[B. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
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OKAY.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 15TH, 2024 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
UH, I'D LIKE TO START WITH A PRAYER AND I THINK REVEREND GAZAR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR.
IF YOU WOULD PUT US PRAY TOGETHER.
DEAR GRACES, HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOU, FOR YOUR INVESTMENT INTO OUR LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MERCY.
THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WARREN COUNTY THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH HERE WITH, AS WELL AS FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH HELP CARING WITH THIS AREA.
AND FOR NOT JUST THE AREA, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT INVESTED INTO THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
LORD, WE, WE COME TO YOU FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD.
YOU OFTEN WENT AND ENCOURAGED YOUR SON JESUS, TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SEEK YOUR FACE AND YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR COUNSEL AND YOUR GUIDANCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, THE GREAT, I AM MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER AND PRINCE OF PEACE, TO COME INTO THIS PLACE AND PROVIDE THE WISDOM AND THE COUNCIL AND THE GUIDANCE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO HAVE AN EAR, TO HEAR, A HEART TO RECEIVE, AND FEET TO PUT INTO PRACTICE, AND TO ACTION.
WHAT IS THE BEST CARE FOR THIS AREA? WE ALSO ASK FOR EVERYONE HERE TO INVEST WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO SEEKING YOU FIRST.
ABOVE ALL THINGS, GUIDE AND DIRECT TONIGHT IN THE CONVERSATION, MAY YOU BE GLORIFIED IN ALL THINGS.
IN THE NAME IS ABOVE ALL NAMES THE NAME OF JESUS OF PRAY.
OKAY, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND IF EVERYONE WILL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES AND ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[C. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THE AGENDA IS PRESENTED, MADAM CHAIR.
[D. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit)]
PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD.IT'S A 60 MINUTE PERIOD WHERE EACH SPEAKER GETS A THREE MINUTE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
ALL COMMENTS WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.
BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS.
THE YEAR SHOULD BE NO APPLAUSE, BOOING, OR OTHER AUDIBLE DISRUPTION.
THROUGH A SHOW OF HANDS, THE CHAIRMAN MAY ASK FOR A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR COMMENTS MADE BY SPEAKERS, PLACARDS, POSTERS, AND OTHER VISUAL DISPLAY.
A COMMENTS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN THE BOARD MEETING ROOM.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS USED AS A FACTUAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD WILL NOT TOLERATE PERSONAL ATTACKS ON ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THE GUIDELINES OF THE HEARING, UM, OR THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
AND FIRST UP, WE HAVE, UM, JOHN JENKINS.
JOHN JENKINS, SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT.
I'M REQUESTING THAT THAT APPLICATION, CUP 20 24 0 6 6 2 BE RESCINDED BY THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NOT BECAUSE OF THE REQUEST TO EXPEDITE WITHOUT PROPERTY NOTE OF FINDING THE CITIZENS, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA WITH THE REQUEST FOR PUBLIC ADVERTISING ON JUNE THE 12TH AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE REQUEST FOR ADVERTISING, WHEN IN FACT THERE WAS NO APPLICATION IN HAND BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AT THAT TIME, THE PLANNING COMMISSION BASICALLY APPROVED A REQUEST FOR A NON-EXISTENT CPU FOR ADVERTISING.
DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE CPU WAS RECEIVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE 13TH THE NEXT DAY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY THE 10TH FOR THE SAME CUP AND THE PERMIT WAS INCOMPLETE.
CHAPTER 180 OF THE WARREN COUNTY CODE LIST ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROCEDURE FOR A CPU THAT WAS NOT FOLLOWED.
THAT IS A REASON THAT I'M STANDING HERE TONIGHT ASKING YOU TO RESCIND
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THAT APPLICATION.THE PROCEDURE WASN'T FOLLOWED.
THERE WAS NO APPLICATION ON FILE WHEN IT WAS ADVERTISED.
I FEEL THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR THE, OR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS ABOUT WHICH ITEMS AND HOW ARE PRESENTED TO THE WARREN COUNTY CITIZENS, AND THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE WARREN COUNTY CODE, BY NOT ADDRESSING THIS FACT OF THE NON-COMPLIANCE OF THIS WHOLE PROCEEDING WITH THIS CUP COMPROMISES YOUR INTEGRITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE WARREN COUNTY CITIZENS.
NOW, PRIOR TO ME COMING UP HERE AND SPEAKING, YOU GAVE ME 10 DIFFERENT RULES THAT I HAD TO ABIDE BY.
WHEN I COME UP HERE AND I TRY TO ABIDE BY THEM, MOST OF THE TIME I, I, I KNOW I GET A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY.
UH, I WILL ADMIT THAT WHAT IN FACT IS ALL THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE SET FORTH ON THE WARREN COUNTY WEBSITE.
AND THAT IS WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE BOARD INSPECTORS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW.
YOU JUST CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A, A VITAL IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND A FRIEND WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE, YOU CAN'T JUST CHANGE THE RULES BECAUSE OF THAT.
I DON'T FEEL THAT THE PROCESS WAS DONE PROPERLY.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS DONE ILLEGALLY.
I CAN'T FIND ANY LAWS THAT WERE BROKEN.
BUT CERTAINLY THE PROCEDURE FROM WHICH IT WAS HANDLED FROM DAY ONE TILL NOW HASN'T BEEN COMPLIED WITH.
AND I REALIZE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ISSUES IN THE NEXT COUPLE, NEXT MONTH OR SO ABOUT THE MEETINGS COMING UP FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.
I'D LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING COMPLETE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE IT'S ROBERT LOWELL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LOOK, BUT THEN I WASN'T SURE.
SO I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WILL STRAIGHTEN OUR, STRAIGHTEN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IMPROVE THE LIVES.
UH, FOR ALL THAT LIVE HERE IS THE ROCKLAND PARK, UH, ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
AT ITS CORE, THE COMPLEX REPRESENTS MORE THAN JUST A SET OF FIELDS.
IT'S AN INVESTMENT OF THE HEALTH, WELLBEING, AND THE SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, FIRST AND FOR FOREMOST, IT PROMOTES HEALTHY LIFESTYLES IN A A TIME WHERE WHEN TECHNOLOGY CAN KEEP US SITTING DOWN FOR MORE, MORE THAN WE'D LIKE, IT'S CRUCIAL TO PROVIDE SPACES THAT ENCOURAGE MOVEMENT.
WHETHER IT'S A FAMILY ENJOYING A WEEKEND GAME, A CHILD DISCOVERING A LOVE FOR SPORTS, OR AN ADULT MAINTAINING THEIR FITNESS GOALS.
THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX WILL BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES CAN COME TOGETHER AND STAY ACTIVE.
SECONDLY, IT'S A HUB FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
ORGANIZE ORGANIZED SPORTS TO MORE THAN JUST, UM, PROVIDE EXERCISE.
THEY TEACH TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, RESILIENCE, AND LEADERSHIP.
OUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE A SAFE, WELCOMING SPACE TO DEVELOP THESE SKILLS.
THEY LEARN THE VALUE OF HARD WORK, COOPERATIONS LESSONS THAT EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE FIELD.
AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WARREN COUNTY SOFTBALL, WHICH HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
FOR YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY, AND THIS COMPLEX WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND, BRINGING EVEN MORE YOUNG ATHLETES INTO THE SPORT.
THE GROWTH OF OUR PROGRAM MEANS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ACTIVE, LEARNING IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS, AND BUILDING LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS.
FINALLY, IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE.
A WELL MAINTAINED, ACCESSIBLE, ATHLETIC COMPLEX ADDS VALUE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT INCREASES THE DESIRABILITY OF LIVING HERE, BOOSTS PROPERTY VALUE AND CONTRIBUTES LOCAL BUSINESS GROWTH.
THIS COMPLEX WILL MAKE ROCKLAND A DESTINATION FOR REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS, BRINGING PEOPLE AND REVENUE INTO OUR AREA.
BY SUPPORTING THE ROCKLAND PARK ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
WE SUPPORT THE, UM, OUR, OUR TOWN.
WE, WE ARE ENSURING THAT OUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE SAFE PLACES TO PLAY AND STAY HEALTHY, AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS VIBRANT FOR YEARS TO COME.
SO I URGE YOU ALL CONSIDER THE IMMENSE BENEFITS OF THIS COMPLEX WILL BRING.
LET'S COME TOGETHER, INVEST IN THE PROJECT, AND IT'LL UPLIFT NOT ONLY JUST OUR BODIES, BUT OUR SPIRITS AS WELL.
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I, I DON'T THINK I SAID TO NAME YOUR, UH, SAY YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM.STEVE FOREMAN, UH, 8 8 7 OSPREY LANE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTY ABANDONING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SAMUELS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WHETHER THE LETTER OF THE AGREEMENT OR THE PRECEDENT THAT'S SET IN BY 10 YEARS OF PRACTICE IS THE PROPER LEGAL STANCE IS A MATTER FOR THE ATTORNEYS, ATTORNEYS TO SORT OUT.
BUT TO OVERTURN A PRACTICE THAT HAS SUPPORTED WHAT IS POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL ORGANIZATION, ASIDE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, IS QUESTIONABLE FOR A COMMUNITY THAT REVERES ITS PAST TO ABANDON A LOCAL ENTITY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CHARTERED, CHARTERED IN 1799, AS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.
BEN FRANKLIN WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THAT ERA, AND HE IS CREDITED WITH STARTING ONE OF THE FIRST LIBRARIES IN THE COLONIES.
FRANKLIN BELIEVED THAT SOCIETY BENEFITED FROM HAVING ACCESS TO BOOKS.
THE FOUNDERS THOUGHT THAT AN EDUCATED PUBLIC WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO A DEMOCRACY, AND THIS PHILOSOPHY WAS REINFORCED BY ILLITERATE POPULATION.
THIS LATEST ACTION AGAINST THE LIBRARY IS AIMED AT UNDERMINING THE INDEPENDENCE OF AN INSTITUTION THAT WAS RECENTLY NAMED VIRGINIA LIBRARY OF THE YEAR.
ITS LEADERSHIP HAS WON AWARDS.
A PAST DIRECTOR WAS HONORED AT THE KENNEDY CENTER.
THE LIBRARY RECENTLY WON A MELLON FOUNDATION GRANT.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
THIS APPEARS TO BE YET ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THIS LATEST ACTION RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHY THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNTY DOESN'T APPRECIATE THE VALUE THAT SAMUEL'S PROVIDES TO THE COUNTY.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE TAG ON.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE FULL ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS KELSEY LAWRENCE AND I LIVE IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY IS BEING PENALIZED NOT BECAUSE OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE, BUT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WIN THE BOOK.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT BROKEN WINDOWS, OR LEAKY ROOFS IS ABOUT BROKEN PRIORITIES AND MORAL LEAKS.
IT'S ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS BOOKS THAT SOME OF YOU DON'T LIKE WHEN YOU COULDN'T FORCE THEM OUT OF THE LIBRARY.
YOU RESORTED TO CUTTING OFF NECESSARY FUNDS FOR BUILDING UPKEEP, LIKE A FRUSTRATED LANDLORD TRYING TO EVICT A TENANT YOU DON'T WANT.
AND THAT WOULD BE BAD ENOUGH IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO ADMIT IT.
BUT INSTEAD, YOU'VE BEEN SNEAKY AND COWARDLY.
YOU DON'T EVEN NOTIFY THE LIBRARY THAT YOU'RE CUTTING, CUTTING THEIR MAINTENANCE.
BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF YOU ON THE BOARD, THAT'S HOW YOU OPERATE.
MR. BUTLER OVER HERE, SIGNING FOR THE WHOLE BOARD INSTEAD OF JUST HIS OWN NAME.
AND WE ALL KNOW JAMESON SIGNED FOR HIS WIFE'S NAME AT THE END OF HIS STILL WAITING TO HEAR IF THE GIRLY HANDWRITING IS YOURS.
IF YOU BELIEVED IN YOUR ACTIONS, YOU WOULD'VE SIGNED YOUR OWN NAME, WHICH DIDN'T.
AND INSTEAD YOU HID BEHIND OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP, THAT'S DISHONESTY.
AND WHERE ELSE IS DISHONESTY OCCURRING? SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
THE BUILDING IS COUNTY OWNED, MEANING IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
AND YOU'RE COSTING TAXPAYERS MORE IN THE LONG RUN BY NOT ALLOWING MAINTENANCE TO BE UNDER THE COUNTY.
WE'VE BEEN ON THIS ROAD BEFORE LAST YEAR, AND IN 2017, YOU CANNOT DO IT CHEAPER.
NOT NOW, AND NOT IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
I BELIEVE IN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TOO.
AND THE WAY OUR LIBRARY OPERATES IN THIS PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
THE MAINTENANCE AS IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, IS THE CHEAPEST WAY.
SAMUEL'S JUST WON LIBRARY OF THE YEAR FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
YOU CANNOT DO IT CHEAPER, AND YOU CANNOT DO IT BETTER IN YOUR CARE.
IT'S GOING TO BECOME THE NEXT VAPE SHOP.
LET ME REMIND YOU, LIBRARIES ARE NORTHERN MORE THAN JUST BUILDINGS.
THEY'RE SANCTUARIES OF KNOWLEDGE, INCLUSIVITY, AND COMMUNITY.
AND THE CLOSEST THING THIS TOWN HAS TO A COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY SERVE ALL TAXPAYERS.
YES, EVEN THOSE WHO READ LGBTQ PLUS BOOKS.
AND LET'S NOT PRETEND THAT CUTTING FUNDING WILL MAGICALLY MAKE IDEAS YOU DON'T AGREE WITH.
BOOKS WILL STILL BE ON THE SHELVES AND PEOPLE WILL STILL CHECK THEM OUT.
THE ONLY THING YOUR DECISION ACHIEVES IS MAKING THIS COMMUNITY LOOK VINDICTIVE AND SMALL.
AND WE GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR THAT LAST TIME.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TEAR DOWN THIS VITAL INSTITUTION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCES.
HOW ABOUT FOCUSING ON BUILDING IT UP FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE? THE LIBRARY IS HERE TO STAY, AND IT'S TIME TO START ACTING LIKE STEWARDS OF THIS COUNTY, NOT GATEKEEPERS OF A NARROW-MINDED AGENDA.
SO FIX THE ROOF, FIX THE HVAC, AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, FIX THE EMBARRASSING SPECTACLE OF A BOARD BEFORE IT CAUSES EVEN MORE DAMAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH IN 2025.
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HELLO, BETHANY O'NEILL.I LIVE IN THE NORTH RIVER DISTRICT.
I'VE BEEN A SAMUEL'S PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD HOLDER FOR THE 15 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED HERE.
UM, I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT.
I DID JUST WANNA SHOW UP AND KIND OF HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD TO SAY.
I THINK STEVE AND KELSEY PRETTY MUCH SUMMED UP EVERYTHING, UM, IN A GREAT WAY OF, UM, WHAT SHOULD BE STATED.
UM, I DID WANNA JUST, UM, READ FROM ONE OF THE, UM, ARTICLES FROM THE NEWSPAPER.
IT WAS EILEEN GRADY, SHE'S THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY.
SHE SAID, HERE WE ARE THE LIBRARY OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BEHAVE THIS WAY.
INSTEAD OF USING IT TO PROMOTE WARREN COUNTY, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO TEAR US APART.
HOW DOES THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA.
UM, SO I, I'M JUST IN HERE SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY AND I FEEL LIKE THE LIBRARY SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHED FOR DOING WHAT IT DOES SO WELL.
UM, AND IF SOMETHING WAS IN THE CONTRACT FOR 10 YEARS THAT HASN'T BEEN UPHELD, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOPEFULLY OUR LIBRARY, UM, CAN JUST STAY, REMAIN SHINING LIBRARY OF THE YEAR.
I'M CATHERINE KENNETT FROM THE SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT.
I AM A WEEKLY LIBRARY PATRON AND CURRENTLY HAVE 14 BOOKS CHECKED OUT FROM THE LIBRARY.
I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT ALSO ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOU WERE SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY WITH THE OPERAT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ARRANGEMENT.
AND JUST WANT TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE PROVIDE APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION TO THE LIBRARY IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
AND PUT OUT A PUBLIC EXPLANATION TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHY THIS BENEFITS TAXPAYERS.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS UNDERCUT SUPPORT FOR OUR VIRGINIA LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AND OUR, THIS GEM AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? YES, MA'AM.
MY NAME IS DANETTE FOREMAN OF THE FORK DISTRICT.
UM, AS BETHANY HAS SAID, I WASN'T REALLY PLANNING TO SPEAK EITHER, BUT I'VE LISTENED TO TO WHAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN.
AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN IN A LOT MORE DETAIL.
REALLY DIG DEEP IN YOUR WITHIN YOURSELF AND ASK, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO WITHDRAW FUNDING FOR THE LIBRARY? UM, FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU FOUND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY DID NOT SUPPORT BANNING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY.
AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU SERIOUSLY TAKE CONSIDERATION INTO SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY THE WAY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO.
I LIVE IN THE SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT.
I'VE BEEN A CITIZEN OF, UH, WARREN COUNTY NOW FOR ABOUT 23 YEARS.
AND THE SHINING LIGHT IN WARREN COUNTY IS SAMUEL'S LIBRARY.
AND TO SEE ALL THE PATRONS THAT COME INTO THIS WONDERFUL LIBRARY AND THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE, NO ONE IS EVER DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
THE NAACP MEETS THERE, UH, BLEW WHICH OPPORTUNITIES MEET THERE.
AND IT'S JUST A PLACE WHERE WE GO TO FEEL SAFE AND WE FEEL WELCOME.
AND TO SEE IT ONCE AGAIN UNDER ATTACK IS BEYOND FRUSTRATING AND VERY SAD.
AND SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THIS COUNTY, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN ALL THE TIME.
AND TO SEE SUCH A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION AS SAMUEL'S LIBRARY BEING DISCARDED OR DISREGARDED AS THE IMPORTANT INSTITUTION THAT IT IS.
AND WE HAD A GROUP CALLED SAVE
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SAMUELS, AND WE STILL HAVE THAT GROUP CALLED SAVE SAMUELS.EVEN THOUGH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST THE LIBRARY CALLED US, THE SS GROUP, THEY NEVER ONCE SAID.
AND I SAT HERE MANY TIMES HEARING PEOPLE AFTER PEOPLE GETTING UP AND SAYING THE SS GROUP, THEY, THEY DIDN'T EVEN GIVE US THE RECOGNITION THAT WE SO DESERVE FOR PUTTING UP A FIGHT FOR THIS WONDERFUL INSTITUTION.
AND I ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT THIS MEANS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FUND THE LIBRARY.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S ALREADY COSTING MONEY JUST TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO TRY TO GET THESE, UH, SERVICES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND TO HAVE IT JUST FALL DOWN LIKE, UM, LIKE A GUILLOTINE AND CATCH US ALL BY SURPRISE.
IT'S, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING THE LIBRARY STAY THE WONDERFUL PLACE IT IS AND NOT LET IT FALL INTO DISREPAIR.
ANYONE ELSE AT THIS TIME? SECOND CALL.
[E. Reports – Board Members, County Administrator, County Attorney]
MOVING ON WITH THE AGENDA BOARD REPORTS.SO I'LL, I'LL BEGIN MY REPORT, UM, WITH FINANCIALS.
UM, WEDNESDAY WE HAD OUR FINANCIAL, UM, OUR FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND, UM, I WANNA BEGIN WITH THANK YOU, UM, MS. CALLERS FOR SENDING YOUR, UM, POLICY, FISCAL POLICY CONCERNS TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE CAN START LOOKING AT WHAT POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE, UM, UH, FOLLOW UP ON OUR DISCUSSION THAT SOME OF THE POLICIES DO EXIST THAT WERE, UM, PRESENTED IN YOUR EMAIL.
UM, SO THERE WERE OTHER, UM, SUBJECTS THAT WE WERE NOT TOO SURE HOW TO ADDRESS IN A POLICY.
SO WE WERE HOPING THAT IN YOUR CALENDAR HAS AN OPENING FOR NOVEMBER 13TH.
THAT'S OUR NEXT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING THAT YOU CAN COME AND, UM, TALK TO THE MEMBERS.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ALL YOUR CONCERNS AND, UM, APPROPRIATELY AND GETTING IT UPDATED.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UM, IN OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE TALK ABOUT MONEY, BUDGETS, OUR AUDITS, REVENUE COMING IN, CASH FLOW GOING OUT, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, WHAT BEST SERVES THE COMMUNITY WITH THE AMOUNT OF, UH, REVENUE THAT COMES IN.
SO I KIND OF TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO DO A DEEP DIVE.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEW PROJECTS, UM, UH, SOURCES OF EXPENDITURES THAT WERE NOT PLANNED IN OUR BUDGET.
SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE A, A ISSUE IN TRYING TO FUND IT.
UM, I HEAR, WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A CASH FLOW THING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY DURING THE, THE GIVEN MONTH TO PAY FOR THESE UNEXPECTED EXPENDITURES.
SO I WANTED TO GET MY ARMS AROUND IT.
'CAUSE I HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS OF OUR BUDGET AND UNEXPECTED EXPENDITURES OR PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT I'M, UH, THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324.
THIS IS NOT THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR THAT WE'RE IN.
SO AT LEAST WE CAN SEE A GOOD TREND.
SO THIS IS OUR CASH FLOW, OUR MONTHLY CASH FLOW COMING IN AND OUR EXPENDITURES GOING OUT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF SPORADIC, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON, AND THE REASON WHY IT'S THAT WAY, IT'S JUST HOW OUR REVENUE FLOW IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN THE BOARD OF SUPER WELL, WHEN WE APPROVE A BUDGET, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR, OUR FORECASTS ARE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THIS TO THE BOARD.
I'M SORRY, I'VE KIND OF LOST MY, MY THOUGHT PROCESS HERE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO ALIGNMENT, RIGHT? YOU DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY COMES IN, BUT WE DO KNOW AS FAR AS THE BULK OF THE REVENUE IS OUR TAXES, RIGHT? SO JUNE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS, UM,
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GRAPH RIGHT HERE IN JUNE, YOU HAVE A, A BIG PEAK THERE, AND THAT'S THE, THE BLUE LINE, AND THEN YOU, THEN IT GOES DOWN, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, OUR CASH FLOW THAT COMES IN, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANNING FEES, YOU KNOW, UM, BUSINESS LICENSES AND DOG LICENSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT ANYWAY, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK HOW IT, UH, THE, WHAT I CALL THE VALLEY OF THAT LINE, THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUNE, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, DECEMBER, THAT'S WHEN WE GET OUR, OUR SECOND HALF OF OUR TAXES.AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE PEAK.
SO SOMEHOW WHEN WE DO OUR PLANNING, WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW TO LEVELIZE THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T SPEND MORE THAN WHAT WE APPROPRIATED OUR BUDGETS AND WHAT WE APPROVED FOR.
SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING VIEW FOR ME.
I'M LIKE GOING, WOW, NOW I GET IT.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE? YOU HAVE
SO THIS SLIDE IS OUR CUMULATIVE, OKAY? SO BECAUSE I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE OTHER SLIDE, I'M GOING, OH MY GOD, ARE WE, ARE WE PAYING BILLS? YOU KNOW, ARE WE
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU ACTUALLY, THIS MIRRORS THE, THE, UM, THE MONTHLY, UM, EXPENDITURES.
BUT THE, THE, THE TAKEAWAY IS THAT AT THE END OF JUNE, EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER, RIGHT? OUR EXPENDITURES COME TOGETHER, UM, OUR REVENUE COMES TOGETHER, AND OUR APPROVED BUDGET COMES TOGETHER.
NOW, IF YOU TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, AND THIS IS JUST VICKY AND I CAN NOT SPEAK YOU FOR THE REST, THE REST OF THE BOARD, WHEN PEOPLE COME IN HERE AND THEY SAY, I NEED 200, I NEED A MILLION DOLLAR FOR THIS, OR I NEED $500,000 FOR THAT.
AND WHEN IT WAS NOT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD DURING THE BUDGET HEARING PROCESS, IT'S HARD FOR US TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.
NOT TO SAY IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
AND THEN SOMETHING WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOW ON FISCAL YEAR, THEN WE WOULD SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO IT.
YOU KNOW? SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT HERE WAS MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WE AS A BOARD IN, IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR TREASURER, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE OUR INVESTMENT FUND TO IF I GOT THE THING RIGHT? SO IF IT GOES BACK, OKAY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE, BUT THE MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UM, DECEMBER IS WHERE THE FIRST, UM, VALLEY COMES UP, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DIP INTO OUR INVESTMENT FUND TO PAY FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES.
AND, AND SO MAYBE WE, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CON A SERIOUS CONVERSATION OF DOING BETTER.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THESE REVENUES SO WE DON'T DIP INTO OUR RESERVE FUND AND TO COVER THESE EXPENDITURES? SO, UM, AGAIN, I I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS IS A, A VICKI THING, BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT COME TO THE BOARD ARE IMPORTANT.
AND YES, THE, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENTS ARE GREAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS ALL WORK? SO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, POINT THIS OUT TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
I MEAN, THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE UNEXPECTED, UM, THINGS THAT COME UP, WHICH I CONSIDER THOSE AT RISK.
LIKE LAST YEAR WE HAD THAT BIG MOLE PROBLEM.
I MEAN, THOSE THINGS, YOU, YOU JUST CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM.
THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, SO ANYWAY, I'LL STOP RAMBLING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THESE GRAPHS TO TRY TO GET A BETTER POINT OF VIEW OUT OF OUR, UM, HOW THE, THE CASH FLOW AND HOW WE BUDGET OUR FISCAL YEARS.
AND, AND LASTLY, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THESE EXTRA PROJECTS THAT I CALL OUTTA SCOPE HOW TO FUND THEM.
UM, MOVING ON TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC IS THAT, UH, OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING, WHICH IS WAS SEPTEMBER 25TH, I, UM, ASKED THE, THE, THE, I REPORTED THAT THE AIRPORT COMMISSION THAT I SENT, I SENT THEM SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM THE RESULT OF THEIR COMMISSION MEETING,
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AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE BOARD KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ANSWERS FROM THEM.YOU KNOW? UM, I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED ARE, ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE LIST.
AND MY FIRST, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS ALL ABOUT THE MONIES, UM, COLLECTED AT THE AIRPORT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE FUNCTIONS, YOU KNOW, DONATIONS, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT PROCESS? HOW DOES THAT GET TO THE TREASURE? YOU KNOW, I, I, I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ANOTHER ONE WAS THAT MERCHANDISE SOLD.
YOU KNOW, THEY GO OUT AND THEY'RE GETTING T-SHIRTS AND PUTTING INLANDS AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
SO ARE THOSE PROCUREMENTS PART FOLLOWING OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY? HOW, HOW ARE THEY BUYING THOSE T-SHIRTS AND MAKING REVENUE OFF OF THAT? THE NEXT ONE WAS THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THEY REPORTED THAT, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO THE BOARD TO, FOR REVIEW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THE AIRPORT TENANTS AND THE BUSINESSES ARE HAVING, UH, BE ABLE TO PEER REVIEW IT BEFORE IT COMES TO THE BOARD.
I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UM, UH, WHAT I'M CALLING LEASE AGREEMENTS, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE, THE COMMISSION WAS TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE REGULATIONS OF, UM, UH, WHAT COULD BE IN A HANGAR.
OKAY? UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT BROUGHT THAT ON, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION WAS, DOES THAT AFFECT THE, THE CURRENT LEASE RIGHT NOW TO ALL OUR TENANTS, THE LEASES ALREADY HAVE A, A PROVISION AND THEY'RE, WHAT THEY COULD BE IN THE HANGAR OR WHAT CAN'T BE IN THE HANGAR.
SO THERE MAY BE A GOOD REASON WHY THAT THEY WANT TO REVISIT THAT, BUT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE, THE LEASES? SO I HAD THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, IS SIGNAGE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY HAVE, UM, A, A SIGN OUT ON A COUNTY AIRPORT BUILDING FOR ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, THAT IS OPERATING OUT OF THERE.
YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW THIS IS UP TO THE, THE ADMINISTRATOR TO SET THE POLICY FOR THAT, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE AIRPORT COMMISSION HAS, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING WITH SOME POLICY OF A RECOMMENDATION TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.
AND I HAVE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S HAPPENED OR NOT, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE TO HAVE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS.
UM, THEY'D RATHER ME KEEP SENDING EMAILS OUT AND ASKING, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHEN AM I GONNA GET AN ANSWER? SO THEN THE, THE LAST THING THAT I WANNA REPORT ON IS THE LIBRARY.
YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE NOT PUNISH, WE'RE NOT PUNISHING THE, I'M NOT PUNISHING THE LIBRARY, OKAY? IT'S, WE HAVE A LEASE THAT WAS SIGNED BACK IN 2008.
UM, IT WAS SIGNED BY THE, THE LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE ADMINISTRATOR, AND, OKAY, IF, IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT OF THEM PAYING FOR CAPITAL EX, UM, EXPENDITURES BECAUSE THE LEASE STATES THAT THE LIBRARY IS RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S REVISIT THE LEASE.
IF THAT WAS THE INTENT, LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE, OF THE LIBRARY HAS COME TO THE ADMINISTRATION ASKING TO EVEN TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THE LEASE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN CHANGE IT TO BEING A PARTNER.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA LET THAT, LET THE FOLKS KNOW, WELL, THAT THIS IS FOR ME, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
I AM NOT PUNISHING THE AIR, UH, THE LIBRARY.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THINGS LEGAL.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, IN THE, WHAT I CALL THE THEN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T THEIR, IF THAT WAS THEIR ATTEMPT, WHY WAS THAT NOT PART, PART OF THE LEASE? SO AS FAR AS THE, YOU KNOW, I HEAR, WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
WELL, I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY, THE LIBRARY LEADERSHIP DID KNOW ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I WAS ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR YEARS, AND WE HAD THE, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION.
SO, BUT MY TAKEAWAY, YOU KNOW, THAT FOR THIS LEASE IS THAT LET'S, LET'S REVISIT IT AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
AND THEN THAT PROTECTS EVERYBODY GOING FORWARD WITH A NEW BOARD, A NEW ADMINISTRATION, A NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO REVISIT THIS.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S, AND I'M SORRY.
UM, I FINALLY MET WITH THE WARREN COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LEADER, GREG BUTLER.
AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO MEET WITH GREG FOR, FOR
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MANY MONTHS NOW TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS GROUP DOES FOR THE COUNTY FOR A WHILE.SO I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF THIS.
UM, THEY GO BY THE WARREN COUNTY MO FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, AND JUST LIKE THE NAME SAYS, THEY STAND READY TO PROVIDE OUR COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM WITH COMMUNICATIONS DURING ANY KIND OF SITUATION IN WHICH THE NORMAL COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE BECOMES UNAVAILABLE FOR ANY REASON.
UM, ALL, ALL OF THEM ARE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE FCC LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.
AND THE, UH, PEOPLE MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERM HAM RADIO OPERATORS, THAT THOSE ARE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.
THEY'RE BY AND LARGE A, A REALLY TECHNICALLY SKILLED GROUP OF PEOPLE.
UM, THEY HAVE ABILITIES, UH, TO COMMUNICATE USING THE RADIO SPECTRUM AT VERY LOW POWER LEVELS USING RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT.
AND IT'S, IT'S VERY FASCINATING.
I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE GUYS CAN COMMUNICATE AROUND ACROSS THE WORLD, UM, ON 12 VOLTS.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, NOT TYPICAL AND, AND NOR NOR IS IT NECESSARY.
THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO DO THINGS IN A LOCAL AREA AS WELL WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF SETUPS.
UM, AND CONSIDERING THE, THE, THE BACKBONE ROLE THAT, THAT COMMUNICATIONS PLAY IN ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY SITUATION, UH, IN THE DIRE SITUATION THAT OUR FIRE, RESCUE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE IF THEIR SYSTEMS GO OUT.
UM, THIS, THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES, MCOM, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, WARREN COUNTY MCOM, ARE REALLY TO BE COMMENDED FOR DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO BACKSTOPPING OUR COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS. AND TO TOP THAT OFF, UM, ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT, RADIO STATIONS, ANTENNAS AND EVERYTHING HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, HAVE BEEN PAID THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, UH, SOMETHING TAXPAYERS CAN APPRECIATE THEM FOR EVEN MORE.
I ALSO FINALLY, AFTER 10 MONTHS, MANAGED TO GET A RIDE ALONG SHIFT, UH, WITH THE WARREN COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE.
I'M, I'M GLAD, UH, CHIEF CHIEF IS HERE, AND ASSISTANT CHIEF BIOKO, UH, TO HEAR THIS, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK LIEUTENANT CAM WHITAKER AND FIREFIGHTER SEAN DE BLASSIO FOR PULLING ME THROUGH THE SHIFT AND FEEDING ME FOR 24 HOURS.
I DID THE SHIFT AT THE FRONT ROW, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER HERE.
WE WENT OUT ON A TOTAL OF 13 CALLS, WHICH IS A PRETTY MILD SHIFT IN 24 HOURS THAT THE SHIFT THAT HAD PRIOR TO THAT WAS 23 CALLS IN 24 HOURS.
AND THEY, THEY DID TELL ME WHEN I SHOWED UP THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE, BECAUSE I SHOWED UP, AS IS TYPICAL WHEN A SUPERVISOR SHOWS UP, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET A LOT OF CALLS.
BUT I THOUGHT 13 WAS A, WAS A, WAS A PRETTY GOOD LOAD FOR, FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO'S NOT ACCUSTOMED TO GOING AROUND THE CLOCK LIKE THAT.
UM, I WATCHED A TRAINING EXERCISE THAT SIMULATED A RURAL FIREFIGHTING SITUATION WHERE WATER HAD TO BE TRUCKED IN BY TANKERS AND PUMPED ALONG A SERIES OF ENGINES UNTIL THE FIRE ATTACK ENGINE RECEIVED THE WATER.
AND, AND I WANNA SAY THAT IT'S, IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING AND SURPRISING.
UH, YOU, I WANNA, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY MOST PEOPLE, BUT I'LL JUST SAY I HAD NO IDEA.
UH, I JUST SORT OF THINK OF THE, THE TANK OR THE BIG RED ENGINE SHOWING UP.
I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M A 59-YEAR-OLD GUY.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE A BETTER APPRECIATION FOR THIS.
NEVERTHELESS, MY IMPRESSION IS THAT, THAT THE RED TRUCK SHOWS UP AND POINTS THE HOSE AT THE FIRE AND PUTS IT OUT.
AND, UH, IN A RURAL AREA, ESPECIALLY, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THERE'S, THERE IS NO FIRE HYDRANT.
SO WHAT DO THEY DO? WELL, I WATCHED THEM AND, UH, I WATCHED THEM USE THEIR, THEIR TANKERS AND THEIR, THEIR PORTABLE TANKS AND THEIR LINES AND VALVES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS, EVERYBODY WORKING.
AND, UM, I SIT THERE AND ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND, AND CAPTAIN MOYER EXPLAINED WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHY IT WAS GOING ON.
AND IT WAS OPPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW MANY MOVING PARTS THERE WERE THAT WERE COORDINATED TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT SEEMS TO THE UNINITIATED LIKE A BASIC TASK, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT THAT MEETS THE EYE.
THE WHOLE SHIFT WAS A VERY ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE, I'M GONNA SAY.
AND I'M GONNA SAY, HEARING IS LESS THAN KNOWING.
AND KNOWING IS LESS THAN EXPERIENCING FIRSTHAND.
AND I WANNA SAY LOUDER AND CLEARER THAN I COULD HAVE BEFORE THIS, THAT THESE ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO SPEND A FEW WORDS EXPLAINING THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE RANGE OF ENCOUNTERS THAT THESE FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS, UH, THAT THE RANGE OF THEIR ENCOUNTERS IS HUGE, FROM THE MOST MUNDANE PUBLIC SERVICE OF HELPING AN ELDERLY PERSON STAND UP AFTER THEY'VE FALLEN AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO PROVIDING ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT,
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INCLUDING AN IV, A PORTABLE VENTILATOR ON THE WAY TO THE ER, THEY'RE ON CALL TO DO WHATEVER'S NEEDED.THE ONLY FIRE WE SAW, I, I, THANKFULLY, I GUESS IT WASN'T VERY EXCITING, BUT, BUT THAT'S GOOD IN A WAY.
IT WAS A FEW LEAVES BURNING IN A SEWER.
HOWEVER, AFTER WATCHING TRAINING EARLIER THAT DAY, I GOT A SENSE OF HOW COMPLICATED THINGS CAN GET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT OUR FIREFIGHTER EMTS IS THAT THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL THEY HAVE TO WORK TO MAINTAIN IN OTHER, THE SKILL THEY HAVE TO WORK TO MAINTAIN, EXCEEDS BY A LARGE MARGIN, THEIR NORMAL DAILY EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'RE CALLED ON TO PROVIDE.
SO IF THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE AND JUST ASSISTING AN ELDERLY PERSON TO STAND UP 10 TIMES IN A ROW, YOU KNOW, THE VERY NEXT CALL COULD BE A RAGING FIRE WITH, YOU KNOW, TWO STORIES AND, AND AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT REQUIRES ALL THOSE SKILLS THAT I WATCH THEM PRACTICE AND GETTING THEIR LINES LAID OUT AND SUPPLYING FROM TANKS THAT ARE RUNNING IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE STANDBY READINESS TO ELEVATE THE NATURE OF DUTY FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY TO MOMENT'S NOTICE IS SOMETHING I THINK IS REMARKABLE.
AND I CERTAINLY WANNA COMMEND ALL OUR FIREFIGHTERS FOR ACCEPTING THAT CHALLENGE AND SERVING OUR COUNTY.
A FINAL NOTE ON THIS, UH, I WANNA MENTION THAT IT TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF EMPATHY FOR PEOPLE TO BE A FIREFIGHTER.
UH, UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, WE ALL KIND OF KNOW ABOUT THE TOUGH AND PHYSICALLY DEMANDING ASPECTS OF FIREFIGHTERS.
UM, FOR ME, IT WAS ENLIGHTENING TO LEARN ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF IT.
I WATCHED LIEUTENANT WHITAKER AND FIREFIGHTER DE BLASSIO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE IN A KIND AND GENTLE WAY ACROSS A RANGE OF SITUATIONS THAT WOULD SEVERELY CHALLENGE MOST PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF.
THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO BE THANKFUL FOR FIRE AND RESCUE STAFF, AND I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR IMPORTANT WORK.
UH, LASTLY, MRS. COOK AND I ARE ON THE BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE TASKED WITH THE 2023 LIBRARY DEBRIEF AND RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROJECT LIST.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE, WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO FINALIZING OUR REPORT, AND I THINK BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE RELEASING THE REPORT, AND WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH AN INVITATION TO SAMUEL FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO COME TO A PUBLIC WORK SESSION AND REVIEW THE REPORT WITH THE BOARD.
THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE ON THE 29TH OF OCTOBER IF THIS BOARD HERE AGREES TO ADD THAT MEETING TO OUR SCHEDULE.
CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANY MEETING ON THAT DATE, SO THAT'S SORT OF TO BE DETERMINED.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NEARING OUR CALENDAR.
THE, UH, I ATTENDED, UH, MS. COOK'S, UH, MEETING, I WAS THE VICE CHAIR FOR THAT MEETING.
AND THE, UH, UH, WE WENT OVER SOME VERY GOOD, VERY INTERESTING, UH, UH, UM, ASPECTS OF THE, UM, UM, UH, OF HOW THE BUDGET RUNS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND THE FACT THAT, UH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE, AT THE FINAL POINT OVER THERE ON, ON THE, UM, THE 30TH OF JUNE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE EXPENDITURES, THAT TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR AND THE TOTAL, UH, OF, UM, OH, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE BROUGHT IN EQUAL, AND THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
SO, UH, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT HAVING TO DIP INTO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNTY RESERVE, IF WE HAVE UNEXPECTED EXPENSES COMING UP, IT'S KIND, KIND OF LIKE RUNNING A HOUSEHOLD EXPENSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'VE GOT A, A, UM, UH, A SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THAT SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
BUT THE, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR BUFFER, SO THAT IF YOU HAVE AN UNEXPECTED OF, OF EXPENSE COME IN, THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN EASILY COVER THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO, UH, NOT HAVE BREAKFAST AND DINNER FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
SO THE, UH, SO I, I JUST WANT TO, TO APPLAUD, UH, MS. COOK AND MS. COOK.
I WILL WORK WITH THE, UH, WITH, WITH THE, UM, AIRPORT COMMITTEE OR THE, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GET SOME, SOME ANSWERS TO YOU.
'CAUSE THE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO 'EM, UH, SOME OTHER ANSWERS.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, UH, WE WILL SIT DOWN AND KIND
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OF GO THROUGH THAT.THAT'S MY STORY, AND I'M STICKING TO IT.
UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD THE SHENANDOAH FARM SANITARY DISTRICT, UH, ADVISORY BOARD, FIRST MEETING OF THE, UH, RELAUNCHED ADVISORY BOARD.
AND, UH, DURING THAT MEETING, WE WENT THROUGH THE BYLAWS.
UM, THE, UH, THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS WAS BEGUN, UM, DUE TO ONE PERSON, UH, UNABLE TO ATTEND.
UH, THAT ELECTION WILL FINISH UP AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE LOOKED AT EXPENSES YEAR TO DATE COMPARED TO BUDGET.
UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES, INCLUDING ROADS THAT, UH, CITIZENS IN THE FARMS HAVE REQUESTED MAINTENANCE ON.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT A, A PLAN FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS, UM, HOW THEY WOULD BE RUN.
AND FINALLY, UM, THE TIMELINE FOR GETTING THE BUDGET, UH, TO THE COUNTY BY JANUARY 1ST, WHICH IS, UH, THEIR PRIMARY, UH, PURPOSE UNDER THE BYLAWS, AS WELL AS ADVISING ON ADVISING PUBLIC WORKS ON, ON WHERE, UH, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED WITHIN THE SANITARY DISTRICT.
IT WAS, UM, HIGHLY COOPERATIVE AND GIVES ME, UM, A LOT OF HOPE FOR, UH, MOVING FORWARD AND A COOPERATIVE, UH, PARTNERSHIP WAY.
UM, SECONDLY, UH, UM, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE SANITARY DISTRICT, UH, FISCAL POLICY, AND THAT'S PART OF YOUR COMMITTEE.
UM, UH, AND, UH, UH, I HAVE, UM, BEEN WORKING ON SOME SUGGESTIONS AROUND THAT BASED ON CONSTITUENT INPUT THAT'S COMING TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE TWO OF THE LARGER SANITARY DISTRICTS.
SO, UH, I'M GETTING TOWARD THE END OF, OF PULLING THAT TOGETHER.
AND I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY RUN IT PAST, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL.
AND, AND THEN WHATEVER COMES OUT OF IT, I'LL SEND YOUR WAY, UH, UH, TO YOU, MS. COOK AND MR. BUTLER FOR, UH, POTENTIAL INCLUSION, UH, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO YOUR EXISTING DOCUMENTS.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME OVERLAP, UH, UM, OR SOME, SOME POINTS THAT NEED TO BE DETERMINED, UH, BUT JUST SOME INPUT COMING YOUR WAY.
OH, YEAH, I'VE BEEN, UM, INFORMING THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
IN FACT, WE ALL KIND OF AGREED THAT ONCE WE START LOOKING AT THE FISCAL POLICY, THAT WE INVITE YOU TO OUR MEETING OKAY.
TO SIT IN AND TO, UM, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE PATH FORWARD AND MAKING SURE WE ADDRESS ALL YOUR POINTS.
UH, I'VE BEEN ADDRESSING VARIOUS CONSTITUENT CONCERNS RANGING FROM TAX BILLS TO RADON, UH, REMEDIATION, PLUMBING.
UM, I HAD A SIT DOWN WITH THE, THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF REGARDING FIRE AND RESCUE AND EMT CAPABILITIES AROUND THE, UH, THE LOCAL TRAIL SYSTEM AND THE NATIONAL PARKS.
UM, AND WE TOUCHED ON MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH THE PARK SERVICE AND, AND ADJACENT COUNTIES.
UH, WE TALKED ON THE STRENGTHS AND DEFICIENCIES IN THE NINE ONE ONE CALL ROUTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS NOT JUST OUR, OUR OWN COUNTY, BUT THE OVERALL WAY THINGS ARE PASSED.
AND INFORMATION SOMETIMES, UH, DOES NOT AL ALWAYS FLOW THE WAY WE IDEALLY IT WOULD BE.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT TRAIL FAMILIARITY.
AND, UM, MY GOAL, UM, IN THE LONG RUN IS TO, UH, HELP THE FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT BE BETTER PREPARED FOR, UH, TRAIL RESCUES.
UM, AND IT'S, I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, EVER SINCE COVID, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING HERE, UM, TO HIKE AND, AND TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.
AND AS WE FOCUS ON TOURISM, THAT'S, UH, AN, UH, A GROWING NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE TYPES OF VERY UNIQUE CALLS, WHICH ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, IN TOWN STATION ONE GOING TO HELP SOMEONE STAND UP.
UH, THERE ARE CASES WHERE, WHERE A CALL COULD BE, YOU KNOW, UP A MOUNTAIN THAT'S TWO AND A HALF MILES IN, OR, YOU KNOW, 500 FEET OR, OR, OR A THOUSAND FEET OF ELEVATION GAIN.
AND, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES AROUND THAT.
UH, SO, UH, I'M A, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I, I ENJOY HIKING, SO IT'S AN INTEREST OF MINE.
SO, UM, AND, UH, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE LIBRARY IS, UH, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE, UH, FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEING THIS AS POLITICAL, UH, ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
UM, THERE WAS NOT, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO LENGTHY DECISION PROCESS.
I THINK THIS WAS A, A VERY QUICK THING THAT THAT CAME UP, THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LEASE, UM, THAT ALREADY STIPULATED HOW MAINTENANCE IS HANDLED.
AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CONTROLLING DOCUMENT IN THIS SITUATION.
THAT'S THE GOVERNING ENTITY IS THE LEASE.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW LEASES WORK.
THAT'S THE SANCTITY OF CONTRACTS IN OUR COUNTRY.
SO THERE'S NO GRAND CONSPIRACY TO UNDERMINE THE LIBRARY.
UM, BASICALLY, UM, IF MAINTENANCE IN THE PAST, UH, GOING BACK TO, UM,
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KIND OF, UH, A LOOSE GOOSEY ERA IN OUR COUNTY HAD BEEN DONE WITH A WINK AND A NOD AND, UH, NOT ACCORDING TO POLICY.UM, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM, IS THINGS BEING DONE, YOU KNOW, WITH A WINK AND A NOD.
UH, WE, WE NEED THINGS TO BE DONE ACCORDING TO POLICY ABOVE BOARD.
AND SO I WOULD JUST SECOND WHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, SUPERVISOR COOK SAID REGARDING LET'S OPEN UP THAT LEASE AND FIX WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, UM, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE NEED, UH, BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION WITH A DOLLAR, A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE LEASE DOES SAY YOU GET THE BUILDING FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR, BUT YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF IT.
UM, IF, IF WE WANT TO MODIFY THAT, THAT'S A, A, A FAIR DISCUSSION TO HAVE TOO.
BUT I THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT, LET'S ASSUME BEST, BEST INTENT HERE IT IS ALL, UH, WITH, WITHOUT IT BECOMING INSTANTLY ADVERSARIAL OR INSTANTLY POLITICIZE BY BOTH SIDES, I'LL SAY THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HELPFUL.
AND THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY, UH, RECOGNITION OF, UH, THE RETIREMENT OF POLICE CHIEF KALE MCGILLIS.
UH, HE STARTED OUT IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND HAS GIVEN THIS COMMUNITY MANY YEARS OF, UH, DEDICATION AND SERVICE.
AND I WISH HIM WELL IN HIS RETIREMENT.
I'M GONNA MISS HIM EVERY MAY AT THE, UH, POLICE MEMORIAL.
HE ALWAYS ESCORTS ME TO, UM, PLACE OF THE FLOWER FOR MY BROTHER.
BUT I WILL SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW CHIEF BRIAN WHITEHEAD.
AND I TOLD HIM WHEN I MET HIM THE OTHER DAY, THAT I GIVE HIM CONGRATULATIONS AND CONDOLENCES ALL IN THE SAME SENTENCE.
'CAUSE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, HE'S GONNA NEED EACH.
BUT, UM, I THINK HE'S A NICE YOUNG MAN AND WILL DO A, A GREAT JOB FOR THE TOWN AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND HE'LL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH MY BLUBBERING ON MAY 15TH EVERY YEAR.
UM, I ATTENDED ON OCTOBER 3RD THE VALOR AWARDS THAT WAS PUT ON, UM, BY THE CHAMBER.
A LOT OF VERY DESERVING PEOPLE RECOGNIZED, UM, FROM FIRE AND EMS WITH THE GROUP.
AND I HATE ALMOST STARTING TO NAME NAMES 'CAUSE I'M AFRAID I'M GONNA LEAVE SOMEBODY ELSE.
BUT, UM, I'M GONNA BLAME IT ON ASSISTANT CHIEF MANCO IF I DO, BECAUSE I
BUT FOR FIRE AND RESCUE, FOR, UM, THE CARE THEY GAVE TO A SEVERELY INJURED INDIVIDUAL, UM, CAPTAIN AUSTIN CHAR CHARDO, CAPTAIN BRIAN OLIVER, LIEUTENANT ANDREW FELDHAUS, FIREFIGHTER DANNY HANLON, FIREFIGHTER SIERRA ROLLINS, AND FIREFIGHTER BRADLEY KRESGE.
AND FOR A YOUNG MAN, BRADLEY KRESKY HAS HELPED DELIVER A BABY IN THIS.
AND HE'S NOT EVEN, I'M NOT SURE HE IS HIT 19 YET, HAS HE? MAYBE.
WE FOR WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, DEPUTY CHRIS ANDERSON AND ROOSTER, HIS TRACKING DOG FOR FINDING A MISSING CHILD.
AND THE FRONT ROW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, HAD, UM, AND HIS NAME JUST WENT OUTTA MY HEAD, UM, OFFICER WALLER.
AND HE, UH, FOR HIS, UM, TALKING TO PERSON OUT OF A BAD SITUATION, HE, UH, WAS AWARDED AND LET'S SEE, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE HAD THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT OUT THEIR EQUIPMENT AND HELPED THE FIREMEN DURING THOSE MARCH FIRES, UM, FIGHTING THOSE.
AND THAT WAS GEORGE KLEIN WITH HIS EQUIPMENT, JACK DONOVAN FROM TIMBERWORKS, MATT SCHROCK FROM SCHROCK'S LAND MANAGEMENT, AND WILLIE VAULT FROM VAULT HOMES.
ALL OF THEM CAME OUT, DEDICATED THEIR TIME AND EQUIPMENT TO, UM, DIG FIRE LINES AND ASSIST FRONT ROW FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED.
UM, THERE WERE SO MANY CALLS THAT DAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STARTED RESPONDING, NOT ONLY HELPING WITH THE FIRES, BUT ALSO HELPING TO RESPOND TO CALLS THAT THERE WAS NOBODY LEFT TO ANSWER.
SO THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.
WE, WARREN COUNTY GOVERNMENT WAS RECOGNIZED.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, DR.
DALEY, JANE MEADOWS, KAYLA DAR, THEY ALL FROM GETTING PIZZAS OUT TO MAKING SURE THERE WERE SHELTERS.
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW I'VE LEFT OUT SOMEBODY, BUT IF I DID, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT IT WAS A REALLY NICE NIGHT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
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AND THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WENT TO SHERIFF LYNN ARMAND TROUT, AND HIS FAMILY WAS THERE, AND IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DRY EYE IN THE ROOM AT ONE POINT, BUT, UM, VERY DESERVING FOR ALL OF HIS DEDICATION.AND I THINK HE WAS SHERIFF FOR 28 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, AND A MENTOR TO MANY OF THE OFFICERS THAT FOLLOWED HIM.
UM, KALE, MIGUEL, AS BEING ONE OF THOSE.
UM, OCTOBER 6TH, THE FRONT ROW FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WAS OPEN HOUSE TO FIRE PREVENTION KICKOFF.
UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF MATTA WAS COOKING HOT DOGS.
HE SAID HE WAS ONLY RAPPING, BUT YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE COOKING THEM TOO.
SO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THERE.
I HAD MY GRANDSON AND HE SAID, UM, I'VE GOT ONE GRANDSON WHO WANTS TO BE A FIREMAN PARAMEDIC, AND THEN I'VE GOT THE OTHER ONE THAT WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
SO HE SAID, I'M NOT GOING THERE.
I AM GONNA BE A POLICE OFFICER, NOT A FIREMAN.
I SAID, THEY'LL BOTH BE THERE.
UM, AND HE'S NOW LEARNING THAT HE CAN ALSO DO BOTH.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GET.
IT HAD A LOT OF THINGS THERE FOR THE KIDS.
UM, UM, A LOT OF HANDS-ON THINGS AS WELL THAT, UH, LET'S SEE, OCTOBER 7TH, REACHING OUT NOW TO HEAD, THEY'RE HAVING A MONTHLY MEETING, AND THEY PLAN TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE AND A RIBBON CUTTING ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIME EXACTLY, I THINK THREE O'CLOCK.
THEN THEY'RE GONNA START HAVING CHILDREN.
THE, UH, YOUTH COME IN ON NOVEMBER 6TH, BUT THEY NEED MENTORS AND TUTORS.
SO I WOULD BE THE WORLD'S WORST MATH TUTOR.
BUT IF YOU HAVE AN INCLINATION, UH, TOWARDS MATH, THEY CAN USE MATH TUTORS, HISTORY TUTORS, ENGLISH TUTORS, THE KIDS WANT TUTORS, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MENTORS.
UM, UM, I'VE, I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE, OUR LOCAL, UH, GAME WARDEN AS TO COME DOWN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DOES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST, UH, REACH OUT TO SAMANTHA BARBER OR MYSELF, AND I'LL GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH HER.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE SETTING UP A CALENDAR.
THEY WANNA HAVE THINGS LINED UP SO THE KIDS CAN SEE ON THIS DAY, AND THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR THINGS AND, AND KEEP THINGS MOVING SMOOTHLY.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE IN TO SEE THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE YOUTH CENTER, YOU NEED TO GO.
IT'S, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A NICE SPACE AND I HOPE IT'S WELL USED, WHICH IT SHOULD BE.
UH, LATER THAT DAY, I WENT TO THE LIBRARY FOR THEIR RIBBON CUTTING ON THE MAKER SPACE.
UM, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF NEAT STUFF IN THERE.
UM, THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS TO GO UP AND SEE IT.
IT'S, THERE'S TOO MUCH TO EXPLAIN.
UM, OCTOBER 11TH, UM, THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ARE GOING, I THINK, TO WISCONSIN OR SOMEPLACE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO, UH, UM, GET MONEY RAISED UP, BUT THEY DO AN ANNUAL, UM, BINGO FOR VERA WAGNER BAGS.
AND I'M NOT A POCKETBOOK PERSON, BUT I LOVE TO PLAY BINGO.
AND I DON'T WIN A THING, BUT I HAVE A GREAT TIME.
SO, UM, IT'S USUALLY THE SAME FRIDAY AS FESTIVAL OF LEAVE.
SO YOU CAN GO THERE, PLAY BINGO, AND THEN GO DANCE DOWNTOWN.
AND OCTOBER 19TH, YOU GUYS DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THE AIRPORTS HAVING TO FLY IN.
DO YOU HAVE THE TIMES? 'CAUSE THAT I DON'T HAVE, YES.
THE TIMES ARE GONNA BE FROM EIGHT TO FIVE, AND UNFORTUNATELY NEITHER JOHN NOR I WILL BE THERE.
UH, I'M GONNA BE IN KENTUCKY, THE, UH, WHERE MY, I'M TAKING MY WIFE TO THE HORSE RACES.
THAT'S WHERE WE MET 30 YEARS AGO.
AND SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF CELEBRATE THAT.
AND JOHN, YEAH, I'LL JUST BE, UH, UNAVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENT THAT DAY.
I, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY FLY IN, I'M ASSUMING, BUT I GUESS SOME PEOPLE WILL FLY IN IT'S TRICK OR TREATING, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S, IT IS CALLED TRUNK OR TREAT IS OKAY.
BUT I HAD THAT ON MY LIST, BUT I WASN'T REAL SURE OF ALL THE DETAILS.
BUT IT WILL BE EIGHT, EIGHT TO FIVE, AND THEY WILL HAVE PANCAKES.
AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.
AND JAY, IF, UM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UH, THE FLY IN, MOST OF THE PLANES COMING IN WILL BE EARLY ON THAT TIMEFRAME, LIKE EIGHT TO 10 OR SO.
AND THE, THE TRUNK OR TREAT STARTS FOR KIDS AROUND 10, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THAT MIGHT BE FROM 10 TO NOON, BUT THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE THEN, UM, A, A SAFE ZONE ON THE TARMAC, WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THE AIRPLANES AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE QUITE, UH, ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE LINED UP.
UM, BUT IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN APRIL, IT'LL BE A FUN DAY.
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SAID, UH, IT'S NINE TO ONE.FIVE, NINE TO ONE KIDS ARE 11.
PANCAKES START AT 9:00 AM TO ONE, AND THE KIDS START FROM 11 TO ONE TILL ONE.
THANKS FOR KEEPING US HONEST, MIKE.
THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING 'CAUSE THEY THROW AWAY HALF OF IT ALL THE TIME.
AND JUST A REMINDER, OCTOBER IS BREAST OR CANCER AWARENESS'S.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR ME.
AFTER ALL THOSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO, RIGHT? MR. HAMM? I HAVE NO REPORT.
I, I JUST HAVE A, MR. HAMM NEVER HAS A REPORT.
SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THERE IS A REPORT, UM, CALLED THE FIELD WORK LIST.
SO, UM, ARE WE GOING, YOU KNOW, IS SOMEONE GONNA DISCUSS THIS LATER ON IN THE EVENING OR CAN I MAKE A COMMENT TO IT NOW? HAVE AT IT NOW.
DIDN'T KNOW, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS.
ANYWAY, THEY'RE, UM, ATTACHED TO THE, THE REPORTS IS THIS FIELD WORK LIST, WHICH, UM, THEN, UH, THE WAY I I LOOK AT IT, IT'S THE TIMELINE OF GETTING OUR AUDIT REPORT READY FOR, UM, THE AUDIT.
AND I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO THIS FIELD WORK LIST, THEN I'M, THIS IS FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, LISTS ALL THE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER IN ORDER FOR US TO BE PREPARED FOR OUR AUDITORS IN THE END OF NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.
I, I THINK WHATEVER THAT DATE IS, I KNOW IT'S THE END OF NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 17TH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THIS TIMELINE IS HERE, ALL THESE ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE DIFFERENT OFFICES, LIKE THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, COMMISSION OF THE REVENUE, THE DD, UH, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND BEING A FORMER, UH, PROJECT SCHEDULER FOR MAJOR PROGRAMS AND HAVING A TIMELINE WITH THESE DATES WITH DEPENDENCIES.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS UNLESS SOMEONE DOES THAT.
I LOOK AT THIS AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, I, I THINK IS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, BUT IN MY MIND THAT EVERY DAY THAT IS SLIPPED FROM OCTOBER 31ST IS GOING TO DELAY OUR AUDITORS TO COMPLETE FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24 BUDGET.
AND SO I, MY MESSAGE OUT TO, UH, TO THE BOARD IS THAT WHEN WE START A BUDGET PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AT END OF THIS YEAR, AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME AGAIN SAYING, WHERE'S MY AUDIT? HOW CAN I PLAN AN A, A BUDGET WHEN I DON'T KNOW PAST PERFORMANCE? AND JUST FOR A DATA POINT, WE, WE, UH, WELL, YEAH, WE DID, WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS, YOU KNOW, UH, AND RAISING TAXES, NO, WE DIDN'T RAISE TAXES LAST YEAR, BUT WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS WITHOUT AN AUDIT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR TO SHOW WHAT OUR PAST PERFORMANCES, WHAT MONEY THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER, WHAT WAS OUR CARRYOVER, WHAT WAS IN OUR CONTINGENT, UM, UM, OUR, IN OUR RESERVE FUND, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT TO THE BOARD THAT IF THESE DEPARTMENTS DO NOT LIVE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, UM, UH, BY THE END OF OCTOBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DAY BY DAY SLIP.
AND I SURE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO GET AN AUDIT REPORT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MR. DAILY, LIKE JUST WITH, EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, MA'AM.
WELL, UM, WE'RE YOUR CONFERENCE CALL.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UH, A MEETING WITH THE PARTIES INVOLVED TO FIND OUT, GO AHEAD.
THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.
TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND THEIR CONTINGENCIES AND THEIR DELINQUENCIES.
UM, BECAUSE, UM, WHAT I KNOW RIGHT NOW, AND I REALLY DON'T WANNA REPORT ON IT UNTIL I ACTUALLY HEAR IT FROM THEM, IS THAT IT, IT THE, UM, THERE ARE SOME TASKS THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 31ST.
AND THIS IS JUST HEARSAY RIGHT NOW, BUT I MUCH RATHER HAVE THE MEETING WITH THE, UM, THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
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I AM CONCERNED BASED ON WHAT I KNOW.[F. Appropriations and Transfers]
ALL RIGHT.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE? YES.
THE ONLY THING MADAM OH, GO AHEAD.
OH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.
UM, AND, AND GOING BACK TO THE AUDIT, RIGHT, UM, I SAW, UH, A COUPLE APPROPRIATIONS OF BEING APPROVED THAT AFFECTED LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 23, 24.
AND HERE WE'RE PAST THAT, UH, THE, THAT BUDGET CYCLE AND WE'RE INTO 25.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE APPROPRIATING MONEY NOW FROM 2324, WHERE WE'RE IN 25? OR I MEAN, SHOULD WE BE CLOSING THE BOOKS? I MEAN, IS THIS PART OF US IS CLOSING THE FISCAL YEAR? 2324, BUT, UM, BOOKS, PART OF US GETTING OUR TIMELINE WORKING, I DON'T KNOW.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT QUESTION SINCE YOU ASKED.
WE WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU DELETE ITEMS NINE AND 10 FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND WE WANT TO CLOSE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND THEY'LL FIND ANOTHER SOURCE FOR THOSE FUNDS AND BRING IT BACK IN NOVEMBER.
SO, SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, DOES THAT LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE? IT LEAVES MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
IT LEAVES MONEY IN THAT LINE ITEM THAT YOU LOOKED AT OVER ON THAT CHART, SIR, AT THE TOP CORNER, CLEAR OVER AT THE END.
SO IT LEAVES MONEY THAT GOES BACK INTO YOUR RESERVES, IT LEAVES MONEY THAT COULD BE INVESTED AT 4% WITH THE STATE AND EARN YOU UP TO $800,000 JUST OFF THE 20 MILLION THAT'S ACROSS THAT BAR.
SIR, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY DOESN'T SOMEHOW MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR.
IT DOES NOT DISAPPEAR, BUT NO MONEY DISAPPEARS HERE.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET, THAT IF THEY DON'T SPEND IT WITHIN FIVE YEARS, THAT SOMEHOW IT JUST GOES AWAY.
THIS GOES BACK TO YOUR GENERAL FUND RESERVE.
'CAUSE I HAVE A GRAPH HERE THAT SHOWS YOU THAT IT DOESN'T.
LET ME SHOW YOU, AND I BELIEVE WE DID THAT'S DISCUSS THAT AT OUR WORK SESSION.
SO I BELIEVE WE DID DISCUSS THAT AT OUR WORK SESSION, THAT THE CLOSING THE BOOK ON THE 2324.
AND LAST REQUEST THAT YOU DELETE THOSE TWO ITEMS AND THAT WAS ITEM NINE, NINE AND 10.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND WHEN YOU GET, WHEN YOU GET A CALL ABOUT THAT, INCIDENTALLY, I DID SUGGEST THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY, BUT THAT WAS THREE MONTHS AGO.
SO HOW, HOW ARE THOSE GONNA GET FUNDED THEN? WELL, THEY'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR BUDGET AND LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET.
BUT THEN THE MONEY THAT WE DON'T USE THERE, WHERE DOES THAT GO? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIR? WELL, THE, OKAY, SO WE GOT TRANSFERRED, THIS IS ITEM NINE AND 10.
WE GOT TRANSFERS AND IT'S ABOUT $40,000 AND WE'RE NOT TRANSFERRING THAT NOW BECAUSE, SO IT GOES BACK IN THE POT BECAUSE BACK IN THE POT.
SO THAT THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED SO THAT, THAT'S NOT A REASON TO WITH DELAY THE AUDIT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH, I, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE TRANSFERS.
THERE IS THAT AND THAT'S THE APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS BE A PARDON? APPROPRIATIONS AND YES, THEY'RE RIGHT.
[G. Approval of Accounts]
APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS? ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THOSE? I APPRECIATE THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT, UM, MY CONCERNS AND I DID SPEAK WITH MRS. SCOTT AND SHE TOLD ME OF, YOU KNOW, AFTER I SENT HER MY LIST OF CONCERNS THAT THERE WERE, UM,[01:10:01]
SAFE CHECKS ON THOSE AND, UH, PROCEDURES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WHICH I APPRECIATE.UM, THERE WERE A FEW THAT, LIKE YOU SAY, THAT I GUESS HAVE YOU SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT? AND I, AND I'M FINE TO GO TO A, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IT'S JUST THE TIMING IS THE EXACT SAME TIME OF THE MONTH OF, OF ANOTHER MEETING THAT I HAVE.
BUT WE'LL TRY TO WORK THAT OUT.
UM, I STILL HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE SEEING, UM, EVERYONE'S DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB AND I APPRECIATE IT OF PUTTING DOWN A DESCRIPTION, WHICH HELPS ME A LOT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS IS IT WAS A, A, AN APPROVED EXPENDITURE, BUT I JUST COULDN'T SEE WHAT IT WAS.
SO THE REASON THAT I'M HARDBALL ABOUT THAT IS IF THESE GO OUT AS PUBLIC INFORMATION IS SOMEBODY SAYS, I SEE YOU APPROVE FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT $4,000.
WHAT WAS THAT FOR? IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK TO SAY, I HAVE NO IDEA.
SO THAT'S WHY THE DESCRIPTIONS MEAN A LOT TO ME.
I I WANT TO KNOW I'M DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE.
NOT THAT THAT $4,000 WAS SPENT WRONG OR ANY PROBLEM WITH IT, I JUST COULDN'T SEE WHAT IT WAS.
BUT THERE'S A TRAIL THAT EVERY, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN THE FINANCE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT IT.
IT'S JUST AN EXTRA LAYER OF WORK ON THEM TO GET IT OUT TO ME.
BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING IT AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT GREAT, BUT IT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE.
AND, AND I DO APPRECIATE MS. SCOTT, WHICH YOU'VE DONE AND, AND YOUR YOUR DEPARTMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BESIDES, OKAY, I HAVE A, A MINOR QUESTION HERE.
I THINK ON THE, ON THE REPORT OF DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTIONS, MONTHLY REPORT AT THE BOTTOM IT SAYS, UH, UPON TOTAL FOUR AND TAX TOTAL FOUR.
AND I'M SUSPECTING THAT MIGHT BE A TYPO AND ACTUALLY BE 2024.
'CAUSE 2023 IS ALREADY AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SHEET AT 498,000.
AND THE TOTALS ABOVE, ABOVE, I BELIEVE ARE 2024.
AND THEY'RE, WELL, THEY'RE ALMOST EIGHT, UH, SIX, $700,000.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
SO IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S PROBABLY JUST, I THINK IT'S JUST A, A FORM THAT WAS USED IN THE, THAT SOMEBODY FORGOT TO CHANGE THAT 23 TO 24.
RIGHT? 'CAUSE THIS SAYS POND TOTAL.
CAN YOU SEE THAT FORM? I SEE THE, IS THAT I SEE THE CORRECTION.
WHAT THEY, WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO THERE.
SO I'M, WE'LL ADVISE THE TREASURER OF, ALRIGHT, IT IS 24 THEN.
SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD NUMBER BECAUSE YOU WENT FROM 2022 AT 200,000 TO 2023 AT 498,000 TO SO FAR IN 2024, ALMOST $700,000.
SO MANY PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN OR, OR SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO RAISE TAXES WAS BEFORE US, YOU KNOW, JUST GO COLLECT SOME OF THE YES WE ARE.
UH, AND I THINK THAT THE TREASURER'S DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF THAT AND UM, LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE AND JUST LIKE PEOPLE TO, TO REALIZE THIS IS BEING REPORTED ON.
UM, IT IS HERE AND CALLING, JUST CALLING SOME ATTENTION TO IT.
SHE'S HAD SOME TWO VERY GOOD TAX SALES RECENTLY SIR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? HOW DO YOU SAY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS? IS THERE A SECOND? WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY ACCOUNT.
WE CAN JUST SAY APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS.
[H. Approval of Minutes - October 1st 2024]
OKAY.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED.
[I. Consent Agenda]
NEW BUSINESS, THE CONSENT AGENDA? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE, UM,[01:15:01]
I SEVEN FOR DISCUSSION THAT I SEVEN.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM SIX? MADAM CHAIR? SO MOVED.
[I.6. Warren County Rockland Park Athletic Fields Development Grant - Project Sub-Agreement]
ITEM SIX? YEAH, THE REASON WHY I PULLED THIS OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE WORK SESSION.THIS IS THE ROCKLAND PARK PROJECT AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON IT AND I HAD A LOT OF QUESTION, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE WERE, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR THE, THE INITIAL $2 MILLION THAT WE WERE GOING TO, WE ARE GONNA GET REIMBURSED.
UM, SINCE, SINCE THE WORK SESSION, I SENT A LOT OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, VIA EMAIL TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED SUFFICIENTLY FOR, FOR ME.
UM, I I DID WANT TO LET, UM, THE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THE, ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE IN OUR BUDGET ARE WE GOING TO USE THE INITIAL REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS OF THE $2 MILLION.
AND SO THE ANSWER THAT CAME BACK WAS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE USING OUR CONTINGENCY FUND TO HELP PAY FOR THE INITIAL COSTS.
OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE A MILLION DOLLARS THE FIRST YEAR, IS IT GONNA BE 500,000? YOU KNOW, THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN ADVERTISED.
SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I FEEL COMFORTABLE, IF YOU WILL, MAYBE THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, OF KNOWING WHERE, HOW WE'RE GONNA FUND THE UPFRONT COST, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I I DID WANNA MAKE A POINT THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, OUR CONTINGENCY FUND FROM WHERE I'M FROM IS USUALLY USED FOR UNFORESEEN RISKS.
AND SO I'M JUST GONNA HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MOLD PROBLEM DURING OUR LITTLE VALLEYS OF OUR MONTHLY EXPENDITURES.
JUST WHAT I'M SHOWING RIGHT THERE.
AND SO I WILL, I WILL HOPE AND I PRAY THAT EVERYTHING IS, UM, IS GONNA COME BACK BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND IT'S REIMBURSABLE, WE'RE GONNA GET THE MONEY BACK ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, SEND THE INVOICE TO THE FEDS.
UM, THEN GOING FORWARD, STARTING NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, WE BUDGET TO FINISH THE BALLPARKS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THAT'S GOTTA BE PART OF OUR BUDGET.
AND SO IT LEADS TO ME, MY LAST POINT IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A GRANT AND IT CAME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE REALLY DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT GRANTS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA GET 'EM OR NOT.
SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ASK IF WE, AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE A LIST OF GRANTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND, AND WHERE WE AS THE BOARD WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND GETTING THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL FROM THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE SPARING THE, YOU KNOW, TAKE, UH, WORKING THROUGH THESE GRANTS CAN GIVE US A, A GAUGE LIKE, YEAH, I THINK WE ARE GONNA GET THIS GRANT AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA NEED ANOTHER A HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT'S NOT A BIG SURPRISE BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR CONTINGENCY FUND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE ORANGE LINE WOULD BE EXCEEDING BOTH OF THOSE LINES RIGHT NOW GOING FORWARD AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO DIP IN OUR RESERVE FUND.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE POINTS.
AND UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO SAY MS. MEADOWS, IS THAT, UM, HOW I KNOW SOME GRANTS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT ALL AT ONCE, YOU KIND OF PAY IT IN INCREMENTS.
SO HOW, HOW IS THIS ONE LAID OUT WITH THE FEDERAL OR WITH THIS GRANT? IT'S THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO EVERY QUARTER WE SUBMIT OUR EXPENDITURES AND THEN DRAW DOWN, UM, FROM THE $2 MILLION.
UM, BASICALLY THEY PAY HALF, WE PAY HALF.
SO EVERY QUARTER WE WOULD BE SUBMITTING FOR THAT REIMBURSEMENT, UM, UNTIL WE REACH THE TWO WHEN OR IF WE REACH THE $2 MILLION, UM, MARK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO OTHER RESOURCES CORRECT.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE STATE.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UM, UTILIZING TOURISM DOLLARS BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT TOURISM, UM, DRIVER FOR THE
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COMMUNITY AND UTILIZING DIFFERENT RESOURCES IN ORDER TO FUND THE PROJECT.SO WITH THE TOURISM DOLLARS THOUGH, THAT WOULD BE FOR OUR SHARE, CORRECT? RIGHT.
THE FED SHARE, THEY ARE PUTTING $2 MILLION IN AN ACCOUNT AND WE JUST DRAW DOWN AND HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ACCORDING TO THEIR GUIDELINES.
SO I WOULD WOULD HOPE THAT AS FAR AS PLANNING AHEAD AND WANTING TO, TO DO THE COMPLETE PROJECT PROJECT RATHER THAN WAITING TO THE LAST YEAR AND FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN'T FINISH EXACTLY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THE TOURISM AND KIND OF EARMARK THAT AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO MEET, TO DISCUSS WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS WE HAVE ALIGN WITH THE NUMBERS FROM THE COMMISSIONER AND UM, THE TREASURER AS WELL.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANNA U ABSORB ALL OF THE TOURISM DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WHEN MS. CU IS GONNA START A COMMITTEE, WE MIGHT WANNA DO SIGNAGE, WE MIGHT WANNA DO EVENT AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MONEY IS FOR.
SO I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH SIGNAGE,
WE NEED TO UTILIZE THE SIGNAGE INSTEAD OF PUTTING MORE OUT THERE.
BUT, UM, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE RETURN OF PROFIT.
I, I THINK, UM, WHETHER IT'S IN DOLLARS OR THE FACT THAT THESE GIRLS ARE GONNA FINALLY HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN PLAY AND CALL THEIR OWN.
AND THAT'S, I MEAN I'M IN MY UP IN THE SIXTIES NOW, I DON'T MIND SAYING IT AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MY LIFETIME HERE AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A PLACE FOR THE GIRLS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT I'VE GOT TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS.
UM, THEY MIGHT WANNA PLAY BALL TO BE, NOT THAT I'M BEING SELFISH, I WANT ALL THE GIRLS HERE TO, BUT I THINK I, I THINK ABOUT IT MORE NOW THAT I DO HAVE GRANDCHILDREN.
UM, SO I I THINK IT MAY COST US A LITTLE BIT UPFRONT, BUT WE WILL REAP THE BENEFITS DOWN THE LINE.
IS THERE EMOTIONAL ITEM SIX I, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD ON ALL CONDITIONS OF GRANT NUMBER P TWO FOUR A P 0 180 50 0 5 1 0 4 6 7, WARREN COUNTY ROCKLAND PARK, ATHLETIC FIELDS DEVELOPMENT, AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SIGN ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS.
ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS? IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS? ARE WE GONNA COVER ITEM J? OH, I WAS THINKING THOSE WERE UNDER, I'M SORRY, I'M SKIPPING RIGHT ON DOWN.
[J. Adoption of 2025 Board of Supervisors Meeting Schedule]
J ADOPTION OF THE 2025 WAS, WAS THINKING THEY WERE ALL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.UM, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING SCHEDULE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN TOO EASY.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? WE HAVE TWO.
OPTION A, OPTION B, WHICH IF I LOOKED AT IT CORRECTLY, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS REMOVING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION.
THE, THE THURSDAY MEETINGS, OPTION B, OPTION A HAS WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, JUST REGULAR MEETINGS IN YOUR WORK SESSION.
OPTION B HAS THE THURSDAY MEETINGS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND MARCH FOR BUDGET.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT YOU WANTED US TO HAVE A STRUCTURED FORMAT FOR THESE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS AND THAT THEN THEY COULD BE DONE MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY FOR THE BOARD'S TIME.
AND WE WOULD ALSO HAVE THE ME THE STAFF MEMBERS AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY ON REGULAR SCHEDULED AMOUNTS THAT THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND WALK THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS AND THAT, WHICHEVER I WAY YOU'D LIKE TO DO THIS IS FINE WITH US.
I THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK WITHOUT COMING IN EVERY VERSION.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, THAT AS A ASK AND ASK FOR YOUR OPINION AS A, AS A RARELY EXPERIENCED COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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MAYBE A LITTLE OVERKILL IN TERMS OF, OF I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY I DON'T MEAN OVERKILL IN THE SENSE THAT IT WAS UNNECESSARY OR UNVALUED JUST THAT IT, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR US TO SPEND THAT MUCH TIME AND FOR OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO SPEND THAT MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOW MANY PAIRS OF BOOTS AND, AND SUCH THAT THEY NEEDED.I THINK THAT COULD BE HANDLED AT A, AT A MANAGERIAL LEVEL.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY THAT.
AND THAT, UM, IS, UM, OH, LET'S SEE, 1978, I DID MY FIRST BUDGET, UM, 46 YEARS AGO.
UH, MOST OF THOSE BUDGETS HAVE ALL BEEN WHERE THE DEPARTMENT COMES IN WITH A STRUCTURED FORMAT TO TELL YOU WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THAT BUDGET AND THIS IS WHAT IS CHANGING IN THAT BUDGET UP AND DOWN BOTH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOU AS THE BOARD OR THE COUNCILS, I'VE ALWAYS HAD COUNCILS HAS ALL OF THE LINE ITEMS IN THAT BUDGET.
AND MOST OF THE TIME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE JOBS AND THEY HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE TO DO A DAY JOB I THINK MRS. OS USED TO CALL IT.
SO SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE AT THEIR TIME WHEN THEY WANTED TO, AND CIRCLE HIGHLIGHT ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.
AND THEN WE WOULD ARRANGE A TIME WHEN THE SHERIFF, THE CHIEF OF FIRE AND RESCUE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, IT DIRECTOR, ET CETERA, WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND ANYBODY WHO WANTED A TO SEND THEM QUESTIONS OR B TO COME IN AND SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THOSE LINE ITEMS IN THAT BUDGET COULD DO SO.
BUT EVERYBODY DIDN'T HAVE TO SIT THERE TO GO THROUGH EVERY LINE ITEM SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IF I MAY, I THINK I DID MENTION THIS LAST TIME, IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT STANDARD FORM.
INDICATE I I I REALLY DON'T WANNA READ A NARRATIVE.
I, I WANT TO INDICATE, AND THIS COMES FROM YOU ESSENTIALLY AS A, AS THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT A DEPARTMENT PROVIDES HAS PROVIDED AND IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE IN TURN AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE INPUTS ARE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
AND IT, IT NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE AN INCREASED DEMAND OR AN INCREASED LEVEL OF SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED COST OR, OR CONVERSELY IF INFORMATIVE IS INCREASING AND THERE ARE INCREASED OUTPUTS, BUT COST IS STAYING THE SAME, THAT SORT OF THING.
I MEAN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS PRODUCING VERSUS WHAT IT'S TAKING IN OR I THINK, AND FOR ME NEED TO BE PART OF THAT STANDARD FORM AS OPPOSED TO SAY A NARRATIVE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S VERY, UH, MAYBE WELL, YOU KNOW, LOQUACIOUS AND, AND WE, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO PARSE AND, AND, UH, THE NARRATIVES ARE UNNECESSARY, SIR.
NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE AUGMENTED.
THEY'RE, THEY HAVE AN AUGMENTING FUNCTION AUGMENT PLACE, BUT THEY CAN'T STAND ALONE AS BEING IN THE BASIS FOR, FOR SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT'S ALL I MEAN, AND WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT OF THIS FORMAT, IF YOU WILL, FOR YOU TO LOOK AT IN ABOUT, ABOUT THREE WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS.
UH, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT FORMAT FINALIZED TO BY THE END OF NOVEMBER SO THAT DEPARTMENTS CAN BE PREPARING THEIR WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SUBMIT THE END OF DECEMBER.
UM, I, I WOULD SAY I'M LEANING TOWARDS OPTION B AND I'LL JUST MAKE SOME COMMENTS I'VE MADE ONCE IN THE WORK SESSION, UM, FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
UM, THE, UH, FIR FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL HAVE NO SUPERVISORS WHO ARE GREEN AT THAT POINT.
IT WON'T BE ANYONE'S FIRST RODEO.
AND THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCIES IN THAT.
UM, WE'VE GOT THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE FILI FAMILIARITY NOW WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE DON'T NEED EVERYTHING EXPLAINED AT A LINE ITEM LEVEL NECESSARILY.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, WE ALL HAVE CLEAR GOV NOW, WHICH ALLOWS US TO GO IN AND SEE THIS IN ADVANCE AND ASK QUESTIONS, UM, ON DEMAND, WHICH IS, IS, IS HELPFUL AS WELL.
UM, I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE POINTS.
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FOR OPTION B THOUGH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE DAY JOBS, UH, WE GET A DRAFT SCHEDULE FOR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE AVAILABLE, UH, DURING THE, DURING BUSINESS HOURS.AND THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THAT SCHEDULE AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S A KEY, UH, EVENT, WE CAN'T BE THERE FOR THAT, WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO, TO REQUEST THAT IT BE MOVED.
UM, SO THAT OUR ENGAGEMENT LEVEL DOESN'T, UH, TAKE A HIT ON THAT.
UM, RECOGNIZE THAT AS A CONCERN.
UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UH, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WILL WORK FOR THE, FOR THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, BUT UM, IT, UH, IT DAWNS ON ME THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE, THE SAME, UM, PLAN YET OR, OR THE EXISTING WORK SESSIONS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, POTENTIALLY WOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER THE PARTNER AGENCIES.
UM, HOW WOULD THE, HOW WOULD THAT PLAY OUT? WE WOULD PROPOSE, IF YOU CONSIDER OPTION B, THAT YOU AMEND THIS TO INCLUDE A WORK SESSION THE LAST TUESDAY OF EACH OF THOSE.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL.
THAT WOULD BE JANUARY 28TH, FEBRUARY 25, MARCH 25, AND APRIL 22ND.
AND THAT GIVES YOU FOUR ADDITIONAL TIMES IN THERE INCLUDING MEETING WITH THE, UH, SCHOOL BOARD AND A LITTLE MORE TIME IN THERE TO DELIBERATE ON THE BUDGET.
UH, AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN WORK THOSE IN WITHIN THAT SCHEDULE.
I, I NEED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON HOW YOU'RE GONNA SET UP.
SAY I'M GONNA USE YOU MR. BERRY, SINCE YOU'RE SITTING BACK THERE, UH, A DAY FOR PUBLIC WORK.
SO BETWEEN NINE AND TWO, ANY OF US CAN GO IN AT RANDOM TIMES OR ARE ALL OF US SUPPOSED TO GO IN? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE, WE WILL, MR. BARRY WILL COME UP AND HE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LANDFILL.
UM, THE TRANSFER STATION, THE CONVENIENCE CENTERS, WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO IMPROVE THOSE SERVICES OUT THOSE PLACES THIS NEXT COMING YEAR AND WHAT HE NEEDS EQUIPMENT, WHAT HE NEEDS, PERSONNEL, ET CETERA, IN ADDITION TO WHAT HE HAS RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THOSE INCREMENTAL INCREASES ARE.
AND THEN HE WILL GIVE YOU THE ENTIRE BUDGET LINE ITEM THROUGH CLEAR GOV THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
EVERYTHING THAT HE'S ASKING FOR TO GET THE TOTAL.
THAT PART I GET THE PART I PROBABLY, WE'LL, WE'LL SCHEDULE A TIME WHEN NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN FIRST OF ALL LOOK, GO THROUGH THAT, THAT'S YOUR CONVENIENCE AND SEND HIM QUESTIONS.
AND IF HE, IF YOU, IF HE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION JUST IN AN EMAIL, THEN FINE.
IF YOU WANT TO COME IN, WE'LL SCHEDULE A TIME WHEN HE'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND TALK TO HIM.
AND WE MAY USE THE LAST OF THESE FOUR THIRDS, FOUR TUESDAYS RATHER FOR THAT PURPOSE.
IF WE HAVE MORE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN TWO BOARD MEMBERS THERE, IT WILL BE A SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THAT PURPOSE.
BUT SCHEDULED WORK SESSION COMING, WELL, I'LL JUST HAVE TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
JUST IF JUST ONE PERSON SAYS, I WANT TO COME IN AND TALK TO MIKE, I'D LIKE TO COME IN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR, THESE QUESTIONS IN YOUR BUDGET AND YOU SAY, I'D LIKE TO COME IN AT NINE O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, THEN YOU HAVE YOUR SESSION WITH MR. BERRY AT NINE O'CLOCK ON MONDAY.
IF THERE ARE GROUP QUESTIONS, WE'LL ARRANGE IT FOR A LATER TIME.
THAT'S MORE CONVENIENT FOR EVERYBODY.
I I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A BURDEN.
SO SEE HOW WORKS ON, ON OUR STAFF THOUGH, BECAUSE HAVING, I, I'M LEANING TOWARDS, I, I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SET MY SCHEDULE AND THEN WORK MY LIFE AROUND THIS JOB INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT'S JUST THE WAY I WORK IT, IT'S BEST FOR ME AND I, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF I WAS TRYING TO DO MY JOB AND I HAD TO WORK AROUND FIVE PEOPLE COMING IN INSTEAD OF ONE TIME DEALING WITH ALL FIVE, I PERSONALLY WOULD GO WITH THE ONE TIME BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING DONE NOW ALL NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO ANYBODY.
NO, BUT THEY WORK THEIR JOB AROUND FIVE PEOPLE, SOMETIMES SIX AND SOMETIMES SEVEN.
'CAUSE JANE AND I MIGHT ASK QUESTIONS TOO AND WE SEND THEM QUESTIONS AND YOU SEND THEM QUESTIONS EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME.
OH, I GET THEY THAT THEY WORK THEIR SCHEDULE AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND SEE THEM ABOUT THE AIRPORT.
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SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND SEE 'EM ABOUT THE LANDFILL.SOMEBODY WANTS TO ASK ABOUT SHENANDOAH FARMS, ET CETERA.
THAT'S ALL PART OF THE DAILY JOB.
I MEAN I DEALT WITH BEING AT A SCHOOL NURSE.
I SAW OVER A HUNDRED KIDS A DAY.
EVEN IF IT WAS JUST A HUNDRED KIDS, I FELT LIKE I HAD A GOOD DAY AND THEN THE TEACHER'S RUNNING IN AND OUT.
BUT WHEN I'M TRYING TO PUT STUFF IN A COMPUTER AND EVERY OTHER WORD I HAVE TO STOP, IT'S AGGRAVATING.
I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK IF I HAD TO LISTEN TO A, TO, TO DO A SPIEL ONE TIME VERSUS FIVE TIMES.
THAT'S ALL I I'VE JUST IN, LET ME UM, ADD TO THAT, NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY AND SPECIFICALLY, BUT FOR STAFF IN GENERAL.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO NOT BE HERE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL.
THEY WOULD PREFER TO NOT BE HERE.
WELL, AND I, I DON'T BLAME 'EM FOR THAT EITHER.
GETTING THE INFORMATION, GETTING OUR QUESTIONS IN ORDER AND 15 MINUTES SHOW AND TELL AND BE DONE WITH IT.
THIS STUFF OF AN HOUR OR MORE.
BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE THAT'S JUST SPEAKING.
I, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST DRIVE ME NUTS AND TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING ELSE I NEED TO DO.
AND THAT REPETITIVE GOING OVER IT.
I I'M, THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL HAVE THESE FOUR ADDITIONAL TUESDAYS FOR AND THEY WILL ALL BE HERE ON ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS AND WE WILL HAVE THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THAT YOU AMEND SECTION B.
OPTION B IS TO INCLUDE THOSE FOUR NIGHTS.
SO THE FOUR NIGHTS WAS UM, JANUARY 28TH, FEBRUARY 25, FEBRUARY, MARCH 25 AND APRIL 22ND.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY START THOSE AT 5:00 PM THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
THAT LETS YOU GET THROUGH MORE OF THEM EACH EVENING AND WE WILL KEEP THE OTHER WORK SESSION.
I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
CAN YOU SAY THOSE DATES AGAIN OR IF SOMEBODY ELSE GOT JANUARY 28TH? FEBRUARY 25, MARCH 25, APRIL 22ND.
AND ASSUMING ALL THE REST OF THE CALENDARS ARE CORRECT, WHAT I DID WAS TAKE EACH OF THE FIRST FOUR DATES AND JUST ADD 14 DAYS AND THERE'S A BONUS OF, UH, FIFTH TUESDAY IN APRIL.
BUT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT.
I WAS GONNA SAY LIKE WHY NOT, LET'S MAKE IT A FULL HOUSE.
WE'LL SEE, SEE HOW THE, WHERE THE BOARD IS AT THAT TIME.
WE DON'T NEED TO SCHEDULE IT NOW.
IS SOMEONE READY TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? SURE.
I, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPT OPTION B OF THE 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING SCHEDULE WITH THE ADDITION OF FOUR WORK SESSIONS OF JANUARY 28TH, FEBRUARY 25TH, MARCH 25TH, AND APRIL 22ND AT 5:00 PM AT 5:00 PM SECOND.
NOW WE'RE AT ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS.
ANY ADDITIONAL NEW BUSINESS? HEARING NONE.
EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME.