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TWO ONE. 
          ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, MR. STAN MEYER THOUGHT THE MEETING WAS GONNA START AT ONE IF HE COMES IN IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE ON A PRETTY TIGHT SCHEDULE TO, UM, FINISH THE CLOSED SESSION BY ONE, CAN HE ENTER THE CLOSED SESSION AND THEN CERTIFY, UM, COMING OUT? YES. 
          OKAY, THEN WE'LL DO THAT. 
          SO IF I COULD HAVE, UH, 
          [A. Closed Session ]
SOMEONE READ THE CLOSED, UM, SESSION MOTION. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A SEVEN FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND BRIEFING ABOUT STAFF MEMBERS OR CONSULTANTS PERTAINING TO ACTUAL LITIGATION. 
          THE SUBJECT MATTER IS EXALTA COATING SYSTEMS, U-S-A-L-L-C VERSUS WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 
          I FURTHER MOVE THAT THE BOARD ENTER A CLOSED MEETING UNDER SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A ONE FOR DISCUSSION IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RESIGNATION OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND A DISCUSSION OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THE SUBJECT MATTER IS THE RECENT RESIGNATION OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. 
          MR. SECOND. 
          SECOND ROLL CALL. 
          MR. HENDERSON. 
          DR. 
          JAMISON? AYE. 
          MR. HENRY? AYE. 
          MADAM CHAIR? AYE. 
          MR. CARTER? AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND COME OUT SHORTLY NOW. 
          IT'S ALRIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON 
          [C. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AND I THINK PAT BILL SAW HIS SHADOW. 
          SO I GUESS WE HAVE SIX MORE WEEKS OF THE WONDERFUL WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING. 
          SO, UM, UH, WE JUST CAME OUT A CLOSED SESSION. 
          SO IF MR. CARTER, DO YOU HAVE THE MOTION, IF YOU'D READ US OUT A CLOSED SESSION PLEASE? SURE. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIES THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS. 
          LAWFULLY ACCEPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 A SEVEN, AND ONE OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED OR HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING BY THE PUBLIC BODY. 
          MR. SECOND. 
          SECOND ROLL CALL MR. HENDERSON. 
          MR. STAN MEYER. 
          AYE. 
          MR. CARTER? AYE. 
          MADAM CHAIR? AYE. 
          MR. HENRY? AYE. 
          DR. 
          JAMESON? AYE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, OPENING WITH PRAYER, SIR. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAISE AND THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY OF LIFE. 
          IT IS A GIFT FROM YOU. 
          WE MUST NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. 
          AND FATHER, THANK YOU FOR INSTITUTING HUMAN GOVERNMENT, UM, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS AND TO DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT IN YOUR EYES. 
          AND SO, FATHER, I PRAY THAT AS THIS MEETING GOES ON, THAT IT WILL BE CONDUCTED RESPECTFULLY AND FATHER, THAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, UH, WILL BE MADE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WANT AND GLORIFY YOU AND THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE'LL, THANK AND PRAISE YOU IN JESUS' NAME. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          SO I'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND FOR THE PLEDGES, PLEASE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. 
          AND DO 
          [D. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]
I HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? YOUR MADAM CHAIRMAN? UM, I WOULD, UH, MOVE, SUGGEST WHATEVER THAT WE DELETE ITEM I ONE CONSIDER OF THE WARREN COUNTY FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN WE, THERE AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF NEW TO SOME OF YOU GUYS, BUT WHEN WE MADE THE, THE DAYTIME MEETINGS, THE PROVI WAS BASICALLY THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE IN, IN INVOLVED OR, OR WHATEVER. 
          I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT INITIALLY. 
          AND I THANK MR WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MR. STAN MEYER FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          AND THE SAME THING WITH, UH, DR. 
          UH, UH, UH, JAMESON. 
          SO I WOULD, UH, RESPECTFULLY 
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ASK THAT BE MOVED AND IT'LL BE BROUGHT UP AT ANOTHER DATE. 
          PROPERLY ADVERTISED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD, UM, THE BERKELEY GROUP TO OUR WORK SESSION. 
          IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, THE AGENDA WITH THOSE ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS? MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE DELETIONS AND THE AMENDMENT. 
          SIR? UM, SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          MR. HENDERSON. 
          DR. 
          JAMESON? AYE. 
          MR. HENRY? AYE. 
          MADAM CHAIR? AYE. 
          MR. CARTER? AYE. 
          MR. STAN MEYER? AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          FIRST ON 
          [E. Presentation - Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)]
THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION FROM, UM, VDOT. 
          AND HOPEFULLY I KEEP MY PROMISE TO MR. CARTER TO GET YOU OUTTA HERE BY ONE 30. 
          IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK AT OUR MEETINGS. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UH, IT'S GREAT TO DO THAT. 
          MIGHT WANT TO PULL IT UP. 
          YOU'RE YOU'RE TALLER THAN THE LAST SPEAKER. 
          THAT BETTER? YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, BEFORE I START, COULD PLEASE THE BOARD, I HAVE A COUPLE GUESTS WITH ME THAT ARE NEW, UH, TO THE BOARD. 
          I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE FIRST IS, UH, JOEL DE NUNZIO. 
          AS MANY OF YOU, UH, MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW OUR PREVIOUS DISTRICT ENGINEER, TODD STEVENS, RETIRED. 
          JOEL HAS BEEN SELECTED TO REPLACE HIM. 
          JOEL HAS BEEN WITH US HERE IN STANTON FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. 
          BEEN WITH VO FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM. 
          UH, I WANTED YOU TO SEE HIS FAITH, SO YOU DON'T, IF YOU SAY ANYTHING, DON'T EMBARRASS ME WHILE I'M UP HERE. 
          . 
          HE'S MY BOSS, . 
          AND SECONDLY IS, UH, ROGER ROBINSON. 
          UH, WHEN DEAN LEFT, UH, CODY RYMAN TOOK HIS PLACE. 
          CODY GOT A SINCE GOTTEN A PROMOTION, AND ROGER HAS NOW REPLACED CODY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HERE AT THE FRONT ROYAL AREA HEADQUARTERS. 
          UH, HE COMES TO US FROM NOVA WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FROM, UH, IN VDOT, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. 
          WELL WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          UH, THIS IS VDO T'S, UH, REPORT FOR MEETING TODAY AND MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN TREE TRIMMING OPERATIONS IN THIS TYPE OF WEATHER, IT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO BESIDES PUSH SNOW AND TRY TO KEEP THE ROADS OPEN. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN ON ROUTE SIX 11, UH, LONG MEADOW, UH, SIX 17 RIDGEWAY AND SIX 15 OF WAKEMAN STOKES. 
          UH, WE CONTINUE, UH, THE TRIMMING THIS MONTH ON 6 0 4 HARMONY HOLLOW, 6 24 MORGAN FORD, AND SIX 11 LONG MEADOW AND ALONG 55 WEST. 
          WE'VE DONE SOME SHOULDER REPAIRS ON SIX 19, UH, MOUNTAIN AND RIVERMONT SIX 17 RIDGEWAY, SIX 15 WAKEMAN STOKES, AND ON 6 49 BROWNTOWN. 
          AND THEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME HAS BEEN SPENT JANUARY MOBILIZING AND ADDRESSING WEATHER EVENTS. 
          UH, WE'RE STILL CLEANING UP FROM SOME OF THAT. 
          THIS WAS A PARTICULAR NASTY SNOW AND NOT SO MUCH IN THE AMOUNTS, BUT IN THE FACT THAT WE HAD SO MUCH SLEET AND ICE THAT FROZE ON TOP OF IT. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. 
          SOME OF OUR SECONDARIES WE'RE STILL, UH, WORKING ON, THEY'RE ALL OPEN, BUT SOME OF 'EM ARE IN MINOR CONDITION. 
          WE'D LIKE TO GET 'EM COMPLETELY CLEAR. 
          HOPEFULLY THE WARM WEATHER THIS WEEK WILL ALLOW THAT STUFF TO SOFTEN ENOUGH. 
          WE CAN DO THAT. 
          UH, THE BOARD CONCERNS, UH, WE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE FLOODING REHAB FOR ROCKY HOLLOW ROAD. 
          OUR GOAL WAS TO COMPLETE IT BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. 
          UH, I'M NOT SO SURE WE'LL MAKE IT NOW AS WE HAD TO SEND THE CONTRACTORS BACK TO JUST THE, THE FREEZING WEATHER. 
          WE HAD SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AFTER THAT PROJECT STARTED. 
          WE HAVE GOTTEN THOSE, UH, UH, STRAIGHTENED OUT AND AS SOON AS THE WEATHER PERMITS, THEY'LL BE BACK IN THERE WORKING. 
          THE NANOR SHORES EMERGENCY ACCESS IS CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UH, THEY HAVE ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND INFORMATION, WHICH, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. 
          THE WEATHER SLOWED US DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE KNEW THIS WAS GONNA BE A LENGTHY PROCESS 
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THEN. 
          UH, WE'RE DOING A SAFETY REVIEW, HAVE BEEN IN THAT PROCESS OF THE ROCKLAND ROAD AREA. 
          UH, THINGS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED INCLUDED LOWERING THE NONPOSTED SPEED LIMIT ON MILL DALE TO A 45 ALL THE WAY TO ROUTE 50. 
          UH, WE ARE LOWERING THE NONPOSTED SPEED LIMIT ON ASHTON STATION ROAD TO 35 MILES PER HOUR. 
          WE'VE PLACED ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE FOR FARM EAST EQUIPMENT. 
          WE'VE, UH, AS WEATHER ALLOWS, WE'RE ADDRESSING SHOULDER REINFORCEMENT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SHOULDER OUT TO WORK WITH OUT THERE, BUT WHERE WE CAN, WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT. 
          AND, UH, THEN OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WROTE THIS AGAIN, UH, LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE HOPING, I'M HOPING THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME THROUGH WITH SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP THAT AREA OUT THERE. 
          BUT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'VE HAD A COMPLAINT WITH WAS ELIMINATING THE PASSING ZONE ON FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, OR IF YOU CROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY PASSING ZONE ON THAT ROAD. 
          UH, WE ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE MISUSING IT, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HARD AT JUST TAKING IT OUT ALL TOGETHER. 
          NOW, I, I'M, I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO ADDRESS AND IF I CAN'T ADDRESS 'EM TODAY, I WILL CERTAINLY GET BACK WITH THEM. 
          ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING FOR MR. CARTER? AND, UH, NICE TO SEE YOU, SIR. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. 
          UM, IN THIS, WELL, TECHNICALLY IT'S IN THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          IF YOU GIVE A BRIEF, BRIEF, BRIEF, BRIEF SYNOPSIS AS FAR AS THE SOUTH STREET PROJECT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE GOT THAT ONE TURN LANE RIGHT PAST THE LIGHT BY THE BANK, AND I'VE HEARD THAT THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE THAT OFF AND THEN PUT ANOTHER LIGHT DOWN FARTHER PAST THE OTHER ONE PAST MCDONALD'S. 
          IS THAT OKAY? UH, THE, WHEN WE DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS, THE ENGINEER LOOKS AT IT SPECIFICALLY FROM ELIMINATION OF, OF WHAT WE CALL CONFLICT POINTS, POTENTIAL PLACES THAT ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN, CAN HAPPEN. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ACCOMMODATE AN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS IN IT. 
          SO, UH, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING HERE, UH, WITH WHAT THEY, WHAT THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE ABILITY TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS INTO, UH, ROYAL, UH, FARMS AND MARTIN'S SHOPPING CENTER. 
          WE MET WITH, UH, THAT DEVELOPER AND THOSE TWO, UH, MAIN PARTIES LAST WEEK AND WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND THE TOWN, THIS IS REALLY A TOWN PROJECT. 
          OKAY? SO, UH, WE'RE TAKING THEIR COMMENTS BACK, SUGGESTIONS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM TO COME OUT WITH ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH. 
          NOTHING IS SET IN STONE AS OF YET, BUT WE, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS WHEN YOU HAVE TURNS AND PEDESTRIANS AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS YOU HAVE AT THE LIGHT THERE AT 5 22 AND THEN BACK UP MAKING THAT LEFT HAND, THAT FIRST LEFT HAND INTO MARTIN'S AS YOU'RE HEADED TOWARDS THREE 40, IT, IT, WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THOSE CONFLICTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS YET. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE OTHER, ONE OTHER QUESTION WAS, WELL, UH, A LITTLE BIT EASIER I THINK, AND THEN THIS GOES BACK A WAYS TOO. 
          WE TRIED TO PUT SOME RUMBLE STRIPS THERE IN HIGH KNOB AND THAT OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WEAR AWAY AFTER A WHILE. 
          I DUNNO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE AND IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT TOO, I KNOW THE OTHER THING THEY PUT IN THE, UH, WARNING LIGHT WHEN YOU'RE COMING FROM THE EAST AND YOU POP OVER THAT HILL AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY GOOD THING. 
          SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, BUT WHEN I TRAVEL THAT ROAD ALMOST EVERY DAY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WORKS VERY WELL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO. 
          UH, WE, UH, WE HAD TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT NOT WORKING. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, TECHNICIANS WENT OUT THERE AND OBSERVED AND IT WAS WORKING AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN WHAT THEY, HOW THEY EXPECT IT TO WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          BUT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO ACTIVATE UNTIL SOMEBODY IS STOPPED MAKING THAT TURN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CONFUSE THAT, UH, BUT THE RUMBLE STRIPS, YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT IS, IS DUE UP HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO TO PUT 
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THAT ADDITIONAL LANE AROUND THAT. 
          AND, BUT THE RUMBLE STRIPS WE CAN PUT BACK IN AS SOON AS THE WEATHER PERMITS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S SO, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY GET WORN AWAY. 
          AND YOU KINDA ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION TOO, AS FAR AS THE, THE TURN LANE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY FOR 10 YEARS OR BETTER. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PROJECT'S IS READY TO START LIKE 2027. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE CURRENT SCHEDULE FOR IT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THE LAST THING I HAVE, AND LIKE I SAID, I REALLY DO LIKE THE INTERACTION AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ADVISE THE REST OF THE BOARD, IF YOU'VE GOT CERTAIN ISSUES IN YOUR DISTRICT TO BRING THOSE TO, UH, MR. CARTER'S, UH, DISCLOSURE, WE ARE NOT RELATED. 
          UM, SO THE OTHER THING TOO, AND THEN WE DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT. 
          I DON'T LIKE DRIVING AT NIGHT ANYWAY. 
          'CAUSE IT EYESIGHT, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S RAINING TO SEE THE LINES IN THE ROAD. 
          AND I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE DON'T USE THE LEAD BASE PAINT ANYMORE AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT. 
          AND THE OTHER OPTION TOO IS TO PUT IN REFLECTORS SOMETIMES, UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIME CENTER LINE REFLECTORS OR EDGE LINE REFLECTORS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          LIKE THE CENTER LINE? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YEAH, I, THEY HAVE A, THEY WERE USING A NEW PAINT NOW, A RECENT NEW PAINT, UH, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HOLD. 
          ITS, UH, LONGER. 
          UH, I'LL, I'LL CHECK ON THAT. 
          SEE WHAT IT IS. 
          OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T DO ANY PAINTING WITH THE TEMPERATURES AND THINGS LIKE IT IS, WE CAN'T EVEN REFRESH . 
          SO, UH, BUT I'LL I'LL PUT THAT DOWN. 
          SPECIFIC ROUTE OR ANY, UH, ROAD? ARE YOU TALKING ALL ROADS PRIMARILY 55 55. 
          50 55 TRAVELED AT THE MOST, AND I KNOW WE HAD, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE, BUT I THINK IT'S WHEN WE HAD A FOUR YEAR TRAINEE OR WHATEVER BACK IN NOVEMBER. 
          AND I WENT OUT TO THE, UH, RIVERTON COMMONS, RIVERTON COMMONS ANYWAY, WHEREVER TARGET IS. 
          AND THERE WAS A CAR BESIDE ME AND THEY WERE PULLING IN THERE. 
          YOU GOT TWO LANES AND THAT CAR. 
          SO IT WASN'T JUST ME, HE ALMOST RAN INTO THE MEDIAN STRIP. 
          SO IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT THERE TOO. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, EVERYWHERE. 
          MR. STAN, I'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, FIRST, UH, GOOD TO SEE YOU, ED. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, YOU AND VITA AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN ROCKLAND. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THE CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE OF MINE ARE PARTICULARLY APPRECIATIVE OF, OF ALL OF THAT AND THE RESPONSIVENESS. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ANY ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME UP THERE FROM TRAFFIC ENGINEERING. 
          UM, MOVING OVER TO, UH, THE SHAND SHORES AREA. 
          UH, FIR FIRST OF ALL FOR THE EMERGENCY RAMP TO I 66 ON I 6 0 6, OR PARDON ME, 6 0 6. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR IT'S MOVING UP. 
          AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO WHEN YOU GET THESE, UH, CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS, JUST LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE VDOT SPEED STUDY ON SHENANDOAH SHORES ROAD BACK IN THE SUBDIVISION. 
          UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU JUST RECENTLY FOR THOSE, UH, WELL THE RESULTS CAME, UH, SOME WEEKS AGO, BUT FOR MAKING ME MORE RE RECENTLY AWARE OF THE LIMITS ON WHAT THE POA CAN DO IN TERMS OF SIGNAGE ON VDOT ROADS VERSUS, UH, THEIR OWN, UH, SELF MAINTAINED ROADS. 
          UM, AS FOR THE OTHER IDEAS YOU HAD, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING, UH, A FLASHING SPEED RECORDER FROM THE COZY FUND, COSI, WHICH IS COUNTY OPERATIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT A POTENTIAL COST OF $3,000. 
          UM, I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU AND, AND ALSO TO CHAIR CALLERS, UM, THAT I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A, A GOOD TOPIC, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, I'M NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ATTEND OR, UM, IF YOU JUST WANTED TO TAKE IT ON AS A DISCUSSION. 
          I THINK ED KNOWS THE DETAILS, UH, BUT EITHER WAY I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE ADDING THAT TO YOUR AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK. 
          UH, I KNOW ALLISON SAID THERE'S A, A DEADLINE OF TOMORROW FOR IDEAS. 
          UM, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO DEDICATE THAT MEETING TO, UM, A COMMENT THAT CAME OUT OF A RECENT MEETING WITH VDOT OF, UM, GETTING A FUTURE PLAN OF, UM, STRATEGIC PLANS OF WHAT THE TOWN AND COUNTY WANTS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT BASICALLY I'M HOPING COMES OUT OF THAT MEETING IS, UH, PLANNING, UH, FOR THE FUTURE OF THE NEEDS. 
          AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE FROM VDOT CAN BE THERE TO HELP DIRECT US WITH WHAT YOU, YOUR OBJECTIVES ARE. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          SO IF THAT MEETING IS, IS SORT OF DEDICATED TO THAT TOPIC, MAYBE YOU AND I COULD JUST WORK ON THIS INDEPENDENTLY OKAY. 
          AND, UH, SEE WHAT POSSIBILITY THERE IS FOR FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THAT'S ALL 
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MR. NER, UH, GIVE US A FEW SHOULDER CONCERNS AND STUFF OUT OF MY DISTRICT AND, UH, I WAS GONNA TAKE A FEW PICTURES AND WRITE 'EM DOWN, BUT THE, UH, I CAN'T SEE 'EM FOR THE SNOW EITHER, , SO, UH, I KNOW IT'D BE NOTHING TO BE DONE FOR IT THIS TIME OF YEAR ANYWAY, BUT, UH, MAYBE THE SNOW WILL GO AWAY AND I'LL, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AND STUFF. 
          YEAH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND I, I BELIEVE I GAVE YOU MY CARD AT THE YOU DID. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU WILL, UH, SEND THE ONES THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, OR YOU CAN SEND THEM DIRECTLY TO ROGER, WE'LL GET THOSE TAKEN AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          I, I KNOW THE WEATHER'S WELL, I CAN'T, I CAN'T FIND THEM NOW FOR THE SNOW AND YOU CAN'T WORK ON 'EM EITHER, SO, BUT IF THAT IMPROVES, WELL, I'LL GET THAT COMMUNICATED. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR, NOT ONLY IS IT THE WEATHER, BUT EVEN WHEN THE SNOW MELT, SOMETIMES WE HAVE SO LITTLE ROOM TO WORK WITH BETWEEN THE DITCH LINE AND THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE CAN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UM, AND SOME, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE MONTH, BUT SOMEWHERE AROUND AUG, MAYBE AUGUST OR SOMETIME LAST SUMMER RELIANCE ROAD WAS, HAD A LOT OF REPAIRS DONE TO IT. 
          UH, AND WHICH ROAD? RELIANCE ROAD? YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S 6 22 UHHUH . 
          UM, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE, THE LINES TO BE PAINTED ON ALL THOSE REPAIR AREAS. 
          YES, YES. 
          UH, I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BE DONE AT THIS TIME. 
          I HAVE THAT ON MY, I HAVE THAT ON MY LIST. 
          OKAY. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WELL, I APPRECIATE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT VDOT HAS DONE DURING THIS SNOW EVENT. 
          UH, AS I CAME DOWN THE ROAD TODAY, THEY WERE TRYING TO PUSH THE SHOULDERS BACK A LITTLE FURTHER, UM, TO GET 'EM CLEANED OFF. 
          SO THEY'RE STILL NOT FINISHED WITH THE SNOW. 
          AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK BEING DONE ON THAT END OF ROCKY HOLLOW. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A MESS SINCE JUNE. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL BE AS GLAD AS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE TO BE DONE WITH THAT. 
          AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WELL, LET, LET, LET ME SAY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. 
          NO, BUT LET ME SAY SEVEN INCH RANGE, IT'S STILL GONNA BE A PROBLEM. 
          HOPEFULLY NOT AS BIG A ONE . 
          WELL, I, I AGREE. 
          IT, UM, YOU'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN IT TO BELIEVE IT. 
          I, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          BUT DO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UM, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK FOR, I MEAN, MONTHS, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, AND IN ASKING, I KNOW THERE'S, UM, SMART SCALE, SAFETY MONEY, SOME POT, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH EXACTLY. 
          POT FROM SIX 19 UP ROCKY LANE TO DO THAT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ON THE SAME TIME SCHEDULE, UM, AS THE HIGH KNOB AREA AS FAR AS FUNDING, IF I REMEMBER THAT ON THE THREE 40 MM-HMM . 
          IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE ADVERTISED AND AWARDED AND CONSTRUCTION STARTED THIS FALL. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING, JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE PAVING FROM PAGE COUNTY LINE TO JUST ABOUT LIME, THEY DID A GREAT JOB. 
          THAT IS SO NICE. 
          AND THEN IT, IT'S SMOOTH SAILING AND IT, IT IS JUST A PLEASURE TO DRIVE ON AND I'M, I'M HOPING THAT FROM THAT END POINT TO TOWN IS STILL ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS SUMMER. 
          I'LL HAVE, IT'S, I'LL HAVE TO VERIFY THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THE PLEASURE STOPS, UH, FROM THERE TO TOWN, THAT POOR ROAD IS, UM, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE KEEP THE SNOW AND, UH, FREEZING. 
          UM, I GUESS THE ONLY BLESSING SO FAR WITH THAT ROAD IS WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY THAWING  TO MAKE IT CRACK UP WORSE AND EVERYTHING STAYED, UH, FROZEN. 
          BUT, UM, I DID WANNA COMPLIMENT THEY, THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF IT BEING DONE. 
          AND THOSE REFLECTOR TABS, I'M ANOTHER ONE AT NIGHTTIME, IT'S, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S RAINING, IT'S SO HARD TO SEE THE WHITE LINES. 
          SO THOSE REFLECTOR TABS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, I LOVE THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, SO WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM KUDOS ON THAT. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL FOR ME AND, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU BRING, UM, YOU KNOW, MR. ESON IN TO SO PEOPLE GET TO SEE THE FACE OF THE PERSON WHO'S IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR ROADS GET DONE. 
          SO APPRECIATE HIM BEING HERE. 
          AND YOU TOO, SIR. 
          IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU AT THE LIBRARY. 
          SO, UH, I WILL, ONE LAST THING. 
          I WILL SAY THAT WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM VERY SHORTLY ABOUT THE, UH, MEETING FOR A WORK SESSION ON THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH THESE WEATHER EVENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT MEANS FOR YOUR BOARD MEMBERS, ANY SECONDARY ROADS YOU WANT APPLIED TO THIS, YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT SO 
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IT GETS AN ADDED OR IF IT'S ALREADY ON, ON THE, UM, THE SYSTEM THAT HE WOULD BE PRESENTING. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I HAVE ONE OTHER THING REAL QUICK. 
          I THINK YOU PROBABLY ANSWERED IT IN ONE WORD OR LESS. 
          UM, I KNOW BACK IN THE DAY, DO THEY STILL HAVE THE, THE SIX YEAR PLAN FOR PRIMARY ROADS? THEY DO, UH, BUT THEY, IT IT'S A, IT'S CALLED A SIX YEAR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IN TERMS OF, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON IN EVERY DISTRICT? UH, USUALLY IN THE SPRING, APRIL, MAY TIMEFRAME, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE COMPETING WITH ALL OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHATEVER. 
          YES. 
          THE OTHER THING TOO IS YOU MENTIONED ALREADY THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR SECONDARY ROW, SIX YEAR PLAN. 
          SO THAT'S STILL VIABLE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SEE, I TOLD YOU, YOU CAN ANSWER IN ONE WORD OR LESS . 
          UH, THE OTHER THING WAS, UH, DO THEY STILL OFFER THE, UH, REVENUE SHARING PROJECT? YES, THEY DO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE MAY WANNA LOOK INTO THAT TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          AND IT'S 1 28 . 
          IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, SO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE ARE AT THE PUBLIC 
          [F. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit) ]
COMMENT PERIOD OF OUR MEETING, UM, WHICH IS A 60 MINUTE TIME LIMIT. 
          EACH SPEAKER CAN SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES AND ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE. 
          BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR FELLOW SPEAKERS. 
          THERE 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 MEANS OF VISUAL DISPLAY OF COMMENTS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. 
          THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE INFORMATIONAL, UH, MATERIALS USED AS FACTUAL PRESENTATION. 
          UH, THAT'S MORE OR LESS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          THE BOARD WILL NOT TOLERATE PERSONAL ATTACKS BY ANYONE ON ANYONE IN THE PROCEEDINGS. 
          AND ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THIS CAN BE ASKED TO LEAVE ABOVE THE CHAIRMAN. 
          SO, MR. HENDERSON, IS ANYONE SIGNED UP? UH, YES MA'AM. 
          FIRST UP IS VICKI COOK NOW? NO. 
          HELLO, I'M VICKI COOK FROM THE FORT DISTRICT. 
          THIS IS MY THIRD TIME COMING TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 23, 24 AND 24 25 AUDIT DELAYS. 
          I SPOKE ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025 IN JANUARY 8TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          ON THE EIGHTH, I MAY HAVE MISSPOKEN AND WANTED TO CORRECT PUBLIC RECORD. 
          SO TO RECAP, TO QUICKLY RECAP WHAT I RECAP WHAT I SAID, THE 2324 AUDIT WAS DELAYED FOR THE FOURTH TIME, MAKING IT 15 MONTHS LATE. 
          THE 24 25 AUDIT IS DELAYED BY SIX MONTHS. 
          THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $2.7 MILLION IN UNCLEAR CHECKS DATING BACK TO 2014. 
          UH, THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS THAT THE STAFF HAD BEEN USING QUICKBOOKS THAT DIDN'T LINK TO THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM. 
          MOODY WITHDRAWAL WITHDREW WARREN COUNTY'S CREDIT RATING BECAUSE OF THE AUDIT DELAY SINCE 2018, THE COUNTY AUDIT REPORTS HAVE INCLUDED DISCLAIMER ABOUT MISSING EDA FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH PREVENTS ACCESS TO A TRUST FUND. 
          AND HERE IS WHERE I WANNA MAKE MY CORRECTION. 
          UM, I I BELIEVE I SAID 7,000 AND IT SHOULD BEEN OVER $700,000. 
          I ASKED ABOUT THE TOTAL OF, UH, OH, EXCUSE ME. 
          MY LAST POINT WAS THE SCHOOL AND DSS FUND TRANSFER ARE NOT IN THE SYSTEM. 
          I ASKED ABOUT THE TOTAL VARIANCE BETWEEN THE CASH BALANCES AND THE LEDGERS FOR 2324. 
          AND ACCORDING TO THE BARRY DUNN'S JANUARY MEMO MEMO TO THE FORMER ADMINISTRATOR, UH, UH, BRAD GOT SHOW IT SAID, OPERATING FUND 29 41 VARIANCE WITH $38.7 MILLION BETWEEN JANUARY AND JULY OF 2024, WHICH, WHICH WAS REDUCED TO $126. 
          ALSO, IT SAYS OPERATING FUND OF M 84 44 WAS NOT REPORTED BECAUSE OF ANOTHER CONTRACTOR IS RECONCILING IT. 
          THE HEALTHCARE FUND 48 50 AND OTHER FUNDS WERE NOT REPORTED BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING RECONCILED BY THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. 
          SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL COUNTY FUND VARIANCE FOR 2324 CASH RECONCILIATION? ARE THERE PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS SUPPORTING THE RECONCILIATION OF THESE FUNDS? HOW WILL THESE FUND TRANSACTIONS BE RECORDED IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM? ARE THESE HOW MANY ENTRIES ARE GONNA BE ADJUSTMENTS? I CONTINUE TO SEE RED FLAGS IN THE 2324 CASH RECONCILIATION FOR THE AUDIT, SUCH AS THE 38 MILLION VARIANTS DURING THE SIX MONTHS, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2024 AS IT ENTERED THE 25 26 BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE RIPPLE EFFECT INTO THE 26 27 CYCLE. 
          I'VE REQUESTED THREE TIMES 
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FOR THE COUNTY, FOR A COUNTY FOR FORENSIC AUDIT TO ADDRESS SERIOUS INTERNAL CONTROL FAILURES AS WELL AS TO RESTORE THE PUBLIC TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE COUNT COUNTY'S FINANCIAL REPORTING. 
          I WILL CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR THE BOARD'S RESPONSE TO MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR MY, YOUR, YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? MR. HENDERSON? NEXT UP IS JOHN LUNDBERG. 
          MR. BRIDGE ISSUED A COPY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. 
          MY NAME IS JOHN LUNDBERG. 
          I LIVE IN FRONT ROYAL. 
          ON JANUARY 28TH, WARREN COUNTY BOARD CHAIRPERSON CHERYL COLORS EMERGED FROM A CLOSED SESSION OF THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SOFTLY ANNOUNCED QUOTE, MR. GOTCHU HAS TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION, WHICH WE HAVE ACCEPTED. 
          WE WISH HIM WELL IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 
          IT SOUNDED VERY ROUTINE, VERY PROFESSIONAL, ALMOST AMIABLE, BUT IT WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE. 
          IT WAS A SHAM, IT WAS DECEITFUL. 
          IT WAS NOT A VOLUNTARY REGULATION RESIGNATION AT ALL. 
          IT WAS A FORCED RESIGNATION MADE AFTER ONLY FOUR MONTHS ON THE JOB BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ONE, EXTREMELY HONEST, TWO EXTREMELY WELL QUALIFIED, AND THREE, HAD PREPARED TWO OUTSTANDING REPORTS IN A BRIEF FOUR MONTH PERIOD ON WHY THE AUDIT OF THE WARREN COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 24 REPORT HAD NOT HAD BEEN DELAYED ALMOST TWO YEARS. 
          AND STEPS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          I AM ONE OF THREE CITIZEN SOLDIERS, CI CI CITIZEN MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, CREATED IN 2022 TO ADVISE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON FINANCE MATTERS. 
          AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE VOTING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE BELIEVE MR. HAD DONE A SUPERB JOB AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RESIGN. 
          HERE ARE SIX QUESTIONS THAT TAXPAYERS OF BOURNE COUNTIES MUST DEMAND ANSWERS FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE NEW BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT TOOK OFFICE ONLY IN JANUARY 1ST, 2026. 
          ONE. 
          WHY DID YOU NOT FIRE MR. GACHO FOR CAUSE THAT WAY TAXPAYERS WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY MR. GACHO ANYTHING TO LEAVE. 
          WHY ARE WE PAYING HIM MORE THAN TH $113,000 TO GO AWAY WHEN HE APPARENTLY DID NOTHING WRONG? NUMBER TWO WAS THE DECISION TO ACCEPT MR. CHU'S SHAM RESIGNATION MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS PROCEDURALLY CORRECT. 
          QUESTION NUMBER THREE WAS MS. CAROL'S DIRECTIVE TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO COMMUNICATE WITH MR. CHE ABOUT POSSIBLY RESIGNING MADE EVEN BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EVEN DISCUSSED THE MATTER PROCEDURALLY CORRECT. 
          QUESTION FOUR, WAS MS. COLOR'S DIRECTIVE TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO INFORM MR. GUL THAT HE WOULD LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY A NEW, NEW MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IF HE DID NOT RESIGN AGAIN, MADE EVEN BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ASSESS THE MATTER PROCEDURALLY CORRECT. 
          QUESTION FIVE, WHY DID THE NEW BOARD SO BADLY WANT MR. GOTCHU GONE? QUESTION SIX. 
          WHICH SUPERVISORS ON THE NEW BOARD BEFORE ME THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON THOUGHT MR. GOTCHU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WHICH ONES DID NOT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP IS JOHN JENKINS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN YAGAN, SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT. 
          GOT A COUPLE ISSUES HERE. 
          UH, EACH MONTH THE BOARD RECEIVES A COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSES REPORT FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THIS REPORT DETAILS EXPENDITURES FOR THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES. 
          IT, UH, HAS A LIST OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT CARD EXPENSES AND THE OVERALL REVENUE FIGURES. 
          SO THE BOARD HAS A WORK SESSION LATER ON HERE TODAY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE BOARD RECEIVES MONEY REPORTS FOR THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FROM THE, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU'RE GONNA REVIEW HERE SHORTLY. 
          SO THESE, THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE, ARE OFFER ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE TAX DOLLARS THEY RECEIVE ARE PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR. 
          THE BUDGET REQUEST THAT I REVIEW SIMPLY STATE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 
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THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          WHY NOT START AT ZERO AND AND HAVE THE DEPARTMENTS PROVIDED DETAILED REPORTS OF WHAT EXPENSES ARE NEEDED. 
          MY OTHER ISSUE WAS ABOUT THE, UH, MEETING LAST WEEK, WHICH I LEFT EARLY, BUT IT WAS ABOUT THE ROOSTERS ROOSTERS IN THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND FROM THE DOCUMENTS THAT I RE REVIEWED, THE ROOSTERS ARE CONSIDERED FARM ANIMALS JUST LIKE CATTLE AND SHEEP AND HOGS. 
          SO IF IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW ROOSTERS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW OTHER FARM ANIMALS TOO? SO THESE PEOPLE THAT WANT THESE FARM ANIMALS, PERHAPS THEY SHOULD BUY A FARM INSTEAD OF MOVING INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE SOUND SYSTEM IN THIS ROOM. 
          COULD YOU MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WHERE IT SOUNDS BETTER, THE VOLUME OR WHATEVER IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR SIGNUPS, MA'AM. 
          WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? SECOND CALL. 
          ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES MA'AM. 
          LINDA MCDONOUGH. 
          I'M IN, UH, SHENANDOAH DISTRICT AND UM, I'VE BEEN HERE TALKING ABOUT OUR WATER AND HOW BOY, WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE, BIG, BIG TROUBLE. 
          AND HOW, THERE WAS A ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT IN THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY AND ABOUT NOT JUST WARREN COUNTY, BUT ALL OF ALL OF THEM. 
          PAGE COUNTY, ALL OF US. 
          AND THERE'S LITTLE TALK ABOUT PRIVATE WELLS, UM, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE, UM, WHERE YOU, UM, FOR THE BIG BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING AND THERE WAS A, UH, ONE OF THE MEETINGS, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS PASSED THAT THEY CAN BUILD OUT THERE BY THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT THERE WAS NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT ANY WELL OR WHAT WATER THEY, WHAT THEIR WATER SUPPLY IS GONNA BE BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA HAVE EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, I THINK THEY SAID THERE WAS LIKE GONNA BE 30 THERE, SO THEY WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE WATER. 
          SO HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET THIS WATER? AND UM, IN THE ARTICLE IN THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY, THEY REALLY READ, TALKED ABOUT THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PEOPLE, WHICH OF COURSE HAS, UM, GIVEN EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD, THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD, UM, ABOUT IN WHAT 2010, UM, CAME HERE AND DISCUSSED IT AND EVERYTHING. 
          AND NOTHING'S REALLY BEING DONE. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE PUTTING WELLS ON HALF ACRE LOTS THERE, THERE'S OTHER INFRASTRUCTURES THAT BUILDERS AND STUFF CAN PUT IN SO THAT EVERYBODY'S NOT GETTING A WELL JUST BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY DOES NOT RUN UP AGAINST THE PROPERTIES WHERE THESE WELLS ARE GOING IN. 
          THE WATER IS THE SAME WATER. 
          WE'RE GETTING IT FROM EVERYWHERE. 
          AND ALL OF US HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. 
          THERE. 
          PEOPLE ARE RUNNING OUT OF WATER. 
          ANOTHER NEIGHBOR OVER IN SHENANDOAH FARMS, THEIR WELL DROPPED 50 FEET IN THREE YEARS AND, AND IT'S 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN MONITORING IT AND NOW THEY'RE OUTTA WATER. 
          AND SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO EITHER HAVE IT RE-DRILL IF IT'S NOT TOO OLD OR THEY'LL HAVE TO PUT IN A NEW WELL, UH, THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. 
          UM, BECAUSE US PEOPLE ON THE MOUNTAIN AND STUFF, WE DON'T GET CITY WATER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN I WAS HERE, I HEARD A BOARD MEMBER SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY RELY ON THE DEPARTMENTS TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT VOTED IN, THEY'RE JUST EMPLOYEES. 
          AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS. 
          I'VE COME HERE FOR SO LONG AND I'VE NEVER HEARD ANY OF THE BOARD EVER REALLY TALK ABOUT THE PHONE CALLS THEY GET, YOU KNOW, OR THE EMAILS THAT THEY GET OR, UM, ANY OF THE INFORMATION. 
          IT'S JUST ALWAYS ABOUT COMMITTEES. 
          AND, UM, I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE WATER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MORE THAN EVEN THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY. 
          THE BUDGET REALLY ONLY AFFECTS COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHURCHES AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT THEY NEED TO. 
          UM, WELL THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE DO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? YES MA'AM. 
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IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M DOING THIS RIGHT. 
          CHARLENE BAXTER. 
          I'M ALSO FROM SHENANDOAH FARMS. AND WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS AND I KNOW YOU WERE ON THE BOARD TO HELP OUR COUNTY AND HELP OUR PEOPLE. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SECOND WHAT LINDA HAD TO SAY. 
          UM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED ON THE MOUNTAIN FOR 26 YEARS AND WE RAISED FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN ON, ON THE MOUNTAIN AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A WATER ISSUE AND THAT WAS RAISING OUR, A FAMILY OF SIX. 
          AND NOW IT IS JUST MY HUSBAND AND I AND WE ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WHEN THE SNOW MELTS, I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A NEW WELL PUT IN. 
          UM, AND THAT IS WITHOUT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, GOING UP ON HIGH TOP ROAD OR LEE ROAD, WHICH, UM, I KNOW IS, IS, UM, GOING TO AFFECT OUR WATER SUPPLY AS WELL. 
          I THINK THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF ALL OF THESE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE FROM VIRGINIA TECH, UM, FROM THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, UH, OR GEO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THE ENTIRE COUNTY, THE WHOLE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE'RE IN THE DROUGHT. 
          I THINK THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, THE BUILDERS HAVE TO PAY A ROAD IMPACT FEE. 
          MAYBE WE NEED TO CONSIDER A WATER IMPACT FEE FOR ANY NEW BUILDING THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN IN WARREN COUNTY. 
          UM, ANY NEW, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO, UM, DO BUSINESS HERE, OUR, OUR COUNTY NEEDS TO GROW. 
          AND, UM, THE MISTAKE IN SHENANDOAH FARMS OF HAVING HALF ACRE, LOTS PLOTTED IN 1960. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS A BAD THING. 
          BUT LET'S SEE, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE BUYING THESE FOUR AND FIVE AND $600,000 HOMES? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN 10 YEARS? UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE 26 YEARS AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A WATER ISSUE. 
          AND SO I THINK THE COUNTY, IF THEY CAN JUST, WHAT'S THEIR LONG-TERM PLAN, UM, TO HELP THE RESIDENTS, UM, WITH THEIR WATER AND BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I'LL BE UP 10,000 AT LEAST TO DRILL A NEW WELL. 
          AND AGAIN, UM, WE JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? LAST CALL? ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPROVAL 
          [G.1. Approval of Minutes — January 20th 2026]
OF MINUTES FROM JANUARY 20TH, 2026. 
          ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, HEARING NONE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? ACCEPT AS PRESENTED? UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES AS, UH, AS PRESENTED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          MR. HENDERSON. 
          MR. STEINMEYER? AYE. 
          MR. CARTER? AYE. 
          MADAM CHAIR? AYE. 
          MR. HENRY? AYE. 
          DR. 
          JAMESON? AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          [H. Consent Agenda]
THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UM, ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION? UM, I WOULD, UH, PULL THE ITEM TO APPOINTMENT IN ROOM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR ACTING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, ANY MOTION? SO IS THERE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF NUMBER TWO? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, EXCEPT ITEM TWO. 
          NOW, MR. STANLER, YOU CAN SAY SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS ASKED FOR PUTTING THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          KEEP ME STRAIGHT. 
          UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS, UM, YOU NEED TO VOTE. 
          WE'VE GOTTA VOTE ON THEM TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, MA'AM. 
          OH. 
          YEP. 
          SEE, I NEED TO BE KEPT STRAIGHT. 
          JUMPED RIGHT OFF THAT ONE. 
          MR. HENDERSON. 
          DR. 
          JAMESON. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. HENRY. 
          AYE MADAM CHAIR? AYE MR. CARTER, GO AHEAD MR. STANIER. 
          AYE HAD A BRAIN FREEZE ON THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          APPOINTMENT 
          [H.2. Appointment of an Interim County Administrator]
OF ACTING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          AND SOMEONE WANNA MAKE THE MOTION AS TO APPOINT, THERE WAS A NUMBER WE WERE SUPPOSED TO ADD TO THAT , UH, 10%. 
          I I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          UH, IT WAS A NUMBER FOR THE, YEAH. 
          UM, SUPERVISOR CARTER 
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HAS THAT I DID  RIGHT HERE. 
          YOU WANT IT AGAIN? YEAH. 
          THAT, UM, HEAR ME MAKE A MOTION? OR THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE IN, IN, IN ADDITION TO THE DUTIES, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE MORE DUTIES, UH, A 10%, UM, TEMPORARY INCREASE IN, IN MS. MEADOW'S SALARY. 
          SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO A POINT WAIT, WAIT. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO I MOVE TO A POINT. 
          JANE MEADOW'S? YES. 
          ACTING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AT A NEW INTERIM OR ACTING TEMPORARY SALARY OF 153,600 1273 REPRESENTING A 10% INCREASE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, JUST TO, UH, SOME THINGS AFTER, UH, THE RESIGNATION, IT WAS ALL, IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC, UM, AUTOMATIC APPOINTMENT. 
          THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, NO. 
          AFTER THE LAST, UH, MEETING THERE, THERE WAS AN AUTOMATIC APPOINTMENT IN MS. MEADOWS. 
          SO WE WANNA JUST MAKE THE, MAKE THAT FORMALLY SO I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT, UH, JANE MEADOWS IS ACTING ADMINISTRATOR, UH, AND WITH AN INCREASE IN SALARY TO $153,612. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ROLL CALL. 
          MR. HENDERSON. 
          MR. STANLER? AYE. 
          MR. CARTER? AYE. 
          MADAM CHAIR? AYE. 
          MR. HENRY? AYE. 
          DR. 
          JAMESON? AYE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, WE HAVE REMOVED 
          [K. Board Reports ]
A NEW BUSINESS, SO WE'RE DOWN TO BOARD REPORTS. 
          UM, MR. JAMESON, MR. STAMMER, UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, REGARDING THE, UH, RESIGNATION OF MR. TCHO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I WAS NOT PLEASED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN OR, OR, UH, HOW IT UNFOLDED. 
          UM, AND TO ME, HE DEFINITELY WAS PROFESSIONAL AND, UM, I DID NOT HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE AT ALL. 
          UM, I WISH HIM WELL IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TURNING THE PAGE AND, UH, THIS BOARD COMING TOGETHER IN, IN UNITY TO, UH, CONDUCT A THOROUGH SEARCH AND FIND, UH, THE RIGHT SUCCESSOR. 
          I'M ALSO PLEASED TO HAVE, UH, MS. MEADOWS IN THE ACTING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR POSITION FOR THE TIME BEING. 
          AND, UH, UM, I'VE ALREADY HEARD SOME GOOD IDEAS ON HOW TO PROCEED AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, WANTED TO THANK AGAIN, UH, VDOT FOR THE SNOW REMOVAL. 
          UH, IN MY DISTRICT. 
          IT WAS VERY TOP NOTCH. 
          UH, BUT ALSO I WANTED TO THANK, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE SNOW REMOVAL IN SHENANDOAH FARMS. UM, THESE ARE DIFFICULT, UH, STEEP, TWISTY MOUNTAIN ROADS AND, UH, HEARD NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENTS FROM CONSTITUENTS, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD ON HOW, HOW WELL AND HOW QUICKLY THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. 
          UH, SO THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT. 
          UM, REGARDING HIGH TOP AND THE SITUATION UP THERE, I'VE, YOU KNOW, YOU ASKED ABOUT WHAT KIND OF EMAILS DID WE GET? I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN MANY EMAILS, UH, CONCERNED RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SITUATION. 
          UH, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO IT. 
          UM, SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD SOME FEEDBACK THAT THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO TO, TO STOP THE DEVELOPMENT UP THERE. 
          I MEAN, THESE, THESE HOMES WERE PLOTTED. 
          UH, IT'S A DONE DEAL. 
          UM, AND, UH, THAT SAID, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ROADS SITUATION. 
          UM, ON TOP OF THAT, UH, WELLS, UH, IT IS, IT IS A VERY DISTURBING AND, AND SAD TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE'S WELLS, SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE STARTING TO ACT UP OR GO, GO DRY. 
          UM, AND THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION FOR MOST CASES IS TO DIG A DEEPER WELL THAT THAT DOES, THAT'S COLD COMFORT THOUGH. 
          UM, THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FEASIBLE OR NOT, BUT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK INTO SOME KIND OF TAX RELIEF OR, OR SUBSIDY FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE TO REPLACE THEIR WELLS. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGALITIES WOULD BE THERE, UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO. 
          UM, REGARDING THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT, UH, I'VE CLOSELY STUDIED THAT AND IT DOES SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE YOU'VE GOTTA GO DEEP. 
          AND THIS WAS A, A 15-YEAR-OLD REPORT. 
          IT PROBABLY COULD BE BRUSHED UP AND REFRESHED, BUT CLEARLY ON HIGH TOP IN OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTY THERE, THERE'S NOT AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER TO BEGIN WITH. 
          AND THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO. 
          UM, SO, UH, I, I DID FORWARD THAT PLANNING. 
          UH, I DID FORWARD THAT REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER ON MY DISTRICT, UH, MR. GORDON. 
          AND HE AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IDEAS ABOUT THIS. 
          UN UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS. 
          THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS INDEPENDENT AND, AND THEY, UH, THEY APPROVE WELLS. 
          BASICALLY, IF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET UNDER THE STATUTES. 
          UM, UH, THEY, THEY 
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DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A, UM, SOME SORT OF LITMUS TEST ON WHETHER THERE WILL BE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES ON, ON NEIGHBORING HOMES. 
          UM, AND, UH, THAT IS A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK INTO IT. 
          MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED. 
          UM, LASTLY, I WANTED TO SAY, UM, I AGREE WITH MR. JENKINS' COMMENTS ABOUT THE SOUND SYSTEM IN HERE. 
          UM, I, I DO THINK, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO MAYBE ASK, UM, IT DEPARTMENT TO LOOK INTO THE QUALITY OF MICROPHONES WE HAVE, BUT ALSO THE SYSTEM FOR RECORDINGS, UH, FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION AND FOR MAKING SURE THE AUDIENCE PARTICULARLY IN THE BACK CAN HEAR. 
          UM, I'VE NOTICED CHALLENGES. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THE LAST THING WE WANT IS ANY MORE BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION. 
          SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JAMES, ARE YOU READY NOW, MR. HENLEY? YEAH, I'M ON. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          OH, IN REGARDS TO, UH, MR. SCOTT CHARLES'S IZATION. 
          I DID, I DID SUPPORT THAT. 
          BUT, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME STUFF THAT'S BEEN SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT, UH, IS PROBABLY NOT TRUE. 
          UM, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT. 
          I'VE PERSONALLY HAVE SUFFERED, YOU KNOW, FALSEHOODS AND FALSE STATEMENTS ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, TO NOT PUT STATEMENTS OUT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ARE FACTUAL. 
          AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE TO THAT READ THINGS ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA THAT DON'T SEEM BELIEVABLE, THAT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT. 
          UH, UM, I DON'T THINK MR. HAW, UH, WAS THE BEST FIT FOR WARREN COUNTY. 
          UH, BUT I DEFINITELY DOESN'T, UH, WISH HIM ANY HARM OR ANY, UH, ANY POLITICAL DAMAGE FROM, UH, THE CRAZINESS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. 
          UH, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET A BETTER ALIGNMENT TO HELP MOVE HORN COUNTY FORWARD IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS IN PLACE FOR A TEMPORARY, UH, WHILE WE REDO OUR SEARCH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GET, GET THE RIGHT GUY FOR THE RIGHT JOB. 
          AND I, I THINK FROM A COSTING STANDPOINT AND PRODUCTIVITY STANDPOINT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL, WE'LL BE IN A BETTER PLACE, UH, IN A SHORT TIME FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT WAS A, A VERY HARD DECISION. 
          UM, THE PROCESS ON THE, UH, WELLS. 
          UH, AND, AND I'LL REACH OUT WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE STATE CAN GET INVOLVED OR NOT, BUT, UH, AND I KNOW THIS FROM MY SEPTIC CLASS TRAINING, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, RETAINED RIGHT TO RIGHT PERMITS, BUT THEY TYPICAL TYPICALLY, UH, FORCE IT OVER INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHERE, YOU KNOW, HIRE AN A OC OR PE TO, TO DO YOUR PERMIT PROCESS. 
          AND IT, UH, UH, SIMPLE THING LIKE REPLACING A SEPTIC TANK, UH, PERMITS AND FEES ARE 1200 BUCKS. 
          A TANK ITSELF IS LESS THAN $2,000. 
          SO, OH, A GOOD BIT OF THIS IS, IS PERMIT, BUT, UH, IT, SOME OF MY CLASSES, THE STATE RETAINED THAT, RIGHT? UM, CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE, UH, MAYBE WERE POVERTY'S A BIGGER DEAL OR LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THEY STILL RETAIN THAT, RIGHT? AND, UH, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO, UH, VDH STAFF, UH, TO SEE IF THIS MAY BE A GOOD TIME, UH, FOR VDH THEMSELVES TO STEP IN AND WRITE SOME OF THESE PERMITS. 
          THAT WOULD BE A COST SAVINGS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, THERE AGAIN, IT IS A STATE AGENCY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT, UH, ENFORCEMENT OR JURISDICTION OR AUTHORITY, UH, OVER THE STATE. 
          BUT, UH, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT. 
          NO, NO PROMISES, BUT I, I WILL POSE THE IDEA TO WHERE IF WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'RE OBVIOUSLY A NEED AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF INSULT AND INJURY TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH, UH, PERMIT FEES, YOU KNOW, BE, BESIDES THE COST OF THE WORK ITSELF AT, UH, I, I'VE, UH, UH, THOSE IN, UH, PEOPLE IN MY TRADE, WE HAVE LOBBIED AT CLASSES AND THINGS TO, UH, 'CAUSE YEARS AGO PERMIT FEES USED TO BE FREE. 
          AND THEN, UH, SOMETIMES THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD WRITE THE PERMIT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALREADY AT DISADVANTAGE. 
          NOBODY PLANS FOR A FAILED SEPTIC OR A FAILED WELL, WELL SYSTEM. 
          SO, OH, THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY. 
          UH, OF COURSE, THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS PARTLY WHY THEY PUSH IT OUT IN PRIVATE SECTOR IS STAFFING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO HAVE RESOURCES TOO. 
          MANPOWER, YOU KNOW, SITE HAS TO BE PHYSICALLY VISITED, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER RULES THAT THE STATE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO BY FOR A REPLACEMENT WELL, UH, WOULD HAVE TO BE MET. 
          SO, BUT I'LL, I WILL DO, UH, I'LL MAKE A FEW CALLS, UH, TO SEE IF, UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SOMEWHAT IN NEED DUE TO A FAILED WELL SYSTEM, UH, THAT, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE INSULTING INJURY TO ADD, ADD TO THOSE COSTS. 
          SO, UH, I'LL DO MY BEST AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, MR. 
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JAMESON. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I DO, UH, WANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SITUATION. 
          UM, I'M VERY FRUSTRATED BY THIS, AS EVERYONE MANY PEOPLE KNOW, UM, I BELIEVE THE ENTIRE MATTER OF MR. GAL'S DEPARTURE HAS BEEN IMPROPERLY HANDLED AND I HAVE SOUGHT TO MAKE IT, UH, I HAVE SOUGHT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF IT. 
          SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INVOLVED THE FULL BOARD TO SEARCH AND HIRE, AND CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE INVOLVED THE FULL BOARD TO DELIBERATE ANY MATTERS OF SHORTCOMINGS OR PERFORMANCE DEFICIENCIES, OR SIMPLY SAYING HE WASN'T A GOOD FIT. 
          AND ADMITTING THAT THE SEVERANCE COST WAS WOR WAS THE BEST OPTION FOR THE COUNTY. 
          I BELIEVE, UH, MR. HENRY JUST JUST SAID THAT. 
          UM, I ALSO BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT MR. GACHA, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR DISCUSSION OF THE FULL BOARD, EITHER ENCLOSED OR OPEN MEETING, HAD BEEN TOLD BY OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AT THE DIRECTION OF CHAIR CALLERS THAT IT WAS LIKELY SUPERVISOR, MAJORITY SUPERVISORS, I'M ETHICALLY REQUIRED TO ASSERT FOR HIS RESIGNATION, TERMINATED ATTORNEY PRIVILEGE IF HE DID NOT DO SO, SO THAT IT IS NOT WAIVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HE CHOSE TO AVOID A HUMILIATING SITUATION AND RESIGN RATHER THAN BE FIRED IN A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CAR. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          NOW, I THINK THAT, UM, THE ISSUE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR, UH, WE WISHING BEST AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 
          HOWEVER, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN LET OUT. 
          AND AS AN EXAMPLE OF IT, WE JUST HAD WHERE ONE SUPERVISOR CONTINUES TO GO ON AND ON, THIS IS A PERSONNEL ISSUE. 
          AND I DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, IMPINGE UPON MR. UL'S REPUTATION OR THIS BOARD'S REPUTATION. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHEN SOMEBODY PUTS SOMETHING OUT THERE AND THEY SIGN SUPERVISOR, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY'RE REPRESENTING THIS WHOLE BOARD. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO A POSSIBILITY IS A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY GONNA COST. 
          AND THE OTHER THING TOO, IS SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL, SO THE SUE THE BOARD SUE THE COUNTY AND SUE THE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND IF THIS IS GONNA BE A LAWSUIT BROUGHT, BECAUSE ONE INDIVIDUAL ON THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO, UH, AVOID ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE, IT'S ALL ON HIM. 
          ALTHOUGH WE ALL GET DRUG INTO IT. 
          SO THIS IS GOING ON, THAT'S UP TO HIM. 
          I KNOW THERE, THERE, THERE'S STUFF THAT WAS, UH, UH, UH, RELEASED TO THE NEWSPAPER AND THAT'S FINE 'CAUSE THAT'S THE STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN. 
          BUT AGAIN, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT. 
          I DON'T WANNA IMPEDE YOUR FREE SPEECH, BUT YOUR FREE SPEECH MAY WIND UP COSTING THIS TAXPAYERS MORE MONEY THAN THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE THAT WE OFFER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. 
          JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND. 
          THIS BOARD DID NOT HIRE THIS, THIS ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THIS IS THE PREVIOUS BOARD. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          WELL, I WANNA START OFF MY REPORT WITH THANKING, UM, WHICH I ALREADY DID VDOT WHEN THEY WERE HERE. 
          BUT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE AND RESCUE, THE WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE FRONT ROYAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, JOE PETTY TOWN MANAGER, MS. MEADOWS, UM, LIEUTENANT, UH, LISA WILCOX, WHO BETWEEN, UM, HER AND LIEUTENANT BRIAN FOLEY, I THINK THEY PRETTY MUCH SPENT THREE DAYS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, UM, PROBABLY WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE. 
          BUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, WE, UM, THEY WERE DEDICATED TO GETTING US THROUGH THIS EVENT, PROBABLY ALMOST A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME PLANNING, STRATEGIZING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EVERYTHING, UH, EVERY SCENARIO OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND HOW TO MITIGATE IT BEFORE IT DID. 
          DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES HAD FIVE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE WILLING TO DEMAND, UH, EMERGENCY SHELTERS IF WE HAD TO OPEN THEM UP. 
          AND I, I JUST CAN'T THANK THE WHOLE GROUP ENOUGH FOR THE EFFORT. 
          UM, IT WAS A, A, A NASTY SNOW TO DEAL WITH. 
          NOT AS BAD PROBABLY AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN IF WE'D HAD ANOTHER FOOT ON TOP OF THIS. 
          BUT IT WAS STILL, IT'S, AND IT STILL IS A VERY DIFFICULT SNOW. 
          IF ANY OF YOU SHOVELED, 
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I'M SURE YOU REALIZE JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT'S BEEN TO, TO DEAL WITH. 
          UM, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN I WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO IS SAM CHESHIRE FROM OUR, UH, IT DEPARTMENT. 
          I, UM, HE CAME UP WITH A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE, UH, VERY VALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE FUTURE FOR AREAS THAT IF THE LANDLINES GO DOWN, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO GET OUT FOR, TO REACH OUT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          AND, UM, HE PUT THAT TOGETHER ON THE FLY VERY QUICKLY. 
          AND I JUST, I THINK HE NEEDS, DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS, UM, INGENUITY AND EXPERTISE IN SOMETHING THAT'S WAY OVER MY HEAD. 
          UM, BUT HE MADE IT HAPPEN AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF MR. GODSHAW AS WARREN COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          I WANNA SAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A PERSONNEL EMPLOYMENT MATTER, WHICH HAS AN EXPECTATION AND SHOULD BE CONFIDENTIAL. 
          THAT BEING SAID, I WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION THAT BREACHES THAT CONFIDENTIAL EXPECTATION. 
          I, I WILL ENSURE, UM, THAT EVERY DECISION, WHETHER IT'S A SIMPLE ONE OR A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE, I DO SO AFTER MUCH DUE DILIGENCE, FACT FINDING AND DELIBERATION. 
          AND WHAT IS THE BEST INTEREST OF WARREN COUNTY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT MAKE UP THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I WAS ELECTED TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND I'VE DESCRIBED TO MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS WITH FAIRNESS AND HONESTY IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND THIS WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT I FEEL IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. 
          AND I DO WISH MR. GELLE WELL IN SUCCESS IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 
          AS FAR AS MR. JAMISON'S RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA STATEMENTS ABOUT THE RESIGNATION. 
          THERE IS THAT EXPECTATION OF EMPLOYEE CONFIDENTIALITY THAT WITHOUT CONSENT FROM THE ENTIRE BOARD, UM, IT IS A BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY. 
          UM, YOU SUPPLIED INFORMATION TO NOT ONLY THE NOR VIRGINIA DAILY, BUT THE ROLE EXAMINER OF THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT ASK THIS ENTIRE BOARD IF YOU HAD OUR CONSENT TO, TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          IT WAS A DIRECT BREACH OF CLIENT ATTORNEY PRIVILEGE, WHICH I, I'M NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING, BUT I RESPECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY THAT'S DUE TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PROCESS OF HIRING AND FIRING AND RESIGNATIONS AND ALL OF IT. 
          SO, MR. JAMESON, YOU NOT ONLY DID NOT ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR PERMISSION, YOU NEVER MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE EVEN WRITING THESE ARTICLES FOR NEWS RELEASE OF UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION. 
          SO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU DO NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION, UM, TO DISCLOSE THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT. 
          AND I WON'T GIVE YOU THAT INFORM, UH, PRIVILEGE IN THE, UM, FUTURE IF IT'S GOING TO BE A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO FAR, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE SEEN FROM YOUR ACTIONS IS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY. 
          IF THIS BOARD GETS SUED, IT'S GONNA COME OUTTA THE POCKETS OF THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THIS ROOM. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS WORTH WHAT YOUR AGENDA WAS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE BOARD, IT'S UP TO YOU TO SAY WHETHER YOU GIVE HIM PERMISSION TO RELEASE YOUR PRIVILEGED IN, UM, BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. 
          BUT YOU NEED TO SAY IT NOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. 
          I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S A VIOLATION OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND I THINK IT'S JUST TO, PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S SOME SELF-SERVING INTEREST BECAUSE AFTER ALL, HE IS THE PRINCE OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          HOLD ON A SECOND. 
          ARE YOU DOWN THERE? I CAN'T SEE YOU SO TRANSPARENT. 
          BUT NO, IT'S NOT RIGHT TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          'CAUSE IT OPENS THIS UP TO POTENTIAL LAWSUITS AND THAT'S GONNA COST EVEN MORE. 
          I, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT WOULD, WOULD PUT OUR COUNTY AT THE RISK OF LITIGATION ON, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD, UH, REFER TO THE ATTORNEY'S EXPERTISE AND ADVICE AS A MARGIN OF SAFETY. 
          I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HERE TO, TO HIDE ANYTHING OR OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT, UH, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA AND I DON'T SUPPORT, I ALREADY GAVE MY REPORT. 
          I'M NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A PLEDGE THAT I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO 
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THINK THROUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, MS. MEADOWS. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, I WANNA PROVIDE A FEW UPDATES AND IF MIKE WOULD COME TO THE FRONT, UM, I'LL HAVE HIM ADD A SNOW UPDATE FOR THE TEAM. 
          UM, FIRST, THE WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK WILL BE AT DIVERSIFIED MINES RATHER THAN HERE AT THE COUNTY BUILDING. 
          UM, ON FEBRUARY 15TH, THE HIGH MILEAGE, UM, NOTICES FOR THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE ARE DUE. 
          THAT IS A SUNDAY, SO THEY WILL BE ACCEPTING THEM ON MONDAY THE 16TH. 
          UM, THE BOARD ADVANCE, I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE FULL BOARD THIS MORNING. 
          PLEASE, UM, LET ME KNOW WHAT SCHEDULING WISE, YOUR PREFERENCES SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH HELPING TO, UM, KIND OF PLAN YOUR GOALS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND ALIGN THAT WITH THE BUDGET. 
          AND, UM, WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT THE MOBILE MUSEUM FROM VA TWO 50 WILL BE COMING TO WARREN COUNTY IN JUNE. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE TOWN ON THAT INITIATIVE. 
          AND MIKE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE RECENT SNOW EVENT, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, GOOD TO BE HERE IN DAYTIME. 
          I LIKE IT. 
          UM, GOOD STUFF. 
          BUT ANYWAY, I, I SENT OUT AN EMAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK AND COPIED MS. MEADOWS, JUST THANKING STAFF, AND SHE ASKED IF I'D BE WILLING TO GIVE A, UH, UH, A STATEMENT TO THE BOARD. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS SHARE OUR WIND. 
          AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO I WANNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK, UH, COUNTY STAFF FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK DURING THE RECENT WINTER WEATHER AND EXTREME LOW, UH, TEMPERATURES, THAT STUFF'S LIKE CONCRETE OUT THERE, A LOT OF PLACES. 
          AND ACROSS THE COUNTY, OUR TEAMS RESPONDED QUICKLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. 
          AND AS A RESULT, WE RECEIVED VERY FEW COMPLAINTS. 
          IN FACT, MOST OF OUR CONCERNS WE HEARD RELATED TO THE ROADS OUTSIDE OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND IN SAYING THAT, I ALSO WOULD WOULD SAY, UH, GOOD JOB TO VDOT. 
          UH, MR. ROBINSON HAS BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE. 
          WHEN RESIDENTS CALL ME, I TYPICALLY SEND THEM TO THE STATE, UH, OR I PASS ON THE COMPLAINT AND HE WAS, UM, JOHNNY ON THE SPOT, EVERYTHING THAT I ASKED HIM FOR, WHETHER IT WAS AT THE INTERSTATE OR ON THE BACK ROAD. 
          UM, AND SIMILARLY WITH THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, UM, WHETHER IT WAS HELP, UM, AS WE WERE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THE WARMING SHELTER IF NEEDED, UM, MR. BOY IS ALWAYS A GOOD PARTNER FOR US. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE PARTNERS. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY I'D LIKE TO KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF, TRAVIS JONES AND OUR SANITARY DISTRICT CREWS, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB KEEPING THE AREAS SAFE. 
          AND I AND I AND IMPASSABLE, MR. STAN MEYER MENTIONED THAT, UM, I HAD OEE LANE, SANITARY DISTRICT LAKEFRONT ROW ACTUALLY AT A MEETING WE HAD THE OTHER DAY. 
          UM, I'VE HAD MULTIPLE, UH, FOLKS ACTUALLY CONTACT US PERSONALLY OR BY EMAIL TO THANK US FOR THE, THE TURNAROUND AND THE JOB THAT WAS DONE. 
          AND, AND, AND EVEN LIKE OUR TRASH CREWS, OUR SOLID WASTE TEAM, UM, YOU KNOW, MANAGING DEBRIS AND FOLKS GET IMPATIENT. 
          OUR TRUCKS DON'T MOVE. 
          I KNOW WE HAVEN, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TRASH PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE, BUT IF THE LANDFILL'S CLOSED AND THE TRUCKS CAN'T MOVE IT, WE'RE STUCK AND LITERALLY STUCK IN THE SNOW. 
          SO, UM, THOSE GUYS UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF PEOPLE'S STUFF THEY THROW DOWN. 
          AND THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT IS, IS KIND OF OFF TOPIC, BUT WE'LL GET THERE. 
          AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK BRAD AND OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE TEAM, GROUNDS CREWS. 
          THEY, THEY'RE STILL CLEARING SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC SPACES AND, AND THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TEAMS FOR RESPONDING TO HEAT AND ISSUES AND EQUIPMENT FAILURES. 
          WE'RE STILL RESPONDING TO THOSE. 
          OUR CUSTODY OF STAFF, YOU KNOW, THEY HANDLE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD WITH PEOPLE DRAGGING IT IN ON THE FLOOR. 
          SO I WANNA THANK ALL OF THEM, BUT ESPECIALLY JUST TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF, UH, COMPLIMENTS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE SANITARY DISTRICTS. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NO COMPLAINTS, BUT WE'VE HAD MORE COMPLIMENTS TRUTHFULLY. 
          AND, AND ALSO, UM, EVEN AT OUR AIRPORT, JAKE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. 
          UH, TRAVIS IS CREW SUPPORTING HIM, AND, AND OUR COMMISSION CHAIR IS A, A COMMERCIAL PILOT FOR UNITED. 
          AND, AND HE ACTUALLY COMPLIMENTED US ON THE RUNWAY. 
          UM, HE CAME TO CHECK IT OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMMUNITY IS VERY TIGHT KNIT. 
          WE HAD A, A FELLOW FLY IN THAT COULDN'T LAND IN LOU, READY TO GET FUEL. 
          SO THOSE THINGS MEAN SOMETHING. 
          AND IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, THAT COMMISSION CHAIR, UH, UM, IS, UH, HE'S SENIOR. 
          HE'S A SENIOR PILOT, SO HE, HE ACTUALLY HELPS TRAIN PEOPLE IN SAFETY. 
          SO I TOOK IT AS A COMPLIMENT. 
          IT'S NOT PERFECT. 
          UM, OVERALL, I THINK OUR STAFF'S BEEN RESPONSIVE AND I MENTIONED CITIZENS EVEN TAKING TIME TO, TO THANK US WHERE PEOPLE HAVE STEPPED IN AND HELPED THEM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS AT THE COURTHOUSE OR OTHER PLACES. 
          AND NOT EVERYBODY DOES THAT, BUT IT MEANS SOMETHING WHEN THEY KNOW IT'S A COUNTY, UH, PERSON OR PERSONNEL THAT'S HELPING 'EM. 
          UM, AND, AND I, I WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF THESE GUYS EVERY DAY. 
          I DON'T USUALLY STAND UP HERE AND SAY THAT, BUT I DO TRY TO PAT 'EM ON THE BACK 'CAUSE I HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD FOLKS THAT WORK FOR ME THAT ARE DEDICATED 
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AND WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THEM. 
          AND, AND I, I WANT TO JUST THANK THE, THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT AND, AND, AND JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO REALIZE, I KNOW WE TRY NOT TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT THEY DO IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE, THE SNOW CREEK I LIKE TO CALL IT. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME SIDEWALKS THAT THE GUYS ARE LITERALLY HAVING TO CHIP AWAY OUT. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY FOCUS ON, AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF IT GETS PLOWED BACK OVER THEY GO AGAIN. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE SOME IN BILL AVENUE AND OVER HERE IN FRONT OF THE CHAMBER, UH, 15TH STREET. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, IN THAT. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, EQUIPMENT FAILURES. 
          WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE AT THE SOCCER PLEX AND WE GOT SOME FROZEN PIPE ISSUES. 
          UM, ALSO, UM, I MEAN, I WAS MADE AWARE OF ONE AT THE PUMP HOUSE, SO I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SOME MORE PROBLEMS. I'M SURE WE WILL, BUT PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY I'M PROUD OF OUR PEOPLE. 
          GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. 
          NOPE. 
          GOOD. 
          I'D JUST COMMENT THOUGH, THAT, UH, I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, TRAVIS AND, AND JAKE AND THOSE GUYS IN YOUR PAST BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT. 
          OF COURSE, COURSE I HAD TO GIVE UP MY SANITARY DISTRICT CONTRACT. 
          BUT, UH, UH, I, I CAN ATTEST ALSO THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A GOOD BUNCH AND THEY WILL WORK, THAT'S FOR SURE. 
          YES SIR. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THIS IS A SHAME THEY HAD TO PICK TRASH UP. 
          'CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THE LAST THING I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WAS GETTING MY TRASH TO THE DO . 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          JUST GETTING TO MY ANIMALS TO GET 'EM WATER WAS MY OBJECTIVE. 
          AND NOT BREAKING BODY PARTS, BUT RIGHT. 
          AND I KNOW YOU WERE HERE DURING THE CHAMBER LEADERSHIP, UH, JANE KINDA LED THAT. 
          AND WE HAD A LADY FROM HABITAT THAT MENTIONED THE COOLEY SITE. 
          UM, A LOT OF TIMES AT HOLIDAYS AT THESE, AND WE, WE HAVE EQUIPMENT ISSUES, BUT WE NEED TO REALLY BE READY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND PLAN FOR ANOTHER LOCATION OUT THERE. 
          YEP. 
          SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. HAM. 
          I HAVE NO COMMENTS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO IF I'M CORRECT, THAT PUTS US AT THE END OF OUR MEETING AND AT THE POINT WHERE WE GO INTO THE WORK SESSION. 
          SO IS THERE, EXCUSE ME? YEAH. 
          YES SIR. 
          A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING? YES. 
          WAIT A MOMENT. 
          YOU ADDED BERKELEY GROUP TO THE AGENDA? YES, WE DID THAT AT THE BEGINNING. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE RECORD MEETING. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I PUT IT ON THE WORK SESSION, SO. 
          OH, IS IT? OKAY, WELL THEN DOES IT MATTER? IT'S PART OF THE WORK SESSION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE SHOULD ADJOURN AND YES, THAT'S WHAT I, KEEP ME STRAIGHT, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS RIGHT THERE, SO IF THERE IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, SO THE BUSINESS MEETING IS OVER. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE BUDGET MEETING AND THIS PRESENTATION WE GET LIKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK. 
          UM, CAN WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK SINCE SHE'S BEEN SITTING? I'LL SWITCH A DIFFERENT SEVEN MINUTES. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE BETWEEN A FIVE AND SEVEN MINUTE BREAK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE. 
           THIS, UM, THIS MEETING HAS, UM, ORGANIZING FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATIONS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DISCOMBOBULATED, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE WITH THIS. 
          AND ONE THING I NEED TO SAY BEFORE WE START, BECAUSE I FORGOT TO SAY IT BEFORE, THERE IS GOING TO BE, UM, A CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 24TH FOR FIVE O'CLOCK, UM, TO MAKE THAT ANOTHER BUDGET MEETING SO WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL THESE. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHICH, UM, INDIVIDUALS WILL, WILL BE PRESENTING THAT NIGHT, BUT WE'LL GET IT OUT. 
          BUT JUST TO PUT THAT ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR, WE WILL BE SENDING OUT A SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THAT DATE. 
          CAN, CAN YOU REPEAT THE DATE? 24TH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK FEBRUARY 24TH. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH, AND I'M SORRY, UM, I FORGOT THE LADY'S NAME, UH, FROM BERKELEY GROUP, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'RE STILL THERE. 
          THERE YOU'RE, OH, KELSEY, HE, I'VE JUST GOT IT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WELL. 
          AND YOU CAN START WHENEVER YOU WANT. 
          WE CAN'T HEAR YOU THOUGH. 
          YOU MUST BE MUTED. 
          PARDON ME? I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE GOT YOU NOW. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I DO HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M SORRY TO I SHARE MY SCREEN FOR YOU. 
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YES, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS KELSEY WONG AND I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR BERKELEY GROUP. 
          SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. 
          WE ARE A PUBLIC SECTOR CONSULTING FIRM BASED RIGHT HERE IN MCC, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
          WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES TO STRENGTHEN OPERATIONS IN THE SHORT, MIDDLE, AND LONG TERM. 
          OUR TEAM IS COMPRISED OF OVER 70, CLOSE TO 80 EMPLOYEES, MOST WHO ARE RETIRED PUBLIC SECTOR PROFESSIONALS. 
          THAT INCLUDES FORMER MANAGERS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, AND OTHER FOLKS WHO SAID THEIR CAREER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STILL WANNA COME BACK, STILL WANNA GIVE BACK. 
          WE ALL COME FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HAVE A PUBLIC SERVING HEART. 
          AND WE WANNA SEE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO, WE PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO LOCALITIES, INCLUDING INTERIM, ONGOING AND ON CALL STAFF SUPPORT, EXECUTIVE IMPROVEMENT PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE, HR, PUBLIC WORK, AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WE STRUCTURED OUR FIRM TO LOOK LIKE GLOBAL GOVERNMENT, SO WHEN THE PHONE RING, WE CAN BE A SERVICE. 
          SO WE GIVE YOU EVERYTHING FROM A ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE TO A PERSONNEL POLICY UPDATE TO HELPING WITH DAY TO DAY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE NEEDS AN ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT OR BOARD RETREAT. 
          WHEN WE WORK WITH A LOCALITY, WE WANT DO SUCH A  THAT YOU CAN RELY ON US TO BE A RESOURCE IN THE FUTURE. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO BE A LONG TERM PARTNER FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          IN OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES. 
          OUR SERVICES ARE ABOUT STABILIZING ORGANIZATION, APPLYING EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP, AND PREPARING THE COUNTY FOR SMITH COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ALWAYS BEEN IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD HELP IDENTIFY THE SEASON COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WORK TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. 
          OUR TYPICALLY WORK UP TO 24 TO 32 HOURS A WEEK, BUT OF COURSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT EMERGENCIES HAPPEN. 
          ALL OF OUR FOLKS HAVE SAT IN A SEAT BEFORE. 
          SO IF THERE ARE EXTRA HOURS OR UM, SPECIAL MEETINGS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY, UM, AS NEEDED. 
          AND THEN OUR ARRANGEMENT LASTS TYPICALLY UP TO FOUR MONTHS, BUT THEY CAN BE EXTENDED OR TERMINATED, UM, EARLIER OR, UM, OR LATER AS NEEDED. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE ALL ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UM, EARLIER, WE CAN TERMINATE OR ARRANGE CAN WE'LL WORK WITH YOU IN WHATEVER WAY THAT YOU NEED. 
          UM, FOR EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          FOR EACH RECRUITMENT, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT A FOUR TO SIX MONTH PROJECTED TIMELINE. 
          SINCE HE RECENTLY HAD A RECRUITMENT, WE CAN UTILIZE EXISTING PROFILE AND BUILD OFF IT WITH THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THIS BOARD. 
          UM, WITHIN SEVEN TO 14 DAYS OF KICKOFF, WE'LL CONDUCT A WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT INCLUDES THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOP AND REFINE THAT RECRUITMENT PROFILE. 
          WE'LL HELP ARAC MAKE THAT RECRUITMENT PROFILE VISUALLY ATTRACTIVE AND APPEALING, NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO TELLING THE COMMUNITY AND THE POSITION. 
          UM, THEN WE'LL ADVERTISE AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE RECOMMEND HAVING THE POSITION ADVERTISED FROM 30 TO 45 DAYS, UM, AND THE FOLLOWED BY THREE WEEKS TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES, CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS, AND MAKE THE FINAL SELECTION. 
          ONCE AN OFFER IS MADE, IT TYPICALLY REQUIRES ADDITIONAL 30 TO 60 DAYS FOR A NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO GIVE PROPER NOTICE TO THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYER AND GOVERNING BOARD. 
          UM, WE'VE SEEN UP TO 90 DAYS IN SOME CONTRACTS, UM, FOR FOLKS TO GIVE NOTICE. 
          AND SO THAT CAN REALLY EXTEND THE TIMELINE. 
          OF COURSE, THE SCHEDULE IS CONTINGENT ON THE BOARD'S MEETING AVAILABILITY AND FINDING A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE. 
          DURING THE, THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS, WE WILL MANAGE CANDIDATE RESUMES AND APPLICATION MATERIALS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, RELIEVING THAT BURDEN FROM STAFF. 
          AND OUR EMPHASIS IN A RECRUITMENT IS REALLY ON FIT, ENSURING THAT WARREN COUNTY'S UNIQUE NEEDS, PREFERRED MANAGEMENT STYLE AND PLANS ARE PERFORMED BY A LEADER WHO PASSIONATELY SHARES THE COUNTY'S VISION AND VALUES. 
          OUR PROCESS IS COLLABORATIVE AND TRANSPARENT. 
          WE DO NOT WITHHOLD OR FILTER CAN CANDIDATES AT ALL. 
          INSTEAD, WE PROVIDE ALL 
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION SO THAT THE BOARD, YOU ALL THE DECISION MAKERS, CAN MAKE FULLY INFORMED CHOICES. 
          HERE'S A LIST OF A FEW, UM, RECRUITMENTS WE'VE DONE RECENTLY IN THE PAST, INCLUDING NEELY COUNTY, CITY OF ROANOKE, KING, WILLIAM COUNTY, MATTHEWS COUNTY, ROANOKE COUNTY, AND FREDERICK COUNTY. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S NO GREATER RESPONSIBILITY THE COUNTY FACES THAN SELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL LEAD THE ORGANIZATION NOW DURING A TRANSITION PERIOD, PERIOD AND INTO THE FUTURE. 
          THAT'S A BIG DECISION. 
          WE BRING EXPERIENCE, THE RESOURCES AND AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO PROVIDE STABLE INTERIM LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT THE SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT OF YOUR NEXT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME AND ALL ABOUT OUR SERVICES, WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. 
          QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. 
          UM, ARE YOU, WOULD, WOULD, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU BE RECRUITING FOR A FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITION? IS THAT THE, IS THAT WHAT YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION WAS ABOUT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT FOR AN INTERIM? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT? FIRST Y YES, WE CAN OFFER ALSO OFFER INTERIMS STAFF SUPPORT, UM, PROVIDE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR LEADERSHIP. 
          MY GOAL WAS TO HAVE SOME RESUMES AVAILABLE FOR YOU TODAY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE TRAVELING AND WITH THE SNOW, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, SO I'M HOPING TO HAVE, UM, RESPONSES FROM EVERYONE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          AND WHAT I CAN DO IS PROVIDE YOU ALL THOSE RESUMES TO REVIEW. 
          AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN SCHEDULE MEET AND GREETS. 
          MY GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE BY THE END OF FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT INFORMATION AND, UM, WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU AFTER THAT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, FIRST ON OUR, UM, OUTSIDE AGENCY PRESENTATIONS IS THE PHOENIX PROJECT, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS AVERY HARPER AND I SERVE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PHOENIX PROJECT, THE ONLY LOCAL AGENCY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SERVICES HERE IN WARREN COUNTY. 
          TODAY I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT IMPACT, COST, AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          BECAUSE SUPPORTING SURVIVORS IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS A COMMUNITY CAN MAKE. 
          SINCE OPENING OUR DOORS IN 2014, PHOENIX PROJECT HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO HUNDREDS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN HERE IN WARREN COUNTY. 
          BETWEEN 2014 AND 2024, WE PROVIDED 3,312 NIGHTS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES TO 385 ADULTS AND 275 CHILDREN. 
          OVER 7,000 FAMILY VIOLENCE HOTLINE CALLS. 
          AND SINCE WE BECAME A DUAL AGENCY THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAVE RECEIVED AND RESPONDED TO 336 SEXUAL ASSAULT RELATED CALLS. 
          WE'VE ALSO RESPONDED TO NEARLY 5,000 SERVICE ORIENTED CALLS. 
          SO THESE ARE, UH, PEOPLE ACTIVELY SEEKING HELP, SAFETY PLANNING, OR RESOURCES. 
          WE'VE ALSO ANSWERED OVER 400, SORRY, 499 LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL CONTACTS. 
          THIS IS WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFIED VICTIMS AT HIGH RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. 
          AND WHILE ON CALL TO THAT DOMESTIC IN PROGRESS CONNECTED THAT SURVIVOR WITH AN ADVOCATE THROUGH PHOENIX PROJECT. 
          THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT NUMBERS, THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS PARENTS, CHILDREN SEEKING SAFETY. 
          WHEN SURVIVORS FIRST COME TO PHOENIX PROJECT THREE CONCERNS COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN. 
          PHYSICAL SAFETY, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH, AND THE ABILITY TO MEET BASIC FINANCIAL 
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NEEDS. 
          THOSE NEEDS ARE IN INTERCONNECTED. 
          IF SOMEONE IS UNSAFE, THEY CANNOT WORK. 
          IF THEY CANNOT WORK, THEY CANNOT PAY RENT OR UTILITIES. 
          IF THEY LOSE HOUSING, THE COSTS SHIFT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES, HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. 
          NATIONAL RESEARCH HELPS US QUANTIFY WHAT WE SEE LOCALLY, READILY WHAT WE ALREADY SEE LOCALLY. 
          DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COSTS THE UNITED STATES OVER 5.8 BILLION EVERY YEAR. 
          THESE INCLUDE 4.1 BILLION IN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COSTS, AND 1.8 BILLION IN LOST PRODUCTIVITY AND WAGES ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, THE LIFETIME ECONOMIC COST OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE CAN EXCEED $100,000 PER FEMALE SURVIVOR AND $20,000 PER MALE SURVIVOR. 
          THESE COSTS DON'T DISAPPEAR. 
          THEY SHOW UP IN EMERGENCY ROOMS, COURT SYSTEMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT TIME, PUBLIC BENEFITS, AND LOST TAX REVENUE. 
          HOW PHOENIX PROJECT SAVES WARREN COUNTY MONEY, THIS IS WHERE YOUR INVESTMENT MATTERS. 
          PHOENIX PROJECT REDUCES LONG-TERM PUBLIC COSTS BY INTERVENING EARLY AND LOCALLY. 
          WE KEEP PEOPLE WORKING BY STABILIZING SURVIVORS QUICKLY. 
          THROUGH SAFETY, PLANNING, ADVOCACY, HOUSING SUPPORT, AND COURT ACCOMPANIMENT. 
          WE REDUCE MIXED MISSED WORK DAYS IN JOB LOSS. 
          WE REDUCE HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION. 
          EVERY INTERVENTION LOWERS RELIANCE ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND REDUCES LONG-TERM TRAUMA RELATED HEALTH COSTS. 
          WE PREVENT ESCALATION. 
          OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH LAP IDENTIFIES HIGH RISK SITUATIONS BEFORE THEY BECOME HOMICIDES, HOSPITALIZATIONS, OR PROLONGED COURT INVOLVEMENT. 
          WE KEEP SERVICES LOCAL. 
          WITHOUT PHOENIX PROJECT SURVIVORS WOULD NEED TO SEEK HELP OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AT FAR GREATER COST AND DISRUPTION. 
          IN SHORT, EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION SAVES MANY MORE DOLLARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          WARREN COUNTY FUNDS ALLOW PHOENIX PROJECT TO MEET IMMEDIATE, PRACTICAL NEEDS, THE KIND THAT PREVENT A CRISIS FROM BECOMING A CATASTROPHE. 
          COUNTY FUNDS SUPPORT EMERGENCY HOTEL STAYS WHEN SHELTER IS FULL OR UNSAFE. 
          TRANSPORTATION TO COURT, MEDICAL CARE AND COUNSELING, FOOD AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. 
          24 7 HOTLINE ACCESS AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          THESE ARE MODEST INVESTMENTS WITH GREAT IMPACT. 
          PHOENIX PROJECT ALSO INVESTS HEAVILY IN PREVENTION AND EDUCATION. 
          AND WITHIN THE LAST DECADE, WE HAVE DELIVERED NEARLY 8,000 HOURS OF PROGRAM DELIVERY AND OVER 4,000 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          I AM SO PROUD OF WHAT WE DO HERE IN OUR COUNTY. 
          PREVENTION REDUCES FUTURE VICTIMIZATION AND FUTURE COSTS. 
          SO IN CLOSING, ALTHOUGH PHOENIX PROJECT IS NOT REQUESTING AN INCREASE FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FUNDING LEVELS, I RESPECTFULLY WISH TO NOTE THE GROWING GAP BETWEEN COMMUNITY NEEDS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES. 
          HISTORICALLY, PHOENIX PROJECT HAS REQUESTED BETWEEN 15,000 AND $20,000 ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT SERVICES FOR WARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 
          HOWEVER, COUNTING FUND COUNTY FUNDING HAS TRENDED DOWNWARDS IN RECENT YEARS WITH $7,000 RECEIVED IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR. 
          I DO WANT YOU TO HEAR THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          THIS YEAR, OUR REQUEST REMAINS AT A REASONABLE ASK OF $15,000. 
          WHEN WARREN COUNTY INVESTS IN PHOENIX PROJECT, YOU ARE PROTECTING LIVES, STABILIZING FAMILIES, KEEPING RESIDENTS EMPLOYED, REDUCING FUTURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, AND STRENGTHENING THE SAFETY NET THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENT. 
          THIS IS NOT CHARITY, THIS IS SOUND PUBLIC POLICY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF WARREN COUNTY. 
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AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          WELL, THAT'S A LOT OF SERVICES AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEM. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE, MR. STAMAN? YEAH, I HAVE ONE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UH, PHOENIX PROJECT AND YOUR WORK AND THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, AND WITH REGARD TO HAVING RECEIVED 7,000 LAST YEAR AND ASKING FOR 15,000 ALSO ON YOUR, UM, YOUR DATA SUBMISSION, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, UM, IS UP MARKEDLY. 
          UH, WHICH I'M NOT, UH, UH, NOT SAYING THAT SUPPLANTS ANY NEED THAT, THAT WE COULD FILL, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING HOW ARE YOU EXPANDING AND WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR FUTURE EXPANDING? BECAUSE I'M, I'M IMAGINING THE NEED AND THE, THE, THE CASELOAD IS, IS PROBABLY BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT, BUT YES. 
          AND, AND I CAN MAKE JUST A VERY QUICK STATEMENT TO THE NOTE OF THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO THAT WAS THE LAST OF THE EXPENDITURES FROM THE, UM, THE ARPA FUNDS, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS, WHICH DID GIVE US AN INITIAL BUMP. 
          THEY ARE NOW GONE. 
          UM, AND THEN TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT EXPANSION OF SERVICES MM-HMM . 
          WE ARE AT CAPACITY WITH, WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE DID, WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO RECEIVE A RECENT, UM, FEDERAL GRANT AWARD, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE ADDITION OF ONE MORE FULL-TIME ADVOCATE WITH OUR AGENCY, WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND EXCITED FOR. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND BEING SO PATIENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP IS ST. 
          LUKE. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TALK AND THANK YOU FOR PAST DONATIONS TO ST. 
          LUKE COMMUNITY CLINIC. 
          I'M VICKI DAVIES. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ST. 
          LUKE COMMUNITY CLINIC. 
          WE'RE A FREE MEDICAL, DENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC IN FRONT ROYAL. 
          WE SERVE FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY JUST FOR MEDICAL, BUT FOR DENTAL WE GO OUTSIDE OUR ROOM BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY CLINIC AROUND THAT OFFERS, UH, DENTURES AND REDUCED MEDICAL, UH, DENTAL CARE TO PEOPLE. 
          UH, WE SEE A LOT OF PATIENTS THAT ARE JUST THERE ONE TIME THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN A NEW JOB AND THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCES KICKED IN. 
          THEY COME TO US BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WORKING AND WE HELP 'EM GET MEDICAID. 
          UH, 70, UH, 50. 
          I'VE GOT IT HERE. 
          58% OF OUR PATIENTS WORK AND 11% ARE RETIRED. 
          WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE RETIRED PEOPLE THAT ONLY HAVE MEDICARE PART A. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE DENTAL INSURANCE. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE RETIRED DENTAL PATIENTS. 
          THE BIGGEST POPULATION FOR OUR DENTAL PATIENTS ARE RETIRED. 
          UH, WE ONLY HAVE 273 PATIENTS, BUT THAT'S INCREASING. 
          UH, IT WENT DOWN IN NUMBERS ABOUT A FOURTH IN NUMBERS WITH THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID. 
          BUT WITH THE CHANGES NOW WE'RE SEEING FIVE TO SEVEN PATIENTS A MONTH COME IN THAT HAVE LOST MEDICAID OR HAVE LOST THEIR OBAMACARE AND THEY'RE COMING BACK TO US. 
          WE HAD A NUM 114 PATIENTS ENROLL, NEW PATIENTS ENROLLED IN 2025, UH, A TOTAL OF 831 PATIENT VISITS. 
          OUR DENTAL IS OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR, IS OUR DENTAL. 
          I STARTED WORKING AT THE CLINIC IN 2017 AND IN 2015 IS WHEN WE STARTED OUR DENTAL PROGRAM. 
          AND MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT WE GOT WAS USED FROM A RETIRED DENTIST, DR. 
          BROY. 
          SO IT'S FAILING NOW, . 
          'CAUSE EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND WE HAVE TO GET A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, . 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST BOUGHT A NEW AUTOCLAVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T, UH, CLEAN THE, UH, DENTAL EQUIPMENT WITHOUT A AUTOCLAVE. 
          AND THAT COST US A LITTLE OVER $5,000. 
          I JUST FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT WE NEED, WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE NEW AUTOCLAVE IN LAST THURSDAY, THAT OUR OVERHEAD LIGHTS FOR OUR DENTAL CHAIRS AND WE HAVE TWO DENTAL ROOMS. THEY'RE FAILING. 
          THEY WERE GIVEN TO US BY DR. ROY. 
          THEY'RE GONNA COST, UH, $6,011 AND WE NEED A WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM, A NEW ONE OF THOSE. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN, I THINK THREE SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER $9,175 IN JUST DENTAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED. 
          DENTAL, NOT 
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THE SUPPLIES, NOT THE, YOU KNOW, COST OF THE DENTIST OR THE DENTURES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UH, NORMAL PATIENT THAT NEEDS DENTURES, WE'LL MAKE PROBABLY 20 VISITS BETWEEN THE TIME WE PULL. 
          WELL, WE HAVE TO TREAT 'EM WITH ANTIBIOTICS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT INFECTION AND THEN WE HAVE TO PULL TEETH. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, WE ONLY DID NINE SETS OF DENTURES LAST YEAR, BUT WE HAD 119 DENTAL VISITS AND THEY'RE STILL COMING BACK TO GET ADJUSTED AND READJUSTED. 
          WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UNITED WAY GAVE US A GRANT TO GET A 3D SCANNER. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO SCAN THE, THE MOUTHS AND WE SEND IT TO HAMPTON, VIRGINIA TO A DENTAL CLINIC DOWN THERE, AND THEY MAKE 3D DENTURES. 
          SO WE GET THE DENTURES FOR ABOUT $350. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN WE PAY A DENTIST $125 AN HOUR AND IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 20 VISITS TO MAKE A SET OF DENTURES, IT ADDS UP. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR DENTAL SUPPLIES. 
          DO YOU DO CHILDREN? WE DO NOT DO CHILDREN. 
          WE'RE 18 OR OVER OUR MEDICAL SIDE. 
          WE HAVE ACUTE AND CHRONIC PATIENTS. 
          UH, WE DO EVERY WOMAN'S LIFE PROGRAM. 
          WHEN WOMEN COME IN AND THEY GET A COMPLETE ONCE, ONCE A MONTH, THEY GET A COMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAM, THEY GET, UH, A PAP SMEAR, WE GIVE 'EM A VOUCHER FOR A MAMMOGRAM. 
          AND IF THEY'RE FOUND TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF CERVICAL OR BREAST CANCER, MEDICAID WILL PICK THEM UP AUTOMATICALLY. 
          WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR THAT SEES OUR PATIENTS AND THEN WE PARTNER WITH THE FRONT ROYAL LIONS CLUB AND THEY'RE THERE ONCE A MONTH AND THEY TAKE APPLICATIONS FOR EYE EXAMS AND GLASSES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER, ARE YOU THE AGENCY THAT HAD, UM, WATER DAMAGE A YEAR AGO? YES. 
          IT HAPPENED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS JANUARY 7TH OF LAST YEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          IS EVERYTHING FIXED? EVERYTHING'S FIXED. 
          UH, YEAH, EVERYTHING'S FIXED NOW. 
          IT TOOK US UNTIL JULY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          TO GET BACK. 
          AND IT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR CLINIC, BUT WE'RE AN OLD, WE'RE AN OLD HOUSE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THEN A NURSING HOME BOUGHT AND THEY EXPANDED. 
          SO IT HAPPENED IN THE EXPANSION MM-HMM . 
          THE DENTAL CLINIC'S IN THE OLD HOUSE. 
          SO WE WE'RE ONLY SHUT DOWN FOR A WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          WE WORKED LIMITED SERVICES. 
          UH, HOW MUCH DID THAT COST YOU? I, I'M SURE INSURANCE HELPED, BUT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T. 
          INSURANCE HELPED, BUT, UH, ONE THING WE LOST WAS A, UH, EXAM TABLE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT WAS FAIRLY NEW AND IT COST US, I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE OVER $4,000 WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. 
          AND IT WAS TWO YEARS OLD TO BUY A NEW ONE. 
          IT COST 6,000. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DIDN'T GET THE REPLACEMENT COST BACK OF WHAT THINGS COST TODAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WE HAD TO BUY A NEW EKG MACHINE. 
          WE ANTICIPATED IT COSTED LIKE TWO OR $3,000. 
          IT COST 5,000. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE, I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK IN BUSINESS, BUT THANK YOU. 
          WE WERE LUCKY WE ONLY HAD A $500 DEDUCTIBLE, BUT ON THE BAD SIDE, THEY CANCELED OUR INSURANCE . 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR INSURANCE. 
          WE HAVE UNTIL AUGUST OF THIS YEAR TO FIND NEW INSURANCE. 
          I, I WORKED THERE AS A NURSE'S AID WHILE I WAS GOING TO, UM, THROUGH NURSING SCHOOL. 
          SO, OH, I, I WAS THERE WHEN THEY WERE FINISHING UP THAT ADDITION. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE DO MORE THAN WE HAVE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A, A BLESSING BOX IN OUR FRONT YARD. 
          WE HAVE A REFRIGERATOR ON OUR FRONT PORCH, AND THEN WE GET A LOT OF SUPPLIES FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE PASSED OR NO LONGER NEED 'EM. 
          MEDICAL SUPPLIES, WALKERS, CANES, WHEELCHAIRS. 
          AND WE KEEP THEM IN A BASEMENT. 
          AND ABOUT EVERY THREE MONTHS WE HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT PACK 'EM UP BECAUSE WE GET SO MUCH OF THIS, THESE SUPPLIES, AND THEY TAKE 'EM TO MANASSAS TO MEDICAL MISSIONARY AND THEN THEY GO TO A THIRD WHEEL COUNTRY. 
          AND THEN WE GET, WE GET PRODUCTS FROM AMER CARES. 
          WE JUST GOT A SHIPMENT IN THE OTHER DAY. 
          MOUTHWASH, UH, MOTRIN, WHAT ELSE DID WE GET? FACE, CREAM BODY WASH. 
          WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET. 
          IT'S WHERE THEY'RE OVERSTOCKED OR MADE TOO MUCH OR THEY'RE GONNA SOON EXPIRE. 
          SO WE PUT THAT OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY TOO. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? 
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NO. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND BEING SO PATIENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M ELLEN HARRISON AND THIS IS KATIE RUSSELL. 
          SHE'S THE CFO, UM, FOR NORTHWESTERN. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 
          I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THAT SHOULD GO ALONG WITH OUR BUDGET REQUEST. 
          UM, NORTHWESTERN IS ONE OF 40 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARDS THAT BASICALLY SERVE THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 
          SO VIRGINIA IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE 50 THAT HAS A ONE PUBLIC SYSTEM OF CARE THAT REALLY COVERS THE ENTIRETY OF THE, THE SYSTEM OR THE ENTIRETY OF THE STATE. 
          UM, WE ARE CONSIDERED THE LOCAL AUTHORITY ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. 
          WE HAVE A, UM, A STATE AGENCY THAT IS OUR STATE AUTHORITY ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          UM, WE COVER, UM, 1,637 SQUARE MILES BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE COUNTIES IN THE CITY OF WINCHESTER AND ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 246,000 LIVES THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          SHOULD SOMEBODY HAVE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY THAT NEEDS OUR SERVICES. 
          WE TYPICALLY, UM, SERVE ABOUT 5,600 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR. 
          AND ABOUT 18% OF THOSE, OR 859 OF THOSE CLIENTS COME FROM WARREN COUNTY. 
          AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR SERVICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, IT WAS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. 
          AND WE SEE PEOPLE MORE THAN ONCE. 
          A LOT OF FOLKS WILL COME IN FOR AN EPISODE OF CARE THAT'S 12, 12 WEEKS TO 12 TO 18 MONTHS. 
          AND SO WE GET A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC IN OUR DIFFERENT CLINICS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED SERVICES, UM, AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM WARREN COUNTY. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE OVER 50 YEARS. 
          AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WARREN COUNTY, UH, CONTRIBUTES TO OUR LOCAL BUDGET, IT IS, UM, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF OVER $15 FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU SPEND. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE 50 YEARS OF SUPPORT. 
          WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A MISSION THAT IS REALLY, UH, VERY FOCUSED ON RECOVERY AND SELF-DETERMINATION. 
          SO REALLY HELPING PEOPLE TO THRIVE AND ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING IN THEIR LIFE NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR RECOVERY. 
          AND NO, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR AGE IS WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SERVICES. 
          WE SERVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES, ADULTS WHO HAVE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESSES, PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN AND SUBSTANCE EXPOSED INFANTS, AND ALSO PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. 
          SO WE REALLY ARE THE SAFETY NET FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT NINE CORE SERVICES IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          UH, THOSE NINE SERVICES ARE SAME DAY ACCESS, PRIMARY CARE SCREENINGS, OUTPATIENT SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, CARE COORDINATION, SERVICE MEMBERS, FAMILIES AND VETERANS CRISIS SERVICES, PEER AND FAMILY SUPPORTS AND PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES. 
          BUT LIKE THE OTHER 39 CSBS THAT COVER THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF OTHER SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TO OUR CITIZENS IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN INCLUDING RECOVERY COURT, PEER DROP-IN CENTERS, UH, COMPETENCY RESTORATION FOR JUVENILES AND ADULTS AND DISCHARGE PLANNING OUT OF THE JAILS TO NAME JUST A FEW. 
          AND YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE LIST IN YOUR, IN YOUR LITTLE PACKET THERE. 
          UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT A FEW QUICK THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING, UM, WITH OUR PREVENTION, WHICH PREVENTION IS REALLY THE KEY TO BRINGING SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY AND BUILDING THRIVING COMMUNITIES. 
          WE DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN PREVENTION. 
          I HOPE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT LOCK AND TALK. 
          LOCK IT UP AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. 
          WE HAND OUT THE TERRA BAGS, WHICH ARE THE, THE LITTLE BAGS THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR OLD MEDICATION IN. 
          IT MAKES SLUDGE. 
          WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, WE'VE HANDED OUT OVER 12,127 OF THOSE TIMER CAPS FOR FOLKS WHO CAN'T REMEMBER IF THEY TOOK THEIR MEDICATION. 
          AND IT ALSO HAS A SAFETY COMPONENT SO THAT LITTLE HANDS CAN'T GET INTO THE MEDICATION. 
          WE'VE HANDED OUT 9,539 OF THOSE LOCK BOXES, WHICH HOLD YOUR MEDICATION SO OTHER LITTLE FOLKS CAN'T GET INTO THEM. 
          AND ALSO YOU CAN PUT YOUR FIREARMS IN THERE. 
          WE'VE HANDED OUT 5,646 OF THOSE, AND THOSE ARE ALL FREE TO THE COMMUNITY, REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE AND PREVENT BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING. 
          UM, YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT 9, 8, 8. 
          HAS ANYBODY, I DID THIS AT THE LIONS CLUB. 
          THERE WAS 150 PEOPLE AND FOUR PEOPLE HELD UP THEIR HAND. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU AND PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          HAVE YOU HEARD OF 9 8 8. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. 
          MAKES ME HAPPY WHEN I, WHEN I SEE THAT. 
          SO 9 8, 8 IS SOMEONE TO CALL, UH, SOMEONE TO RESPOND AND SOMEWHERE TO GO, YOU KNOW, THAT 
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YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT WITH, THERE'S A TAX ON YOUR CELL PHONE AND THAT'S WHAT'S PAYING FOR 9 88 ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. 
          THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENACTED THAT WE'VE GOT GEOLOCATION. 
          YOU CAN GO ONTO, UH, A VACATION AND BE IN THE MIDDLE OF ARIZONA CALLED 9 8 8 AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA PICK UP AND BE ABLE TO TELL YOU LOCALLY WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE AND CONNECT YOU TO A LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY. 
          SO EVEN FOR YOUR CITIZENS HERE IN WARREN COUNTY, YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE. 
          YOU CAN CALL 9 8 8 IF IT IS A DISTRESSING CALL THAT THEY CANNOT HANDLE ON THE PHONE, THEY CAN EITHER TRANSFER IT TO 9 1 1 OR THEY COULD TRANSFER IT TO US IF IT'S DEEMED TO BE PURELY A MENTAL HEALTH CALL WHERE WE CAN HELP. 
          SO 9 8 8 IS JUST A BIGGER PIECE OF THAT SYSTEM OF CARE THAT COVERS VIRGINIA. 
          IN OCTOBER ALONE, 32,800 CALLS WERE ANSWERED BY 9 8 8 IN VIRGINIA ALONE, THEY ANSWERED IT IN 68.2 SECONDS AND THE AVERAGE CALL WAS 14 MINUTES. 
          SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE FOR US AND IT'S ONE THAT WE USE TO HELP PEOPLE GET INTO OUR FRONT DOOR SHOULD THEY NEED SERVICES FROM NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, WHICH IS A TRAINING THAT WE DO, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT HOURS LONG. 
          WE HAVE OFFERED IT MANY TIMES IN WARREN COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY IN THE 2025, STARTING ON JULY 1ST, 2024 INTO THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR, WE OFFERED, UM, UNDERSTANDING ACES, WHICH WAS AN OPEN COMMUNITY TRAINING. 
          WE HAD 18 ATTENDEES FROM MORIN COUNTY YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TOOK IT. 
          WE HAD 17 ATTENDEES. 
          WE DID A REVIVE TRAINING WHERE YOU HAVE THE OPIOID ABATEMENT, YOU THEY HAVE THE OPIOID OVERDOSE AND THEN REVIVE, THEN WE'LL BRING FOLKS BACK TO LIFE IF THAT IS WHAT'S NECESSARY. 
          WARREN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, WE HAD NINE PEOPLE ATTEND. 
          SO WE ARE REALLY OUT THERE. 
          WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HELP WITH THE EDUCATION AND THE PREVENTION. 
          IT'S THE FIRST STEP TO REALLY CORRECTING AND HELPING OUR COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE. 
          UM, THE OTHER PIECE THAT I WILL, UM, CALL OUT TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE WARRING COUNTY RECOVERY COURT. 
          WE'VE HAD THE WARREN COUNTY RECOVERY COURT FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. 
          THAT IS A SPECIALTY DOCKET FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION TROUBLES. 
          AND THE JUDGE, THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, ALL AGREE ON THE SAME PROCESS FORWARD, WHICH IS TREATMENT BEFORE THEY END UP IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND INCARCERATED. 
          SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SET ASIDE THE CHARGES AND MOVE THROUGH TREATMENT. 
          WE HAVE HAD, UM, TWO AND A HALF YEARS INTO THAT OF A FOUR YEAR GRANT. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE 22 PER PARTICIPANTS IN THERE. 
          AND SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND THEN WE ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE WARREN YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD, THE FAMILY ASSESSMENT PLANNING TEAM, AND THE COMMUNITY POLICY MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
          AND THEN I WILL END ON A REAL QUICK NOTE, WHICH IS IN OUR RECOVERY COURT, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS IN THE RECOVERY COURT, HAD A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND NO REAL CAREER PATHWAY FORWARD. 
          HE GOT READY TO GRADUATE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO DO AS PART OF HIS TREATMENT PATHWAY GOING FORWARD WAS FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A PROFESSION. 
          SO HE WORKED WITH HIS PEER RECOVERY SERVICES PROFESSIONAL AND THEY GOT HIM ENROLLED INTO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HE GOT HIS HVAC C CERTIFICATION AND NOW HE IS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED, UM, AS A PROFESSIONAL AND REALLY THRIVING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THESE ARE SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE REALLY MAKES ME CRY, BUT THESE ARE SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE REALLY ENJOY, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WE THRIVE ON AND WE CAN, UM, ALSO SHARE WITH OTHERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY, NORTHWESTERN IS NOT ASKING FOR ANY INCREASE IN FUNDING. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE FUNDING AND ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE FUNDING WE'VE HAD, UM, GOING FORWARD. 
          AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU, IF YOU DISTRIBUTE NARCAN TO PEOPLE, UH, TO HAVE THAT ON HAND, WHICH WE, WE DO THE NARCAN TRAININGS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT'S OVER THE COUNTER NOW, WHICH IS WHEN I FIRST STARTED WE WERE DOING THE WHOLE SECRET LITTLE THING AND THEN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAD TO SHOW UP TO PRESCRIBE IT, BUT NOW YOU CAN JUST PURCHASE IT OVER THE COUNTER AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT WE DO THE TRAININGS, WE CAN'T GET IT OUT ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE IT AND I WOULD RATHER PEOPLE USE IT AND NOT REALLY KNOW IF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AN OVERDOSE THAN TO WONDER LATER. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          FOR SURE. 
          UM, JUST TWO THINGS. 
          ONE YOU BROUGHT UP 9, 8, 8 AND UH, YES SIR. 
          I THOUGHT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT THIS LITTLE REMINDER HELPED TO WONDERFUL. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE MORE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING MORE IF YOU'D LIKE THEM. 
          . 
          THE OTHER THING TOO WAS I REMEMBER, DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOUR HEADQUARTERS USED TO BE IN TOWN? I'M SORRY? DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOUR HEADQUARTERS USED TO BE IN TOWN? SO I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION JUST ABOUT TWO YEARS IN THE, IN THIS AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, NO SIR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S DOWN LIKE ON THE CORNER OF FOURTH AND FIFTH STREET IN THE BIG WHITE BUILDING. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE OF THE TIMEFRAME WHEN THEY BUILT THE NEW FACILITY, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL FACILITY. 
          AND I GUESS JUST SINCE, UH, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THEY HAD SOME WATER DAMAGE, IS YOUR BUILDING IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE? 
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THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING IS IN IN GOOD SHAPE. 
          IT'S INTERESTING YOU WOULD BRING THAT UP. 
          WE HAD A, UM, A SPRINKLER SYSTEM GO AT A DIFFERENT BUILDING, UM OKAY. 
          THAT WE JUST HAD TO DEAL WITH LAST NIGHT AT 12 O'CLOCK. 
          RIGHT THERE AGAIN, LIKE I SAY, WITH ALL BUILDINGS, YOU GOTTA MAINTAIN THEM. 
          YES SIR. 
          UM, PREPARE FOR A NEW ROOF AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND ALL THOSE THINGS COST. 
          SO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TOO. 
          BUT ANYWAY, ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DID NOTICE YOU SAID A DOLLAR GETS US FIVE OR NO, YOU SAID A DOLLAR GETS US 15. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          SO, SO I I JUST ON THE BACK OF THE LOPING, THAT'S $5 MILLION WORTH OF SERVICES PROVIDED IN WARREN COUNTY. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S ABOUT THE ROUGH MATH ON THE NAPKIN. 
          OKAY. 
          YES SIR. 
          SO YES SIR. 
          UM, AND YOUR WHOLE BUDGET IS FOR THIS REGION IN THESE, IN THESE STATES. 
          IS IT STATEWIDE OR, SO THE, THE BUDGET IS FOR THE REGION. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S FOR THE ALL ITEMS. THE GREEN, THE GREEN REGION THERE ON, ON THIS. 
          IT'S GREEN COLORED AND GREEN. 
          IS THAT THE REGION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? THERE'S A BUNCH OF COUNTY YOU MAY APPROACH. 
          YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY GREEN THERE. 
          THAT'S THE, THAT GREEN ALMOST GREEN COUNTY SIR. 
          IT'S JUST THIS ONE. 
          SO THIS REGION IS ACTUALLY, I'LL GO BACK TO THESE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT REGION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS ACTUALLY HOW THE STATE, THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES SECTIONS OFF THE REGIONS FOR CSBS AND THERE ARE FIVE OF THOSE. 
          AND SO THERE ARE NINE CSBS IN OUR REGION. 
          SO WE'RE JUST THAT ONE LITTLE SQUARE OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE AREN'T, I WAS THINKING THOSE WERE COUNTIES, BUT AS I READ, ACTUALLY READ THE TEXTS. 
          I SEE. 
          THEY'RE NOT COUNTIES. 
          OKAY. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          YES SIR. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICES THAT YOU DO PROVIDE. 
          UM, AND I'M PART OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THAT RECOVERY COURT AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE UM, COURT PROCEEDINGS ON FRIDAY. 
          I WAS GLAD I WENT. 
          THAT'S I CRIED EVERY TIME. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE POWERFUL. 
          IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          WARREN COALITION. 
          YES. 
          THIS ONE'S GONNA BE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE'RE GONNA HOPE WE HAVE BETTER LUCK, UM, WITH PRESENTATION. 
          YOU ALL RECALL LAST TIME I WAS HERE THEY COULDN'T GET IT UP. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M KRISTA SHIFFLET. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WARREN AND COALITION AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SHARE SOME NEWS WITH YOU. 
          AND WHAT I JUST GAVE YOU IS SET OFF THE PRESS SO WHEN WE GET THERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO DO BRIEFLY NEW PROGRAMS IN 2025 FOR THE COALITION SAVED. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THESE ACRONYMS. I'M AN ACRONYMS PERSON. 
          UM, THIS IS FOR KIDS IN SIX THROUGH 12 WHO HAVE COMMITTED SOME SORT OF VIOLENCE OR BEEN CAUGHT WITH SOME SORT OF ILLICIT SUBSTANCE. 
          UM, WE AT THIS POINT HAVE GOTTEN SIX REFERRALS SINCE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED HERE IN 25. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD TROUBLE GETTING KIDS INTO THIS EVEN THOUGH I READ IN THE PAPER WHEN THEY DO REPORTS TO YOU GUYS THAT THEY HAVE 23 KIDS WHO'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN SCHOOL WITH THIS. 
          WE'RE NOT GETTING ALL THOSE SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE. 
          UM, PROJECT BOOST IS IN COOPERATION WITH THE ADULT COMMITTEE THAT THE WARREN COALITION SPEARHEADS. 
          UM, IT'S BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES TO OVERCOME STRIVE AND THRIVE AND UM, IT IS FOR HOMELESS ADULTS WHO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEM. 
          UM, WE PAY 51% OF THEIR RENT IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM PARTICIPATING IN DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, UM, SUCH AS ENROLLING THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY'VE HAD TRAUMA IN A TRAUMA PROGRAM. 
          HOOKING UP WITH A FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO GO THROUGH BUDGETING, ESTABLISH A BUDGET. 
          THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO SET ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EACH PAYCHECK. 
          UM, THEY AGREE TO RANDOM DRUG SCREENING. 
          UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH RENT, UM, PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY IN TOWN TO GET THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING ONCE THEY'VE SAVED UP ENOUGH MONEY FOR FIRST MONTH'S RENT AND SECURITY DEPOSIT. 
          OUR AVERAGE, UM, TIME IN THE PROGRAM, WE'RE HOPING SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO GET THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECT PURPOSE IS OAA FUNDING. 
          UM, AT THE JAIL IT PROVIDES PEER RECOVERY SERVICES. 
          WOW. 
          I FEEL LIKE MY MIC JUST WENT. 
          IT PROVIDES PEER RECOVERY SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN RELAPSE PREVENTION AND ALSO FORWARD FACING TRAUMA SERVICES FOR PEOPLE TO CREATE VALUE AND PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES. 
          AND THEN PROCESS TRAUMAS THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED GROWS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, BUT IT'S MORE COMMUNITY DRIVEN. 
          SO PEER RECOVERY SERVICES, UM, 
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TAKING PEOPLE TO TREATMENT, GETTING PEOPLE SUBSTANCE MISUSE ASSESSMENTS SO WE CAN GET THEM TO INPATIENT TREATMENT OR INTO MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. 
          COLBY'S HOUSE IS OUR NEWEST RECOVERY HOUSE, WHICH GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING 'CAUSE IT'S WHERE OUR ORIGINAL HOUSE WAS AND WE MOVED THE GIRLS DOWN THE STREET. 
          SO WE NOW HAVE 23 BEDS FOR MEN. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          22 BEDS FOR MEN AND SIX BEDS FOR WOMEN OPENING. 
          AND THEN PROJECT HOPE IS OUR OA MONEY FROM THE COUNTY THAT PROVIDES WHAT THEY WERE DESCRIBING, UM, FROM NORTHWESTERN TO GET PEOPLE LOCKED BOXES, UH, TIMER CAPS, BA BAGS. 
          IT PAYS FOR THE, UM, CURRICULUM TO TEACH DRUG PREVENTION IN THE SCHOOLS. 
          IT HELPS, UM, WITH ADD SOME ADS AROUND OPIATE, UM, PREVENTION. 
          THAT'S THAT. 
          THOSE WERE NEW THIS YEAR. 
          THESE ARE ONGOING. 
          THAT IS OUR ACTUAL DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAM, THE TOP ONE. 
          WE WILL PROVIDE DRUG EDUCATION SERVICES TO OH 400, 400, 800, 1600 KIDS THIS YEAR IN WARREN COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
          WHILE WHO IS OUR OBESITY PREVENTION GRANT. 
          LOTS OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT. 
          HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SINCE WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, I TEACH, ACTUALLY I'M SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE JAIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 
          I TEACH INDIVIDUAL CLASSES AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT AT RSWA COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK. 
          PROJECT COURAGE IS FOR KIDS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A CRIME OR WITNESSED A CRIME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHAT RECOVERY RESIDENCES ARE AND THEN HALO HELPING ALL LITTLE ONES READ AND AWESOME IS ABOUT DRUG PRE PREVENTION, PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON ALCOHOL, LOTS OF RESILIENCE BUILDING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ACTIVITIES WITH THAT. 
          SO HERE ARE OTHER ACTIVITIES WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WON'T NECESSARILY READ ALL OF THOSE TO YOU, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT SENIOR WELLNESS DAY IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          THAT IS FOR SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL, PROVIDING THEM RESOURCES BEFORE THEY GET READY TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD. 
          EVERYBODY'S LIKE, OH, YOU'RE DOING SENIOR. 
          I'M LIKE, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING SENIOR CI CITIZENS. 
          UM, TR UH, CHINESE, WE PROVIDE GLOBAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING IS COMING UP. 
          WE HOPE YOU ALL WILL UNPLUG ON MARCH THE SEVENTH UNTIL MARCH THE EIGHTH. 
          FROM SUNSET TO SUNSET, WE WON AN AWARD, THE COMMUNITY AWARD FOR THE US ON WHAT WE DID WITH GLOBAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING HERE IN THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A VERY LARGE CLOTHING CLOSET IN THE BOTTOM OF COLBY'S, UH, HOUSE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT AS WELL FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT OF JAIL OR RECOVERY IF THEY NEED THEM. 
          SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HALO REED AND JUST TO BEGIN WITH, TO SAY THIS IS FREE TO ALL WARREN FAMILIES, WHAT I GAVE YOU THE TIMING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER. 
          I LITERALLY GOT THAT THIS MORNING FROM, UH, JOYCE JENKINS WOMEN WHO'S OUR COORDINATOR. 
          THIS IS A LARGE STUDY THAT THEY JUST FINISHED SHOWING THE BENEFITS ACROSS FIVE COUNTRIES AND 86,000 PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THIS, THE DIFFERENCES THEY'RE SEEING IN THEIR CHILDREN, HAVING ACCESS TO EARLY BOOKS. 
          UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW AND NOT FAMILIAR WITH HALO REED, CHILDREN CAN ENROLL IN THIS FROM BIRTH. 
          THEY'RE ELIGIBLE UNTIL THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY. 
          THEY GET A FREE BOOK EVERY MONTH IN THE MAIL FROM DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY. 
          THEY ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY BASED. 
          UM, DOLLY. 
          THEY GO THROUGH AND PICK 'EM OUT BASED ON THE CHILD'S AGE. 
          WE WERE REQUIRED AS THE AFFILIATE. 
          THEY WANTED US TO HAVE 300 FAMILIES IN SERVICE. 
          UM, WE STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH A SHENANDOAH VALLEY RESIDENCY PROGRAM. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PROGRAM WHEN THEY'RE IN YEAR TWO. 
          AND WHEN THEY CAME THIS YEAR, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN EARLY LITERACY. 
          SO THEY HAVE BEEN GIVING OUT APPLICATIONS IN ADDITION TO US GIVING OUT APPLICATIONS WHEN THEIR PATIENTS COME, WE GET PACKS IN THE MAIL FROM THEM WITH ENROLLMENT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE ON JANUARY 1ST, LAST YEAR OUR ENROLLMENT WAS 369. 
          THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 4 31. 
          SO WE'VE GOT 62 MORE CHILDREN IN SERVICE. 
          AND WAY OVER WHAT DOLLY SAYS, WE HAVE TO HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE IN WARREN. 
          UM, SO JUST SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THAT, IT'S $2 AND 20 CENTS IN POSTAGE FOR EACH BOOK. 
          WE HAD 62 NEW CHILDREN IN SERVICE. 
          THAT'S THE INCREASE FOR US. 
          VIRGINIA DOES PAY HALF OF THE POSTAGE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL COST TO US ANNUALLY WITH THE ENROLLMENT. 
          I DID REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL 500. 
          WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE OTHER 300 FROM SOMEWHERE, BUT JUST TO HELP OFFSET THOSE COSTS. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ASK ME. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? GOT CUT OFF? ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST CONFIRM MS. MEADOWS THAT IT IS NOT ON HERE. 
          IS IT? IS IT ON HERE? THE WARRANT? UM, SO IT MAY NOT BE ON THERE. 
          WELL, HE JUST SHOWED ME WHERE IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THE BOTTOM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF WONDERFUL PROGRAMS, UM, AND FUN THINGS. 
          I'VE PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THEM, SO APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. 
          WE'RE TRYING THE NEED. 
          I WILL SAY TO YOU FOLKS, IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, THE METH ISSUE IN WARREN COUNTY IS VERY BAD AND WE HAVE HAD VERY, VERY BAD METH, WORSE THAN USUAL HERE IN TOWN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          SO, UH, THINGS AREN'T GREAT ON THAT MATTER. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPIATE ISSUE UNTIL THE COVID BEFORE THAT WE, I MEAN I WAS HERE FOR ALL THE YEARS BEFORE THAT. 
          ALWAYS OPIATES. 
          NOW METH IS VERY, VERY BAD AND THAT WILL DO BAD THINGS 
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AROUND CRIME, UH, VIOLENCE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS 'CAUSE A LOT OF PSYCHOSIS. 
          SEEING A LOT OF PSYCHOSIS. 
          SO POLICE WILL BE EXCITED. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT AND BEING HERE TODAY. 
          ALRIGHT, I THINK YOU'RE LAST BUT NOT LEAST LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR GIVING ME SOME TIME. 
          I'M A BIG FAN OF DAYTIME MEETINGS. 
          WHOEVER MADE THAT DECISION GETS THE TWO THUMBS UP FROM TODD. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UM, LET ME APOLOGIZE FIRST OFF FOR, UH, THE TITLE OF THIS REGARDING EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT. 
          THERE IS NO EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT I'M ASKING FOR. 
          UM, I'M SHARING WITH YOU SOME, SOME, UH, ALARMING THINGS GOING ON WITH PRICING OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS. I AM NOT LOOKING TO CIRCUMVENT NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          THERE'S NO EMERGENCY, THERE'S NO THREAT OF ANY TYPE OF SECURITY ISSUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS CONCERNS REGARDING PRICE INCREASES AND TRYING TO GET THE BALL MOVING FORWARD TO HELP US SAVE SOME MONEY IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, CURRENTLY IN MY UPCOMING FY 27 BUDGET, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE 54 LAPTOPS AND 68 DESKTOP COMPUTERS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED. 
          THE REASON WHY THAT'S SUCH A HIGH NUMBER IS TWOFOLD. 
          ONE IS THAT BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD, THE COUNTY BOUGHT OVER A HUNDRED COMPUTERS IN LESS THAN A YEAR. 
          AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS WE, YOU KNOW, WE SCHEDULE PROBABLY 20, 30 COMPUTERS TO BE REPLACED EACH YEAR, BUT THEN WHEN THIS TIME COMES UP OR THOSE MACHINES HIT FOUR AND FIVE YEARS, WE SPIKE UP IN THE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS WE NEED TO PURCHASE. 
          WITH US HAVING NO FUNDING THIS YEAR TO REPLACE NEW COMPUTERS, THAT NUMBER'S GONE EVEN HIGHER. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE FY 27 PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING BASICALLY TO REPLACE 122 COMPUTERS. 
          THESE ARE ALL COMPUTERS THAT WERE PURCHASED BEFORE I WAS, UH, UH, EMPLOYEE HERE. 
          SO 2021 OR EARLIER. 
          UM, THE OLDEST ONES WERE NEW COMPUTERS IN 2020, OR EXCUSE ME, NEW COMPUTERS IN 2021. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THOSE OLD SYSTEMS. UM, WE DO NOT REPLACE COMPUTERS UNLESS THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. 
          SPECIFICALLY. 
          I KIND OF HAVE A RULE THAT WE TRY TO GO ON A FOUR OR FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. 
          UM, WE ONLY, UH, WE WILL MODIFY THAT IF SAY A PARTICULAR COMPUTER SYSTEM'S BEING USED AND DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. 
          A LOT OF TIMES THE CASHIER WORKSTATIONS, FOR INSTANCE, JUST DON'T NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. 
          THEY WORK FINE. 
          UM, WITH US ROLLING INTO NEW SOFTWARE, POTENTIALLY DOWN IN THOSE OFFICES WE MAY NEED TO. 
          BUT, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT REPLACING A HIGHER NUMBER BECAUSE WE HAVE NO FUNDING THIS YEAR. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY, UM, WE HAVE THIS, WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS PEAK PERIOD WHERE A LOT OF THEM HAVE TO BE REPLACED QUICKLY. 
          UM, UH, GETTING INTO SPECIFICS, UM, YOU'LL FIND THAT, UH, THE LAST COMPUTER ORDER WE HAVE, I ACTUALLY HAVE A, ON MY DELL WEBSITE, WHAT WE CALL A STANDARD CONFIGURATION DESKTOP COMPUTER AND A STANDARD CONFIGURATION. 
          UM, MDT FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE DO NOT HAVE A STANDARD CONFIGURE LAPTOP IN THERE. 
          UM, THAT CONFIGURATION IS OLDER AND HAS FALLEN OFF OF THAT LIST. 
          BUT THE STANDARD DESKTOP COMPUTER WE DO HAVE IN THERE CURRENTLY IT'S COST IS EXACTLY $1,018 AND 42 CENTS. 
          I CAN, I, IT SHOWS ON THE WEBSITE THAT I CAN GO IN AND ORDER THOSE WORKSTATIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          NOW, WHEN I'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND PRICE INCREASES HAVE COME THROUGH LIKE THIS, THE SYSTEM WILL KICK ME BACK OUT AND SAY YOU HAVE TO GET IT RE QUOTED. 
          RIGHT NOW WHEN I'VE HAD IT RE QUOTED WITH THE SAME MACHINE WITH A MEMORY BUMP IN IT BASICALLY DOUBLING THE MEMORY, UM, THE SAME MACHINE COMES IN AT $1,682. 
          SO YOU'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, JUST OVER A THOUSAND TO $1,682. 
          IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE THE EXISTING COMPUTERS THAT WE BOUGHT IN JANUARY, IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE THOSE TODAY TO REPLACE THESE, UH, 68 DESKTOPS, THE COST WOULD BE $69,252. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE HAVE TO PURCHASE THESE COMPUTERS AT THIS HIGHER PRICE, THE PURCHASE JUMPS UP TO $114,000 PLUS. 
          I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE US PURCHASE COMPUTERS NOW RATHER THAN WAIT AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS INTO JULY AND THE PRICE GO UP EVEN HIGHER. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I'M ADDRESSING YOU TODAY. 
          WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THE COST OF THESE MACHINES. 
          UM, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT POWER SUPPLIES AND USING, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PROCESSES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT, WE CAN'T CHOOSE THOSE. 
          DELL SAYS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS CONFIGURATION. 
          FOR INSTANCE, I CAN ORDER AN OLDER I FIVE PROCESSOR, BUT I CAN ONLY GET IT WITH EIGHT GIGABYTES OF MEMORY, WHICH DOESN'T MEET OUR SPEC. 
          UM, OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE OTHER THINGS ON THE OTHER HAND COME WITH A HIGHER END POWER SUPPLY, WHEREAS THE OLDER ONES COME WITH A A LOWER POWER POWER SUPPLY. 
          IT'S JUST RE RE RELATED TO WHAT DELL DECIDES THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN THOSE MACHINES. 
          BASICALLY THE ONLY THING I'M LOOKING TO CHANGE IS THE MEMORY AMOUNT. 
          WITH AI COMING OUT SOON, WITH AI COMING UP SOON HERE IN THE COUNTY, WE'RE EXPECTING TO DO MORE ON-PREM PROCESSING FOR THE, FOR AI SPECIFICALLY. 
          THAT MEANING THAT RIGHT NOW WHEN 
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YOU DO AN AI QUERY, THERE'S A CLOUD THAT GOES OUT AND DOES YOU DO THAT IN A CLOUD BASE AND IT DOWNLOADS THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR DEVICE. 
          WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY DEMOED, UH, AN AI SYSTEM HERE LOCALLY WHERE THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PROCESSED ON THE LOCAL WORKSTATION, THEREBY INCREASING THE MEMORY. 
          I'M HAPPY TO PUT ORDER MACHINES AT 16 GIGABYTES OF MEMORY, SAVE SOME MONEY NOW AND ORDER THE MEMORY MODULES LATER ON AND ADD THEM IN IF THAT'S WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO TO MINIMIZE COSTS. 
          NOW WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS DIRECTION. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO START PUTTING TOGETHER QUOTES AND BRING TO YOU GUYS SOME, SOME INFORMATION TO START PURCHASING PRODUCT NOW RATHER THAN WAITING TILL JULY? OR WOULD YOU RATHER WAIT TILL JULY? UM, I GI I'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS SOME COMPARISON QUOTES AS TO WHAT, WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          UM, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE, HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED FORWARD. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE TAX TAX DOLLARS HERE AND IN MY MIND, IF THE MONEY'S GONNA COME OUT NEXT YEAR, WE MIGHT AS WELL SPEND IT NOW IF WE CAN FIND A PLACE FOR IT. 
          AND THAT'S THE SECOND THING IS I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM. 
          WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA PULL THAT FROM AND I'D WORK WITH JANE AND E ALYSSA TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT'S REALLY A COST SAVING MEASURE SO THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AND THEREBY INCREASING PRICES EVEN MORE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU SAY IT WENT FROM, FROM IN JANUARY TO LIKE 68,000 TO LIKE 114? YEAH, SO IF WE WERE TO ORDER THE SAME COMPUTERS I ORDERED LAST, IT WOULD BE $69,252. 
          AND IF I ORDER THOSE TODAY, IT WOULD BE 114,000. 
          THE, THE, THE THING I WANNA POINT OUT HERE IS THAT THAT SCANNER CONFIGURATION IS STILL AVAILABLE TO ME. 
          IF I GO IN THERE AND SAY, I WANNA BUY THOSE COMPUTERS AND GENERATE A QUOTE AND DON'T BUY 'EM RIGHT THERE, IT'S, THE POTENTIAL IS THAT THEY'LL JUST TAKE 'EM AWAY FROM ME. 
          WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IS GO IN THERE AND TYPE IN 68, ADD TO CART AND SEE IF THE SYSTEM LETS ME PURCHASE THEM AND THEN I PAY FOR 'EM WITH A PCARD AND THEN WE'VE GOT 'EM. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, THE POTENTIAL IS THAT I GO IN THERE, TELL IT I WANT 68 AND DELL SAYS, SORRY, THAT MODEL ISN'T AVAILABLE ANYMORE. 
          YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO YOUR UP AND PICK A DIFFERENT CHOICE. 
          SO YOU ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW YET. 
          I DON'T KNOW AND I, BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT. 
          I COULD DO IT, BUT IF I, NO, I MEAN, BUT THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT. 
          . 
          OH YES. 
          YEAH. 
          I COULD GO IN THERE AND, AND I COULD GO IN THERE AND DO IT AND GET YOU A HARD QUOTE FOR 68 OF THEM. 
          IF I DO THAT NOW THOUGH, AND THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEN UM, WELL KNOW THAT IF, IF I DO THAT NOW AND THERE ISN'T A PROBLEM, THEN I'VE GOTTA PAY FOR 'EM LIKE YOU SUGGESTED. 
          SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN I GO IN THERE AND CLICK ON IT. 
          THEN WE HAVE LAPTOPS ON TOP OF THAT, SO, SO THEIR PRICING IS THAT PRECLUDED? I MEAN, THEY CAN'T TELL YOU. 
          I MEAN, WELL, MEMORY PRICES HAVE INCREASED. 
          UM, SOME MEMORY MODULES HAVE INCREASED IN PRICE 400% IN THE LAST 60 DAYS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          I, I CAN ATTEST TO THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SHOPPING FOR A PERSONAL LAPTOP. 
          I ALWAYS GET DELL AND I KIND OF LIKE THE THREE TO FIVE YEAR THING RIGHT. 
          COMING UP ON THAT. 
          AND I ALWAYS TRY AND DOUBLE THE RAM EVERY TIME BECAUSE I'VE RUN SO MUCH STUFF AT ONCE AND IT'S UNBEARABLE IF IT'S, IT'S LAGGY. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, SO, UM, I'VE NOTICED THAT, UH, I CAN'T DOUBLE ANYMORE AND KEEP MY PRICE. 
          IT USED TO BE LIKE MOORE'S LAW, RIGHT? YOU COULD DOUBLE IT AND RIGHT. 
          THE PRICE WOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME. 
          THAT'S NO LONGER TRUE. 
          NOT AT ALL. 
          IT'S THIS AI DEMAND. 
          UM, UH, SO PERSONALLY I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT QUOTES SOONER THAN LATER. 
          UM, BUT, UH, UM, I ALSO WONDERED IF YOU'VE, UM, RATHER THAN JUST USING THE, THE UH, SELF-SERVICE ORDERING PAGE, HAVE YOU TRIED WORKING WITH A REP? UH, YEAH. 
          'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY CAN FIND MORE DISCOUNTS, YOU KNOW? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I HAVE. 
          AND THEY FREQUENTLY DO. 
          AND THAT'S HOW THIS, THIS ONE MACHINE THAT JUST OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS GOT IN OUR SAFE CONFIGURATION WAS THROUGH THAT REP. 
          YEAH. 
          WHEN I'VE CONTACTED THE REP, THIS $1,600 COMPUTER WAS A QUOTE FROM THE REP. 
          WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AT LENGTH. 
          YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THAT THERE'S A LETTER FROM HER DESCRIBING THE, THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH WITH DELL. 
          ALSO, I DID CONTACT LENOVO RECENTLY AND ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD A COMPARABLE ALL IN ONE COMPUTER SYSTEM. 
          I TOLD THEM WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH SPECIFICALLY AND WHAT THE SITUATION WAS WITH DELL. 
          THEY CLAIM THEY DO NOT HAVE A COMPARABLE SYSTEM ANYWHERE NEAR $1,700 AT THIS POINT. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER, I MEAN WE COULD LOOK AT HP AS WELL, BUT IT'S THE SAME THING ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER FOR YOU? I GUESS WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM THAT WOULD, UM, HELP THE DECISION THAT, THAT IS REALLY THE QUESTION. 
          SO I'M WORKING WITH ALYSSA IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CONTINGENCY AND VARIOUS OTHER FUNDS THAT WE'VE EXPENDED FOR THE YEAR. 
          SO WE MAY HAVE SOME LEFTOVER FUNDING IN, UM, SHE'S BEEN OUT THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE, UM, NUMBERS PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          UM, BUT THE SOONER WE GET THEM THEN THE SOONER YOU ALL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION 
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NECESSARY TO MAKE A DECISION. 
          SO IF IT'S ALRIGHT WITH YOU, WHAT I PROPOSE WE DO IS I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET HARD HARDENED QUOTES, UM, AND BRING THOSE TO YOU AT THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO. 
          AND IF NOT, UM, WE'LL HANG TIGHT. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THE TIME IS NOW, ACTUALLY WE'VE MISSED THE BALL A LITTLE BIT. 
          IF WE'D DONE THIS SIX MONTHS AGO, WE'D PROBABLY BEEN IN A BETTER PLACE. 
          BUT IT KIND OF IS WHAT IT IS. 
          YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND TOO. 
          COMPUTERS ARE AFFECTED GREATLY BY TARIFF PRICES FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
          YOU KNOW, TARIFFS CAME OUT QUITE SOME TIME AGO, BUT THE PROBLEM WE HAVE NOW IS THAT DELL'S KIND OF RUN THROUGH THEIR STOCK OF NON TARIFF COMPUTERS ALONG WITH ALL THESE OTHER COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THE COMPUTERS THAT ARE IN THIS SYSTEM FOR SALE NOW AREN'T ESSENTIALLY TARIFF COMPUTERS. 
          SO THERE'S JUST NONE OF THOSE NON TARIFF SYSTEMS AVAILABLE ANYMORE. 
          THAT'S DRIVEN THE PRICE UP A LOT AS WELL. 
          SO I'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE OR ME DIRECTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T HAVE ON MY LIST, BUT I KNEW YOU WERE HERE HOPING FOR SOMETHING. 
          SO 30 SECONDS OF YOUR TIME, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, ST. 
          LUKE'S, NORTHWESTERN, UM, THE WARREN COALITION AND, UM, WOW. 
          DRAWING A BLANK. 
          UH, BUT WE WORK WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS AND I DO MEAN THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT SOMEBODY FROM MY OFFICE ISN'T TALKING WITH SOMEBODY IN THEIR OFFICE. 
          THEY ARE MAJOR, UH, PARTNERS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, UH, OUR SUPPORT IN EVERYTHING THEY DO AND OUR APPRECIATION, UH, FOR BEING GREAT PARTNERS. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT FINISHES OFF FOR TODAY. 
          NOT BAD TIMING TO, UH, DO EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE. 
          SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE AND IF THERE'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO FOR A WORK SESSION, BUT SO MOVED JUST IN CASE. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          A. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SAFE TRAVELS HOME.
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