* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] . YEAH. OH, I GUESS IT IS NOW. . NOW IT'S, YEAH. SO UN UNFORTUNATELY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UH, THAT THE LITTLE LEAGUE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. UM, I, I REALLY APOLOGIZE, YOU KNOW, IF WE KIND OF MISSED EACH OTHER THAT WAY, WE DO WANT TO HAVE THEM OVER BECAUSE THIS, THIS IS A HUGE THING FOR, UH, FOR WARREN COUNTY AND FOR FRONT ROYAL BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UH, UH, SUPERVISOR KOHLERS AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE, ALMOST 65 YEARS THAT THE, UH, THAT OUR LITTLE LEAGUE HAS GONE THIS FAR. AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY BIG, REALLY, REALLY BIG. SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE DO WANT TO GIVE THEM THEIR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONGRATULATIONS AND, UH, CERTIFICATES FROM THE BOARD. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE MEETING. THE FIRST THING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE, BUT, UM, UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY THAT WILL BE THAT WE, WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. SO, DR. [B. Presentation - Superintendent David Martin welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year] UM, MARTIN? NO, NO, NO. I WAS, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE STORY THAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO ASKED YOU PULLED ON YOUR PANT LEGS AND, AND ASKED YOU, I'M THE STUPID . SO PLEASE, DR. MARTIN, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO PASS OUT SOME TALKING POINTS. I KNOW YOU'LL TAKEN BUNCHES OF NOTES ON THIS, ALTHOUGH SOME WILL, SIR. THANK, SO, AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT I'VE, I HAVE TWO TITLES. UH, MY CONTRACT SAYS ONE THING, AND I'VE BEEN CALLED ANOTHER. SO ACTING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT. UM, I LIKE WITH KIDS TO SAY THAT I'M AN ACTING SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE, UH, THEN I CAN ACT AND SAY, AND DO THINGS THAT, UM, THEY DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I WANT TO TELL YOU WHO I AM. UM, I STARTED AT HANLEY HIGH SCHOOL AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN 1976. FROM THERE, I WENT TO CLARK COUNTY AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, AND THEN MY CAREER KIND OF TOOK OFF A LITTLE BIT, AND I WAS IN MANASSAS PARK, HENRY COUNTY, WILLIAMSBURG, FAKI COUNTY RETIRED, WENT TO NORTH CAROLINA. AND YOU MIGHT THINK, WELL, I COULDN'T KEEP A JOB, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS I WANTED A CAREER THAT LOOKED AT RURAL, SUBURBAN, AND URBAN. UH, 'CAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE PRODUCTS OF OUR, OUR PAST A LITTLE BIT. SO, A LITTLE ABOUT ME. I'VE BEEN, I'VE MANAGED SWIMMING POOLS. I'VE WORKED IN A FEDERAL PRISON. UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE MY PATH AT ONE TIME, BUT I QUICKLY DISCOUNTED THAT. WHICH, UH, WHICH SIDE OF THE BARS WERE YOU ON? UM, I WAS ON THE SIDE, UM, . NOW, WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME THAT? UH, , I WAS ON THE SIDE, UH, THE, THE RIGHT SIDE. 'CAUSE USUALLY WHEN, UM, UH, INMATES CAME IN, I WAS THE FIRST PERSON THEY SAW. I HAD TO DO A PSYCH VALUE ON THEM. UM, AND IT TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT THE PSYCHE OF PEOPLE AND, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. AND IT TAUGHT ME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HOW TO RECOGNIZE A CON. AND EVEN WITH KIDS. SO NOW I CAN KIND OF HAVE THESE TRIGGERS THAT I'VE KIND OF LEARNED THAT WHEN I'M BEING CONNED. UM, AND SO SOMETIMES I'LL SAY TO KIDS, MM-HMM, NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU WANNA TRY AGAIN? LET'S TRY IT AGAIN. LET'S TRY ONE MORE TIME. UM, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE IN, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE ESSENCE OF WHO I REALLY AM. UM, I BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS A NAME AND NOT A NUMBER. THAT'S WHY I HAVE ONLY WORKED IN SCHOOL DIVISIONS OF A CERTAIN SIZE, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW PEOPLE'S NAMES. UH, I WANT, UH, STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE ME. I'VE, I'VE BEEN AROUND IN CLASSES TODAY AND, UM, UH, A LOT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TODAY, I ASKED THEM, SO, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? AND THEY SAID, NO, WE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. AND I SAID, WELL, I'M THE SUPERINTENDENT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? NO. SO I SAID, WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU A REALLY GOOD HINT. I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF THE PRINCIPALS. AND THEN THERE WAS A SILENCE. OH, YOU'RE THE BOSS. YES, THAT'S EXACTLY [00:05:01] RIGHT. YOU'RE THE BOSS. UM, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE PARENT IS A CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER. I TELL PARENTS, YOU DO NOT LOSE THAT TITLE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR CHILD ON THE BUS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN. OUR JOB AS EDUCATORS IS REALLY TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW, I TRULY KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET MORE DONE IF THAT PART PARTNERSHIP IS DEVELOPED. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT KIDS MAKING MISTAKES IN SCHOOLS, IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO MAKE 'EM. IT'S THE SAFEST PLACE. UH, WE, WE TEACH THEM THAT, YES, THERE'S GONNA BE A CONSEQUENCE FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR, BUT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TOMORROW? YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENED TODAY, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TOMORROW? AND MOVE FORWARD? AND I ALSO, UH, HAVE COME TO KNOW THROUGH MY CAREER THAT PEOPLE, CHILDREN, STAFF, THEY REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A DOCTORATE. PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY DO CARE THAT I CARE ABOUT THEM, THAT I TRY TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH THEM. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN I GO INTO A SCHOOL, NOT JUST TO RUN TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, BUT I WANNA TALK TO THE CUSTODIANS. AND BY THE WAY, THE CUSTODIANS IN OUR BUILDING, THE FLOORS ARE SO SHINY, IT'S REMARKABLE. AND WHEN YOU, I'VE GONE UP TO A COUPLE OF 'EM, I SAID, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WHAT? I SAID, WE REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM. YOU MADE THESE FLOORS TOO SHINY. OH, YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH. BUT IT IS COMPLIMENTING PEOPLE AND RECOGNIZING WHAT THEY DO. UM, I ALSO LEARNED IN THE SCHOOL BUSINESS THAT IMPROVEMENT IS NOT AN EVENT. IT'S A PROCESS. SO I EXPECT THAT WHILE I'M HERE, THERE'S GONNA BE IMPROVEMENT. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M HERE, IT'S BECAUSE I'M CREATING SOME PATHWAYS FOR EVERYBODY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND I BELIEVE ALSO, AND I HAD THE BEST COMPLIMENT THE OTHER DAY, THAT IF THERE'S A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR KIDS AND STAFF, THAT ACHIEVEMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO UP. YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. SO, THE BEST COMPLIMENT I'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, DR. MARTIN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHANGING OUR CULTURE, DON'T YOU? IT'S PRETTY POSITIVE. UH, AND I SAID, THAT'S THE NICEST THING YOU COULD HAVE SAID TO ME. UM, BECAUSE I SEE IT HAPPENING NOW. I SEE EVERYTHING HAPPENING. SO, UM, I HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS WITH ME TONIGHT. AND, UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THIS NEXT PART, THE SCHOOLS BY THE NUMBER. 'CAUSE I KNOW ALL OF YOU, SINCE I'VE MET WITH ALL OF YOU, YOU REALLY LIKE THE BUDGET. SO I'M GOING TO SOFTEN YOU A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS. SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO TWO SODA JERKS THAT I'VE EMPLOYED FOR TONIGHT. NOW, THIS ONE HERE, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS ONE HERE. HE DEMANDED . HE DEMANDED, UM, HE DEMANDED UNION WAGES. OH, NO, , I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. SO, UH, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TONIGHT IS WHAT? EVERY FACULTY MEMBER, UH, NO, MR. CHAIRMAN, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THAT? ? OKAY. . SO THE MUSIC THAT YOU'RE HEARING AND THE ICE CREAM, RATHER THAN HAVE A CONVOCATION THIS YEAR, MY STAFF TOOK AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL TO EVERY FACULTY. AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. UM, AS THE, THE SONG SAYS IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF STARTING THE YEAR. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME NUMBERS NOW THAT YOU'RE IN A GOOD MOOD. OKAY? SO I WANTED YOU TO HAVE A PERSPECTIVE OF OUR COMPOSITE INDEX. AND OUR COMPOSITE INDEX RIGHT NOW IS HIGHER THAN SHE OR FREDERICK, UH, WINCHESTER AND PAGE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AS YOUR COMPOSITE INDEX GOES UP, UM, YOUR STATE REVENUES GO DOWN SLIGHTLY. SO, UH, WARREN COUNTY IS RICHER THAN SOME OF THESE OTHERS. CAN. CAN YOU, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS? UH, 'CAUSE IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF NUMBERS, BUT I CAN, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'D RATHER DO, MR. [00:10:01] CHAIRMAN, FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS, I, I NEED A LITTLE WHITEBOARD SO I CAN WRITE SOME THINGS DOWN, BECAUSE, UM, AS YOU GET OLDER, NOT THAT YOU'RE OLD, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, WE BECOME VISUAL LEARNERS. AND, UM, I WOULD RATHER SHOW YOU THAT THE REAL ESTATE AND ALL THAT, HOW THAT WORKS. BUT I WILL DO THAT. SO RIGHT NOW, OUR BUDGETED STUDENT COUNT, WHICH IS THE CURRENT BUDGET WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, IS BASED ON A STUDENT POPULATION OF 4,863. SO THIS IS HOT OFF THE PRESSES. UM, OUR FIRST DAY ENROLLMENT WAS, UH, 4,677. NOW, I WANT YOU TO SKIP OVER. WE HAD 185 NO-SHOWS TODAY. SO WHEN YOU ADD THAT, NO-SHOWS IN. THAT'S WHERE I PUT, UH, WE'RE OFF BY ONE IN OUR BUDGET. NOW, DO I BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD'S GONNA SHOW UP? UM, OUR HISTORY SAYS THAT THEY PROBABLY WILL FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. THEY'RE JUST NOT HERE YET. UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE STARTING SCHOOL EARLY AND THERE ARE LOTS OF FAMILIES, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THEY TAKE VACATIONS AND THEY'LL COME TO SCHOOL LATER. NOW, I'M GONNA, THIS IS A REPEAT. UM, SO CLASS, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS IN JUST A MINUTE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NINE SCHOOLS, ONE TECH CENTER, ONE NON-TRADITIONAL SCHOOL. WE HAVE 802 STAFF. WE HAVE 591 TEACHING POSITIONS. WE HAVE 35 BUS ROUTES. WE HAVE SEVEN CAR ROUTES. AND YOU MAY THINK, WHAT ARE CAR ROUTES? SO CAR ROUTES ARE OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TO DAY SCHOOLS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SHE VALLEY, MAINLY WINCHESTER AT THIS POINT. UM, SO WE TRANSFER, OR WE, UH, TRANSPORT 2,300 KIDS DAILY. AND PROBABLY IN A DAY, IN A YEAR, IT'S 385,000 MILES, WHICH IS PRETTY SOMETHING. DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE SERVED 3,160 BREAKFAST AND LUNCHES. BUT HERE'S THE REMARKABLE PIECE. WHEN I GOT HERE, THIS IS JUST REMARKABLE. DID YOU KNOW THAT WE PACK BAGS FOR KIDS EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO GIVE THEM ENOUGH FOOD FOR THE WEEK? AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 102,433 BREAKFASTS AND THE SAME LUNCHES. SO SINCE THIS SUMMER IS NOW OVER 204,866 MEALS, THAT'S REMARKABLE. NOW, THERE'S NO PAYMENT FOR THIS. AND WHAT WE DID IS WE ACTUALLY HAD SCHOOL BUSES AND FOR REMOTE AREAS, WE WENT OUT IN THE COUNTY, WE TOOK THE MEALS TO THEM. WE ALSO ADVERTISED IN CLARK AND FREDERICK BECAUSE THEY COULD COME THIS WAY OR SHENANDOAH, DEPENDING ON UPON OUR DROP POINTS. SO THE REGULATIONS ALLOWED US TO SERVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT KIDS. AS LONG AS WE SERVED KIDS, IT WAS GREAT. WE HAVE 24 OPEN POSITIONS, SO THEY'RE NOT ALL TEACHING POSITIONS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, UM, WHEN I GOT HERE, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT, THERE'VE BEEN POSITIONS OPEN FOR A FULL YEAR THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN FILLED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW STRATEGY, AND THAT'S THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. SO WE'VE HIRED A SERVICE FOR, AS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AND A SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPIST. UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THAT WORKS. NOW, I, THERE IS A BLIND STUDENT THAT IS BEING SERVED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. NOW THAT MAY SOUND, I'M, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN, BUT THERE'S AN AID WITH THIS CHILD AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF TACTILE STUFF. UH, BUT THE PROFESSIONAL ON THE IS DIRECTING THE AIDE, HOW TO DO THAT. UM, NOW HERE ARE MY CHALLENGES. TENNIS COURTS. THE FIRST THING I HEARD IN COMING TO WARREN COUNTY IS DR. MARTIN, YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR TENNIS COURTS. SO I WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT 'EM, AND I CAN TELL YOU, UM, THEY'RE IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. IN FACT, THEY'RE A SAFETY HAZARD. AND WE'VE CLOSED THEM AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE HAVE, UH, SPENT SOME MONEY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SOME BORINGS INTO, UH, THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF ALL OF THESE. AND I EXPECT A REPORT ON FRIDAY IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. SO I KNOW THE BORINGS HAVE ALL BEEN DONE. THEY GO DOWN ABOUT 10 FEET AND THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF THAT'S UNDER THERE. SO I'VE HEARD STORIES. THERE ARE CAVERNS UNDER [00:15:01] THERE, THERE ARE SINKHOLES, UM, ALL SORTS OF THINGS. BUT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO KNOW BEFORE WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND DETERMINE ARE WE GONNA BANDAID IT? ARE WE GONNA FIX IT? OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN? UM, CAN I ASK, ASK ONE QUESTION? SURE. SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY TENNIS COURTS ARE THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED? WELL, ALL OF THEM IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SO THIS IS FROM ME, EIGHT AT EACH, I BELIEVE. I THINK THERE ARE EIGHT AT EACH. ABOUT EIGHT, YES. OKAY. SO 16 TILE VERSUS CARPET. SO THIS IS WHERE AN OLDER PERSON, UM, THINKS ABOUT LITTLE KIDS A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN, UH, TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS, E WILSON MORRISON AND HILDA J WE HAVE CARPET IN PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. AND I'VE LEARNED THAT CARPET BREEDS A LOT OF STUFF, PARTICULARLY WITH LITTLE KIDS. AND, UH, ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO HAVE THAT CARPET REPLACED. I GOT A QUOTE AND I GAVE THIS QUOTE TO YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. AND HE SAID, OKAY, NOW THAT QUOTE WAS A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THE FINE PRINT A LITTLE BIT. BUT THAT WAS TO REPLACE THE CARPET AND TILE IN THE ENTIRE TWO BUILDINGS, NOT JUST THOSE CLASSROOMS. SO THEY WENT BACK, YES, JUST DR. DALEY, I MADE A MISTAKE. AND, UM, IT'S GONNA COST US ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE, UM, THE CARPET WITH A TILE IN PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. UM, I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THAT AT SOME POINT. UH, OUR BOARD WILL COME FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL, BUT I ALSO WANT TO DO SOME COST SHARING. 'CAUSE I WANNA LOOK AT MY BUDGET BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS LAST MINUTE. UM, I'VE KIND OF DELAYED MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS BECAUSE THEY WANTED A GATOR, UM, FOR THEIR, AND I'VE KIND OF PUT THAT OFF, UH, 'CAUSE I'M KIND OF THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH OF THESE LITTLE KIDDOS MIGHT BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN A JOHN DEERE GATOR. THERE'S THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT. . UM, AT LFK, LESLIE FOX KAISER, THERE ARE WHAT I CALL LEARNING COTTAGES. BEHIND THE SCHOOL THEY'VE BEEN REFERRED TO AS LEARNING VILLAS, BUT IN EVERY OTHER TERM, THEY'RE TRAILERS. AND THEY, UH, PROVIDE LEARNING SPACES FOR SOME OF OUR RESOURCE PEOPLE WHILE THE DECKING OUT OF WOOD HAS DETERIORATED. SO, THANKS TO OUR TREMENDOUS, UH, MAINTENANCE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED WEEKENDS, THEY ACTUALLY WORKED SUNDAY. 'CAUSE I GOT A CALL ABOUT SOMETHING. UM, IT'S NOW BEEN REPLACED AND IT LOOKS GREAT AND IT'S SAFE FOR KIDS AND STAFF. THE NEXT THING I NOTICED AS I KIND OF, I'M SORRY. SO HOW MANY TRAILERS DID YOU HAVE TO REPAIR THE DECKING? OH, UH, THERE ARE THREE, THREE OF 'EM. THREE. BUT IT'S, IT'S, WE HAD TO PROVIDE, ACTUALLY CREATE, RECREATE THE RAMP THAT GOES UP. 'CAUSE WE HAD TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. UM, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK. IT TOOK THEM A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME TO DO THAT. SO AGAIN, AS, AS I'M LOOKING AT, UM, SAFETY FOR KIDS AND STAFF, UH, AT E WILSON MORRISON, UM, THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE LIKE PLAYGROUND. THEY HAVE AN ASPHALT AREA RIGHT BEHIND THE SCHOOL THAT IS FENCED, BUT IT'S OPEN FENCING. THERE ARE BREAKS IN THE FENCE SO PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH. SO TOMORROW, UM, THERE WILL BE GATES PUT UP AT THE OPEN AND THEY'RE GONNA BE LOCKED. SO WHEN KIDS ARE ON THE PLAYGROUND, NOBODY FROM THE STREET CAN JUST WALK ONTO THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I THINK IT'S BEEN. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ABLE JUST TO WALK ONTO THE PLAYGROUND. SO WE WANT TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. SO NOW KEEP EATING THAT ICE CREAM. 'CAUSE THE BUDGETS ARE COMING . SO THE 26 27 BUDGET. UM, IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE WILL DEVELOP A JOINT BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR TO ENSURE THAT BEFORE I LEAVE, BOTH BOARDS WILL SIT DOWN TWICE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. UM, NOW WHAT I DIDN'T TELL YOU, I THINK I TOLD YOU WHEN I MET WITH YOU. UM, I WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN HENRY COUNTY [00:20:01] AND I LEARNED THAT THERE ARE THREE GOALS OF EVERY BUDGET. PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND BASICALLY THOSE ARE THE THREE BIGGIES OF ANY COUNTY. UM, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY A, A SHARING PERSON, BUT I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CASE FOR WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, NOT THE WISHES, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. UH, BEFORE I LEAVE, UM, I'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH STAFF. I THINK I HAVE A PRETTY UNIQUE WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP IT AND LOOK AT OUR CURRENT FUNDING AND WHAT THEY'RE USING THAT FOR AND MAYBE REVISING THAT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO A MODIFIED ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS, WHICH MEANS FOR SOME OF MY CALL CENTERS, I WILL TAKE THEM DOWN TO ZERO AS IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TELL ME, TELL US, JUSTIFY ALL THE WAY BACK UP. UH, 'CAUSE I NEED TO KNOW THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T BECOME COMPLACENT AND, UH, HOW WE FUND THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALLY NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE FUNDED. . UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I WILL LOOK AT PAST BUDGETS AND I WILL LOOK AT THE, THE PLUSES OF THE MINUSES ON SOME OF THOSE LINES. UM, IT'S HARD TO DO. UM, IT'S HARD TO DO PERSONNEL AS A COST CENTER. UM, 80% OF OUR BUDGET IS PERSONNEL AND, AND, UM, FRINGE BENEFITS. BUT I WANNA LOOK AT, UH, SOME OF THE WAND, UM, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THIS YET, BUT, UM, I WANNA LOOK AT OUR GRANT FUNDING. I WANNA LOOK HOW WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE FUNDING WITH OUR GRANTS. UM, A LOT OF THAT IS PERSONNEL. BUT I WANNA SEE HOW WE'RE USING SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF KIDS. UM, I JUST, I'VE ENCOURAGED OUR, MY PRINCIPALS JUST TO TAKE THE BLINDERS OFF. YOU KNOW, CAN WE JUST START A NEW DAY AS IF WE WERE BUILDING THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM FROM THE GROUND UP? AND LET'S JUST LOOK AT EVERYTHING, UH, AND HAVE A HEALTHY DISCUSSION. NOW, HEALTHY DISCUSSION MEANS PROBABLY A HEALTHY DEBATE, UM, BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THE FUNDS THEY NEED FOR TO DO WITH. UM, SO I WANNA REVIEW OUR JOINT COLLABORATION. SO I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE LOOKED AT A CURRENTLY, UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND, AND I THINK THE MOTOR POOL, OUR MECHANICS, UM, DO YOUR WORK FOR YOU IN COLLABORATION WITH US. SO I LOOKED AT THIS IN A KIND OF DIFFERENT WAY. SO OUR RATE, OUR LABOR RATE, AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE MONEY IS. OUR LABOR RATE IS ABOUT $65. BUT IF YOU WENT TO, UM, A NORM NORMAL, IF YOU WENT TO ANOTHER PLACE, IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS $190. I MEAN, IT COULD REALLY BE ASTRONOMICAL. SO IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, UM, I THINK WE SAVED THE COUNTY ABOUT $200,000 LAST YEAR JUST IN HOW WE WORKED TOGETHER. NOW ALSO KNOW THAT I WAS IN, UH, FAKI COUNTY WHERE WE HAD, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH THE COUNTY. UH, THOSE ONE WAS HR, THE OTHER WAS BUDGET AND FINANCE. UM, AND I THINK THERE ARE WAYS, 'CAUSE WE ARE, YOU ALL LIVE TOGETHER IN THE SAME COMMUNITY FOR US TO MAYBE LOOK HOW WE DO THAT. THE OTHER CALL CENTER, UM, THAT I'VE HEARD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IS FRINGE BENEFITS FOR US. SUPPOSE WE COMBINE FRINGE BENEFITS. UM, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT, UH, RECOMMEND PUTTING US TOGETHER IN HEALTH INSURANCE IF WE BRING YOUR RATES UP. BUT I THINK JUST TAKING A HEALTHY LOOK AT THIS, WHERE THE LARGER GROUP IS, ARE THERE COST SAVINGS THERE? I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AND JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, SO THE, THE NEXT THING IS I WANNA PUT YOU ON A SCHOOL BUS WITH THE BOARD, WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU INTO OUR BUILDINGS, NOT TO SHOW YOU OUR CHALLENGES, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WITH KIDS. AND, UM, THIS IS NOT A THREAT, BY THE WAY. I'M GOING TO HAVE UNDER MY ARMS SOME CHILDREN'S BOOKS. AND YOU MAY BE ASKED TO READ TO A CLASS WHILE WE ALL OBSERVE YOU, AND THEN WE'LL CRITIQUE YOU AFTERWARDS. BUT, UM, BUT I THINK JUST WATCHING THE KIDS' FACES IS TRULY REMARKABLE. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO [00:25:01] MEET WITH YOU AT EVERY, EVERY MONTH UNTIL I LEAVE. I WANT TO START THE DIALOGUE. I WANT YOU TO ASK ME QUESTIONS. I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME. HAVE YOU HEARD ANY GOOD RUMORS ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? BECAUSE I'D RATHER KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, AND I CAN RESPOND TO YOU IN SOME WAY IF I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE I'M FAIRLY NEW. UM, YOU'LL HAVE THE ANSWER WITHIN 24 HOURS. UM, BUT I WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE A BIG TICKET ITEM FOR YOU GUYS. AND, UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE MONEY'S, IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE. UM, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING, THIS IS SOME EXCITING NEWS THAT JUST KIND OF HAPPENED. SO I'LL JUST SHARE THIS. IT'S NOT ON HERE. UM, BLUE RIDGE TECH CENTER, OH MY GOSH. A LIFE CHANGING PLACE. SO WE MAY QUALIFY FOR A GRANT TO OFFER ANOTHER LEVEL OF ENGINEERING TO OUR STUDENTS. AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE PAID FOR, PLUS THE TEACHER. AND IT'S LIKE WELL OVER $200,000. UM, AND THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO COMMIT TO IS FOR THE 26, 27 YEAR, WE WILL PICK UP THE COST OF THE TEACHER. BUT THAT MEANS THE CLASSROOM IS ALREADY BUILT. AND, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST KIND OF HAPPENED AND THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR ME? OR I'LL ANSWER RUMORS OR, OH, YOU TOOK OFF YOUR OUTFIT. AND MAY I SAY THIS? WE HAVE MORE. MAY I TELL YOU ABOUT, UM, ED DAILEY AND SOME STORIES? SO, UM, ED AND I KNEW EACH OTHER IN WINCHESTER KIND OF SOMEWHAT. UM, HIS HAIR WAS DARKER AND I HAD HAIR BACK THEN. UM, HE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL FOR ME TO WORK WITH. I MEAN, I BO DOWN TO HIS OFFICE ALL THE TIME. AS ZACH WILL TELL YOU, I RING THE BELL AND HE POPS AROUND. UM, AND WE JUST TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES AND STUFF. AND IT IS, IT'S VERY NICE TO KNOW THAT I CAN JUST WALK DOWN THE HALL, NOT DRIVE ACROSS TOWN AND TALK TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. SO, UM, THAT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL FOR ME. QUESTIONS? DOES THE ICE CREAM MAKE YOU SLEEPY? ? YEAH. YOU, YOU'D ME. SO, OH, NO, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WELL, YOU'D MENTIONED ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TILE VERSUS THE CARPET. HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS THAT GONNA COVER? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS THE QUOTE, , AND I DID NOT BRING THAT WITH ME. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I COULD CERTAINLY SEND IT TO YOU TOMORROW. I CAN SEND YOU THE QUOTE TOMORROW. OKAY. I'LL JUST PUT IT IN AN EMAIL AND SEND IT TO YOU. IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO ASK HOW MANY CLASSROOMS, 'CAUSE THERE'S WHAT, THEY DIDN'T DO IT BY CLASSROOMS. THEY DID IT BY SQUARE FEET. OKAY. UM, I, I ALWAYS THINK OF THINGS I DO TOO, CLASSROOMS BECAUSE, UM, BUT I, I PERSONALLY LIKE THAT FROM WORKING IN SCHOOL. UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME UP OUT OF A LITTLE CLINIC WHEN I WAS HIRED AS THE SCHOOL NURSE. 'CAUSE THERE WAS CARPET AND I WAS, I COULD TELL HOW MANY TIMES IT HAD ALREADY BEEN THROWN UP ON AND I DIDN'T WANT IT. SO, OR OTHER THINGS. YOU CAN, YOU CAN WASH THE FLOOR, YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THE CARPET AS QUICKLY. SO I, I WOULD NEVER HAVE CARPET IN SCHOOLS. SO THE CARPET ISSUE FOR ME, UH, I WANTED TO GET IT DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT ACCORDING TO THE CARPET PEOPLE, IT'S GONNA TAKE LIKE FOUR DAYS. SO, UM, AND I LOVE MY TEACHERS, BUT YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE, UM, HOARDERS. THEY SAVE EVERYTHING. I'M MARRIED TO ONE, SO I CAN SAY THIS. UM, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE US A PROBABLY OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK. WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF THIS DONE, MOVING PEOPLE OUT, GETTING IT DONE OVER THE WEEKEND SO THEY CAN MOVE BACK IN AND HAVE IT READY ON MONDAY MORNING FOR THE TENNIS COURTS. UH, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF HOW MANY COURTS WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE READY TO GO THAT WE RESCUE THE SPRING SEASON FOR THE TENNIS TEAMS? I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A SINGLE COURT THAT THAT'S PLAYABLE. [00:30:01] OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S VERY CONCERNING. THE CRACK, SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE TWO TO THREE INCHES WIDE. OKAY. THERE'S STUFF GROWING UP IN THEM. IT, IT'S JUST, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. UM, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT, WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS. ONE OPTION, UH, THAT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION IS WE REPAIR IT AND THEN WE PUT CONCRETE OVERLAYS OVER TOP, WHICH IS ONE PIECE OR SEVERAL PIECES. UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD, AND IT COULD BE A ROAD TRIP FOR ME, THEY'VE DONE THIS AT UVAI, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT, TO SEE HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. UM, I, I REALLY HAVE TO SEE THINGS BEFORE I COMMIT THAT MUCH MONEY TO IT. OKAY. MAYBE TO ADD TO THAT, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME MORE INVESTIGATION DUE WITH THAT BOARD NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT $300,000 THAT'S NEEDED IN THE SHORT TERM FOR THE, UM, TENNIS COURTS FOR SO, SO JUST SO WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT THAT. OKAY. WELL, I'VE SEEN, UM, ABOUT 400 K I'VE SEEN A REPORT SAYING THERE'S MAYBE LIKE $125,000 METHOD FOR REPAIRING CRACKS JUST TO GET, JUST TO REPAIR THE CRACKS, BUY SOME TIME MM-HMM . A SEASON OR TWO. AND THE SUPERIOR WAY OF, OF DOING THE REPAIR IS THE PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE OVERLAY, WHICH IS WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. AND THAT IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MILLION AND A HALF, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS THE NUMBERS I'VE SEEN. UM, SO THOSE, THOSE COULD BE VIABLE. BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF GETTING TENNIS BACK IN ACTION, IT SEEMS LIKE THE, THE, THE CRACK REPAIR, WHICH NOBODY REALLY WANTS. BUT IF YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, UNLESS A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS APPEARS, I THINK THE, THE MILLION AND A HALF WAS IF WE TORE THEM ALL OUT AND STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN. WELL, NO, WELL, E EITHER WAY. BUT THE OVERLAY WAS CHEAPER. THE, THE, THE COMING IN WITH PRE-STRESSED SLABS DOWN IS THE POINT IS IT'S, IT'S EXPENSIVE. VERY. UM, SO, UH, I AND, AND THAT NUMBER YOU JUST MENTIONED IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN, THAN THE, THE NUMBER I I'VE SEEN FOR, UH, ANYWAY, SINCE YOU, SINCE THE TENNIS TEAM FIRST CAME TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. UM, THE NUMBER WAS UP THERE ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF OF THE WHOLE THING. AND THEN IT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 150 THE OVERLAY. AND THEN IT WAS ABOUT 300 FOR THE REPAIRS IN THE OVERLAY. IT'S STILL A MOVING TARGET. WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, FINAL RECOMMENDATION YET, BUT THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERING SOMETHING IN TERMS OF 300,000 AS IMMEDIATE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO KNOW, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE BORINGS ARE GONNA HELP US KNOW, UM, WERE THE TENNIS COURTS BUILT A SPEC, THE TIME THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED. SURE. I JUST KIND OF NEED TO KNOW, I, I FIND IT RATHER CURIOUS THAT ALL OF THE TENNIS COURTS ARE, THAT THEY'RE BAD. I MEAN, DID THEY GO OUT AND FIND A GOOD BAD PLACE TO BUILD THESE FOR ALL OF THE TENNIS COURTS? THE, THE LAND AT SKYLINE IS CAVERNOUS. OKAY. THERE'S A, THERE'S PEOPLE SPELUNK THERE THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR DECADES. UM, AT WARREN COUNTY, IT'S IN A HOLE. I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY A HILLSIDE AND EVERYTHING RUNS DOWN. AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S THERE. UM, I COULDN'T EVEN FIND IT WHEN I FIRST WENT TO LOOK BECAUSE IT'S IN BEHIND THE CONCESSION STAND. IT'S THE WEIRDEST PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR IT, BUT THERE'S WHERE IT'S AT. SO THEY, THEY FOUND JUST SOME GOOD, BAD PLACES TO, TO PUT THESE. AND YEAH, I JUST THINK WE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS, LOOK AT EVERYTHING. AND, UH, IS THERE A SHORT, SHORT TERM ANSWER WHICH MAY LEAD TO A LONG-TERM FIX? ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. UM, I DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE. I I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S UNDERNEATH FIRST, BECAUSE IF WE KEEP PATCHING IT, IT, IT COULD KEEP SPLITTING AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA KEEP DOING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR. WILL THAT SAVE A TENNIS SEASON? YES. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT IT COULD, YOU'RE RIGHT. UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. UM, UH, OR [00:35:01] WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. I WANT TO SAVE A TENNIS SEASON. UH, UM, I'M NOW PLAYING PICKLEBALL WITH ONE OF THE, UH, ASSISTANT COACHES AND HE REMINDS ME THAT, UH, , WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE TENNIS COURTS EVERY TIME WE PLAY . FRIEND, MR. BROWN. YEAH, MR. AND I WAS GONNA SAY, MR. BROWN HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND HE'S COME TO A COUPLE OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO. GOT IT. SO I THINK HE HAS, UH, I THINK HE'S PROVIDED BASICALLY SOLID INFORMATION AND, AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, MY, MY COMMENT WASN'T TO, TO BE DISCOURAGING ABOUT, ABOUT REBUILDING THE TENNIS COURSE. IT WAS THAT PROBABLY IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THIS SEASON. RIGHT. SO, SO SAVING A SEASON AND THEN PLANNING TWO OR THREE YEARS OUT FOR THE FULL PROJECT IS, IS WHAT I'M ADVOCATING. DO YOU HAVE, NU DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS OR DOES, DOES DR. DALEY HAVE NUMBERS FOR THE DECKS, THE GATES, THE OTHER, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU'VE MENTIONED? OH, NO, WE, WELL, OKAY. NO, ANY OF THESE. I DON'T HAVE THOSE BECAUSE, UM, UM, I GUESS THE POWER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS SAID, OKAY, WE GOTTA FIX THIS AND IT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THOSE ARE DONE. SO I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE DONE. OH, OKAY. THEY'RE DONE. AND THE GATES WILL BE PUT IN TOMORROW. TODAY I HAD YELLOW TAPE ACROSS THERE, SO PEOPLE WOULD GET USED TO, THIS IS NOT A BYWAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH ANYMORE. UM, SO THOSE OF YOU FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET DONE. BUT THE TILE, WE WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SOME, SOME SUPPORT FOR. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. SO IT'S THE TILE AND THE, UM, TENNIS COURTS. CORRECT. CORRECT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION? A COUPLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN, UH, WANNA TOUCH ON THE TECH CENTER AND HOW YOU'RE GETTING THE GRANT. AND, YOU KNOW, I HEAR WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THE TECH CENTER AND AS A SUGGESTION, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD LOVE TO TEAM UP WITH THE TECH CENTER AND, UM, OFFER SOME TYPE OF COURSES OR, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP TO, UM, INTRODUCE PUBLIC SAFETY TO OUR, OUR CHILDREN. UM, I ALSO BELIEVE, I THINK AT ONE POINT, UM, THE AIRPORT WAS ALSO WANTING TO PARTNER WITH THE, UM, TECH CENTER TOO, TO HAVE COURSES FOR AVIATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. GOOD. SO, UM, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AND, AND COMING UP WITH IDEAS OF THAT, THAT'S ONE THING, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS THAT COULD HOPE THAT YOU COULD PUT NEW CURRICULUM. SO I WILL TELL YOU, UH, WHEN I MET WITH THE STAFF THERE, UM, 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR IDEAS. UH, HERE'S THE IDEA, DR. MARTIN, YOU NEED TO BUY THE OLD HOSPITAL BECAUSE WE'RE OUTTA SPACE AND WE NEED TO EXPAND THE TECH CENTER. AND I SAID, OH, OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT I HEARD. YOU NEED MORE SPACE. UM, AS LONG AS YOU GET MORE SPACE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE HOSPITAL BUS OR I, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT SPACE IS LIKE. UM, BUT THEY WANT MORE SPACE BECAUSE THEY DO WANT TO EXPAND MM-HMM . UM, WE TALK A LOT, AND I KNOW AS A SUPERINTENDENT, NOT EVERY KID'S GOING TO COLLEGE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND THESE KIDS REALLY, AND THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO COLLEGE. THE REASON I MENTIONED ENGINEERING, I'M THINKING KIDS THAT ARE GOING INTO ENGINEERING WILL GO TO THE TECH CENTER AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN START THEIR ENGINEERING PROGRAM IN COLLEGE. I MEAN, WE CAN DO SOME JOINT STUFF. UM, THE WELDING PROGRAM THERE IS EXCEPTIONAL. AND, AND I LOOKED AT THE TEACHER AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS CAN START OUT MAKING $70,000 A YEAR JUST OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL. AND IF THEY DO UNDERWATER WELDING, IF THEY GO TO NEW NEWPORT NEWS, THEY CAN MAKE A LOT MORE. UM, SO I THINK THE MINDSET IS RIGHT NOW, UH, THEIR CLASSES ARE FULL AND THEY'RE READY TO ROLL AND THEY WANT TO EXPAND. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. AND THEN GOING TO YOUR, UM, YOUR CHALLENGES FOR STUDENT SAFETY AND HEALTH. YOU KNOW, UH, THE TENNIS COURTS, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS, AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE, WE, WE PRINT THIS AS A PRIORITY IN GETTING THAT, UM, COMPLETED. UM, ALSO WITH THE, THE CHILD VERSUS CARPET, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT AND ANYTHING YOU NEED WITH ME [00:40:01] IN, IN GETTING THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS FOR THE CHILDREN. WOULD YOU LIKE ANOTHER ICE CREAM NOW , YOU KNOW, AND THEN COMING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE UPCOMING BUDGET, 26, 27 BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE A, UM, A, A BOARD OF SUPERVISOR AND UH, SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT THAT MEETS. UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR IDEAS HOW WE CAN BETTER, UM, COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER, UM, SUPERVISORS WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET PREPARATION. UM, JUST, JUST SOMETHING OF MINE, A PET PEEVE WITH MINE, IS HOW THE SCHOOL BOARD ALWAYS COMES IN AT THE LAST MINUTE WITH THEIR BUDGET AND WE START OUR BUDGET PROCESS. WELL, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT START IT AROUND NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND, AND THEN THEY GO AND MEET WITH ED AND YOU KNOW, AND THEY MESH IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD IN, UM, JANUARY. AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO KIND OF BE PART OF THAT COLLABORATION AS WELL. YOU KNOW, SO WE KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE OUR LIMITED TAXPAYER TAX DOLLARS IN, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I, I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, I'LL ADMIT THAT IN THE PAST COUPLE, SEVERAL SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE'VE BEEN VERY, UM, CAUTIOUS WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE DISPERSE TO THE, TO THE SCHOOLS. AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON, ON THE, THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, FOR THE CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE RUMORS, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY IT'S AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS THIS BUDGET YEAR WHEN THE SCHOOL CAME AND, AND SAID HOW IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO KEEP ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT THEY HIRED BACK IN COVID, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TRANSITION INTO STUDY, YOU KNOW, TE UH, READING INSTRUCTORS. AND, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, REALLY NEEDED. ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STATS. WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY DO, UH, ACCREDITATION, IT'S BASED ON THE, THE READING ABILITIES. AND WHEN I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE, THE, THE STATS FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE ACCREDITED WITH CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ENGLI, IT WAS, UM, SCIENCE AND, AND, UM, HISTORY. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU CAN'T READ VERY WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO WELL. EXACTLY. IN THOSE, THOSE COURSES, UM, THAT I HAD THE, UM, THE SCHOOL HAD TOTAL MY TOTAL SUPPORT IN KEEPING THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCES. AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT JUST KIND OF PRIORITIES CHANGE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S VERY REFRESHING TO, UH, COME IN WITH A, A NEW WAY OF, OF THINKING AND, AND WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND THE BUDGET AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHATEVER LEFT TIME I HAVE LEFT TO, TO MAKE, UH, MAKE THINGS, UM, COMMUNICATION A LOT BETTER AND SHIFTING THE PRIORITIES. 'CAUSE I, I THINK OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS. AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S ABOUT TIME TO CHANGE THE, THE CULTURE A LITTLE BIT. LET ME GO BACK, UH, 'CAUSE I, I DON'T WANNA MISLEAD YOU. I'VE ENCOURAGED MY BOARD SINCE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT'S COMING ON BOARD THAT, UM, THEY BECOME A BUDGET COMMITTEE OF ONE, WHICH MEANS THEY ALL HAVE TO BE PRESENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOARD, THE BUDGET. I WANT THEM ALL THERE. AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOM I'VE NOT ALL MET YET WHO ARE RUNNING FOR THE BOARD SEATS, I WANT THEM IN THE ROOM TOO, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS KIND OF WORKS. SO IT'S NOT AN INFORMATION OVERLOAD IN JANUARY WHEN THEY SHOULD THEY WIN. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S, I I I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE GOOD IN HAVING EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE, UM, AND ASKING LOTS OF QUESTIONS, WHICH IS GOOD. MM-HMM . YEAH. WHEN WE MET ONE ON ONE, YOU SAID THAT, AND I, I, I SAID THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, THAT THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO DO THAT. AND THE, THE, THE THAT AND THE, UM, COORDINATION OF CALENDARS WITH YOUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM . BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IS CERTAINLY COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENT SO THAT THE, WELL, THE PERCEPTION OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE AFTER A CERTAIN STAGE RIGHT. WITH OUR BOARD IS, IS I THINK NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. RIGHT. SO WE'LL GET THAT RIGHT THIS YEAR. MM-HMM . THE, [00:45:01] MY HIRED HAND HERE FOR ICE CREAM. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING A BUDGET CALENDAR WITH HIM BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE GOOD FOR BOTH SIDES. AND WE GOTTA HAVE SOME REALLY HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS. 'CAUSE YOUR FUNDS ARE LIMITED. WE KNOW THIS UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN YOUR PERSONAL CREDIT CARDS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO TENNIS COURTS, WE'RE GONNA DO LOTS OF STUFF. , UM, THAT GOT A SMILE OUT OF MOST OF YOU. , MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE STATS. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA, [C. Presentation - Lake Front Royal Road Rejuvenation] WE HAVE, UH, THE LAKEFRONT ROYAL ROAD REJUVENATION. YOU WANT ANYTHING TO SAY? UH, YOU WANNA START OFF? YOU WANT ME? WELL, I'LL, I'LL, I'M NOT GONNA TALK MUCH TODAY. UM, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE BOB RAHI AND, AND ANDY IS BEHIND THEM. ANNIE HUNT. THEY'RE BOTH WITH THE LAKEFRONT RURAL, UM, SANITARY DISTRICT. THE POA THERE, UM, IS THE SANITARY DISTRICT BOARD, UM, WITHIN THE COUNTY. AND, UM, IF YOU'VE REVIEWED THE ASPHALT REJUVENATOR, THEY'VE DONE ALL THE RESEARCH AND, AND THEY'VE REACHED OUT AND REVIEWED AND, UM, SPOKE TO VDOT FOLKS AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY WITH THEIR FUNDS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE. SO, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THEM AND, UM, LET THEM ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND THIS IS MR. ROUCH. I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A, A QUICK, UH, HISTORY SO YOU UNDERSTAND ASS PART OF AN OVERALL PLAN. UH, I MOVED HERE IN MAY OF 2016. THE SANITARY DISTRICT WAS CREATED, I BELIEVE, IN JANUARY, 2016. VERY, VERY SMOOTH TRANSITION. NO FIGHTING IN THIS ROOM. NO, NO. IT WAS UGLY. I, I CAME TO MEETING HERE, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET KILLED. . AND, UH, SO THE, THE POA BOARD WAS NOW COOPERATING WITH THE SANITARY DISTRICT. THERE WAS A SEPARATE ADVISORY BOARD. SO I, UH, I TOOK OVER AS PRESIDENT IN 2019 AND SAID, WE GOTTA MAKE THIS WORK. UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UH, ONE OF THE SMART THINGS THAT THE, UH, SANITARY DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS DID WAS PUT TOGETHER A, UH, ENGINEERING STUDY. UH, WE HAD MAJOR DRAINAGE ISSUES, MAJOR WASHOUTS OF ROADS EVERY TIME WE HAD BAD STORMS. SO THEY LOOKED AT PUTTING, UH, UH, CULVERTS IN WHAT IT TOOK TO ACTUALLY SUCCESSFULLY DRAIN THE WATER OFF OF THE MOUNTAIN WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE, UH, WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE COUNTY AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED PROBABLY 95% OF THAT PLAN. UH, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT. UH, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE COUNTY BASED ON AN OVERALL 10 YEAR PLAN. UH, AS PART OF THAT, WE'VE, UH, WE LOWERED, UH, THERE'S TWO PARTS OF OUR BUDGET. ONE IS OUR OPERATING BUDGET, WHERE WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE INSURANCE FOR POTENTIAL, UH, DAM DAMAGES, , AND, UH, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. UH, IT WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS. UH, WE LOWERED IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, IT'S EITHER 50 OR 55. UH, WE'VE LOWERED THE, UH, THE SANITARY DISTRICT FEE A COUPLE TIMES. UH, IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE WAS NOT A COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SANITARY DISTRICT AND THE BOARD, SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT TOOK TO ACTUALLY DO IT. SO WE DID A LOT OF STUDY. THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS THERE WAS NO, UH, NO CLEAR INVENTORY OF WHAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY WAS. UH, SO ANDY AND I, UH, KNOW EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF EVERY ROAD UP THERE NOW. WE LITERALLY WALKED AND MEASURED EVERYTHING, UH, AND PUT TOGETHER, UH, A 10 YEAR PLAN. ANDY HAS TAKEN OVER FOR ME. I HAD TO STEP DOWN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO FOR HEALTH REASONS. UH, AND, UH, UH, WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE PLUS TO PAVE AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE EVERYTHING PAVED UP THERE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. UH, AND SO FAR SINCE THEN, WE'VE PAVED, UH, UH, PROBABLY WHAT, CLOSE TO THREE MILES OF ROAD UP THERE. WE, WE PAVED CREEK ROAD, WE PAVED, UH, HIGH RIDGE, UH, AND WE'RE TO THE POINT NOW ON THE TIMES WE DID IT, WE NEED TO RESURFACE THOSE TO, UH, OR TO, UH, PROTECT THEM WITH THE NUMBER OF WELLS WE HAVE UP THERE. WE, WE ALSO WERE COGNIZANT OF, OF WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA DAMAGE THE WELL IF, IF WE CAN HELP IT. UH, SO WE STARTED RESEARCHING. WE FOUND THIS, UH, UH, BIO-BASED TREATMENT. UH, AND, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED WE WERE LOOKING AT IT. SO WAS VOT. UH, SO VDOT, UH, IN THE LYNCHBURG DISTRICT, UH, HAS DID TESTS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. SO THEY'VE BEEN MONITORING IT OVER TWO, THREE YEARS WITH VERY GOOD RESULTS, UH, WITH THAT. AND WHAT IT IS, IS THE, UH, THE MODIFIED TAR AND SHIP THAT WE DO TODAY, UH, MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS, OTHER ROADS, CURVY A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH MOTORCYCLES, UH, AND, AND TRACTION PROBLEMS. SO WHEN WE PUT THE MODIFIED TAR AND SHIP, YOU HAVE THE LOOSE GRAVEL FOR QUITE A WHILE. IT DOESN'T JUST IMMEDIATELY GO IN. [00:50:01] SO WE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS ON MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS AND SOMETHING. SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T NEAR AS DISRUPTIVE TO THE, THE FRICTION AND CONDITION OF THE ROADS. UH, SO THIS, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT VO STUDY AND WE LOOKED AT WAS WHEN YOU PUT THE SURFACE ON, UH, THERE'S A FRICTION FACTOR THAT VDOT WANTS TO BE AROUND 40. UH, WHEN YOU PUT THIS TREATMENT ON, IT'S A CLEAR BIOTREATMENT, THEN THEY PUT SAND AND THEY ROLL IT, IT FILLS IN THE CRACKS AND IT REJUVENATES THE ASPHALT. UH, AND IT HAS A FIVE YEAR, I THINK IT'S A FIVE YEAR GUARANTEE ON IT, UH, THAT THEY'LL COME OUT AND MONITOR AND, AND DO ANY, UH, WORK THAT NEEDS DONE. UH, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, TREATMENT, IT DROPS THE, THE FACTOR THAT FRICTION FACTOR FROM 40 DOWN TO ABOUT 28. BUT WITHIN TWO DAYS IT'S GONE BACK UP. AND IT ACTUALLY WITHIN YEARS IS BACK UP, UH, UH, TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THEY PUT THE FINISH ON. UH, SO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, TREATMENT, WHEN WE DID THE LAST TARN SHIP, UH, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT THE WAY THE COUNTY PURCHASES THINGS, BUT I'VE DONE ALL THE ANALYSIS. 'CAUSE THE COUNTY USES CONTRACTS THEY HAVE WITH PEOPLE THAT DO PAVING. SO IT'S EQUIPMENT AND LABOR, AND THEN THEY BUY THE GRAVEL SEPARATE. THEY BUY THE OIL TAR, EVERYTHING ELSE SEPARATE. SO WHEN YOU PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER, UH, THIS TREATMENT IS A SMALL FRACTION OF WHAT WE PAY FOR THE MODIFIED HARDSHIP. UH, SO, UH, EVERYTHING I PUT TOGETHER, UH, BASED ON, UH, UH, WHAT WE PAID THE LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD, UH, MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS RESURFACE, IT WAS PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND, UH, SIXTY NINE, A HUNDRED SEVENTY $9,000. UH, AND THIS PARTICULAR TREATMENT FOR 90,000, WE CAN DO BOTH OF THOSE ROADS. UH, AND SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR NORMAL SANITARY DISTRICT. BUDGETS IS WHERE WE COME FROM BECAUSE IT'S OVER $50,000. OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY YOU. IT WAS OVER 50 BEFORE, BUT IT WAS JUST IN PEACE PARTS, SO IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED. SO, UM, YEAH, CONTRACTS WERE, PARDON? CONTRACTS WERE, YOU'RE WITH CONTRACT. YEAH. SO NOTHING SHADY, IT'S JUST, IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFERENT. SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON IT? HOW MANY MILES OF ROADS DO YOU HAVE IN, IN TOTAL? YEAH. UH, I THINK WE, LET'S HERE, I DON'T REMEMBER. I'M THINKING THERE'S PROBABLY AROUND 10. OKAY. AND HOW MANY LOTS? UH, ARE 342 LOTS. OKAY, COOL. YEAH. OKAY. UH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TREATMENT? PARDON? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT, THAT NEW TREATMENT? IT'S A, IT, IT'S A PLANT-BASED PRODUCT, UH, SOLE UNDER, UH, TRI TECHNOLOGY. SO THE ONLY COMPANY THAT USES A PLANT-BASED PRODUCT INTERESTING. BEING WELL VERSUS THE CATEGORY CURRENTLY USES. YEAH. UH, SEEMS TO BE A FIRST TIME CONTRACT WITH THIS VENDOR TO DO WARD COUNTY. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT COMMUNITIES, COUNTY THAT HAVE THE CONCERNS THAT WE DO. YEAH. ESSENTIALLY WE'RE, INSTEAD OF REFACING THE ROAD NOW FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, 90,000 KEEPS DOWN THE ROAD, FIVE YEARS WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE TO BUILD UP OUR RESERVE BUDGET TO AFFORD THE FINAL TAPING. IT'S LIKE PRETTY MOTION ON THE ROAD. YEAH. JUST MAKES US SOFT IN REVS IT REALLY GOOD WARRANTY WITH IT THAT COVERS THAT ENTIRE SPAN AS IT IS. MM-HMM. AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING A YELLOW CENTER LINE ON BOTH OF THOSE ROADS. UH, WE DID A TEST ON MOUNT HEIGHTS AND THE REDUCTION OF PEOPLE GETTING RUN OFF THE ROAD WAS PHENOMENAL. UH, IT'S CURB BEATING A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE ROADS. MM-HMM . GREAT. BUT WE USE A SUBPAR CONTRACTOR. IT WAS A CHEAP CONTRACT. THIS IS JUST KIND A TEST BED. THIS WILL BE A HIGH IMPACT YELLOW REFLECTED, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF ALL THE FOG WE HAVE ON THE MOUNTAINS. YEAH. SO IT'S ALSO A SAFETY FOR US, SO AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT AS WELL. SO IT'S BOTH PIECES OF THE PIE WRAPPED UP INTO ONE. GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR STEPPING UP. I KNOW I HAVE A VERY LARGE SANITARY DISTRICT IN MY JURISDICTION, AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. UH, AND YOU'RE WORKING WELL WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH IS REALLY APPRECIATED. YEAH, IT'S BEEN, IT IS BEEN REALLY, WELL, MY FIRST PRIORITY WHEN I TOOK OVER AS PRESIDENT WAS GETTING, GETTING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND, AND, UH, THE POA, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER, HERE'S HOW. AND WE GOT THAT CON IT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR, I BELIEVE, TO GET IT ALL WORKED OUT, BUT IT'S WORKED WELL. AND, UH, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF, OF TURNING EVERYTHING OVER TO GOVERNMENT BECAUSE GOVERNMENT WAS MY CUSTOMER, MY PREVIOUS JOB . SO, UH, IT'S WORKED VERY WELL. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MOVE. NO, I, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF NOT ONLY IMPROVING THE ROADS, UM, AND GIVING PUBLIC WORKS, UH, KUDOS FOR WORKING WELL WITH YOU AS WELL. AND, UM, I I, THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER MUCH BETTER WITH ALL OF THIS. I YEAH. NO COMPLAINTS OR ANYTHING. SO YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ROADS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. YEAH. WELL, AND, AND I'LL HAVE TO ALSO SAY THAT, UH, WORKING WITH, WITH CHERYL AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, WE, WE'VE TRIED TO [00:55:01] DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE IT A SAFER, FUN PLACE TO LIVE. AND I TELL YOU, IT WARRANTS MY HARD AT NIGHT. I HEAR KIDS RIDING THEIR BIKES ON THE ROAD, PLAYING SCREAMING. YOU GO DOWN TO THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S A TON OF KIDS DOWN THERE ON THEIR BICYCLES AND CHALKS PAINTING. IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND DO STUFF. UH, AND, AND IT, IT'S, UH, I WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A VERY, WHAT WE CONSIDER UNSAFE CONDITION. UH, WHEN YOU COME OUT TOWARD 5 22 FROM OUR PROPERTY, THE KIDS ACTUALLY HAD TO WALK OUT ON THAT ROAD WHERE TRAFFIC WAS GOING BY AND IT WAS A CONFLICT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION. DO THEY PULL OUT THERE? DOES TRAFFIC HAVE TO STOP BY STATE LAW AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF? AND WE SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA FIGHT WITH THAT ANYMORE. WE ALMOST HAD A COUPLE KIDS HURT. THERE WAS ALMOST FIST FIGHTS BETWEEN DRIVERS AND PARENTS. UH, IT, IT WAS UGLY EVERY MORNING. SO WE WORKED TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WE WIDENED OUR CIRCLE DOWN BY THE LAKE. EVERYTHING IS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY. NOTHING'S OUT ON A PUBLIC ROAD. SO THE KIDS PICK UP THEIR BUS. AND WE HAVE NOT ONLY KIDS FROM, UH, OUR UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, FROM LAKE ROYAL, BUT OTHER ADJOINING AREAS THAT PICK THE BUS UP THERE. NONE OF 'EM ARE NEAR THE ROAD. THEY COME DOWN IN THE PARKING LOT. WE JUST, WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, UH, INSTALLED A BRAND NEW, UH, BUS SHELTER. UH, AND, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. WE GOT A KID'S BUS SHELTER AND WHEN I CAME, GOT READY TO COME TO THIS MEETING, I CAME EARLY TO PICK UP SOME THINGS AND, UH, I LOOKED IN A BUS SHELTER AND IT WAS FULL OF PARENTS WAITING ON THEIR KIDS. I SAID, WELL, I GUESS WE CREATED A PARENT SHELTER . SO, BUT, UH, SO IT, IT'S WORKED OUT WELL. OKAY. OKAY. SO WITH THE CONTRACT, SO THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE COMPANY? OR IS THE CONTRACT THE BETWEEN FRONT, UH, LAKEFRONT ROYAL POA AND THE COMPANY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'LL BE WITH THE LAKEFRONT SANITARY DISTRICT AND THE COMPANY. SO THEY'LL, THAT WILL BE ON THE CONTRACTOR. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S, THAT WAS THE QUESTION ANDY HAD, AND I WASN'T IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROCUREMENT, BUT SPEAKING TO MELISSA, THAT WAS WHAT JASON, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S THE COUNTY REPRESENTATION. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND, AND BASICALLY I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE FINAL NUMBERS. AND BASED ON THE RATE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO RESERVE, WE'VE PROBABLY, MY THINGS WE'VE DONE, EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IS NOW SIGNIFICANTLY ON OUR MAINTENANCE COSTS ON A YEARLY BASIS. I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE PAVING IN A MUCH QUICKER TIMEFRAME THAN 10 YEARS BASED ON, ON STEPS WE'RE TAKING, UH, DOING, WE KEEP TRACK OF HOW MUCH GRAVEL AND AND LABOR WE SPEND ON EVERY ROAD. UH, SO, UH, WE, WE KNOW WHAT IT COST FOR MAINTENANCE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NEXT WE [D. Discussion - All Points Fiber - Linden Fire Station Lease] HAVE, UH, ALL POINTS FIBER, LINDEN, AND FIRE STATION LEASE. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND COUNTY STAFF. AS ALWAYS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU. UH, WE WANTED TO, UH, BRING THE LIGHT, UM, ALL POINTS. FIBER REACHED OUT TO US VIA A MAIL LETTER, UM, TO DETERMINE IF WE HAD ANY INTEREST IN, UH, ENGAGING IN A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ALL POINTS FIBER FOR ULTIMATELY AN EIGHT BY EIGHT SPACE, UM, OF THE LINDEN FIRE STATION PROPERTY OF WHICH THEY WOULD INSTALL A CONCRETE PAD, UM, AND SOME FIBER EQUIPMENT. UH, THIS WOULD SUPPORT EXISTING FIBER AND FUTURE, UM, ROUTING WITHIN THE COUNTY AS PART OF THE BROADBAND INITIATIVE, I BELIEVE. UM, SO WE DID A SITE VISIT, UH, PRELIMINARY SITE VISIT TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE INTERESTED IN INSTALLING SUCH CABINET. UH, WE ENSURED THAT THAT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE STATION. ANY, UH, FUTURE GROWTH NEEDS OF THE STATION OR, UH, REALLY LONG TERM, UH, ANY STATION REPLACEMENT INITIATIVE THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE. UM, AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE WILLING TO ENTER INTO A SEVEN YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE TERMS OF $300 A MONTH OR A ONE TIME $10,000 OPTION. SO A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF $10,000. UH, ULTIMATELY WE CRUNCH THE MATH AND THE, THE $300 A MONTH OPTION IS, UM, A BETTER OPTION FOR THE COUNTY. UH, WE SENT THE, UM, DRAFT LEASE AGREEMENT, WHICH THEY PRODUCE TO LEGAL. UH, THEY'VE KIND OF REVIEWED IT AT THE 30,000 FOOT LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO ISSUES. UH, BUT ULTIMATELY BEFORE STAFF, UH, BEGAN PUTTING ANY WORK INTO THIS, WE WANTED TO JUST ENSURE THAT THERE WAS NO OBJECTIONS OF THE BOARD. IF [01:00:01] IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED US TO PROCEED WITH, UH, BEFORE WE INVESTED ANY STAFF TIME, UH, WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS JUST TO, TO, TO LISA AN EIGHT BY EIGHT, UH, OH. SPACE WITHIN THE LINDEN FIRE STATION? THAT'S CORRECT. NOT IN THE STATION. ON THE PROPERTY OF THE STATION. THEY WOULD BUILD AN EIGHT BY EIGHT CONCRETE PAD. UM, AND, UM, PUT A, SOME EQUIPMENT ON THAT EIGHT BY EIGHT PAD AND JUST BASICALLY PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE EQUIPMENT. SO MAINTENANCE. SO, SO IS IT, IS IT GONNA HAVE A STRUCTURE ON IT OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE AN OPEN PAD? IT'S LIKE A CABINET PER SETTING. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST, UH, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS QUESTION AND THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR A PV OF ALL POINTS, BUT I MEAN, WHAT'S FOR SEVEN YEARS? WELL, IT'S AT LEAST FOR SEVEN YEARS. WHAT? THEY'RE JUST GONNA HAVE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS. SO IT'S A SEVEN YEAR TERM WITH, UM, UP TO FIVE RENEWAL OPTIONS. SO FOR UP TO 32 YEARS. SO THEY JUST DON'T LOCK THEMSELVES IN FOR THAT FULL 32 YEAR PERIOD JUST TO PUT EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. YES. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE EQUIPMENT IS FOR, UH, TO YOU. THE TELEPHONE PEDESTALS, CORRECT. THAT ARE ALONG THE ROAD OR, UM, THE ELECTRIC BOXES NOW IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE NOT PUT IN OVERHEAD LINES OR, AND THEY COME UP INTO THOSE GREEN BOXES, UM, WHERE THE ELECTRIC CONNECTORS AND THINGS ARE, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THESE BOXES THROUGHOUT THIS, UM, PROGRAM FOR THEIR ACCESS TO THE EQUIPMENT AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO IN THOSE. AND MUCH LIKE, UM, THESE TOWERS AND THINGS THAT, UM, THE TELEPHONE TOWERS THAT PEOPLE PUT, UH, COMPANIES PUT UP, THEY LEASE THE LAND FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR EVER HOW MANY YEARS THEY DO IT AND THEN THEY PUT THE TOWER UP. MM-HMM . IS, IS THE $300 JUST WHAT THEY OFFERED? THAT'S CORRECT. YEP. SO WE, PART OF THAT, WE WOULD GO BACK INTO, I HAVE LEGAL HELP US TO SEE IS THAT A COMPETITIVE, IS THAT A VIABLE OPTION? IS THERE ANY TERMS FOR NEGOTIATING WITHIN THEIR OFFER? THAT WAS THEIR INITIAL OFFER IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY SENT. UM, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. UH, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. YEAH. SO, UM, WITHIN YOUR PACKET THERE'S A DOCUMENT, IT'S A PDF DOCUMENT TITLED, UM, LYNDON FIBER LEASE, I BELIEVE. UH, AND THAT'S THE LETTER, UH, MS. COOK THAT IT PROVIDES YOU A PHOTO OF WHAT THE EQUIPMENT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE PROPOSED CABINET LOOKS LIKE. SO, UH, TO KIND OF PUT YOUR BEARINGS ON IT. WELL, UM, I NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH BEFORE I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEN THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO AT THIS POINT WE WILL [Closed Session ] GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. DO YOU WANT ME TO MAKE THE MOTION OUT HERE OR IN THERE? MAKE THE MOTION OUT HERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ENTER INTO CLOSED MEETING UNDER SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A ONE FOR THE DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, AND INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT. THE SUBJECT MATTER IS APPLICANT'S FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. SECOND? YEAH. UH, ROLL CALL. MRS. COOK. A DR. JAMES AYE. MR. CHAIRMAN? AYE. MR. STAN MEYER? AYE MRS. SCHOLARS AYE, MS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.