* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. DECLARE THIS WEDNESDAY, [00:00:01] JANUARY 8TH, 2025 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS [Board of Supervisors Organizational Meeting on January 8, 2025.] OPEN. THIS IS THE BOARD'S ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I WILL BE PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING UNTIL YOU HAVE A ELECTION OF A, A CHAIRPERSON, WHICH WILL BE IN SHORT ORDER. UH, WE'LL START WITH THE INVOCATION. PLEASE STAND. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO ASSEMBLE TONIGHT. GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS FOR AKIMA COUNTY AND GRANITE'S SAFE PASSAGE HOME THIS EVENING. AMEN. 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. THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS ITEM 1.3, THAT IS ALLOWING REMOTE PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBERS. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER WHO IS, UH, SEEKS TO PARTICIPATE, UM, REMOTELY TONIGHT. SUPERVISOR TAR NOT NOTIFIED ME THAT HE WOULD BE LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENINGS MEETING REMOTELY BECAUSE HE IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY OR ADOPTED REMOTE PARTICIPATION POLICY REQUIRES THAT ALL REQUESTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS TO REMOTELY PARTICIPATING IN A MEETING BE RECEIVED IN WRITING ON OR BEFORE THE DAY OF THE MEETING IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD. I CAN ATTEST THAT THE REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY WAS RECEIVED BY ME IN WRITING ON JANUARY 3RD, 2025. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SUPERVISOR TAR IS CURRENTLY CONNECTED VIA ZOOM TO THIS MEETING. SUPERVISOR TAR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR, I CAN. FOR THE RECORD SUPERVISOR TAR, WOULD YOU STATE THE REASON YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY IN THE EXACT LOCATION FROM WHERE YOU ARE PARTICIPATING FROM? I CAN. MY EXACT LOCATION IS 7 0 7 9 WAYNE ROAD ON SHATI, VIRGINIA. AND I AM RECOVERING FROM BACK SURGERY THAT I, UH, HAD ON DECEMBER THE 13TH. THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SINCE WE HAVE A QUORUM PHYSICALLY PRESENT, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW SUPERVISOR PARTICIPATE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ELECTION OF CHAIR. I DECLARE THE FLOOR OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIRPERSON OF MACK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR COUNTY YEAR 2025. MR. PRESIDING OFFICER, I NOMINATE THE HONORABLE JACKIE PHILLIPS AS CHAIR. WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND FOR NOMINATION RATHER. WE HAVE A SECOND HEARING. NO OTHER NOMINATIONS. I DECLARE THE NOMINATION PERIOD CLOSED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ELECTING JACKIE PHILLIPS, SUPERVISOR FROM ELECTION DISTRICT SEVEN, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AKIMA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR COUNTY YEAR 2025, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU SIR. THANK, THANK YOU. SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITH THE, WITH THE AGENDA, UH, I WANNA THANK EACH, EVERYONE FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. I'VE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, IT IS AN HONOR. IT'S A TRUE HONOR. AND WITH THAT, I'M ALSO, I I'VE GOTTA, I'VE GOTTA SAY THIS, AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT. 10 YEARS AGO, IF SOMEONE CAME TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, JACKIE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THE ACOMA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR. YOU'RE GONNA BE THEIR CHAIRMAN. MY FIRST RESPONSE WOULD'VE BEEN PROBABLY A LITTLE CHUCKLE. . MY SECOND RESPONSE PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK A LOT OF YOU BETTER SIT TIGHT HERE. I'M GONNA CALL 9 1 1. WE'RE GONNA GET YOU SOME HELP . AND YET HERE, I'M, AND I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT SO FAR, AND I'M, WE'RE LOOKING, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT 2025. SO WITH THAT, UH, I NOW OPENED AN, UH, FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR OF, UH, FOR 2025. MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SANDRA CASSANDRA RE MAJORS AS VICE FOR THE ACAC COUNTY BOARD OF SU. SHE SAID IT NO, WITH NO NOMINATIONS. I CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. UM, AND WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO. AYE. . . THANK YOU. BILLY JONES, . AND THAT THAT PASSES YOU UNANIMOUSLY. ANY, ANY, ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? I WANNA THANK, UH, MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. AND, UH, I WILL ASSIST THE PRESIDING OFFICER KNOWN AS THE CHAIRPERSON IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN. I WILL ASSIST HIM AND I THINK HE'LL DO A GRAND JOB. [00:05:01] THANK YOU, OFFICER. CONGRATULATIONS. SORRY. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT QUICKLY? YES. UM, I AM, I LOST FOR WORDS, BUT HERE IT GOES. I THINK IN THE NEXT ELECTION, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US CONSIDER EITHER MR. PARKS OR MR. WASHINGTON FOR THE VICE CHAIR POSITION. IF THEY WOULD BOTH HAVE IT. I THINK SOME NEW YOUNG BLOOD TO THIS BOARD MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS. AND THAT'S, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND YOUR TOLERANCE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. MR. SO MOVING WITH THE AGENDA 1.7, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON OUR REGULAR, UH, MONTHLY MEETINGS. UH, DATE, PLACE, AND TIME. MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MAKE A MOTION. WE KEEP EVERYTHING AS IT IS. WE HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, 5:00 PM HERE, AND OUR WORK SESSION IF NEEDED, ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 5:00 PM SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. PROPERLY SECONDED. UH, ALL IN FAVOR A ALL OPPOSED, AYE. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT ALSO COVERED 1.8 AS WELL, RIGHT? THE, UH, WORK, UH, 1.8, THE WORK SESSIONS. UH, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS SOME, UH, HOUSEKEEPING WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. 1.9 IS ADOPTION OF CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, UM, FROM OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. NO CHANGES. NO CHANGES ON THAT. SO, UH, WHAT'S YOUR MR. CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE, UH, DOPP OUR CODE OF ETHICS AS IS THAT'S ALREADY PRINTED. OKAY. SECOND. WE MOTION PROPERLY. SECONDED. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? AYE. UH, AND MOTION CARRIES. UH, UM, ONE POINT 10 ADOPTION OF RULES AND PROCEDURES. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE, THAT THERE IS A CHANGE. UH, MR. MASON, THERE ARE ONLY SOME SLIGHT CHANGES THAT THE, THE ONLY, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I SHOULD REFER TO THIS AS MATERIAL. UH, THE DEFINITION OF MEETING IN PUBLIC, UH, MEETING WERE UPDATED TO CONFORM WITH STATE LAW, BUT THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY CHANGES OTHER THAN SOME TYPOS HERE AND THERE. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE, WE ADOPT WITH THE AMENDMENT. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION PROPERLY SECONDED ALL THOSE, UH, IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED? AYE. AND MOTION CARRIES. UH, ONE POINT 11 IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE 2020, UH, 25 MEETING SCHEDULED. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ALREADY, BUT IT IS POSTED. UM, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION PROPERLY SECOND IT, UM, TO CON UH, TO APPROVE THE, UH, MEETING SCHEDULE, UM, WHICH HAS ALREADY, HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT OUT THERE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? A ALL OPPOSED AYE. AND CARRIES ANONYMOUSLY. UH, LAST THING ON OUR AGENDA IS A CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WHAT YOUR UH, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WHO IS IT? I MOVED THAT, UM, WELL, IT'S NOT EVEN WITH MY DISTRICT WHO'S CONSENT I MOVED THAT, UM, MR. PADDOCK BE, UH, REAPPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. SECONDED. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? I'M SORRY. ALL OPPOSED? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GOT BACK ON IT. CONSENT AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. UM, OKAY. BEFORE WE, UH, ACCEPT, BEFORE I ACCEPT YOU GERMAN, I HAVE, OKAY. WHAT GRANDSON'S NAME? UH, I'M, I'M GONNA SAVE, UH, OUR NEW CHAIR. SOME GRIEF HERE. I'M GOING, HIS WIFE IS HERE WITH HIS GRANDSON. HE HAD RECOGNIZED EITHER WIFE. OH, I HAVE NOT. SO, UH, SO I RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR CHAIRMAN'S, UH, WIFE BARRY BETH PHILLIPS AND HIS GRANDSON, DRYDEN. DRYDEN. DRYDEN, WELCOME. WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU, . THANK YOU. SO, UM, ONLY ONE MORE LEFT. ONE THING LEFT ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE TONIGHT AND I'LL ENTERTAIN THE ADJOURNMENT. SO, UH, SECOND NON-NEGOTIABLE, UH, . I DO HAVE EVERYBODY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. YES. BEFORE WE YEAH. OH, THANK YOU KAREN. LISTEN, I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN REALLY ROBERT, I WANNA GIVE YOU A THUMBS UP, MAN. I ASKED YOU TO EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, MAN, I LOVE THE WAY YOU CONDUCT THE BOARDS. UM, LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU, MAN. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF I EVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY, I WANNA FOLLOW ROBERT FIT. THANK YOU, UH, TO JACKIE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY CONGRATULATIONS, MAN. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING REAL CLOSELY WITH YOU YES. ON THOSE ISSUES AND THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH HERE IN OUR COUNTY AS WELL AS BERITA. CONGRATULATIONS. ABSOLUTELY. AND VICE CHAIR. SO WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD STERN BOARD HERE. YES. SO I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE ADJOURN ANYTHING ELSE MR. CHAIR? I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, TO THANK, UH, MR. CROCKETT, UH, FOR PO. I DON'T THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THIS, BUT HE SERVED TWO BACK TO BACK TERMS AS CHAIR. THAT'S RIGHT. HE DID. WHICH IS, WHICH IS, WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME OR SECOND TIME? SECOND [00:10:01] TIME. SECOND TIME THAT THAT'S HAPPENED. AND, UH, JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN COUNTY HAD IN HIM. HE WHY ONLY HAPPENED. AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SETTING A GREAT EXAMPLE. THANK HE, HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE HISTORY OF AMAN COUNTY. I HAVE MY CALENDAR THAT'S DONE THAT. REALLY? YEP. AND I'VE ENJOYED IT. THANK YOU, . BUT I'LL ENJOY JACKIE BEING . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MORE COMMENTS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY THAT TO ROBERT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MARK SO MUCH FROM YOU AND, UM, CONGRATULATIONS JACKIE AND CONGRATULATIONS. CASSANDRA . YOU CALL THAT NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU. YOU HER SAY THAT WE HAD A MOTION PROPERLY SECONDED ON SHE NOMINATED ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED. AYE. AND WE ARE AJOUR. TAKE CARE. BILL. JOE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.