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GOOD EVENING FOLKS. GOOD TO SEE SUCH A GOOD CROWD HERE.
[Call to Order]
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE JULY 28TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER.IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU FOLKS HERE. AND THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER FROM THE AUDIENCE FOR INVOCATION FOR US TONIGHT? THANK YOU, SIR.
[LAUGHTER]. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS. WE HAVE MANY THINGS FOR WHICH TO BE THANKFUL, INCLUDING THE SEASONAL RAIN WE HAVE HAD RECENTLY FOR OUR CROPS, INCLUDING OUR NATION, A NATION OF FREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR STATE.
AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR OUR COUNTY. WE'RE ALSO THANKFUL FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS, INCLUDING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, WHO KEEP US SAFE AND INCLUDING OUR HONORABLE SUPERVISORS AND INCLUDING OUR NEW SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
WE ASK THAT YOU BE PRESENT IN THIS ROOM, LORD, AS THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY IS CONDUCTED.
THESE THINGS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN.
THANK YOU. OKAY. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD.
[1. Citizens Comment Period]
THIS STARTED NOVEMBER 25TH, 2013. WE SET ASIDE THIS HOUR.WE THINK IT'S VERY VALUABLE. IF YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IN PRO OR CON ON ANY ISSUE CONCERNING THE COUNTY, COME FORWARD. WE LIKE TO KEEP IT UNDER FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
WE'LL OPEN TO CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. CAN I HAVE A COUPLE OF NOTES? MY NAME IS ASH CUTCHIN AND I RESIDE ON DARDEN POINT ROAD.
AND I'VE NOTICED AS I WAS DRIVING HERE TONIGHT, THAT THE ROAD KNOWN AS DARDEN SCOUT ROAD, BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH END STILL HAVE A FEW POTHOLES AND THE WEEDS ARE ALMOST SHOULDER HIGH.
AND A FEW DAYS AGO I STOPPED A VDOT TRUCK AT THE SOUTH END, AT WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH GOVERNOR DARDEN ROAD AND COMPLAINED ABOUT SOME EROSION AT A CULVERT. AND HIS COMMENT WAS, THIS IS NOT A VDOT RESPONSIBILITY.
HE SAID THE COUNTY IS SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN THIS ROAD.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT OR NOT. IT'S A NUMBERED ROAD IN THE STATE SYSTEM, BUT APPARENTLY NOBODY IS MAINTAINING IT. AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE DANGEROUS CURVE IN MY SUBDIVISION, WHERE THE SCHOOL BUS RAN ME OFF THE ROAD LAST YEAR, HAS PAINTED A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE.
AND SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE THANKED ME FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AT SEVERAL MEETINGS LAST YEAR.
BUT ANYWAY, I'VE NOTICED NOW THAT SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS COMING AND GOING, THEY STAY ON THEIR SIDE OF THE YELLOW LINE AND I'M HOPING THE SCHOOL BUSSES WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. I'M SURE YOUR COMPLAINT WAS HEARD.
IF YOU LOOK OVER TO YOUR YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE THERE.
THAT'S MY YOUNG LADY RIGHT THERE. SUPER. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
DOCTOR EDWARDS, YOU SAID FIVE MINUTES.
IF I'M GOING TO COVER MY WHOLE AGENCY. SO WE MIGHT BE HERE FOR A WHILE.
I WISH WE HAD THE TIME TO INTRODUCE EACH ONE OF THESE DEPUTIES HERE TO EACH OF YOU.
AND THEY GET TO KNOW YOU AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL GIVE US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHERIFF. ALL RIGHT, WHO'S NEXT?
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NO COMPLAINTS, PRIZES, PROBLEMS? WE'LL TAKE THEM ALL.GOOD EVENING, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALFRED CHARITY.
I STAY AT 23115 MEHERRIN ROAD. AND I JUST WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD FOR TALKING ABOUT THE SOLAR PROJECT THAT MAY BE GOING BEHIND MY HOUSE AND THE, THE DIVISION THAT WE LIVE IN OFF MEHERRIN ROAD.
AND SO I WANT TO POSE MY OPPOSITION TO IT AND I WANT IT ON THE RECORD.
SIR, THAT'S COMING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST THE 18TH.
20TH THAT I WANT IT ON THE RECORD, THAT I KNOW I CAN MAKE THIS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ASH WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AGAIN? NO JOSH SAID ALL THESE PEOPLE WANTED TO TALK ANYBODY ELSE? LAST CALL. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD.
ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 23RD, 2026 MEETING.
[2. Approval of Minutes]
ANYBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OKAY. IT'S UNANIMOUS THOSE ARE APPROVED.
VDOT MATTERS. NUMBER 3. MONTHLY CONCERNS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS?
[3. VDOT Matters]
I'VE GOT ONE. AND RIGHT NOW THE NAME OF THE ROAD ESCAPES ME.BUT IT'S THAT CONNECTOR ROAD FROM THE WAKEFIELD ROAD TO THE [INAUDIBLE] ROAD UP THERE WHERE THE OLD BEALE PACKING PLANT WAS. TRINITY CHURCH TRINITY CHURCH. TRINITY CHURCH AND IT'S RIGHT. IT IS RIGHT COMPELLING. AND I INTEND TO GO BY AND VISIT WITH VDOT TO REVISIT THAT ISSUE. AND I'M. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE LEFT IT.
DID WE VOTE TO CLOSE THAT ROAD AND DETER THEM? I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID. IS THAT THE PART WITH THE LARGE TRUCKS? YES. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THREE, LYNETTE, THAT YOU WERE GETTING AND THAT YOU DID GET THE ANSWER TO ME FOR REGARDING TO THE STUDIES THAT VDOT WAS WORKING ON.
RIGHT. AND IT WAS BACK WHEN THE FIRST PART OF JULY 2ND OR 3RD, I THINK YOU'VE RESPONDED TO MY CORRESPONDENCE WITH THAT QUESTION THAT STATED THAT VDOT WOULD HAVE ABOUT A 3 TO 4 WEEK. YES. TURNAROUND ON THAT REQUEST.
SO WE ASKED FOR THE STUDY WILLIAM HART FOR THEM TO DO ASKING ME TO AND I WAS TRYING TO GET BACK WITH THEM.
SO I ASKED LYNETTE AND SHE REFRESHED MY MEMORY AFTER GETTING WITH VDOT, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST ON TRAFFIC STUDY SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT, LOOK AT IT, AND TAKE ACTION AS A BOARD BASED ON IT IS WHAT I ANTICIPATE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY? ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PART OF THAT, WHICH IS THE QUARTERLY TRANSPORTATION UPDATE.
WE HAVE MR. ROSSIE CARROLL HERE WHO WILL LEAD US THROUGH THAT.
AND, MR. CARROLL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN EDWARDS.
SO IT'S IN THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK IN THE, I GUESS IN YOUR PACKAGE AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE COMPLETED 487 OF 597 WORK ORDERS BETWEEN APRIL 1ST AND JUNE 30TH.
THERE'S 110 OUTSTANDING WORK ORDERS. 81.6 COMPLETION RATE.
I DO ALWAYS ADD THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OR MAINTENANCE ISSUES, ROADWAYS ISSUES, THERE'S A 24/7 HOTLINE, THE 1-800-367-7623 WHERE THEY CAN CALL IN AND IT GETS DIRECT.
DIRECTED TO MY OFFICE AND I WILL MAKE SURE IT GETS TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S MAINTENANCE,
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TRAFFIC, SIGNALS, YOU KNOW, DEPENDS UPON WHAT TYPE OF CONCERN IT IS.AND YOU CAN ALSO GO ONLINE UNDER REPORT A ROAD ISSUE OR VDOT REPORT A ROAD ISSUE, AND YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE ANYTIME AS WELL. SO, BUT THAT'S HOW THAT GENERATES THESE WORK ORDERS.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY. SO PEOPLE DO USE IT, LIKE I SAID, OUT OF THE, THE ONES THAT CAME INTO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER WERE 222.
OUT OF THOSE THAT WE RECEIVED THIS QUARTER, 123 OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THEN ALSO WHEN OUR STAFF GOES OUT AND LOOKS AT ROADWAYS AND DOES THOSE EVALUATIONS.
THEY DETERMINE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE DITCHED, SHOULDERS, DRAINAGE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND THEY CREATE WORK ORDERS AS WELL. THAT GOES INTO THEIR WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
THEY CREATED 375 WITH 364 OF THEM COMPLETED THIS QUARTER AS WELL.
ALL TOGETHER IT WAS 81.6% COMPLETION RATE. SOME OF THE COMPLETED MAINTENANCE WORK COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, THEY DID SOME DITCHING ALONG THE ROADWAY, FIXED SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES THERE.
JOHNSONS MILL ROAD DID A DITCHING PROJECT ON THAT AS WELL.
MONROE ROAD REBUILT SHOULDERS AND DITCHING. THEY DID UNITY ROAD TREE TRIMMING.
LINE PINE ROAD TREE TRIMMING. BURNT REED ROAD DID SOME TREE TRIMMING.
THIS MACHINE DIRT ROADS, NON-HARD SURFACE ROADS REPAIR WITH MOTOR GRADER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
DID WALLER. WALLER ROAD CUT SOME LOW HANGING TREE LIMBS AND OVERGROWTH.
CABIN POND. DID SOME AT FULL DEPTH ASPHALT PATCHING RIVERS MILL ROAD AND THREE CREEKS ROAD.
DID SOME PIPE REPLACEMENT REPAIRS. WE DID ALSO POPES STATION.
SADLER, BOOTHE, URQUHART AND URQUHART QUARTER.
WE DID SOME ROAD SURFACE PATCHING, POTHOLE PATCHING.
AND THEN ALSO WE'VE HAD SOME STORMS THAT WE'VE GONE OUT ON 58 ROUTE 35, A FEW OTHER SECONDARIES GETTING UP TREE LIMB DEBRIS, STUFF OF THAT NATURE THAT'S FALLEN. DURING THOSE TIMES, SOME ACTIVE MAINTENANCE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE ON ROUTE 58 SWEEPING ALONG THE JERSEY WALL, REMOVING GRASS AND DEBRIS. THAT'S THE TWO SECTIONS WHERE THEY COMPLETED THE SECTION BETWEEN, I GUESS THAT'S CAMP DRIVE UP TOWARDS FRANKLIN, AND THEY'RE WORKING THE SECTION HERE FROM COURTLAND BACK TOWARDS 35.
AND THEN ON RAWLINGS ROAD, WE HAVE A DITCHING AND SHOULDER REPAIR WORK SCHEDULED AND THEN HONEY HOLE, TANN, RAWLINGS DRIVE MACHINE, NON HARD SURFACE ROADS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME TREE REMOVAL AND DEBRIS PICKUP STATION, POPE STATION, GARRIS MILL, ANGELICO, RAWLINGS, THREE CREEKS ON OUR PLAN AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE PIPE CLEANING AND THEN WE HAVE UNPAVED SHOULDER REPAIRS AND THEN SOME SLIGHT DISTANCE THAT HAS COME IN THROUGH OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE PLANNED.
THAT'S IN OUR CURRENT WORK PLAN RIGHT NOW. SOME OF OUR, I SAY NEXT THREE MONTHS PLANS WE HAVE SEACOCK CHAPEL. WE'LL BE DOING A CHIP SEAL OR SURFACE TREATMENT ON SEACOCK CHAPEL.
SCOTTSWOOD IS A DITCHING PROJECT. THERE'S MULTIPLE DITCHING WORK ISSUES IN THERE.
ROUTE 58. WE WE'RE WORKING SOME SLOPE STABILIZATION PROJECTS.
WE HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE A DROP INLET SINKHOLE SLOPE REPAIR STUDY ON OR REVIEW OF THE 58 CORRIDOR. SO WE ARE NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE ALL IDENTIFIED AND HAVE SCOPED THOSE ON WHAT THEY'RE NEEDED WE'VE STARTED OUR WORK PLAN TO DEVELOP, TO GET THOSE COMPLETED. SOME OF THEM ARE PIPE ISSUES.
SOME OF THEM ARE DI BOX CEILING, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST SLOPE REPAIRS.
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WE HAVE A PIPE TO REPLACE ON BRANDY POND AND THEN CARYS BRIDGE ROAD.WE HAVE SURFACE TREATMENT MACHINE PLANT MIX PATCHING, AND THEN PITTMAN ROAD.
WE'RE DOING ROADSIDE DITCHING AND THEN BARROW'S ROAD PINOPELOS AND MEADOW STREET, WE HAVE CROSS DRAIN REPLACEMENTS PLANNED IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
SO SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE OUR HITS GUARDRAIL CONTRACT THAT IS CURRENTLY UP TO UP TO DATE.
ALL OF OUR HITS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE COUNTY THROUGH CONTRACT.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR 2026 PAVING PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
WE HAD THE LATEX FOR 186, ROUTE 35 AND 616. WE HAVEN'T CLOSED THAT YET.
WE HAVE THE PM 5A, WHICH HAS ROUTE 35, SOME SECTIONS OF ROUTE 58 SECTION OF 616 BETWEEN LET'S SAY GUY PLACE ROAD AND TRINITY CHURCH ROAD.
671 AND FOR THAT THEY ARE CONTRACTORS PLAN TO START MID TO LATE AUGUST.
THE FIXED COMPLETION DATE ON THAT PROJECT IS NOVEMBER THE 20TH, 2026.
AND THEN WE ALL HAVE ANOTHER SCHEDULE WHICH IS PM 5R.
AND A LOT OF THE RAMPS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT THAT IS COMING IN PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TIME.
AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME CONTRACTOR HAS BOTH CONTRACTS.
AND SURFACE TREATMENT HAD BEEN COMPLETED. ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE.
I KNOW IT'S EARLY. WE HAVEN'T SENT SENT OUR CONTRACTS IN TO BE LET YET OR BID.
BUT WE HAVE KIND OF ESTABLISHED WHAT THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO IF EVERYTHING WORKS WELL, BIDS MEET OUR ESTIMATES.
WE'RE ABLE TO LET THOSE CONTRACTS. THESE ARE THE SECTIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PAVE IN FY 27, WHICH WILL BE NEXT SUMMER OR NEXT CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
WE ALSO HAVE 58 WESTBOUND FROM DELAWARE ROAD TO ABOUT ARMORY DRIVE.
MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT ONE. SO. 671 THAT'S A RAMP 58 EASTBOUND AND THEN 35 NORTHBOUND FROM CARYS BRIDGE ROAD TO OLD HICKORY ROAD, AND THEN 35 NORTHBOUND FROM OLD HICKORY ROAD TO THE SOUTHAMPTON SUSSEX LINE, AND THEN 58 EASTBOUND FROM TURNER ROAD TO ABOUT A THIRD OF A MILE WEST OF RAWLINGS ROAD.
SECOND CYCLE FOR SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY MOWING AND LITTER PICKUP.
THAT WE GIVEN THE NOTICE TO PROCEED. THE START DATE IS THIS THURSDAY.
SO YOU'LL START SEEING PRIMARY CONTRACTOR ON THE PRIMARY AND A CONTRACTOR ON THE SECONDARY START LITTER PICKING UP THURSDAY WITH MOWING AND HAND MOWING TO FOLLOW THAT. AND THAT IS TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 2ND.
AND THEN OUR THIRD, YOU'LL SEE ON THERE ALSO THAT OUR THIRD CYCLE STARTS UP ABOUT OCTOBER 7TH.
WE HAVE TWO BRIDGE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
AND THAT'S THE ROUTE 614 OVER SEACOCK CHAPEL SWAMP REPLACEMENT.
THE FIXED COMPLETION DATE FOR THAT IS MAY 7TH, 2027.
BUT THAT'S BEEN IT'S ON OR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.
HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES. BRIDGE DEMOLITION IS UNDERWAY AND THEY'RE DOING LEAD ABATEMENT.
SO THE OTHER ONE IS THE I GUESS YOU CALL IT CULVERT THERE AT APPLEWHITE SWAMP REPLACEMENT.
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AND CURRENTLY THEY'RE DOING ENS CONTROLS, CHANNEL DIVERSIONS AND CULVERT DEMO.SOME OF THE FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON SCOPE AND THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR PHASING IS WE HAVE THE SMART SCALE FROM 2022. THAT'S THE CAMP PARKWAY, A CONTINUOUS GREEN-T.
WE'VE ALREADY ADVERTISED AND RECEIVED BIDS FOR THAT.
THE FIRST ADVERTISEMENT, THE BIDS EXCEEDED THE ESTIMATE, SO WE WERE UNABLE TO AWARD.
THE PROJECT IS STILL FULLY FUNDED. AND THE RE ADVERTISEMENT DATE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS JULY 14TH.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW HOW OUR BIDS COME IN THE SECOND GO AROUND.
CURRENTLY REMAINS ON TRACK. WE HAVE THE NEW MARKET ROAD TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT IS WORKING. PROJECTED AWARD DATE FOR THAT IS AUGUST 25TH OF 2027.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SOUTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL ROUTE 58 CROSSOVER PROJECT THAT ALSO HAS AN ADVERTISED PROJECTED AWARD DATE OF AUGUST 25TH, 2027. AND THEN WE HAVE THE US 58 EASTBOUND LANE NOTTOWAY SWAMP BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.
AND THAT PROJECT AWARD IS OCTOBER 13TH, 2028 CURRENTLY.
AND THEN WE HAVE ADVERTISED A CONTRACT FOR ROADSIDE SWEEPING.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THIS AWARDED AND GET, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOWNS, THE CURB AND GUTTERS, THOSE AREAS GET THOSE SWEPT UP. BUT THAT THAT SHOULD BE AWARDED MID TO LATE AUGUST.
SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PRE-BID. PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND JUST WAITING TO RECEIVE BIDS.
WE ARE PLANNING FOR FY 27 ALLOCATION OF $66,723.41.
WE WILL WORK THROUGH COUNTY ADMINISTRATION TO SET UP DEVELOP WORK PLAN FOR FY 27 AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT ALL WAS PART OF SAFETY COUNTY. TRAFFIC STUDIES.
WE HAD A GENERAL SAFETY REVIEW FOR BUCKHORN QUARTER ROAD.
SIGN REVIEW OUT THERE IN ROUTE 460 AND I SUBMITTED A MAP OF HOW WE HOW IT LOOKS NOW.
WE'VE AS OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE CHANGED THE WATCH FOR TURNING MOVING VEHICLES OUT THERE FOR THAT CORRIDOR FROM PRETTY MUCH [INAUDIBLE] WAS THE CORRIDOR THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. I ALSO INCLUDED THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR SOUTHAMPTON THAT ARE STILL IN THE QUEUE. AND, AND SOME OF THEM WERE ONES THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THE ARBOR RESCUE SQUAD. THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEY, THEY'VE PROVIDED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT IT'S WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER. SO I HAVE NOT HAD THE COMPLETE STUDY YET.
SO HOW THIS WORKS, THEY GO OUT AND DO ALL THE FIELD WORK.
LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE CRASH HISTORY, THE, THE GEOGRAPHY, ALL OF THAT.
THEY COME BACK TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THEN HE HAS TO GO THROUGH HIS PART OF IT.
AND IF HE'S IN AGREEMENT, HE'LL COMPLETE THE STUDY AND SIGN AND SEAL IT.
IT ALSO THE STUDY IS COMPLETED FOR JOHNSONS MILL ROAD SPEED STUDY.
BUT THAT IS SITTING ON HIS DESK FOR. SO I TALKED TO HIM TODAY.
HE SAID HE'S JUST GOT TO GET IT SIGNED AND SEALED AND GET IT OUT TO ME AS SOON AS I GET IT TO THAT, I'LL GET IT TO YOU ALL. TO REVIEW. LAND USE APRIL 1ST, 2026 TO JUNE 30TH, 2026.
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY. WE'VE REVIEWED AND PROCESSED 10 PLAN SETS.
WE'VE ISSUED 46 LAND USE PERMITS FOR THE ROADWAY, AND WE HAVE CLOSED 76 FOR SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION
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INSPECTION. WE'VE BEEN WORKING THERE AT COURTLAND WOODS OFF OF FLAGGY RUN ROAD FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES MY LONG [LAUGHTER] TRANSPORTATION REPORT FOR SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.IF I CAN TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO AT THIS TIME THIS VIDEO, WHAT'S A CONTACT SHOULD. THEY WANT TO SEND THAT TO VDOT.
SO IF THEY WANT TO SEND IT TO VDOT, THEY CAN SEND IT EITHER TO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.
SO WHEN YOU GO ONLINE AND DO IT, THEY CAN SUBMIT IT LIKE THAT OR THEY CAN JUST EMAIL ME.
HOWEVER, HOWEVER BEST WORKS FOR THEM. IT'S OUR DOC.
I'M GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. CARROLL. APPRECIATE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON TO NUMBER 4, WHICH IS MONTHLY REPORTS.
[4. Monthly Reports]
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS MRS. LOWE. OKAY.YES, SIR. PROJECTS AND UPDATES OF ITEMS IN VARIOUS PHASES OF COMPLETION OVER THIS PAST MONTH.
FISCAL YEAR 27 OFFICIAL BUDGET BOOK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS POSTED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.
REFUSE COLLECTION SITES. THE SEBRELL SITE PAVEMENT TO THE ENTRANCEWAY IS NOW COMPLETE.
THE 258 SITE HAS BEEN GRADED AND IS CURRENTLY WAITING ON PAVING.
COURTHOUSE HOLDING CELLS. VENDOR WAS ON SITE ON JULY 21ST.
CURRENTLY QUANTIFYING MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE HOLDING CELLS.
VOTER REGISTRAR'S BUILDING INSTALLER ARRIVED ON SITE JUNE 14TH.
BUILDING. EXCUSE ME. BUILDING STRUCTURE IS COMPLETE.
CURRENTLY WORKING ON ELECTRICAL ITEMS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SITE STUDY.
STUDY OF PROPERTY IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
LATEST FULL GROUP MEETING WAS HELD THE MORNING OF JUNE 25TH, 2026.
THERE HAS BEEN CORRESPONDENCE VIA EMAIL SINCE THAT TIME.
WORK IS ONGOING. DID FOLLOW UP ON RECORDED PLATS, ETC.
REC. RECORDS ROOM HVAC AT THE COURTHOUSE. WAITING ON DELIVERY OF ITEMS. CONTRACT WAS SIGNED WITH HOBBS AND ASSOCIATES.
WORK IS TO BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
MAIN STREET JAIL HVAC. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE PIEDMONT GROUP.
THEY MET ON SITE THE SECOND WEEK IN JUNE. QUOTES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, AND MR. PARKER HAS TALKED WITH THEM AGAIN THIS PAST WEEK.
WITH MY MOST RECENT CONVERSATION ACTUALLY HAPPENING TODAY MR. RICK CAMPBELL WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION TONIGHT AT THE BOARD MEETING.
PAYPOINT HR HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF APPROPRIATE COMPARISONS AND ANALYSIS OF JOB DUTIES.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMERCE AND LOGISTICS CENTER.
THE TURNER TRACT AREA ON ROSE VALLEY ROAD. THE WORK IN THIS AREA IS BEING PAID FOR A GO VIRGINIA SITE READINESS GRANT, WITH THE REMAINING PORTION BEING FUNDED THROUGH FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
COMPLETION IS CLOSE. WAITING ON FINAL SURVEY CERTIFICATION.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEALE FARM AREA. ALSO ON ROSE VALLEY ROAD.
WORK IS COMPLETE. THE BEALE FARM IS NOW A TIER IV SITE.
TURNER TRACT BEALE FARM WELL DRILLING PROJECT.
WORK CONTINUES WITH AN END GAME OF COMPLETING TWO WELLS BY OCTOBER 19TH, 2033.
WE WILL NEED TO START CONVERSATIONS SOON TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE FINANCING, AND MS. NEWSOME HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITHIN THE PAST WEEK.
NEWSOME'S PLANNING GRANT TO BE REVISITED IN THE FALL.
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HUMAN RESOURCES PERSONNEL FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER.WE HAVE ONE INQUIRY, TWO APPLICATIONS. HAMPTON ROADS PLANNING DISTRICT IS GETTING READY TO REPOST FOR US THIS PAST WEEK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE APPLICANTS IN.
COUNTY ATTORNEY LEGAL MATTERS. MR. GREGORY HAS BEEN VERY BUSY THIS PAST MONTH WITH SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY ITEMS. AND HE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
[INAUDIBLE]. VERY GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. SO OUR LATEST REPORT COMPARES JUNE OF 2025 YEAR TO DATE TO JUNE OF 2026. YEAR TO DATE, AS FAR AS THE REVENUES, WE COLLECTED 102.8% AS OF THE END OF JUNE 2026 OF REVENUES THAT WERE BUDGETED. THAT IS COMPARED TO JUNE 31ST OF 2025.
AT THAT POINT, WE HAD COLLECTED 107.35% OF THE REVENUE THAT WAS BUDGETED.
AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND, AS OF JUNE 2026, WE HAVE SPENT 86.8%.
AND THAT IS COMPARED TO JUNE OF 2025, AT WHICH WE SPENT 91.75% OF OUR BUDGET.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. NEWSOME? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TREASURER'S REPORT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL RUN DOWN THESE. STOP ME IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.
ANIMAL CONTROL. COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
BLACKWATER REGIONAL LIBRARY. SOLID WASTE QUANTITIES.
WE HAD NO INDIVIDUALS LEAVING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
PLANNING COMMISSION, TWO THINGS. WE'RE STARTING TO WORK DILIGENTLY ON A DATA CENTER ORDINANCE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT IN PLACE BEFORE WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH THAT.
AND ALSO, THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS HERE BROUGHT UP THAT MEETING ON THE [INAUDIBLE] AND SOLAR PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST THE 20TH.
THAT'S A THURSDAY, I BELIEVE. AUGUST THE 20TH AT 7:00.
AND IT'S HERE AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TALK. OKAY.
MOVE ON. NUMBER 5. APPOINTMENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS A STOP ORGANIZATION.
[5. Appointments]
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. ASSISTANCE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND ASSISTING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME WAGE EARNERS AND ECONOMICALLY DISABLED RESIDENTS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH PROGRAM AND SERVICE INITIATIVES WHICH ENCOMPASS EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING AND HEALTH FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, MRS. MICHELLE BRANT, HAS REQUESTED THAT WE MOVE ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMISSION, MRS. KIM WILLIAMS, FROM BUSINESS SECTOR TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
SHE MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR. ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT KIM WILLIAMS MOVES FROM TO THE BUSINESS, FROM THE BUSINESS TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
THERE'S A SECOND? SECOND AYE. OKAY. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. THE SECOND PART.
WE HAVE TO REPLACE SOMEBODY ON THE BUSINESS SECTOR.
BOARD. DON'T PULL OUT A WHOLE LOT OF NAMES HERE, BUT NOT TIME TO WRITE THEM ALL DOWN.
[LAUGHTER]. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYBODY? MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK.
I'LL WORK ON IT THIS GETTING THE NAMES LIKE THIS HAS NOT BEEN ONE OF OUR FORTES, BUT.
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OKAY, WE'LL HAVE THAT DONE BY THE NEXT MEETING.I THINK IT'LL BE IN TIME FOR OUR MEETING TOO.
THE NEXT MEETING IS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, SO WE'LL HAVE TIME TO GET THAT.
ALL RIGHT. NO HARM THERE. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 6.
FINANCIAL MATTERS. THE BILLS LIST. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILLS?
[6. Financial Matters]
ALL RIGHT. IF NOT. WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION.MS. LOWE, WOULD YOU GO THROUGH THAT FOR US? SURE.
I CAN READ THAT. MS. NEWSOME WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THAT? NEWSOME'S PUT THIS TOGETHER THIS MONTH. ATTACHED PLEASE FIND A COPY OF THE JULY FOR JUNE 2026 APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION FOR VARIOUS FUNDS, WHICH TOTALS $3,893,541.88. THE JULY FOR JUNE APPROPRIATION IS LARGELY A YEAR END PROCEDURE, AS WE READY THE BOOKS FOR THE YEAR END CLOSE AND FOR THE UPCOMING AUDIT.
THE APPROPRIATION THIS MONTH IS COMPRISED OF $354,579.60 IN THE GENERAL FUND ITEMS, A NET 0 REALLOCATION OF FUNDS WITHIN SOCIAL SERVICES $9,751.67 WITHIN THE BUILDING FUND, $223,293.72 WITHIN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, $69,060 IN THE FORFEITURE FUND.
SPECIAL WELFARE AMOUNT IS 42,500. BLACKWATER REGIONAL LIBRARY APPROPRIATION IS $3,100,000. $46,500 WITHIN THE CANTEEN FUND AND FINALLY $47,856.89 IN THE INMATE ENTERPRISE. YOU CAN SEE THE DESCRIPTIONS AT THE END OF THE APPROPRIATION FOR DETAILS.
AND SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IS THE FINANCIAL CONDUIT FOR THEIR FUNDS GOING IN AND OUT.
VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD MOTION TO APPROVE THAT APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION.
SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S APPROVED. WELL WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NUMBER 7 WHICH IS THE COMPENSATION
[7. Compensation Study Presentation and Discussion]
STUDY. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY'S HERE TONIGHT.[LAUGHTER]. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO READ THIS? YEAH.
GO AHEAD. OKAY. DOCTOR RICK CAMPBELL IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY TONIGHT TO PRESENT HIS FINDINGS IN RELATION TO PAYPOINT HR COMPENSATION STUDY THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
FOR BACKGROUND EMPLOYEE MEETINGS BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2025.
DETAILS OF EACH POSITION'S WORK DUTIES WERE COLLECTED FROM EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISORS OVER THE SPAN OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN SUBMITTED TO PAYPOINT HR BEGINNING IN MID-DECEMBER.
NEXT SURVEYS WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING EMPLOYERS IN THE FIRST PART OF 2026.
ONCE COLLECTED, PAYPOINT HR PERFORMED COMPARISONS.
I WILL NOW PASS OFF THE DISCUSSION TO DOCTOR CAMPBELL.
HE WILL EXPLAIN THE FINDINGS AND REMAINING PROCESS.
MR. CAMPBELL, ARE YOU THERE? I'M HERE. WELCOME, SIR.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. JUST A HEADS UP.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PASSING BY. SO IF I LOSE POWER OR INTERNET OUR BACKUP PLAN IS TO DO THE.
YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION. I'LL JUST SPEAK THROUGH THE PHONE.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I'LL GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT SLIDE.
AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WE, AS I GO ALONG.
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THE INTENTION IS TO BE AS INFORMATIVE AS POSSIBLE.AND THAT'S JUST THE STYLE THAT HONESTLY, THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO ME.
SO ON TO SLIDE 2. GIVING YOU KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ITEM THERE IS THE PROJECT APPROACH.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPARATORS. BRIEFLY MENTION THE BENEFITS.
THE BENEFITS ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE'RE UPDATING SOME NUMBERS ALONG WITH LYNETTE TO COME UP WITH A FINALIZED SET THERE, BUT WE'LL TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY GO OVER THE COMPENSABLE FACTOR SCORE AND EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.
THE MARKET FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CONCLUSION.
SO PROJECT APPROACH. OVERALL WHEN PEOPLE CONDUCT STUDIES LIKE THE ONE WE WERE ASKED TO DO FOR SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY WE USE ESSENTIALLY THREE INDEPENDENT METRICS FOR YARDSTICKS, IF YOU WILL, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT FAIR PAY IS.
AND BEFORE I GET TOO FAR ALONG, MOST OF WHAT I'M EXPLAINING TO YOU NOW IS WHAT EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISORS HEARD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO US TO HAVE THE ENTIRE PROCESS TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT SO THAT ALL PARTIES CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF NOT ONLY THE METHODOLOGY, BUT ALSO THE FINDINGS. GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE THE FIRST YARDSTICK OR THE FIRST METRIC THAT WE USE IS LOOK AT THE CLASSIFICATION PART, AND THIS IS THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION.
OUR APPROACH IS TO ENGAGE EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISORS IN THIS PART, JUST SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF WHAT EMPLOYEES ARE DOING ARE COVERED, HONESTLY, BECAUSE THERE CAN BE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE DO ON A DAY IN, DAY OUT BASIS VERSUS WHAT SOMETIMES THE JOB DUTIES THAT ARE SPECIFIED IN A JOB DESCRIPTION.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR SMALLER COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKING ON MORE AND MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND DON'T ALWAYS FIT SO CONVENIENTLY IN A CLEAR CUT KIND OF JOB DESCRIPTION.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST METRIC THAT WE USE. THE SECOND ONE WE USE IS WE LOOK AT ORG STRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE ONES AND TWOS AND THREES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE RIGHT ORDER VERSUS THREE, TWO, ONE.
AND I'LL GO TO IT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN A COUPLE SLIDES HERE PROVIDING THEM A SUMMARY OF THE POSITIONS THAT WERE THERE AT THE COUNTY AND TO DO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON WITH THE BEST WE CAN.
NOW, THE REASON WHY WE DON'T RELY EXCLUSIVELY BASED ON WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PAY IS BASICALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS WHAT, HOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PAY FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS MAY NOT BE THE SAME.
MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME VALUE THAT SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY DOES, FOR EXAMPLE.
TO WEIGH IT APPROPRIATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS AS PART OF A STUDY.
SO THAT'S THE BASIC APPROACH THAT WE TAKE. ON TO SLIDE 6.
WE LOOK AT COST OF LIVING. WE LOOK AT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSING PRICE, AND THE LIKE TO DO THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO COME UP WITH AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
NOW THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS YOU CAN CERTAINLY SEE ON THAT LIST THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY, YOU KNOW, LARGER THAN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY OR WEALTHIER.
THAT'S TRUE. BUT THEY ARE ALSO A COMPETITOR FOR THE LABOR FORCE.
SO SOMETIMES, WHILE THEY MAY NOT FIT INTO THE NICE SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, THOSE FACTORS THERE.
THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER JUST FROM THE COMPETITION SIDE OF THINGS.
NOW ORIGINALLY WE HAD A MUCH LARGER LIST SELECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
BUT PART OF THE PROCESS WAS TO, ONCE WE CAME UP WITH THAT LIST, IS TO SEND IT BACK TO THE PROJECT TEAM AND ASK THEM, ALL RIGHT, DOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO YOU? DID WE DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE A COUPLE PLACES?
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AND THAT WAS CLEAR. SO IN THIS CASE, THE CORRECTIONAL CENTERS IN THE REGIONAL JAIL WERE ALL ADDED TO THE LIST OF COMPARATORS.THE FINAL LIST WAS A GROUP OF 12 ORGANIZATIONS.
SO NO LOSS OF DATA WITH RESPECT TO THAT. NOW FROM THIS ONE OF THE, AS PART OF THE SURVEY REQUEST, WE ASKED A NUMBER OF BENEFIT QUESTIONS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE BENEFITS OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS PAY WITH RESPECT TO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
OVERALL YOU KNOW, BENEFIT QUALITY IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MARKET.
AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD STATEMENT. THERE ISN'T A RADICAL DIFFERENCE FROM ONE ORGANIZATION TO ANOTHER.
BUT WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN KIND OF THE FINAL REPORT.
LIST TO FACTOR IN SOME UPDATES THAT LYNETTE HAS PROVIDED US.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO DIVE TOO DEEP INTO THE BENEFIT PORTION.
NOW, AS I MENTIONED, I'M ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SLIDE 9. IS THE COMPENSABLE FACTORS. AND WHAT IS THAT? BASICALLY IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE DO IS WE ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEES TELL US ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO ON A DAY IN DAY OUT BASIS. THIS AGAIN HELPS US TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH AND EVERY JOB TITLE THERE AT THE COUNTY. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THERE'S THE ACCURACY PART, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO COMPLETENESS.
BUT WHAT WE ALSO STATED TO THEM AT THE TIME. THIS IS NOT A PERFORMANCE REVIEW.
THIS WAS ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB.
SO HAVING THE SUPERVISORY CHECKS AND BALANCE JUST MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THAT AGAIN, PEOPLE HAS THE CLEAREST PICTURE POSSIBLE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH POSITION. FROM THAT THE NEXT SLIDE. SLIDE 11.
PART OF WHAT WE DO IS THAT STATISTICAL COMPARISON, AS I MENTIONED, TO SEE HOW WELL THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY. AND THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE HORIZONTAL AXIS.
HOW WELL DOES THAT LINE UP WITH THE MARKET PAY AND THE TWO LINE UP EXTREMELY WELL.
THIS GIVES YOU A NICE WARM FUZZY THAT YOU HAVE TWO INDEPENDENT METRICS SAYING THE SAME THING.
THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE, BUT THIS ALSO GIVES YOU A GOOD TOOL GOING FORWARD ON PLACING EITHER NEW POSITIONS THAT THE COUNTY INCORPORATES AS PART OF THE WORKFORCE. BUT ALSO IS A GOOD MECHANISM TO POTENTIALLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO PAY GRADES GOING FORWARD. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PARTICULAR JOB TITLE TAKES ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON A PERMANENT BASIS DOES IT WARRANT, YOU KNOW, A HIGHER PAY GRADE? SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS YES, AND SOMETIMES THE ANSWER WILL BE NO.
BUT THIS WILL GIVE, WILL GIVE YOU A TOOL IN ORDER TO, IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY OF THIS ENHANCED POSITION, WHAT FAIR PAY WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S A GOOD, USEFUL TOOL THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY.
IN ENGLISH THAT MEANS HALF THE ORGANIZATIONS PAY LESS, HALF PAY MORE FOR EACH AND EVERY JOB TITLE.
THE VERY LAST SLIDE THAT WILL SHOW YOU IS YOU HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT PROBABLY 95 PLUS PERCENT OF THE CLIENTS THAT I WORK FOR START OFF WITH THAT 50TH PERCENTILE, THE MIDDLE OF THE MARKET.
THE ONE EXCEPTION BEING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHERE THERE IS JUST THE ONE JOB TITLE.
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SITUATION, BUT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE ALL SAYING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING.THAT YOU'RE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THAT 50TH PERCENTILE.
15.1% IN PARTICULAR, HOW THAT SHAKES OUT. ON THE NEXT SLIDE THERE.
SLIDE 14 IS THE JOB TITLES THAT ARE FALLING BELOW.
IT IS COVERING TITLES NOT ONLY ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION FROM, YOU KNOW, POLICE TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO PERMIT TECHNICIAN, BUT ALSO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN TERMS OF THE PACE GRADE.
SO AGAIN, IT'S UNIFORM FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
THERE'S NOT ANY KIND OF SILOING, IF YOU WILL, GOING ON.
THIS IS 5% TO 10% BELOW. AND AGAIN, IT'S A SIMILAR GROUP OF TITLES THERE.
ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. AND, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TERMS OF PAY.
SO RECOMMENDATIONS ON TO SLIDE 17. ONE THING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO MAINTAIN KIND OF THE CONSISTENCY THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN YOUR PAY SCALE, WHICH IS THAT 5% BETWEEN GRADES, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT FOR EACH AND EVERY GRADE. THAT'S VERY GOOD AND ALSO VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT WHEN AN EMPLOYEE LOOKS TO ADVANCE IN THE HIERARCHY, THEY KNOW IF I GO FROM A GRADE 6 TO A TO A GRADE 7, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WILL BE A 5% KIND OF INCREASE.
SO THAT IS WELL KNOWN. AND IT'S NOT, I HAVE NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, WHAT A PAY INCREASE WOULD BE AND IS IT WORTH MY, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT. BUT ONE THING THAT WE DO RECOMMEND IS THAT THE SPREAD THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE BETWEEN THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM IS AT 55%. THE MARKET WAS SHOWING ON AVERAGE A SPREAD OF 60.9%.
NOW, IN TERMS OF COST. IT'S BROKEN OUT INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT BUCKETS HERE, IF YOU WILL.
THE THIRD ITEM THERE IS WITH RESPECT TO COMPRESSION.
RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THIS COMES ABOUT WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE AT AN ORGANIZATION AND THEIR PAY HAS NOT REALLY KEPT UP WITH THEIR PEERS. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COULD BE 30% THROUGH PAY GRADE AND THAT'S REASONABLE FOR THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE.
BUT THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLY AT 5% WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
SO IT IDENTIFIES DISCREPANCIES LIKE THAT. VERY FEW.
SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD STATEMENT, BUT THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW MARKET IS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER TO BRING THEM UP SO THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER AT THAT PLACE. YOU CAN SEE THAT A PRICE TAG OF ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LYNETTE ASKED US TO DO IS GIVE US SOME OPTIONS.
SO ONE OF THEM, THE FIRST ONE THERE IS THE 40TH PERCENTILE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF 10 ORGANIZATIONS, 6 WILL PAY MORE AND 4 WILL PAY LESS FOR EACH AND EVERY JOB TITLE. SO EACH JOB TITLE IS EFFECTIVELY THEIR OWN MARKET.
IT WOULD IMPACT 115 POSITIONS. AND TO BRING THEM UP TO THAT 40TH EVERYBODY TO AT LEAST THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE A COST OF $878,000. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT BREAKDOWNS FROM 40TH TO 60TH.
THAT'S ONE CHOICE. ANOTHER THING A POSSIBILITY IS TO, STRATEGICALLY DETERMINE WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT IN THE MARKET, AND THEN TO PHASE IT IN, GET TO THAT LEVEL IN A PERIOD OF 1, 2 OR 3 YEARS, MUCH LONGER THAN THAT. IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO ALWAYS FOLLOW THROUGH OR TO IMPLEMENT IT.
JUST BECAUSE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES CAN CHANGE AND BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THERE JUST BECOMES VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. SO TYPICALLY WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO, TO ANY KIND OF PHASE IN APPROACH TO DO IT OVER A REASONABLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
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YOU KNOW, LYNETTE AND EVERYBODY THERE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS VERY EASY ON OUR PART MAKING SURE WE HAD ALL THE APPROPRIATE DATA AND INPUT FROM THE VARIOUS PARTIES. CAN'T SAY ENOUGH. BUT REALLY KIND OF THE NEXT PART IN THIS PROCESS, IN ADDITION TO ANSWERING ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, IS REALLY GETTING DIRECTION ON WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT STRATEGICALLY WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT WITH RESPECT TO THE MARKET, THE 40TH TO THE 60TH HAS BEEN CALCULATED AND PROVIDED THERE IN A SUMMARY, IF YOU WILL.IN THE ANALYSIS ITSELF, WE HAVE VALUES FROM THE 20TH TO THE 80TH FOR EACH AND EVERY JOB TITLE.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE TO ADJUST IT EVEN FURTHER THAN WHAT I SHOWED, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT PIECE THAT WE NEED IN THIS IS THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT IN THE MARKET AND THE LENGTH OF TIME, WHETHER IT'S IN ONE YEAR OR MULTIPLE YEARS TO REACH THAT PLACE IN THE MARKET. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR CAMPBELL? I HAVE A BUNCH, BUT I'LL TRY TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.
IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD CALCULATE QUICKLY FOR, FOR MY OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE SITTING IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE POSSIBLY WHAT A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE 50TH PERCENTILE LOOKS LIKE.
IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE ONE OF THE PREVIOUS POINTS FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING, THE SHERIFF'S DETENTION EMPLOYEE THAT WAS JUST HIRED AT $49,153. WHAT IF WE BROUGHT THAT PERSON INTO THE 50TH PERCENTILE AS A PART OF THE $1.488 MILLION.
WHAT WOULD THAT NUMBER LOOK LIKE? SURE. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GENERATE TO YOU INSTANTLY.
AND IF IT'S THAT SIMPLE, I THINK SO THAT'S ENTRY LEVEL DETENTION FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
ENTRY LEVEL DETENTION SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. CORRECTION.
A GRADE 12 STARTS OFF AT $25.66 AN HOUR. AND THAT WORKS OUT TO BE $53,362. THAT'S IT. SO IS THAT A BITE? OVERALL, IT'S 15%, BASICALLY. RIGHT? ISN'T THAT WHAT THE OVERALL INCREASE WAS THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO GET TO THE PERCENTILE? EACH JOB TITLE IS TREATED SEPARATELY.
SO THAT IS JUST THE FOR A GRADE 12. THAT IS THE MINIMUM SALARY THAT IS RECOMMENDED.
A GRADE 12. THE MINIMUM SALARY FOR THE GRADE 12 IS $53,362.
FOR A NEW HIRE EMPLOYEE. NOW INDIVIDUALS ARE.
DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT KIND OF GRADE 12 RANGE, IF YOU WILL.
YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. ASK MORE QUESTIONS. CHRIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. CAMPBELL? YES, SIR. GOT ANYTHING ELSE, CHRIS? NO, I THINK THAT'S IT RIGHT NOW. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ALL GET A CHANCE IN THE NEXT MONTH TO LOOK AT THIS AND MRS. LOWE GET ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES TOGETHER FOR US SOMETHING THAT WE ALL JUST SEE AT THE SAME TIME AS EVERYBODY ELSE AND COME BACK AND BRING IT FOR A FINAL DECISION IN THE NEXT MEETING AND ALLOW PUBLIC INPUT. ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS AT THAT TIME.
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ALSO GIVE THEM TIME TO LOOK AT IT ALSO. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO WORK TOWARDS FINDING, NOTATING THE MONEY FOR THE 50TH PERCENTILE? SO WE HAD THE CHOICES OF 40, 45, 50, 60, WHICH IT CAN BE ANY NUMBER, ANY PERCENTILE YOU WANT. BUT AS DOCTOR CAMPBELL SAID, IF WE'RE AT 50TH PERCENTILE, THERE'S FIVE BELOW US, FIVE COMPETITORS THAT ARE ABOVE US.SO DO YOU WANT TO WORK, WANT ME TO WORK TOWARDS THAT MIDDLE OR? I'D LIKE TO SEE BOTH OF THEM. IS THAT A? WHAT IS BOTH? TELL ME. WHAT I MEAN. I GOT YOU. IS THAT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK? WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO BETTER.
SURE. WE. WE ALSO. DIDN'T YOU HAVE SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION? WE HAVE 590,000.
590? OKAY. YEAH, WE ALREADY HAVE IT THERE. YEAH, I KNEW WE DID, BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER.
SO THAT'S I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS WE NEED TO GET ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND GET THIS PRESENTED AND BLACK AND WHITE HERE AND COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND GIVE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS A CHANCE TO EXPRESS THEIR SENTIMENTS AND THEIR AND THEIR FEELINGS.
HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED, IT HAS NOTHING IN THE WORLD BUT A GUT PUNCH.
WHEN YOU SEE A MUNICIPALITY PAY FOR THE STUDY ITSELF AND THEN NOT SEE IT THROUGH TO FRUITION.
IT KILLS MORALE. IT KILLS RETENTION, RECRUITMENT, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
SO WHEN I COMMITTED TO DO THE STUDY, I COMMITTED TO SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT THE FIRST YEAR OF IT.
SO WE WILL FIGURE OUT. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY.
OKAY. IN THE ANALYSIS OF YOUR REVENUE STREAMS FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY.
IT WAS NOT BASED ON REVENUE. IT SOLELY LOOKED AT POSITIONS COMPARABLE POSITIONS THAT DRAW FROM OUR EMPLOYEE POOL.
I'LL FOLLOW THAT. BUT THE CORRESPONDING REGIONS HAVE DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS. WAS THAT ANY FACTOR AT ALL? NO. SO THAT WHAT THAT WILL DO IS OUT OF THE LIST OF COMPARATORS.
IT'LL PUT INFLUENCE WHERE YOU WANT TO BE STRATEGICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THEM.
SO LOOKING AT THE LIST OF RESPONDENTS, YOU MAY SAY I BELIEVE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY SHOULD BE LESS THAN THESE ORGANIZATIONS BASED ON REVENUE STREAMS OR A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS, COST OF LIVING AND HIGHER THAN OTHER ONES.
THAT IS A GOOD WAY OF POSITIONING YOURSELF STRATEGICALLY.
IT'S ALSO JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE IN SOME PLACES THAT YOU ARE NEXT TO SOMEWHERE THAT'S WEALTHIER WITH HIGHER, HEAVIER, YOU KNOW, REVENUE STREAMS STILL COMPETING FOR THE SAME LABOR.
SO THE. CAN I GIVE YOU? CAN I GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF. IS ANYBODY IN HERE REMEMBER? AND I STAND TO BE CORRECTED, BUT I CHECKED WITH THE COURTHOUSE ABOUT THIS.
DOES ANYBODY IN HERE REMEMBER WHEN THE PUMPING STATION WAS SITED IN COURTLAND ON THE BANK OF THE NOTTOWAY RIVER? ANYBODY IN HERE REMEMBER THAT? I REMEMBER THE DIALOG WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND I CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DOCUMENTS AT THE COURTHOUSE WITH OUR CLERK. AND THERE ARE NONE YET.
I THINK HE'S STILL LOOKING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HIS.
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HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO MYSELF.SO I DON'T KNOW IF ASH WAS AROUND WHEN THAT HAPPENED OR NOT.
IT COULD HAVE STARTED THE CONVERSATION IN THE 60S.
BUT THIS IS MY POINT. THAT PIPELINE IS SENDING WATER.
WE HAVE A NATURAL RESOURCE COMING THROUGH HERE CALLED THE NOTTOWAY RIVER.
THAT WATER IS GOING TO THE NORFOLK LAKES. A LOT OF YOU BEEN UP THERE FISHING I'M SURE.
THAT GOES TO NORFOLK. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY CANNOT USE ANY OF THAT WATER.
NOW FAST FORWARD TO 2026. THE COUNTY IS DOING A WATER STUDY.
THE WATER STUDY. LYNETTE, IF I'M THINKING RIGHT, AND A LOT OF TIMES I DON'T.
BUT THAT WATER STUDY WAS FUNDED TO ASSIST THE COUNTY IN GETTING IN POSITION TO ACCEPT BUSINESS COMING IN HERE THAT WOULD PRODUCE REVENUE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS STREAM TO MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE FOR PAY INCREASES, TO KEEP UP WITH OTHER COUNTIES THAT HAVE ATTRACTED BUSINESS THAT SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY COULDN'T AS AN EXAMPLE, GREENVILLE COUNTY. GREENVILLE COUNTY HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF THE TOBACCO REVENUE.
SO THAT LINE WAS CUT OFF AT THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY LINE.
I GUESS EVERYBODY IN HERE KNEW THAT, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT QUITE ADMIRABLY AS OTHER COUNTIES GOING ON UP TOWARD MECKLENBURG AND SO FORTH. AND YOU ALL CAN SEE THAT AS YOU TRAVEL.
THAT MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
AND THE REASON FOR IT WAS THERE WAS NO TOBACCO GROWN IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
WELL, THAT GOT ME TO THINKING ABOUT THIS WATER.
IF WE COULD USE THAT WATER, WHICH WE CAN'T LEGALLY, I'M TOLD THAT'S LOCKED IN.
AND THAT IS NORFOLK'S PROPERTY COMING OUT OF THE RIVER HERE.
THAT IS HAVING A PROFOUND EFFECT ON OUR ABILITY TO DRAW BUSINESS IN HERE.
THAT'S LIKE 50 YEARS. 60 YEARS. A LONG TIME COMING, BUT IT DOES HAVE AN EFFECT ON US. AND I DON'T KNOW, THAT COST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT THAT WATER STUDY IS.
AND I THINK IS TIMMONS GROUP DOING THAT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE JOINT WATER STUDY WE DID WITH THE CITY OF FRANKLIN THAT TIME, OR. ARE WE DOING A WATER STUDY NOW? TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SO FAR AS AQUIFERS ARE CONCERNED AND DIGGING NEW WELLS. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING READY TO DIG TWO WELLS BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER, BY 2033, WE CAN NO LONGER DRAW FROM THE VIRGINIA BEACH AQUIFER.
WE WILL HAVE TO DRAW OUR WATER 96% OF OUR WATER FROM THE POTOMAC AQUIFER.
YEAH. WELL, I'M JUST USING THIS AS AN ILLUSTRATION.
THAT OVER TIME HAS THROWN THE COUNTY INTO A. A PLACE THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THOUGHT WE WOULD ARRIVE AT, BUT WE HAVE ARRIVED.
AND I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE HAVE UP HERE WHEN BUSINESS WANTS TO COME IN.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY SAY IS WHERE AM I GOING TO GET MY WATER? SO THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE NATURAL RESOURCE THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF TAKING, TAKING ANY KIND OF ADVANTAGE TO IT.
SO. BLACKWATER I MEAN, THE MILL. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND THERE. DEQ. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT DEQ AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND THEY IMPACT YOUR ABILITY. WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IN THE WORLD.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO GO ANY FURTHER TONIGHT.
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I DON'T THINK I DO, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME INTO MY, MY MIND, SIR, WHEN OTHER AREAS WERE LOOKED AT I.E. A NUCLEAR PLANT AS AN EXAMPLE SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT I AGREE WITH CHRIS'S APPROACH AND ROBERT SEEMS TO BE OKAY WITH THAT.AND SO DOES DOCTOR EDWARDS. SOMETIMES MY MIND DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY TOO.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF YOU HAVE A MEETING, EVERYBODY'S THINKING THE SAME THING.
IT MEANS THAT NOBODY'S THINKING. SO THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, I'VE HEARD RECENTLY, AND I'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW, COURTLAND'S GOT A PROBLEM WITH FLUORIDE. AND I WENT AND GOT PLENTY OF WHEN I WAS IN LITTLE LEAGUE KIDS THAT PLAYED WITH BROWN TEETH AND COURTLAND'S GOT A PROBLEM WITH FLUORIDE.
AND HE THIS WAS HIS COMMENT. WELL, IF WE COULD WILLIAM HART, IF WE COULD TAP INTO THE PIPELINE AND MIX IT WITH THE WATER GOING TO NORFOLK, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. CAMPBELL? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE GAVE YOU.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE RUINED YOUR NIGHT'S SLEEP.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. NO, YOU DID NOT.
IS FOR THIS BOARD CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THINGS LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THE 50TH PERCENTILE WOULD MEAN FIVE WOULD PAY MORE.
FIVE WOULD PAY LESS. THAT'S WHAT THAT PARTICULAR PERCENTILE WOULD MEAN.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS? WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE 50 AND 60.
OKAY. HAVE THAT WORKED OUT COMPLETELY WITH ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES.
BRING THAT BACK HERE TO THE NEXT MEETING AND PRESENT IT AND ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.
WE CAN GET THEM TO THAT BEFORE THE MEETING? GET THEM TO YOU? IT'S AWFUL HARD TO COME TO A MEETING AND READ SOMETHING AND WE CAN PUT IT IN THE AGENDA AND THAT WAY IT GETS TO EVERYBODY ONLINE AT THE SAME TIME AT THE SOUTHAMPTONCOUNTY.ORG WEBSITE. OKAY. AND THAT WILL BE ON THERE.
ALL RIGHT. ALL YOU GUYS AND GIRLS HEAR THAT? IT'LL BE THERE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT BEFORE THE MEETING, AND WE WILL COME TO SOME AGREEMENT IN THE NEXT MEETING.
ANY IS THAT CONSENSUS OF EVERYBODY? OKAY, WE'LL PROCEED ALONG THAT LINE THEN.
THANK YOU DOCTOR. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.
LET THEM GET OUT OF HERE FOR YOU BEFORE START I'M GOOD. YOU GUYS ARE LEAVING. THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT IS COMING UP.
[LAUGHTER]. THAT GUY AND I JUST SMILED. OH, GOD.
I APPRECIATE IT. I'VE EMPTIED THE ROOM. I'LL GET ON HIM ABOUT IT NEXT TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BLESS YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE.
[8. Southampton County Public Schools Superintendent]
AND THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WELCOMES DOCTOR JULIANA THOMPSON HERE TONIGHT.SHE IS OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY SCHOOL DIVISION.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. HERE TONIGHT. AND I WOULD COMMENT THAT ANYTIME YOU NEED TO COME HERE AND TALK TO THE BOARD OR THE CITIZENS OR THE PARENTS OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME.
AND I BELIEVE TONIGHT'S TOPIC WOULD BE GIVING US AN UPDATE AND ASK FOR CONSENSUS ON TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, DOCTOR THOMPSON.
[01:15:05]
THANK YOU, DOCTOR EDWARDS. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN.AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
MS. LOWE STAFF AND OUR SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
TODAY IS ACTUALLY DAY 32 OF MY FIRST 90 DAYS IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
DURING THAT TIME, I'VE BEEN VISITING OUR SCHOOLS, MEETING ONE ON ONE WITH OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, LISTENING CAREFULLY AND LEARNING AS MUCH ABOUT OUR STRENGTHS AND NEEDS AS I CAN BEFORE MAKING MAJOR DECISIONS.
[LAUGHTER]. THROUGHOUT THE LISTENING PROCESS, SEVERAL THEMES HAVE EMERGED.
PEOPLE WANT STRONGER COMMUNICATION, GREATER TRANSPARENCY.
SYSTEMS THAT HELP RATHER THAN BURDEN OUR EMPLOYEES OR OUR FAMILIES.
ACCOUNTABILITY, SAFE SCHOOLS, AND A CONTINUED FOCUS ON OUR GREATEST STRENGTH, OUR STUDENTS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO ARE HOPEFUL.
THERE'S A GENUINE SENSE OF OPTIMISM ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SHARE THAT OPTIMISM.
ONE OF MY PRIORITIES IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A LONG TERM PLAN FOR OUR FACILITIES.
I'VE ASKED MS. LOWE TO SHARE A COPY OF THAT WITH EACH OF YOU.
BOARD, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO, TO JUST KIND OF GLANCE THROUGH.
AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT, IF YOU WILL, A COUPLE OF PAGES FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU'LL TURN TO PAGE 4, YOU'LL SEE THE VISION, MISSION, DIVISION GOALS FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
I REVIEWED THESE LAST NIGHT AND ASKED FOR APPROVAL OF THEM FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THEY ARE THE SAME MISSION, VISION, AND DIVISION GOALS THAT WE'VE HAD.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THOSE FOCUS ON STUDENTS.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT WORK.
AND THEN AS WE PROCEED THROUGH THE YEAR, IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY UPDATES OR CREATE A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'LL AIM TO DO THAT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IF YOU KEEP ON GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR CURRENT STUDENT NUMBERS.
WORKED ON IN 2024. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S THE OTHER NUMBER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
AS YOU KEEP GOING ON TO PAGE 8 WE GET INTO SOME PROJECTS, SO LISTED UNDER RENOVATIONS ARE THINGS FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL THINGS FOR OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEX AT SOUTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL.
THE BOTTOM PAGE EIGHT STARTS A SECTION THAT INCLUDES MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT.
I'M GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE ON PAGE 9, WHICH IS A DIVISION WIDE CLASSROOM AND BUILDING SECURITY DOOR HARDWARE UPGRADE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CAPRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINDOW AND BUILDING ENVELOPE RESTORATION PROJECT.
PAGE 10 HAS OUR DIVISION WIDE HVAC SYSTEM, COMPREHENSIVE REPLACEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROJECT.
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REPLACEMENT. SO WE'VE GOT SOME MORE TECHNOLOGY RIGHT HERE.AND THEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE ONGOING ONES.
PAGES 11 AND 12 ARE PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE CAPRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, ARE TWO OLDEST FACILITIES IN THE DIVISION.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A PARAGRAPH THAT I TRULY BELIEVE IN, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE INVITATION, DOCTOR EDWARDS, THAT YOU SHARED, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT REPLACEMENT OF AGING FACILITIES REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, AND IT DOES REQUIRE CAREFUL PLANNING, PRIORITIZATION, AND COLLABORATION WITH NOT JUST OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, BUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WE KNOW, THE COST OF EVERYTHING.
AS WE'VE JUST SEEN IN THE COMPENSATION STUDY, ALL OF OUR MILK AND BREAD AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT RUNS THE SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY IS GOING UP. SO WE KNOW THAT THE COST OF BUILDING A SCHOOL IS GOING UP TOO.
SO WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE ARE GIVEN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING TOGETHER OR MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING OUR KEEPING WHAT WE HAVE AS GOOD AS WE CAN TOGETHER. OUR PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED THROUGH FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, ENROLLMENT TRENDS, OPERATIONAL NEEDS, AND AVAILABLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE GRANTS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FIRST THINGS THAT WERE ON THE.
THE 10-YEAR PLAN PLANNED PRIOR TO 2024 DID NOT HAPPEN AT THOSE TIMELINES.
AND SO I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THEM AND JUST STRUCK THROUGH THEM. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE IN THE PROJECT, JUST MEANS IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. AND THEN THE ONES AT THE END POTENTIALLY COULD STILL HAPPEN BY THOSE DATES.
AND SO THEY PROBABLY WON'T, BUT AGAIN, STILL POSSIBLE.
AND PAGE 15 IS THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED AND AMENDED LAST NIGHT.
SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND I AGAIN, LOOK, APPRECIATE SO MUCH YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO IF YOU WANT TO MEET AGAIN ONE ON ONE IN SMALL GROUPS OR HAVE ME COME BACK OR MEET WITH MS. LOWE, WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
BEFORE IT IS DUE ON AUGUST THE 1ST, WE PLAN TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $312,000 TO IMPROVE CLASSROOM AND BUILDING SECURITY THROUGH UPGRADED DOOR HARDWARE ACROSS EVERY SCHOOL, ALONG WITH SOME EXTERIOR LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IF AWARDED THIS GRANT, THE STATE WOULD PROVIDE UP TO $250,000.
WE WOULD PROVIDE THE REQUIRED LOCAL MATCH WITH FUNDS ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.
AND SO THAT WOULD GET THE DIFFERENCE OF THE $62,000.
AND I GOT A COUPLE PICTURES ON THE DOOR. I MEAN, ON THE SLIDES FOR YOU.
SO OUR DEAR, SWEET MS. LATIMER, THAT IS OUR EVERYTHING AT SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS IS HER SET OF KEYS FOR THE DOORS AT JUST SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW SHE KEEPS ALL OF THOSE STRAIGHT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IN AN EMERGENCY, I WORRY ABOUT HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET IN AND GET EVERYTHING CLOSED. THE SECOND REASON THAT THIS PROJECT IS SO NEAR AND DEAR.
BESIDES THE FACT THAT I'M PROBABLY SPOILED AND USED TO HAVING ONE KEY THAT WORKS ALL THE DOORS SO I DON'T HAVE TO FIDDLE TOO MUCH IS THE LITERAL QUALITY OF SOME OF OUR DOORS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DOOR LOCK AT SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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SO I'VE WORKED WITH A VENDOR WHO HAS COME IN AND LOOKED AT EVERY ONE OF OUR DOORS.MR. CHARITY WE SPENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WE SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY.
WE START AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING AND FINISHED AT 6:30 THAT NIGHT.
WENT THROUGH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, LOOKED AT EVERY DOOR HE.
I'VE SEEN, I THINK ALL THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES.
AND I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT HE'S STILL TALKING TO ME AFTER THAT DAY.
[LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU, MR. CHARITY. AND SO WE HAVE ITEMIZED QUOTES FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY RANGE FROM 22,000 AT CAPRON.
AND SO AGAIN, EFFICIENT WITH KEY ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THAT NUMBER DOES INCLUDE THE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE PART OF THE VO-TECH CENTER.
AGAIN, 308,000 FOR THIS PROJECT WILL COVER EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR CENTRAL OFFICE.
LOOKING AHEAD, I'D ALSO LIKE TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION ABOUT PROJECTS THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED DURING THE NEXT ROUND OF THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR THE SCAP GRANT. SO FULL DISCLOSURE, WHEN I TALKED TO MS. LOWE LAST WEEK, I WAS GOING TO COME TO YOU AND BEG THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE OUR APPLICATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT OF WINDOW ENVELOPING AND FIXING OUR WINDOWS AT SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WHEN I PRESENTED IT TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED CAPRON. AT THIS POINT, BILL HATCH COULDN'T JOIN ME TONIGHT. I'VE BEEN SERVING AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS THIS MONTH.
MR. ROGERS SAID HE PUT IN MY EVALUATION. BUT MR. HATCH HAS DEFINITELY BEEN SERVING AS THE DEPUTY ACTING DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
AND SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE SUBMITTED A GRANT, IT WOULD BE COMPETITIVE. AND SO WHEN WE DID, WE REALIZED THAT SCAP GRANT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE UNLIKE THE SECURITY EQUIPMENT GRANT, WHICH STOPS AT $250,000, THIS PARTICULAR GRANT WILL PAY UP TO 20% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IF APPROVED. SO OUR WINDOW ENVELOPING PROJECT, WHEN IT WAS QUOTED FOR US IN AUGUST OF 2025, IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION. SO IF WE SUBMITTED A COMPETITIVE GRANT RIGHT NOW AND GOT IT, WE GET 20% OF THAT AMOUNT AND BE ON THE HOOK FOR THE OTHER $1.3 MILLION.
BUT IF THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO DO SOMETHING BIGGER, THEN WE DO NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE OUR CHANCE OF GETTING A LOT MORE MONEY THROUGH THIS GRANT BY APPLYING FOR SOMETHING LITTLE NOW.
AND SO WHAT WE DECIDED WAS, LET'S TALK TO VDOE AND SEE WHAT OTHER LITTLE TRICKS WE CAN COME UP WITH.
AND SO THE LOVELY FOLKS THERE TOLD US ABOUT APPLYING FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN THE NEXT ROUND.
SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, SO THIS IDEA AGAIN IS ON HOLD, BUT I SHARE IT WITH YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR WINDOWS ARE NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS THAT COMES ON WHO'S GOT A CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND.
TO HOPE TO NURSE THESE ALONG AND AS EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT I DO, I JUST PUT US ON YOUR RADAR. IT WAS, YOU SAW IT IN MARCH.
BUT BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE WINDOWS THERE.
OUR SCHOOL BOARD REALLY HAS NOT THEY ARE NOT FORGETTING ABOUT CAPRON.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY WERE INCLUDED TOO. BUT IF WE ARE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT TO REPLACE CAPRON, WE HAVE TO SAY THAT WE WOULD NOT STOP USING THAT BUILDING AS A, QUOTE, EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FOR A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF YEARS, AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY DOES NOT COUNT CENTRAL OFFICE.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE USED AS A STUDENT BUILDING.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF HAVE BACKED UP FROM WE DON'T HAVE A FULL PROPOSAL YET FOR CAPRON, AND WE'VE BACKED UP ON THE WINDOW PART FOR THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT IN JANUARY.
IN ADDITION TO MAJOR RENOVATIONS AND MODERNIZATIONS AND NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.
FOR PROJECT TO BE AWARDED, IT MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE DIVISIONS APPROVED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
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0.3214, WE'D GET 20% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.MS. LOWE ALSO SHARED WITH YOU THE COPY OF THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS DONE IN AUGUST 2025 FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WINDOWS, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN. I THINK IF IT'S DECIDED TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT IN JANUARY, THEN I WILL WORK WITH THIS COMPANY TO GET AN UPDATED PROPOSAL.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEIR COSTS AND ALSO POTENTIALLY THERE'S ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR WINDOWS AND BUILDING FACADE THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE COST AS WELL. BUT I THINK THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IS INTERESTING.
AND I BORROWED PICTURES FROM THE PLAN FOR THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN.
WE DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE YET FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF FUNDS.
BUT AGAIN, OUR CONTACTS AT VDOE SAID IT SHOULD BE IN JANUARY OF 2027.
I THINK IT'S FIVE YEARS, BUT I WILL CONFIRM THAT WITH THE GRANT BECAUSE MR. HATCH AND I ACTUALLY.
SCHOOL COMMITTAL AND THEN ONE FOR THE THERE'S A PART OF THE RUBRIC THAT GIVES YOU ADDITIONAL POINTS IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN AWARDED A GRANT WITHIN SO MANY YEARS. AND SO I THINK. RIGHT, I JUST.
CAPRON FIRST. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE BOTH ON THE LIST.
SO IF I'LL BE GLAD TO MS. LOWE AND I'LL BE GLAD TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. THIS ONE IS SAME INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU SAW ON THE LAST.
RIGHT NOW INTERNAL ESTIMATES AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY ESTIMATED, VERY ROUGH.
BUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SHOWS $22.5 MILLION AS AN ESTIMATED COST.
ONE THING THAT THE VDOE CONTACT TOLD US ABOUT THE SCAP GRANT, AND PROBABLY THE THING THAT REALLY PUSHED US OVER THE EDGE IN TERMS OF WANTING TO WAIT IS IF WE IF YOU SAID YES, DOCTOR THOMPSON, GO, GO FORWARD.
IF WE'RE AWARDED THE SCAP GRANT THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT 20% OF WHAT THEY WOULD FUND FOR THE ADVANCE PLANNING, FOR THE ARCHITECTURE FEES FOR REALLY GETTING GOING.
SO AGAIN, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE THE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION.
AS LONG AS BOTH BOARDS ARE COMMITTED TO GOING THROUGH WITH THE PROJECT.
WE ALL BELIEVE OUR SCHOOL BOARD, YOU ALL MS. LOWE, OUR STAFF, ME, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF DESERVE A MODERN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE EDUCATION WE WANT TO PROVIDE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SO TONIGHT I'M NOT ASKING YOU FOR ANY MONEY. [LAUGHTER].
INSTEAD, WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING FOR IS YOUR DIRECTION.
EVENTUALLY, YES, IT WOULD BE MONEY TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND SO I RESPECTFULLY WANT TO KNOW YOUR DIRECTION, AND I WANT TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR FEEDBACK, AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THESE PROJECTS ARE WORTH EXPLORING TOGETHER AND CONTINUING FOR US TO GO INTO, OR IF WE SHOULD GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IF THERE IS SUPPORT FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM, THEN I'D LIKE TO SPEND THESE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH YOU ALL AND WITH MS. LOWE AND THE COUNTY STAFF TO REFINE OUR PROJECTS AND POSITION SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY
[01:35:08]
FOR A STRONG APPLICATION IN JANUARY. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE ONE OF THE COUNTY'S GREATEST ASSETS.OUR TEAM AT SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WORKING HARD TO PREPARE FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TO IMPLEMENT STRONG SYSTEMS TO BUILD OUR SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INTO THE PREMIER RURAL SCHOOL DIVISION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AS PARTNERS TOGETHER.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR YOUR WARM WELCOME TO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGING PRAYER THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO WORK ON THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS WELL THANK YOU I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THOSE CAPRON [LAUGHTER] FLASHING LIGHTS IN MY LEAD FOOT AS WELL, SO I'LL PROBABLY BE TALKING TO THE SHERIFF AT SOME POINT. BUT THANK YOU.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACIOUS INVITATION TO PRESENT TONIGHT AND TO COME AGAIN.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN. [APPLAUSE].
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. BREAKING YOUR CLICKER NOW I MOVE WE DIRECT OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO DRAFT WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO HAVE A KNOWLEDGEABLE IDEA OF, OF WHERE THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE GRANT FUNDING MATCH AND WHERE THOSE RESOURCES WOULD BE. I MEAN, I'M CERTAINLY IN FULL SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
IF OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CAN SHOW US A ROADMAP OF WHAT THAT COULD CONCEIVABLY LOOK LIKE.
SO DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT I MEAN, IF WE WERE TALKING CAPRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALONG WITH WINDOWS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEN WE NEED TO GET OUR FINANCIAL PARTNERS, DAVENPORT INCLUDED AND FIGURE WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THE DEBT SERVICE, HOW IT FALLS OFF AND HOW TO MESH NEW DEBT SERVICE INTO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE.
I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO IT. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU SEE RIVERDALE AND MEHERRIN AND NOTTOWAY, THEY'RE ALL GETTING READY TO BE PAID FOR, RIGHT? YEAH. IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR IT.
YES SIR. WELL IF WE GET THE GRANT. IF NOT, I'M GOING TO BE BEGGING AND BORROWING [LAUGHTER]. AT THAT POINT.
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SAVE US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I KNOW THAT'S JUST A THAT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. BUT YET IT'S BIG.
BUT IF THE ONLY WAY TO EFFECTIVELY MOVE FORWARD IS TO PLAN FOR THOSE PROVISIONS.
YEAH. I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE, WE'D HAVE TO DO A BOND ISSUANCE.
DEFINITELY. DOCTOR THOMPSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENSUS? NO, SIR. VERY GRACIOUSLY, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TONIGHT.
OKAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU SOME MORE. FULL SPEED AHEAD. THANK YOU.
[9. Emergency Operations Plan]
THIS IS 201 PAGES. YOU WANT TO LEAVE THAT? READ THAT ON THAT? SURE. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S OKAY. I READ IT TOOK TWO HOURS FOR ME TO READ THAT.I THINK IT'S GOT EVERYTHING COVERED. I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE MISSED, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT I WOULD ADD OR CHANGE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH TO DO IT. I CAN READ, I CAN READ OUR INTRO TO IT IF YOU'D LIKE.
WHAT IS THAT? OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. YES, SIR.
READ THE WHOLE THING. YES, SIR. NO, DON'T.
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STATE LAW REQUIRES EACH LOCALITY TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND REVISION OF ITS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN EVERY 4 YEARS TO ENSURE THE PLAN REMAINS CURRENT. AT THE JUNE 23RD, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, MR. JUSTIN HERMANN PROVIDED COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2026 SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN.AS SUCH, I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE PLAN TONIGHT.
SO MOVE. SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 10.
DAVENPORT. WE HAVE AN ADDENDUM AGREEMENT THERE.
[10. Davenport & Company LLC - Addendum Agreement]
LYNETTE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO THROUGH THAT? SURE. AT THE FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, DAVID ROSE, ROLAND KOOCH AND RICHARDO CORNEJO WITH DAVENPORT AND COMPANY GAVE A FINANCIAL AND BANKING PRESENTATION.ON JUNE 11TH, DAVENPORT MET WITH COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TREASURER TO PRESENT ITS PHASE I ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS WITH THE PHASE II IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I WAS TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR MAXIMIZING THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT EARNINGS, WHILE ENSURING SAFETY OF THE COUNTY'S ASSETS FOR LIQUIDITY AND CASH FLOW NEEDS.
THIS SHOULD RESULT IN APPROXIMATELY $600,000 OF ADDITIONAL INTEREST INCOME WITHIN A 12-MONTH PERIOD.
THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT IS FOR ADVISORY SERVICES OVER FOUR QUARTERS AND FOR A BANKING SERVICES AUDIT, NEGOTIATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENHANCED BANKING SERVICES.
THERE IS A 4% FEE AND INCIDENTALS FOR TRAVEL, MEETINGS, ETC.
WHICH ARE ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY $11,750.
ANYTHING NOT SPENT OBVIOUSLY WILL NOT BE CHARGED.
IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET, WE HAVE $63,197.
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TREASURER ARE ASKING FOR $36,053 TO FULFILL A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT OF $99,250 WITH DAVENPORT FOR THE SPECIFIC SERVICES.
VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE ADDENDUM. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ADDENDUM, SAY AYE. AYE.
OKAY. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROPRIATE THE $36,052.
$53. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? SECOND, IT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO. I'VE READ THE FOUR QUARTERS TO 50,000 TO 37,500 TO 36,053.
I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND ALL OF THAT.
GOT YOU. FORGIVE ME, I'M SLOW.
$99,250. IS THAT THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING IN TOTAL TO MANAGE THIS WHOLE THING? SO IT IS. OKAY. HANG ON. GO TO YOUR NEXT PAGE.
GO TO YOUR NEXT PAGE. ALL RIGHT. OH WELL. YEAH.
ON THE SCREEN. SORRY. I'M SCROLLING. NOT FLIPPING.
OKAY. YOU'RE FINE, YOU'RE FINE.
I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU. [LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE IT, I APPRECIATE IT.
SO THAT TOTAL IS THE $99,250. OKAY. NOW, THAT IS PARTLY BECAUSE WE'VE GATHERED INFORMATION OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERY INFLOW, EVERY OUTFLOW OVER THE COURSE OF THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND THEN ALSO RICHARDO, HE IS DOING A BANKING SERVICES ELEMENT WITH US THAT WILL LAST PROBABLY OVER LIKE THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WHERE HE IS GOING TO BE GOING WITH US TO OUR LOCAL BANK AND NEGOTIATING CERTAIN TERMS YOU REMEMBER IT. YES. HE WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY.
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YES. SO THE GROUPING OF ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER OVER A 12-MONTH PERIOD, AND WE HAD HOPED THIS WOULD START ON JULY 1ST. SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT NOT BAD.YEAH. SO IS $12,500 PER QUARTER RIGHT FOR THE INVESTMENT SESSIONS.
OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN THERE'S $37,500 SPECIFICALLY FOR RICHARDO'S.
OKAY. WORK WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL APPROPRIATE THE $36,053 THANK YOU. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD PROFIT. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT VIRGINIA TECH.
[11. Economic Development - Mr. Karl Heck]
WE HAVE MR. KARL HECK, THE PRESIDENT CEO OF THE FSEDI GOOD EVENING KARL.[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] SOMEBODY FOR THE REST OF US TOO.
I WILL START WITH ONE THING, MR. GILLETTE IS CORRECT.
THE COUNTY IS WORKING WITH SUSSEX COUNTY, SURRY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FRANKLIN ON A JOINT WATER STUDY THAT'S KIND OF BEEN IN RESEARCH MODE FOR A WHILE, BUT THE HAMPTON ROADS PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION IS WORKING WITH STANTEC WATER COMPANY ON THAT STUDY.
SO THAT YOU ARE CORRECT IN REMEMBERING WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP EARLIER.
SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE FORE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT.
MS. LOWE MENTIONED THE SITE STUDY AND THE COMMERCE AND LOGISTICS CENTER.
WE SIGNED OFF ON THE SURVEY YESTERDAY. SO AS SOON AS THEY GET A CERTIFICATE, WE CAN GET THAT TO THE TO VEDP AND HAVE IT OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED AND BECOME A CERTIFIED BUSINESS READY SITE, AS HAS OCCURRED WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] FARM.
THAT'S THE NEW BUSINESS IN THE SOUTHAMPTON BUSINESS PARK.
OVER ON THE SHARED SERVICES AREA BY ON GENERAL THOMAS HIGHWAY.
OUR BROADBAND PROJECT IS WRAPPING UP, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A FINAL EVENT WE'RE PLANNING AT THE FRANKLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT EITHER IN LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER. SO THERE'S A FEW DATES. WESLEY DRAKE IS DOING ONE OF THE VIDEOS THAT CHARTER SPECTRUM IS DOING FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO THAT WILL BE OUT AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION AS THEY GO.
CHARTER SPECTRUM IS TRYING TO GET SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HERE, BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS, AS THIS WAS A STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAM. AND THAT HAS BROUGHT OVER 5,000 PASSINGS OF BROADBAND SERVICE TO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY RESIDENTS IN JUST OVER 13,000 IN THE THREE AREAS OF WHITE, SUFFOLK AND SOUTHAMPTON THAT WERE COMPLETED AND WAS COMPLETED ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET AND WAS DONE UNDERGROUND. SO I MEAN THE MOST OF SOUTHAMPTON, NOT THE OTHER.
WE'RE ALSO GEARING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY VISIONING EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 16TH.
SO INVOCATIONS WILL BE GOING ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THAT.
THAT'S AN ADD ON TO THE EVENT THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
WE'LL BE HAVING SOME NEW LEADERS AND INCLUDING A COUPLE THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW TO AS WELL AS A REBRANDING EXERCISE FOR FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON WILL BE FORMALLY INTRODUCED THERE AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WERE GOING ON.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY. SO BE WATCHING FOR THAT.
THAT'LL BE AT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. I'D BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? I MIGHT ASK ANYBODY OUT THERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE DOWN TO NUMBER 13, WHICH IS THE MAIN STREET JAIL.
[13. Main Street Jail - HVAC discussion]
THE HVAC DISCUSSION, EVIDENTLY AT THE SHERIFF WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE.[01:50:02]
I CAN READ WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE. THE SHERIFF AND I TALKED.GOOD. [LAUGHTER]. SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY'S JAIL, LOCATED ON MAIN STREET, IS AN OLDER STRUCTURE AND DOES NOT HAVE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS IN PLACE. BASED ON INSPECTIONS AND BASED ON HEAT INDEXES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE ARE NOW AT A POINT THAT WE MUST PROVIDE A COOLING SYSTEM IN THIS AREA DUE TO THE AGE OF THE HEATING SYSTEM. OUR BEST EFFORTS WILL BE TO INSTALL A DUCTLESS HEAT PUMP WITHIN THE AREA TO PROVIDE COOLING AND HEATING.
WE HAVE RECEIVED QUOTES. IT APPEARS THAT THE COST WILL BE JUST UNDER $200,000.
THE AMOUNT APPROVED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS PLAN FOR THE JAIL CELL.
AIR CONDITIONING WAS $52,500. REMIND YOU THAT WAS ONLY FOR AIR CONDITIONING.
THE QUOTE TO PROPERLY PROVIDE AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT TO THE JAIL BLOCKS AND TO THE HALLWAYS IS $195,225. I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE A MOVEMENT OF CIP FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $142,725 FROM THE COURTHOUSE RECORDS ROOM HVAC PROJECT, WHICH HAD WE HAD ALLOCATED $600,000 TO THAT PROJECT. THAT WE MOVED THE 142,725 TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE JAIL, HVAC.
SO WE'RE NOT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. WE'RE NOT BECAUSE THE COURTHOUSE HVAC IT HAS COME IN UNDER THE COURTHOUSE HVAC FOR THE RECORDS ROOM, LET ME BE SPECIFIC, HAS COME IN UNDER WHAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR IT.
SO WE WILL NOT BE SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
BUT WE DO NEED TO BASED ON STATE INSPECTIONS AND ALL AND JUST THE CHANGING CLIMATE OF OUR AREA.
WE NEED TO DO THIS. WELL, WE DON'T WANT THE SHERIFF TO GO TO JAIL.
[LAUGHTER]. NO, WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT. JUST MAKE IT COOL SO IF I DO YES, SIR. [LAUGHTER] YES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE. GOING TO COST US ANYTHING.
DO YOU NEED A MOTION? YES, SIR PLEASE. I MAKE A MOTION WE MOVE TO $142,725 FROM THE COURTHOUSE RECORDS ROOM HVAC TO THE MAIN STREET JAIL HVAC PROJECT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. UNANIMOUS.
OKAY, WE'LL GET THAT DONE. OKAY. MS. LOWE, WE DO NEED A CLOSED SESSION.
[14. Closed Session]
YES, SIR. OKAY.A MOTION IS REQUIRED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 (A) (1) DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT AND SALARIES AND BENEFITS RELATED THERETO, SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 (A) (8). CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL RETAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS RELATED TO DATA CENTERS AND OTHER USES, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711 (A) (5) 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 BUSINESSES OR THE INDUSTRY'S INTEREST IN LOCATING OR EXPANDING ITS FACILITIES WITHIN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.
THANK YOU. WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
SO MOVED. [LAUGHTER]. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION TO GO BACK IN SESSION.
SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OKAY. WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. OKAY. 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 2.2-30712 (D) OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE BOARD,
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THAT SUCH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW.NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, 1. 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 2. 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.
OKAY, WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION.
SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? YES, SIR. EDWARDS. YES. SUPERVISOR GILLETTE. YES.
IT'S UNANIMOUS. AND NEXT, THERE IS A MOTION REQUIRED FOR ANY ACTIONS RELATED TO ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. I MOVE WE APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND MS. LYNETTE LOWE TO BE OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. I'LL SECOND IT.
I DON'T THINK ANY DISCUSSION THERE, ANY DISCUSSION? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. [LAUGHTER]. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL. THAT'S IT. RIGHT? THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT.
OH, I'M VERY IMPRESSED. YEAH. ME TOO.
THAT'S IT. YEAH. THAT IS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.