUNTY.I JUST SEE, I MEAN, SINCE I'VE BEEN DEALING, I GUESS SINCE 2020, YOU KNOW, WE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T GET TO THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE STUFF BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE RESOURCES.
AND, AND, AND, AND SIMILAR TO DONNA WITH THE CUSTODIANS, LIKE WE HAVE, I THINK SHE HAS ONE GOING OUT FOR SURGERY, IT'S GONNA BE EIGHT OR NINE WEEKS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE TWO IN THE COURTHOUSE, IT, YOU CAN'T JUST THROW ANYONE IN THE COURTHOUSE TO DEAL WITH THOSE FOLKS.
YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOSE, WE LOST OUR, ONE OF OUR, I GUESS, UH, MOST SENIOR MAINTENANCE GUYS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT JUST RIGHT THERE, THAT THROWS OFF, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'RE DEALING WITH EVERY BUILDING, EVERY DOORKNOB, EVERY, HEY, THIS IS LEAKING THE TOOL THAT'S NOT WORKING.
SO THE, THE MAINTENANCE ON H V A C, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY REALLY FOCUSED ON IT, I FEEL LIKE IS NOT GONNA BE DONE AT ITS BEST.
SO DOES THE COUNTY OWN ALL OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS? WELL, THE SCHOOL BOARD OWNS BUILDINGS.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN OWNERSHIP OF A BUILDING.
UH, THE MAINTENANCE, THE BUS MAINTENANCE FACILITY OUT THERE, I BELIEVE IS OWNED BY THE COUNTY RATHER THAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BUT, UH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AS AN EXAMPLE, IT IS OWNED ENTITLED TO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OWNS 15TH STREET.
WE PAY A LEASE AGREEMENT OVER THERE TO THE SCHOOLS FOR THAT FACILITY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE PUBLIC'S FACILITY.
ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, BUT THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT TITLES.
I ALWAYS LOOK AT IT AS EVERY RESIDENT PAYS TAXES IN WARREN COUNTY OWNS EVERYTHING.
BUT, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO SELL, STILL DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO DO IT.
IF YOU WANTED TO SELL THIS BUILDING, YOU COULD DO IT.
THE SCHOOL BOARD COULD NOT MM-HMM.
SO THE BONDS THAT THE COUNTY PAYS ON THE BUILDINGS, CAUSE AGAIN, FOR THE SCHOOLS, FOR ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOLS YES.
ARE BEING PAID WITHOUT TITLE TO THE BUILDINGS.
WELL, WELL, SCHOOLS HAVE TITLES.
WE DO, LET'S CALL BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ARRANGEMENT.
SO I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING THE, THE INTRICACIES OF GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATION AND ARRANGEMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH PUBLIC WORKS? SO I DO, I HAVE SEVERAL.
SO MIKE, DO YOU HAVE A, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ORGANIZE THIS, BUT DO YOU HAVE LIKE A MASTER SCHEDULE FOR, UM, MAINTENANCE
SO AT OUR HOUSE, THE H V A C, UM, THOSE FILTERS GET CHANGED EVERY THREE MONTHS.
WELL, AND, AND CURRENTLY THE SCHOOLS HANDLE ALL OF OUR H V A C NEEDS.
I'M JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD THING IF WE'RE MORE INVOLVED AND I THINK IT'LL BE BETTER FOR US.
UM, BUT WE CAN, UM, WORK ON THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HAVING A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE BUILT IN YOU A LOT.
THEY'RE OPEN TO ANY DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE CAN DOWNLOAD ONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTY TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THE SCHOOLS, THEY REALLY HAVE STRUCTURED ONES.
REALLY, IT DOES CENTER AROUND H V I C BECAUSE WHEN IT BREAKS DOWN IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE I THINK RIGHT NOW WE DO RELY ON THEM.
I MEAN WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIRE SUPPRESSION AND WE HAVE GENERATORS AND THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS THAT HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS THAT WE'VE FOUND AS WE'VE TRANSITIONED.
LIKE, OKAY, WELL WHAT'S GOING ON? WHEN WAS THIS GENERATOR INSPECTED? IT HASN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION WAS.
ARE YOU GONNA, WHEN, SO SISTER AND I REALIZE YOU, A LOT OF THOSE ARE AGREEMENTS, LIKE WITH AN INFANCY OF YEAH.
ALYSSA, LIKE, UM, WE'LL HAVE LIKE WITH UH, THE GENERATORS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONTRACTS FOR THE ANNUAL, UM, INSPECTION OR, UM, INSPECTION ON THE GENERATOR AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE JUST COME, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN ISSUE, WHEN WAS THIS DONE LAST? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, I SEE THE, THE PAPERWORK COME ACROSS MY DESK FOR INSPECTIONS AND I START ASKING QUESTIONS AND, AND DON DONNA'S A VERY GOOD, ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, REALIZE, HEY, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, THEN WE GET IT AND WE GET IT IN A BOOK AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ANNUALLY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAVING A SENIOR OFFICE ASSOCIATE, THEY CAN MANAGE THAT
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AND THEY CAN BE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS COMING UP IN THE NEXT WEEK, TWO WEEKS.UM, HAVING A FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN HITTING UP ALL THE OTHER GUYS.
HEY, GET YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS OUT FROM YOUR EQUIPMENT.
THEY'LL OF GO HIT THE BUILDINGS.
SOME NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF DONNA'S PLATE.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS, AND THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE FOUR MAINTENANCE TECH AND, AND WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE MAINTENANCE FOREMAN ALSO, BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY ASKED HER TO START ACTUALLY TRAINING ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY GET MORE INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, MORE INVOLVED IN ORDERING, MORE INVOLVED IN CODING LEARNING.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MISSED, YOU KNOW, TIME THE OTHER WEEK.
SHE HAS MISSED TIME TOO AND SHE HAS A LOT OF LEAVE.
UM, AND WHEN SHE'S GONE, THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I STEP IN, BUT IF I'M NOT THERE ALL THE TIME AND YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE IN THAT LEADERSHIP POSITION OR SOMEONE TO BACKFILL, I THINK IT CREATES PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO.
WE NEED TO REALLY BE, HEY, WE HAVE A OPERATIONS MANAGER, BUT THERE'S ALSO SUPPORT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND THIS IS NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT PERSON, WE KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHO IT IS.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE TEAM'S NOT FLOUNDERING.
OR YOU DON'T HAVE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, GET REAL MESSY CUZ IT'S EASY TO DO.
CUZ YOUR COMMUNICATION BREAKS DOWN.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT CHAIN AND THAT LINK TOGETHER, THE SCHEDULES ARE GREAT.
AND I THINK GETTING A SCHEDULE ON EXCEL OR SOMETHING.
I THINK WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD WITH SCHEDULES AND THEN ON OUR PROJECTS WE'RE GETTING A LOT BETTER.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PEOPLE, THIS PART I THINK IS REALLY THE MISSING LINK.
WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS TOGETHER.
DO YOU HAVE LAYOUTS OF ALL OF THE BUILDINGS AND ALL OF THE LOCATIONS FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD WELL, YOU NEED, THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF MANUALS.
SOME OF THE STUFF, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T WORK ON OURSELVES, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, MANUALS.
THE GUYS HAVE BOOK AFTER BOOK IN THEIR SHOP.
AND THEN LIKE IF YOU, IN THE PSB, I MEAN THERE'S CONTROL ROOMS AFTER CONTROL ROOM AND I'VE BEEN IN THERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HIT AN ANOMALY, BUT TYPICALLY THEY FIND EVERYTHING THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND YOU FIND THE MANUALS, UM, CLOSE BY.
BUT SAY IN THIS BUILDING, DO YOU KNOW WHEREVER YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS? DO YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU WHO DOES.
WELL, UH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
SHOULD THEY, SHOULD THEY BE PUTTING THAT TO PAPER SO WHEN HE'S NOT THERE A SITUATION AND THEY HAVE CROSS-TRAINED, UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MEN, UM, WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO LOSE ONE PART-TIMER, WHO, UM, IS VERY GOOD AND HAS HELPED A LOT WITH FIRE SUPPRESSION AND, AND THAT'S TOUGH.
SOMETIMES YOU GET A PART-TIMER WHO JUST WANTS TO WORK TO WORK.
AND WHEN YOU LOSE THOSE GREAT PEOPLE, IT'S TOUGH TO FIND SOMEONE TO FILL THEIR SHOES.
BUT WE HAVE, UM, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE WORKED SPECIFICALLY ON FIRE SUPPRESSION.
UM, OUR RECENT PART-TIME PERSON THAT WE HIRED, UM, THAT WAS HIS SPECIALTY WAS, WAS FIRE SUPPRESSION.
AND, UM, HE CAME FROM ANOTHER GOVERNMENT, UM, ENTITY AND, AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND IN, IN GETTING THOSE PEOPLE CROSS TRAINED.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO CROSS TRAIN EVEN AMONGST THESE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO OVERLAP.
CUZ WE HAVE SEEN BEING VERY LEAN WHERE WE'VE HAD TIMES WHERE TWO PEOPLE HAD COVID IN THE FARMS AND THAT'S ALL WE HAD AND WE HAD TO FIGURE IT OUT.
WHERE AT THE TRANSFER STATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN TO FULL-TIME OPERATORS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE CROSS TRAINED SOMEONE FROM THE PARK SIDE TO COME IN.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA ADD, NOT TO TELL YOU HOW TO RUN YOUR DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING.
BUT WHEN I, LISTENING TO THE, THE SCHEDULED DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AND KEEPING AN OVERSIGHT OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES YOU'RE GOING IN THIS ORGANIZATION, ONE WOULD THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPERATION MANAGER THAT THOSE FOLKS WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN PUTTING IT ALL ON YOUR SENIOR OFFICE ASSISTANT.
ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
UM, WHAT ARE THE SCHOOLS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR VERSUS WHAT ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR? FOUR.
REGARDING BUILDING MAINTENANCE, BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS.
THAT, THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT HAVE, ARE FUZZY TO ME.
ALL THE GROUNDS, THE FIELDS, THE FIELD, ALL THE GROUNDS AT THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROUNDS AT THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
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MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE ELEMENT.AND THEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS MARCH, WHAT'S, WHATEVER THE DATE IS IN MARCH, THERE'S A DATE THERE.
UH, SAY APRIL ONE, THE SCHOOLS BECOMES RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE GROUNDS OF SCHOOL PROPERTY.
SO THEY WILL HAVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE WILL THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COUNTY PROPERTIES, WHICH WE ARE NOW THE, UH, WE USE VERY FREQUENTLY USE THEIR HEATING AND NEAR PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THEM.
AND WE WERE TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER POSITION OVER THERE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU PAY YOU THE BOARD PAY $90,000 APPROXIMATELY FOR THE WAGES AND, EXCUSE ME, WAGES AND BENEFITS OF THE POSITION.
IF THE POSITION WORKS FOR SIX HOURS AT ONE OF THE COUNTY FACILITIES, THEN THERE'S A CHARGE OF SIX HOURS, APPROXIMATELY $50, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE, OR IN ESSENCE $300.
AND WHEN YOU ADD THAT UP TO 180 HOURS, IF YOU USED THEM EVERY DAY, ALL YEAR, YOU WOULD PAY $90,000.
SO YOU WOULD PAY $90,000 HERE AND $90,000 HERE.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA PAY A SECOND $90,000, WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE IT BACK ON YOUR CHART OVER THERE UNDER, ON OUR OWN SIDE.
AND WE SAID WE WOULD PAY IT HERE OR WE WOULD PAY IT HERE, BUT WE WEREN'T GONNA PAY IT BOTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE DOING.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE, THAT'S WHAT WAS PROPOSED WITH THE NEW POSITION.
SO WE'RE, WE ARE PAYING, WE DO DO THAT WITH DOUBLE POSITION THAT'S UP THERE NOW.
SO, SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE ADVANTAGE? OKAY.
SO LIKE IF, IF WE HAVE THEM AT THE SCHOOL AND WE PAY FOR 'EM THERE VERSUS PUTTING THEM UNDER PUBLIC WORKS AND PAYING FOR THEM THERE.
WELL IF YOU HAVE LOTS OF MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS, YOU CAN PAY 90,000 HERE AND YOU CAN PAY 90,000 HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO BE DOUBLE DIPPING.
WHAT, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WELL THEN, THEN YOU PUT IT THERE.
AND WHEN THERE'S A NEED TO DO A PROJECT WHERE WE NEED THEIR PEOPLE OR THEY NEED OUR PEOPLE, WE MOVE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH FOR A PROJECT FOR A DAY OR SOMETHING.
UH, LIKE OUR IT PEOPLE, UH, TODD JONES AND TIM GRANT WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL.
AND IF WE NEED TO GO DOWN AND HELP THEM, WE DO THAT.
IF THEY NEED TO COME DOWN AND HELP DO US, THEY DO THAT.
AND THERE'S NO MONEY THAT CHANGES HANDS OR ANYTHING, IT'S JUST WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT AS WE NEED TO.
BUT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM WHAT WAS DIS PROPOSAL.
AND WE HAVE THEM AVAILABLE WHEN WE NEED THEM INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR WHAT WE NEED AND THEN THEY'RE ON OUR SCHEDULE AS TO WHEN WE WANT TO DO WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH PUBLIC WORKS? SO WITH FINANCE, UM, THIS IS THE CURRENT STRUCTURE.
UM, WELL MAYBE NOT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE TODAY.
UM,
SO THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW POSITIONAL CHANGES.
SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED INTO THE OFFICE MANAGER POSITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND UM, WITH OUR DIRECTOR LEAVING, WE HAVE PROMOTED THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SO WITH THOSE TWO POSITIONS BEING OPEN, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO AFTER SITTING DOWN WITH MATT AND ALYSSA, UM, WE FELT THAT SHIFTING THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION INTO A BUYER POSITION WAS CRITICAL.
AND THEN REASSESSING THE ADMIN ASSISTANT POSITION AND ACTUALLY HAVING THAT CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, BUT THAT POSITION CURRENTLY IS ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, SO IT'S MORE SO A SENIOR ACCOUNTS COORDINATOR.
SO WE WANTED TO REALLY KIND OF RIGHT SIZE THE POSITIONS AND THEN SEE WHAT WE WANTED TO ACTUALLY HAVE OUR FINANCE TEAM DO GOING FORWARD.
SO IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL, UM, IN HOW WE'VE STRUCTURED THIS.
SO WE ARE ENHANCING, UM, THE ADMIN POSITION
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INTO THE ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN POSITION.AND THEN THE, IT WAS AN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN WOULD BE, UM, ENHANCED INTO A SENIOR ACCOUNTS COORDINATOR.
SO BOTH OF THEM WOULD BE PAY GRADE INCREASES.
SO SENIOR ACCOUNTS IS WHAT JVE IS DOING NOW? CORRECT.
AND THAT OCCURS WHEN WE GO TO WEEKLY PAYROLL, WEEKLY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
THAT HAS BEEN A THORN IN MY SIDE SINCE LEARNING OF THAT.
UM, WOULD YOU ADVANCE, SO WITH THAT, SO CURRENTLY, AND I GUESS I SHOULD BACK UP TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ZACH DID WITH FINANCE AND HOW THAT TIES INTO HR.
SO UNDER RISK MANAGEMENT, UM, ZACH HANDLED THE PROPERTY LIABILITY AND THEN THE HR SIDE, WE HANDLED WORKERS' COMP.
SO WE REALLY SHARED THE RISK MANAGEMENT ASPECT FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, SO CURRENTLY IN HR THERE'S MYSELF AND THEN OUR, UM, PAYROLL AND PERSONNEL TECHNICIAN, KAYLA, UM, WHO SHIFTED.
SO WE SHIFTED PAYROLL IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR FROM FINANCE TO HR.
UM, AND WHEN KAYLA TOOK OVER THE ROLE IN JANUARY, SHE CONTINUED TO DO A LOT OF HER HR ROLES, UM, AND THEN HAS TAKEN ON PAYROLL AND ADDITIONAL ROLES.
UM, SO THAT IS WHY WOULD LIKE TO ENHANCE HER POSITION.
SHE'S TRULY FUNCTIONING AS A GENERALIST, UM, AND UPGRADING HER POSITION FROM THE PAYROLL PERSONNEL, UM, TECHNICIAN INTO AN ACTUAL GENERALIST ROLE.
AND THEN AM PROPOSING TO HAVE A RISK MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR HIRED TO HANDLE ALL ASPECTS OF RISK MANAGEMENT FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, THAT WAY IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON HAVING TO WORK WITH OUR WORKERS' COMP PROVIDER OR WITH OUR INSURANCE AGENT, UM, A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT INSTEAD OF REACH OUT TO THIS PERSON.
CUZ ZACH IS STILL HANDLING, UM, PERSONAL LIABILITY EVEN THOUGH, OR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY EVEN THOUGH HE'S MOVED OVER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE REALLY WANNA STREAMLINE THAT.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE FOR HR.
AND THEN, WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE ASKED ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
I, I THINK YOU'RE MAKING THIS TOO EASY.
THAT'S THE GOAL BECAUSE THIS, IT CAN GET REALLY COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE SHIFTING PEOPLE FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT.
WELL, AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
ARE THESE STILL, ARE WE AT THE POINT WHERE THESE ARE NEW HIRES OR STILL SHIFTING PEOPLE? THE PURPLE.
YEAH, THE BLUE IS JUST AN UPGRADE OF A CURRENT POSITION.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW, YOU SAID YOU HAD PARKS AND REC PEOPLE YOU WERE SHIFTING, SO I DIDN'T KNOW.
THOSE ARE ALL BLUE OR GREEN POSITIONS.
SO THEY WILL BE, THERE'S NO PURPLE IN THAT GROUP.
THAT'S, I, THAT'S WHAT BLESS QUESTION.
WANNA CLARIFY WHETHER THAT WAS A DEFINITE NEW HIRE OR, OR A SHIFT IN? NO, THAT WOULD BE A DEFINITE NEW HIRE WOULD BE NEW.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GO IN AS A BUDGET PROPOSAL.
EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SAW IN PUBLIC WORKS IS PART OF, AND IN FINANCE AND SO FORTH.
RE UH, MOVING THE SEATS ON THE BUS.
SO CAN YOU GO TO THE FINANCE PROPOSED? SO THOSE TWO E SO THE BLUE POSITION, THE SENIOR ACCOUNTS COORDINATOR, IVY IS IN IT.
WE HAVE AN OPENING WITH THE BUYER WITH US PROMOTING THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SO THAT GREEN POSITION, IT'S TECHNICALLY A DOWNGRADE, UM, BECAUSE COMING FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UM, AND THEN WITH THE ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, THAT ONE, IT'S BUDGETED, BUT IT'S BUDGETED FOR A DIFFERENT POSITION.
SO IT WOULD BE AN UPGRADE FROM ZACH'S POSITION.
SO THAT WOULD GO UP TO PAY GRADES AND THEN THE BUYER ACTUALLY WOULD COME DOWN TO PAY GRADES.
SO THOSE TWO POSITIONS ARE OPEN.
SO ARE THEY, ARE THEY THE SAME PAY GRADE THEN OR NO, THEY'RE, UM, SEE THERE'S WHERE YOU'RE GETTING CONFUSED.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S BLUE AND PURPLE NOW IS RIGHT.
WELL AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE BUDGETED.
THE FTE HEADCOUNT IS BUDGETED.
BUT THE POSITION IS JUST OPEN BECAUSE OF THE RECENT STAFFING SHIFTS.
WHEN IS YOUR UM, OR DO WE HAVE A PERSON FOR, FORGET THAT MICROPHONE,
UM, SO DURING BUDGET SEASON FOCUSES ON BUDGETS AND THEN SHE'LL
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HELP WITH, UM, REALLY, AND IT'S MORE SO GRANT MAINTENANCE, NOT SO MUCH GRANT WRITING BECAUSE THE SPECIFICS NEEDED FOR REALLY EACH GRANT IS DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC, SO THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO CATER IT TO THE GRANT BASED OFF OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT.SO SOMEONE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT WILL NEED TO BE THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY WRITES THE GRANT.
UM, BUT REALLY MAINTAINING THE BACKSIDE AND ACTUALLY GETTING THE GRANT FUNDS AND MONEY WOULD COME FROM MEGAN.
SO PART OF THE DEAL WITH ZACH MOVING IS THAT ZACH'S AVAILABLE GRANT WRITING ACTIVITIES TO HELP TERRAN AND THEN OVER HERE TO, FOR GRANT WRITING ACTIVITIES TO HELP JOE.
SO THAT'S WHERE OUR GRANT WRITER IS NOW DIVIDED.
WHEN WE PICK UP, WE PICK UP A POSITION BY COMBINING THOSE TWO AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER IS WHAT WE END UP WITH.
AND THEN IF WE PUT THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR DOWN THERE IN FINANCE WITH THE BUDGET ANALYST.
EMILY, WOULD YOU JUMP TO? PERFECT.
UM, SO IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS THIS YEAR, WE DID ENHANCE, UM, OUR PART-TIME PERMIT TECHNICIAN.
UM, SO WE HAD ONE AND A HALF FTES IN THERE.
AND SO THE PART-TIMER IS NOW FULL-TIME.
UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN HELPING TO GET US CAUGHT UP AND, UM, CURRENT IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
UM, SO WE STILL HAVE OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.
WE HAVE THE DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL IN THE BUILDING PLANS REVIEWER.
SO BOTH OF THEM RETIRED THIS YEAR AND WE'VE BACKFILLED THEM.
SO WE HAVE THE OVERLAP, UM, FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY TWO BUILDING INSPECTORS, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UM, PERMIT CENTER SUPERVISOR AND THEN THE TWO FTES.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ACTUALLY ENHANCE ONE OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR POSITIONS INTO A SENIOR BUILDING, UM, INSPECTOR, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON AT IN OTHER LOCALITIES.
SO THIS PERSON WOULD BE DOING A LOT OF HANDS ON TRAINING.
IF THERE'S A SITUATION THAT ANOTHER BUILDING INSPECTOR NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT SENIOR, UM, BUILDING INSPECTOR WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THAT IN.
AND IT CREATES ANOTHER LAYER BEFORE IT NEEDS TO GET ESCALATED INTO THE ACTUAL BUILDING OFFICIAL.
SO WOULD THAT THEORETICALLY THEN ONE, TWO, ABOUT FIVE BUILDING INSPECTORS, PEOPLE THAT COULD GO OUT AND INSPECT, BECAUSE RIGHT.
WERE YOU SHIFTING THE ONE THAT DID HAVE THE TWO IN THE GREEN BOX? RIGHT.
SO IT WOULD, SO IT'S GONNA BE FOUR.
WELL, SO WE HAVE THE DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL IS ABLE TO COMPLETE INSPECTIONS IF NECESSARY.
UM, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, OF COURSE, CAN DO INSPECTIONS.
THE SENIOR BUILDING WAS ONE OF THE TWO.
SO WE WOULD HAVE ONE WHO'S, UH, BUILDING INSPECTOR AND THEN ONE THAT'S A SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR.
GIVE US FOUR WHERE WE TECHNICALLY ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THOSE ARE THE SHIFTS AND CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THEY ALL REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL RATHER THAN REPORTING INTO THE DEPUTY TO THE BUILDING.
SO WHAT IS THE DEPUTY DOING THEN? UM, THE DEPUTY KIND OF TOGGLES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN INSPECTIONS AND PLANS REVIEW IN ORDER TO HELP WITH WORKFLOW.
SO THEY HELP TO BASICALLY, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE OR PROBLEM THEY'RE NAVIGATING OVER THAT.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, DAVID MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENLIGHTEN A LITTLE MORE ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES TECH.
TECHNICALLY THE DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL WOULD BE ACTUALLY OVER BOTH THE PERMIT CENTER SUPERVISOR AS WELL AS THE INSPECTORS.
THE WAY THAT THE FLOW CHART IS PUT IN THIS ONE, IT SHOULD, SHOULD BE A LITTLE SKEWED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE THAT WE USE IN OUR BUDGET BOOK EACH YEAR, THE DEPUTY IS STRAIGHT DOWN AND OFF TO THE SIDE.
SO BASICALLY THE DEPUTY CAN STEP IN AS A BUILDING OFFICIAL IF NECESSARY FOR ANY TIME THAT I'M OUT OF THE OFFICE.
THE SENIOR INSPECTOR IS BASICALLY THERE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE SMALLER ISSUES.
THINGS THAT, UH, THE, THE ONE INSPECTOR AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME MAY NOT HAVE THE FULL BASE KNOWLEDGE AS TO AN ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE
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QUESTIONS COMING BACK INTO THE OFFICE FOR THE PLANS REVIEWER, CUZ THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING PREVIOUSLY.WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION, ESPECIALLY IF THE DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIALS OUT DOING INSPECTIONS, THAT TIES UP THE PLAN REVIEWER.
PLAN REVIEWER IS A HAVING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE INSPECTOR BECAUSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE BASE.
THIS PUTS THAT HIERARCHY IN THERE SO THAT THE SENIOR INSPECTOR WOULD BE ACTUALLY ASKED TO TAKE OVER THOSE QUESTIONS.
ALLEVIATING THE PLAN REVIEWER FOR DOING FROM DOING THE PLAN REVIEW ITSELF.
WELL AS LONG AS WE KEEP THESE GUYS ROLLING AND GET ALL THIS STUFF DONE, AND WE ARE NOT SIX WEEKS OUT.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ORDER THEY GO IN
SO WE LOOKED AT THE, UM, INTAKE PERSON RECEPTIONIST TYPED UP IN FREDERICK AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A BIT AND DIDN'T THINK WE NEEDED IT NOW, BUT IF THE SITUATION, IF THE MARKET CHANGES AND SUDDENLY WE DO, WE MAY BE BACK TALKING ABOUT THAT AGAIN.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, WE FELT WE, THEY WERE HAVE DONE A REALLY A GOOD JOB OF CATCHING THINGS UP AND THEY'VE GOT NEW PEOPLE IN THERE NOW, SO WE FELT WE'D LET IT GO AS IT IS FOR TO SEE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU LEAVE
DO YOU WANNA GO FIRST? WELL, I, SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE HEAR REGULARLY IS IF IT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUES AND THERE ARE TRAINING PROGRAMS, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A BUNCH OF THEM AND YOU LEARN TO SMILE EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE CRAP.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I SMILE ALL THE TIME,
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THE COUNTY HAD ANY PLANS TO IMPROVE.
SO THAT SORT OF RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE THE FACE FACES TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO SMILE EVEN WHEN WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT
SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY SWITCH TO VER, ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE US IS, UM, NEO GOV'S COMPLETE TRAINING PLATFORM.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M WORKING ON IS ACTUALLY DO AN ONBOARDING AND SUPERVISOR TRAINING LEARNING PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO BACK, TRAIN OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO IT WITH OUR NEW HIRES.
UM, A LOT OF OUR SUPERVISORS DON'T HAVE STRUCTURED TRAINING.
A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ONLY TAUGHT WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT WHEN THEY WERE HIRED.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS A BRAND THAT WE WANNA PRESENT TO EVERYONE.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF MY HONEY-DO LIST ITEMS FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
I KNOW MY HUSBAND WAS MANAGEMENT THE STATE I THINK THEY HAD IN TRAINING ALL THE TIME.
UM, WHICH I, I LISTENED TO AND IT HELPED ME ONCE I GOT IN A MANAGEMENT POSITION MM-HMM.
BUT, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM OUT THERE AND IT, YOU CAN SIT HOME AND, AND DO THEM IN YOUR OWN TIME AND IT, UM, THEY, THEY WERE OF VERY GOOD QUALITY.
SO, AND I, LIKE WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THIS, I THOUGHT OKAY, AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED MY QUESTIONS OF ARE WE BUILDING A BIGGER GOVERNMENT? AND MY CONCERN IS WITH, WITH THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AND I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA RAISE TAXES.
I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AGAINST RAISING TAXES WHEN WE GET TO A POINT, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAID I'M NOT GONNA DO IT UNTIL I KNOW WE'RE DOING AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND I, I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT SEEING THIS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE, I MEAN, THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP, NOT DISHING ON ANY ONE DEPARTMENT, BUT I HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS.
IT'S LIKE WE GOT SUPERVISOR, SUPER SUPERVISING SUPERVISORS MM-HMM.
AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AND NOW REORGANIZING, CUZ I DID, I HAD HEARTBURN AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, REOR ORGANIZING RECLASSIFICATION PAY RAISES MM-HMM.
WE WANNA MAKE THINGS SIMPLE AND CLEAR.
UM, CUZ IT WAS CONFUSING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND IT SHOULD NEVER BE CONFUSING AS TO WHAT YOUR DAILY TASKS ARE.
OR HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO YOUR JOB.
UM, SO IT WILL HELP TO REALLY STREAMLINE THAT.
AND IF IT'S CONFUSING FOR SOMEONE WORKING IN IT, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW CONFUSING IT IS FOR SOMEONE WHO'S TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
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BIG SCHEDULER PERSON MM-HMM.SO I, I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE HIDDEN IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT PLANNING AND ZONING ORGANIZATION? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WITH THE SH KIND OF THE SHIFT IN STAFFING THERE.
UM, MATT AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT AFTER I HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED THIS, SO IT WAS TRULY A TIMING FOR DEADLINE, UM, AS TO WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE.
UM, SO WE DO, BECAUSE HE STARTED TO, UM, MENTION SOME OF THE POSITIONS HE WANTED TO RE-IMPLEMENT.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY GOT CAPTURED IN THE BUDGET OR NOT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT, BUT WE HAVEN'T GONE INTO THE DETAIL THAT I DID WITH THE OTHERS.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE THE BUDGET.
UM, HE AND I HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH.
I SAY, MAN,
BUT YEAH, WE, HE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE, I ALWAYS MIX UP THE GIS POSITIONS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY DO GET ENHANCED AND HAVE THE ROOM FOR THE GROWTH THAT HE NEEDS IN ORDER TO ALSO HAVE SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR, UH, DEPUTY AND FIRST OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING WAS ALREADY, SO THAT'S FINE.
UM, MOST OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING ARE ALREADY STAFF POSITIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AND WE'VE JUST NEVER BACKFILLED THEM.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND THEN, UH, WE DID JUST UNFORTUNATELY LOSE OUR ZONING OFFICER TODAY.
HE WAS POACHED BY THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO, HE IS CLARIFY WHO THAT IS.
WHAT OUR, WHAT HE GONNA DO FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT? UM, HE'S GONNA BE A DEPUTY DEPUTY.
HE GETS TO CARRY YOU FOR HIM, I GUESS.
NO, BUT ANYWAY, HE'LL, HE BE STILL BE SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
HE'S BEEN A, A, A GREAT ASSET TO OUR TEAM AND SO WE'LL BE REPLACING HIM.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT MAY BE FROM A PART-TIME TO A FULL-TIME POSITION.
BUT, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A NEEDED POSITION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE AND DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY THIS, ALL THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THE SHORT TERM PORTIONMENT.
SO DO YOU AN, SO ARE YOU ANTICIPATING ANY REOR REORGANIZATION STRUCTURE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? YOU KNOW, CUZ WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IS WAS AND ABSORBING AND MOVING AND CONSOLIDATING.
DO YOU THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT I THINK THAT'S IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW IT WILL LOOK.
THE, THE GIS COORDINATOR WILL NOW WE ARE REQUESTING, AND IT IT'S A BACKFILL POSITION, UH, THE, A GIS TECHNICIAN AND THEN WE WOULD REQUEST THAT EMMA OR OUR COORDINATOR BE MOVED UP TO ADMINISTRATOR, GIS ADMINISTRATOR.
SO SHE'D BE KIND OF LIKE UNDER EMMA AND EMMA WOULD DELEGATE TASKS TO HER SPECIFIC FOR GIS.
UM, AND THE BENEFIT TO THAT IS, IS, UM, IN THE GIS WE NEED FIELD WORK FOR E 9 1 1 ADDRESSING.
AND THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING OUT IN THE FIELD.
SO THAT TECHNICIAN WOULD BE DOING THAT FIELD WORK FOR THE G FOR THE ADDRESSING, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT TIES IN WITH YOUR BUILDING PERMIT AND YOUR BUILDING PERMIT HAS TO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE THE BUILDING PERMIT SIGNED OFF ON THAT KIND OF THING.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DUTIES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AS A GIS TECHNICIAN.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS STRUCTURE IS PRETTY MUCH SO LOOKING AT THAT, OH, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.
I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SEEING THAT.
SO YOU, YOU HAVE FIVE FTES RIGHT NOW IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? FIVE F NO, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR FTES AND ONE PART-TIME.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR.
AND SO THAT'S THE PART-TIME ZONING ADMINISTRATOR THAT YEAH.
AND ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE THE ZONING OFFICER.
I SHOULD PROBABLY, WE SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGE THAT TO ADMINISTRATOR.
AND THEN, UH, THE ZONING, THE ZONING OFFICER WOULD DROP DOWN UNDER THE ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD WORK WITH THEM WHEN THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND THEN THEN IT WOULD BE UP.
SO YEAH, SO ONE, ONE LEVEL DOWN FROM A ZONING OFFICER FOR THE WELL ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, THE ZONING OFFICER, THEN GIS ADMINISTRATOR, THEN GIS TECHNICIAN.
SO IT WILL BE UPDATED AND SUBMITTED.
WELL I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED THAT YOU WERE RENTING YOUR ORGANIZATION RIGHT NOW KNOWING WHAT YOU DO AND, AND THE COMMISSION THAT YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT AND YOU'RE DOING IT WITH A HANDFUL OF FTE.
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CHALLENGING.BUT UM, BUT KUDOS TO MY STAFF.
OUR STAFF STAFF IS JUST ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
YOU KNOW, AND SO, UH, I CAN'T ABSOLUTELY COMPLIMENT THEM ENOUGH.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, MY, MY SUPERIORS TN AND JOE AND MR. DALEY HAVE BEEN VERY GREAT ABOUT HELPING ME OUT DOING MY JOB.
CUZ YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES I'M A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED ABOUT THAT I'VE MET IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, THEIR PRIOR HISTORY AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE, IT'S JUST HELPED ME OUT IMMENSELY.
SO YOU THAT, WELL YOU'RE A GOOD MANAGER.
NOTHING WRONG WITH ADMITTING APPRECIATE ANYTHING,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THESE ARE JUST THE DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU EXPECT TO, UM, REDIRECT.
SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA STAY THE SAME MM-HMM.
SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S, WE'VE GOT TWO OVER THERE.
WE'RE NOT PUTTING THREE
UM, SO THERE MAY BE ADDITIONALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY DISCUSSED AND IMPLEMENTED IN HERE.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDED CORRECT.
CUZ I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I YEAH, JUST WE UNDERSTAND THE BOARD SAID THERE'S NO NEW TAXES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE HEARD THIS MORNING FROM THE CONSTITUENT HERE, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, STILL GOT THAT MISUNDERSTANDING.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
[WORK SESSION T. Front Royal-Warren County Airport Update - Mike Berry, Public Works Director]
AIRPORT, YOU GONNA TELL ME HOW THIS COST US NO MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING YOU WANNA DO?DO THEY HAVE COPIES OF THAT, ALYSSA? YES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, THE AIRPORT GENERATES A SUR EACH YEAR.
SO YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ANY MONEY INTO THE AIRPORT? WE USED TO.
SO WHEN, WHEN DID THAT CONVERSION HAPPEN? AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES? BECAUSE WHEN OUR FIRST YEAR IN HERE, THE AIRPORT HAD A, A DE WAS IT A DEFICIT AT 232 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? MIKE? I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT FIGURE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED IS WE PAID OFF THE OLD HANGAR LOAN WHO PAID IT OFF THE COUNTY OR WAS IT FROM THE AIRPORT FUNDS? THE REVENUE RECEIVED, WE HAD SET UP, UM, EACH YEAR TO PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS LIKE $80,000 A YEAR THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE REVENUE RECEIVED FROM THE AIRPORT TAXES AND, AND, AND IN GRANT FUNDING IS HOW WE PAID THAT OFF.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WENT AND MET WITH MATT, UM, AND, AND JUST SPEAKING TO THAT REVENUE I HAD WROTE DOWN AND, AND IN YOUR PROJECTIONS YOU SHOULD SEE SOME OF THE, UM, REVENUES TODAY.
BUT BEFORE IN GRANT FUNDING, BEFORE YOU START, I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY ONE THING.
BACK IN 2020 UNDERNEATH THE FUTURE GOALS, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, THERE WAS A PRIORITY TO MAKE THE AIRPORT SELF-SUFFICIENT.
ALSO, IT ALSO SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ADDRESSING MAN AIRPORT MANAGEMENT ISSUES.
SO THIS WAS A GOAL, AND THEN I KNOW BEFORE I WAS ELECTED TO THIS, THIS POSITION THAT THIS, THAT THE AIRPORT BECAME AN ENTERPRISE FUND THAT, THAT IS STRUCTURED AROUND TO BE A SELF-SUFFICIENT ENTITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR OVERVIEW.
SO YEAH, HIS, SO CAN I JUST WANT, SO HISTORICALLY WHEN WE WERE FIRST ELECTED, THE AIRPORT WAS NOT AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
THAT'S IT WAS, IT WAS BEING RUN UNDER A CONTRACTOR AND THERE WERE, UM, AND WE WERE CALLED INTO A MEETING WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF VERY UNHAPPY USERS, I GUESS IS WHAT THAT WOULD'VE.
AND SO THEN WE ADDRESSED THOSE ISSUES, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW, AND NO ONE HAS INFORMED US OF WHEN THE TRANSITION FROM INSOLVENT TO SOLVE IT HAPPENED.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO LEARN.
DALEY SPOKE TO MATT ABOUT DOING, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AND YOU HAVE OKAY.
FISCAL YEAR 20, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SHEET, IT SHOULD SHOW YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR 20, THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR REPORTED YOUR EXPENDITURES
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WERE $200,281 AND OFF SAYING REVENUE WAS $254,692.SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEAR 20, YOU CAN SEE EACH, EACH YEAR YOU HAD 54,000, YOU HAD 17,000 SURPLUS.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY THE AMENDED 22 AND THE ACTUAL 22, UM, YOU CAN SEE YOU STILL HAD THE $25,000 FOR THE ACTUAL 22 SURPLUS.
YEAH, IT'S IT'S ON THE VERY LEFT.
AND I THINK WE DO HAVE IT, I THINK I HAVE SOME OF IT UP HERE AS WELL AS WE GET TO IT.
UM, AND I, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN, BUT ALSO WROTE DOWN LIKE THE GRANT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, YOU KNOW, IT WAS $190,572.
UM, AND THEN TO DATE IN 23, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY, UH, BROUGHT IN $134,998 IN GRANT FUNDING.
SO A LOT OF YOUR, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS GRANT FUNDING.
THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE DO IS GRANT FUNDED.
AND THEN, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR REVENUE, UM, FROM YOUR HANGERS AND WE HOPE TO, UH, HOPE TO HAVE MORE HANGERS TO HAVE MORE REVENUE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK WE WILL, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WHEN WE FIRST GOT ELECTED, MIKE, WE, UM, VOTED ON THE HANGAR FEES.
THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE LEASES YEAH.
BECAUSE WE, WE VOTED WHEN CHERYL, THAT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR.
YOU HAVE, UM, THE HANG AGREEMENT THAT IS DATABASE PAY AGREEMENT AND THE CURRENT PROVIDER IS THREE 50 AND THAT IS GONNA GO UP CPI EVERY YEAR.
IS IT ON NOW? SO CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, I'M SORRYS CPI COR.
AND THESE ARE THE PUBLIC CURINGS YOU WILL HAVE IN JANUARY.
UH, AND THERE WE ARE ON THE, THE ACTUAL, WELL THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH THIS AND THE GOLF COURSE YEAH.
WAS THAT THEY HAD TO SELF SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.
SO IF WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT PART, I JUST HAD NEVER BEEN MADE AWARE THAT WE WERE AT THAT POINT.
I JUST KNEW THAT WHAT WE HAD BEEN PUMPING INTO IT YEAR AFTER YEAR MM-HMM.
WE'RE, I MEAN IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD NOW.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE FORWARD THAT WAY, WAY.
WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE SO BECAUSE HE'S GOT IT A WINDOW.
UM, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE DOCUMENTS THERE AS FINANCIALS.
DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE FINANCIALS OTHER THAN WHETHER WE'RE HAVING MORE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE? I GUESS MY QUESTION, THESE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL, ARE ALL OF THESE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE FUNDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM OUR BUDGET ON THE ORGANIZATION? LET ME GET TO IT.
SO YOUR, YOUR CONTRACTORS AND YOUR, WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT FUNDED WITHIN THAT, AND THAT'S JAKE.
UM, AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THAT'S ME AND MICHAEL, UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HANDLE DEALING WITH JAKE.
UM, OUR CONTRACTORS, OUR AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PAYING US RENT ON THE, THE FACILITY.
AND I CAN LET ALYSSA GO INTO MORE ON THE FBO, BUT WE DON'T PLAN ON SPENDING MORE MONEY THIS FISCAL YEAR THAN WHAT WE WILL RECEIVE.
UM, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN OUR GOAL FROM THE START.
SO AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE WOULD BE, IF I'M A MECHANIC AND I SAY, HEY, CAN I SET UP A SHOP HERE? AND THEN THEY WOULD PAY RENT AND WHATEVER THEY CHARGE.
THE, UM, AIRCRAFT OWNERS IS HIS REVENUE SOURCE.
SO WE, IT WAS PART OF A COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION THAT INCLUDED FBO AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE.
AND SO AS PART OF THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, THEY PROVIDE RENT TO THE COUNTY AND THEY GET TO RETAIN THEIR REVENUE GENERATED FOR FIXING AIRPLANES AND IT'S GENERAL MAINTENANCE AIR AIRCRAFT.
AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UM, AS NEEDED.
AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE A PRESENCE AT THE AIRPORT, A STRONGER PRESENCE THAT THEY HAVE BEFORE.
PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT IS THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIX UP THE HANGAR SO THEY HAVE WORKING CONDITION INSIDE THE HANGAR SO THEY CAN, UM, SPEND MONEY TO PROVIDE
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HEAT.UM, AND WE WILL FIX THE OUTSIDE.
THEY FIX THE INSIDE, THEY GET TO SPEND MORE TIME THERE AND PROVIDE A GREATER SERVICE TO PILOTS.
AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR FIXED BASE OPERATOR'S JOB TO HIRE THAT PERSON? ACTUALLY, WE HIRED THEM DIRECTLY, SO THEIR CONTRACTORS OF THE COUNTY AND THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR IS A SEPARATE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF THE COUNTY.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID, I MEANT THAT THAT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND SOMEONE.
THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE AND THEY DO SEPARATE.
SO THE CONTRACTORS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT IS ALL BEING FUNDED BY THE REVENUE BROUGHT IN FROM, UH, FROM THE AIRPORT.
BUSINESS LICENSE, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX.
NOTHING MORE IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
THEY DIDN'T DO THIS A LONG TIME AGO, SIR.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THE BOARD SAID TWO YEARS AGO WAS IN TALKING TO THE AIRPLANE OWNERS OUT THERE, THAT WE WOULD DEDICATE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS FROM THE AIRPLANES TO THE AIRPORT.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE EXTENT OF ANY, UNLESS ALLEGED COUNTY INVESTMENT THAT WE WOULD USE WHAT THEY PAY FOR THEIR TAXES BECAUSE OUR TAXES ARE HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS.
AND THEY WANTED US TO LOWER THEM.
AND THE ARGUMENT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH IS THEN ALL THE RVS THINK THEY NEED TO BE LOWERED.
THE AIRPORT IS NOT, THE AIRPORT'S ABOUT $23,000 TOTAL.
SO WE SAID WE WOULD RATHER AGREE TO REINVEST THAT 23,000 IN THE AIRPORT FACILITY.
TE, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS A, THAT THERE'S ALSO A TRADE OFF BECAUSE IF PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP THEIR AIRPLANES OUT THERE, THE RENT IS CHEAPER OUT THERE THAN IT IS OVER IN, UH, UM, UH, I'VE BEEN, UH, WINCHESTER INTERNATIONAL.
ACTUALLY IT'S FRONT ROYAL INTERNATIONAL F R I.
IF THEY HAD THEIR WAY
AND THIS MIGHT ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, MISS COLOR.
SOME, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE FUNCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS? UM, BASICALLY THE CONTRACTORS, FBO MAINTENANCE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHILE REPORTS TO PUBLIC WORKS, WE OVERSEE ALL AIRPORT OPERATION FUNCTIONS, MANAGE SUPERINTENDENT, AIRPORT CONTRACTORS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR AIRPORT BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES, INTERFACE WITH D OAV, F FAA, AND COUNTY CONSULTANTS, UH, COORDINATE AIRPORT BUSINESS APPLICATIONS, PROCESSES, HANGAR LEASES, TIE DOWNS, ET CETERA, REPORTS TO THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND MANAGED SUPERINTENDENT FBO AIRPORT MAINTENANCE AND LIAISON TO AIRPORT COMMISSION.
NOW, DO YOU CHARGE THE AIRPORT FOR YOUR TIME? DO I I DO NOT LIKE, LIKE THE SANITARY DISTRICTS.
I MEAN, FOR ANY OF THE WORK THAT'S DONE BESIDES WHAT JAKE DOES OUT THERE, UM, I DO, I DON'T CHARGE THEM FOR ANY OF MY ADMINISTRATIVE TIME.
I MEAN, IF WE WOULD SEND, YOU KNOW, OTHER STAFF THERE, I MEAN, WE COULD, BUT UM, AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT.
LIKE, WE DON'T CHARGE MIKE TO THE SANITARY DISTRICTS.
WE DON'T CHARGE HIM TO NO, I MEANT NOT NECESSARILY HIM, BUT, OKAY.
I THOUGHT YOU MEANT ME SPECIFICALLY.
UM, FOR MY, LIKE I WRITE THE HORRENDOUS NO, AND IT TAKES TWO OR THREE PEOPLE TO CLEAR OUT FOR SNOW.
SO I MEAN, YEAH, WE WOULD CHARGE, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IT TOOK TWO HOURS FOR TWO OTHER MEN, THEN WE COULD CHARGE FOR THAT TWO HOURS.
SO, BUT FOR LIKE, JUST TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, IN CASE SOMEONE ASKED ME THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT FOR THE PAPERWORK TO GET THE $190,000 OR $200,000, I HAVE NOT CHARGED.
I JUST SUBMIT THOSE GRANTS AND, AND THEN TRIED TO WORK ON THE PAPERWORK AND GET DR.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, UM, WITH GETTING MONEY AND, UM, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OF OUR CARES AND, UM, ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THERE.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER MONIES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, UM, AS WE MOVE
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FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT HANGERS AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL HAVE VERY MINIMAL, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WORK WITHIN OUR BUDGET.SO WE HAVE A COST ALLOCATION PLAN THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES, PRIMARILY USED FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT IT COVERS THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEY USE ANOTHER ACCOUNTING FIRM, USE A FORMULA TO SAY, WELL, THIS MUCH OF YOUR ACTIVITY, WA FINANCIAL ACTIVITY WAS INVOLVED IN THIS AREA AND THIS MUCH WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AREA, THEREFORE, YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD IS THIS MUCH OVER HERE AND THAT MUCH OVER HERE.
AND IT'S AN INDIRECT DETERMINATION.
AND THEY'RE FINISHING UP THE NEW BOOK.
THIS YEAR'S ACT WAS WORKING ON IT.
UH, MONDAY, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THAT, THEN THERE'S AN ALLOCATION TO DSS, AN ALLOCATION TO THE AIRPORT, ET CETERA, TO ALL THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD.
THAT'S HOW WE PICK UP LAKE MIKE'S CHARGE.
WE DON'T CHARGE HIS HOUR THAT HE'S OVER IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT AND THE HOUR HE'S AT THE AIRPORT TYPE THING IN, IN VIRGINIA, SIR, BECAUSE, UH, VIRGINIA IS ONE OF THE FEW STATES THAT DSS IS A LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
I MEAN, IF YOU GO 20 MILES DOWN THE ROAD HERE, YOU GO TO THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, HARDY COUNTY HERE, YOU GO TO FREDERICK SHENANDOAH OR WARREN COUNTY, ET CETERA.
AND THEREFORE WE HAVE THAT INDIRECT COST THAT IS APPLIED TO THE COUNTIES IN THE OTHER STATES.
DSS IS A STATE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WHEN THE STATE PROVIDES THAT, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE COST ALLOCATION.
IT WORKS MORE LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WHERE YOU GET, EACH YEAR YOU GET A BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, APPROXIMATELY $150,000 THAT WE GIVE THEM.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR STATE BUDGET, AND THE STATE ALLOCATES ALL THE COSTS ALL THE WAY ACROSS VIRGINIA IN THEIR COST ALLOCATION.
IN THE CASE OF D S S AND C S A, UH, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NORMALLY NOT LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, THAT HELPS TO KEEP THE PROPERTY TAX UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR 'EM INSTEAD OF IT COMING OUT OF INCOME AND SALES TAX.
SO IT'S UNUSUAL FOR THAT REASON.
NEXT IS THE AIRPORT SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, AND AGAIN, HE IS OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEE AT THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY.
AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.
UM, HE'S ON SITE AND SUPPORT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UM, EXCEPT FOR HOLIDAYS, I MEAN, BUT HE HAS BEEN ON CALL AND WENT OUT THERE ON HOLIDAYS.
UM, HE'S ON CALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR AIRPORT EMERGENCIES.
UM, HE SURVEIL FULFILLS THE AIRPORT FACILITY FOR ACCESS TO ISSUES.
HE MAINTAINS THE AIRPORT GROUNDS, GRASS, SNOW REMOVAL HANGERS, UM, ET CETERA.
AND THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF GRASS AND, AND A WHOLE LOT OF SNOW TO PLOW OUT THERE.
UM, HE INFORMS PUBLIC WORKS OF TENANTS, UM, THE REQUEST AND CONCERNS FOR RESOLUTION IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES.
UM, HE MAINTAINS AIRPORT FACILITIES AND REPAIRS, MONITORS RECORDS AND REPORTS, FUEL LEVELS, UM, MONITORS, AIRPORT TENANT LEASES, TIE DOWNS AND TERMINAL RENTAL AGREEMENTS, AND MANAGES THE WAITING LISTS, UM, FOR HANGERS.
AND THEN HE REPORTS TO, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND HE'S LIAISON TO THE FBO MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND ALL AIRPORT TENANTS AND GUESTS.
AND HE DOES A GREAT JOB AT IT.
JAKE IS, HE'S ONE OF A KIND FOR SURE.
I THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR HIM.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE DUTIES? OKAY, I MADE IT.
OUR FIXED BASED OPERATOR, AGAIN, ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS, UM, THE FUNCTIONS, THEY'RE ON SITE SUPPORT SEVEN DAYS EXCEPT FOR HOLIDAYS WITH
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REMOTE 24 7 FOR EMERGENCIES.UM, THEY MONITOR FUEL MASTER PROGRAM AND OPERATE AIRPORT POINT POINT OF SALE EQUIPMENT.
THEY MANAGE AIRPORT AVIATION OPERATIONS, UNICOM RADIO ISSUES, NOTICE TO AIRMEN, UM, AS SAFETY, ET CETERA.
THEY ASSIST COUNTY WITH GRANTS AND AIRPORT REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES AS NEEDED, PROVIDE TRAINING, SAFETY AND SECURITY PROGRAMS, PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND PROCEDURE MONITORING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THEY HOST ANNUAL AVIATION RELATED EVENTS, AND THEY REPORT TO WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AND LIAISON TO SUPERINTENDENT AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETINGS, ATTENDANCE, AND, UM, THEY'RE ALSO THERE TO, UH, UM, HELP WITH THE AIRPORT TENANTS AND GUESTS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE F B O? YEAH, THE SIR.
DO WE HAVE A, LIKE, UH, THEY'LL BE THERE FROM EIGHT IN THE MORNING UNTIL FIVE AT NIGHT, OR, YOU KNOW, SOME HOURS WE'VE ASKED THAT THEY COORDINATE THEIR SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY'RE THERE, UM, WHEN JAKE IS NOT THERE.
AND THEY'VE ALSO AGREED TO SET UP SOME SORT OF A TELEPHONE OR A RING CAMERA TYPE OF DEVICE SO THAT ANYBODY CAN GET AHOLD OF THEM.
HOW WAS THE FIXED BASED OPERATOR PROCURED? IT WAS A COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION AS WELL AS THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT.
SO IT WAS TWO SERVICES WITHIN ONE RFP BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SIMILAR.
SO THAT WAS ISSUED, I BELIEVE, IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE SET UP A, UH, AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE RF THE PROPOSAL RESPONSES.
AND SO THAT'S RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD NEXT MONTH.
SO DO, DO WE HAVE, UH, I, I KNOW THAT I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO A, UM, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, OWNERS OF, OF A FLIGHT SCHOOL AND ASKED HIM AND TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GO OVER AND TALK TO THE COUNTY AND MAYBE PUT IN SOMETHING FOR THAT.
SO DO WE HAVE, UM, LIKE AN OPEN BID OR ANYTHING FOR A FLIGHT SCHOOL? WE SET UP A CHECKLIST FOR SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT, RIGHT.
WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SERVICES SO THAT THERE'S A PROCESS THAT HE CAN GO THROUGH, UH, OR ANYBODY CAN GO THROUGH IF THEY WANNA PERFORM SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THAT SIGN UP THERE THAT SAYS, COME HERE TO LEARN HOW TO FLY.
AND THEN SOME SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO TEACH 'EM.
SO MY, IN, IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF THAT, I THINK RMA PROVIDED, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT RELATIONSHIP TO THE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT, THEY PROVIDED TRAINING STAFF FOR FLIGHT.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID THAT.
THE FB, THE FORMER FBO DID SOME, A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE OFFERING IT ON THEMSELVES.
UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WAS IT WASN'T REAL CLEAR WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION WAS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOKED AT HALF AN HOUR AGO WAS THAT ASSISTANT POSITION.
THAT OFFICE MANAGER IN PUBLIC WORKS, THAT POSITION IS GONNA HAVE A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE AIRPORT SUPERINTENDENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY OUT THERE KNOWS WHO'S ON FIRST.
AND IF THEY WANNA RUN A FLIGHT SCHOOL, THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT.
AND IF THEY WANT TO RENT A HANGAR, THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT.
IF THEY WANT TO GET, UH, SOME TYPE OF CHANGE IN THEIR FUEL CARD, THIS IS HOW THEY DO IT, ET CETERA.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF HER RESPONSIBILITIES OUT THERE, IS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY INSTEAD OF THEM GOING TO TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES.
AND THE OTHER BUSINESSES, AS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN ALBERT CAME IN, YOU KNOW, HE DID THE CREDIT REPORT AND HE DID THE BACKGROUND CHECK, AND HE DID HIS APPLICATION AND COMMISSION SENT IT TO YOU, UM, WITH THEIR BLESSING FOR APPROVAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE FACILITY, THE OTHER CONTRACTOR, UM, THEY'RE ON SITE SUPPORT MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 4:30 PM EXCEPT FOR HOLIDAYS.
AND THE ONE CALL ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, UM, PERIODIC AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, AIRCRAFT REPAIRS, STRUCTURE ENGINE MINOR, ELECTRICAL, ET CETERA.
AND THEY'LL REPORT TO MOORE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS
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AND BE A LIAISON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, FBO AND AIRPORT TENANTS.AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE EXISTING CONTRACTOR, ISN'T IT? HE'S JUST GETTING A NEW CONTRACT WITH IT BETTER DEFINED ON WHAT HIS RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
YES, HE'S EXACTLY, HE'S THERE.
SO THIS IS GETTING HIM INTO AN ACTUAL LEASE.
YEAH, AND I, AND I KNOW LIKE WHEN THE PLANE WAS ON 66, HE WAS INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TYPE INSTANCES.
I THINK, UM, HE'S VERY WELL REGARDED AMONGST THE AIR COMMUNITY.
SO, SO I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO HIM AND, AND, UH, HIS, HIS SPECIALTY IS, UH, IS REBUILDING ENGINES.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HE'S GONNA HAVE IS INDIVIDUAL, UH, DOING THERE WHEN HE'S NOT INVOLVED IN, UM, SAY LIKE SOMEBODY COMES OVER AND SAYS, I NEED AN ANNUAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SO HE'LL, HE'S, HE'S NOT GONNA BE SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO AIRPORT COMMISSION.
THE AIRPORT COMMISSION FUNCTIONS, THEY, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THEY SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY CONDUCT AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETINGS.
THEY ADVISE ON APPROVALS OR DENIALS OF AIRPORT BUSINESS REQUESTS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THEY PROVIDE AIRPORT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS TO PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY RECOMMEND AIRPORT REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINE REVISIONS TO PUBLIC WORKS AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THEY RECOMMEND AIRPORT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT AND OR FBO.
THEY ORGANIZE THE OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, SCHEDULE AND ORGANIZE AIRPORT EVENTS WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND F B O.
AND THEY ACT AS A LIAISON WITH THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, PUBLIC WORKS, THE SUPERINTENDENT F B O AND AIRPORT TENANTS AND GUESTS.
AND WE MAY, WE MAY HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL THINGS TO DO THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT, UM, OUR AIRPORT TENANTS AND GUESTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE USERS AND THEY'RE A PART OF THIS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR.
UM, AND AS THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE SHINING STAR HERE IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THE TENANTS AND GUESTS GAS AND, AND, AND THERE, THEY, THEY BASICALLY CAN REACH OUT TO WHOEVER THEY NEED TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION.
UM, THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE, WE HEAR, I MEAN, ULTIMATELY JAKE, IF HE HEARS FROM A TENANT, HE'S GONNA COME TO ME.
OUR HOPE IS THAT THE F B WILL COME AND REPORT ANY ISSUES TO ME, UM, TO PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT, UM, THEY, THEY WILL REPORT TO CON, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO THE TENANTS AND GUEST SUGGESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND THEIR QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK OVERALL WE'RE VERY OPEN AND, AND TRY TO BE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND, AND THOSE USERS OUT THERE AS WELL.
UM, I THINK OUR EVENT THIS YEAR WENT REALLY WELL.
AND I THINK BETWEEN THE FBO AND, AND THE, UH, COMMISSION, THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE OF THOSE.
ANYTHING THERE FUTURE INITIATIVES? UM, WE MENTIONED EARLIER INCREASING AIRPORT HANGAR CAPACITY.
UM, I'VE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR A GRANT WITH THE STATE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, UM, FOR FEBRUARY TO BEGIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS FOR SOME NEW HANGERS.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO WANNA MODERNIZE AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO INCREASE FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, PARTNER WITH THE DISCOVER FRONT RULE FOR TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE WANNA CENTRALIZE TENANT AND WARREN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS, UM, IMPROVE EMAIL PORTALS, YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITE.
IT, I'LL HAVE TO GET IT INVOLVED CUZ I'M, I'M NOT THE BEST WITH THE WEB DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UM, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS, YOU KNOW, FOR COMMUNICATIONS EVEN ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER, EVEN WITH SIDE OF THE WASTE, WE HAVE FORMS FOR SPECIAL THINGS.
SO I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS EASIER IF THEY CAN'T FIND SOMEONE.
UM, EXPANDING OUR AIRPORT OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE'VE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EVENT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK WE HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT FIRST EVENT.
AND, UM, IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS FUN.
AND THEN PROVIDE LOCAL AIRPORT GUEST TRANSPORTATION THAT, THAT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION POINT, UM, THAT HADN'T REALLY BEEN DECIDED YET.
AND, AND I'LL, UH, LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
SO SILENT FALCON, UM, REQUESTED TO INFORM US OF THEIR LATEST INITIATIVES IN AN EMAIL WAS TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, I BELIEVE, NOT
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LONG AGO.AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN, IF WE'VE PUT THEM ON THE SCHEDULE OR IF THERE'S BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT.
HOW ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK ON THE THIRD
UH, BECAUSE THAT IS A PIECE OF THE WHOLE PUZZLE OUT THERE.
UH, IF, AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, AND THAT IS TWO YEARS OLD AND WE PROVIDED $25,000 TO UPGRADE OUR HANGAR AND IT'S OUT, IT'S THE COUNTY'S HANGAR AND WE GAVE THAT TO THEM AND THEY'VE UPGRADED OUR HANGAR AND THEY USE IT, AND THEN THEY PAY A LEASE ON IT, AND WE CHARGE THAT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, WE CHARGE $500 A MONTH.
SO WE'RE GETTING 30,000 BACK ON THIS $25,000 INVESTMENT.
AND THIS OLD HANGAR, AND THIS WAS ALL DONE IN MATCH WITH THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE HAS AN INCENTIVE GRANT FOR WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR BUSINESS PLAN AND THEY'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE STATE ON HOW THEY CHANGE THAT.
AND MR. PE, YOU CAN TALK TO JOE PETTY WHEN HE'S BACK.
HE'S UP AT SSPA THIS MORNING, THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, BUT WHEN HE GETS, YOU CAN TALK TO HIM SOMETIME ABOUT HOW HE'S COMING WITH THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.
AND, UH, BECAUSE THAT HAS, HE, THEY SILENT FALCON NEEDS TO COMPLETE THAT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THEIR AGREEMENT WITH US.
UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON HOW THEY WANT TO CHANGE THEIR BUSINESS PLAN AND THAT IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE, WE COULD HAVE THEM ON THE THIRD.
AND YOU COULD DO THAT BEFORE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
AND THEY'RE HAVING OPEN HOUSE ON THE 15TH FROM TWO TO FOUR, WELL THEN TALK TO THE MEN.
THEY SENT US AN, THEY SENT A, IT'S AN INVITATION MAYBE, I KNOW LAST YEAR.
IS THAT AN OLD ONE?
I JUST DID A SEARCH ON 'EM AND SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE TIP.
IS IT? WE'RE SET UP LAST YEAR FOR THIS YEAR, BUT OKAY.
NO, I'M, I'M SORRY I STAND CORRECTED.
I WOULD'VE SHOWN UP AT FROM TWO TO FOUR ON FRIDAY.
I MEAN THEY MAY THEY YOU COULDN'T HAVE VISITED THE AIRPORT.
I'M SURPRISED IF THEY HAVEN'T TOLD ANYBODY.
UH, SO HAPPENED ARE THEY THAT WAS LAST YEAR.
WE DID GO TO WET LAST YEAR CUZ, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'VE SCHEDULED ONE YET.
MAYBE WE'LL MAYBE SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND ASK IF THEY'RE HAVING ONE THAT THE BOARD'S SUPPOSED TO COME TO.
UH, JUST TO INVITE OURSELVES OUT THERE.
CAN I, MIKE, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, UM, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT IF, UM, AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS? I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROOF ON THE TERMINAL, WHICH IS GRANT FUNDED MM-HMM.
AND, UM, AND THEN OUR, UH, OUR ASPHALT REHAB PROJECT, WHICH, UM, THAT WAS OUR CRACK CEILING AND LINE STRIPING PROJECT.
AND, UM, WE DID ACTUALLY GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO THAT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSED.
UM, THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO BIGGEST THAT STAND OUT.
BUT WE ALSO DID SOME SMALL UPGRADES LIKE WITH, UM, THE COMMISSIONER REQUESTED A SECURITY GATE.
UM, AND WE'VE PUT THAT INTO PLACE AND THAT TIES IN ACTUALLY TO THE, UM, THE CAMERA SYSTEM, OUR SECURITY SYSTEM.
OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S ACTUALLY TAKEN OVER AND, AND ISSUING THE FOBS.
UM, UNLESS IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH, UH, NEW AGREEMENTS FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME A, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMEONE, UM, THERE ALL THE TIME HAS BEEN VERY REMARKABLE AT JUST CONTINUING TO DO MAINTENANCE AND, AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE PROBLEMS OUT THERE, THERE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT OVERALL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLACE LOOKS FRESHER AND CLEANER EVERY DAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE LITTLE THINGS WITH POST OUTSIDE AND UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE JAKE HAS DONE, BUT
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YOU, THE, THE CARES FUNDING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE GOT THIS YEAR.SO THAT A HUNDRED, AND I THINK IT WAS $134,000 THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
UM, WE WON'T GET THAT CARES FUNDING AGAIN, I DON'T THINK.
BUT THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, WE DID COMPLETE OUR MASTER PLAN, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME IN OUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.
WE, WE, WE HAVE TO ADJUST SLIGHTLY, UM, AND MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR SKYDIVE, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE DON'T SEE ALL THE TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I PROBABLY NEED TO, UM, INTEGRATE MORE OF THAT INTO OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR PLAN HERE AND OUR CAPITAL PLAN.
I, I KNOW I SENT IT TO TARY, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT A LOT.
BUT THOSE THINGS, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR MEETING PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH WITH THE FAA AND THE STATE.
UM, I'M ASSUMING, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL BE LIVE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE LIVE SINCE COVID CAME AROUND, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'LL LOOK AT OUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE CUZ WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS, FOR 10 YEARS, UM, AND HOW THAT FUNDING FLOWS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I'VE ASKED THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND OUR, MY HOPING IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING TO BUILD ANY NEW HANGERS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD.
I MENTIONED EARLIER, APPLYING TO THE STATE, UM, FOR IN FEBRUARY WE SHOULD FIND OUT IF WE GET THAT DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE SITE WORK.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD, UM, RELATIVELY QUICKLY, HOPEFULLY, UM, THIS COMING YEAR, UM, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL HANGERS AND, AND HOPEFULLY SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
DALEY, THE STRATEGIC GOALS, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THEM THIS MORNING, BUT THEY'RE ON HERE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY ADDITIONAL THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD.
WE'LL PUT, WE'LL SEND THESE OUT TO EVERYBODY SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FOUR CATEGORIES YOU PUT THEM IN EITHER CRITICAL AND URGENT OR IMPORTANT, BUT NOT URGENT, UH, ONGOING UNDERWAY AND DID NOT RECEIVE SUPPORT.
WE'LL SEND YOU THAT ALONG WITH, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS SHEET, UH, WHICH YOU HAD LAST YEAR AND I'M GONNA SCRATCH A BUNCH OF STUFF OFF IT THAT IS ALREADY DONE THERE OR THINGS WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH.
AND THEN LET YOU SEE HOW THIS LIST REDUCED, COMPARES WITH YOUR LIST THERE.
AND I'LL HAVE THOSE BACK TO YOU ON THE THIRD.
I'LL GET THEM TO YOU BEFORE AND THAT'S IT, MA'AM.
WELL, UNLESS SOMEONE HAS QUESTIONED DISCUSSIONS AND THE, I THINK WE'RE THE ONE THING YOU ASKED ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
I THINK THE BIG THING THAT'S HAPPENED OUT THERE IS MIKE COMING OUT THERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, WITH MRS. COLORS AND THEN ARCHIE FOX AND SOMEBODY, UM, PAYING ATTENTION.
THEY WERE VERY DISORGANIZED FOR, I KNOW THAT'S VERY SURPRISING OUT THERE, BUT, UH, THEY WERE, AND COMING OUT THERE AND PAYING ATTENTION AND SEEING THAT THE GRASS GOT DONE ON TIME AND THE THING THE BUILDING WAS MAINTAINED, ET CETERA, THAT HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE OUT THERE.
I I THINK IT'S WHEN VICKI WENT OUT THERE AND CRACKED THE WHIP.
WELL THAT'S THE COMMISSION ITSELF.
SO, I, I JUST WANT TO STAND CORRECTED.
MRS. SHIRAI JUST INFORMED ME THAT THAT EMAIL WAS A FISHING EXPEDITION AND WAS NOT AN ACTUAL EMAIL FROM SILENT FALCON, BUT IT LOOKED LEGIT TO ME.
NO, HE WAS ASKING FOR A MEETING ON A PROPOSAL AND OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS LEGIT.
SO IT IS NOT A LEGIT, SO ANYWAY, WE WILL TELL SUPER TODD YES, THANK YOU.
I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS FO FORWARD MY EMAILS TO SUPER TODD.
I, THAT ONE LOOK, IT LOOKED LEGIT.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.