Jan 28, 2025 Board of Supervisors

WAYS TO ENTER THIS COUNTRY. THEY MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT THEY ARE LEGAL.

[*This meeting is joined in progress]

[1. Citizens Comment Period]

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WE DO NOT WELCOME CRIMINAL INVADERS. NOW, BISHOP MARY ANN, BUDDY IS RIGHT.

NOT ALL IMMIGRANTS ARE LIVING A LIFE OF CRIME.

MANY ACTUALLY ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO SEEK THE AMERICAN DREAM, JUST AS I DID.

I SEE THEM AT WALMART BUYING JEANS AND SHIRTS.

IN FACT, I WATCHED NINE OF THEM IN AUGUST FROM HONDURAS INSTALL NEW SHINGLES ON MY ROOF.

MY ROOFING CONTRACTOR SAID HE COULD NOT FIND ANY LOCAL PEOPLE WHO WANT THE JOB.

TOO MANY ARE AT HOME WATCHING TV AND LIVING OFF OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

I ACTUALLY GOT TWO ESTIMATES AND BOTH CONTRACTORS SAID THE SAME THING.

PEOPLE ARE GAMING OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. NOW, I'VE ASKED OUR SHERIFF MORE THAN ONCE IF WE HAVE SUFFERED ANY CRIMES BY THESE ILLEGAL ALIENS, AND HE ALWAYS SAYS NO. MY WIFE EVEN HELPS TEACH ENGLISH TO A FEW WOMEN WHO HAVE JOBS AND WHO HELP SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

NOW, THAT MAY BE THE CASE NOW, BUT HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THAT BE THE CASE? IF THEY THINK WE ARE A SANCTUARY PLACE? OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM CANNOT ACCOMMODATE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH.

OUR SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEM CANNOT DEAL WITH HUNDREDS OF NEW CLIENTS, AND OUR TAXPAYERS CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN. JUST LOOK AT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALREADY SPENT IN SUCH PLACES AS NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, AND BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHILE MANY HURRICANE VICTIMS SLEEP IN TENTS IN FREEZING WEATHER, AND MANY OF OUR BRAVE VETERANS ARE HOMELESS AND SLEEP ON THE STREET UNDER PIECES OF CARDBOARD, OUR STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

BUT I HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. I KNOW I'VE GONE OVER TIME, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOWING JOB AT THE CHINESE FARM.

NOW, I'VE BEEN MOWING WEEDS SINCE I BOUGHT MY FIRST FARM AND MY FIRST BUSH HOG IN 1971.

IN FACT, I SPENT THREE HOURS YESTERDAY AND ONE HOUR THIS MORNING MOWING SOME OF MY CRP ACRES AND I KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO DO THE JOB RIGHT, YOU MUST OVERLAP ON EACH PASS. OTHERWISE, SOME WEEDS THAT YOU RUN OVER WITH YOUR TRACTOR TIRE POP RIGHT BACK UP AFTER THEY WERE KNOCKED DOWN BUT NOT CUT. WE GOT A SECOND RATE MOWING JOB, PEOPLE.

SECOND RATE AND IT APPEARS TO ME THAT WHOEVER MADE THE DEAL WITH THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT MOWING WEEDS TO INSIST THAT THE MOWER DRIVER OVERLAP AND NOT SKIP. JUST DRIVE BY THERE AND LOOK AT ALL THOSE DOG FENCES STANDING UP SHOULDER HIGH.

I THINK WE SHOULD INSIST THAT THE MOWER DRIVER RETURN AT NO COST TO US AND FINISH THE JOB.

FINALLY, I KNOW IT'S BEEN COLD, BUT MY STREET HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR SINCE IT WAS DAMAGED IN HURRICANE HELENE ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 1ST. THAT'S NEARLY FOUR MONTHS.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE SANCTUARY QUESTION AND IN NUMBER 14 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? GOOD EVENING.

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MY NAME IS TONY WELLONS. I AM REPRESENTING THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT IVOR PRECINCT.

VERY NICE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. HELLO, MR. FAISON.

OUR FAMILY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE WHELAN'S AND LANE FAMILIES OF IVOR, VIRGINIA.

OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY NOW FOR EIGHT GENERATIONS, AND VERY PROUD OF IT.

WE LOVE THIS PLACE. WE LOVE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY. SO I'VE BEEN PETITIONING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW FOR THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY ON ROUTE 460 BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND ZUNI, VIRGINIA.

YOU ALL HEARD FROM MY MOTHER, DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER, AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO SUPERVISOR CORNWELL AND COUNTY MANAGER THROWER FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD SO THAT IT COULD BE ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

SO OUR FAMILY HAS LIVED ON ROUTE 460 FOR OVER 70 YEARS.

THAT'S 70 ON BOTH SIDES OF 460 AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES ON THE ROUTE OVER THE YEARS.

MOST OF IT'S BEEN POSITIVE CHANGES. I THINK FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A COMMERCE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE SEEING TOURISTS TRAVEL FROM ONE END OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER END, FROM RICHMOND TO VIRGINIA BEACH.

WITH RELATIVE EASE. WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION HUB, WE'RE SEEING LOTS OF 18 WHEELERS, AS WE CALL THEM, MOVING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STATE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF COMMERCE THAT THE ROUTE IS PROVIDING. BUT FOR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY LONG TERM RESIDENTS WHO ARE AGING VERY WELL IN PLACE, BUT AGING NONETHELESS, IT'S BECOMING A CHALLENGE.

IT'S A CHALLENGE TO NAVIGATE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAYS, ENTERING DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC AND THEY ARE NOT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO THE 55 LIMIT SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROUTE.

IT'S DANGEROUS. WE'VE SEEN SO MANY ACCIDENTS AND WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS INCREASE OVER THE YEARS.

MY MOTHER HAS TO DRIVE UP PAST THE DRIVEWAY, MAKE A TURN, MAKE A CIRCLE.

YOU ALL HEARD FROM HER LAST TIME TO GET IN THE TURNING LANE TO BE ABLE TO TURN INTO HER DRIVEWAY.

IT'S NOT JUST AFFECTING MY MOTHER, BUT AGAIN, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS.

LONG TERM RESIDENTS OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, IVOR MORE SPECIFICALLY, MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TRAFFIC STUDY. WE KNOW THAT THIS BOARD CANNOT APPROVE SPEED LIMITS, BUT YOU CAN APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WILL GO TO VDOT TO CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THEY WILL NOT ONLY LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT.

THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE REQUEST TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT ALSO PUT SIGNAGE ALONG THE WAY, PARTICULARLY IN THE MORE HEAVILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL GIVE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR NEIGHBORS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE BEEN THERE AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN THERE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER AND EXIT THEIR HOMES SAFELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? GOOD EVENING. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND CHAIRMAN AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD.

MY NAME IS TAMARA WELLONS. I AM FROM THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT, IVOR PRECINCT.

I LIVE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, BUT I MAKE FREQUENT VISITS TO MY HOME IN IVOR, WHERE MY FAMILY HAS LIVED OVER 70 YEARS. AS MY FAMILY SISTER JUST SAID, WE ARE EIGHT GENERATIONS SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY AND THE HIGHWAY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AS WE LEAVE OUR HOME, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE PUT MEASURES IN PLACE TO REMAIN SAFE. I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION TO REQUEST A SPEED STUDY ON HIGHWAY 460.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? GOOD EVENING. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN EDWARDS.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ADMINISTRATOR THROWER AND OTHERS.

I'M WILLIAM W COLE OF 302325 SOUTHAMPTON PARKWAY, CORTLAND, WHICH MY FAMILY HAS OWNED SINCE 1882.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY REQUEST TO NAME THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE MASUK, AS WE LOCALS CALL IT,

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I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I FALTER IN MY PRESENTATION TO YOU.

I HAVE SPOKEN CONFIDENTLY BEFORE GROUPS OF TEN, 50, 501,000, BUT I'VE NEVER SPOKEN ALOUD TO ANY GROUP ABOUT THIS SUBJECT SO CLOSE TO MY HEART. I BELIEVE EACH OF YOU HAS MY ESSAY OF JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS ACTION, AND OFFER TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE CONTENT.

CONTACT. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS ACTION MIGHT OPEN THE FLOODGATES FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS, I LIFT UP, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THE LAST PARAGRAPH IN MY ESSAY, GIVING YOU THREE UNIQUE REASONS FOR NAMING THIS BRIDGE, AS I PROPOSE WITH ANY ONE OF THEM, IN MY VIEW, BEING SUFFICIENT FOR THIS MODEST HONOR.

FIRST OF AN ESTIMATED 1000 SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN FROM SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY ALREADY IN THE MILITARY IN 1943.

JACK. MY UNCLE WAS THE FIRST TO BE KILLED IN COMBAT OF ULTIMATELY A TOTAL OF 30 FROM THE COUNTY DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

SECOND, HIS DEATH OCCURRED DURING A HORRIFIC INCIDENT THAT, ACCORDING TO THE CURATOR OF THE SHIPS AT SEA MUSEUM IN SAVANNAH, THE ARCHIVE OF THE USS SAVANNAH AND OTHER NAVAL HISTORICAL MATERIAL WAS A UNIQUE EVENT IN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY. THIRD, HE WAS ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS FROM THE SAME FAMILY SERVING THEIR COUNTY AND COUNTRY AT THE SAME TIME, AND I BELIEVE THAT TO HAVE BEEN ALSO UNIQUE IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY AND EXTREMELY UNCOMMON IN THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. THE NAMING OF THIS BRIDGE WOULD HONOR NOT ONLY THIS PATRIOTIC SON OF SOUTHAMPTON, BUT ALSO THE 30 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM SOUTHAMPTON WHO, LIKE JACK, WERE NOT HEROES, BUT PATRIOTIC MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE OF OUR NATION.

I REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE YAY ON THIS APPLICATION AND FORWARD IT TO VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FURTHER ACTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IN CONSIDERATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? GOOD. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE CLOCK BACK ABOUT 25 YEARS.

I OWN PROPERTY IN PREBLE STREET, AND THERE WAS A TIME THERE WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO THOUGHT THEY HAD ACCESS TO A BIG WALGREENS WALMART STORAGE FACILITY, AND THEY ASKED ME TO GO AHEAD AND REZONE MY LAND SO THEY COULD GET IT AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'LL BE GOOD. I SAID, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND REZONE IT AND LEAVE IT THERE.

THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS ONLY GOING TO GET APPROVED FOR THAT ONE THING, AND IF I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE OTHER USES FOR IT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RATHER THAN JUST HAVE A CARTE BLANCHE THING.

MY REAL PROBLEM, THOUGH, IS THE SAFETY. I LIVE IN THE FORKS OF THE RIVER JUNCTION 189 AND 258, AND TRAFFIC IS EXTREMELY HEAVY THERE, IN PART BECAUSE I THINK THE GAS OUT THERE IS $0.10 A GALLON CHEAPER THAN ANY PLACE IN THE AREA, AND THEY SELL LOTS OF LOTTERY TICKETS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING FROM SOUTH ON 258 DOWN TO MURFREESBORO, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY YOU CAN GET TO 189 LEGALLY WITHOUT CUTTING THROUGH THE DUCK THROUGH'S PARKING LOT AND THAT IS A VERY HIDDEN PLACE.

YOU MIGHT SAY IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PULLOVERS OR ACCESS.

YOU JUST HOPE YOU CAN GET ACROSS AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.

I GOT IN ONE SLIGHT LITTLE ACCIDENT MYSELF, AND I'VE SEEN OTHERS, AND I THINK WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO HAVE VDOT TAKE A STUDY OF THIS AND SEE IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY BREAKAWAY LANES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE YOU GO OUT THERE AND WHEN THE GAS PRICE IS DOWN, IT'S JUST AMAZING. THEY HAVE AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S JUST WE'RE GROWING THE RIVER, BUT THAT'S A PLACE WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE DEVELOPMENT

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I LIVE ON DICKENS LANE AND I'M HERE ABOUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE AT OUR SCHOOL. AND I SPEAK PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF, TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAUSE I'VE GOT GRANDDAUGHTERS AND THEY GO THERE.

IT'S APPARENT TO ME IN TALKING WITH THEM THAT THEY HAVE ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. SHE CARRIES A BLANKET WITH HER TO KEEP WARM AND I GUESS SOME OF THE OTHER STUDENTS DO, TOO.

BUT I VENTURE TO SAY THAT ALL THE OFFICES OF THE PERSONNEL IN SOUTHAMPTON ARE PRETTY, WELL, PRETTY COMFORTABLE. I'M DISTURBED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THESE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE COLD AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON THEIR STUDIES.

THE OTHER MONTH, I WENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I SPOKE THERE, AND WHEN THEY WENT TO A BREAK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS CAME UP AND ASKED ME, HAD I TALKED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? WELL, BECAUSE OF WHAT I DID BEFORE, I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I WAS WORKING SIX AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, TEN, 11, 12 HOURS A DAY. I NEVER REALLY WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE POLITICS OF THE COUNTY.

I HAD TWO CHILDREN THAT GRADUATED FROM SOUTHAMPTON, AND I JUST NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND SO FORTH. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE, BUT I'M KIND OF RETIRED NOW, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO DO, AND I START PAYING ATTENTION TO OTHER THINGS AND THIS HAS JUST BEEN A REAL THORN IN MY SIDE.

AND I'M KIND OF AT MY WIT'S END BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR WHAT TO DO.

AND I READ THINGS ON FACEBOOK AND I'M NOT A REAL BIG FAN OF READING AND PAYING A WHOLE LOT OF ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. SO I'M HERE I'M LOOKING FOR INFORMATION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYBODY ELSE HAS HEARD. WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.

AND I TOLD THEM AT THE SCHOOL BOARD I GUESS THERE'S GOT TO BE A TIME THAT Y'ALL DO A BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL RECOMMEND A BUDGET TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES. A BUDGET GIVES IT TO Y'ALL.

Y'ALL APPROVE IT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT.

OBVIOUSLY TO ME, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH TRANSPARENCY IN WHAT REALLY GOES ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PUTTING ANY MONEY INTO THE BUDGET.

I KNOW IT'S AN OLD BUILDING, BUT AND I TOLD HIM AND I'LL SPEAK IT HERE IF THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS ARE MALFUNCTIONING, I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GO OVER THERE, GET SOMEBODY TO GO UP THERE AND SAY, WELL, THE SYSTEM IS OUTDATED. WE CAN'T GET PARTS.

WE NEED TO REPLACE THEM. IT'S JUST NOT. IT'S JUST IT'S NOT ECONOMICAL FOR THE COUNTY OR THE TAXPAYERS TO KEEP DUMPING MONEY INTO A SYSTEM DOWN THERE TO A HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T FIX. IT RUNS FOR A MONTH OR SO AND DOES.

ALL RIGHT AND THEN IT'S BACK DOWN AGAIN. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST COMING TO YOU GUYS ASKING FOR SOME HELP.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING ON THE INTERNET, SO.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I'M HEARING ANYTHING FROM.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS WARREN SIMMONS, AND I LIVE AT 27511 SOUTHAMPTON PARKWAY.

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OUT ON 460. MY WIFE AND I CAN CERTAINLY IDENTIFY WITH THAT.

WE'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE 73 YEARS, ALMOST MYSELF ON 58.

SO I CAN RELATE TO WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND ALSO, I WOULD ENDORSE WHAT MR. COLE HAS TO SAY ABOUT NAMING THE BRIDGE FOR HIS ANCESTOR, MR. WHITEHEAD. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING.

SO I SUPPORT I GIVE MY SUPPORT TO THAT, AND I HOPE YOU WILL TOO.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY IF YOU GOT A GRASS CUTTING JOB THAT'S GOING TO PAY IN THE 40,000 RANGE, PLEASE CONTACT ME. I'D BE GLAD TO HELP YOU OUT.

I COULD BUY ME A TRACTOR AND A BOARD WITH THE MONEY I WOULD MAKE, AND THAT WOULD REALLY HELP ME OUT A LOT.

BUT SPEAKING OF GRASS, VDOT AND 23 WAS BUDGETED TO CUT OUR GRASS ALONG OUR HIGHWAYS THREE TIMES AND THEY CUT IT TWICE. MR. MALLOCK, HE SAID HE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THE MONEY FOR US.

CAN ANYBODY, ANY OF Y'ALL TELL ME WHAT HE DID WITH THE MONEY? I DIDN'T THINK SO. SO AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE HAD A CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH IT AND SPENT IT.

BUT IN 24 I SAID, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I SIT HERE AND SAID, MR. THROWER AND MR. MADDOX SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND JUST DECIDE TO CUT AND SCHEDULE.

YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT WHEN THE GRASS STOPS GROWING IN THE FALL, WHEN IT STARTS GROWING IN SPRING, YOU CUT IT AT THE END AFTER IT DIES, AND THEN YOU SPLIT THE MIDDLES AND THE OTHER AREA WHERE WE GOT IT CUT ABOUT THE 1ST OF JUNE.

WE GOT TO CUT IT BY THE 1ST OF OCTOBER AND THEN THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER.

SO THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO THAT THE SECOND TIME REALLY DIDN'T HELP US MUCH.

SO NOW I'VE NOTICED THE THIRD TIME THEY CUT IT, THEY DIDN'T CUT ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCES THAT VDOT HAS AND I WONDERED THEY WERE IN A HURRY? HURRY UP AND GET FINISHED.

BUT THEN I NOTICED JUST RECENTLY PUT OUT ALL THOSE AREAS THEY PUT DO NOT MOW SIGNS.

SO THAT TELLS ME NOW ALL UP AND DOWN 58. I'VE JUST GONE FROM CORTLAND BACK TO SUFFOLK.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE AREAS WHERE WEEDS ARE FIVE FOOT TALL, UNLESS THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO LIKE NORTH CAROLINA DOES, AND DISS IT ALL DOWN AND PLANT SOME NICE WILDFLOWERS, WHICH I DOUBT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE GET AN ANSWER TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO BE FIVE FOOT TALL WEEDS NEXT YEAR.

I MEAN, OUR ORDINANCE SAYS YOU HAVE TO CUT YOUR GRASS AT 12IN.

SO HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR CITIZENS CUT THEIR GRASS IF VDOT IS NOT GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF THEIRS? THE NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR DUMPSTER SITES.

I KNOW Y'ALL SPENT SOME TIME ON IT, BUT THERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

NUMBER ONE IS THE ATTENDANCE. A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE NO IDEA. I WENT UP ONE DAY.

I'VE GOT TWO TRUCKS. ONE I'VE GOT A STICKER ON AN OLD, OLD BEAT UP TRUCK THAT I CARRY MY TRUCK TO MY GARBAGE TO THE DUMP WITH.

WELL, IT WAS IN THE SHOP, SO I HAD TO DRIVE MY OTHER ONE.

SO WHEN I GOT THERE, I GOT OUT AND WENT TO THE ATTENDANT.

I TOLD HIM, I SAID, I DON'T HAVE A STICKER. ALL THE TRUCKS IN THE DOES, BUT IT'S IN THE SHOP.

I'LL SHOW YOU MY LICENSE IF I NEED TO. SO YOU KNOW I'M FROM THE COUNTY.

HE LOOKED AT MY TRUCK AND SAID, WELL, YOUR LICENSE PLATE IS VIRGINIA, ISN'T IT? HE SAID, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. SO I GUESS THAT MEANS THE FOLKS FROM SUSSEX AND BRUNSWICK AND SUFFOLK, THEY ALL OKAY TO GO AS WELL. I DID NOTICE A COUPLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

I NOTICED THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEW JERSEY. IS A LICENSE IN THE SAME SAME DUMPSTER SITE.

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE STICKERS, HOW DO THE ATTENDANTS KNOW WHO'S LEGAL AND NOT LEGAL? AND IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP THE ILLEGALS? THE PEOPLE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUT. THEN HOW CAN THEY DO THEIR JOB? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THEM FOR, IS TO KEEP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY RESIDENTS OUT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PAY THE FEE TO HAUL THEIR TRASH.

SO THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

ALSO, WE'VE HAD OUR DUMPSTERS FOR A WHILE NOW, AND I SAW SOME PICTURES OF CHRISTMAS, OF HOW THEY WERE RUNNING OVER, AND I ACTUALLY WENT UP THERE ONE DAY AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY FOR ME TO PUT MY TRASH.

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SO ALL THE SITES NEED TO BE REEVALUATED. DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT AREA OR DO THEY FALL SHORT OF THAT? AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT SOME OF THEM ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH AND THEY'RE NOT AND I NOTICED THAT THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WITH THE TRASH WAS RUNNING OVER ON THE GROUND.

THERE WERE THREE DUMPSTERS IN MEHERRIN, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS SITTING OVER TO THE SIDE.

IT WASN'T EVEN ONE IN THE PLACE AND THE OTHER TWO WERE RUNNING OVER.

SO EVIDENTLY THE TRUCK DIDN'T THINK IT HAD TIME TO SWITCH THEM OUT.

SO THAT'S AN ISSUE AND IT'S NICE THAT THEY PAINTED THE LITTLE YELLOW STRIPES ALONG THE CONCRETE.

WELL, THAT LOOKS PRETTY. MAYBE NOBODY WILL FALL IN THE DUMPSTER, BUT OSHA REQUIRES THAT ANY TIME YOU'VE GOT, YOU CAN FALL 30IN OR MORE. YOU NEED A HANDRAIL.

WELL, NOBODY WOULD WANT A HANDRAIL, BECAUSE HOW CAN I DUMP ALL THIS STUFF I DUMP IN THERE IF I HAVE A HANDRAIL? WELL, IF YOU LOOK IN THE DUMPSTER AND YOU LOOK AT THE SIGNS THEY'VE GOT, IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF GOING IN THE DUMPSTER THAT THE SIGN SAYS.

NOT SUPPOSED TO GO IN THERE. OF COURSE, NOBODY'S GOING TO CARRY THEIR TRASH TO THE TRANSFER STATION AND PAY A FEE WHEN THEY THINK THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING $200 TO DUMP IT AT THE LANDFILL, AT THE DUMP SITE. SO THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ON THAT.

THEN THE THIRD THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OLD ABANDONED BUILDINGS THERE IN THE TOWNS, THERE IN THE COUNTRY, THERE IN THE WOODS. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE, AND THEY'RE JUST AN EYESORE AND A SAFETY THING AND THERE'S NOT ONLY HOUSES, THERE'S TRAILERS, THERE'S STORES, THERE'S ALL, AND THEY'RE FALLING DOWN.

THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN OUT, AND THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO CLEAN SOME OF THESE UP, TO FORCE THE OWNERS TO TEAR THEM DOWN AND GET THEM.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAWS ARE. CAN WE HAVE A BOTTOM WHERE THE TAX ON THE BUILDING DOESN'T GO BELOW $100 AND JUST STAYS THERE AS LONG AS THE BUILDING IS STANDING AND NOT CLEANED UP? OR SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO GET RID OF SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS.

THEY JUST WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO COME AND AND LIVE IN THERE OR WHATEVER.

IT'S LIKE ASH SAID, WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE PEOPLE WE DON'T WANT LIVING IN OLD, BROKEN DOWN BUILDINGS AND THERE'S ONE RIGHT ON THE MAIN STREET IN CORTLAND HERE.

THAT'S JUST THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN OUT, THE DOORS ARE FALLING OFF, AND IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE EYESORE AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MY FOURTH THING IS I HOPE EVERYBODY GOT BROADBAND IS GETTING GOOD INTERNET RECEPTION.

BECAUSE MY SPECTRUM IS SORRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA SIMMONS.

I LIVE ON SOUTHAMPTON PARKWAY, AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.

PROBABLY TWO THIRDS OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE AS CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT I'VE BEEN NOTICING INCLUDE THE WORD VDOT.

EVER SINCE WE VOTED DOWN THE R CUTS, I HAVE NOT SEEN VDOT HERE.

SO HAVE YOU NOT NOTICED THAT? I MEAN, AND ANOTHER THING TOO, THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE WAY WE DO THESE MEETINGS IS YOU ALL CAN'T INTERACT WITH US WHILE WE'RE HAVING COMMENTS, AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEONE GOT BACK WITH US SOMETIMES.

BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO VDOT? I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM HERE SINCE WE VOTED DOWN THE AND HALF THE ISSUES THAT WE TALK ABOUT ARE PROBLEMS WITH VDOT AND WARRANTS RIGHT ABOUT THE GRASS. THE COUNTY LOOKS DISGUSTING AND THE TRASH IS BEYOND DEPLORABLE NOW, SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO TRY TO REMEDY THE SITUATIONS IN OUR COUNTY.

IT IS. IT HAS TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE AND HOUSEKEEPING, THE WAY WE MAINTAIN THINGS, THE ABANDONED BUILDINGS.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN PUTTING SOME HOMES WHERE THE ABANDONED TRAILERS ARE THAT MR. BURRIS OWNS ACROSS FROM WHERE SOUTHAMPTON TOWING IS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MEAT TO THAT INFORMATION, BUT I NEED IT CHECKED OUT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S EXISTING WITH THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE THE TRAILERS THAT HE HAD MOVED AT THE REQUEST

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THE GRASS IS HIGH. IT LOOKS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO STAY THERE THAT DON'T BELONG THERE, AND I WISH YOU WOULD CHECK INTO THAT SITUATION.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I COULD RAMBLE ON, AND IT MAKES ME VERY UPSET THAT ARE OUT OF CODE IN THIS COUNTY, AND I RIDE BY THEM EVERY DAY. AND I'M NOT AN ORDINANCE PERSON.

I KNOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO PEOPLE THAT CAN CHECK THESE THINGS OUT.

THE GRASS ON SOUTHAMPTON PARKWAY ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE FOR SALE IS OVER FOUR FEET HIGH.

NOBODY'S GOING TO LOOK AT IT. THE PLACE WHERE THE MOTEL WAS.

THE GRASS IS ALMOST FOUR FEET HIGH. WHY IS NOTHING BEING CHECKED? PUT INTO ORDINANCE AND MAINTAINED? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO. BUT I'M SAYING THIS TONIGHT.

SO YOU ALL WHO SHOULD KNOW CAN LOOK INTO SOME OF THESE THINGS AND GET THEM FIXED.

AND WARREN'S RIGHT. WE HAVE AN ABANDONED BUILDING SITTING ON THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET IN CORTLAND.

WE DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM THE TOWN HERE, BUT IT IS SUCH A DISGRACE.

CORTLAND IS THE COUNTY SEAT, AND WE'VE GOT STUFF THAT WE CAN LOOK IN EVERY DIRECTION AND IT'S NOT FIXED.

IT'S AN ILL REPAIR AND NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING. SO WHERE DO WE GO TO GET IT FIXED, AND HOW DO WE GET IT FIXED IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU DO THE BUDGET AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE SOME ANSWERS BACK TO HOW WE GET THE GRASS CUT ON SOUTHAMPTON PARKWAY AROUND THESE ABANDONED BUILDINGS. HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THINGS? HE'S RIGHT. THE GRASS HAS NO GRASS CUTTING SCHEDULE, AND IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AND AS FAR AS THE SPEED LIMITS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ANN ARBOR, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR ACTIONS TOWARDS SAFETY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BEING ADHERED TO IN THE PARKWAY AREA EITHER.

I SEE THE DEPUTIES, I SEE THE STATE POLICE, BUT IT'S 7:00 IN THE MORNING.

THEY'RE GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR BY MY HOUSE, AND IT'S GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE YARD IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

SAFELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? NO ONE ELSE. ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT, PERIOD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[2. Approval of Minutes]

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE MINUTES? NOT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT. SO MOVED.

SECOND. THERE IS A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT. NUMBER THREE. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS.

[3. Organizational Matters]

ONE ITEM A, ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS. STATE STATUTES REQUIRE EACH LOCAL GOVERNING BODY TO RESOLVE CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS AT ITS FIRST MEETING EACH YEAR. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN.

IF THE BOARD FAILS TO DESIGNATE THE TERM OF OFFICE, IT IS PRESUMED BY LAW THAT EACH IS ELECTED FOR ONE YEAR.

A ONE YEAR TERM, OR UNTIL A SUCCESSOR OF EACH HAS BEEN ELECTED CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN, MAY SUCCEED THEMSELVES IN OFFICE AND BELOW YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE STATUTE REPRINTED FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

THE CHAIRMAN IS THE PRESIDING OFFICER AT ALL BOARD MEETINGS AND FURTHER SERVES AS THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE.

ALL OFFICIAL AND CEREMONIAL FUNCTIONS. THE CHAIRMAN IS ENTITLED TO VOTE ON ALL MATTERS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD, UNLESS OTHERWISE DISQUALIFIED BY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THE CHAIRMAN ALSO SIGNS ALL MEETING MINUTES, OFFICIAL RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER LEGAL INSTRUMENTS AS AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD.

THE VICE CHAIRMAN IS AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE ANY DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN DURING HIS OR HER ABSENCE OR DISABILITY.

IN ADDITION TO THEIR ANNUAL SALARY OF 5500 AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE CHAIRMAN IS PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL 1800 ANNUALLY, AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN IS PROVIDED AN AND ADDITIONAL SUM OF 2100.

I'M SORRY, 1200. THE MOTION REQUIRED WOULD BE THAT NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THE FLOOR.

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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. I NOMINATE WILLIAM HART AS VICE CHAIRMAN.

IS THERE A SECOND FOR VICE CHAIR? YES, SIR. MR. SUPERVISOR UPDIKE. WHAT'S YOUR? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE. OKAY.

MEETING SCHEDULE, USUALLY 6:00. 4TH TUESDAY IN THE MONTH.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT SCHEDULE? SO FOR THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER? YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ALTERATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE THE WORK SESSIONS THEIR. SIXTH THROUGH THE NINTH.

SO THAT ONE. YEAH. ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.

I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT SCHEDULE THEN.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS THAT WE'VE OVERLOOKED? OKAY. THAT'S IT FROM STAFF. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO VDOT MATTERS.

[4. VDOT Matters]

THE BUCKHORN QUARTER TURN LANE OFF OF ROUTE 58.

NEEDS TO BE WIDENED FOR THE TRUCK. TRAFFIC THAT MAKES THAT TURN IS VERY NARROW AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT. AND THE SECOND ONE IS THERE'S A TREE LEANING OVER THE ROAD.

ON POPE'S STATION ROAD, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN.

MR. THROWER. 23,833 POPE STATION ROAD. IT'S APPROXIMATELY A HALF A MILE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF POLK STATION AND BUCKHORN QUARTER, AND IT'S A, SHOULD THAT TREE FALL? IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THAT ROAD IF YOU COULD GET THEM TO.

I COULD TELL THEM EXACTLY WHERE THE TREE IS, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WHERE THE FROG HOLE IS.

THE FROG HOLE. THE FROG HOLE. I'LL GO LOOK AT THAT TOMORROW AND GET THAT ADDRESS IS RIGHT THERE AT MIKE MARX'S DRIVEWAY AND THE TREE IS JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO HIS DRIVEWAY.

OKAY. YOU EVER GO HUNTING? THAT'S THE FROG. FROG? YOU TO GO TO THE FROG FROG HOLE. FROG HOLE IT IS.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? I SENT MINE IN ALREADY.

SUPERVISOR UPDIKE SENT HERS TO ME. I GOT A FEW.

THANK YOU. BROOK ROAD, WHICH IS OFF OF PRETLOW STREET.

IT GOES BACK TO A TRAILER PARK. BACK THERE. A DEAD END ROAD, BUT IT'S GOT A BIG POTHOLE IN IT AND IT'S GOT A SOMEBODY PUT A CONE IN IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW. IT'S BEEN MONTHS AGO, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN FIXED.

676 IS THE ROAD NUMBER. THERE ARE ALSO THREE CONES AT MICHAEL DRAKE'S HOUSE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MONTHS.

ANYBODY ELSE? CARL? YES. OLD BRADFORD ROAD IS A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD.

AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT BEING AFRAID TO DRIVE THAT ROAD BECAUSE MEETING TRUCKS ON IT.

NOW, THE TRUCKS COULD GO DOWN PITTMAN ROAD TO BOYKINS AND THEN.

BARRY ROAD. BUT A LOT OF THEM COME THROUGH ON OLD BRANCHVILLE ROAD, AND THAT ROAD IS REALLY NOT WIDE ENOUGH. AND A PERSON LIVING ON THAT ROAD SENT ME PICTURES TODAY OF ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THAT ROAD.

SO IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WOULD WANT TO RESTRICT TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD OR NOT,

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THERE WAS A WRECK ON THIS MORNING TODAY. IT WAS.[INAUDIBLE] AND ONE OF THOSE, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE.

THEY CALLED FOR A HELICOPTER. SOUNDS LIKE A PROBLEM.

ROAD THAT GOES TO THE MEHERRIN CHEMICAL BACK ENTRANCE WHEN IT COMES OUT OF BRANCHVILLE AND GOES BEHIND BOYKINS.

RIGHT, I GOT YOU. YEAH. SO THERE'S SOME TRAFFIC TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD THAT IS NOT TRUE.

YEAH, BUT A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC IS THROUGH TRAFFIC.

THAT MAY BE THE SHORT TERM SOLUTION FOR THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTED TO LOOK AT OR DISCUSS LATER.

BUT CAN WE REQUEST THAT SOMEBODY FROM VDOT ATTEND OUR MONTHLY MEETING.

YOU CAN. I CAN CERTAINLY REQUEST THAT THROUGH THE RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? CHRIS. I HAD ONE AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. ASH TO COME UP AND GIVE US SOME MORE HISTORY ON THAT ON DARDEN POINT ROAD.

BELOW WHERE HE LIVES. THERE'S A BAD SPOT THERE IF YOU GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT.

OKAY. IT'S THERE'S A CULVERT ACROSS OUR ROAD THAT HURRICANE FLOYD BACK IN 99 AND NOW HURRICANE HELENE IN OCTOBER WASHED OVER THE ROAD AND TORE UP THE ASPHALT AND VDOT CAME.

I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND PUT SOME GRAVEL THERE AND THEN PUT A BIG SIGN UP.

LOOSE GRAVEL. WELL, THAT'S ALL THEY'VE DONE. AND IT'S BEEN LIKE IT FOR NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AND IT'S A NUISANCE REALLY.

IT'S NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. BUT THEY OUGHT TO COME AND FIX IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE CULVERT OR WHAT, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S IN BAD SHAPE.

YEAH. THERE'S A KIND OF A LITTLE MINI CANAL THERE FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

THANK YOU. NEXT TIME WE HAVE SOME RAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN DEEPER FOR NEXT TIME.

IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN DEEPER IF THEY DON'T FIX IT.

YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ALL RIGHT. MONTHLY REPORTS. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR?

[5. Monthly Reports]

CHC CONTRACTING IS DOING THE WORK ON THE PROJECT.

THEY'VE BEEN GRADING. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE GRADING WORK.

DITCH A FROM THE RAILROAD UP TO GENERAL THOMAS AND THAT IS COMPLETE.

THE REMAINING TREES AND DEBRIS HAVE BEEN CLEARED AND REMOVED.

OTHER THAN CLEANING UP THE BRUSH AND DEBRIS IN THE AREA.

ALL REMAINING WORK WILL BE ON HOLD UNTIL THE TEMPERATURES RISE ENOUGH FOR THE ASPHALT PLANTS TO REOPEN, POSSIBLY IN MID-MARCH. YOU DO HAVE A REPORT ATTACHED? FROM OUR CONSULTING ENGINEER, BABB CONSULTANTS.

AS A SUMMARY OF THAT WORK TO DATE. SO, AGAIN, WE HOPE TO START BACK ON THAT PROJECT IN THE MARCH, APRIL TIME FRAME, HOPEFULLY COMPLETE BY MAY OR JUNE.

THE RADIO PROJECT. WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FRANKLIN ON THAT, ON OUR JOINT PROJECT.

JVC KENWOOD IS THE CONTRACTOR. AND WE'RE STILL AT THIS POINT EXPECTING THAT TO BE DONE BY THE END OF 26 OR EARLY 27. HUMAN RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL. JUSTIN HERMAN, AS YOU'RE AWARE, HAS BEEN HIRED AS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

HE WILL BE STARTING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD. WE HAVE HIRED JENNIFER BODMER AS A CUSTODIAN.

SHE CAME ON FULL TIME WITH THE COUNTY AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

OUR PLAN REVIEW AND PERMIT TECH THAT WE HAD JUST BROUGHT ON A FEW MONTHS AGO.

LILY, SHE IS LEAVING. LILY PHILLIPS, UNFORTUNATELY AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING TO FILL THAT POSITION.

AND WE DO HAVE LYNN PARKER HERE. HE'S. I ASKED HIM TO ATTEND.

HE'S OUR NEWLY HIRED DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

HE JUST STARTED LAST WEEK, LAST TUESDAY AND HE GOT HIT WITH THE SNOW.

FIRST DAY AND NIGHT HERE. SO WE WELCOME LYNN ON BOARD.

HE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD HIRE FOR US. AND HE'S GOT EXPERIENCE WITH VDOT AND WORKING WITH GREENSVILLE COUNTY IN THE PAST.

SO WE EXPECT GOOD AND BIG THINGS FROM LYNN. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? OR JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS.

LIKE I SAID, DON'T HOLD ME AGAINST THE VDOT STANDARDS.

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I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN TO ASSIST BRIAN IN REACHING OUT TO SOME OF MY OLD COUNTERPARTS AS WELL, AND GET SOME ISSUES RESOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. WELCOME, SIR. YEAH . THANK YOU. LYNN.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH CARL AND FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE BEALE FARM VIRGINIA BUSINESS READY SITES GRANT PROGRAM.

TIMMONS GROUP SHOULD BE STARTING THAT ANYTIME NOW AS THE ENGINEER FOR THAT FOR THAT PROJECT.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE FAIR BOARD ON THE WIND DAMAGE PROJECT.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY REBUILDING THE FOOD COURT BUILDING.

AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE WITH THE FAIR UPCOMING EARLY AUGUST.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FAIR THIS YEAR.

I INTRODUCED LYNN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND I BASICALLY COMMUNICATE ALMOST EVERY DAY, PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY ON DIFFERENT STUFF AND YOU DO HAVE A LIST OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND TRAININGS, CONFERENCES AND CIVIC EVENTS I'VE ATTENDED OVER THE LAST MONTH.

YOU DO HAVE VARIOUS ATTACHMENTS LITTER PREVENTION REPORT, PERSONNEL REPORT, MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

DO WANT TO MENTION TODAY THE VOTER REGISTRAR AND I WENT TO A HAMPTON ROADS PDC AHAC MEETING.

THAT'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS BUT ALL HAZARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE DID WE WERE LOBBY TO GET $40,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FOR SECURITY CAGES FOR THE VOTING MACHINES. SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO GET THAT IT WAS, I BELIEVE, ABOUT 75,000 AVAILABLE TODAY FROM FOR THE WHOLE REGION LEFT OVER.

SO WE DID WE'RE ABLE TO GET OVER HALF OF WHAT WAS AVAILABLE THIS MORNING.

SO THAT'S A BRIGHT SPOT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

FINANCIAL REPORT. YES, SIR. SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE A COMPARISON OF DECEMBER 31ST OF 2023 TO DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024 AND IN 23, THERE WAS REVENUE COLLECTED OF 76.83% OF OUR BUDGET, AND IN DECEMBER OF 24, WE HAVE COLLECTED 81.9% OF OUR REVENUE BUDGET. AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES DISREGARDING TRANSFERS, WHICH WE ONLY MAKE NORMALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE SPENT 49.45% IN FISCAL YEAR. EXCUSE ME DECEMBER 2024.

AND AS COMPARED TO DECEMBER OF 23, IT WAS 49.85% SPENT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. LOWE? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.

TREASURER'S. YOU GOT THAT? TREASURER'S REPORT? I BELIEVE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THE MEETING THAT CINDY EDWARDS IS NOT HERE.

I BELIEVE SHE HAD SENT AN EMAIL SAYING SHE WAS OUT OF TOWN.

YEAH, SHE EMAILED THE TREASURER'S REPORT. YEAH.

OKAY. WELL, I KNOW. I HOPE SHE'S WELL. OKAY. ANIMAL CONTROL, CO-OPERATIVE EXTENSION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

BLACKWATER REGIONAL LIBRARY. SOLID WASTE QUANTITIES.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO NUMBER SIX FINANCIAL MATTERS.

[6. Financial Matters]

SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE WIND EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN JULY.

AND INSURANCE MONEY CAME IN, AND WE HAD BEEN HOLDING THAT INSURANCE MONEY UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO START REPLACING THE FOOD COURT BUILDINGS. AND SO WE ARE PULLING DOWN THAT MONEY.

IN SEPARATE DRAWS AS THAT WORK PROGRESSES. SO THEY WERE DUE FOR TWO DRAWS.

HAVE WE GOT ALL THE INSURANCE MONEY WE CAN GET? NO. THERE'S ONE SMALL PORTION. AND WHAT IT IS THEY GIVE YOU THE MONEY FOR THE VALUE OF THE BUILDINGS, BUT OF COURSE, WE GET REPLACEMENT VALUE. SO IF IT COST MORE THAN WHAT THE DEPRECIATED VALUE WAS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU UP TO THAT DEPRECIATION MONEY BACK.

SO WE SHOULD GET THAT ALSO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE?

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WE HAVE A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET. SAYS A TOTAL APPROPRIATION OF $36.59 TO THE GENERAL AND BUILDING FUNDS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT RESOLUTION. SO MOVED. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. GOAL NUMBER 7 IS THE BUDGET CALENDAR.

[7. FY26 Budget Calendar]

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH FOR THE MOST PART, LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR.

DECEMBER 30TH THE BUDGET REQUEST FORMS WERE ISSUED TO DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

JANUARY 27TH. COUNTY DEPARTMENT BUDGET FORMS AND COMMUNITY FUNDING REQUEST DUE BACK TO DEPUTY LYNETTE IN OUR OFFICE.

WE BELIEVE MARCH 10TH WOULD BE THE DATE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD APPROVE THEIR BUDGET.

MARCH 10TH, THEY WOULD SUBMIT THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET REQUEST TO OUR OFFICE AND APRIL IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE THE BOARD.

WE REALLY GET INTO THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS AND DISCUSSING THE BUDGET.

YOUR FIRST BUDGET WORK SESSION WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 9TH AT THAT DATE, YOU WOULD BE PRESENTED WITH THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR. AND DURING THAT TIME, THE BOARD AND BUDGET COMMITTEE COULD DISCUSS THAT ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAD GOING TO THE NEXT BUDGET WORK SESSION ON APRIL 16TH AT SIX.

APRIL 22ND, WE WOULD HAVE THE REGULAR SESSION TO FINALIZE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND AUTHORIZE THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO THE TIDEWATER NEWS ON APRIL 25TH.

MAY 7TH, WE WOULD HAVE THE PUBLICATION OF THE BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN THE TIDEWATER NEWS.

MAY 14TH WOULD BE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND MAY 27TH WOULD BE THE ESTIMATED TIME FOR YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND TAX RATES FOR THE YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YEAH. HOW IS OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS? SO YEAH, THEY AS I MENTIONED, THEY WOULD IN THAT EARLY APRIL TIME FRAME, THEY WOULD GET THE BUDGET, PROPOSED BUDGET. WE WOULD MEET WITH THEM. LYNETTE AND I AND ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS OR WHOEVER THEY REQUEST WOULD COME USUALLY AT THE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT.

THE APRIL 9TH MEETING YOU WOULD HAVE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND DEPARTMENTS WOULD COME REQUEST AND GO OVER THEIR BUDGET REQUEST. BUT DURING THAT TIME, BETWEEN APRIL 9TH TO APRIL 16TH AND 22ND, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WOULD REVIEW THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND THEN MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENT TO THE BUDGET AND PRESENT THEIR AMENDMENTS TO YOU.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE BEFORE APRIL 9TH.

IT COULD BE, BUT THE I MEAN, THEY WERE GETTING INTO THE ISSUE ABOUT PUTTING THE PREPARED THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET TOGETHER.

I MEAN THAT'S USUALLY THE PROCESS OF HOW IT WORKS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THE MANAGER GIVES YOU A RECOMMENDED BUDGET. YOU COULD HAVE THE COMMITTEE THEN REVIEW IT AND GIVE THEM COMMITTEE, GIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHATNOT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR.

WE GOT TOGETHER AFTER THAT FIRST WORK SESSION BECAUSE YOU REALLY KIND OF DELVE INTO IT AFTER THAT.

SO I REALLY WOULD ANTICIPATE IF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WANTED TO LOOK AT IT BETWEEN THAT APRIL 9TH AND 16TH TO 22ND TIME PERIOD.

AND WE COULD MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAD REQUESTED.

I'M SURE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CAN MAKE ANY ALTERATIONS THEY WANT, ANY TIMES OR WHATEVER FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION.

THAT'S OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE IS SUPERVISOR WHITE AND SUPERVISOR GILLETTE.

OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THAT SCHEDULE.

SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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NUMBER EIGHT IS THE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP TONIGHT.

[8. Resolution to Request Speed Study]

YES. HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO HAVE. THIS WAS REQUESTED FROM THE LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER.

AND YOU HAD DID HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS FROM THE AREA COME AND SHARE THEIR CONCERNS WITH YOU.

I DID, PER YOUR REQUEST. I DID PUT A RESOLUTION TOGETHER.

VERY SHORT AND TO THE POINT. IT'S A RESOLUTION REQUESTING A SPEED STUDY TO CONSIDER LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT ON US 460 FROM IOWA TO ZUNI.

AND IT SAYS WHEREAS THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT ON 460 BETWEEN IOWA AND IS 55MPH AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS RECEIVED CONCERNS FROM CITIZENS REGARDING THE SPEED LIMIT ON 460 AND THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REQUEST THAT VDOT CONDUCT A SPEED STUDY ON US 460 BETWEEN IVOR AND ZUNA, WHICH WOULD BE TO THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY LINE.

IN ORDER TO CONSIDER LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 55 TO 45MPH, WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS AND VISITORS TO THE COUNTY. ADOPTED THIS 28TH DAY OF JANUARY OF 2025.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ADOPT A RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED, MR. CHAIRMAN. SECOND. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. YEAH.

OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL SEND THAT ON TO VDOT. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR WE HAVE ANY IDEA? THEY SAY THERE'S NO TIME FRAME. THEY TAKE THEM AS THEY'RE PUT IN THE QUEUE.

SO I MEAN, SEVERAL MONTHS PROBABLY AT LEAST. OKAY.

WE'VE HAD SOME REQUESTS TO CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD.

SO WE'RE MOVING. WHEN MOVING ON WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ONES THAT CAME AND SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THAT PROJECT.

SO IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. IT CERTAINLY WAS.

OKAY. NUMBER NINE, THE REMOTE PARTICIPATION POLICY AND WE'VE HAD THIS BEFORE.

[9. Remote Participation Policy]

NOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE US RE-ADOPTED. OUR NUMBERS HAVE DWINDLED DOWN AND THEY'RE GOING TO DWINDLE DOWN ONE MORE MEMBER.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RE-ADOPT THIS POLICY.

IS THAT A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE DO. I'LL SECOND IT.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE? NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE DOWN TO FIVE PEOPLE UP HERE.

OKAY. WATER AND SEWER ACCOUNTS REQUEST TO WRITE OFF.

[10. Water and Sewer Accounts]

OUR BILLING UTILITY BILLING ACCOUNTANT. AND IN YEARS PAST, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN A COUNTY STAFF HAS BEEN BRINGING THIS ITEM TO THE BOARD AUTHORIZING YOUR PERMISSION TO WRITE OFF THE BAD DEBT FOR WATER AND SEWER ACCOUNTS THAT IS DEEMED UNCOLLECTABLE.

YOU DO HAVE THE LIST THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU IN YOUR PACKET BY LARISSA.

AND ACCORDING TO THE MEMO, THE SPREADSHEET DOES CONTAIN A BAD DEBT FROM 27 AND 20, 2017 AND 2018. AND THE MEMO FURTHER STATES THAT DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT ON THESE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS, THEY ARE DEEMED UNCOLLECTABLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SUCH AS PEOPLE ARE DECEASED, BANKRUPTCY, NO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, THEY MOVED OUT OF STATE, NO FORWARDING, MAILING ADDRESS, ETC.

AND APPARENTLY THE STAFF HAS BEEN BRINGING THE BOARD THESE REQUESTS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, A TOTAL OF 31,000 ISH. WE'RE WRITING OFF IF I'M READING THE.

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I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY. SO YOU CAN NOTE THAT THE WATER SECTION IS $6,300, RIGHT? AND THEN SEWER AND THEN THE PENALTY AND INTEREST IS WHAT BRINGS IT UP SO HIGH.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT SINCE WE'VE HAD LARISSA HERE SHE HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TREASURER ON COLLECTING OLD DEBTS.

AND WE HAVE GOTTEN IN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THIS POINT AND, AS YOU KNOW, OVER X NUMBER OF YEARS OLD AND YOU CAN NO LONGER COLLECT ON IT INSTEAD OF KEEPING IT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF IT.

BUT IF THOSE PEOPLE EVER COME BACK AND REOPEN AN ACCOUNT IN THE COUNTY, WE CAN WE WOULD MAKE SURE WE COLLECTED THIS BEFORE WE ALLOWED THEM TO OPEN ANOTHER ACCOUNT. DISCUSSION. MOTION TO MOVE ON THAT.

SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON THAT ISSUE.

UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 11. LAND USE TAXATION PROGRAM RESOLUTION REQUESTING TO

[11. Land Use Taxation Program Resolution]

WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET IT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY THE SAFEST TAX.

THE MOST FAIREST TAX BREAK THERE WAS, BECAUSE AN ACRE OF CORN DOESN'T REQUIRE FIRE AND RESCUE.

IT DOESN'T REQUIRE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, DOESN'T REQUIRE SOCIAL SERVICES AND DOESN'T REQUIRE US AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A GREAT BENEFIT TO KEEP FARMING GOING IN THIS COUNTY. WITHOUT IT, WE WOULD SEE A FARMING INDUSTRY I BELIEVE HURT A LOT AND IF THIS BOARD SHOULD KNOCK IT OUT AND NOT VOTE FOR IT, IT'S STILL PROTECTED, I BELIEVE FOR TEN YEARS.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN IT, IT'S EITHER 5 OR 10.

I'M NOT SURE [IANUDIBLE]. ANYWAY, IT'S ENOUGH TIME THAT YOU CAN VOTE FOR A NEW BOARD IF YOU GO.

I MOVE, WE ADOPT IT. A MOTION TO ADOPT IT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

OKAY. BRIDGE NAMING REQUEST. WE'VE HEARD FROM THE GENTLEMEN HERE TONIGHT IN THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.

[12. Bridge Naming Request from William W. Cole]

AND FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE THIS IS, IT'S ON OLD RIVER ROAD, I THINK, WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CORTLAND. THAT IS THE OLD ROAD THAT TAKES YOU TO SEBRING AND CROSSES THAT SWAMP.

AND THE FAMILY HAS BEEN THERE SINCE BILLY TOLD US SINCE 1882.

[INAUDIBLE]. MY FAMILY'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE 1820S.

1820S. MY ADDRESS. MY HOME ADDRESS ON SOUTHAMPTON PARKWAY.

IT'S A NICE BRIDGE. IT'S NOT A RICKETY BRIDGE.

IT'S A VERY SUBSTANTIAL. HE HE WE LEARNED TONIGHT.

HE WAS A UNIQUE GENTLEMAN THAT FEW FAMILIES IN THE STATE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANOTHER FAMILY IN THE STATE HAD FIVE SONS IN THAT WAR AT ONE TIME.

AND HE WAS THE FIRST ONE FIRST CASUALTY FROM THE COUNTY.

I RECOMMEND WE ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL. I SECOND IT.

I HAVE A MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE THAT ALONG AND SEND THAT TO THE AUTHORITIES.

AND, MR. THROWER, IF YOU COULD KEEP US UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT FROM TIME TO TIME SO IT DOESN'T GET LOST.

YEAH I'LL WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND MR. COLE ON THIS, AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP AS NEEDED ON NEXT STEPS.

KEEP YOU ALL APPRIZED. DID THE REST OF THE BROTHERS MAKE IT BACK? YEAH. DID THE OTHER FOUR BROTHERS MAKE IT BACK? FROM THE WAR, OKAY? EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE. IT'S A LONG STORY, BUT I'LL MAKE IT REAL BRIEF.

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THE NORTH AFRICA, GERMANY AND ENGLAND. WHEN THE WAR ENDED, ALL OF THEM WERE ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE.

ALL OF THEM RETURNED HOME TO THEIR MOTHER THE VERY SAME NIGHT.

LEROY BRYANT, WHOM YOU MAY KNOW FROM CORTLAND.

HIS FATHER WAS A FIRST COUSIN, AND THEY WOKE HIM UP THREE DIFFERENT TIMES TO TAKE THE BOYS HOME TO THEIR MOTHER.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

IT'S NOT NAMED ANYTHING? NO. CURRENTLY. WHAT? NO. IT'S NOT. SO WE'RE NOT HAS A NUMBER? YEAH, BUT NOT A NAME RENAMING ANYTHING.

WE'RE JUST GIVING IT AN INITIAL NAME. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE THAT ALONG. AND MR. THROWER, KEEP US UP TO DATE WITH VDOT'S RESPONSE THERE AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE NUMBER 13. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE IS MR.

[13. Economic Development Updates]

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN EDWARDS. THANK YOU, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

IT'S WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON AS WE'LL ALSO HAVE OTHER THINGS.

BUT THE START UP PROGRAM IS STARTING UP AGAIN.

WE'VE BEEN TAKING APPLICATIONS. WE MAY BE TAKING THEM FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.

WE'VE GOT 11 I BELIEVE, SO FAR, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

SO THAT PROGRAM WILL BE STARTING IN FEBRUARY FOR PEOPLE COMING THROUGH.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RIBBON CUTTINGS IN FRANKLIN, SOUTHAMPTON, IN JANUARY, INCLUDING THE ONE AT JET PRODUCTION, WHICH WAS OUR STARTUP WINNER FROM LAST YEAR. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SERENITY ACRES, WHO IS OUR START UP RUNNER UP FROM LAST YEAR.

THAT WILL BE THEIR PROJECT WILL BE GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET HERE IN MARCH TO GET THAT GOING.

AND MOVING AHEAD, AS I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THEIR ANIMAL PROCESSING MOVE AHEAD.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PROJECT WATER. THEY'VE GOT A RESUBMIT TO THE COUNTY FOR THEIR SITE PLAN AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE HOPING FOR A GROUNDBREAKING SOON ON THE LAND THAT WAS SOLD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

I'LL JUST MENTION A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE BUSINESS CENTER.

WE ARE HOSTING A SEMINAR ON LINKEDIN TOMORROW AT THE BUSINESS CENTER, SO THERE'S STILL A SPACE AVAILABLE IF ANYBODY OUT THERE IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT. WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY VISIONING EVENT ON FEBRUARY 4TH, NEXT TUESDAY AT THE CAMP COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER FROM 930 TO 1130, TO BOTH INTRODUCE NEW LEADERS AND TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY VISION THAT STEERING COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT.

SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD CROWD SIGNED UP ALREADY, BUT THERE'S ROOM FOR MORE.

SO IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED LOOK US UP. I'LL SAY THAT THE BROADBAND'S MOVING ALONG.

ERIC COLLINS IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE NEXT MONTH, SO WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE CUSTOMERS.

MR. SIMMONS MENTIONED BROADBAND AS WELL. SO CHARTER WILL BE IN THE HOUSE NEXT MONTH, AND THERE'LL BE A RESOLUTION FOR SOME NEW FUNDING FOR THAT.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS GOING ON. MR. THROWER MENTIONED THE BUSINESS READY SIGHTS PROGRAM, AND THEY'LL GET GOING IN FEBRUARY 2ND, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE BEALE FARM.

SO I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANYBODY OUT THERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. HECK? WHAT TIME AGAIN WAS THE MEETING? IT'S A LUNCH AND LEARN.

IT'S A LUNCH AND LEARN. SO IT'S FROM 11:30 TO 1.

YOU GOT TO BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH, RIGHT? YOU GOTTA BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH.

[INAUDIBLE]. BUT IT'S FREE. SO IT'S LIKE, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 14. IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION EARLIER TONIGHT.

[14. Illegal Immigration/Sanctuary Localities]

OUR GOVERNOR CAME OUT IN DECEMBER THE 12TH AND SAID VIRGINIA IS NOT A SANCTUARY STATE.

SO THIS BOARD SENT A RESOLUTION TO PRESIDENT BIDEN ASKING THEM TO SECURE THE BORDER, ETCETERA.

I'LL READ ONE PART OF IT, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, URGES PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN AND SENATOR MARK WARNER AND TIMOTHY KAINE TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND WORK VIGOROUSLY TO END ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS FELL ON DEAF EARS, SO I'M NOT SURE WHO HAS JURISDICTION HERE.

I MIGHT ASK OUR ATTORNEY, GREGORY, IF HE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT.

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IF YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THERE IS A RESOLUTION GOING BACK TO 2007.

THERE'S ANOTHER RESOLUTION DATED 2015 REGARDING THAT SAME TOPIC AND WITH SIMILAR LANGUAGE IN OPPOSITION TO IT. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, THE OTHER ONE FROM 2022, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU REFERENCED.

SO AND SO CLEARLY SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY HAS REPEATEDLY STATED ITS POSITION ON THE, ON THE ISSUE.

I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES WITH SANCTUARY CITY STEM FROM COMPLIANCE WITH ICE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE COUNTY. THE ONLY DIRECT ROLE THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT HAVE WITH ICE IS THE JAIL AND ITS COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT'S CALLED A DETAINER. IN CERTAIN INSTANCES WHERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE APPREHENDED FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IF THEY'RE KNOWN OR IDENTIFIED AS BEING ILLEGAL, THE JAIL WOULD BE UNDER CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS TO NOTIFY THE ICE AND AND THEN ICE, IF IT CHOOSES, CAN ISSUE A DETAINER ORDER AND THE DETAINER ORDER REQUESTS.

JAILS COOPERATE. THIS THE COUNTY JAIL AND THEN JAILS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO UPON THE RELEASE OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT OR ILLEGAL PERSON TO HOLD THAT PERSON FOR 48 HOURS, TO ALLOW ICE TO COME IN AND GET THEM AND THEN DISPOSE OF THEM.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR DISPOSITION, WHETHER THAT BE TO A FEDERAL FACILITY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OUT THERE CALLED THE CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, WHICH TRACKS WHAT THEY DEEM TO BE SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THEY BASE THAT DETERMINATION.

I BELIEVE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IS IDENTIFIED AS THAT FOR SOME REASON.

I UNDERSTAND FROM SHERIFF WYCHE AND CONFERRING WITH HIM THAT THE JAIL DOES IN FACT COMPLY WITH THE ICE DETAINERS.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY, SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY MIGHT BE CONSIDERED A SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE IT FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT THERE IS A U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT MEMO THAT LISTS THE COUNTY AS NON-COOPERATIVE, BUT THAT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE FACTS AS I UNDERSTAND THEM.

IN MY CONSULTATION WITH SHERIFF WYCHE, HE SAYS THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE 48 HOUR DETAINER ORDERS AS ISSUED BY ICE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS MIGHT BE THE CASE, BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, UNTIL THE COUNTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ICE REQUESTS FOR DETAINERS.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS OUT THERE, BUT CLEARLY YOU ALL HAVE STATED YOUR POSITION ON THE ISSUE, AND SHERIFF WYCHE IS IN COMPLIANCE ON BEHALF OF THE JAIL.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE] CLEARS IT UP.

DO WE NEED ACTUALLY. YES, SIR. IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD CONTACT US? CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, WHO HAS A WEBSITE, BY THE WAY? BECAUSE I WENT ON IT AND LOOKED AND TELL THEM TO TAKE IT OFF.

TAKE IT DOWN AND WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT SANCTUARY.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? I SUPPOSE SOMEBODY COULD DO THAT.

SURE. PARDON? I SUPPOSE SOMEONE COULD DO THAT TOO.

DO YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT? IF THE BOARD DIRECTS ME TO DO THAT, I'LL SEND THEM AN EMAIL.

WOULD YOU ASK YOUR ATTORNEY TO DO IT? YEAH, PLEASE.

SURE. SHERIFF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO ADD TO THAT.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF POLICY OR SOMETHING TO ADD.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T TRY TO FIX IT AND IF IT'S BROKE, THEN I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S BROKE SO I CAN FIX IT.

IN THIS SITUATION, WHEN IT CAME TO HAND, IT KIND OF BOTHERED ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

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FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO KNOW. WHAT POLICY WOULD WE WANT IN COMPLIANCE WITH? I MEAN, AGAIN, I CAN'T FIX THAT POLICY. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE 123 SHERIFFS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.

AND ON THAT LIST IS 89 OF THOSE THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE VIRGINIA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION, WHICH HASN'T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT US BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

WE ALSO HAVE DCJ'S HAS NOT TOLD US ANYTHING ABOUT BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

WE HAVE EVEN REACHED OUT TO ISIS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE ON THIS? AND EVEN ISIS HAS SAID THAT WE'RE NOT OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

SO, I MEAN, MY THING IS WE CAN'T GO ON EVERYTHING WE HEAR ON FACEBOOK.

YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK IS A GOOD TOOL WHEN IT'S USED PROPERLY FOR WHAT IT'S USED FOR.

BUT WHEN WE GO EVERYTHING ON FACEBOOK, YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF STUFF IS NOT TRUE BASED UPON FACEBOOK.

SO I'M HERE TO STAND AND TELL YOU THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

WE WAS DOING IT EVEN WHEN I WORKED THE JAIL YEARS AGO.

WHEN WE GET SOMEBODY IN THAT'S ILLEGAL, WE CONTACT ICE ACE WILL PUT A DETAINER ON THEM AND BEFORE THEY'RE RELEASED, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DETAINER IS STILL IN GOOD STANDING.

AND IF THE DETAINER IS IN GOOD STANDING, THEN WE CONTACT ICE.

SO ICE CAN COME AND PICK THEM UP. ICE WILL SOMETIMES DO COME AND PICK THEM UP AND THEN THEY'LL CARRY THEM TO WESTERN TIDEWATER REGIONAL JAIL BECAUSE THAT IS A FACILITY THAT HOLDS FEDERAL INMATES. SO IF WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, IT'S BECAUSE THAT WE TURN THEM OVER TO WHO HOLDS THE FEDERAL INMATES AND IF ICE DON'T COME BACK AND GET THEM FROM WESTERN TIDEWATER OR WHEREVER THEY HOUSE THEM AT, THEN THAT'S NOT OUR FAULT. SO I CAN AGAIN, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION, SHERIFF, IF I COULD.

YES, SIR. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF OUR ATTORNEY SENDING AN EMAIL TO GET US OFF OF THAT LIST? I'M STANDING NEUTRAL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO COME BACK AND SAY THE SHERIFF.

SAY IT. OKAY. THAT'S YOU, THE BOARD DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO SEND A LETTER TO THAT OR NOT SEND A LETTER.

I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. I'M CONSIDERING MAKING A MOTION TO HAVE OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY EMAIL THEM TO TAKE US OFF.

WITH NO MENTION OF YOUR NAME OR POSITION IN THE COUNTY INVOLVED.

JUST THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WANTS US REMOVED.

I'M ASKING YOU, IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU AGAIN? IT'S SURE IF I HAVE TO STAY NEUTRAL.

I GO BY THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. SO THEREFORE, IF YOU THE BOARD WANTS TO SEND A LETTER, THAT'S THE BOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MOTION. I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, I'M.

GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT WE REQUEST. OUR LEGAL ATTORNEY TO SEND AN EMAIL. BEING AN OPTION TO REMOVE HAVE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY REMOVED FROM THE SANCTUARY.

IDENTIFICATION. SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

DO WE NEED TO RE-ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION OR IS IT STILL IN EFFECT? WELL, YOU READ THE RESOLUTION. IT SAYS BIDEN'S NAME IN IT.

WELL, I MEAN, SO ANYBODY ELSE TONIGHT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. WELL, I THINK THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE BOARD'S POSITION ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS WATCHING NEWSMAX LATER LAST WEEK, AND THEN CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 23 AND 24, HAS SPENT $18,000 ON EACH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN THEIR STATE, WHILE THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST HOMELESS POPULATION ON THEIR STREETS.

MANY OF THEM VETERANS, ABOUT 10 TO 12% OF THEM ARE VETERANS OF OUR SERVICES.

THEY'RE SPENDING NOTHING. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THAT?

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[15. Closed Session]

MOTION IS REQUIRED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.

ONE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.237 11, A1 PERSONNEL MATTER REGARDING THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND TWO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.237 11, A3 DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY PERTAINING TO THE BEALE FARM, WHERE DISCUSSION AND OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE COUNTY'S BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY.

AND THREE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.237 11 A5, DISCUSSION WITH STAFF FROM FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED CONCERNING A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY, OR THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE OF THE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY'S INTEREST IN LOCATING OR EXPANDING ITS FACILITIES IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, AND 4 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.237 11, A7 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING LITIGATION PERTAINING TO THE NUISANCE CDBG DRAINAGE PROJECT.

AND FIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.237 11 A8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE PERTAINING TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND A POTENTIAL SOLAR PROJECT SITING AGREEMENT.

ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION? WE'RE GOING IN THE BACK. MOTION TO GO BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF GOING BACK TO OPEN SESSION? SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[INAUDIBLE]. MOTION NUMBER TWO. A MOTION IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION BELOW.

THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION MUST BE VOTED ON INDIVIDUALLY BY EACH BOARD MEMBER.

BE A ROLL CALL. 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 IN SECTION 2.237 12 D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE BOARD THAT SUCH MEETING WAS CLOSED. MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW. NOW THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT 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 THE BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE 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.

MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION. SO MOVED. SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A VOICE VOTE ON THIS. YES.

BUT UNANIMOUS. WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION. AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MISTER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

THROWER. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I REQUEST YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, IN PRINCIPLE, A LETTER OF INTENT AND PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE BEALE FARM, WITH BEALE FARM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC. AND AUTHORIZE THE IDA TO APPROVE AND ENTER INTO THE LETTER OF INTENT AND PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE A INTERIM FARM LEASE PRIOR TO THAT PURCHASE BEING CONSUMMATED. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. I ONLY HAD ONE OTHER THING.

YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF PUT UP SAID EVERYBODY, THIS LETTER, HE HAS GOT SOME PROBLEMS THERE AND EVERYBODY, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT, NEEDS TO READ IT. I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AT NEXT MEETING AND COME UP WITH SOME FORM OF ACTION CONCERNING HIS LETTER. OKAY. HE'S NOT HERE, BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW.

HAS HE TALKED TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE AND OUR SENATOR? IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS WRITTEN IN HERE THAT WE CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

MAYOR MIJARES, I MEAN, I THINK WHEN I READ THROUGH, I THINK PEOPLE WITHIN THE VIRGINIA.

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YES. BUT AS I READ IT, THE REQUEST ALSO WAS SOME CONSIDERATION BY THE GOVERNOR TO INCLUDE A PERCENTAGE OF INCREASES. IT WAS AND MY QUESTION IS, HAS IT THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE KNOWN? HAS THE SHERIFF MADE CONTACT WITH OUR DELEGATE AND OUR SENATOR? HE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE'S IN THE POLITICAL WORLD.

RIGHT. I THINK THEY DID AS A GROUP. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO LET THEM KNOW FIRST AND LET THEM FIGHT THE BATTLE FOR HIM.

I THINK UP TOWARD THE AG'S OFFICE, THAT WOULD BE THE THEY HAVE THE PROPER COURSE TO FOLLOW.

IT WAS THE 3%, AND HE'S REQUESTING 7%. HE'S REQUESTING THE STATE PUT IN 7% AS OPPOSED TO 3%. THAT'S RIGHT. YES HE IS. OKAY. YES THEY ARE.

THE GROUP OF DEPUTIES. SHERIFFS WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW IF HE'S MADE THOSE INROADS PERSONALLY.

YES. YOU'RE SAYING PERSONALLY? EXACTLY. OKAY.

GOTCHA. WE'LL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING.

I MEAN, I THINK I'LL GO OVER THERE AND SIT DOWN AND ASK HIM AS HE DOES, [INAUDIBLE].

A CONVERSATION IS BETTER. YEAH. I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET PROACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS.

I MEAN, HE MADE A REASONABLE THIS IS A REASONABLE THING. IT IS.

HE'S NOT ASKING I MEAN WITH THE LOWEST PAY AROUND HERE.

AND YES, HE MENTIONED THAT THE STATE POLICE HAVE 350 VACANCIES, AND THEY'RE HIRING DEPUTIES BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE OUT AT ONCE A DEPUTY HERE, BACK THERE. IT'S $65,000 A YEAR. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.

A $5,000 BONUS. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. BUT THEIR VOICE WOULD BE MORE POWERFUL THAN OUR VOICE AND THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

THE DELEGATE AND THE SENATOR NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, AND THEY WOULD BE A VOICE FOR US.

THERE ARE. THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER THAT EXTRA MONEY RIGHT NOW THAT THE STATE HAS AND IF WE ARE VOICING AN OPINION IN OUR LOCAL DELEGATE AND SENATOR ARE UNAWARE, I'D MAKE THEM AWARE FIRST. BUT I DON'T RUN HIS POLITICS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT OUGHT TO HAPPEN, [INAUDIBLE].

AND WE CERTAINLY BACK THAT UP. WE DON'T. THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY DONE IT, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE CAN, LET JOSH KNOW AND IT WOULD BE A BAD COULD BE A BAD TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH IF WE JUMPED OUT IN FRONT.

THEY HAD ALREADY INITIATED SOMETHING. YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN TALK WITH THE SHERIFF. OKAY, WELL, Y'ALL JUST PASS IT ON TO THE SHERIFF.

GEEZ, HE OUGHT TO KNOW. ANYWAY. WHERE'D YOU GET THAT HAT? I BOUGHT IT. YOU WANT ONE, I GOT ONE. ALRIGHT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.