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GOOD EVENING FOLKS WE'LL CALL THE NOVEMBER 23RD SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER.
WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO AFTER WE COME BACK IN THE OPEN SESSION, CLOSED SESSION SO EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE, INCLUDING THE AUDIENCE, THEN.
[1. Closed Meeting]
IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE RECESS FOR CLOSED SESSION.WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE MOTION? CHAIRMAN, PLEASE.
IT'S NECESSARY FOR THIS BOARD TO NOW CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS SET OUT IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA IN 1950, AS AMENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES . NUMBER ONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 A5 DISCUSSION WITH STAFF FROM FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED CONCERNING CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PROSPECTS, OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE OF THE PROSPECTS OR BUSINESSES INTEREST IN LOCATING OR EXPANDING ITS FACILITIES IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
NUMBER TWO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 A8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNING BODY REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE RELATED TO POTENTIAL ZONING VIOLATIONS ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 23530 RIDLEY ROAD.
NUMBER THREE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 A7.
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL RELATED TO BLACKWATER SOLAR LLC VS.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
A SUIT FILED ON OCTOBER 7, 2021, WHICH CHALLENGES THE LEGALITY OF A MORATORIUM ENACTED BY THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH 2021.
NUMBER FOUR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 A3 AND 8.
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN PUBLICLY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 29224 HUNT CLUB DRIVE.
SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED UNDER THE ROBERT T.
STAFFORD DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT, WHICH RESTRICTS THE USE OF THE LAND TO OPEN SPACE IN PERPETUITY IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE NATURAL FLOODPLAIN VALUES, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY, AND CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISPOSITION OF SUCH PROPERTY.
AND NUMBER FIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 A3 DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF CONTINUATION OF A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE OPTION FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY PAUL AND PATRICIA MILTEER ON ROSE VALLEY ROAD, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WHEN ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR THE NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION? SO MOVE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MEET A CLOSED SESSION IN THE BACK ROOM.
ALL RIGHT, I'VE BEEN INFORMED IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO WE WILL RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AND WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 23RD SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL YOU FOLKS HERE TONIGHT.
EXCUSE ME? THINK HE'S GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE AND.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE FIRST. OKAY.
EVERYBODY HERE. OKAY. GONNA RISE TO SAY THE PLEDGE.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER FROM THE OFFICE TO FROM THE AUDIENCE TO LEAD US IN A SHORT INVOCATION? SHORT PRAYER FROM ANYBODY ? IT'S A HAND UP OVER HERE.
YES, SIR. MY NAME IS AL EDWARDS.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE HOUSE ACROSS FROM MY.
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CAN YOU HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE? WE NEEDED SOMEBODY FOR A SHORT PRAYER, AN INVOCATION.WE'VE GONNA GET YOU LATER. WE'LL GET YOU LATER, SIR.
YOU'LL STILL HAVE TIME. WE THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO PRAY.
IS THERE ANYBODY? [LAUGHTER] YEAH.
I'VE LIVED ON SHADY BROOK TRAIL FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS.
AND. I HAVE A LEASE ON IT RIGHT OF WAY.
WE NEED A SHORT PRAYER BEFORE THE MEETING SIR.
OH, I'M SORRY. ANYBODY CAN GIVE US A SHORT PRAYER? WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT YET.
YOU GO ON AND SAY A PRAYER IF YOU WANT TO.[LAUGHTER] I'M NOT GOOD AT THAT.
GOOD EVENING. LET'S ALL BOW OUR HEAD.
ONCE AGAIN, A FEW OF YOUR SERVICE HAS COME TO YOU JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, LORD.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP THIS MORNING CARRIES THROUGH LAST NIGHT AS WE SLEPT IN SLUMBER. LORD, I ASK THAT YOU LOOK OVER THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO ARE UP HERE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR THIS COUNTY.
I KNOW THAT THEY WILL DO THE BEST THEY CAN LORD.
AND AS LONG AS THEY HAVE YOUR BACKING LORD, I KNOW THEY'LL DO WHAT'S THE BEST FOR THIS COUNTY IN YOUR HEAVENLY NAME LORD.
ALL RIGHT. SUPERVISOR GILLETTE, CAN YOU READ US THE CERTIFICATION, RESOLUTION CONCERNING
[2. Certification Resolution]
OUR MEETING? WHEREAS THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONVENED A CLOSED MEETING ON THIS DATE PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RECORDED VOTE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.AND WHEREAS SECTION 2.2-3712 D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE BOARD, THAT SUCH CLOSE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED AT THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC MATTERS, AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED MEETING, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED BY THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT CERTIFICATION.
AYE. OKAY. CERTIFICATIONS ACCEPTED.
WE DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTIONS FROM THE CLOSED MEETING.
THERE WERE NO VOTES OR ANYTHING IN THE BACK AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE, ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING NUMBER FOUR THE CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD.
[4. Citizens Comment Period]
I SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET UP AND SPEAK IN RICHMOND.YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T GET IN, GET UP AND SPEAK IN WASHINGTON.
BUT YOU CAN HERE, WE WELCOME ANYBODY THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTERS INVOLVING THE COUNTY. THE ONLY THING WE ASK YOU COME TO THE FRONT, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. SO WE'LL OPEN CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
OK. LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS AL EDWARDS.
MY ADDRESS IS 29032 LITTLE TEXAS ROAD, DREWRYVILLE, VIRGINIA.
AND I'M HERE WITH SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE HIGHEST CROSS ON THE ROAD FROM MINE.
ON OCTOBER THE 18TH, I HAD A VEHICLE COME UP IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I WENT OUT THERE AND IT WAS A LADY FROM FLORIDA, AND SHE INFORMED ME THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR HER BEST FRIEND, WHICH HAD JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE IN THAT AREA.
AND I TOLD HER, PROBABLY THE HOUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD.
AND SO SHE WENT ON TO TELL ME WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER THERE.
AND SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE TAKING IN DRUG ADDICTS, ALCOHOLICS, HOMELESS, AND PEOPLE FRESH OUT OF JAIL.
AND SHE TOLD ME, SHE SAID, I SHOULDN'T BE TELLING YOU THIS.
BUT SHE SAID, IF YOU GO ACROSS THE ROAD, THE WOMAN'S GOING TO TELL YOU THE SAME THING.
SO I WAS SICK AT THE TIME, AND I DIDN'T GO OVER UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK LATER.
AND WHEN I WENT OVER THERE, SHE DID TELL ME BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
AND THEY ALSO THEY HAVE FIVE BOYS, ONE OF THEM IS 14, AND HE IS LIVING THERE ON THAT PLACE AND WITH THESE MEN THAT THEY'VE GOT IN THERE AND.
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SHE ALSO HAS A 18-YEAR OLD SON THAT IS ON DRUGS, REAL BAD, AND HE'S AT A HALFWAY HOUSE SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND SHE SAID HE COMES BACK TO THAT HOUSE BACK AND FORTH, AND EVERY TIME HE COMES THAT THEY HAVE TO DRUG TEST EVERYBODY THERE BECAUSE HE BRINGS DRUGS INTO THEM.AND YOU KNOW, MY MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY, FOR THESE PEOPLE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NINE OUT OF TEN OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND STAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IF THEY CAN'T GET THEIR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE AND.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING AND GOING.
YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE UP TO HUNDREDS, YOU KNOW, IN A YEAR'S TIME OR MORE.
AND I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST.
EXCUSE ME YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MASK OFF TO TALK.
OKAY. I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
BUT I MEAN, NOT IF, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY COMES AND BREAKS IN OUR HOUSES AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH PROTECTION FROM THE POLICE BY THE TIME THEY GET OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE WELL GONE.
AND SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT I ASKED HER, I SAID, DON'T YOU ALL HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO RUN A PLACE LIKE THIS? AND SHE SAID, YEAH, BUT WE HADN'T GOTTEN IT YET, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. WHEN MY HUSBAND COMES BACK FROM AFRICA.
SUPPOSEDLY, THEY HAVE A PLACE IN AFRICA WITH THE SAME TYPE OF THING.
SHE TOLD ME THEY TOOK OVER THIS ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'D SAID FIVE OR SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND SHE SAID THEY WERE IN DEBT WHEN SHE TOOK IT OVER. AND SHE SAID THAT THEY PAID 375,000 DOLLARS FOR THAT HOUSE AND THEY HAD 300,000 IN CASH ALSO.
SO. YOU KNOW, I ASKED US, WELL, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL STATE FUNDED OR WHAT? AND SHE SAID, NO, WE DON'T WE DON'T TAKE ANY MONEY FROM THE STATE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO BY THEIR RULES.
SO I ASKED WHERE THEY GOT THE MONEY.
SHE SAID THAT ALL OF IT WAS GIFTED TO THEM AND THAT THEY GOT A LOT FROM THE 700 CLUB, WHICH, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS TOLD.
SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE SEVEN MEN IN ONE HOUSE AND SEVEN WOMEN IN THE OTHER HOUSE AND.
IT'S REALLY NOT CONSIDERABLE ONE RESIDENCE THERE.
IT'S TWO HOUSES, BUT THEY IT'S A BREEZEWAY BETWEEN THEM AND MS. CARR WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S ONLY CONSIDERED ONE ONE RESIDENCE AND THEY'RE WANT TO CLAIM IT AS TWO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MEN IN ONE AND THE WOMEN IN THE OTHER.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONE WORK EITHER.
AND LIKE I SAID, MY MAIN CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE COMING THERE AND LEAVING AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE ROAD AND THEY SEE ALL MY DOG PENS OVER THERE AND THEY SAY, YEAH, I KNOW HE'S GOT PLENTY OF GUNS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND GET THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING AND GOING. AND JUST REAL CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THANK Y'ALL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN? SORRY. I JUST ASK IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
YEAH, MY NAME IS DEAN [INAUDIBLE].
MY ADDRESS IS 26188 SHADY BROOK TRAIL.
I'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT 25 YEARS AND I'M LEASING THE RIGHT OF WAY ADJOINING MY PROPERTY FROM THE COUNTY. AND THE LEASE RUNS OUT DECEMBER 31ST, AND I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO RENEW THE LEASE, THE CONTRACT.
I'VE KEPT THE PROPERTY UP SINCE THE FLOOD OF '99.
ALL MY NEIGHBORS ARE WELCOME TO USE THE PROPERTY ANY TIME, AND, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME ANYTHING.
AND I'VE KEPT VERY WELL UP AND.
WHAT MIKE'S MENTION, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF TREES, I SPENT A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS GETTING CUT DOWN AND.
KIND OF LIKE THIS, IT AIN'T BROKE, LET'S DON'T FIX IT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WHO'S NEXT?
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GOOD EVENING, DR. EDWARDS.MR. JOHNSON AND OTHER BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING WESTERN TIDEWATER FREE CLINIC, AND I LIVE AT 100 TUCKER DRIVE IN SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA, AND A HECK OF A TIME GETTING HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE OUT THERE, BUT, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I AM HERE.
I'M HERE JUST TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND SUPPORT TO WESTERN TIDEWATER FREE CLINIC. THE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND BUDGET AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED WILL HELP US SERVE 150 COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE VISITS TO SOUTH, TO OUR FACILITY SO WE CAN SERVE 150 SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO OUR FACILITY. FROM JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, THE CLINIC HAS PROVIDED NINE SERVICES TO 902 SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PATIENTS.
THAT'S 902 VISITS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TO OUR FACILITY.
FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER, THE CLINIC HAS GIVEN OUT 148,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF MEDICINE TO THOSE PATIENTS.
THAT'S USING THE AVERAGE RETAIL VALUE FOR THE MEDICINE THAT WE GIVE TO THEM FREE.
THE AVERAGE RETAIL VALUE OF MEDICAL SERVICE WE HAVE PROVIDED TO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY RESIDENTS IS OVER 109,000 DOLLARS.
THE CLINIC AS A WHOLE HAS PROVIDED SERVICE TO 1,263 PATIENTS TOTALING ABOUT 1,796 VISITS.
THAT'S HOW MANY PATIENTS HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER.
OUR ANNUAL COST HAS GONE UP JUST AS THE COST FOR EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP IN THIS YEAR, SO OUR ANNUAL COST NOW IS FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS PER PATIENT.
THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS US TO SERVE A PATIENT THAT'S UP ABOUT 200 DOLLARS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE HAVE THREE ACTIVE SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTEERS THAT AT WORK AT THE CLINIC.
THEY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TOTALLY FOR THE CLINIC.
WE'VE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE ABOUT 395 HOURS PER MONTH.
SO WE WE CUT A LOT OF OUR COSTS THROUGH VOLUNTEERS SUCH AS MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE FROM SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY ON OUR BOARD, SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BEING ON OUR BOARD, PLEASE HAVE THEM CONTACT LYNETTE AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO CONTACT US DIRECTLY.
SO IF YOU PROVIDE HER WITH THE NAME, WE'LL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN HAVING THEM ON OUR BOARD.
WE HAVE ABOUT 17 PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD.
WE'RE ONLY HAVE ONE FROM SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
SO FROM THIS TOTAL AREA, THERE'S ONLY ONE.
WE'RE PLANNING WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING TO EXPAND OUR FACILITY IN SUFFOLK.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD TWO MORE DENTAL CHAIRS.
DENTAL IS A PIN UP NEED FOR PEOPLE IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
SO WE'RE ADDING TWO MORE DENTAL CHAIRS AT THAT FACILITY, SO WE'LL BE EXPANDING OUR BUILDING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND OUR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SCREENING AND OUR TELEHEALTH STATIONS, ADD SOME TELEHEALTH STATIONS AND POSSIBLY A SATELLITE SERVICE IN THE FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON AREA.
THAT'S IN OUR THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN CUT DOWN ON THE TRAVEL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA TO OUR FACILITY.
AGAIN, WE LIKE WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US OVER THE YEARS SINCE WE STARTED IN 2007.
YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN US 171,250 DOLLARS.
WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE THANK YOU FOR.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THE WESTERN TIDEWATER FREE CLINIC IS A VERY VALUABLE ASSET TO THIS COUNTY AND WE REALIZE
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THAT, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD EVENING, THIS IS PROBABLY A FIRST I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF Y'ALLS MEETINGS, BUT I DON'T USUALLY HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT IT, BUT.
CHAIRMAN EDWARDS, VICE CHAIRMAN GILLETTE AND BOARD.
I FELT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO COME AND ADDRESS YOU.
OPENING A GROUP HOME IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
DRURY 26239 TOWERS CIRCLE COURTLAND, VIRGINIA.
DR. EDWARDS IS MY REPRESENTATIVE AND BUT OPENING A GROUP IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY WITHOUT CONSIDERING GETTING A BUSINESS LICENSE AND THE OPERATING LICENSE.
I'M SORRY. I CAN'T GO INTO AN AREA AND OPEN A BUSINESS THAT'S RESIDENTIAL OR AGRICULTURAL WITHOUT GOING BEFORE A BOARD.
AND NO ONE. SHOULD BE ABLE TO THINK THAT THEY CAN COME TO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY AND DO THAT BECAUSE I'M PROUD OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I AM PROUD OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT WE HAVE SITTING IN FRONT OF ME TONIGHT.
Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WE NEED YOU HERE.
LOOK AT THE OUTREACH FOR CHRIST YOUTUBE VIDEO.
AND I KNOW IT'S A 5013C, BUT THEY'RE PAYING SOME SALARIES.
AND THE [INAUDIBLE] FAMILY, THEY'RE NOT DOING IT FOR CHARITY ALONE.
OH. BUT MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY GET OUT OF IT? THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT AND SAID WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IS GETTING OUT OF IT BECAUSE.
Y'ALL HAD DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF WORKING ON KEEPING OUR TAXES.
Y'ALL DID A HALF A CENT TAX REDUCTION THIS PAST YEAR.
AS A COUNTY NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THERE'S NO QUESTION IN ELECTIONS THAT WAS PART OF WHAT EVERYBODY BELIEVES IN, SO.
THE SAFETY OF MY FRIENDS, I DO PERSONALLY OWN LAND THAT IS VERY NEAR WITHIN TWO MILES OF THIS HOME.
IS THEY HAVE CHILDREN AND THEY HAVE HOMES THERE AND.
IT'S JUST LIKE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE WHEN WHEN YOU COME TO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY AND YOU BUILD IN THE COUNTRY, YOU BUILD IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT.
BECAUSE FOOD LINE ISN'T FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM YOU.
IT'S TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM YOU.
BUT YOU LOVE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
AND WE NEED TO KEEP SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY LIKE IT IS, AND WE CAN'T ALLOW SOMEBODY TO COME IN. AND JUST SAY, OH, WELL, WE'LL GET A PERMIT LATER, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO OPERATE AS WE ARE.
AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
THANK YOU. OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE.
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STILL GOT PLENTY OF TIME.GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS AND CHAIRMAN EDWARDS.
I LIVE AT 29145 IVY TRACK ROAD HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE HALFWAY HOUSE REHABILITATION HOME.
WHATEVER IT MAY BE CALLED THAT.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, MOVED FROM THE TIDEWATER AREA OF VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORFOLK TO BRING REHABILITATED PEOPLE HERE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD BE TREATING HERE, BUT THE HOUSE THAT THEY HAVE PICKED AT 28873 LITTLE TEXAS ROAD IS IN AN AREA THAT'S ZONED FOR AGRICULTURE ONE.
IT'S GOT TWELVE ROOMS, FIVE BEDROOMS AND THREE BATHS.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH NEIGHBORS THAT I HAVE IS THAT THEY INTEND TO HAVE A MIX OF MALE AND FEMALE PEOPLE IN HERE.
THE. IF YOU GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE, THEY OPENLY TALK ABOUT GOING TO ALL THE LOCAL JAILS AND PICKING PEOPLE TO COME.
JAILS AND PRISONS HAVE PEOPLE COME AND BE TREATED, WHATEVER THAT TREATMENT IS, I DO NOT KNOW. BUT IN A RURAL AREA LIKE WE ARE.
IT BRINGS UP A LOT OF PROBLEMS SUCH PROBLEMS AS IF THEY'RE BEING REHABILITATED THEN I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE LEARNING SOME LIFE SKILL OR SOME JOB SKILL.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A JOB, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO WORK, YOU'VE GOT TO COME BACK IN A CITY ATMOSPHERE.
THAT'S EASY. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF LOCAL TRANSPORTATION, THEY'VE GOT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, YOU'VE GOT UBERS, YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
HERE IN THE COUNTRY IT'S A TRICK TO TRY TO GET TO WHERE YOUR JOB IS, AND I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ALL REALIZE THAT NOBODY'S GOT A FIVE MINUTE DRIVE TO WORK ANYMORE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, THAT PARTICULAR AREA BEING ZONED A1 IS AGRICULTURE.
MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF INCLUDED, WE'RE IN A DISTRICT THAT'S CALLED THE VAFD.
WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY PUT OUR LAND IN THESE GROUPS SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THE AGRICULTURAL NATURE OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
WE DON'T WANT DEVELOPMENT IN THERE.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE THOSE CROPS.
WE ALL WORK HARD TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
AND BOTH THE VADF RULES IN THE SOUTHAMPTON CODE TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES AND THINGS THAT COULD GO ON.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THINGS THAT WILL IMPEDE THE OPERATIONS OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S RAISING CATTLE, WHETHER IT'S FARMING TILLING THE GROUND, WHETHER IT'S EVEN RAISING AND CUTTING TREES. IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT YOU DO NOT DO THINGS THAT IMPEDE THE ACTIVE FARMING EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S ALSO IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS PARTICULAR HOME, THEN YOU'RE HAVING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC COMING IN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE INSPECTORS COME IN. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE INSPECTED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE CERTIFICATIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COMING BACK AND FORTH AND VISITING.
EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THERE'S A LOT OF LARGE FARMING EQUIPMENT ON THESE ROADS.
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, YOU KNOW, COULD IMPEDE THIS TRAFFIC.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT JUST RACE AROUND LARGE TRACTORS ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY'RE TIRED OF POKING ALONG WITH THEM OR WAITING UNTIL THE TRACTOR HAS AN AREA THEY CAN PULL OVER AND LET THEM PASS. WE DON'T NEED THE POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE GETTING INJURED OR HURT OR FARM EQUIPMENT OR FARMERS BEING HURT WITH PEOPLE COMING AROUND BACK AND FORTH, INCREASING THE TRAFFIC THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THERE.
WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE THAT CLOSE TO US, CITIES ARE MORE ALIGNED FOR THINGS LIKE THIS.
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OUR COUNTY IS WIDE OPEN.WE HAVE GREAT PROTECTION FROM OUR LOCAL SHERIFF, BUT IT'S A LONG TIME TO GET TO A CALL, IT'S NOT A ONE MINUTE CALL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN THE CITIES WHERE YOU HAVE POLICE OFFICERS AROUND.
WE'RE LIMITED WITH THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT THE SHERIFF HAS, AND THEY DO A HARD JOB AND THEY WILL GET THERE ABSOLUTELY AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
BUT IT IS NOT LIKELY THEY WILL GET THERE IN TIME TO STOP ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.
A VERY STRONG LOOK AT ANY PROPOSED PERMITS OR BUSINESS LICENSE THAT THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE IS COMING TO GET AND LOOK AT THE NATURE OF OUR LAND THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE ARE ALL IN SOME LAND GROUP TO PROTECT THAT LAND FROM DEVELOPMENT OR BRINGING IN BUSINESSES OR BRINGING IN GROUP HOMES.
ANYBODY ELSE? MY NAME IS GREG. GREG EDWARDS, I LIVE AT 2940 LITTLE TEXAS ROAD BRANCHVILLE, VIRGINIA.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC AS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM BOTH AL'S AND JOHN MOORE.
I LIVE ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM THIS HOUSE THAT THIS STUFF IS GOING ON.
I HAVE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE COUNTRY AND I'VE BEEN THERE ALL MY LIFE, AND I KIND OF ONE OF THE REASONS IS SO I COULD GET AWAY FROM ALL THIS STUFF LIKE THAT THAT'S GOING ON AT THIS HOUSE AND NOW IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US.
AND I'M REALLY CONCERN FOR MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
IT'S A. IT'S BEEN QUITE A SHOCK, HONESTLY.
UM, THEY ARE SOME OTHER FAMILIES DOWN THE ROAD WITH CHILDREN.
MY WIFE PICKS UP MY GRANDCHILDREN PROBABLY TWO OR THREE DAYS A WEEK AND BRINGS THEM TO OUR HOUSE, WHICH IS LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM THIS HOUSE WHERE THIS IS GOING ON.
LIVES LESS THAN A MILE FROM THERE AND THEY'RE YOUNG KIDS, AND IT JUST REALLY CONCERNS ME THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS COME OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE VERY SERIOUS.
AND I JUST HOPE Y'ALL WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS IS QUITE AN HONOR TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL BECAUSE I THINK Y'ALL ARE SOME TOP NOTCH INDIVIDUALS THAT I THINK SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IS REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE.
AND I JUST HOPE Y'ALL WILL CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WHO'S NEXT? GOOD EVENING, DR. EDWARDS, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MR. JOHNSON AND ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
I RESIDE AT 29077 IVEY TRACT ROAD IN DREWRYVILLE, VIRGINIA.
I, TOO AM IN OPPOSITION OF WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT GOING ON AT THE OUTREACH MINISTRY.
TO MY [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE STARTED UP SOMETHING WITHOUT PERMITS, WITHOUT LETTING ANYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU ALL COULD TAKE TIME, LOOK INTO IT AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND MY FAMILY.
OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? YOU CAN GO.
GOOD EVENING BOARD, MR. EDWARDS, MR. JOHNSON.
MY NAME IS SETH EDWARDS. I RESIDE AT 30019 IVEY TRACT ROAD, DREWRYVILLE, VIRGINIA.
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I WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING THIS AFTERNOON, SO I WOULDN'T RAMBLE BECAUSE I DO THAT WHEN I SPEAK IN PUBLIC. I LIVE ON A IVEY TRACT ROAD WITH MY WIFE, THREE AMAZING YOUNG CHILDREN AGES TEN, FIVE AND TWO.MOST OF YOU MAY HAVE SPOTTED MY FACE AROUND THE COUNTY AS LIEUTENANT MEDIC SERVING WITH THE CITY OF FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY SINCE I WAS ABLE TO DO SO AT THE AGE OF 15.
RECENTLY, I LEFT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME HOME AND PHONE WITH MY DAD, WHO WAS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. HE GOT UP AND SPOKE JUST A MINUTE AGO.
I HAVE LIVED IN THIS PLACE CALLED LITTLE TEXAS, A PLACE I HAVE CALLED HOME SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN ALMOST THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
A PLACE I LOVE, A PLACE I RESPECT AND A PLACE WHERE I PUT 110% OF MY EFFORT IN ATTENDING THE LAND. I HAVE LOVED, RESPECTED AND BENT OVER BACKWARDS FOR THIS COUNTY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. FOR EXAMPLE, SAVING LIVES, PROTECTING PROPERTY AND PRESERVING AND TENDING THE SOIL, WHICH SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IS KNOWN BEST FOR ITS AGRICULTURE.
SOME OF THE FINEST PEANUTS IN THE WORLD.
AND MID-OCTOBER, AFTER PICKING THE FINAL PEANUTS OF THE YEAR, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY NIGHT FOR US.
I WOULD MY FATHER APPROACHED ME, HE SAID, SON, I GOT SOME BAD NEWS, SOMEONE BOUGHT, [INAUDIBLE] HOUSE AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BECOME A HALFWAY HOUSE.
MY INITIAL REACTION WAS, YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.
IT WAS THEN IN MY MIND BEGAN TO SPIN A MILLION DIRECTIONS.
WE THEN BEGAN TO COLD, CALLING YOU THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE SHERIFF, [INAUDIBLE].
MY BIGGEST QUESTION WAS HOW? HOW CAN THEY DO THIS WITHOUT A PERMIT? OR BETTER YET? COULD THEY EVEN DO THIS WITHOUT THIS PROPERTY BEING RESIGNED? THINGS HAVE BEGAN TO SPIRAL DOWNHILL EVER SINCE I WAS IN WILMINGTON FOR MY COUSIN'S WEDDING A FEW WEEKENDS AGO, RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A FRIEND.
HE ASKED ME WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FRANCIS FARM, WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE FARM THIS HOUSE IS ON. IT'S LIGHTS UP, IT'S LIGHTS ON UP THERE EVERYWHERE.
THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN ALL BLACK, BLACK HOODIES WALKING DOWN THE ROAD LOOKING IN THE DITCH WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND ALMOST HIT THEM.
JUST THIS MORNING, I RIGHT BY THERE WAS TRASH CANS ALL OVER THE YARD.
VEHICLES ALL OVER THE YARD, IT LOOKED LIKE A DUMP.
IT HADN'T LOOKED LIKE THAT IN 20 YEARS.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.
I CHOSE TO BUILD MY BEAUTIFUL HOME ON THE FAMILY FARM EIGHT YEARS AGO.
I FELT SAFE IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
AND I FELT SAFER IN THE PLACE THAT I'VE ALWAYS CALLED GOD'S COUNTRY LITTLE TEXAS.
I HAVE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH A LOADED NINE MILLIMETER AND A LOADED FORTY-FIVE AND BOTH NIGHTSTANDS. NO ONE IN OUR COUNTY SHOULD HAVE FEEL LIKE THIS.
I DON'T EVEN FEEL SAFE WITH MY KIDS BEING OUTSIDE ALONE ANYMORE.
MY WIFE WAS ON A TRIP IN NASHVILLE BACK IN AUGUST AND WOKE UP TO TWO MEN ROBBING HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AT 2:15 A.M.
SINCE THEN, SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP MUCH AT NIGHT.
NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS.
I CHOSE TO LIVE ON THE FAMILY FARM IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE BECAUSE I FELT SAFE.
IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF SECURITY.
I WANT TO GIVE MY KIDS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND GROW UP LIKE I WAS GIVEN.
WHEN MY TWO FIVE YEAR OLD, WHEN MY TWO-YEAR OLD AND FIVE-YEAR OLD ASKED WHY THERE ARE PRISONERS LIVING NEXT DOOR IN THE BIG WHITE HOUSE.
AFTER HEARING OTHER PEOPLE'S CONVERSATIONS IS A COMPLETE BLOW TO THE FACE.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, THIS IS NOT WELCOME IN THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT WELCOME IN THE PLACE THAT I CALL HOME.
YES, I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE PLACES FOR HOUSES OF THIS NATURE, BUT NOT HERE.
FOR MANY YEARS, I HAVE SEEN WHAT IS BEING HOUSED IN THESE HOUSES AND WHAT IS HOUSING THESE HOUSES.
I ARE THINGS THAT I CANNOT UN-SEE.
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THIS NATION HAS GONE TO HELLA HANDBASKET.
I KNOW OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS SHORTHANDED AND SOME NIGHTS WE MAY ONLY HAVE TWO OR THREE DEPUTIES IN THE COUNTY AT ONE TIME.
I'M NOT BADMOUTHING OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BY NO MEANS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING DEPUTIES AND A GREAT SHERIFF.
BUT WHAT I'M GOING, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHEN ONE OF THESE PEOPLE SLIPS OUT OF THIS HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SHOWS UP AT MY HOUSE TRYING TO HARM ME, MY WIFE, AND MY CHILDREN AND I CALL 9-1-1 AND POSSIBLY GET ON HOLD ON FOR FIVE, TEN, FIFTEEN MINUTES.
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IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, AND BOTH DEPUTIES ARE IN [INAUDIBLE] HANDLING AND CALLING [INAUDIBLE], AND WE'RE OVER AN HOUR AWAY.BOTTOM LINE IS SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
AND I'M ASKING YOU THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT WILL BE DONE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
WHO'S NEXT? I'M [INAUDIBLE] NEWSOMES.
SOMETHING CAME UP LAST MONTH AND I WENT OUT AND I TALKED TO PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY.
AND THERE ARE, I THINK, AGREE WITH ME 100%.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE A SPECIAL EXEMPTION ON TAXES.
THOUGH, IF YOU DO EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTY LOOKING FOR TAX REDUCTION.
A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT USED YEAR ROUND, IT CANNOT AND IS NOT.
PARTIAL USE WILL EQUIPMENT AS USED EVERY DAY.
LIKE FARMER, NOT ONLY THE FARMERS, BUT BUSINESS PEOPLE.
THEY ARE TAXED AND THEY DON'T GIVE A SPECIAL TAX BREAK JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE SERVING THE COMMUNITY, SO I INSIST, NOT ONLY INSIST, BUT I THINK EVERY CITIZEN IN THE COUNTY WOULD BE UP IN ARMS IF YOU GIVE A SPECIAL PERMIT EXEMPTION TO PEOPLE, THEY'VE GOT EQUIPMENT THAT USED YEAR ROUND SPECIAL TAX PRIVILEGES.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS, Y'ALL DIDN'T MIGHT NOT ANSWER, BUT BY CITIZENS, I THINK WILL ANSWER HIS COMPLAINT BY NOT GETTING BACK WITH HIM.
UNTIL MR. ROSE THE CITIZENS DON'T APPROVE THAT SPECIAL TAX EXEMPT THAT HE IS ASKING FOR.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S THE TIME, THE LAST CALL.
GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. MY NAME'S CHARLES ANDREWS.
I RESIDE AT 6200 SHADY BROOK TRAIL, A LITTLE BESIDE MR. [INAUDIBLE]. AND AS YOU SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, HE'S MAINTAINED THE RIGHT WAY BEHIND OUR PROPERTY VERY WELL FOR, I HAVE BEEN THERE FOUR YEARS NOW.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT KEPT THAT WAY IF POSSIBLE.
THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT YOU FOLKS WHO CAME AND TALKED TONIGHT AND CAME TO THIS MEETING HAVE NOT WASTED YOUR TIME.
THESE CONCERNS WILL BE LOOKED IN THOROUGHLY BY THIS BOARD.
I'LL THE CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
OKAY. NEXT, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR SESSION OCTOBER 26 2021.
[5. Approval of Minutes]
ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS? MOTION MAY BE ACCEPTED? MOTION TO APPROVE.ALL RIGHT. NUMBER SIX, HIGHWAY MATTERS.
[6. Highway Matters]
WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS REQUESTING ADDITIONS TO THE STATE SECONDARY SYSTEM HIGHWAYS.[00:45:08]
THEIR FIRST ONE IS JILL CIRCLE AND THE SECOND ONE OF SHADY BROOK COURT.EVERYBODY, I THINK, IS WELL AWARE OF WHERE THESE PLACES ARE.
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING VDOT TO ACCEPT THE JILL CIRCLE, WHICH IS THE DELAWARE WOODS SUBDIVISION AND THE SECONDARY SYSTEM HIGHWAYS AND ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE AND CARE.
ONE YEAR AFTER THIS, IS ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION.
SO SECOND. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR [INAUDIBLE], AYE.
THE AYES HAVE IT. SO THE RESOLUTION WILL BE FAVORABLY ACTED ON.
THE SECOND IS SHADY BROOK COURT ROUTE 1100.
IT'S THE SAME THING, RESOLUTION ASKING VDOT TO ACCEPT THE SHADY BROOK COURT AND THE SECONDARY SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS AND REFUSE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PETROL MAINTENANCE AND CARE FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION, WE ACCEPT THAT, TOO.
OKAY. IS OUR SECOND? SECOND. ALL THAT IS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL RIGHT THE RESOLUTION IS ACCEPTED.
WE'LL SEND THAT ON TO OUR PEOPLE AT VDOT.
OKAY, WE'RE DOWN TO REGULAR MONTHLY CONCERNS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS CONCERNING THE ROADS IN THEIR DISTRICT OR ANYWHERE? I EMAILED MINE IN, BUT IT WAS CONCERNS ABOUT BEAVIS DAMMING UP THE DITCHES IN ON BETHANY SCHOOL ROAD. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY IF NOT WE'LL MOVE ON.
THEN, NUMBER SEVEN, THE MONTHLY REPORTS, I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS AND ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE
[7. Monthly Reports]
THAT WANTS TO GET UP AND DISCUSS THESE TOPICS, JUST STOP ME.GOOD EVENING, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COLLECTION PERCENTAGES.
REAL ESTATE STAYED THE SAME AS LAST MONTH 99.82%.
THE PERSONAL PROPERTY RATE LAST MONTH WAS 97.96% AND IT'S UP TO 98.16%.
THE SOLID WASTE FEE WAS AT 84.14% LAST MONTH, AND IT'S UP TO 84.9%.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK ONE REGIONAL LIBRARY.
SOLID WASTE QUANTITIES, LAST BUT NOT LEAST MR.JOHNSON PERSONNEL.
JUST A FEW PERSONNEL CHANGES TO REPORT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAD THREE EMPLOYEES HIRED DURING THE MONTH.
THE FIRST IS PATTY EVERETT, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 25TH IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE ANNUAL SALARY 30,418 DOLLARS.
FOREST HART EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ANNUAL SALARY 36,940 DOLLARS.
AND GREGORY LUSH, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 8TH IN THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ANNUAL SALARY 65,000 DOLLARS.
THERE WAS ONE RETIREMENT DURING THE MONTH IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CARL BOONE, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 30TH.
THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE'LL.
MOVE ON TO NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE THE FINANCIAL MATTERS, THE FIRST ONE ON IS.
[8. Financial Matters]
FYI 2022 SEMIANNUAL APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION, WHICH IF YOUR BLUE SHEETS IN YOUR PACKET, THAT APPROPRIATES REMAINING FUNDS APPROVED AND YOUR 2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, A TOTAL OF 31,269,468 DOLLARS.THE FIRST SEMIANNUAL APPROPRIATION WAS IN JUNE.
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SO THIS IS END UP THE YEAR.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MOVE, WE ADOPT THE SEMIANNUAL APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THE FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. IT IS ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT B, CONSIDERATION OF EARLY PAYROLL DISBURSEMENT IN DECEMBER.
WE USUALLY DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
PAST TRADITIONS HAVE SAID A MOTION WAS REQUESTED TO ISSUE THE PAYROLL CHECKS TO ALL EMPLOYEES FOR THE DECEMBER PAY PERIOD ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17TH.
ANY THE SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OKAY, THE BILL LIST YELLOW SHEETS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILLS? I MOVE WE PAY THE BILLS.
SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE PAPERS SAY AYE.
AYE. SO WE WILL PAY THE BILLS.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO NUMBER NINE APPOINTMENTS.
[9. Appointments]
FIRST ONE IS THE SPSA WE HAD A SESSION LAST MEETING, MR. MARK HODGES HAS HAD TWO TERMS OF SERVICE, AND HE'S INELIGIBLE FOR FURTHER APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT, SO WE NEED TO SUBMIT THREE NAMES IF THEY GO TO THE GOVERNOR AND THEN THE GOVERNOR WILL SELECT ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS.QUESTION. WE CAN SELECT UP TO THREE.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SO WE NEED TO COME UP WITH AT LEAST ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? THEY'D LIKE AT LEAST TWO, BUT YOU CAN DO UP TO THREE.
WELL, I HAVE ONE FROM THE CAPRON DISTRICT, HIS NAME IS TONY PARNELL.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.
I'VE GOT IT. I SPOKE WITH HIM YESTERDAY AND HE IS WILLING TO ACCEPT HIS NAME GOING ON THE LIST, AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE SELECTED SO I HAVE EXPLAINED THAT MUCH TO HIM, SO HE MAY BE CONTACTED YOU.
I HAVE ONE AS WELL FROM THE BERLIN AND IVOR DISTRICT.
WHOM, JUST AS YOU INDICATED, HAS BEEN EXPLAINED, THE PROCESS AS FAR AS THE APPOINTMENT AND THE GOVERNOR'S ROLE IN IT AND HIS NAME IS FRANKLIN DOWLESS.
I'LL GET YOURSELF THIS INFORMATION.
ANYBODY ELSE, DO YOU HAVE A THIRD ONE? OH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS THERE, WE NEED A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND FORWARD THESE NAMES ON FOR CONSIDERATION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE THOSE OVER.
THE SECOND WAS THE IDA OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE MR. DONALD WHITFIELD AND MR. ERNEST CLAUD REPRESENTING [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT AND CAPRON DISTRICT, THESE BOTH ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE REAPPOINTED.
I TALKED TO DONALD WHITFIELD SATURDAY AND HE WOULD CONSIDER BEING REAPPOINTED.
HE WOULD? HOW ABOUT MR. CLAUDE THE CAPRON DISTRICT? I SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER, BUT IT'S BEEN TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
BUT HE SAID HE WOULD BE FINE WITH THE REAPPOINTMENT.
BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE [INAUDIBLE] BUT IT CAN WAIT UNTIL THE 14TH OF DECEMBER IF YOU PREFER TO TALK TO HIM FIRST.
LET ME DOUBLE CHECK CAUSE THAT WAS AT LEAST THREE MONTHS AGO WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON HOLD.
PENDING HIS CONSENT TO BE ON THAT.
OKAY, AND CAN WE REAPPOINT DONNIE WHITFIELD? I GUESS WE COULD GO AHEAD AND APPOINT MR. WHITFIELD, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT? AND SECOND.
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SECOND. ALL THOSE FAVOR, SAY AYE.AYE. OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] WHEN YOU HEAR FROM MR. CLAUDE WILL ACT ON HIS SITUATION.
ALL RIGHT WESTERN TIDEWATER COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD ON DECEMBER 31 MS. CINDY EDWARDS WELL COMPLETED HER SECOND THIRD YEAR TERM.
SHE IS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ONE ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR TERM.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR BYLAWS, ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, AND SHE FITS THAT DESCRIPTION.
AND ACCORDINGLY, WE'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND MR. CINDY EDWARDS OUR TREASURE TO SUCCEED HERSELF FOR ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM.
WAS THAT A MOTION? THAT IS A MOTION. DOES SHE ACCEPT? THAT OKAY CINDY. YES.
IS THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. NEXT IT'S OUR ONLY PUBLIC HEARING OF THE NIGHT, AND THAT'S A CONSIDERATION OF AN
[10. Public Hearing]
AMENDMENT TO THE FLAG RUN AGRICULTURAL ON FORESTRY DISTRICTS.AND I'LL LET OUR PROFESSIONAL PLANNER AND SECRETARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MS. LEWIS, COME FORWARD TO FILL US IN ON THAT.
GOOD EVENING, THIS IS A REQUEST, THE ONLY REQUEST THIS YEAR TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANTS, DEBORAH BEALE AND SARAH COBB, ARE SEEKING TO WITHDRAW ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM THE FLAG RUN DISTRICT AND ADD ANOTHER PIECE TO THE FLAG RUN DISTRICT, PIECE THEY LIKE THIS, ENCOMPASSES TAX PARCELS 46-15 B, WHICH IS THE ADDITION, AND THE WITHDRAWAL IS 46-24A.
AT 46-24A, A IS THE LOT WHERE HER HOME IS AND SHE'D LIKE TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE DISTRICT.
THERE ISN'T ANY REASON THAT THE DISTRICT CAN'T INCLUDE A HOME MANY OF THEM DO, BUT THEY WOULD, DEBORAH BEALE AND SARAH BEALE-COBB WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THIS FOUR-ACRE HOME SITE FROM THEIR VOLUNTARY AGRICULTURE DISTRICT.
MS. BEALE SAYS THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR ORIGINAL APPLICATION MISTAKENLY.
THE ADDITION IS TAX PARCEL 46-15B, WHICH IS 56.3 ACRES.
IT IS. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE, AN UNMAPPED TAX PARCEL.
BUT MS. CARR, THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, SAYS THAT IT ACTUALLY EXISTS, SO IT'S AN UNMAPPED TAX PARCEL AND IT IS WITHIN TAX PARCEL 46-15.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE, ADD THAT ONE AND TAKE THE HOUSE OUT.
THE FLAG RUN DISTRICT ITSELF IS OVER 15,000 ACRES.
SO TO REMOVE THE 4.5 ACRES THAT THE HOUSE IS ON IS CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE FLAG RUN DISTRICT.
THE HOUSE WAS INCLUDED AS AN ERROR.
NOW SHE'S NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO IT, IT'S STILL GOING TO REMAIN A HOUSE.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST ACTED AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THESE REQUESTS.
THEN THEY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AT ACTING AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ONE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS VOTED NO BECAUSE HE WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY SHE WANTED TO WITHDRAW THE HOUSE FROM DISTRICT.
BUT THE REST OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS FELT THAT FOUR AND A HALF ACRES REMOVED FROM THE DISTRICT WAS NOT IMPACTFUL TO THE 15,000 ACRE FLAG RUN DISTRICT AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IF NOT WE'LL LIST THE PUBLIC HEARING, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT? NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK, WE'LL THEREFORE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE BOARD? I DON'T SEE ANY REASON NOT TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE MOST OF THE SECOND TO APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, AS SUGGESTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED NO? OKAY, THAT'S APPROVED.
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ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 11 CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT TO SERVE AS FISCAL AGENT FOR THE[11. Consideration of a Resolution to Continue serving as Fiscal Agent for the Blackwater Regional Library]
BLACKWATER REGIONAL LIBRARY.MIKE, WOULD YOU GO INTO THAT? SURE. SO OUR 2013 CONTRACT FOR LIBRARY SERVICES BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE BLACKWATER REGIONAL LIBRARY PROVIDES THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD WILL DESIGNATE A FISCAL AGENT TO MAINTAIN CUSTODY OF THEIR OWN UNDESIGNATED FUNDS.
THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY TREASURER HAS SERVED AS THEIR FISCAL AGENT SINCE 2007.
SO INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGES IS A AGREEMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH 2022.
THIS AGREEMENT WOULD PICK UP AT THAT POINT AND RUN THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2025.
THE CONTRACT IS WHAT WE CALL QUID PRO QUO.
OUR SERVICES AS FISCAL AGENT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD'S PAYMENT OF THE ANNUAL UTILITY EXPENSES FOR THE WALTER CECIL KAWL BRANCH LIBRARY, WHICH IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR SERVICES CONTRACT WOULD TYPICALLY BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THE VALUE OF THE AGREEMENT IS ESTIMATED AT ROUGHLY $16000 ANNUALLY.
WELL, ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD THING.
TO REQUIRE OR AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.
ALL RIGHT, NUMBER 12, THE DISCUSSION OF YORK COUNTY'S RESOLUTION, SUPPORT OF PARENTAL
[12. Discussion Regarding York County's Resolution in Support of Parental Rights]
RIGHTS. WELL, THIS CAME OUT IN THE VIRGINIA PILOT.WELL, THE YORK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAME THROUGH WITH A RESOLUTION THAT THEY WOULD NOT FUND ANY DIVISIVE SUBJECT GOING INTO THE SCHOOLS ARE SUCH AS THE CRT.
THEY EVIDENTLY DELAYED ACTION ON THAT AT THEIR NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING.
I'VE TALKED WITH THE CHAIRMAN, I'VE TALKED WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES MR. CHAD GREEN.
HE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SOME SLIGHT ALTERATIONS IN IT AND BRING IT UP AGAIN AND THEY FOR DISCUSSION IN VOTING IN THE DECEMBER MEETING.
HE ALSO SAID THAT THEY EXTENDED A HAND TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO ASK THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SITUATION, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT RESPOND.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN TO DISCUSSION WHAT THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US DISCUSS IT AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE OUR ATTORNEY DRAW UP SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR OUR COUNTY? AND ALSO IN THE SAME MOTION, I'D LIKE FOR US TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL PEOPLE AND SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS EXACTLY WHAT ARE WE? WHAT DO WE THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD'S GOING TO DO THAT WE DON'T APPROVE? WELL, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.
IN MY VIEW, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THEM TO THE TABLE.
WELL, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROMULGATE HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS THE CITIZENS HAVE COME BEFORE US PREVIOUSLY AND PROCLAIMED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS. AND WHEN DID NONRESPONSIVE TO INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS AND PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS AND TO OUR BOARD AND TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER, IT'S CONCERNING. TO ME, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN FULLY WHAT THEIR CURRICULUM IS AND HOW IT DOESN'T INCLUDE CRT AND ALL THESE THINGS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THOSE THINGS UNTIL WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM TO HAVE THEM JOIN US AT OUR TABLE THAT'S BEEN SET FOR THEM FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS NOW.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF OF ANY TYPE OF ACTION SUCH AS THIS ANYWAY. WELL, I'M REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I THINK FOR THE GOOD KIND, WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.
BOTH BOARDS HAVE ALL WE CAN TO FOSTER A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER.
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I AGREE AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD.I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEM AND I THINK WE HAVE HAD A GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND I DON'T SEE WHY THAT CAN'T CONTINUE.
BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE TREADING ON UNCOMFORTABLE TERRITORY.
WELL, WE LET THEM WHO PUT OUT A THREAT THAT WE'RE GOING NOT FUNDED.
AND SO I DON'T THINK I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO DO THAT.
I THINK WE CAN COOPERATION AT THE SCHOOL BOARD.
BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER AND EACH BOARD AND NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND. THAT THAT FRIENDSHIP EXISTS.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO EXACERBATE THE SITUATION THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN AVOID.
I AGREE WITH THAT SOMEWHAT, BUT I THINK I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR CORNWELL, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BREAK, THAN TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK.
I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS IN ONE SIDED.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE? I HAVE GREAT RESERVATIONS ABOUT DIVERSITY MATERIAL AND CRITICAL CRT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T I GUESS I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN 1846 THERE WERE TWO GUYS, INGELS AND MARX THAT WROTE A BOOK, A PAMPHLET THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN GERMANY IN 1848.
A GUY NAMED LENIN IN RUSSIA TOOK IT IN 1907 AND HE CALLED IT THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THESE TWO THINGS CRT AND THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, THERE ARE A LOT OF PARALLELS THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM, WE ALL NEED TO READ BOTH OF THEM AND LOOK AT IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS UPSETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
YOU SEE A NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT YOU KNOW, CHILDREN NEED TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO THINK, BUT NOT WHAT TO THINK.
OK, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE AFRAID OF TEACHING FACTS.
SO SUPERVISOR FAISON, COULD I COMMENT? ALMOST A YEAR AGO, I WENT TO VISIT MY COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY, SAT IN HIS OFFICE, HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
ASK HIM WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT IT.
HE SAID HE'D HEARD VERY LITTLE.
I ASKED HIM TO LEARN ALL HE COULD BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP, WHICH I DID.
HE EVENTUALLY ASKED ME FOR MY EMAIL AND WE HAD DISCOURSED BACK AND FORTH.
MY QUESTION WAS I WANTED TO KNOW AS I WAS SWORN IN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE I SAT UP HERE.
HE DID THE SAME THING BEFORE HE TOOK HIS POSITION.
SO I FELT LIKE ALTHOUGH I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, I DON'T CLAIM TO BE.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A DOMESTIC ENEMY? BECAUSE WE WERE SWORN IN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AGAINST ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, I WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THE MATTER.
THE CLARIFICATION CAME FROM THE LEGAL SIDE OF THE AISLE THAT IT WAS NO CRIMINAL INTENT HERE. IT WAS AN OPINION THAT CRT WAS AN OPINION THAT PROVIDED ME THE ANSWER THAT I NEEDED INSOFAR AS OUR SCHOOL BOARD WAS CONCERNED, IF IT IN FACT DECIDED TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE CURRICULUM FOR SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY SCHOOLS, WHICH AT THAT POINT I WASN'T TOO SURE OF.
I DID ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO NOT INCLUDE THAT CURRICULUM AND OUR SUBJECT MATTER BECAUSE IT WAS AN OPINION AND NOT A FACT, AND MR. FAISON HAS CONCURRED.
HE WANTS TO CONTINUE TO TEACH FACTS TO CHILDREN.
AND THAT'S THE CONCERN OF MINE, THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF AGREEMENT TO TEACH FACTS, NOT OPINIONS.
AND SO WE HAVE ASK COMING UP TWO MONTHS
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AGO TO MEET AND THAT MEETING HAS NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING.SO THERE WE STAND AND WE ARE WELL INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WHEN I APPROACHED THE LEGAL SIDE OF THE ALE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, IT HAD JUST STARTED TO GAIN STEAM IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I DISCUSSED WITH HIM THAT IT'S COMING TO VIRGINIA AND IT'S COMING TO SOUTHAMPTON FAST AND FURIOUS. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT HADN'T ACKNOWLEDGED THAT. OR AT LEAST THEY HAVEN'T CUT ON THEIR TELEVISION IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS BECAUSE IT IS A TREMENDOUS ISSUE, AS YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
SO IT IS A MATTER THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS.
WE WANT THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION, AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I'LL HAVE TO SAY ON THE MATTER. BUT I THINK IT'S ONE THAT'S CONCERNED.
IN FACT, I KNOW IT'S ONE THAT'S CONCERNING TO TEACHERS AS WELL AS PARENTS BECAUSE OF THE CONTACT THAT HAS BEEN MADE KNOWN TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER.
AND I WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW I'M IN NO WAY SPEAKING FOR MR. JOHNSON, MR. RILEY, OR ANY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.
I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED MYSELF, AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT I WAS SWORN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA AND THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CRT WILL CREATE DIVISION IT ALREADY HAS.
AND WHEN YOU DIVIDE THE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE NO CONSTITUTION, THAT'S THE END RESULT OF IT.
SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT UNTIL WE MEET WITH OR WITHOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD.
I HOPE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE NEED TO MEET WITH THEM AND I AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
WE NEED TO STICK TO FACTS, RIGHT? I AGREE TOO THAT THERE, WHEN YOU MENTION DIVISION, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF DIVISION, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE.
OPEN MINDED. I THINK WE NEED TO SEE WHERE THE DIVISION IS COMING FROM AND DEFINE THAT DIVISION AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE ALL SEE EVERYTHING EYE TO EYE.
I KNOW WE DON'T. AND SO, HOW WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS, I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AT ALL.
BUT WE'VE HAD AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WE'VE HAD AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR MANY YEARS, AND I DON'T SEE THE SCHOOL BOARD OR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A THREAT.
I THINK THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND I THINK THEY HAVE THE SAME IDEA ABOUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DO. COULD I ASK YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEING TAUGHT? I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT.
DO YOU KNOW IT'S NOT? I'VE BEEN TOLD NOT. I MEAN, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN.
I HAVEN'T WRITTEN. HAVE YOU READ IT MR. FAISON? READ WHAT? CRT.
NO, I HAVEN'T. I THINK WE ALL NEED TO READ THAT.
I READ IT MAYBE FIVE OR SIX TIMES, IT IS VERY DIVISIONAL.
IT IS. IT TEACHES THAT OUR CONSTITUTION'S NO GOOD.
IT TEACHES THAT THIS COUNTRY IS NO GOOD.
LIKE I SAID, KIDS NEED TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO THINK, BUT NOT WHAT TO THINK.
THIS IS HOW TO THINK? I MEAN, IT'S WE ALL NEED TO READ THAT.
WE ALL NEED TO READ THAT BEFORE WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, ANY COMMENTS ON IT, I READ IT MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT'S DISGUSTING TO ME.
OKAY. WELL, I CAN ACCEPT THAT.
AND I THINK CRT PROBABLY IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TEACH IN SCHOOL, BUT IS IT BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOL? I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO KNOW.
AND I DON'T IF THAT'S DIVISIVE, I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK.
I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE PARENTS, BUT THE REALITY OF IT.
AND I WILL AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT IS THE PARENTS THAT NEED TO BE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS THAT NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND LEARN WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT.
WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM WE'RE THEY APPROPRIATING AGENCY, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATIONS, AND ONCE WE PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATIONS, IT'S OUR JOB TO CARRY OUT FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND.
BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, A QUESTION OR TWO CAN BE ASKED BY THE APPROPRIATING AGENCY
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AND SHOULD RECEIVE AN ANSWER.OKAY. 60% OF THE CITIZENS TAXPAYERS MONEY OF THIS COUNTY GOES TO THE SCHOOL.
WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME SAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SITUATION.
ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT I LIKE OUR LEGAL COUNSEL MR. REILLY, TO LOOK AT THIS RESOLUTION FROM YORK AND SEE ABOUT TWEAKING IT TO OUR DESIGN TO OUR COUNTY. THEN BERNIE GOT TO US FOR DISCUSSION IN THE DECEMBER MEETING AND ALSO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS, GET MR. JOHNSON TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SITUATION WITH US.
AND I SECOND, THE CHAIRMAN'S MOTION ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SECOND PORTION OF IT WHERE WE'RE DIRECTED, MR. JOHNSON, TO EXTEND THAT INVITATION TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WE CAN. THAT'S THE PROTOCOL THEY SET UP.
CONTINUE THEIR PROTOCOL TO ESTABLISH THAT NECESSARY DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS.
THAT, YEAH, I ASSUMED WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY DIRECTED US TO FORWARD INFORMATION TO MR. JOHNSON AND RELAY IT TO DR.
SHANNON AND AND THEN THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD MEET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT WAS SET UP.
AND WE WE STILL WANT TO FOLLOW THAT.
SO I'M WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOL.
THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS.
OK, WE HAVE MOTION SECOND BY SUPERVISOR CORNWELL.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE INVITATION WILL BE TO MEET WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ALONG WITH THEIR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OR IS THE INVITATION FOR THE FULL SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET WITH THIS SCHOOL BOARD.
WELL, EXCUSE ME, BUT I'M UNDER THE ASSUMPTION, AS WE MET IN JULY, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE DATE WAS SET FOR OCTOBER AND NO MEETING HAS COME FORWARD.
THERE WERE, I THINK, NINE DIFFERENT DAYS IN OCTOBER TO SELECT FROM AND WE HEARD NOTHING.
PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE NOT TO MEET OVER THE HOLIDAYS.
I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY GET BY THOSE.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT CONFLICTED WITH TRYING TO SCHEDULE SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT WE STILL NEED TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS THAT THEY ASK US, WHERE ARE WE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT? AND WE SAID, YES, WE WERE.
SO WE WERE IN AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO MEET QUARTERLY.
PERSONALLY, I DIDN'T THINK WE NEED TO MEET EVERY MONTH, BUT QUARTERLY IS FINE AND WE CAN RESUBMIT. MR. CHAIRMAN IF THAT'S OKAY.
WE'LL RESUBMIT THAT INVITATION TO MEET.
NOW, THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT THEM TO MEET WITH US AS THE BOARD OR.
MY IDEA WAS HAVE THEM MEET WITH THE WHOLE BOARD COME AND TAKE, YOU KNOW, COME TO THE MEETING HERE WHEN WE DISCUSS IT IN DECEMBER.
EVERYBODY HERE IS INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION.
WELL, I WAS GOING BACK TO THE POINT THAT THEY STRESSED TO MEET WITH THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WITH THEIR SUPERINTENDENT, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
AND THEN THOSE ISSUES WOULD BE DISCUSSED.
AND MR. JOHNSON WOULD GET A LOT OF FOLLOWING THAT TO DR.
SHANNON. SO I GUESS WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE? WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET SINCE JULY.
WHAT MAKES US THINK ANYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT WITH THIS INVITATION.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN MIND, MY MINDSET.
MY MINDSET IS JUST INVITE HIM TO COME HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION RIGHT HERE IN PUBLIC.
AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO CONFER WITH US ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL, WE CAN DO THAT.
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OKAY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND THEIR CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN. AND HAVE A MEETING AND AN OPEN DISCUSSION THAT WAY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE NEED A WHOLE BOARD MEETING BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN TWO OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE AT THE BOARD MEETING. AND SO, WELL, I LOOK AT IT.[INAUDIBLE] YOU HAVE YOU SEEM TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT OPINION, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION WHEN THEY'RE HERE, SIR.
OKAY. THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE US TWO EXPRESSING THAT MS. UPDIKE THINKS SO OR YOU THINK OR OR ANYBODY ELSE? I AGREE WITH THAT.
MARK TWAIN SAID IF THEY HAVE A MEETING AND EVERYBODY'S THINKING THE SAME THING, THAT PROBABLY MEANS THAT NOBODY'S THINKING.
I WOULD HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, SO THE CLARITY IS THE INVITATION WILL BE FOR THEIR FULL BOARD TO COME JOIN THIS BOARD ON DECEMBER THE 14TH.
ARE WE DEALING WITH THAT ALL WE'RE DOING WITH OUR MR. [INAUDIBLE] WRITING? DID WE PASS THAT? EXCUSE ME. MR. [INAUDIBLE] SUPPOSED TO BE WRITING.
I THINK, YOU CAN TAKE THE YORK COUNTY SITUATION AND LOOK AT IT OR WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO AND WRITE US UP SOMETHING SUITABLE WITH THAT WOULD BE REFUTABLE TO OUR LOCALITY.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE TALKED TO CHAD GREEN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THEIR BOARD, AND THEY'RE GOING AHEAD WITH THIS. THEY INVITED THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PARTICIPATE AND THEY DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
BUT. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE PUBLIC. WE'RE NOT SAYING, OK, WE WANT TO MEET WITH YOU AND WE WANT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. ALL RIGHT.
AYE. OPPOSED? VOTES NO. WELL, I WOULD PREFER TO STICK TO THE PROTOCOL THAT THEY WE AGREED ON IN JULY, BUT THAT'S.
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AYES AND ONE, NO.
OKAY. I RESPECT YOUR DECISION TO.
[LAUGHTER] WILLIAM HART I WOULD BE SO INCLINED TO AGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENT.
HAD THEY BEEN RESPONSIVE TO OUR PREVIOUS REACH OUT FOR YOU ALL TO MEET AS YOU ALL ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO DO BACK IN JULY, I'D HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH THAT PROCEEDING FORWARD, BUT DUE TO THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIVENESS AND OPENNESS AT THE TABLE, THAT'S WHY I FELT COMPELLED TO.
OKAY, I HOPE AND PRAY IT'S A PROSPEROUS TIME FOR BOTH BOARDS TO GET TOGETHER IN THE SAME ROOM AND DISCUSS THE MATTER THAT'S VERY DEAR TO ALL OF US, OUR CHILDREN.
WE'LL MOVE ON NOW. NUMBER 13 CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR EXECUTIVE SEARCH SERVICES.
[13. Consideration of Proposals for Executive Search Services]
EVERYBODY HAD THE PACKETS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT.AND I BELIEVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE.
AND I GUESS WE NEED TO HAND THESE INTO [INAUDIBLE] YOU TAKE THESE, YOU DO THIS [INAUDIBLE]. I NEED THEM MR. CHAIRMEN. OKAY. YOU WANT THE WHOLE PACKET BACK IN THE SHEET? I DON'T NEED THE PACKET, I JUST NEED THE SCORESHEET.
IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE. ALL RIGHT.
MIKE WHEN WILL YOU LET US KNOW ABOUT THE RESULT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO TABULATE THEM RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED.
AND ONCE WE TABULATE THEM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW MANY WE WANT TO INTERVIEW.
THE CONSENSUS OF THE THREE THAT I'M ASSUMING, IT'S THREE THAT YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW.
AND THEN WE SET ASIDE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH AS THE DAY FOR INTERVIEWS.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE TIME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SET THOSE UP.
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SOMEBODY DIDN'T PUT THEIR NAME ON THIS ONE.WHO'S WRITING IS THAT? I DIDN'T PUT MY NAME ON MINE.
Y'ALL ARE QUIET AS CHURCH MICE OUT IN THE OPEN.
OKAY. WE'VE GOT A CLEAR CONSENSUS ON NUMBER ONE WAS BERKELEY GROUP, WITH A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 12 POINTS CLEAR CONSENSUS ON NUMBER TWO DEVELOPMENTAL ASSOCIATES WITH A TOTAL SCORE OF NINE POINTS.
NOT SO CLEAR FOR THE THIRD POSITION.
WE'VE GOT BAKER, TILLY AND COLIN BASINGER AND ASSOCIATES, BOTH WITH SEVEN POINTS EACH.
READ THOSE AGAIN. NUMBER ONE WAS BERKELEY GROUP 12.
NUMBER TWO IS DEVELOPMENTAL ASSOCIATES WITH NINE AND THEN BAKER TILLY AND COLIN BASINGER AND ASSOCIATES TIED FOR THIRD AT SEVEN POINTS EACH.
FOR THE LAST ONE INTERVIEW FOUR, WE CAN INTERVIEW TWO.
I WOULD SAY THE FIRST TO CLEAR CONSENSUS IS THE TOP TWO.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST [INAUDIBLE].
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I'LL GO ALONG WITH THAT.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL INVITE BOTH BERKELEY GROUP AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASSOCIATES TO INTERVIEW ON THE 29TH.
WHAT TIME WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO START LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING? THAT'S NEXT MONDAY, MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
HOW LONG SHOULD AN INTERVIEW TAKE? I WOULD TYPICALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I WOULD ALLOW THEM 30 MINUTES TO START TO GO OVER THEIR PROPOSAL, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THEIR PROCESS, HOW THEY WOULD APPROACH IT.
THEN I WOULD ALLOW MAYBE 15 MINUTES FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER.
I'D SAY FORTY FIVE MINUTES FOR THE INTERVIEWS.
I BET IF WE START AT 6:00, IT'S FINE WITH ME.
DO YOU WANT ME TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO THIS VIRTUALLY? OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO INSIST THAT THEY COME IN PERSON? NOW BERKELEY GROUP IS FROM THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.
THEY'RE OVER IN THE STANTON AREA AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASSOCIATES IS DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA, OUT OF CHAPEL HILL.
I THINK BOTH OF THEM ARE CLOSE ENOUGH, THEY CAN DRIVE AND GET HERE, SO I'LL TELL YOU A MAX OF HOUR OF EACH ONE OF THEM.
THE FRANKLIN SITUATION WE WENT THROUGH, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT IT WAS.
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
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ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL INVITE BERKELEY AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASSOCIATES FOR THE 29TH.WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE AT 6:00 AND WE'LL SET THEM AN HOUR APART.
VERY GOOD. NUMBER 14, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM ELAINE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AND WE'LL INVITE THEM TO COME DECEMBER MEETING, JUST BROUGHT TO MIND IF ANYBODY EVER SEEN THE ROAD WARRIOR MAD MAX MOVIE AND THE TOWN THAT WE'VE RUN ON METHANE WAS BORDERTOWN.
THAT'S A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH IF I DON'T KNOW IF WE PREPARE YOU FOR THIS OR NOT.
OKAY. NUMBER 15 THE CODE OF ETHICS.
[15. Code of Ethics]
EVERYBODY, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SIGN IT IF YOU AGREE WITH IT AND LEAVE IT ON YOUR CHAIR WHEN YOU LEAVE. DO WE HAVE A COPY OF IT? I'VE GOT COPIES. YES, MA'AM.
JUST TAKE ONE. IF YOU NEED IT, THERE'S ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY THERE.
ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 16 CONSIDERATION OF INITIATING THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT ON TAX MAP
[16. Consideration of Initiating a Zoning Map Amendment on Tax Map 92-54 and an 8.539 Acre Portion of Tax Map 92-55 from Industrial CM-2 to Agricultural A-1]
92-54 AND ON 8.5 ACRE PORTION OF TAX MAP 92-55 FROM INDUSTRIAL CONDITION M2 TO AGRICULTURE A1.NOVEMBER OF 2017, THE BOARD ENTERED INTO A PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT WITH PATRICIA AND PAUL MILTEER AND THEIR SON, THOMAS, FOR THREE PARCELS OF PROPERTY THAT COMPRISED A CUMULATIVE SUM OF 242.779 ACRES THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY'S INDUSTRIAL PARK AT THE TURNER TRACK. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT OPTION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY TO INITIATE A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO REZONE THOSE THREE PARCELS FROM AGRICULTURAL A1 TO INDUSTRIAL M2 IN ORDER TO BETTER PREPARE THE SITE FOR FUTURE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE BOARD DID IN FACT INITIATE THOSE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS IN AUGUST OF 2019 AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED THE AMENDMENTS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER THE 16TH OF THAT SAME YEAR.
SO OF THE PARCELS THAT WERE RE-ZONED IN 2019 TAX MAP 92-54 AND THEN A PORTION OF TAX MAP 92-55 WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD BY THE MILTEERS [INAUDIBLE] THE THIRD LATE IN 2020 AND EARLY IN 2021 AFTER THE COUNTY WAIVED ITS RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
SO SINCE THOSE PARCELS HAVE NOW BEEN SOLD TO MR. DARDEN, THEY ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT.
THE PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT PROVIDED THAT IF THE COUNTY ELECTS NOT TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
THEN, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST BY THE OWNER, THE COUNTY WOULD INITIATE AN APPLICATION TO CHANGE THAT ZONING BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL AGRICULTURAL CLASSIFICATION AT THE COUNTY'S SOLE EXPENSE. SO IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE, YOU'LL SEE CORRESPONDENCE FROM MR. DARDEN. HE'S ASKING THE BOARD TO INITIATE THAT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO ZONE THOSE PARCELS HE ACQUIRED FROM THE MILTEERS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF A1.
THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT WILL INCLUDE ALL OF TAX MAP 92-54 THAT'S 31.265 ACRES AND THEN AN 8.593 ACRE PORTION OF TAX MAP 92-55.
SO IT'S A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 4.189 ACRES THAT YOU WOULD RE-ZONE BACK.
THERE ARE SURVEYS OF BOTH OF THOSE PARCELS INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE, AND THERE'S ALSO AN AERIAL PHOTO THAT WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE THESE PROPERTIES LIE.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO AMENDMENT BACK TO AGRICULTURAL A1.
ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE IT LAID OUT THERE IN FRONT OF US.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, PEOPLE? I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE APPLICATION.
SECOND. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND REQUIRING THE STAFF TO INITIATE A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT OF TAX MAP 92-54 AND A PORTION OF THE TAX MAP 92-55.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED NO. OKAY, THAT'S DONE.
NUMBER SEVEN UPDATED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
[17. Updated Emergency Operations Plan]
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STATE LAW REQUIRES EACH LOCALITY TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND REVISION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AT THE EOP EVERY FOUR YEARS TO MAKE SURE THE PLAN REMAINS CURRENT.WE WILL HAVE THAT PLANNED AT, THE DECEMBER MEETING FOR.
YES, YES, SIR, YOU'VE GOT A PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF THE BASIC PLAN INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGES TONIGHT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN ADVANCE LOOK AT IT.
I DIDN'T JUST WANT TO SPRING IT ON YOU AND ASK YOU TO ADOPT IT THE SAME NIGHT YOU SAW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THERE ARE STILL SOME APPENDICES AND SOME ANNEXES THAT GO WITH THE PLAN THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU JUST AS SOON AS WE CAN.
BUT THE GAME PLAN AT THIS POINT IS TO PRESENT THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE UPDATED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AT YOUR DECEMBER THE 14TH MEETING AND ASK YOU TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT WE HAVE ALREADY SENT COPIES OF IT TO ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE EOP AND ASK FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENT.
SO THEY WILL HAVE ALREADY PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS AND THEY WILL HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE FINAL DRAFT.
ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 18, PROJECT UPDATE THE COURTHOUSE.
[18. Project Updates]
MIKE YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH THAT? SURE. SO AS YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DO SOME ALTERATIONS AND MINOR RENOVATIONS AT HUNTERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO PREPARE THAT SPACE TO SERVE AS A SWING SPACE, TO MOVE THE COURTS INTO THAT BUILDING DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE COURTHOUSE WILL BE RENOVATED.SO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, THE ALTERATIONS TO HUNTERGDALE ARE ON SCHEDULE.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE HAVE COMMERCIAL MOVERS ON STANDBY WITH AN EXPECTED START DATE OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER THE 2ND, WHICH IS WHEN THEY WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THE CONTENTS AND EVERYTHING OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE OVER TO HUNTERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT PROCESS WILL TAKE ROUGHLY EIGHT DAYS.
WE'RE THINKING FROM DECEMBER THE 2ND THROUGH DECEMBER THE 10TH AND THE FIRST TRIAL IS SCHEDULED AT HUNTERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON MONDAY, DECEMBER THE 13TH.
AS FAR AS CONTACTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT, THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY, THE CIRCUIT COURT, ANY OF THOSE FOLKS, ALL THEIR EMAILS, ALL THEIR PHONE NUMBERS WILL REMAIN EXACTLY AS THEY ARE NOW. SO FOR THE PUBLIC TRYING TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF THOSE COURT OFFICIALS, THAT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT, IT SHOULD BE JUST AS SIMPLE AS IT IS TODAY.
WORK AT THE COURTHOUSE ITSELF IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARLY DECEMBER.
WE HAVE OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING FOR THAT PART OF THE PROJECT SET FOR DECEMBER THE 7TH AT 1:00 P.M.
JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I HAVE LEASED THE FORMER REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO HEARTLAND CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WILL BE USING THAT BUILDING AS THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OFFICE.
THEY WILL BE INSTALLING A NEW ROOF ON THAT BUILDING AT THEIR EXPENSE, AND THE SHINGLES WILL MATCH THE SHINGLES THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON THE NEW RENOVATED COURTHOUSE.
THEY'LL ALSO BE REPLACING SOME OF THE PLUMBING FIXTURES IN THAT BUILDING AND JUST MAKING SOME MINOR COSMETIC IMPROVEMENTS, SO IT'LL CERTAINLY HELP THAT BUILDING.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, I HAVE LEASED THE OPEN SPACE THAT'S IN FRONT OF THIS BUILDING THAT THEY WILL USE AS A STAGING AREA FOR BOTH EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS.
AND WE HAVE LEASED A SMALL SPACE WHICH IS RIGHT OUT THIS WALL OVER HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE AS WELL.
SO DURING THE PERIOD OF THE RENOVATION, THERE'S GOING TO BE MATERIAL STORED HERE.
THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OFFICE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COURTHOUSE, IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY AREA, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING MATERIALS BACK AND FORTH ON A DAILY BASIS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO THE INSURRECTION TRAIL PROJECT, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING COMING TO A COMPLETION THERE.
THE PEDESTALS FOR THE WALKING TOUR WILL BE FEDEXED TO THE BLOUNT BUILDING ON FRIDAY, AND THE AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTION LIGHT FIXTURES WILL BE SHIPPED IN MONDAY TO THE BLOUNT BUILDING FOR STORAGE.
THE NEWSOMS HOUSING, THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE ONE.
UPDIKE, YOU'RE PROBABLY UP ON THAT MORE THAN ANYBODY, I GUESS, MIKE, IS.
WELL, WE'RE STILL MAKING SLOW PROGRESS.
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THE CHALLENGE AT THIS POINT IS TO GET UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BEFORE WE CAN SIGN ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM TO REALLY GET THIS PROJECT MOVING.BUT WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THAT.
I EXPECT TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT ANY TIME ONCE WE SIGN THAT CONTRACT AND DHCD HAS GUARANTEED THE MONEY FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'LL BE SIGNING CONTRACTS WITH SUMMIT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOCAL PRESENCE HERE IN THE AREA.
THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE GRANT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
SERCAP OUT OF ROANOKE IS PROVIDING THE HOUSING REHAB SERVICES AND THEN B AND B CONSULTANTS, WHICH IS BASED OUT IN THE SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AREA.
OUT NEAR IN HALIFAX COUNTY, SOUTH [INAUDIBLE] AREA, WILL BE PROVIDING THE ENGINEERING SERVICES. SO JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PROJECT ITSELF WILL INCLUDE FOUR ROUNDS OF HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'LL HAVE ONE ROUND EACH QUARTER IN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR WOULD BE REHABILITATING SEVEN HOUSES AND SUBSTANTIALLY RECONSTRUCTING TWO OTHERS.
AND WHEN I SAY SUBSTANTIAL RECONSTRUCTION, THAT'S BASICALLY TEARING DOWN THE HOUSE THAT'S THERE NOW AND BUILDING A BRAND NEW HOUSE ON THOSE LOTS.
THE OLD SCHOOL THAT'S LOCATED ON THOMASTON ROAD IS SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION.
THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SOMETIME IN LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL NEXT YEAR AND THEN THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING FOR THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT PHASE ONE AREA ALONG THOMASTON ROAD WILL COMMENCE EARLY IN 2022 AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE DESIGN COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS WILL BEGIN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023 AND WRAP UP BY THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2023.
SO THE TOTAL PROJECT SHOULD ALL BE FINISHED BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2023, ABOUT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE COURTHOUSE, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE NOTICES ANYBODY HAVE ANY
[19. Miscellaneous]
QUESTIONS THERE. I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.THE AG AND FORESTRY MUSEUM IS HAVING THAT POLAR EXPRESS NOSTALGIC CHRISTMAS SATURDAY DECEMBER THE FOURTH FROM FIVE TO SEVEN, AND THE TRAINS WILL BE RUNNING AND HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES, OLD TIMEY CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATING AND SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO BE THERE TOO. [LAUGHTER] AND THE COST IS EITHER CANNED GOOD OR TWO DOLLARS.
WHAT TIME WAS THAT? FIVE TO SEVEN.
AND WE HAVE TWO TRAINS THAT THE KIDS CAN RIDE ON.
WE HAVE ONE LATE ARRIVING MATTER, AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
[20. Late Arriving Matters]
CONSIDERATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT.MIKE, I THINK YOU'VE CHECKED INTO THIS AND PROBABLY GIVE US A SUMMARY.
YES, SIR, I HAD A CALL AS WELL AS MR. REILLY EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN RICHMOND.
AND THEY'RE REALLY REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS ISSUE AND ENCOURAGING THE LOCALITIES TO JOIN IN.
AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED NATIONWIDE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REACHED THAT WILL RESOLVE ALL OF THE OPIOID LITIGATION THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT BY STATES AND LOCAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAINST THE THREE LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTORS.
THAT INCLUDES MCKESSON, CARDINAL HEALTH AND AMERISOURCE BERGEN, AS WELL AS ONE MANUFACTURER, JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, AND ITS PARENT COMPANY, WHICH IS JOHNSON AND JOHNSON. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT, VIRGINIA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE UP TO FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 18 YEARS.
THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT IS WORTH TWENTY SIX BILLION DOLLARS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
THAT MONEY WILL COME IN 18 ANNUAL PAYMENTS, BUT THE PAYMENTS ARE NOT EQUAL EVERY YEAR.
THEY'RE FRONT LOADED. SO THE BIGGEST AMOUNTS WILL COME OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
A MAJORITY OF THE MONEY THAT WILL COME TO VIRGINIA IS GOING TO PASS THROUGH A NEWLY CREATED ORGANIZATION CREATED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLED THE OPIOID ABATEMENT
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AUTHORITY. SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS REALLY MEAN FOR YOU ALL? EACH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE SETTLEMENTS AND THEN TAKE AFFIRMATIVE STEPS.AND THOSE AFFIRMATIVE STEPS ARE ADOPTION OF TWO RESOLUTIONS WHICH WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. THOSE RESOLUTIONS HAVE TO BE ADOPTED PRIOR TO JANUARY, THE SECOND 2022 IN ORDER FOR LOCALITIES TO RECEIVE ANY OF THESE SETTLEMENT FUNDS.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE MORE LOCALITIES THAT PARTICIPATE, THE GREATER THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT FLOW TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND ITS PARTICIPATING LOCALITIES.
ANY LOCALITY THAT DOES NOT TAKE THE AFFIRMATIVE STEPS OF ADOPTING THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS CANNOT SHARE IN ANY OF THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS.
SO BASED ON MY DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR. REILLY'S DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, I REALLY SEE NO DOWNSIDE TO THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THIS.
THE ONLY REASON I CAN THINK OF THAT A LOCALITY WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IS IF THEY DECIDED TO BRING SUIT OUTSIDE OF THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON THEIR OWN OR SOMETHING IN HOPES OF RECOVERING MORE FUNDS.
OF THIS TOTAL SETTLEMENT THAT'S COMING TO THE COMMONWEALTH, 15 PERCENT IS SET ASIDE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO LOCALITIES AND BASED ON A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WHICH YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES, A LOCAL SHARE OF THAT WOULD BE POINT ONE THREE SEVEN PERCENT.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT 15 PERCENT AND MULTIPLY IT AGAINST THAT FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE COMMONWEALTH WILL RECEIVE AND THEN MULTIPLY IT AGAIN BY OUR SHARE OF ZERO POINT ONE THREE SEVEN PERCENT, ASSUMING EVERYBODY IN VIRGINIA OPTS IN THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IS PROBABLY BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO IT'S NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT IT'S NOT CHUMP CHANGE EITHER.
SO IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS A BLUE SHEET THAT WOULD APPROVE THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SETTLEMENT, AND THE SECOND RESOLUTION IS A YELLOW SHEET THAT WOULD APPROVE THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND.
AND UNDER THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT ALLOCATION AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
SO WE WOULD NEED SEPARATE MOTIONS TO ADOPT THOSE TWO RESOLUTIONS THE BLUE SHEET AND THE YELLOW SHEET. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THE MONEY COULD BE USED? IT MAY COME WITH STRINGS, THEY MAY TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN USE IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DOCTORS IN THE CITY OF FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY. [LAUGHTER] WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A NEED TO ME.
I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE SUIT TO START WITH, JANSSEN DID A LOT TO DEVELOP COVID STUFF. JOHNSON AND JOHNSON MAKES A LOT OF LIFE SAVING ANTIBIOTICS AND CANCER DRUGS.
AMERISOURCE BERGEN LIKEWISE, AND MCKESSON IS FOREMOST ON CANCER RESEARCH DRUGS.
I FEEL A LITTLE SKEPTICAL, I'M SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHY THEY'RE BEING PICKED ON, BUT.
THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE NO, IT'S CUMULATIVE.
CORRECT. THAT'S DIVIDED OVER THE 18 YEARS, OF COURSE, FRONT LOADED IT CORRECT. YEAH.
AND THEN WE FIND OUT WE'VE GOT $100,000 TO SET UP AN OPIOID.
THAT COULD [INAUDIBLE] THE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
DO WE GET A CHANCE TO SAY, WHOOPS? YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU COULD SAY NO, THANK YOU AT THAT POINT, BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE THE 15 PERCENT IS GOING TO LOCALITIES.
THERE'S ANOTHER THIRTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE SETTLEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE SET ASIDE FOR LOCALITIES TO PARTICIPATE REGIONALLY THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, WHICH IS THE AGENCY AND ORGANIZATION THAT DEALS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH, THOSE KINDS OF
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THINGS. SO IF THEY ARE MANDATES FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'LL COME OUT OF THAT THIRTY FIVE PERCENT THAT GOES TO THE CSB.THEY REALIZE COUNTIES ARE NOT SET UP TO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO OPIOID VICTIMS. YOU WOULD HOPE. YES.
YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE HAVING TO DO THAT, I MEAN, REALLY EXCEPTIONALLY EXPENSIVE.
NO JOKE. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE.
OKAY. THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF IT, ENTERTAIN A MOTION, ACCEPT THESE.
NUMBER ONE YOU HAVE IN THE BLUE PAPER, I GUESS THAT'S CAROLINA BLUE.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY, AND THEN THE BLUE PAPER THE SECOND RESOLUTION.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION.
EVERYBODY'S IN FAVOR OF THAT SAY AYE.
WELL. DR. EDWARDS, I THINK WE NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS HALFWAY HOUSE.
OKAY. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING.
DO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND OUT.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH.
AND I GUESS WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE FACTS ABOUT IT FOR THEN.
I'LL CERTAINLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THAT IF MANY OF WHICH WERE BROUGHT FORTH TONIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT WILL BE DONE ALONG THOSE LINES IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON.
THAT'S A TREMENDOUS SITUATION.
A LOT OF PERSONNEL, VERY EXPENSIVE.
BUT THE ATTORNEY SAYS THEY DON'T DO ANY TREATMENT.
I GOT TO ASK, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM.
WHAT PROCESS SHOULD THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT THEY HAVEN'T.
WHO REGULATES THEM WHO GOVERNS THEM, WHO PROVIDED THE FUNDING? ALL THESE THINGS NEED TO BE ANSWERED BY US.
OKAY, WE'LL SET THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
[INAUDIBLE] AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL GET ALL OUR FACTS TOGETHER.
SO WE COULD DISCUSS THAT APPROPRIATELY.
OKAY. WE'RE DOWN TO A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE MEETING UNTIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH AT SIX
[21. Motion to Continue the Meeting to Monday, November 29, 2021 to Interview Certain Offerors for Executive Search Services]
O'CLOCK PM.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
OKAY, EVERYBODY HAVE A NICE THANKSGIVING, AND WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK ON NOVEMBER THE 29TH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.