[A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America]
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2020.
UM, FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
COULD WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
[B. Adoption of Agenda – Additions or Deletions]
IS TO, UM, ADOPT THE AGENDA.IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR.
WE DUMPED THE AGENDA WITH THE ADDITION, SO IT'S PRESENTED.
CHRIS FALLON WITH WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND REORDER NUMBER TWO.
WE ORDERED THE AGENDA THERE TO PLACE OUR REPORTS BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, INCLUDING WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE.
AND NUMBER THREE, WE ORDERED THE AGENDA TO PLACE THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
AND NUMBER FOUR, REMOVED ITEM K SIX FROM THE AGENDA.
NUMBER FIVE, I ADD AN ITEM TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AS K 13 FOR THE AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE TO ADD.
AND WE'RE GETTING SECTION 30 DAYS, SIX 71 COUNTY CODE TO ADD A ONE-TIME BONUS FOR COMPENSATION BOARD PUNDITS, SHERIFF AND SHERIFF STAFF DAY IN FOUR YEAR, 2020 AND 21.
AND NUMBER SIX, I'M IN THE MOTION FOR ITEM OH TWO, AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 FOR EIGHT TOTAL MAXIMUM APPROPRIATION OF $1 MILLION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? OH, EXCUSE ME.
UH, AS AMENDED, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? UM, EMILY, COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CARTER? UH, MISS OATS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MS. COLORS, MR. FOX, MR. BERENGER YOU'RE HERE YET? YES, SIR.
UM, COULD WE GET YOUR PRESENTATION PLEASE?
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THANK YOU.HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL TODAY.
UM, WE'RE IN THE NINTH WEEK OF SCHOOL AND, UM, TAKE YOUR MASK OFF.
I CAN, I CAN SPEAK LOUDER IF YOU WANT ME TO.
SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE TELL ME I OVERPOWER, BUT, UM, SO I CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT.
UH WE'RE IN OUR NINTH WEEK OF SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAVE HAD SOME CASES, UH, IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT OUR CASES ARE NOT ATTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY SPREAD IN THE SCHOOL.
IT'S, IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH, WITH MONITORING, WITH TRACING, UM, AND, AND REALLY OUR SUCCESS GOES TO OUR STAFF, OUR PARENTS FOR SELF-MONITORING AND, AND REPORTING WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS AND OR THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE STAFF AND THE, AND THE PARENTS WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER IN,
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IN UNISON TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COMBAT THIS, UM, AND ALSO WITH OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES.SO, SO OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES HAS REALLY HELPED US AS WELL WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH OUR, WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.
SO WE HAVE HAD A FEW CASES WHERE THERE WAS EXPOSURE IN THE SCHOOL, BUT DUE TO OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND DUE TO THE DUE DILIGENCE OF, UH, OF STAFF MEMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED ON A DAILY BASIS THERE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOME EXPOSURE IN A FEW CASES, UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OTHER CASES COME OUT FROM THAT EXPOSURE WITHIN THE SCHOOLS.
SO THAT IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO, TO WHAT WE HAVE SET UP IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND, AND THE, AND THE JOB THAT, THAT THE FACULTY AND STAFF AND PARENTS, JUST OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, HOW THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER WITHIN FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CHILDREN.
UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO, TO ADD ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS.
UM, I WAS AT, AT, AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, OH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND I WAS ABLE TO, TO SIT IN ON SOME CLASSES WITH STUDENTS AND, AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE AND WHAT THEIR DESIRES WERE AND THINGS THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH.
AND SO LISTENING TO THOSE STUDENTS IS POWERFUL AND, AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM, THAT WE NEED TO HEAR THEIR VOICE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THEM.
AND, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT REALLY THE STUDENTS BROUGHT UP THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL DAYS WE NEED TO BE IN HERE, BECAUSE FOR SOME STUDENTS, THE VIRTUAL LEARNING IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH, WITH, WITH BRINGING STUDENTS IN ON ADDITIONAL DAYS THAT MAYBE IS NOT THERE THEIR DESIGNATED DAY.
SO FOR INSTANCE, A WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR DAY IS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
UM, BUT THE, THE TEACHERS AND THE, AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT WARREN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WORK WITH STUDENTS TO BRING THEM IN ON, ON INDIVIDUAL BASIS OR IN SMALL GROUPS ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY, TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS THAT, THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH, WITH SOME OF THE VIRTUAL SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, SO, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL DAYS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN, WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING THAT, THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND, AND HOW NOT HAVING THAT INTERACTION WITH, WITH EITHER THE TEACHER OR MAYBE WITH SOME OTHER STUDENTS THAT, THAT, THAT CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THEM AS WELL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EDUCATING THE ENTIRE CHILD, IT'S NOT JUST KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE TEXTBOOKS THERE, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT PLAY INTO EDUCATING THE OVERALL AND WELLBEING OF, OF THE CHILD.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REBOOT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
UH, WE, WE IDENTIFIED SOME THINGS THAT WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH, UH, VIRTUALLY AND, AND TOOK A STEP BACK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
WE ARE GOING TO NEXT WEEK, HAVE A REBOOT AT THE PRE-K KINDERGARTEN LEVEL, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEIR DEVICES CAME IN, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH YOUR SUPPORT, THEIR DEVICES HAVE BEEN IN, AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO DO A REBOOT TO ALLOW, ALLOW THOSE STUDENTS TO, AND TEACHERS AND FAMILIES TO, TO TAKE THAT WEEK, TO GO BACK THROUGH THE NEW DEVICE WITHIN THE NEW SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN, CAN MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THERE MAY COME A TIME THAT WE NEED TO, TO CLOSE A SCHOOL OR THAT WE MAY NEED TO CLOSE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, AND WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THE REBOOT NEXT WEEK WITH, UH, WITH OUR PRE-K KINDERGARTENERS TO, TO HELP US TRANSITION WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT OCCURS.
SO, UM, ALSO WE, WE, WE HAVE SOME OTHER DEVICES COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE SURPRISED TO RECEIVE, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM, UH, THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF ACT THAT WE, WE DID NOT INTEND TO GET.
AND, UM, AND SO WE, WE ARE PUTTING THAT IN PLACE TO HELP US WITH OUR MITIGATION STRATEGIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME THERMAL SCANNERS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO CAPTURE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THEY'RE COMING IN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE, WE STILL SEE THAT VHSL THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE STARTING IN, IN DECEMBER.
THEY THEY'RE PUTTING SOME THINGS IN PLACE.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE TEMPERATURES
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AS, AS LARGE GROUPS COME IN.IT'S IT'S, IT WOULD SLOW THINGS DOWN IF WE'RE HAVING TO USE OUR, OUR CURRENT HAND SCANNERS TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, SO, SO WE'RE USING, USING FUNDS FOR THAT.
WE'RE ALSO INCREASING OUR VIRTUAL PRESENCE.
SO A LOT OF ONLINE, UM, TEXTBOOK COMPONENTS, A LOT OF ONLINE RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS, BUT RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE, ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.
WE CONTINUE TO ADAPT ON A DAILY BASIS, AS EVERYBODY HAS FOUND OUT THAT IN THIS PANDEMIC, YOU HAVE TO ADAPT.
AND OUR PLAN, WHEN WE STARTED OUR PLAN, WE THOUGHT WE HAD A GOOD IDEA.
IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT EVERY GOOD IDEA NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
UM, EVERY PLAN HAS TO GO THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS AND WE ADJUST ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE CASES, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET A REPORT FROM, FROM, FROM A PARENT OR A STAFF MEMBER, UH, WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND, AND THESE THINGS, DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T FLY THROUGH THESE WITHIN, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF FIGURING OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
IT TAKES TIME WITH GETTING WITH THE CONTACT TRACERS, MAKING, UH, GETTING IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, LORD FAIRFAX HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SEEKING THEIR GUIDANCE.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IS IT AN ISOLATION? IS IT A QUARANTINE? IS IT A CONTACT HOW LONG SOMETIMES THAT CAN TAKE UP TO TWO HOURS TO WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WORKS ON THAT ON A DAILY BASIS AND, AND WE WORKED THROUGH IT, UH, AS, AS QUICK AS WE CAN, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE MAIN THING IS WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMMUNITY SPREAD IN THE SCHOOLS AND, AND THAT'S THE POSITIVE FOR, FOR US.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE.
[C. Presentation – Reaching Out Now – Samantha Barber]
SAMANTHA BARBER IS SAMANTHA AVAILABLE?I'M GOING TO TAKE MY MASK OFF.
I DO HAVE A PASSIONATE VOICE, BUT NOT LIKE DR.
UM, I HAVE SOME THINGS FOR YOU ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS MORNING ON BEHALF OF REACHING OUT NOW.
UM, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BARBER AND I AM PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF, UH, UH, THIS ORGANIZATION, UM, REACHING OUT NOW IS, UH, IT'S AN ENTITY THAT STARTED BACK IN 2008, UH, IN CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND.
UM, THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT, UH, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, UM, IN THE CHARLES COUNTY AREA IN MARYLAND.
UH, WE WERE, UH, WE WORKED THROUGH, UH, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, TO SUPPORT LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND ALSO TO SUPPORT TEACHERS.
UH, WE WERE, UM, WE WORKED THROUGH THAT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND BACK IN 2014, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN BEGAN TO GET OLDER.
SO MY HUSBAND AND I MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO, UH, LEAD THE ACCOUNT, THE ORGANIZATION DORMANT FOR A WHILE.
AND, UH, BACK IN 2008, UH, BACK IN 2008, WHEN WE STARTED THE ORGANIZATION, WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, THERE WAS A NEED OF, FOR SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND THROUGHOUT PROGRAMS. UH, WE ESTABLISHED BACKPACK,
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YOU KNOW, BACKPACK PROGRAMS, UH, FEEDING PROGRAMS, UH, BUT THEN WE BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO, UH, SUPPORTING YOUNG GIRLS AND YOUNG BOYS THROUGH A LEADERSHIP AND A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.UH, WHEN THE ACCOUNT, WHEN THE ORGANIZATION BECAME DORMANT, WE, UH, I DECIDED TO GO BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
I WORKED AT TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, UM, FROM 2014 AND THERE JUST THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING STUDENTS BEYOND JUST, UM, OH, GOT A LITTLE LOUDER THERE SUPPORTING STUDENTS, UH, JUST BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.
UM, THERE WAS A NEED FOR THE WHOLE CHILD AND THE WHOLE FAMILY LIKE TO CLOSE.
AND THEN WHEN IT DOES THAT OKAY.
UM, FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AND THUS WE, UM, TRANSITIONED MORE AS TO WHAT WAS NEEDED TO SUPPORT, NOT JUST THE STUDENTS, BUT YOU CAN FEED A CHILD, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN EDUCATE A CHILD, BUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOME? SO WE BECAME MORE OR LESS OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
AND FROM THAT, WE THRIVED FROM SERVING THREE SCHOOLS TO SERVING 34 SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.
SO WHEN WE DID CLOSE THE ORGANIZATION, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE LEAVING THEM BEHIND A FAMILY, A FAMILY MOVE TO ALEXANDRA CITY AND, UM, PICKING UP FROM THERE AND LEARNING EVEN MORE ABOUT, UM, THE NEED OF STUDENTS THAT WERE JUST SUFFERING FROM DIFFERENT ISSUES FROM, UM, LOW SELF-ESTEEM TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING IN A SINGLE PARENT HOME, BEING IN A HOME WHERE THERE WERE SPANISH PEAK SPANISH SPEAKING, AND I'M LEARNING AND GROWING FROM THAT, UH, WAS GREAT FOR ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL, OF COURSE I MOVED HERE BACK IN 2018, UM, WHERE I MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS AT, UM, SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL ABOUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT THEY WERE SEEING WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND, AND THRUSTED ME BACK INTO REOPEN, OPENING THE ORGANIZATION, UM, AND THUS THE JOURNEY OF REACHING OUT NOW, UH, IN WARREN COUNTY, UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
UM, WE WANTED TO START TO START SMALL.
SO WE STARTED IN SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, THROUGH OUR GIRLS PROGRAM.
AND THAT WAS CALLED, THAT'S CALLED THE GIRL OF DESTINY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
UM, WE STARTED WITH 18 GIRLS, UM, AND THERE WAS A CRITERIA AND WE WORKED FROM, UM, THE NASCA FRAMEWORK OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, ACADEMIC LITERACY, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.
AND FROM THAT FRAMEWORK, WE BUILD A CURRICULUM THROUGH, THROUGHOUT THIS, FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, WHERE WE IMPLEMENTED WORKSHOPS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND, UM, COVID OF COURSE HAPPENED.
SO WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO HAVE 16, UM, 16 WORKSHOPS, UH, FROM SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR TO FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WE ALSO INCORPORATED WORKSHOPS RIGHT BEFORE COVID HAPPENED.
UH, WE HAD, UH, CREATED A PARTNERSHIP WITH JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE GIRLS TO TOUR AND VISIT AND, AND, UM, IT'S ON THE SAND, HOW IT FEELS TO BE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
UM, AND WE ALSO, UH, HAD PLANS WAS TO TAKE THEM TO LORD FAIRFAX, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UM, AND ALSO TO LOOK AT TECHNICAL, UM, TECHNICAL OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE BECAUSE NOT ALL CHILDREN GO TO COLLEGE.
WE DO HAVE SOME THAT WANT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GOING TO COSMETOLOGY OR AUTOMOTIVE OR BEING A STEAM FITTER.
SO, UH, IN LOOKING AT, AT THAT, WE, UM, WE BEGIN TO TAILOR, TAILOR THE DIRECTION OF WHAT EACH EACH STUDENT WANTED TO DO, UM, AS THEY ASPIRE TO GO ON TO HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT JUST STAYING WITH THEM IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT OUR PLANS WAS TO CONTINUE WITH THEM THROUGH POST-SECONDARY.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, NINE GIRLS WHO ARE IN, UM, NINTH GRADE RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH DR.
SMITH EVEN BEFORE COVID AS TO HOW WE CAN TRANSITION THE PROGRAM, CONTINUING AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT TRANSFERRING, TRANSITIONING THE PROGRAM TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SAID COVID HAPPENED.
AND, UM, WE HAD TO LOOK AT, OKAY, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO BE A SUPPORT TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY? AND HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO BE A SUPPORT TO OUR GIRLS? UH, WE STARTED WITH A DRIVE BY, WITH LOVE, UM, AND WHAT THAT WAS.
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THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF COURSE, BECAUSE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED.SO WHAT WE DID, WE PARTNERED AGAIN WITH BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, CRAZY WILLIE, UM, WHO, UH, WE HAD A FUN ICE CREAM DAY WITH THE GIRLS, UM, DOWN, DOWN HOME COMFORT BAKERY.
THE GIRLS HAD SWEET TREATS, UH, LEIDOS PIZZA.
WE HAD A PIZZA PARTY FOR THEM.
SO ONE, ONE THURSDAY OUT OF EVERY MONTH, WE CONNECTED WITH THEM.
AND WE HAD A SURPRISE THERE AS WELL, WHERE WE PACK THEIR BAGS WITH LITTLE TRINKETS AND WE DISPERSED, AND WE SHOWED UP AT THEIR HOMES WITH THESE LITTLE BAGS AND BALLOONS AND, AND THINGS JUST TO LET THEM FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CARE AND WE LOVE THEM.
BUT AGAIN, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS MORE, THEY NEEDED MORE THAN JUST SWEET TREATS.
THEY NEEDED MORE THAN JUST, UH, A PARTY.
UM, BECAUSE OF COURSE, UH, WE HAD STUDENTS WHO WERE HOME, UM, NOT JUST OUR GIRLS, BUT WE HAD OTHER STUDENTS THAT WAS HOME THAT NEEDED SUPPORT IN OTHER WAYS.
AND, UM, TALKING TO WISDOM, UM, PRINCIPLES OF, UM, WHAT IS IT, WHAT MORE, WHAT MORE CAN WE DO BECAUSE WE CAN GOING TO THE SCHOOL.
SO HOW CAN WE HELP TO SUPPLEMENT AND BE AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF SUPPORT TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE FEEDING, UH, THE STUDENTS, UH, WE HAD DIFFERENT BUS ROUTES THAT WAS GOING TO DIFFERENT AREAS, YOU KNOW, TO DELIVER BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO I SPOKE WITH THEM WITH SHANE, SHANE GOODWIN, UM, AND A COUPLE OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, FRONT ROYAL WOMAN RESOURCE CENTER, UH, THE ELKS, UM, ROTARY CLUB OF WARREN COUNTY AND WARREN COALITION IS TO KATE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO REINVENT.
WE WANTED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, NOT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE OTHER SYSTEMS WERE DOING.
AND, UM, NEW HOPE BIBLE CHURCH, VIRGINIA HILLS CHURCH, UH, SOME OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES, IT'S LIKE, WHAT WERE THEY DOING? FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE FEEDING THE HOMELESS.
UH, SO, UM, AND AGAIN, LISTENING TO WISDOM AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS, WE CAME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT WAS CALLED GIVING TO GIVE BACK, AND OUR BUSINESSES WERE HURTING OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SOMEONE ELSE, COMMUNITIES IN A SCHOOL COMMUNITIES NEEDED THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, SUPPORT.
SO, UH, AND PARTNERING WITH THE PRINCIPALS AS SPEAKING WITH, UM, WITH, UH, WITH JANE BAKER, FROM BLUE RIDGE TECHNICAL CENTER AND DEVIN SMITH, WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA OF DELIVERING MEALS THREE TIMES A WEEK.
UH, WE STARTED OUT WITH 25 FAMILIES.
WE STARTED APRIL 1ST AND BY THE END OF, UH, JUNE, WE WERE DELIVERING, UM, MEALS TO 65 FAMILIES, 16, 16 ROUTES, UM, OVER 700 MEALS A WEEK, UH, TWO 65 FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE JUST GOING TO BE DOING THAT FOR A MONTH AND INSIDE IT LASTED FOR THREE MONTHS.
UM, WE OUT OUR COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND REACHING OUT NOW BECAUSE THE SECRET JOKE, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE A SECRET ANYMORE, IS WHEN I SPOKE WITH SHANE AND MICHELLE SMELTER FROM, UM, UH, FROM THE PARDON OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
I WAS LIKE, GUYS, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS, BUT WE ALL, WE HAVE A $600, YOU KNOW? UM, SO WE NEED TO REALLY RALLY AROUND TOGETHER, RALLY THE COMMUNITY, NOT A CAMPAIGN, BUT HOW CAN WE COME TOGETHER THROUGH A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND, UM, THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN AMAZING, UM, THROUGH OUR PARTNERS, THROUGH THE PRINCIPALS, UH, THEIR RELATIONSHIP OF GROWING AND BUILDING AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION CAME OUT OF ACTUALLY COVID 19.
AND, UM, BACK IN JULY, AFTER WE WERE DONE, WE SENT OUT SURVEYS TO ALL THE 65 FAMILIES AND JUST ASKING THEM, HOW WAS IT? WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THEM A HANDOUT.
WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE JUST DOING THIS FOR YOU.
WE CARE, AND WE WANT IT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU ARE, HOW YOU DOING, HOW WAS IT, UH, TO, TO, TO SUPPORT AND, AND BE THERE FOR YOU BECAUSE NOT JUST SENDING YOU A MEAL, BUT WE SEND CARDS EVERY MONDAY TO, UM, TO EACH OF THE FAMILY THAT WE SERVED.
UM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO CHIPPED IN CAPTAIN CRYSTAL KLEIN AND CHIEF MCGILLIS.
UH, THEY CAME OUT AND DAY TWO DELIVERED, UM, TO, TO, UH, FAMILIES, UH, CRYSTAL AND HER FAMILY PURCHASED, UM, ESSENTIALS
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TO ALL 65 FAMILIES WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SEND SHAMPOOS AND CONDITIONERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT EVERY MONTH FOR THE THREE MONTHS THAT WE WERE SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES.AND THUS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU, WHERE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WRITING THE VISION AND HAVING THE FAITH TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER GIVING TO GIVE BACK WAS, WAS OVER, UH, AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED AND THE NOTES THAT WE RECEIVED, WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A, A DIFFERENT NEED WITHIN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO, UH, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THE REFOCUS OR ARE WE GOING TO REVERT BACK TO WHAT, WHERE WE WAS AT, WHAT WE WERE DOING IN THE PAST, WHICH OF COURSE IS LEADERSHIP AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE NEW REACHING OUT NOW, UM, A YEAR AGO, UH, ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
AND I SPOKE BEFORE THE SCHOOL, BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT WAS LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS THE DIRECTION OF SUPPORTING OUR YOUNG GIRLS, BUT NOW OUR FOCUS IS LEADERSHIP, EMPOWERMENT AND SERVICE.
AND UNDER EACH OF THOSE AVENUES, YOU WILL SEE OUR SERVICE PROGRAM, YOU'LL SEE OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND YOU'LL SEE HOW EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM OUR INFORMED PULLMAN PROGRAM STARTED AT SKYLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAD THE VERY FIRST, UM, CAREER DAY, UH, DR.
DALEY WAS THERE, UH, WHO, UM, UH, WAS REPRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT.
AND WE HAD, UH, 16, 23 DIFFERENT PRESENTERS FROM 16 DIFFERENT CLUSTERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAD 600 STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED AND, UM, CAREER DAY, WHICH WAS YOUR PASSPORT TO SUCCESS.
SO THAT IS A PART OF OUR, UM, OUR EMPOWERMENT PIECE, WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO DO A DECISION DAY FOR OUR SENIORS.
ANOTHER CAREER DAY AT THIS, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, MILITARY DAY TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AN OPTION OF THE PATH THAT WE WANT THEM, THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL TAKE AFTER POST-SECONDARY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL, THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING TO SCHOOL, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ONE STEP AFTER ANOTHER STEP AFTER ANOTHER STEP.
AND OF COURSE OUR LEADERSHIP PIECE IS OUR GIRLS PROGRAM, THE GIRL OF DESTINY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING A VOICE PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED LOTUS A LEADING OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND SUCCESS.
THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE IN, WE WERE IN RHODE ISLAND, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO STOP.
WE WANT IT TO LAY A FOUNDATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST COMING OUT AND SAYING, WE'RE DOING THIS, AND WE'RE DOING THAT, BUT STARTING IN THE MIDDLE, STARTING WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING OVER TO SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO SUPPORTING EAGLESON, UM, BUT BRANCHING OUT SLOWLY, UM, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, UM, NOT QUALITY, QUANTITY, BUT QUALITY IN, IN SUPPORTING AND SERVING OUR STUDENTS.
UM, SO THAT THAT'S REACHING OUT NOW.
AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, TO, TO COME BEFORE YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BLESSED TO BE HERE.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'RE TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, UH, COMMENTS, UH, COMMENT IS A RE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE IN THAT REACHING OUT NOW IS JUST ONE ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
BY HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
AND YOU ALL ARE JUST ONE OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HELPING OUR CITIZENS IN MOST NEED, WHETHER IT'S REACHING OUT NOW HOUSE HOPES, HE KEPT ST.
LUKE'S CLINIC, THE PHOENIX PROJECT, THE CHURCHES, AND MANY MORE THEY'RE OUT THERE HELPING, BUT THEY CANNOT DO IT ALONE.
THEY NEED THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY'S HELP, WHETHER IT'S VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME OR MONEY, REACH OUT NOW, NO PUN INTENDED AND HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS HELP OTHERS.
AND, UM, IF I WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE AT SOME OTHER TIME ABOUT THE, THE BOYS PROGRAM.
UM, SO W THROUGH MY EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING, I'VE WORKED WITH YOUNG WOMEN, TEEN MOMS AS WELL, BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, THERE'S A GAP FOR YOUNG MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE MENTORSHIP LEADERSHIP TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOYS PROGRAM THAT YOU WANT TO SET UP IS ABOUT AND HOW YOU ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT AND SEEK OUT THESE YOUNG MEN TO MENTOR.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, IT'S PART OF IT, OF COURSE, AS WRITTEN IN THE DIVISION PLAN, BUT WHAT LEADING OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND SUCCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT IS I'M WORKING WITH DEVIN SMITH.
UM, SO DEVIN IS, UH, HE IS AMAZING.
I'VE ADOPTED HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
UM, WE, HE'S GOING TO BE LEADING THE PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS OF COURSE, UM, PSYCHOLOGY, YOU KNOW, THAT MENTAL MAKEUP
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OF, OF HOW CAN WE REACH YOU? YOU KNOW, I'M A GIRLY GIRL, SO THEY MAY LISTEN TO ME ON SOME THINGS ABOUT LOVE AND COMFORT AND SUPPORT, BUT THOSE HARDCORE THINGS OF HOW DO YOU SHAKE A HAND? HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE NEXT STEP? AND, UM, AGAIN, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, UH, WORKFORCE READINESS THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN KIDS HEAR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, THEY'RE LIKE, UH, COLLEGE CAREER.SO WHEN WE PUT A SPIN ON IT AND SAID WORKFORCE READINESS AND TAKING THE STEPS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S COMPOUNDING ON EACH OTHER AND OKAY, WHAT'S, WHAT'S NEXT FOR ME.
AND JUST SIMPLE THINGS OF LEARNING TO COOK, YOU KNOW, UM, OF HOW DO I CHANGE A TIRE? YOU KNOW, HOW DO I PRESENT MYSELF IT'S FOR AN INTERVIEW? UH, SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED, UM, WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO US TO START A BO A BOYS PROGRAM.
AND I DID HAVE A FRIEND WHO CREATED THE FRAMEWORK, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE GIRLS PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE TAILORED DIFFERENTLY AND WANTING TO HAVE SOMETHING FROM SHANE'S PROGRAM, UH, THAT HE STARTED AT E WILSON, THE BIG PROGRAM TO HAVE A TRANSITION, NOT JUST LEAVING THEM IN THE MIDDLE, IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO SAY, OKAY, BIGGEST DONE.
YOU'RE NOW INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THERE'S NOTHING FOR YOU.
SO IT'S WORKING WITH SHANE AS THE BOYS MOVE UP.
AND ALSO, UM, WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH WHAT, WITH, UM, BOBBY JOHNSON AND HE'S EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, SO THAT IN A NUTSHELL, BUT YES, DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO CHAT WITH YOU MORE, MORE ABOUT IT.
UM, AND, UM, JUST AS FAR AS COMMUNITY, IF I WILL BE ALLOWED AS WELL, WE ARE HAVING A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS COMMUNITY.
PROVIGIL, UH, THIS SUNDAY, UM, AT FIVE, I DO HAVE SOME FLYERS THAT I LOVE TO GIVE YOU ALL, UH, BUT WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL COME OUT TO, TO SUPPORT PASTOR BOBBY STEP IS GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO BE OUR, I WAS SPEAKER AT THE EVENT AND WE ALSO HAVE CHRISTY GOODWIN, UM, SHANE'S WIFE AND PASTOR INGRID, WHO WILL BE DOING THE LIGHTING AND OTHER PASTORS THAT WE'VE INVITED, OF COURSE, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PARTNERS.
SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF THOSE WHERE YOU COULD LEAVE THEM ON THE TABLE BACK THERE FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT? YES, SIR.
UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR PASSION AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK AND DO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, SO YOU'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS, SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY HELPING EACH OTHER HELP EACH OTHER.
VERY TRUE PARTNERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REACHING OUT, UM, AND, UH, WORKING WITH WARREN COALITION, UM, WHICH ARE ALSO IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, UH, KRISTA HSA, FLOODS, UM, AND WORKING WITH, UH, FRONT ROW WHEN RESOURCE CENTER, UH, WHO GIVES US, GAVE US THE GRANT TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG GIRLS, UM, IN WHAT WE DID WITH GIVING TO GIVE BACK, NOT DUPLICATING, BUT REACHING OUT AND WORKING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT, UM, AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE COULD GO ON AND ON ALL DAY.
I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOU AT ALL.
I, I REALLY ENJOY THE PASSION.
IS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN HERE.
I DO HAVE BUSINESS CARDS TO THOSE CAUSE I TOO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION, BUT IT COULD TAKE ALL DAY TOO.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
[E. Report – Virginia Department of Transportation – Ed Carter]
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.MR. CARTER MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS MORNING, UH, BEFORE I GET MY REPORT, UH, I THINK THE BOARD REQUESTED, UH, TO MEET OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND I HAVE HIM WITH ME TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK HIM TO STAND UP ALONG WITH, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS MANAGER, UH, DEAN SCHELLENBERG WELL, YOU MASHED DOWN AT NEED.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GAINING THINGS THAT I CAN SEE.
AND, UH, CHARLIE MONROE IS OUR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS MANAGER.
DEAN OF COURSE, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FRONT ROYAL AREA HEADQUARTERS.
WE HAVE SIX AREA HEADQUARTERS IN OUR RESIDENCY AND CHARLIE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL SIX OF THEM.
SO, UH, THE BOARD HAS BEEN VERY KIND WITH THEIR ACCOLADES, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE'RE GETTING DONE.
AND THESE ARE REALLY THE GENTLEMEN THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WORK.
SO, UH, I HOPE THAT ANY ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU, UH, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BASHFUL IN THE PAST, AND I HOPE YOU'LL NOT BE BASHFUL IN THE FUTURE TO LET US KNOW.
AND WE'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE THAT WE CAN, OKAY.
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I'LL RE MAINTENANCE FOR THIS, UH, PAST MONTH IN THE UPCOMING MONTH, WE'VE COMPLETED 95% OF OUR FALL MULLING ON THE PRIMARIES THAT SARAH VINCE DEFENSE AND BRUSH CUTTING.AND WE WILL COMPLETE THE REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH AND WE'VE BEGAN MOWING OUR SLOPES.
WE HAVE A ROBOTIC SLOPE MOWER THAT, UH, CAN GO OUT AND DO THE STEEP SLOPES THAT WE CAN'T PUT OUR NORMAL TRACTORS AND THINGS ON.
AND MAN CONTROLS IT, UH, FROM A REMOTE CONTROL ON THE GROUND.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET SAFELY OFF THE ROAD.
UH, WE SWEPT ALL THE BRIDGES ON OUR PRIMARIES AND OUR HIGH-VOLUME SECONDARIES.
WE PERFORMED SKIM PATCHING ON PANHANDLE ROAD AT THE LOW WATER BRIDGE.
AND WE STARTED SKIN PATCHING ON A OREGON HOLLOW ROAD, AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON OREGON HOLLER ROAD.
OUR STATE FORCES COMPLETED THE RURAL RUSTIC SECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF COFFIN NEAL ROAD, AND THEY WILL BE ALSO WORKING THIS MONTH TO EXTEND THE NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE ON ROUTE THREE 40 AT PORT OUT ROAD.
WE WILL BE PAIRING THE SLOPE FAILURE ON, UH, THREE 40 AT THE HILLBILLY SALVAGE YARD THIS MONTH.
AND THEY HAVE, UH, THEN CONDUCTING THEIR USUAL GRADING OPERATIONS AND STONE APPLICATIONS ON OUR NON-HARD SURFACE ROADS.
SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING YET THIS MONTH, UH, NOT ON YOUR REPORT, BUT A BRIEF UPDATE.
UH, WE HAD BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN, IN OUR RESIDENCY AND INDEED THE STANDING DISTRICT OVER THE SUMMER TO AVOID COVID EXPOSURES.
NOW WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME, UH, WE'RE TAKING EVERY PROTOCOL THAT'S RECOMMENDED AND SOME ADDITIONAL TO TRY AND KEEP OUR PEOPLE SAFE.
UH, SOME THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE OUT THERE, UH, WE TRY TO KEEP ONE PERSON IN A VEHICLE.
SO ORDINARILY WHERE WE MIGHT TAKE THREE OR FOUR FOLKS OUT IN ONE VEHICLE.
NOW WE'RE TAKING THREE OR FOUR VEHICLES OUT THERE, TRY AND LIMIT THAT EXPOSURE.
SO YOU MIGHT SEE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ON A JOB SITE, AND YOU WONDER WHY THAT'S THE REASON.
UH, WE TRY TO KEEP THE SAME TEAMS TOGETHER WHERE POSSIBLE IF, IF WE HAVE A MOWING CREW THAT'S DOING THE MOWING, WE KEEP THOSE SAME PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO ROTATING THEM AROUND SO THAT THE EXPOSURE IS LIMITED.
MOST OF OUR EXPOSURE CASES HAVE COME FROM OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT WHERE SOMEONE ON OFF HOURS HAS, UH, COME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO'S TESTED POSITIVE.
AND THE EDINBURG RESIDENCY WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO POSITIVE CASES.
THEY WERE MILD AND, UM, THEY'VE SINCE RETURNED TO WORK, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL CASES WHERE, UH, A FAMILY MEMBER OR, UH, A BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND, WHATEVER HAS TESTED POSITIVE, AND THAT FORCES ARE 14 DAY QUARANTINE FOR OUR FOLKS.
SO, UH, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO CURTAIL IT, BUT IT IS WITH US.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOR AWHILE.
THE PROJECTS, UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE RURAL RUSTICS THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY'RE DONE NOW, UH, 20, 21 IS COMING UP.
UH, I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE BOARD, THE LATTER PART OF THIS YEAR OR THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR AND THE WORK SESSION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH RULE RUSTICS NEXT YEAR FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, UH, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
AND, UH, WE OVERSPENT SOME AREAS THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL BACK SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO COVER THOSE EXPENDITURES.
BUT WHEN WE SIT DOWN IN A WORK SESSION AND I'LL GO OVER EACH OF THOSE AND THE BOARD WILL STILL BE ABLE TO INPUT WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
I MADE SOME TEMPORARY PAVEMENT REPAIRS TO THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT LANE, TURN LEFT TURN LANE ON THE EASTBOUND I 66 ON FIVE 22 AND THREE 40 UNDER THE BRIDGE, UH, THAT ROTTED OUT PRETTY BAD.
UM, MOSTLY DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC AND HEAVY TRUCKS.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SCHEDULING A PAVEMENT MILLING AND PAVEMENT RETAILERS BEFORE WINTER.
AND WE JUST RECEIVED WORD, UH, THIS MORNING, THIS MORNING THAT THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR
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IS LOOKING TO NEITHER DO THAT THIS COMING FRIDAY OR NEXT MONDAY.SO THEY WILL BE SOME TRAFFIC DELAYS THERE.
UH, WE'RE ASKING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ASSIST US, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT FIVE HOURS WORTH OF WORK TO MILLET AND, AND PUT IT BACK.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, OH, UH, I WAS ALSO ASKED TO TALK ABOUT UTILITY RIGHT AWAY AND TREE TRIMMING.
WHEN WE GRANT AT THE UTILITY COMPANY, BE IT POWER, TELEPHONE, UH, UH, PERMISSION TO USE OUR RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE AGREEMENT THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO JOIN, TRIM THEIR PORTION OF IT.
WE TRAM THEM, UH, UH, TWICE A YEAR.
IN THE SPRING AND IN THE FALL.
AND IF TREES GROW UP INTO THE UTILITY LINES, SOMETIMES OUR CONTRACTOR WILL ADDRESS IT.
AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S POWER FOR A, UM, SAFETY PURPOSES, OUR CONTRACTOR USUALLY WON'T TOUCH IT.
IN THAT ROOF, WE REFER BACK TO THE PARENT COMPANY TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.
OR IF THE TREE IS IN DANGER OF FALLING IN DAMAGING A, UH, COMMUNICATIONS LINE, OUR CONTRACTOR MAY PASS ON IT.
AND WE REFER THAT BACK TO THE UTILITY COUNTER THAT AUTOMATICALLY HAPPENED.
DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY HAPPEN? YES.
IF IT DOESN'T, IF, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT OR YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT, DO YOU AUTOMATICALLY CALL, WE CONTACT THE PARENT COMPANY AND TELL THEM THAT, OR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SAY, THIS IS ONE THAT, THAT WE CAN'T TAKE DOWN WITHOUT, UH, UH, ENDANGERING YOUR FACILITY UP THERE.
I THINK THE QUESTION PROBABLY CAME FROM ME BECAUSE I HAD AN AREA WHERE CONSTITUENTS CALLED ME AND THEN I CALLED THE TELEPHONE COMPANY TOWER COMPANIES.
IF YOU SAY THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THEIR LINE, THEY'RE THERE, THEY TAKE CARE OF IT.
UM, WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THE PA THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WAS, IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM, IT'S YOURS.
AND THEY DISTINGUISHED IT DOWN TO IF THE TREE WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEN IT'S THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, EVEN IF IT'S TOUCHING THEIR LINE.
UM, AND LIKE YOU SAY, YOUR CONTRACTORS DON'T WANT TO TOUCH IT.
NOT MANY CONTRACTORS WANT TO TOUCH IT WHEN IT'S ON A WIRE.
UM, AND THEN THEY SAID, IF IT'S ON STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I, YOU WRITE UP THREE 40 AND YOU LOOK AT THE WIRES AND IT'S IT'S TELEPHONE CABLE.
UM, IF WE HAVE A BAD WINTER HEAVY SNOW, MY CONCERN IS THAT SOUTH END OF THE TOWN IS, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CUT OFF BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE CELL SERVICE IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN YOU LOSE YOUR LANDLINES, THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH RIVER.
SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THE POLLS, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM DO SET ON BEAT OUT RIGHT AWAY.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO PRESSURE THEM TO, TO CLEAN UP? AND I DID NOTICE OUT THREE 40 THAT, UM, THERE'S A NEW CABLE BEING PUT UP AND THEY EVIDENTLY WERE HAVING DIFFICULTIES GETTING THEIR CABLE UP.
SO THEY WERE TRIMMING AND JUST DUMPING IT ON THE RIGHT WAY AND LEAVING IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY PLANNED TO COME BACK OR NOT.
I HAVEN'T ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NOT KEEPING UP THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE CONTRACT THAT VETO THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO DO TRIM THERE ON OUR RIGHT AWAY.
AND AS I SAID IT, IF IT'S, IF IT'S A HAZARD TO THE ROADWAY, WE WILL TAKE IT DOWN.
PROVIDING THAT WE DON'T RISK DAMAGING THEIR FACILITY.
YOU KNOW, I WILL BE HAPPY TO, TO, UH, WRITE A LETTER TO THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND EXPRESS THE CONCERNS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT, UH, LEGALLY THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR CONTRACT OR IN OUR PERMIT THAT WE CAN FORCE THEM TO DO THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? YEAH.
UH, THE BRIDGE DEEMED THE BRAISE ON THREE 40 LOOKS GREAT.
UM, THIS LAST RAIN, THERE WAS NO WATER PONDING.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYTHING, UM, THE MOWING AND ALL THOSE GUYS DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
AS I SAID, THESE FELLOWS GET ALL THE CREDIT.
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TO HEAR IT, BUT, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN.I'M GETTING A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS THERE.
[F. Report – Department of Social Services – Jon Martz]
THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.GOOD MORNING WITH JOHN MARCH THROUGH DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
I DON'T PLAN ON TAKING UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME TODAY, BUT I DID WANT TO COVER JUST A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE PANDEMIC ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER, P E B T.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY A SNAP PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE THROUGH THE CARES ACT TO BELIEVE THAT ALL ELIGIBLE SCHOOL, CHILDREN WHO USUALLY GET REDUCED OR FREE LUNCH ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EXTRA BENEFITS ON THEIR SNAP CARD.
THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROGRAM IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO GET IT.
UM, IF YOU'RE ON THE ROLLS FOR THE SCHOOL, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CARD AND THEY SHOULD'VE GOTTEN IT PROBABLY BACK IN MAY OR JUNE.
AND THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND MONEY IS BEING PUT ON THE CARD AS WELL.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA TO GET.
IT IS A BENEFIT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT OUT.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE A CHILD ENROLLED WITH SCHOOL, CHANCES ARE YOU'RE ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM.
NOW, IF ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING OR LISTENING THINKS THAT THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT, BUT HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING.
I ENCOURAGED THEM TO REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE BECAUSE WE WILL LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU.
AND, UH, I DID PROVIDE A PBT VA.COM, A WEBSITE HERE, AND IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.
AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE HANDOUT, INFORMATIONAL HANDOUT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
I DO WANT TO BRING ONE THING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, UH, AND THAT IS, THERE IS A RESOURCE THAT YOU CAN USE.
YOU CAN TEXT THE WORD FOOD TO EIGHT, SEVEN, SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, SEVEN, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
YOU'LL GET A LIST OF FOOD RESOURCES THAT ARE IN YOUR AREA THAT YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR.
IT'S ALSO IN SPANISH, YOU CAN TEXT THE WORD COMIDA TWO EIGHT, SEVEN, SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN, AND YOU WILL GET A LIST IN SPANISH OF FOOD RESOURCES THAT ARE IN YOUR AREA.
THERE'S NO COST FOR THAT TEXT.
AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM UNLESS YOU KNOW, THAT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR OR COULD APPLY FOR, OR SEARCH FOR THAT HERE IN THE AREA THAT YOU LIVE IN, THAT'S CROSSED, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, OKAY, I DID WANT TO UPDATE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UTILITY PROGRAM THROUGH THE CARES ACT.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF THE PROGRAM.
THE FIRST ROUND WE HAD 17 APPLICATIONS, UH, 14 GOT APPROVED, AND THE SECOND ROUND WE HAD 33 APPLICATIONS AND 32 OF THEM GOT APPROVED.
SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 50 APPS WITH 46 APPROVED ABOUT $23,900 ARE SPENT.
THE ONES THAT GOT DENIED WERE FROM WARREN COUNTY, OHIO.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST DID A LITTLE SEARCH ONLINE AND PUT IN WARREN COUNTY AND THEN THEY ENDED UP APPLYING.
WE DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO HELP OUT, UH, CITIZENS IN WARREN COUNTY, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVED.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A COVID-19 ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THAT'S THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH.
WE DO HAVE A NORMAL, WE HAVE THREE ENERGY PROGRAMS THAT RUN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE COOLING IN THE SUMMER.
WE HAVE FUEL ASSISTANCE AND WE HAVE CRISIS THAT HAPPENS IN THE WINTER.
UM, YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VULNERABLE CITIZEN IN THE HOUSE OVER 60, UNDER THE AGE OF SIX, UM, OR A MEDICAL CONDITION.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE TO MEET INCOME LIMITS FOR THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THE COVID-19 ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO DON'T NORMALLY QUALIFY FOR THE ENERGY PROGRAMS. LET'S SAY YOUR INCOME IS OVER THE INCOME LIMIT FOR OUR REGULAR PROGRAMS. YOU CAN APPLY FOR THIS ONE AND YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE.
AND THAT'S ALSO THROUGH THE CARES ACT THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH.
SO WE DO ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO NEEDS SOME HELP WITH THEIR UTILITIES APPLY.
YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE BY APPLYING.
YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE, UH, WWW.COMMONHELP.GOV.
AND THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE FREE.
IF YOU NEED SOME HELP FILLING OUT YOUR APPLICATION, PLEASE COME BY THE OFFICE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH ANYBODY.
OUR ENTIRE STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH ANYBODY
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AND HELP THEM FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FOR ANY SERVICE THAT WE OFFER.I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE UNTIL YOU APPLY.
WE CAN'T TELL YOU IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE UNTIL YOU APPLY.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO'S ELIGIBLE FOR A PROGRAM CAN GET SOME ASSISTANCE.
OUR REGULAR ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR EQUIPMENT RELATED ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY DEPOSITS.
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A HEATING EMERGENCY SUCH AS YOU DON'T HAVE A HEATING SOURCE IN YOUR HOME.
UH, YOU HAVE AN EMINENT UTILITY CUTOFF, UH, INOPERABLE OR UNSAFE EQUIPMENT.
UM, YOU HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE LOCALITY FOR WHICH YOU'RE APPLYING.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HEATING THE HOME, AND THERE ARE MONTHLY GROSS INCOME LIMITS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THE PROGRAM RUNS FROM NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH MARCH 15TH.
UH, IT'S A QUICK TWO PAGE APPLICATION.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP ANYBODY COMPLETE THAT APPLICATION TO FILL IT OUT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STRESSING IN OUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW IS, AND I BROUGHT THIS WITH ME.
IT, IT, IT'S A FEELING THAT SOCIAL SERVICES IS NOT ANYBODY'S FAVORITE PLACE TO GO UNLESS YOU WORK THERE.
OTHER, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU DON'T WAKE UP IN THE MORNING GOING, OH, I GET TO GO TO SOCIAL SERVICE TODAY.
IT TAKES A LOT FOR PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH OUR DOORS AND NOBODY SHOULD EVER COME THROUGH THE DOOR TO THE FRONT WINDOW AND BE TOLD, SORRY, I CAN'T HELP YOU NEXT.
AND SO OUR BELIEF IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING.
IF YOU COME THROUGH THE DOOR, YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN APPLICATION.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REFERRAL TO ANOTHER PROGRAM IN THE AREA.
IF I DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP YOU, WE WANT TO REFER YOU TO MAYBE THERE, IF THERE IS A PROGRAM OUT THERE AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL YOU NEED.
YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO LISTEN TO YOU AND TO MAYBE GUIDE YOU IN A DIRECTION TO GO.
UM, MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.
MAYBE YOU JUST NEED, YOU NEED SOME HELP, UM, COME IN AND TALK TO US AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH ANY SERVICE THAT WE HAVE OR ANY COMMUNITY SERVICES OUT THERE.
I WANTED TO KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF BECAUSE I HAVE A SPECIAL BONUS FOR YOU TODAY.
BUT IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
AND THIS IS JUST IS AVAILABLE, WHETHER YOU'RE RENTING OR WHETHER YOU OWNED IT PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TOO, BEFORE YOU GO ON JOHN EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN.
MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PROVIDING MEALS TO ENROLL STUDENTS, INCLUDING VIRTUAL LEARNERS, CONTACT YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, REPLY WITH FULL ADDRESS TO GET CONNECTED TO MEAL IN YOUR AREA, HAVE TO OPEN TWO KIDS 18.
AND UNDER MEGAN, OUR DATA RATES MAY APPLY.
DO YOU KNOW, SNAP PROVIDES $150 A MONTH FOR FOOD.
FIND OUT IF YOU QUALIFY TEXT, SNAP APP, ET CETERA, ALL THAT'S GOING TO COME UP AT EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN.
UH, YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE THERMO SHELTER HAS OPENED OUR VERY OWN MICHELLE SMELT, SIR WORKS TIRELESSLY, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SHE'S HERE TODAY ALSO, UH, PASTOR BOBBY, SCOTT, IS HE GONNA COME UP AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHELTER? I HAVE A FOOTBALL VOICE, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE MY MASK OFF ANYWAY.
SO, UH, SO YEAH, THE THERMAL SHELTER, UH, HAS STARTED ITS FOURTH SEASON.
UM, AS MANY OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRST THREE YEARS WE MIGRATED FROM CHURCH TO CHURCH.
WE HAD, UH, 12 CHURCHES THAT WOULD HOST FOR A WEEK.
UH, 12 CHURCHES THAT WOULD HOST FOR A WEEK.
WE WOULD MOVE ALL OF THE COTS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY WOULD SET UP AND, UH, THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR THAT WEEK.
THE CHURCH WOULD FURNISH THE MEALS AND WE WOULD GIVE THEM BREAKFAST AND I'LL PACK LUNCH TO GO.
AND SO WE DID THAT FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS LAST YEAR, AS YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THE, AT, AT THE END OF OUR SEASON, UM, WE
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WERE APPROACHED BY THE BOARD TO EXTEND, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID AND, UH, WE DID, AND, UH, THE BOARD SO GRACIOUSLY GAVE US THE 15TH STREET, UH, JIM TO HOUSE BECAUSE, UM, THEN, AND EVEN NOW A LOT OF THE CHURCHES THAT WE'RE HOSTING, UM, HAVE OLDER CONGREGATIONS AND ARE REALLY NOT EXCITED ABOUT US COMING IN ON A WEEKLY BASIS.SO WE WERE REALLY GONNA BEGIN TO STRUGGLE WITH HOSTING.
SEVERAL CHURCH WAS AL WE'RE ALREADY DOING MULTIPLE WEEKS.
AND, UH, SO WE WERE KIND OF AT A CROSSROADS, BUT THEN, UH, THE BOARD GAVE US AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH THE, UM, CAFETERIA AT THE 15TH STREET LOCATION.
AND, UH, WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING, UM, JUST TO, UM, THANK THE BOARD FOR THAT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MOVE IN THERE AND TO HAVE THAT SPOT.
BUT ALSO I WANT TO JUST, IF I COULD JUST READ A COUPLE OF THE NAMES THAT WERE JUST INSTRUMENTAL IN JUST HELPING GET THAT FACILITY.
IT WAS, IT WAS NOT IN THE BEST OF CONDITIONS, BUT IT LOOKS A SUPREME RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, SO WE WANT TO LIST A COUPLE OF NAMES, UH, BRANDY ROSER, DONNA SHACKLEFORD, CHUCK HARPER, UH, WEST KARNES AND CLARK MOTE, WHO JUST BOTH DID A TREMENDOUS JOB OF JUST IN A LOT OF TIME, MONICA, UH, SCHERMERHORN, DARRYL FREEMAN.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL THE PARKS AND REC STAFF THAT HAS, HAS JUST BEEN UP THERE.
UM, THEY ALSO ALLOWED US TO PUT A WIFI IN THE CAFETERIA.
IT WAS ABOUT 300 FEET OF WIRE.
WE HAD TO RUN, BUT WE GOT THAT PUT IN.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPUTERS.
NOW THEY CAN DO JOB SEARCHES, THEY CAN DO BENEFITS, THEY CAN DO SOME THINGS NOW THAT WE'RE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO WHEN WE MIGRATED FROM CHURCH TO CHURCH.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN A BLESSING AS WE HOSTED LAST YEAR, OUR NUMBERS CONTINUED TO GROW AND WE WERE PROBABLY 27 THAT MAX, YEAH, WE WERE 27 AT THE MAX.
UH, NOW THAT'S 18 AND OLDER MEN OR WOMEN.
UH, SO THAT'S THE FACILITY THAT THAT'S THE PROGRAM WE'RE RUNNING RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE STARTED OUT WITH FIVE THEN THIS WEEK, OR YEAH, THE FIRST AND THE SUNDAY, WE STARTED OUT WITH FIVE.
THEN WE HAD SEVEN LAST NIGHT, WE HAD 11.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT TO GROW AS, AS THE WORD GETS OUT IN CONFIDENCE OF, UM, OUR GUESTS HAVE A REAL, UM, INTRICATE NETWORK AND THE WORD GETS OUT THAT IT IS A SAFE PLACE, THAT IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO GO.
AND SO ALL OF THAT GETS OUT THERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS CLIMB.
UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO DO THE 20, 25, I THINK 25 BEDS GO UP TO 30.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE EXTRA BEDS WITH, UH, WITH THE FACILITY THE WAY IT IS.
THE BEDS ARE DISTANCE, UH, CAFETERIA, WE'VE GOT TABLES, THEY'RE ABLE TO DISTANCE THERE.
WE'VE GOT THE CAFETERIA WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE, UM, INSTEAD OF THEM JUST TAKING THE FOOD.
AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS BLESSING AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR JUST, UM, MAKING IT POSSIBLE.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY JUST STEPPING IN.
UM, IT'S JUST, EVERYBODY'S, UM, VERY COMFORTABLE INSTALLED A WASHER AND DRYER UP THERE IN THE KITCHEN.
WE CAN DO CLOTHES, THEY CAN DO THEIR CLOTHES.
WE CAN DO THE BED SHEETS AND LINENS.
IT WAS COSTING US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT EVERY WEEK JUST TO DO THE LAUNDRY.
AND SO THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN FOR JUST, UM, UM, HELPING US OUT, HELPING US, HELP OUR GUESTS AND, UM, GLAD TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL NOTE IS.
SO ALL THE CHURCHES HAVE SIGNED UP THE ONES THAT WE'RE HOSTING HAVE SIGNED UP TO FURNISH THE MEALS FOR THE WEEK.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN, UH, AGAIN VERY MUCH AS, UH, SAMANTHA BARBARA SAID TO SEE THE COMMUNITY STEPPING IN AND BEING SO INVOLVED AND WANTING TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, HAS BEEN, UM, IT'S BEEN HEARTWARMING FOR US, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING.
SO WE THANK NOT ONLY YOU OFFERED IT FOR THE SPACE, BUT ALSO THOSE CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE STEPPING IN FURNISHING MEALS.
SO QUESTIONS, I CAN ONLY SAY, WE'RE GLAD TO DO IT IF WE CAN.
UM, ONE QUESTION AND I HAVE IN, AND I'LL GET WITH YOU, MR. UH, DAILY.
UM, DO YOU SAY THAT YOU CAN GO UP TO 25 30, MAYBE A COUPLE MORE IF THEY GO BEYOND THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT.
HOMELESSNESS IS A REAL PROBLEM, BUT IF YOU GO BEYOND THAT, DO YOU HAVE A SECONDARY
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PLACE YET THAT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP? NOT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T KNOW.IT'S PROBABLY, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE TIGHT, BUT WE COULD PROBABLY GO TO 40 IN THERE, UM, WITH MOVING OUT, MAYBE AT THE TABLES THAT WE'RE EATING AT THE GAZA AND MOVING AND KIND OF MOVING THINGS.
I'M SORRY, MOVING THINGS AROUND.
WE COULD PROBABLY GET, DO 40, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SECONDARY LOCATION TO GO.
ARE YOU ANTICIPATING, I MEAN, LONG RANGE THINKING, THAT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T, I MEAN, WE HOPE WE'RE NOT GOING TO, BUT, UM, YEAH, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT WOULD BE HARD.
ANY, NONE OF THE CHURCHES WOULD BE ABLE TO HOST ADDITIONAL THAT, THAT MANY PEOPLE AT ONCE.
JUST GOING TO MAKE THE COMMENT, FIRE MARSHALS BACK THERE AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DAVID BEAM ALSO FIGURED OUT HOW WE COULD DO SOME THINGS OVER THERE TO MAKE IT WORK.
AND THIS IS THE CODE AND WE GOT TO FOLLOW THE LAW, BUT THIS IS HOW WE COULD DO IT.
AND, UH, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE, UH, RON AND THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COORDINATION OF THEM AND HOW WE CAN PUT THEM TOGETHER WITH SOCIAL SERVICES AND UNITED WAY TO HAVE AN UMBRELLA, TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO IT SO THAT WE CAN SERVE EVERYONE THE BEST AND NOT DUPLICATE.
IT'S IF I CAN JUST ADD JUST SOMETHING REALLY QUICK, UM, AS DR.
DALEY SAID, YOU CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR PARTNERS.
AND WE CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR GENERAL SERVICES PARTNERS, UH, PARKS AND REC THE, UH, FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN THE CODE OFFICE AND EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN SHOW YOU BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES, THEY DID AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB WITH DONATED MATERIALS AND UPDATED, UM, THE SPACE AND IT LOOKS AMAZING.
AND, UM, IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
I THANK YOU THE BOARD FOR HELPING THIS TO HAPPEN AS WELL.
AND, UM, COME BY THE OFFICE ANYTIME I WILL SHOW YOU AROUND.
AND, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK, UH, 10 TO 15 MINUTE, EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SOCIAL SERVICES.
[G. Report – Virginia Cooperative Extension Office – Stacy Swain]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REPORT FROM THE VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE, STACY STACY SWAN SWAIN.I'M SORRY IF SOMEBODY HIT ME WHEN I SAY SOMETHING COMES EASY.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I AM STACY SWAIN, SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
I AM THE FOUR H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT EDUCATOR HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO GO OVER WHAT OUR VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE OFFICE IS DOING CURRENTLY.
UM, YOU HAVE YOUR REPORT THERE.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE THINGS FOR OUR AG AND NATURAL RESOURCES AGENTS.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH SPOTTED LANTERN FLIES.
I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, SO THEY CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THAT.
UM, IT'S REALLY BIG AND WINCHESTER RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'RE GETTING AN INFLUX OF REPORTS ON THAT AND JUST TRYING TO GET THE AWARENESS OUT THERE.
UM, THEY ALSO CONTINUED WITH THEIR GRADES 300 PROGRAM, AND THEN THEY, UM, ARE DOING, THEY DID SOME SALES OVER THE SUMMER FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL FARMERS.
AND THEN, UM, AS LONG AS THE WHIRLPOOL AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN MANY OF THOSE AGENTS ALSO HELPED WITH, UM, THE LOCAL FAIRS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LIVESTOCK SHOWS FOR THE FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES, UM, DEPARTMENT.
SO KAREN HAS BEEN WORKING TO OFFER, UM, COPING WITH MONEY CRUNCH WEBINARS.
UM, SO SHE'S HAD THOSE, UM, THAT'S A VIRTUAL THING.
UM, DOESN'T REQUIRE 'EM TO BE IN A CERTAIN COUNTY.
SO THOSE ARE OPEN AND THAT'S ABOUT A TWO HOUR WEBINAR THAT SHE'S STILL CONTINUING TO DOING.
AND THEN SHE'S ALSO DOING HER, UM, MANAGING YOUR MONEY SERIES.
AND THEN THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING, UM, JUST RECENTLY THEY HAD THE WATER TESTING CLINICS, WHICH EVERYBODY KIND OF WORKED TOGETHER.
SO THEY WERE WORKING TO GET ALL OF THAT SET UP.
AND, UM, BUT NASA HAS BEEN WORKING TO DO SOME VIRTUAL WEBINARS ON JUST
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GARDENING AND FOR THE SUMMER AND HOW TO STORE FOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT SINCE THAT'S KIND OF, UM, BEEN A LITTLE INFLUX AND PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE MORE INTEREST IN THAT AS FAR AS THE FOUR H WORLD.UM, SO THIS SUMMER, OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO UNFORTUNATELY OUR OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMP WAS CANCELED.
UM, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THAT GOING ON DUE TO COVID HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL CHANGE FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR CAMP, UM, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION NEXT SUMMER.
UM, BUT THANKFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO HOST OUR FOUR H LIVESTOCK SHOWS.
UM, THEY WEREN'T THE TRADITIONAL SHOWS.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE THEM AT THE TIME FAIR LIKE NORMAL.
UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HOST THOSE AT VIRGINIA LIVESTOCK MARKET.
UM, AND, UM, IT WAS STILL LIKE, I THINK IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TO DO AND EVERYTHING THE KIDS HAD TO DO.
UM, FOR THAT, WE ENDED UP HAVING 13 YOUTH PARTICIPATE.
WE HAD OVER 41 ANIMALS THAT WERE THERE.
SO FOR GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE YEAR, I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THOSE YOUTH WERE ABLE TO STILL IN SOME FASHION, UM, SHOWCASE THOSE ANIMALS, THAT THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO RAISE.
AND THEN WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AS FAR AS THE LIVESTOCK AUCTION, UM, IT WAS WITH THOSE ANIMALS THAT WERE SOLD OVER $50,000 WAS RAISED.
THEN THAT GOES BACK TO THOSE YOUTH, UM, TO PAY FOR THOSE ANIMALS AND TO INVEST FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF NEW BUYERS COME OUT THAT WERE LOOKING FOR FREEZER MEAT TO PUT INTO THEIR FREEZER, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO REACH OUT TO THOSE NEW PEOPLE, PEOPLE AND GET SOME MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE YOUTH ARE DOING AS THEY'RE RAISING THOSE ANIMALS.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY START THOSE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
UH, MANY OF THE YOUTH ARE GETTING THEIR MARKET STEERS FOR NEXT SUMMER.
SO JUST TO, FOR THE YOUTH TO SHOW, UM, WHAT THEY DO AND HOW HARD THEY WORK TO RAISE THOSE ANIMALS.
AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS SOME OTHER PROGRAMMING JUST BEEN DOING A LOT OF PROGRAMS, TRYING TO STAY UP TO DATE AND KEEP THOSE GAINS KIDS ENGAGED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE VIRTUALLY WE'RE WORKING HARD TO GET SOME PROGRAMS GOING FOR IN THE SCHOOLS, VIRTUAL, UM, SOME ANNUAL CONFERENCES.
AND THEN I STARTED A BUTTERFLY WATCH PROGRAM TO JUST KIND OF SHOWCASE AS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM, UM, THE, THE PROCESS FROM CATERPILLAR TO CHRYSALIS AND THEN HATCHING MONARCHS.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT OUR WARREN COUNTY FOUR H FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, THERE'S SOME LIVE VIDEOS ON THERE THAT SHOWCASE THOSE BUTTERFLIES HATCHING OUT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT I ENJOY DOING IN A PROGRAM THAT WE DO IN THE SCHOOLS, UM, AND TALK ABOUT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BRING THAT LIVE THIS YEAR.
UM, AND ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE A CHRYSALIS BEING FORMED.
UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A UNIQUE THING FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO SEE TOO.
UM, AND JUST SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, OF JUST BRINGING THAT LIFE CYCLE TOGETHER FOR EVERYONE.
OTHER THAN THAT, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST KIND OF GEARING UP FOR OUT OUR FOUR H YEAR AND OUR AWARDS BANQUET, AND THEN JUST GETTING READY TO START UP FOR A NEW YEAR, UM, AND HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND ENGAGE THOSE KIDS, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON, UM, SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF SOMETHING ELSE TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.
NEXT IS THE REPORTS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD, BECAUSE THESE COUPLE WON'T TAKE VERY LONG AT ALL.
IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST WHIP THROUGH THOSE AND THEN WE'LL GO RIGHT TO, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
CAUSE ACCORDING TO OUR AGENDA HERE WHERE WE CHANGED IT, BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH OUR BOARD BOARDS AND, UM, UH, UH, APPROVAL AND THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND GET, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THAT, THAT HOUR.
[H. Reports – Board Members, Interim County Administrator, Interim County Attorney]
MEMBERS, RJ, DO YOU WANT TO START THIS MORNING AND NOTHING THIS TIME? OKAY.I ATTENDED, UH, THE SHERIFF'S, UH, CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT'S ALWAYS, UM, AN EDUCATIONAL AND A GOOD MEETING TOURISM.
WE, OUR COMMITTEE MET AND MOVING FORWARD ON THAT CARES FUND.
UM, WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE
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ON GETTING ALL THOSE REVIEWED AND FINISHING UP ON THAT.AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE ON THAT.
UM, FINISHED OUR THIRD SESSION, THE BUDGETING SESSION OF THE SUPERVISOR CLASS, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE DONE WITH THE CLASS.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, OUR ROUTINE STUFF.
UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO THE, UM, SHANNON, NO SHORES BOARD MEETING, UH, WAS VERY GOOD.
UH, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WAS OPEN AND HONEST AND IT SOUNDED LIKE ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, WHICH YOU SOMETIMES YELLING SOMETIMES SCREAMING, BUT OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT MEETING AND I APPRECIATED IT.
UH, WE HAD, UM, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MEETINGS EVERY WEEK JUST LIKE NORMAL.
UM, AND I ALSO ATTENDED A MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY AND THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ME.
IT WAS A, NOT NECESSARILY A QUIET WEEK CAUSE I RUN ALL OVER THE PLACE ANYWAY, BUT I HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU, MRS. OATES.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, BETWEEN RAIL AND WARREN COUNTY, WE FORMED A DRUG PREVENTION COMMITTEE, UM, DRUG AWARENESS.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
THE COMMITTEE HAS SET FOR ITSELF, WHICH INCLUDES EDUCATING OURSELVES, INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS, UH, PREVENTION EFFORTS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COORDINATION OF RESOURCES.
AND THAT COMMITTEE IS FORMING.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A WHOLE COMMITTEE WHICH WILL FORM SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY PUT LEGS ACTIONS TO THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, UH, IN OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TO HELP OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH THE DRUG PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE ALL VERY AWARE OF AND TOUCHED BY.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO HASN'T BEEN AFFECTED.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS MORNING.
UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, JOE MCFADDEN, SCOTT LLOYD, AND LAURIE COCKRELL, AND, UM, MAYOR CHRIS HOLLOWAY.
AND JUST SAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU COOPERATIVELY, MR. CARTER ATTENDED, UM, LINDEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAD A 30TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, UM, LIKE TO WISH THEM ALL THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, CAMPING FOR HUNGER STARTS NOVEMBER 16TH.
THAT'S BEEN SPONSORED BY, UH, W FDR AND W Z R V.
UH, THEY'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
NORMALLY THEY WOULD PARK THE BUS DOWN AT THE WORLD PLAZA AND SOME OF THEIR STAFF WOULD SPEND THE NIGHT OVERNIGHT.
UH, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, THEY'RE LEAVING THE BUS PARKED AT THE STATION, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 1106 ELM STREET.
UM, THEY WILL STILL ACCEPT, UH, DRY FOOD, CANNED GOODS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR, UM, MONETARY DONATIONS AS WELL.
I THINK LAST YEAR THEY RECEIVED 12 TONS OF FOOD AND NEARLY 8,000, UH, IN MONETARY DONATIONS, THE FOOD AND MONEY THEY COLLECT THIS YEAR WILL BE DONATED TO C CAP AS IT'S BEEN DONE IN, IN, IN MANY OF THE PAST YEARS.
UH, I BELIEVE THEY DO ALSO ACCEPT DONATIONS ONLINE AND THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS (540) 635-4121.
AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A NICE, SAFE, UH, AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN THIS PAST SATURDAY.
AND THEN WE HAD THE ELECTION YESTERDAY.
SO APPARENTLY TRICK OR TREATING WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME.
THE INTERIM CITY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE BEGAN THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE FIRE CHIEF APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE 17 APPLICATIONS, UH, 15 ARE FROM 13 ARE WITHIN AN HOUR OF HERE.
THERE ARE FOUR WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AS A CHIEF FIRE AND RESCUE CHIEF SOMEWHERE.
UH, THREE OF THOSE ARE IN VIRGINIA.
THERE ARE FIVE WHO ARE SERVING IN A LARGER JURISDICTION AS EITHER A DEPUTY CHIEF OR A BATTALION CHIEF.
UH, SOME OF THESE VERY LARGE JURISDICTIONS ARE ALL DIVIDED INTO BATTALIONS AND THEY HAVE, UH, MORE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL WISE THAN WHAT A COMMUNITY OUR SIZE HAS TO THE CHIEF OF SALES.
UH, WE HAVE EIGHT WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
WE HAVE TWO WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE.
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WE'RE FORMED MOST OF OUR COMMITTEE.I GOT A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO, AND, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING WORKING ON THOSE, UH, BEFORE THANKSGIVING, IF POSSIBLE, TO HAVE THOSE INTERVIEWS, UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE INTERVIEWS FOR THE SANITARY DISTRICT MANAGER, AND WE'RE DOING SOME MORE WORK W RATED THE APPLICANTS AND DOING SOME MORE WORK ON COMPLETING THOSE THAT SHOULD BE DONE THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK.
HOPEFULLY IF NOT THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH VALLEY HEALTH AND ANTHEM, UH, PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES AND HAVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE GET OVER.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS LATER WITH, UM, MR. FARRELL AND, UH, RIVERMONT FIRE STATION, UH, FINISHING UP SOME LAST FEW LITTLE THINGS.
I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE 14TH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 21ST TO HAVE AN OPENING WITH AN IN COORDINATION WITH THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE FEEL SAFER GOING WITH THE 21ST AND BESIDES ON THE 14TH, UH, REMIND YOU, YOU WILL BE OCCUPIED.
WE HAVE THE ADVANCE ON THE 13TH AND THE 14TH AND MRS. GROM LANE.
OUR FACILITATOR HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND, UH, PROBABLY SHE MIGHT COME BACK TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MRS. O TO HAVE MET WITH HER, BUT SHE WILL BE CONTACTING THE OTHER THREE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AND ACHIEVE AT THIS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE, OUR INTERIM COUNTY ATTORNEY.
NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE ACCOUNTS.
COULD I GET A MOTION, PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR.
MY APOLOGIES WHERE YOU DO THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS WE REORDERED THE AGENDA.
MAYBE WE DON'T MEET AN AGENDA.
WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD VERY QUICKLY AND DO
[I. Approval of Accounts]
THE APPROVAL OF THE ACCOUNTS.COULD I GET A MOTION FOR THAT PLEASE? LET'S MOVE TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND IT IN DISCUSSION CONCERNS.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. FOX.
[J. Modification Request for Conditional Use Permit 2016-10-03, Gregory and Mary S. Huson to Add Conditions Related to Indoor Classes/Seminars and Seasonal Agricultural Activities – Joe Petty]
LAST THING BEFORE THE, UM, PUBLIC PRESENTATION OR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS THE MODIFICATION REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2016 DASH 10 DASH THREE, GREGORY AND MARY, UH, HUDSON TO ADD CONDITIONAL RELATED OR TO AN INDOOR CLASSES, SEMINARS AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES.THANK YOU BOARD FOR HAVING US HERE.
WE ORIGINALLY SPOKE ON THIS MATTER ON OCTOBER 20TH AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS MODIFICATION TO AN EXISTING CUP.
AND SINCE THEN WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT LAST WEEK ON THE 28TH, UH, THE APPLICANT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT WERE ABLE TO MEET AT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH MEETS ONCE A MONTH.
UM, VIDOT WAS ALSO ON THE CALL, WRAPPED PANIC ELECTRIC.
SO ALL PARTIES WERE THERE AND WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND COMMENTS THAT CAME UP FROM THAT MEETING.
WE HAVE THE UPDATED CONDITIONS HERE, ULTIMATELY THE INDOOR CLASSES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD IN THE HOME.
THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF, UM, CONCERNS AND HURDLES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO DONE TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE FOR THAT.
SO ULTIMATELY THEY'VE PULLED BACK ON THE INDOOR CLASSES INSIDE OF THE HOME AND THEY WILL BE HOLDING THEM AS PART OF THE SEASONAL ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
THE INDOOR CLASSES WERE ONLY GOING TO TAKE PLACE IF THERE WERE, UM, INCLEMENT WEATHER, COOLER WEATHER.
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THE CLASSES WILL COINCIDE WITH THE SEASONAL ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT THEY WILL BE, AND THEY WILL BE CONSTRUCTING AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE AGAIN, AS PART OF THAT CONDITION TO SELL SOME OF THE FLOWERS AND REEF THAT THEY MAKE OR PRODUCE THAT THEY'RE PRODUCING.AND THEN THAT CAN ALSO SERVE AS AN ACCESSORY TO SOME OF THESE CLASSES.
UM, IN WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE PORTABLE RESTROOMS, WHICH IS APPROVED THROUGH THE ZONING AS WELL, UM, FOR ANY CLASSES OR SEMINARS OR ACTIVITIES THAT THEY DO.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ALL, UM, COMPLIANT WITH THEM.
AND SO I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THEM, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE SENT THIS TO THEM.
WE'VE WORKED WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THINGS.
SO, UM, WE WERE GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE FOR YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU, MR. PERRY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BEAR? NO, I, I CALL HIM, GOT ALL MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED MONDAY, SO I'M, I'M GOOD.
AND I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE MODIFICATION, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 20 DASH 16 DASH 10 DASH THREE OF GREGORY AND MARY HUSON, A ROLE EVENTS FACILITY TO ADD CLASSES, SEMINARS, SEASONAL, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO THE EXHIBIT ZESTING CONDITIONS ON THE PERMIT.
ANY DISCUSSION OR CONCERN, RIGHT WHEN THIS ONE CAME UP ALONG WITH ANOTHER ONE LAST TIME.
DID WE NOT RECESS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ONE? OR DID WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WAIT UNTIL LATER, BECAUSE I'M THINKING ONE OF THESE, WE RECESSED THE PUBLIC AREA.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CARTER, MR. CHAIRMAN, MS. COLORS, MR. FOX RIGHT
[D. Public Comment Period (60 Minute Time Limit)]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EVERYBODY AT LEAST THREE MINUTES.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO GIVE INPUT ON ANY REVELENT ISSUE, NOT THE SUBJECT OF A PUBLIC HEARING AND IS NOT INTENDED AS A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SHALL BE LIMITED TO 60 MINUTES WITH A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES FOR ANYONE.
SPEAKER SPEAKERS MAY ONLY SPEAK ONCE AND SPEAKERS WILL BE HEARD IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY'VE SIGNED UP.
MRS. SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? YES.
I'M LEE COSKATA AT 79 MAGNOLIA DRIVE.
I ALSO HAVE TWO THINGS TO HAND YOU BEFORE I GET STARTED.
SO FIRST I HANDED A COPY OF DR.
JAMES GILLESPIE, WHO IS THE, UH, DEAN OF HUMANITIES AT LORD FAIRFAX, COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
HE PUBLISHED A LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN THE FRONT ROYAL EXAMINER YESTERDAY, AND I'VE GIVEN YOU EACH A COPY.
HE ALSO EMAILED IT TO EACH OF YOU.
AND SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE FIRST PART OF THREE PARTS OF FRONT ROYAL UNITES OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE RESULTS OF BALLOT QUESTION THREE, AND WE'VE DIVIDED IT UP INTO SECTIONS THAT CAN FIT WITHIN THREE MINUTES EACH.
SO YOU'LL HEAR TWO MORE SPEAKERS WITH THE REMAINDER OF OUR STATEMENT, THE RESULTS OF QUESTION THREE, MARK, THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END OF THE DEBATE ON FRONT ROYALS CONFEDERATE STATUE.
THEY DO NOT GIVE US A DECISION.
THEY TELL US WHAT WE KNEW ALL ALONG UPON FOUNDING FRONT ROYAL UNITES THAT THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR A CHALLENGING, BUT CRUCIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR GRIM HISTORY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY.
AND THEY REMIND US THAT WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IS FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOB, TO SERVE AS LEADERS FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST EFFECTED BY THE, THE HARROWING HISTORY AND ITS DEVASTATING EFFECTS, WHICH LINGER TO THIS DAY, THE FOUNDING FATHERS CREATED A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY RATHER THAN A DIRECT DEMOCRACY FOR A REASON FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO EXERCISE THEIR WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE, TO LEGISLATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL CITIZENS.
EVEN WHEN THOSE DECISIONS, CONFLICT WITH THE MAJORITY OPINION.
OTHERWISE, WHY HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT ALL?
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LET US NOTE THAT THIS REFERENDUM WAS NO CONSENSUS AND THE BOARD HAS A DUTY NOT TO TURN ITS BACK ON THE ALMOST ONE QUARTER OF OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE CALLING FOR CHANGE, MANY OF WHOM HAVE LONG BEEN MARGINALIZED AND IGNORED AT THIS MOMENT.IT IS WORTH REFLECTING THAT OUR GREATEST MOMENTS OF PROGRESS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY CAME NOT THROUGH NON-BINDING REFERENDUMS, BUT ONLY AFTER LONG STRUGGLES UNDERTAKEN BY COMMITTED GROUPS OF CITIZENS, OFTEN IN THE MINORITY TO HOLD THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ACCOUNTABLE FROM MARCHING IN THE STREETS TO TESTIFYING IN CONGRESS.
AND WHEN ALL ELSE FAILED, EVEN LITIGATING IN THE SUPREME COURT, PERHAPS ONE MIGHT CALL THESE TRAILBLAZERS TROUBLEMAKERS, BUT WE KNOW THAT HAD ROSA PARKS SIMPLY GIVEN UP HER BUS SEAT THAT FATEFUL DAY OR HAD MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
WRUNG HIS HANDS INSTEAD OF MARCHING IN THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON AND SHARING HIS DREAM WITH THE WORLD THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND NOW SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAD THREE PEOPLE NOT GATHERED AT THE SENECA FALLS CONVENTION TO KICK OFF A DECADES LONG CRUSADE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE IN 1848 AND THEN PERSISTED, DESPITE FAILED CONGRESSIONAL PROPOSALS.
MANY OF US MIGHT STILL BE RELEGATED TO THE KITCHEN INSTEAD OF HEADING TO THE BALLOT BOX WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
AND AFTER WHITE LEADERS IN THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, REFUSE TO INCORPORATE BLACK WOMEN INTO THEIR FIGHT HAD IDA B WELLS JUST ACCEPTED HER PLACE AT THE BACK OF THE FIRST EVER WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PARADE, PERHAPS BLACK WOODEN WOMEN WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
MRS SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? OH YES.
GOOD MORNING, KRISTEN IDEN FOUR OH SEVEN WASHINGTON AVENUE.
UM, CHRISTIAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOU CAN PULL DOWN YOUR MASK, GOES IT A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR YOU.
YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT GYM VOICE.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU, UM, HAD THESE HISTORICAL HEROES ACQUIESCED TO SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
WE'D HAVE QUIETLY GIVEN INTO THE STATUS QUO, SLAVERY DISENFRANCHISEMENT SEGREGATION, TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITHOUT SUCH PERSEVERANCE BY THE FEW TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR ALL DEMOCRACY OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE WILL FAIL.
WE KNOW FROM OUR OWN HARROWING HISTORY THAT WARREN COUNTY HAS LEFT ITS BLACK CITIZENS BEHIND BEFORE BEING ONE OF THE LAST LOCALITIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE TO DE-SEGREGATE DURING MASSIVE RESISTANCE.
WHEN ONE SEARCHES ONLINE FOR MASSIVE RESISTANCE, WARREN COUNTY APPEARS AT THE TOP OF THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOREVER CEMENTING OUR REPUTATION FOR THE WORLD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MORE THAN 100 CONFEDERATE STATUES HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN OR MOVED SINCE THE 2015 CHARLESTON CHURCH MASSACRE IN ANOTHER 50 YEARS, DOES WARREN COUNTY WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A CHAMPION OF CIVIL RIGHTS OR YET AGAIN, AS THE LONE HANDOUT, HOLD OUT THAT REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THE DAMAGE INFLICTED BY THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY.
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR PROPONENTS OF THE STATUE OF REMAINING IN PLACE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REWRITE HISTORY TO CONFORM TO THEIR IDEALIC FANTASIES OF THE CONFEDERACY.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DENYING THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, WHICH WAGED THEIR WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PRESERVING SLAVERY, THIS DISTURBING TRUTH RESOUNDS IN THE WORDS OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY, ALEXANDER STEPHENS AND HIS CORNERSTONE SPEECH.
AND I QUOTE OUR NEW GOVERNMENT IS FORMED UPON EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE IDEAS ITS FOUNDATIONS ARE LAID.
ITS CORNERSTONE RESTS UPON THE GREAT TRUTH THAT THE NEGRO IS NOT EQUAL TO THE WHITE MAN THAT SLAVERY SUBORDINATION TO THE SUPERIOR RACE IS HIS NATURAL AND MORAL CONDITION AND COOKED LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHER CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS LOCATED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, SUCH AS TOWN SQUARES IN COURTHOUSE LAWNS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH WARREN COUNTY STATUE WAS ERECTED BY THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, DESPITE ITS ASSERTIONS THAT HAD STAYED QUIETLY IN THE BACKGROUND.
THE UDC HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROMOTE GATING, THE DANGEROUS LOST CAUSE IDEOLOGY THAT DOWNPLAYS SLAVERY AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR LEAVING MORE THAN 42% OF AMERICANS BELIEVING THIS FALSE NARRATIVE.
THE UDC IS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THWARTING, EVEN MEAGER PROTECTIONS FOR BLACK AMERICANS DURING RECONSTRUCTION IN THE EARLY 19
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HUNDREDS, THE UDC CONTINUED TO ASSERT WHITE SUPREMACY AND TERRORIZE TERRORIZED BLACK PEOPLE DURING THE JIM CROW ERA.THANK YOU MR. SCHEER HOCKEY, HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? UH, YES.
MR. CHAIRMAN,
DALEY AND CHIEF MAYBE ASKED THAT WE COME AND PROVIDE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE 2019 2020 SAFER GRANT PROGRAM ON OCTOBER 14TH AND 15TH, THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED AT STANDARD HIRING PROCESS WITH A TOTAL OF 17 APPLICANTS COMPLETING THAT PROCESS AS A RESULT AND PLEASED TO INTRODUCE SIX NEW POSITIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES.
THREE OF WHICH WERE PROMOTED FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME THREE OF WHICH WERE HIRED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION, MONITORED, UH, INTRODUCED FIREFIGHTER EMT, NICHOLAS BAILEY, FIREFIGHTER EMT, BERNARD GOTHAM, FIREFIGHTER EMT, EDWARD HAMMOCK, FIREFIGHTER EMT, ADVANCED MATTHEW HUNT, FIREFIGHTER EMT, NICHOLAS LOAN AND FIREFIGHTER MEDIC LISA WILLBANKS.
THESE SIX INDIVIDUALS REPRESENT A COMBINATION OF 82 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRE AND EMS FIELD.
ADDITIONALLY, FIVE NEW PART-TIME EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND WILL BEGIN WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT, UM, OVER THE NEXT MONTH, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD IN COMPLETING OUR MODIFIED RECRUIT SCHOOL AND BEGIN INTEGRATING THESE SIX INDIVIDUALS INTO OUR FULL-TIME, UH, STAFFED POSITIONS, UM, UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE RIVERMONT FIRE STATION.
AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S CONTINUED SUPPORT TOWARDS THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES.
AND IT WAS CERTAINLY WANT TO SINGLE OUT CHIEF, MAYBE DR.
DALEY AND HR MANAGER, JODY SPITLER FOR THEIR, UM, SUPPORT IN ACCELERATING THESE HIGHER POSITIONS.
I KNOW AT LEAST FOR JODIE'S POSITION, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ALREADY BUSY AND SHE MADE SURE THAT ALL OF HIS PAPERWORK GOT DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
UH, SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SEE IN THESE FOLKS, OUT IN THE STATIONS.
MR. SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? OH YES.
I'M AVERY HARPER, ONE, ONE 47 WHATSO ROAD IN WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
THE UDC DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR SUCCESS ACTUALLY PUT UP A MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE KKK IN 1926.
THUS, DESPITE CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY FRONT ROYAL STATUTE, ISN'T SERVING TO ENLIGHTEN ANYONE ON THE CONFEDERACY'S DARK HISTORY.
IT IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF EXISTENCE.
IT HAS ONLY FURTHERED OBS FEW SKATED.
THE REALITY THAT THE CIVIL WAR WAS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH REQUEST TO HOLD UP THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY FURTHER.
OUR COURTHOUSE IS OUR COUNTY SEAT OF JUSTICE.
YET THE STATUTE CELEBRATES THE SO-CALLED PATRIOTISM OF THE CONFEDERACY WHOSE EXISTENCE BY ITS VERY NATURE WAS AN ACT OF TREACHERY THROUGH THE LETTERING ON ITS SPACE.
THE STATUTE SUPPOSEDLY HONORS VETERANS YET ITS PROMINENCE AT OUR COURTHOUSE, INSULTS SALTS.
THE MEMORY OF THE OTHER VETERANS HONORED THERE WHO FOUGHT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHILE THE CONFEDERACY FOUGHT AGAINST IT THOUGH, MANY OF THE NAMES ON THE STATUE WERE UNLIKELY.
SLAVE OWNERS THEMSELVES AMERICA'S UNIQUE.
COUNTLESS SOLDIERS FOUGHT FOR THE CONFEDERACY.
NOT BECAUSE THEY OWN SLAVES, BUT BECAUSE THEY SUPPORTED THE INSTITUTION OF CHATTEL SLAVERY, HOPING ONE DAY TO BE PROSPEROUS ENOUGH TO HAVE THEIR OWN PLANTATION THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED SLAVE LABOR, IMPORTANTLY, ADVOCATES FOR THE STATUE REMAINING IN PLACE HAVE FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY WOULD FACE REAL HARM FROM ITS RELOCATION TO A MORE SUITABLE RELOCATION, SUCH AS A MUSEUM OR CONFEDERATE GRAVEYARD, WHERE THEY COULD CONTINUE TO VISIT IT.
AS OFTEN AS THEY DESIRE, RATHER THEY HAVE RELIED ON THE ARGUMENT, TEMPT THEM AT EQUITY FALLACY THAT THE STATUE IS STOOD AT OUR COURTHOUSE FOR OVER 100 YEARS AND THEREFORE SHOULD REMAIN, WHICH IS NOT AN ARGUMENT AT ALL.
BUT THE ABSENCE OF ONE WOULD THEY SAY THE SAME OF SLAVERY? THE COST OF THE STATUTE REMAINING ON PUBLIC LAND ON THE OTHER HAND ARE CLEAR EVERY DAY THAT IT STANDS.
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AS A PERPETUAL REMINDER TO BLACK FOLKS THAT THEY WERE ONCE CONSIDERED MERE PROPERTY THEMSELVES JUST RECENTLY A RICHMOND CIRCUIT COURT, EVEN DECLARED THAT EFFORTS TO STOP THE REMOVAL OF THE ROBERT E. LEE MONUMENT.THERE ACTUALLY CAN FIT CONFLICT WITH OUR STATE'S CURRENT PUBLIC POLICY RECOGNIZING THAT TEST.
AND THIS IS A QUOTE TESTIMONY OVERWHELMINGLY ESTABLISHED THE NEED OF THE SOUTHERN CITIZENRY TO ESTABLISH A MONUMENT TO THEIR LOSS CAUSE.
AND TO SOME DEGREE, THEIR WHOLE WAY OF LIFE, INCLUDING SLAVERY AND QUOTE.
YET VIRGINIA CONTINUES TO SPEND UP TO 9 MILLION IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS, MAINTAINING CONFEDERATE GRAVES, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS BEING FUNNELED DIRECTLY TO THE UDC.
THE DANGER OF THE UDC AND OUR GOVERNMENT'S FUNDING OF THEM ARE SPOKEN ABOUT BY PROFESSOR JALANE SCHMIDT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
AND THIS IS A QUOTE, THEY CREATED AN IDEOLOGY.
HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? OH YES.
UH, WELL MY NAME IS SAMUEL PORTER.
I'M FROM TWO 16 FLETCHER STREET.
GOOD OLD FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
I'M GOING TO FINISH FOR, TRY TO READ A LITTLE FAST WHAT THEY WERE READING, BUT I HAVE MY OWN STATEMENT.
SO, UM, YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF IT.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SORT OF REVIEW IT ON YOUR OWN SONGS.
SO WE NOW TURN TO THE PRESENT DAY WARREN COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE FALSE NOTION THAT RACISM LIKE SLAVERY IS A RELIC OF OUR PAST.
TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE CASE OF FORMER OF WARREN COUNTY, MORE ON PAGE IN THE WACP PRESIDENTS WHO HAD A FREEMAN WHO EVEN AFTER SURMOUNTING BEING LOCKED OUT OF SCHOOLING BY MASSIVE RESISTANCE AT WARREN COUNTY HALL IN 1958, WENT ON TO GRADUATE HERE AND EMBARK ON A CAREER IN AUDITING.
YOU HAD TO COMMUTE FOR DECADES TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA BECAUSE SHE WAS UNABLE TO SECURE A FAIR AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT IN FRONT ROYAL.
HOW ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE ILLUSTRATES THE RACIAL INEQUALITY THAT THIS IS AN ENDEMIC, UM, NATIONALLY ON AVERAGE BLACK PEOPLE MAKE UP ONLY 62% OF WHITE PEOPLE'S SALARY OR THIS YEAR WHEN A TRUCK DROVE PAST THE HOME OF A PROMINENT MEMBER OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY AND IT SHOUTED WHITE POWER OR THIS SUMMER WHEN A MIXED RACE CHILD ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A HAND WIPE AT APPLEBEE'S AND HER MOTHER FOUND HER RETURN TO THEIR CAR WITH THE WRITING.
YOU ASKED ME FOR THIS WHITE, THEN LEFT IT SAYING RIGHT WHERE THAT LITTLE PECKER HEAD HALF-BREED DROPPED IT ON.
SO EVERYONE ELSE COULD STEP ON IT THOUGH.
I'M SURE YOUR HOME IS FILTHY AND CLUTTER.
WE TRY TO KEEP OUR, OUR TOWN CLEAN.
THIS IS THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE GO ON HERE.
SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO QUIT READING THIS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THAT IN WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
SO WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA Y'ALL WANT TO STUCK UP IN THE PAST AWARD, WHAT THIS REFERENDUM AND THE RESULTS.
AND I PERSONALLY, WOULDN'T BE TOO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
APPROXIMATELY 20,683 PEOPLE VOTED YESTERDAY FOR THIS QUESTION.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT NUMBER.
YOU CAN JOT IT DOWN IF YOU WANT TO.
AGAIN, SO FAR THE RESULTS ON OFFICIAL 20,683 WHITE PEOPLE MAKE UP ABOUT 90.5% OF THE POPULATION HERE.
BLACK PEOPLE MAKE UP ABOUT 5%.
SO LET'S WITH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOULD.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A RESULT OF ABOUT 15,000 OR 18,718.
IF WE'RE, IF IT BECOMES DOWN TO LIKE A REALLY RACE ISSUE, WHICH I THINK IT IS.
UM, AND THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE, THE BLACK POPULATION, IF THEY ARE VOTING ABOUT A THOUSAND SHOULD HAVE VOTED, YOU KNOW, UH, TO REMOVE IT OR RELOCATE THE FINAL.
IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN BY PERCENTAGES, ABOUT 15,000 FOLKS SAID TO REMOVE IT 4,879 SAID TO KEEP IT.
NOW I KNOW THAT ALL 4,879 ARMED BLACK PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MANY HERE, BUT I'M MAJORITY.
I'M SURE MAJORITY OF THEM VOTED TO RELOCATE IT WITH, WITH, AMONG THEIR ALLIES.
SO IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO ME, IT SHOWS THAT THE BLACK PEOPLE HERE IN OUR COUNTY WANT IT TO BE RELOCATED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WHOLE TIME.
YOU WANTED THE RESULTS AND YOU GOT IT.
SO LET'S GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
I'LL LET EVERYBODY IN HERE KNOW IT.
UM, WE EXPECTED RED WARREN COUNTY TO VOTE THIS WAY BECAUSE IT'S WAS TURNED INTO A REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT THING AND IT NEVER HAD TO BE THAT WAY.
UM, ONE MORE THING, NORTH RIVER, SOUTH RIVER AND HAPPY CREEK.
WE KNOW WHAT MAKE UP THOSE DISTRICTS.
MAJORITY OF THE BLACK POPULATION, BENTONVILLE BEYOND BROWNTOWN, DO NOT GO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE VOTE AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE'RE JUST BEING SURE OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE WANT TO RELOCATE IT.
AND THE WHITE PEOPLE CAN'T TELL US WHAT TO DO.
MR. SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? YES.
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TIM RADIGAN SIX ZERO SEVEN NINE STONEWALL JACKSON HIGHWAY.I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY ONE THING REAL QUICK.
DO WE NOT LIVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL.
I'M SURE OUR EDUCATION HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN CONSIDERABLY SINCE I SPENT THE BETTER PART OF LAST WEEK, WATCHING SOME DOCUMENTARIES ON THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF AMERICA AND A VERY INSPIRING AND BEAUTIFULLY DONE HISTORY OF AFRICA AND THEIR HIDDEN CITIES THAT THEY DID.
I MEAN, THEY HAD WONDERFUL TECHNOLOGY AND THEY WERE EXPERT BUILDERS.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WE LIVED IN A REPUBLIC.
I LIKE TO MENTION SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS VERY SELDOM MENTIONED IN THIS DEBATE.
THAT MONUMENT STANDS ON A CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD.
THAT MONUMENT STANDS AT THE BLOOD SOAKED SOIL OF BOTH SOUTHERN AND UNION SOLDIERS.
IN FACT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS TOWN STANDS ON THE CIVIL WAR METAL PILL IN THE STREET, URBAN FIGHTING FROM STREET TO STREET, AND A GOOD PORTION OF IT HAPPENED RIGHT ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT.
AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT OUR REPUBLIC HAS LASTED FOR OVER 200 YEARS.
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC HAS STOOD FOR OVER 200 YEARS AND IT HAS WORKED WELL.
THE CITIZENS HAVE VOTED AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD HONOR THE VOLTS THAT WAS TAKEN ON YOUNG LADY HANDED ME A NAPKIN AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR TERM.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT NAPKIN AND I HAVE THAT NAPKIN AT HOME.
ANOTHER THING I WOULDN'T LIKE TO MENTION VERY, VERY QUICKLY IS THAT WE ARE A UNITED PEOPLE INSTEAD OF BATTLING ABOUT A MONUMENT.
WE SHOULDN'T BE ENCOURAGING OUR, OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM TO LOOK OVER THE CURRICULUM.
AND INSTEAD OF TEACHING A WATERED DOWN CURRICULUM THAT SHOULD TEACH US THE ENTIRE TRUTH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
IT MAY BE UGLY, BUT IT NEEDS TO STAND SO THAT WE TEACH FUTURE GENERATIONS.
WE HANDLE THINGS THROUGH DIPLOMACY.
MR. SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED UP.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UM, THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA FOR SARAH? I JUST THINK THAT, UM, THIS THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK.
CAN I, I DON'T MEAN THREE MINUTES AND I HAVE 30 SECONDS JUST TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WON'T BE MORE THAN THAT.
UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS SAMUEL PORTER, TWO 16 FLETCHER STREET, GOOD OLD ROW, VIRGINIA WARREN COUNTY.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT MR. WELL, ROBIN'S RULES.
I AGREE THAT WE, UH, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN BETTER AND DOING THE RIGHT THING THERE.
I THINK THAT SOME OF OUR TEACHERS ALSO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP WHEN MAYBE WITH THEIR SALARIES.
UM, ALSO WITH THE SHERIFFS THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, I APPRECIATE THEM AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THEY SUPPORT OUR COUNTY.
MY GRANDMOTHER WAKES UP AT THREE 30 EVERY MORNING TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE CITY TO GO TO WORK.
AND IF SHE EVER NEEDED A PROBLEM THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING, I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR SHERIFFS, WHEN I THINK THEY WOULD GO AND HELP HER AND ASSIST HER.
I THINK THAT IN THE, IN THE NOTES I SEEN THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ADD 12 NEW OFFICERS OR ONE INTELLIGENCE AND THEN 10 PATROL.
AND I JUST REALLY, REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I SUPPORT SHERIFFS, BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT THE ONES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE FORCE.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM ARE ABLE TO GET THINGS LIKE FOOD STAMPS AND ABLE TO GET THINGS LIKE HABITAT HOMES.
WHY DON'T WE INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THE ONES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
AND INSTEAD OF MAYBE ADD IN 10, ADD THREE AND THEN SUPPORT THE OTHERS THAT WE ALREADY DO HAVE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO BEAT THEM.
LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE DEPUTIES, IF WE DO HAVE TO ADD SOME, WE PAY ATTENTION.
ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE PREMISES TO THE ARGUMENT WAS THAT OUR TOWN
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OR OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED 25%, BUT PER THE CENSUS, THAT'S JUST INCORRECT.IT'S ABOUT FIVE OR MAYBE 7% BETWEEN 2010 TO 2019.
SO IF WE'RE BASE INTO INCREASE OFF OF THE PREMISE THAT OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN, IT WOULD BE FALSE.
AND SO WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO MAKE SURE WE FIND SOME PREMISES THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT INCREASE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, BASED OFF OF THE REPORT IN Y'ALL'S AGENDA THAT YOU CAN FIND ONLINE, UM, OR WHAT, UH, WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU ALL 25% INCREASE.
AND SO THAT'S IN Y'ALL'S RECORD AND NOT AS HOPE THAT WE MAYBE FIX THAT BEFORE WE ACT ON IT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FINAL CALL? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.
SHOULD WE, DO WE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK FOR FIVE OR 10 MINUTES? UM, DO WE NEED A BIO BREAK AT ALL? I NEED ONE MINUTE.
[K. Consent Agenda]
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE KIND OF SET.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PEOPLE? UM, SO I THINK IN YOUR AMENDED AGENDA, YOU SUBSTITUTED THE ITEM SIX REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
AND IN LIEU OF THAT, INSTEAD SCHEDULE ADOPTED THE ITEM TO REQUEST THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WILL FIT.
WE HAD A, DOES THIS PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL ANYTHING OFF, THEN THIS IS AN EASY, YEAH, YEAH.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS HERE FOR SHANNON WOODS.
I SUPPOSE MY MINE'S OFF THE ONLY THING THAT, I MEAN, SHANNON, WAS THIS PART OF THE PUBLIC HERE, CORRECT? YES.
A CONSENT AGENDA, NORMALLY TEXTS, UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE NORMALLY, UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY EXCELLENT.
DO YOU MIND, I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE'VE, UM, THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE, UM, EMISSION OF ITEM NUMBER SIX AS PER OUR AGENDA.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS THAT I'LL SECOND.
AND THE ADDITION OF NUMBER FIVE ON YOUR AMENDMENT, SIR, I THINK YEAH.
FOR IT TO MAKE IT CLEAR ONE OR THE OTHER, I THINK MAYBE JUST, UH, ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED BECAUSE IT IS AS PRESENTED.
ARE WE PULLING NUMBER SIX? YOU SAID WITH YOUR MIDDLE.
[L. Public Hearing (Recessed) – Ordinance to Establish the Shannon Woods Sanitary District – Mike Berry]
IS THE PUBLIC HEARING THE ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE SHANNON WOODS SANITARY DISTRICT, MIKE BERRY.AND I DO HAVE MR. BARRY ON THE PHONE IN CASE THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SHANNON WOODS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, TOO.
WOULD THE OWNERS LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND TALK TO US? SHANNON WOODS FIVE, SIX, EIGHT.
THIS TIME I BROUGHT THE BOOK THIS TIME, UH, DID THE BOARD RECEIVE OUR RESPONSE TO THE LETTER OF COMPLAINT? HAS EVERYBODY HAD TIME TO GO OVER IT? YES.
AND I TALKED TO MR. BARRY IN-DEPTH ON MONDAY
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AS WELL.UM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REVIEW IT OR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? CORRECT? I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
READY, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE SHANNON WOODS SANITARY DISTRICT AS IDENTIFIED ON THE ATTACHMENT AND THE PUBLIC HERE AND CLOSED THE PUBLIC HERE.
JUMPED THE GUN, TRYING TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE.
SO WE RECESSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC.
CAN WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN MAKE YOUR MOTION.
YOU DO, AND HAVING INTERRUPTED YOU.
I ALSO HAD A SUGGESTED CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE AND AT THE END, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PUT AND AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A AND THEN HAVE EXHIBIT A B THIS MAP.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT FIVE YEARS TIME, WHATEVER SOMEONE GOES LOOKING FOR THIS ORDINANCE, THEY'LL HAVE THE FULL ORDINANCE DESCRIBES THE EXACT MEETS AND BOUNDS OF THE SUBDIVISION, WHICH I THINK IS A FORM OF A SCENT OF THE SANITARY DISTRICT.
THE BETTER PRACTICE, JUST PUT EXHIBIT A ON THE PHONE.
SO THE MOTION WOULD BE AS YOU READ AND MODIFY THE ORDINANCE TO ADD AND AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A AND ACCESS, AND
WE NEED TO END THE PUBLIC HERE AND CLOSE IT.
IS THERE ANYONE MRS. MOUNTS THAT HAS SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HAIR? NO.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FINAL CALL? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED OR DOES THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? OKAY.
I MOVED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE CERAMIC WOOD SANITARY DISTRICT AS IDENTIFIED AND DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT K.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION OR CONCERNS, MR. SHIRAKI COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CARTER.
HI, MR. CHAIRMAN, MS. COLORS, MR. FOX.
[M. Request – Memorandum of Agreement with Chester Gap Volunteer Fire Department – Ed Daley]
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THERE COULD REQUEST FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH CHESTER GAP VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, MR. DALEY, MISS, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH CHESTER GAP, VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY AND RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY ABOUT THE FACT THAT AS A RESULT OF COVID, THEY LOST SOME OF THEIR VOLUNTEERS WERE UNABLE TO REMAIN ON DUTY.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING A PAID PERSON, AND THAT PERSON HAS BEEN PAID IN A REIMBURSEMENT BY RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF APRIL THROUGH JULY, JUNE 30TH.
AND THEREFORE IT WAS PROPOSED THAT WE BEGIN FUNDING THIS JOINTLY.
AND CURRENTLY THE PROPOSAL FROM RAPPAHANNOCK WAS THAT WE WOULD EACH FUND THIS AT $5,000 PER MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH PROVIDES $60,000.
AND PART OF THIS COST WILL COME FROM THE CARES ACT.
AND PART OF IT WILL NOT BECAUSE OF THE DECEMBER DEADLINE IS THE REASON AND THE REMAINING WILL COME FROM THE RESIDUAL OVER HERE, WHICH WILL SHOW AFTER BIT WITNESSED.
LIEUTENANT FARRELL COMES IN, UM, WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING THIS AND WE WILL TALK RAPPAHANNOCK AT THAT TIME DID NOT INDICATED THEY DID NOT WANT TO EXPAND IT FIRST.
AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE DO THE ONE PERSON FOR THE $5,000 AT THIS TIME.
AND WE MAY COME BACK WHEN THEY'RE READY TO TALK ABOUT EXPANDING IT, THEY WILL BE FOLLOWING OUR PROTOCOL PROCEDURES WHEN THEY'RE IN WARREN COUNTY.
AND THAT MAY REQUIRE AS WE LOOK AT IT, THAT MAY REQUIRE THAT WE COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT A SECOND POSITION.
SO WE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS IT COMES.
THANK YOU, MR. DALEY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS FLOOR? D IT'S NOT
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A PUBLIC HERE.SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUGGESTING I CAN SEE ON HERE, THE PROPOSED FUNDING IS 10,000 PER MONTH, BUT THAT WAS GOING TO BE FOR TWO PEOPLE THAT IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE TWO JURISDICTIONS.
SO WE'RE JUST IMPROVING ONE, WE'RE APPROVING $5,000 PER MONTH.
TO MAKE SURE THAT CAUSE THAT IS SAYS 10,000 PLUS 10,000 TOTAL COSTS.
AND THE MOA, IT TALKS ABOUT 45,000 FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE 21.
CAUSE IT'S 45,000 FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE 30.
AND THEN IT'S 15,000 FOR THE JULY THROUGH OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER 30TH PERIOD.
AND THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE TOO.
SO THE TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO JURISDICTIONS IS 120,000 FOR ONE MANAGER FOR A 24 HOUR SEVEN POSITION, 24 HOURS, SEVEN POSITION.
RIGHT? SO IT'S A, THEY'RE THEY'RE USING, THEY'RE USING PART-TIME PERSONNEL.
THEY'RE NOT HIRING ANY PERMANENT PERSONNEL AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S A ONE FULL-TIME POSITION, NOT ONE FULL MAN.
I GOT YOU LIKE WHAT, THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY HAVE THEM WORKING WITH THEM ON THIS.
AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS THEY LOST ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE CAREER.
RIGHT NOW, CHIEF BROWN IS THE MAIN VOLUNTEER WITH OTHER VOLUNTEERS AS THEY CAN, BUT THEY HAVE NO EMS CREW.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE STILL ABLE, AND WE'VE GOT A MEMBER HERE.
HE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT ARE STILL ABLE TO FIGHT FIRE.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE, UM, EMERGENCY MEDICAL PART IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
HE'S LOST ALMOST HIS ENTIRE STAFF.
SO HE'S WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING IS SUPPLEMENTING WITH PART-TIME PEOPLE, WHICH, UH, HE HAS BEEN CURRENTLY PAYING OUT OF THEIR, UM, THEIR, THEIR FUNDRAISING AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET BOOK VIRTUALLY.
SO, UM, WE GOT TOGETHER ON THE THOUGHT IF, UM, RAPPAHANNOCK WOULD PAY AND I GAVE YOU A LIST OF NUMBERS TO SHOW THE AMOUNT OF CALLS, UM, DR.
DALEY AND I MET WITH, UM, THEIR ADMINISTRATOR, THEIR SUPERVISOR AS WELL.
AND THEY RUN, WHAT IS IT LIKE 57% OF THEIR CALLS ARE RUNNING ONE COUNTY.
AND FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, YOU CAN SEE THEY HAD, UM, A TOTAL OF RAPPAHANNOCK CALLS, UH, WERE 16 WARREN COUNTY CALLS WERE 33 AND THEY ALSO RUN INTO FALL HERE AND THEY HAD TWO THERE.
SO THEY'RE RUNNING THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CALLS WITH US AND THEY FELT LIKE THAT WE SHOULD HELP SUPPLEMENT THEM.
AND I THINK WE ALL AGREED ON THAT.
I, I ALSO INCLUDED TWO, TWO LETTERS, UM, FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES OF, UH, POINT OF WOODS AND LAKEFRONT OIL AND ONE, THE CURRENT WAY THAT THEY ARE DOING IT, THEY'RE USING PART-TIME PEOPLE.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY BENEFITS AND WHICH HELPS STRETCH THEIR BUDGET.
BUT ONE PERSON CAN'T RUN A CALL.
SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE A VOLUNTEER PERSON AND RIGHT NOW, UM, I THINK CHIEF BROWN PRACTICALLY LIVES AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELP RUN.
HE CAN DRIVE, BUT ONE PERSON CAN'T RUN A CALL BY THEMSELVES.
SO THE PROTOCOL THAT ONCE WE START SUPPLEMENTING THEM THAT, UH, WARREN COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE IS THAT THEY PROVE THAT THEY S WHAT THEY CALL STAFF AND THEY CALL IN EACH DAY AND SAY, WE'RE STAFFED.
AND THEN OUR DISPATCH SYSTEM KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE THAT THEY GO OUT AS A FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND, UM, DON'T WANNA MISTAKE THAT.
AND, UM, IF THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THERE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL WARREN COUNTY'S PROTOCOLS ON A TWO PERSON TO RUN THESE CALLS.
SO, AND HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO THAT.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, HE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT HE MAYBE HAS A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR A FAMILY EMERGENCY OR EVEN HEALTH, WHERE HE'S NOT CAPABLE OF BEING THERE BECAUSE HE GETS COVID QUARANTINED.
ONE PERSON IS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE'RE PAYING THEM TO SIT THERE AND NOT BE ABLE TO RUN A CALL.
WHEREAS IF WE WERE TO PICK UP THE OBLIGATION OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPLYING TO WARREN COUNTY AND SAY, WE'LL GIVE DURING THIS COVID, THEN THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE A FOREVER MORE, THIS IS TO GET US THROUGH THIS COVID PERIOD, UNTIL EVERYBODY CAN GET BACK AND FEEL COMFORTABLE RUNNING THESE CALLS IN THE VOLUNTEER
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FORCES BACK, THEY HAVEN'T QUIT THE SYSTEM.THEY'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO RUN THE CALLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE TO BRING A COVID BACK TO THEIR FAMILY.
SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THEM A 24 HOUR PERSON, INSTEAD OF A 12 HOUR, IT WOULD GIVE THEM THAT TWO PERSON CREW TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR COMMITMENT OF STAFFING.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PART IN HERE WHERE WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING, YES, WE AGREE TO THE 5,000, BUT WE MAY NEED TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO SUPPLEMENT A LITTLE MORE TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO, TO, TO MEET THESE PROTOCOLS.
IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM CARES, ACT PART OF IT.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT ON YOUR CHART A LITTLE BIT.
NOPE, NO NEW MONEY OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND OUT OF YOUR CURRENT BUDGET FUND.
AND THE FACT IS THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED STAFF.
SO THEY'RE NOT THERE THEY'RE BEING PUNCHED OUT.
OBVIOUSLY THEY RAN 33 CALLS AND 13 OF WHICH WERE EMS CALLS.
UM, BUT THE FACT IS ONCE THEY ARE CONSIDERED STAFF, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GONNA GO UP BECAUSE WE'RE, THEY MAY NOT GET PUNCHED OUT FOR EVERY CALL THAT'S IN THEIR CALL DISTRICT NOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE ASSUMED NOT STAFFED.
ONCE THEY SAY THEY'RE STAFFED, THOSE CALLS ARE GOING TO PICK UP.
THE WARREN COUNTY, I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE THAT PERSON READY TO GO? YEP.
BUT I MEAN, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE 10 IS WHAT THEY HAVE NOW? I KNOW THEY HAVE A GROUP OF 10.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POSITION.
YES, MA'AM UM, I'M KEVIN WILLIAMS WITH CHESTNUT FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF BROWN.
COULDN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING.
AND AS MS COLOR'S TALKS, HE'S ONE OF OUR ONES THAT ARE STAFFING DURING THE DAY AND EVERYTHING BY OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THIS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS IT'S NOT FOR A PERSON IT'S FOR THE POSITION BASICALLY.
AND ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT REAL QUICK, AS FAR AS THE 33 CALLS FOR WARREN COUNTY, UM, IT WAS 13 FIRE AND 20 EMS IS WHAT WE HAD AND THAT'S NOT STAFFED.
SO WHEN THIS MOU GOES IN PLACE, WE WILL BE STAFFED.
SO LIKE MS. CALLER SAID THAT NUMBER WOULD GO UP.
SO NOT BEING STAFFED AS FAR AS CALLING IN STAFF WITH WARREN COUNTY.
UM, CAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, BECAUSE RAPPAHANNOCK MIGHT AS WELL SAY, HAS BEEN PUTTING THE MONEY FOR IT.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, THEY HAVE A RIDICULE.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT ON THAT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, AS FAR AS, OH, YOU ALWAYS IN WARREN COUNTY, YOU ALWAYS IN WARREN COUNTY, WE'RE PAYING FOR YOU TO GO INTO WARREN COUNTY.
SO THAT'S REALLY HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
AS FAR AS, UH, WORKING WITH MS. COLORS AND COMING TO THE BOARD SAYING, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER? BECAUSE 60, SOMETIMES 75% OF OUR TIME IS BEING SPENT ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
AND OUR FIRST DO IS LARGER ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY.
UM, OUR FIRST DO WAS INCLUDING THE FOUR EIGHT CENTER, THE CUSTOM CENTER AND ALL OF THAT FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY TO WARREN COUNTY ON, UM, IN RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, WE GO MAYBE THREE MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND, AND OFF TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT THROUGH THERE.
UM, SO, SO LIKE I WAS SAYING, IT WAS OUT OF THOSE 33 CALLS, 20 OF THEM WERE EMS AND 13 WERE FIRED.
UM, RIGHT NOW WITH THAT ONE PERSON AND TRYING TO DO A SCHEDULE WITH THE VOLUNTEERS WE STILL HAVE.
SO CHIEF BROWN IS NOT DOING EVERYTHING CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING.
A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE MTS ARE STILL RESTRICTED FROM WORK, UM, THAT OUR CAREER WE'RE STILL BEING RESTRICTED TO WHERE WE CANNOT RUN EMS CALLS.
UM, SO AS MS COLOURS WAS TALKING AS FAR AS LIKE THE 24 HOUR PERSON, UM, WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR CALL WAS BEING SPENT IN WARREN COUNTY, UH, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DECIDE AS FAR AS TO MAKE BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTY, UM, EQUAL AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE COMING TO THE TABLE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYING HALF NOW, UM, WITH THE 12 HOUR PERSON, WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AS BRAD PANIC WOULD BE PAYING FOR THE 12 HOUR PERSON AND WARREN WOULD BE PAYING FOR THE 24 HOUR PERSON.
THAT MEANS 60 TO 75% OF OUR CALLS ARE OVER HERE.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A POOL OF 10 TO 12 PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO WORK PART TIME.
UM, THEY'RE THEY ALL HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS.
UM, PROBABLY 90% OF THEM ARE FIREFIGHTER EMT, SO THEY CAN CROSS STAFF IF WE NEED TO DURING THE DAYTIME.
UM, BUT THEIR MAIN GOAL IS ON THE AMBULANCE, PROVIDING EMS CARE AND EVERYTHING.
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THINK IF WE ACTUALLY AT MOU GOES IN PLACE AND WE STAFF, UM, YOU REALLY GONNA SEE THESE NUMBERS GO UP IF WE'RE USED IN THE STAFF AND POLICY, LIKE WE SHOULD BE, I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION.UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE GOT THE PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK AND YOU'RE DOING IT NOW.
HOW MANY CALLS HAVE YOU MISSED? BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T, YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET THE NEED SO TO SPEAK.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, AS MS. COLOR STATED, UH, CHIEF BROWN IS PULLING A LOT OF THE LOAD AS FAR AS THE DRIVER, DURING THE DAYTIME FOR THIS PERSON, UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'VE BEEN RESPONDING TO WITH THIS IN PLACE.
WE HAVE NOT MISSED ANY CALLS WITHOUT HAVING A VOLUNTEER THERE, TO DRIVE WITH THEM.
UH, SINCE THIS WENT IN PLACE IN, UH, END OF MARCH, 1ST OF APRIL, I BELIEVE, UM, IT'S BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT RESPONSE RATE.
UM, BEFORE THAT WE WERE STILL AVERAGING 95 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT RESPONSE RATE, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE LOST THOSE MTS AND CHIEF BROWN BEING THE LEADER.
HE IS, HE BASICALLY SAID, I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING, OUR CHOICE UP THERE.
IF WE DIDN'T ENACT SOMETHING WAS EITHER WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TURN IN OUR EMS LICENSE TO THE STATE, OR WE TRY TO PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN PLACE.
AND HE TOOK IT, HE RAN WITH IT, UH, MADE IT WORK.
AND WE REACHED OUT TO RAPPAHANNOCK CAUSE WE'RE WRAPPING AT COUNTY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF KICKBACK BECAUSE WE WERE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THIS SIDE OF THE, OF THE MOUNTAIN AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE OF CALLS AND EVERYTHING, UH, AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S HOW ALL OF IT CAME ABOUT AS FAR AS PROS WARREN COUNTY AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THE WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT WITH CHESTER GAP, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CIRCUIT.
UH, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? MRS. SHIRAKI COULD WE TO GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. FOX.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MISS OATS, MR. CARTER.
[N. Request – Twelve (12) Additional Deputy Positions for the Warren County Sheriff’s Office – Sheriff Mark Butler]
ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REQUEST FOR 12 ADDITIONAL DEPUTY POSITIONS FOR WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.MR. BUTLER, ARCH, SHERIFF BUTLER.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY STRANGE WAY TO BRING FORTH THE ASKING FOR PEOPLE.
UM, WE WANT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE 12 PEOPLE NOT ASKING FOR 12 PEOPLE TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS LIKE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH EVERYTHING IS TAKE A SMALL BITE OUT OF MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE TRYING TO RELY HEAVILY ON PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT WE KNOW WE DON'T PAY OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES A GOOD ENOUGH SALARY AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER TO THEM.
UM, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
UH, OUR DEPUTIES DON'T MAKE IT PARODY WITH FRONT ROW.
I'VE ALREADY PRESENTED IT TO, UH, MANY OF YOU.
UM, BUT AS COVID HAS HIT THE EPIDEMIC ON OVERDOSES, UH, JUST BEING SHORT, IF ONE PERSON, UH, COMES IN CONTACT WITH A POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL THAT REALLY PROBABLY PUTS TWO PEOPLE OUT.
AND MY DEPARTMENT, UM, WE'RE ALREADY SHORT STAFFED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS I CAN HIRE SOMEONE TOMORROW TO GO DO A CERTAIN JOB.
I CAN'T DO THAT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO IF I HIRE SOMEONE NEW, IT'S GONNA TAKE THEM A YEAR AND A HALF TO HIT THE STREET AND BE EFFECTIVE A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND NAVEL.
SO AS I CA I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET ALL DAY YESTERDAY, I'VE ACTUALLY DAMN NEAR COMPLETED, UH, 20, 20 ONE'S BUDGET.
UM, I WILL BE REQUESTING THREE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS NEXT YEAR, ONE BEING AN ACO BECAUSE OUR CALLS HAVE GONE UP.
AND I APPRECIATE MR. PORTER, UM, SAYING OUR DEPUTIES NEED MORE MONEY CAUSE THEY DAMN SURE DESERVE MORE.
UM, AND 25% WE HAVE, IF YOU LOOK BACK, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS ON THAT.
IT IS ADDED INTO MY I'M LOOKING AT IT ACTUALLY, WHEN I SEE MY ENTIRE DEPARTMENT GET AFFECTED.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR DEPUTIES.
THIS ISN'T LIKE A NORMAL LARGE AGENCY, EVERY SINGLE DEPUTY FROM THE SHERIFF DOWN TO THE LOWEST RANKING PERSON, DISPATCH A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, DOESN'T HAVE JUST ONE JOB.
SO IF THEY'RE SITTING THERE AND
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THEY'VE JUST WORKED A 12 HOUR SHIFT, THEY HAVE A ON THAT.THEY ALSO WORK AND THEN THEY GET A SWAT OR A TECH TEAM CALL OUT.
WE'RE RUNNING, WE'RE RUNNING ON EMPTY.
SO YOU THROW COVID INTO IT AND WE'RE RUNNING ON.
IT'S ALMOST A LIABILITY FOR MYSELF AND THE COUNTY.
SO I HAD TO LOOK AT IT AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN BEING TOP HEAVY.
I RAN THAT I WOULD NOT BE TOP HEAVY.
UH, WE HAVE FUNCTIONED WITHOUT A CAPTAIN SINCE MAY AND WE HAVE IT WORKED OUT.
WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT STANDARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A ONE IN FIVE IS WORKING EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET, A CRIME ANALYST AND TAKE THAT CAPTAIN AND MAKE THAT A SERGEANT'S POSITION.
THAT WAY THAT SERGEANT CAN BE EFFECTIVE, NOT ONLY IN THE FIELD, BUT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, JUST ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.
THIS WILL NOT CONCRETE MY BUDGET AT ALL.
I PROBABLY SAVED MONEY BY DOING THIS NEXT YEAR.
MY BUDGET, I WILL REQUEST FOR THREE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAILS ON ALL THE DIFFERENT REASONS WHY I NEED THOSE POSITIONS.
I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD, WE COULD PUT YOU, WE COULD USE ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS IN EVERY SECTION I HAVE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 14 OR 15 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
AND I'M TRYING TO INCREASE THAT AS WELL.
MR. DALEY, MYSELF, WE'VE ALL, WE'VE ALL TALKED.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF MY GUYS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SO YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 12 PEOPLE.
I ALSO KNOW IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
ALL RIGHT, DO I NEED FOUR HERE? I DO.
I NEED THEM BAD, BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC.
WE CAN'T GET A LATERAL POSITION IN HERE WITH THE MONEY WE PAY.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO TAKE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET 30 APPLICANTS TO FIND A ONE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT.
IT IT'S JUST, IT'S AMAZING, BUT I HAVE ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD IN Y'ALL.
I KNOW Y'ALL WILL FIND A WAY TO PAY OUR DEPUTIES MORE MONEY AND THAT'LL HELP US IN THE LONG RUN.
SO THAT WHAT I'M ASKING, REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY, LET ME HIRE A CRIME ANALYST POSITION BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
TAKE MY CAPTAIN'S POSITION, MOVE IT TO A SERGEANT.
AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE OTHER POSITIONS WHEN WE DISCUSS BUDGET.
IF QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION, IF HE DOES THIS WITHIN HIS EXISTING BUDGET, AND HE'S NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THEN HE CAN DO THIS HIMSELF.
I WAS GOING TO ASK, WE DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN, OR THE BOARD DOES NOT NEED TO APPROVE IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF YOU WANT, SO LET ME SOME EXTRA POSITIONS TOO.
I AGREED BEFORE I I'M HESITANT BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR GAPS AND WEAKNESSES ARE.
AND I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN SIT DOWN OR WE CAN DO CHARTS OR YOU CAN SHOW WHERE YOU HAVE LIMITATIONS AND THEN WE CAN SEE HOW, HOW THEY FILL THOSE GAPS.
AND YOUR, YOU CAN DESCRIBE HOW TO FILL THOSE GAPS, BUT JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE.
UM, AND I'VE MENTIONED TO MANY OF Y'ALL, UM, AND PERSON FOR THE LAST 11 MONTHS, BOTH ON SALARY AND PERSONNEL.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I REALLY THINK IF I PUT IT IN THE BUDGET REQUESTS THROUGH THE BUDGET, WHEN WE ACTUALLY SIT DOWN WITH THE BUDGET, I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU BETTER.
AND IT GIVES US ALL TIME TO CATCH OUR BREATH FROM COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, BUT I ADDING A POSITION OF A CRIME ANALYST.
MY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS I DO NEED TO ASK IF, BECAUSE IT'S A FULL-TIME POSITION.
THAT'S WHY ADDITIONAL MONEY? NO ADDITIONAL MINE.
NO, IT'S IN MY MIND, IT'S IN MY BUDGET.
WE DID INCREASE THE DISPATCH PEOPLE BY 30,000 AT THAT TIME TOO.
I THINK YOU ALSO ASKED FOR TWO ADDITIONAL DISPATCHERS, WHICH I THINK WE TABLED THAT DIDN'T WE, WE, WE T WE GOT THE TWO DISPATCHERS, BUT WE TABLED UP RAISING THE DISPATCHERS MONEY.
SO YOU'VE GOT ALREADY GOT TWO MORE.
AND IT'S WORKING OUT, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FILLING THOSE TWO GAPS.
SO EXPLAIN THIS CRIME ANALYST AND MAY, IS THIS GOING TO BE A DEPUTIZED DEPUTY? YEAH, IT'LL BE A CIVILIAN POSITION, A CIVILIAN POSITION, BUT THE AVERAGE GOOD CRIME ANALYST HAS EITHER A MASTER'S
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DEGREE OR A DOCTORATE.I'M ALSO HOPING WITH THESE POSITIONS TO LOOK FOR GRANTS, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN AMAZING GRANT WRITER, UM, TO ACTUALLY SUPPLEMENT THE SALARIES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COPS HIRING PROGRAM, A LOT OF TIMES WITH THE OPIATES, UM, WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THROUGH GRANTS THAT WAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, GETTING ACCREDITED WITH A HELPED, AND WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE ABOUT 60% OF THE WAY TO BEING ACCREDITED.
SO WE'RE W WORKING DILIGENT THAT WAY.
AND THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO HELP US.
WE'RE REALLY HOPING BEING ACCREDITED AND WITH ALL THE NEW, UM, REQUIREMENTS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD WITH SRS AND SO FORTH, TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
WE DON'T HAVE THE POSITIONS OR THE POSITIONS TO SUPPORT SENDING INDIVIDUALS TO TRAINING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ASPECTS TO IT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW TRAINING REQUIREMENTS COMING DOWN THE PIPE THAT WE NEED TO ENHANCE, BUT WE'LL JUST, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AT A LATER DATE.
WHAT I'M REALLY HERE FOR IS TO LET YOU KNOW, I AM REQUESTING ALREADY KNOW.
WE, WE DON'T, IT'S A LITTLE SCARY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE WE GO INTO BUDGET.
AND THAT'S WHY I PREPARED IT YESTERDAY.
SO I COULD STAND UP IN FRONT OF YOU AND KNOW MY NUMBERS PRETTY WELL.
AND THOSE TWO POSITIONS ARE CLEARLY IN MY BUDGET THAT I HAVE ALREADY THIS YEAR.
AND I WILL PUT THE OTHERS START PUTTING THE OTHERS IN MY BUDGET ACROSS THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
DALEY OR, UH, JASON, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON HIM? UM, NOBODY TO TAKE ANY ACTION, NOT A FEASIBLE STAYS WITHIN THIS EXISTED.
I THOUGHT I REALLY THOUGHT I HAD TO.
YEAH, THEY GET THE CRIME ANALYST POSITION APPROVED BY YOU ALL, BECAUSE I AM ADDING THAT POSITION, BUT I DO HAVE THE MONEY IN MY BUDGET TO PAY FOR, GO FOR THE PROCESSOR.
THERE'LL BE THERE NEXT YEAR, TEAM PACK, NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET COMING UP.
IT WILL IMPACT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT REALLY, REALLY WON'T BE ADDING TO IT.
IT WOULD JUST BE STAYING THERE AND ACTUALLY BY REDUCING THE CAPTAIN'S POSITION, SUSPENDING IT FOR NOW, UM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY FOR BOTH THE ANALYSTS AND THE SERGEANT'S POSITION.
CAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT IF I DON'T HAVE THAT SERGEANT'S POSITION, UM, BUT IT'S IN THE BUDGET THAT CAPTAIN, I CAN MAKE A SERGEANT, I HAVE THE CLEAR IN THE CLERICAL BUDGET TO PAY FOR IT ALL.
SO YOU'RE DOING THAT BY PROMOTION.
SO THE TWO DISPATCH PEOPLE THAT WE APPROVED THAT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND, I THINK HE ABSORBED THAT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR TOO.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH YOU AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH COVID, IT'S GOING TO BOUNCE BACK RIGHT NOW.
LAST I SAW THEIR SALES TAX INCREASED, BUT I THINK OUR FOOD TAXES DECREASED OR REMAINED FLAT.
SO WE GET ANOTHER WAY WITH THIS STUFF.
AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOUR NEED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS, NOT ENOUGH.
I KNOW THAT I TOTALLY, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND GIVING US A HEADS UP AND, AND, UH, PREPARE US FOR THAT.
AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN YOU COME UP WITH A BUDGET PRESENTATION, THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION AND WE'LL SEE, UH, THE COMPLETE PICTURE AND NOT JUST YOUR REPLACEMENTS AND ALL.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO WANT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE WHOLE THING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE STARTING TO PROCESS PRETTY MUCH NOW.
AND WE HIT IT HARD IN JANUARY.
SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING BEFORE.
SO WELL, I SPOKE WITH MR. DALEY ON GREAT LENGTHS.
UM, I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SITTING WITH ABOUT 14 TO 15 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PART-TIME, UM, DIFFERENCE WITH A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, WE CAN MAKE THE MONEY AT 84 LUMBER LOWE'S OR WHATEVER, THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO REQUIRE A BUS.
SOME HAVE TO REQUIRE THE SAME STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
UM, SO IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE AN INDIVIDUAL AT THOSE RATES.
UM, I MEAN, FERGUSON, YOU CAN GO TO FERGUSON, MARVIN, NO EXPERIENCE AND START OUT AT ALMOST 20 AN HOUR.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMING UP AGAINST.
I ACTUALLY BELIEVE WE COULD SUPPLEMENT A LOT OF OUR HOLES WITH PART-TIME EMPLOYEES LIKING THE SRO BECAUSE THEY WORK A PART-TIME SCHEDULE IN A SENSE ANYWAY, UM, SUMMERTIME'S, THEY'RE NOT THERE.
WE PUT THEM ON PATROL TO DO ADDITIONAL PATROLLING AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO COMING TO YOU, I WOULD HAVE CAME EARLIER WITH THIS, BUT WITH NO ONE KNEW WHAT THE SCHOOLS WERE EVEN GOING TO OPEN.
SO THEN I WOULD HAVE 10 EMPLOYEES.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE WAITED AND RUN SHORT, LIKE WE DID THEN DELAY
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10 EMPLOYEES OFF.SO THAT'S WHY I WAITED UNTIL NOW.
AND I THINK WE'RE FUNCTIONING, BUT WE ARE RUNNING PRETTY TIRED, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, SHERIFF PUTMAN AND THE SHERIFF WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK FOR THE WORK SESSION, ALONG WITH FIRE AND RESCUE, WE'LL HAVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE FIRE AND RESCUE BOAT.
[O. Request – Increase Spending Authorization in Order to Respond to COVID-19 – Ed Daley/ Walt Mabe/Rick Farrall]
NEXT IS, UH, THE REQUEST FOR THE INCREASED SPENDING AUTHORIZATION IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO COVID-19.GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, AS FAR AS THE INCREASE IN SPENDING GOES, UM, MS. LOGAN WILL REPORT TO YOU THAT WE ARE NEARING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN, UH, FEMA B EXPENDITURES.
AND JUST LIKE IN THE PAST, UH, WE THINK IT'S TIME TO BUMP UP, UH, THE POT, IF YOU WILL, TO COVER THAT.
UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A PENDING CHANGE HERE TO APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL HALF MILLION FOR A TOTAL MAXIMUM OF $1 MILLION, UH, TO GO TOWARDS THE FEVER, THE EXPENDITURES.
DALEY WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU IN A BIT WHEN I'M DONE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ESSENTIALLY AT, UH, I WOULD SAY NO COST TO THE COUNTY, BUT REIMBURSING THE COUNTY.
SO THE PROPOSED MOTION WOULD BE 500,000 INSTEAD OF THE TWO 50 AND 1 MILLION INSTEAD OF THE SEVEN 50 WITH THE JURY, A JURY TRIALS RESUMING IN SCHOOL.
UH, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO EAT UP QUITE A BIT OF THAT WITH PPE, JUST FOR THOSE TWO POINTS.
AND I MIGHT MENTION THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK WAS THE AIR CIRCULATORS AND PUTTING AIR CIRCULATORS IN OUR FACILITIES.
NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GOING FROM, UM, FIVE TO A MILLION, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND IN OUR, UM, MOTION, IT'S LISTED AT SEVEN 15, RIGHT? BUT IN YOUR AMENDED AGENDA, YOU CHANGED THAT TO A THOUSAND TO A MILLION, RATHER MAKING SURE WE COVER ALL THE BASES, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WE'LL, UH, OPEN FOR MOTION.
ARE WE GOTTA HEAR HOW THIS IS FREE TO US BEFORE WE DO THE MOTION FREED US? WELL, HE SAID NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
THIS IS THE MONEY THAT YOU WILL.
WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM A, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE CHART OVER THERE, BUT THAT'S THIS OVER HERE AT THE END WHERE WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING OUR EXPENDITURES FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDES, UH, SOCIAL SERVICES, THE SCHOOLS AND THE COUNTY, THE LIBRARY AND NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITY SERVICES, TERRENCE HAS BEEN, MRS. LOGAN HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING THAT AND REPORTING TO YOU EACH MONTH AS THAT GOES UP.
AND WE'RE RIGHT AT PUSHING THAT HALF MILLION AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE GOT TO DO REOPENING FOR JURY TRIALS.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING THAT, UM, WE WANT TO DO THESE AIR CIRCULATORS IN OUR BUILDINGS.
AND THOSE TWO, WE BELIEVE WILL PUSH US UP CLOSER TO WE, RICK AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT SEVEN 50 AND THE CHAIRMAN SAID, IT MIGHT LOOK BETTER.
WE JUST WENT TO THE MILLION AND THAT MONEY IS OVER HERE UNDER REIMBURSEMENT, NOT SPENT UNTIL WE NEED IT.
WE ONLY SPEND IT IT'S AN AUTHORIZATION, BUT WE ONLY SPEND IT WHEN WE NEED AND THAT MONEY.
UM, IT MAY BE REIMBURSED IN SIX MONTHS.
IT MAY BE REIMBURSED IN A YEAR.
IT MAY BE REIMBURSED IN FOUR YEARS.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST REIMBURSING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, THEY REIMBURSED EXPENDITURES FROM THE HURRICANES IN 2016.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM DOWN HERE, IT SAYS WE WILL HAVE, UH, UP TO $1 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.
AND THERE'S THE POTENTIAL OF REIMBURSEMENT BY FEMA UP TO 750,000, BUT THEY WILL GO THROUGH THERE AND THEY MAY SAY ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10 ARE GOOD.
AND THEY MAY SAY YOU GET $705,000 OR 620.
SO IS THE CONTINGENCY THAT'S LISTED HERE FOR THE
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MILLION.THEY CAN TEND TO SEE OF IN THE EVENT THAT FEMA DOESN'T WANT TO PAY OUR, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO, TO REIMBURSE US.
AND, AND AGAIN, UH, LOOKING THERE, THE STATE SOMETIMES REIMBURSES 25% OF THESE THINGS, AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT DECIDE TO DO THAT.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OF 50,000 AND WE MAY HAVE AS MUCH AS A MILLION THAT WOULD BE ON US.
AND IF WE DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, IF YOUR CARES ACT MONEY DOWN HERE, YOU HAVE UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU HAVE THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN IN EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN INCURRED BY THE COUNTY FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE EMS, FIRE, AND EMS OVER THERE.
AND THAT MONEY THEN BECOMES IF YOU COVER THAT UP, THAT IS NOW YOUR GENERAL FUND MONEY, YOU'RE REIMBURSING YOUR EXPENDITURES.
AND WHEN THAT OCCURS, THEN THERE'S THIS 2 MILLION OVER HERE THAT WAS HERE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMES OVER HERE.
AND ALBEIT WE ARE USING THE ANTENNAS, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED AND THE COURTHOUSE.
AND THEN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON THE 17TH, THE LORD FAIRFAX, THAT TRAINING RETRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE WILL HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT YET FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT.
AND WE MOVED THE AUDIT EXPENDITURES FROM CARES OVER HERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE AUDIT.
SO WE WANT TO CLOSE OUT, CARES DECEMBER 31 AND BE DONE AND THEN CLOSE IT UP.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE IT TOTAL.
AND THEN CHESTER GAP, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS FEMA BE DOWN HERE OF 1 MILLION, AND THAT COMES OVER HERE TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST THIS SIDE.
SHE IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, FEMA B AND YOU MAY GET IT ALL REIMBURSED, WHICH IS GOOD.
THEN YOU'RE 750, OR EVEN 700 OR 950 TO THE GOOD, BUT WE CAN'T COUNT ON THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT COUNTING ON THAT.
WE'RE ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THIS.
SO WE'RE PUTTING IT OVER HERE AND IT COMES DOWN HERE.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER RIGHT ABOVE IT IS THE SIX 35.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, ONE SIX FIVE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DESIGNATED AS EXPENDITURES HERE.
AND SO THAT ENDS UP GOING BACK INTO YOUR GENERAL FUND AS A RESERVE.
AND THAT CAN BE USED FOR SOMETHING LIKE IF WE DEVELOP A BROADBAND PALLET, WE CAN USE IT FOR THAT.
OR YOU CAN JUST LET IT BE IN THERE AND BE YOUR PROTECTION AGAINST IS THE MEALS TAX.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING BACK, WE'RE WITHIN, UM, WE'RE UNDER 5% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOW AND LAST YEAR, BUT WE STILL GOT A LITTLE CRACK.
WE, BEFORE BACK IN APRIL, WE WERE 40% DIFFERENCE, BUT NOW WE'RE DOWN TO FIVE.
SO WE'RE, WE LOOK AT THIS NEXT MONTH.
WE MAY VERY WELL WHEN WE SEE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WE MAY VERY WELL CLOSE THAT GAP AND BE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO, RATHER THAN NEW.
BUT WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE CLOSING THAT AND THIS MAY HELP TO PAY FOR THAT TO SUPPORT IT IS WHAT IT WOULD DO.
IT WOULD BE IN THERE AS YOUR BUDGET RESERVE, AS IT GOES BACK TO YOUR CASH BALANCE.
SO IT'S PART OF YOUR RESERVE AND IF THE SALES OR THE MEALS TAX, AS AN EXAMPLE, IS BELOW THE BUDGET ESTIMATE, AND THIS IS ABOUT, YOU'RE STILL GOOD.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE MILLION DOLLAR LIEUTENANT.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS IN A MINUTE.
WE CAN DO THE FIRST ITEM BEING THE MILLION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS? THE REASON I ASK IS IT JUST WORRIES ME GOING, WENT INTO LOOKING AT DOING THE COMPENSATION PAYMENTS.
DO YOU KNOW, ARE WE HITTING OUR GENERAL FUND A LITTLE HARD? AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK FOR ANOTHER 250.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS TO RESERVE.
WE WANT TO GET, UM, THE 250 NOW SO THAT WE CAN DO THESE AIR CIRCULATORS AS SOON AS WE CAN.
QUITE FRANKLY, WE NEED THEM ANYWAY.
UH, AND WE CAN PUT THEM IN THESE BUILDINGS AND GET THEM UNDERWAY.
AND BY THE TIME THAT YOU'RE, BY THE TIME THAT YOU GET THAT THOSE INTO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T
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HITTING THAT GENERAL FUND.I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE, BUT IT FILTERS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON SPECIFICALLY COPE FOR COVID.
SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC, BUT THEY FILTER NO CORRECTLY.
LET ME CORRECT WHAT I'M SAYING.
MA'AM UM, THEY ARE, THEY ARE, WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM FOR COVID, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM IN THE BUILDINGS FROM NOW ON.
SO, UH, THEY'RE NOT JUST COVID, THEY'RE NOT BUILT JUST FOR COVID, BUT WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN HERE FOR THIS FEMA BEAM REQUEST THEY'RE COVID RELATED.
BUT WHAT I'M SEEING AND USING ANYWAY, ARE THEY ARE DESIGNED HOWEVER, TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE TO COVID BASED ON THE FILTER PROCESSES THAT CORRECT THESE AIR FILTERS.
THESE ARE REGULAR AIR FILTERS THAT ARE HELPED TO PURIFY THE AIR FOR ANYTHING, INCLUDING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF COVID, BUT THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR COVID.
HOW QUICK DOES REIMBURSEMENT, HOW QUICK WOULD REIMBURSEMENT COME BACK TO US? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW, SIR, THAT MAY BE FOUR YEARS.
WE MAY BE IN JUST THE 20, 24 ELECTION.
THE OFFICE CONGRESS MAY PASS SOMETHING TO SAY, THERE'S NEW MONEY AVAILABLE AND SEND IT OUT TO EVERYWHERE THAT NEEDS COVID WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WE'LL, WE'D LIKE TO GET IT BACK IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, 18 MONTHS IS TYPICAL RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT AND IT'S FOUR YEARS AND WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT.
THAT'S WHY WE PUT THIS MILLION OVER HERE AND WE, WE KNOW IT'S HERE AND WE KEEP IT, BUT WE FORGET ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN'T, IT'S NOT IN YOUR SPENDING CATEGORY.
IT'S JUST GOING TO GOES OVER THERE AND IT STAYS, IT WON'T GO INTO A SPECIAL PROJECTS, BUT WE WILL PUT IT IN ITS OWN DESIGNATION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZED AND APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 FOR A TOTAL MAXIMUM APPROACH, APPROPRIATION OF 1 MILLION AND FUNDS FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS AUTHORIZED AND COORDINATED THROUGH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND, UH, DIRECT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SEEK, TO RECOVER SUCH FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE STAFFORD ACT 42, USC FIVE ONE, TWO, ONE, UH, AT SEG OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION CONCERNS, MR. SHIRAKI COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CARTER, MISS OATS.
[P. Warren County CARES Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) Update – Rick Farrall]
NEXT ITEM IS WARREN COUNTY CARES.MR. FARRELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
HELLO, AGAIN, UM, VERY QUICKLY WE COMPLETED A ROUND TWO OF SMALL BUSINESS NON-PROFITS AND UTILITY GRANT ASSISTANCE.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF ROUND TWO, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS REMAINING BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS NON-PROFITS AND THE UTILITIES.
IT'S ABOUT 430,060 1000 RESPECTIVELY.
ALL OF THE MONEY THAT IS LEFT IN THE BANK ACCOUNT WITH THE CHAMBER FOR THE UTILITIES, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $25,000, THE CHAMBER WILL CUT US A CHECK BACK AND WE WILL REDEPOSIT THAT MONEY INTO OUR ACCOUNT.
AND WE WILL CLOSE OUT THE UTILITY ACCOUNT OF THE MONEY THAT'S REMAINING IN THE SMALL BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT CATEGORY.
WE ARE ONLY RECOMMENDING A VERY BRIEF ROUND THREE TO ADDRESS A VERY SPECIFIC BUSINESS POPULATION THAT WAS NOT CONSIDERED BY EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE TOWN.
AND THAT IS TOWN BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM A BUSINESS LICENSE, VERY SMALL POPULATION, UH, BY DOING THIS, WHEN I SAY WE BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN, THEN WE WILL HAVE FULLY ADDRESSED TOWN, SMALL BUSINESS AND COUNTY, SMALL BUSINESS.
WE WILL HAVE ADDRESSED THE COUNTY NON-PROFITS AND THE TOWN NONPROFITS.
WE WILL HAVE ADDRESSED COUNTY UTILITY ASSISTANCE, TOWN, UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
AND UP UNTIL NOW, WE ALSO ADDRESSED COUNTY
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BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT, UH, THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM A BUSINESS LICENSE.SO THIS IS THE FINAL CATEGORY TO KEEP THINGS EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, FOR, FOR OUR LOCALITY.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A VERY LIMITED POT OF $100,000 TO ADDRESS TOWN BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM A LICENSE.
WE KEEP IT OPEN FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
WE START NEXT WEEK, WE ADVERTISE, WE GET LETTERS OUT TO THOSE THAT WE KNOW WHO WOULD QUALIFY IN THOSE CATEGORIES, THAT THE SAME CATEGORIES THAT MS SOURS EXPLAINED LAST TIME.
AND, UM, WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK OR EARLY NEXT AND CALL IT GOOD ALL THE REST OF THE FUNDS THEN THAT ARE LEFTOVER FROM THAT 100,000 WITH ENROLLED INTO PUBLIC SAFETY.
JUST LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND THE REST OF THE FUNDS, UM, THE OTHER 400,000 OR SO 300,000 OR SO TODAY WE WOULD ROLL INTO PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A, IN A MOMENT.
SO THE, THE REALLY THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE, UH, THE MOTION REALLY IS JUST, IT'S A VERY BRIEF ROUND THREE, $100,000 A WEEK, AND ONLY FOR TOWN EXEMPT BUSINESSES, WE WILL NOT INCLUDE NON-PROFITS IN THIS ROUND THREE.
UH, NONPROFITS WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED BY DEFINITION, BUT WE'VE ALREADY OFFERED, UH, BOTH TO COUNTY AND TOWN NONPROFITS ALREADY ADDRESS THE AGRIBUSINESS.
THIS WOULD ADDRESS AGRIBUSINESS, JUST LIKE THE COUNTY ADDRESSED IT IN A ROUND TWO.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURERS THAT WHOLESALE AGRIBUSINESS, SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES PUBLISHING, YOU KNOW, RADIO STATIONS, NEWSPAPERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVED IT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WARREN COUNTY AUTHORIZED AND MODIFY AS PRIOR ALLOCATIONS AS FOLLOWS.
NUMBER ONE AROUND THREE OF CRF EXPEDITIONS AND REALLOCATE AND APPROPRIATE 100,000 OF THE REMAINING ROUND TO SMALL BUSINESS.
NON-PROFITS CRF FUNDS AS FOLLOWS OPEN ROUND THREE TO TOWN, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW OR LOCAL ORDINANCE HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE B ROUND THREE DOES NOT INCLUDE COUNTY OR TOWN.
NON-PROFITS SEE ALL OF THE ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO REQUIREMENTS REMAIN IN EFFECT.
AND NUMBER TWO, ALL OTHER FUNDS, NOT EXPENDED FROM THE ROUND TO SMALL BUSINESS, NONPROFIT AND INDIVIDUAL UTILITY ASSISTANT CATEGORIES WILL BE ALLOCATED TO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL WAS PREVIOUSLY BOS APPROVED ON OCTOBER SIX, 2020, AND NUMBER THREE AT THE END AROUND THREE, ANY REMAINING CRF FUNDS, NOT EXPENDED, BE FURTHER REALLOCATED AND APPROPRIATED FOR EXPENDITURE TO PUBLIC SAFETY PAYROLL, NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 INCLUDES THE BALANCE OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER COSTS.
NOT PREVIOUSLY BOS APPROVED UNTIL ALL SUCH FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED.
AND NUMBER FOUR, THE EXECUTION BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SECOND OF A SECOND OF A DENIM TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF FRONT WORLD WARREN COUNTY FOR THE USE OF FEDERAL CARES ACT CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS.
IS THERE A SECOND? MRS. SHIRAKI COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. FOX, RIGHT? MS. COLORS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MS. OATS, MR. CARTER.
SEE, UM, MR. HAM, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? THIS IS THE AGREEMENT FOR THE LIMITED POT THAT YOU, UH, HAVE ALREADY DRAFTED AND MS. FOSTER'S ALREADY SIGNED IT.
OH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECOND AT THE, YEAH, I WROTE THAT.
BUT YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW, WHICH HAS PASSED YET.
PULL OUT THIS YELLOW IN ORANGE AND GREAT CHART.
THE TOP OF IT SAYS WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA CRF EXPENDITURE UPDATE BOSS MEETING NOVEMBER 4TH AS OF NOVEMBER THE SECOND.
AND I'LL JUST BRIEFLY WALK YOU THROUGH THIS AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND.
SO THIS CHART IS DIVIDED INTO A ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO, WE'RE APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF MILLION IN THREE AND A HALF MILLION.
WE'LL START AT THE TOP OF THE CHART.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE 8,008 64 61, THAT IS THE ROUND ONE INDIVIDUAL UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
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I'M STILL WAITING ON TWO CHECKS TO CLEAR.ONCE I GET THOSE CHECKS BACK FROM NIKKI, IT'LL TURN ORANGE AND I'LL GET ONE OF OUR CARES THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS JUST TO DO A FINAL SIGNATURE.
WE'LL ALL THE FILES WE NEED FOR THE AUDIT.
IT'LL TURN GREEN AND I'M GOING TO PUT THE FILES AWAY.
THE NEXT 300,000, UH, THAT'S AT THE NEXT, I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, UH, FROM THE SCHOOL, EVERYTHING FROM THE SCHOOL REQUEST TO THE BOARD APPROVAL, TO THE CLEAR CHECKS AND, UH, MS. COLORS.
AND I ARE GOING TO REVIEW THAT ON THURSDAY.
ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, THAT'LL BECOME GREEN.
IT'LL BE CLOSED AND IT'LL GO TO THE AUDIT BOX.
THE NEXT EIGHT 64 SIX THREE ONE.
THAT IS OUR PAYROLL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST.
AGAIN, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH MS. COLORS ON THURSDAY, WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT AND WE'LL BE DONE WITH THAT.
THE NINE 39 500 IS OUR SMALL BUSINESS ROUND ONE.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE CLEARED CHECKS FOR ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES.
WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT ON THURSDAY, AS WELL AS THE $60,000 THAT WE HAD ALREADY GIVEN THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN TO THE CHAMBER.
WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THERE.
WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT ON THURSDAY AS WELL FOR ROUND NUMBER TWO, YOU'LL SEE THAT FIRST YELLOW BOX ON THE TOP THAT'S BLANK.
WE HAD $40,000 A YEAR SET ASIDE FOR THE AUDIT IN TALKING TO THE AUDITORS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO THE AUDIT BEFORE DECEMBER 30TH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE MONEY OVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND WILL PAY FOR THE AUDIT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
COME THE SPRING WE PLAN ON DOING THE CARES ACT AUDIT LATE JANUARY EARLY FEBRUARY.
IT'LL BE JUST A VERY FOCUSED AUDIT ON JUST THAT, UH, THAT CATEGORY.
AS YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE 16,006 TO EIGHT THAT'S ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR ROUND TWO UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UH, TO COUNTY AND TOWN RESIDENTS, UH, WE ARE WAITING ON FINAL CLEAR CHECKS FOR THOSE, ONCE THOSE COME IN, I'LL GET ONE OF YOU ALL ON THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IT, AND WE'LL CLOSE THOSE OUT, COMING DOWN.
UH, LET ME GO BACK TO THE TOP REAL QUICK FOR THE TOWN.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY PAID OUT TO THE TOWN FOR THEIR ROUND ONE SMALL BUSINESS.
WE ARE WAITING ON APPROXIMATELY $309,000 IN CLEAR CHECKS TO COME IN FOR WHAT I CALL THE TOWN.
ONE SUPPLEMENTAL THE TOWN IS REWARDING ALL OF THEIR BUSINESSES IN ROUND ONE, A SMALLER CHECK TO FINISH OFF THAT, UH, THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT THAT IS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY THANKSGIVING.
THEN THAT NUMBER WILL TURN TO THE 1.27, SIX.
WE'LL PAY THE TALENT BACK AND WE'LL BE FINISHED WITH, UH, REIMBURSING THE TOWN FOR ROUND ONE.
ALL OF TOWN'S ROUND ONE MONEY WITH SMALL BUSINESS.
AS WE COME DOWN ON THE BOTTOM, UH, LEFT FOR THE TOWN, ALL OF THE TOWNS ROUND TO ALLOCATION WILL GO TOWARDS TOWN, PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M WORKING WITH MR. WILSON NOW ON THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT OUT.
I SHOULD HAVE THEIR FINAL DOCUMENTATION TODAY.
AND THEN I'LL ASK TO OTHER CARES COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN WE'LL WRITE THE CHECK TO THE TOWN FOR 1.2, WE WILL CLOSE OUT WITH THE TOWN FOR THE SECOND ROUND.
THEIR ENTIRE SECOND ROUND ALLOCATION GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, ON THE COUNTY SIDE, YOU'LL SEE IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN THERE, THE 386,004 49.
THAT'S WHAT WE THINK WE WILL HAVE ONCE OUR ROUND TWO CLOSES.
WE THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ROLL INTO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS THAT WE'VE NOT PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN BELOW THAT THE 800,000 IS WHAT WE NEED TO HOLD OPEN FOR NOW TO CLEAR OUT, UH, TO CLEAR THAT ACCOUNT.
SO THE FOUR 60 TO THE RIGHT OF IT IS WHAT WE'VE SPENT TO DATE ON ROUND TWO.
AND THEN, UH, THAT'LL INCLUDE ALSO A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED BELOW THAT THE 85 72, OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES, UH, THAT I'M WORKING WITH, UH, ANGIE AT THE COURTHOUSE ON THOSE ARE THE EXPENDITURES REQUIRED, UH, TO ENABLE JURY TRIALS.
SO IT'S ALL THE STATE SUPREME COURT MANDATES BEFORE SHE'S ALLOWED TO REOPEN FOR JURY TRIALS.
AND THEN THE FINAL 200,000 IN THE BOTTOM THAT WILL BE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD PAY.
THAT WILL ONLY BE FOR THE, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE FIRE AND RESCUE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN DESIGNATED HAZARD DUTY POSITIONS AS DEFINED BY VRS.
ONCE, UH, WE GET THAT STRAIGHT, THEN YOU'LL SEE THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN POPULATE THERE.
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AND THEN ANY MONEY THAT'S LEFT OVER IN ANY OF THE PLANNING COLUMNS, WE'VE ROLLED INTO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE'LL CLOSE OUT.I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC TO BE DONE BY CHRISTMAS.
I'VE UM, IN MY TRAVELS, I'VE FOUND A GROUP OUT IN, UM, UM, ONE OF OUR SENATOR DISTRICTS WHERE THEY HAD WATER ISSUES AND A SMALL POPULATION HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING.
AND THEY WERE QUITE IN THE REARS ON THEIR WATER.
IS THERE MONEY STILL AVAILABLE FOR THEM ON THERE BECAUSE THE WATER IS CONSIDERED A UTILITY, CORRECT? YES.
WELL, WE JUST CLOSED OUT WITH ROUND TWO UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
UH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR TIME.
WELL, EITHER ROUND ONE OR ROUND TWO TO HAVE ASKED FOR THAT ASSISTANCE.
SO THEY SHOULD NOT ASK FOR IT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE WOULD CURRENTLY ROUND THREE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
IS IT A UTILITY OUT THERE? YEAH, IT'S UM, IT'S A GROUP WATER, BASICALLY.
NO, IT'S A, WELL, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A, WELL THAT THAT'S MAINTAINED BY THE GROUP AND IT'S DISTRIBUTED OUT TO ALL OF THEM, JUST LIKE A LITTLE WATER AUTHORITY OUT THERE.
THEY GET A BILL, THEY GET A DELINQUENCY NOTICES, THEY GET EVERYTHING.
SO THEY JUST COULDN'T BOTHER EACH OTHER.
THEY BILL EACH OTHER THROUGH THE SANITARY DISTRICT ALL THROUGH THE HOA.
AND THERE'S, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE A BITCH.
ALL OFFENDERS ARE GET THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE COMPENSATED, I GUESS.
BUT THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
AND IF THEY'VE BEEN AFFECTED, WE JUST FOUND OUT LIKE MONDAY.
SO IF THEY HAVE HAD, IF THEY HAD BEEN AFFECTED, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP.
BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE CAN'T, I GET THAT.
IF WE'VE GOT EXTRA MONEY, WE COULD, IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO, WE'LL JUST COME BACK AND AMEND OUR PLANS.
BUT RIGHT NOW OUR PLANS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
MY QUESTION STILL WOULD BE, SHOULD THEY APPLY WE'RE RIGHT NOW? THERE'S NOTHING TO APPLY TO BECAUSE IT'S CLOSED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CARES MONEY? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
SO THIS CHART HAS THE SAME THING AND LIEUTENANT FRILLS LOOKED AT ALL THIS, AND THAT LEAVES THE PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE BOTTOM AS AN E LEAVES.
THE BOTTOM, THERE IS AN E BECAUSE EACH OF THESE NUMBERS MAY BE OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE GET DOWN THERE.
AND SO THIS NUMBER, THE ESTIMATE MAY CHANGE JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE MONEY FLOWS HERE, KEEP THIS AND KEEP TRACK OF IT.
AND IF I MAY, UH, MAKE THE BOARD'S INDULGENCE
[Additional Item]
FOR JUST A MOMENT, SIR.UH, JODY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND PLAY SHOW AND TELL, WOW.
JODY HAS BEEN VERY BUSY THIS PAST MONTH, EXTREMELY BUSY.
AND THIS IS ONE OF HER PROJECTS.
WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, SO I ASSUME, BECAUSE I HAD TO STEP AWAY THAT WE GOT APPROVED EARLIER.
SO THIS IS KEITH NICK LIBERTY.
UM, HE'S GOING TO BE JOINING US AS OUR FUNNIEST DIRECTOR AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD AND WE THINK HE'S EXCITED, RIGHT? YEAH.
I KNOW YOU SAW YOUR COVER SHEET, UH, 25 YEARS OF MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE IT.
I KNOW I MET SOME OF YOU OR THE OTHERS THAT YOU HOPED TO MEET TODAY.
I DO DO IT FOR IT TO JOIN THAT DAILY AND JODY AND THE TEAM.
UH, I WILL BE COMING DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES NAVIGATING THE COVID POLICY.
I AM WORKING REMOTELY BEFORE JUNE 30TH, SO THAT COMES OUT IN NOVEMBER.
SO COMING ON NOVEMBER 30TH, WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING AND WE CAN CONTINUE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN STARTED.
WE ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT KEITH HAS EXPERIENCED AS AN ELECTED TREASURER AND HE HAS WORKED WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS BEFORE.
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THINK HE BRINGS THOSE TWO PARTICULAR BONUS CATEGORIES TO US.AND KEITH HAS A BACHELOR'S IN FINANCE AND A MASTER'S IN FINANCE AND BUSINESS.
[Q. Closed Session – Virginia Freedom of Information Act]
DO WE WANT ROOM, SOMEONE WANT TO REUSE TO A MEANING MEETING HAVE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION? YES MA'AM.I MOVE THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DASH 37, 1183 OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC PERSON.
WE'RE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WITH ADVERSARILY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
I FURTHER MOVED THAT THE DISCUSSION BE LIMITED TO THE PROPERTY LOADING LOCATED IN THE SOUTH RIVER MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FRONT RAIL.
I ALSO MOVE THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DASH 32 37, 11 EIGHT.
IT'S STILL A THREE OTHER VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE DISPOSITION OF A PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION AND AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT DISCUSSION.
BE LIMITED TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE FORT MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF PORT RAIL.
FINALLY, I MOVED THE BOARD ENTER INTO A CLOSED MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DASH 37, 1187 AND EIGHT OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE CONSULTANT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION AND THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROY ON THE COUNTY OF WARREN, VIRGINIA, THE EDA, THE TOWN OF FORT ROYAL, THE EDA VERSUS JENNIFER MCDONALD.
THEY'RE ALL THE TOWN OF RURAL VERSUS THE EDA AT ALL, AND OTHER POTENTIAL CLAIMS AND LITIGATIONS RELATING TO OTHER POSSIBLE LIABILITIES OF THE EDA AND THE RECOVERY OF EDA FUNDS AND ASSETS IN THE DISCUSSION.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. CARTER.
MS. COLORS, MR. FOX, RIGHT? WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.
YOU WILL TAKE LIKE FIVE OR 10, UM, THE BOARD, UH, THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIES TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE.
LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTIONS 2.2 DASH 37, 1183, 87 AND 88 OTHER VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSE MEETING WAS CONVENED WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING BY THE PUBLIC BODY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MS. OATS, MR. CARTER.
NOW YOU CAN READ IN JUST SECTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE.
ENTER INTO A CLOSE MEETING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.2 DASH 37, 1183 OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE DESPOTS DESPOTS DISPOSITION.
GEESH, A PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
I FURTHER MOVE THAT DISCUSSION.
BE LIMITED TO PROP PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE NORTH MAGIC TUTORIAL DISTRICT, OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN NORTHERN RIVER NORTH RIVER MANAGES NORTH RIVER OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROAD.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL, MR. CARTER, MISS OATS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MS. CALLERS, MR. FOX.