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AIMA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING ON[Board of Supervisors on April 16, 2025.]
THIS APRIL 16TH, 2025.IF YOU DO HAVE A CELL PHONE, IF YOU WOULDN'T PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLACE IT ON VIBRATE OR SILENT, AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND WITH US FOR OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
ALLOW US DO OUR WORK THROUGH YOUR WILL.
ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, WE HAVE TO DO, UH, SOME CONSIDERATION ALLOWING REMOTE PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ON, UH, BY ZOOM OR BY PHONE CALL.
SO, UM, SUPERVISOR PARKS AND SUPERVISOR HART NOTIFIED ME EARLIER TODAY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENING'S MEETING REMOTELY.
UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH OUTTA TOWN.
OUR ADOPTED REMOTE PARTICIPATION POLICY REQUIRES THAT ALL REQUESTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS TO REMOTE PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CHAIR IN WRITING ON OR BEFORE THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
AND SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THIS BOARD.
I CAN ATTEST THAT THE REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY WAS RECEIVED BY ME IN WRITING, UH, ON 4 16 25.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SUPERVISOR PARKS AND SUPERVISOR HART ARE CURRENTLY, UH, CONNECTED VIA ZOOM TO THIS MEETING.
SUPERVISOR PARKS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR THE RECORD, SUPERVISOR PARKS.
WOULD YOU STATE YOUR REASON YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY AND THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE YOU'RE PARTICIPATING FROM? UH, YES.
I'M ATTENDING THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS FROM 300 CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
SUPERVISOR PARKS SUPERVISOR, UH, HART.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR, I CAN.
SUPERVISOR HART, ALSO FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR REASON YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY AND THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE YOU ARE PARTICIPATING FROM? YES, SIR.
I AM, UH, PARTICIPATING REMOTELY BECAUSE I AM ON A SCHOOL FUNCTION AND I COULD NOT BE THERE.
UH, I AM AT 1612 WILLOW WAY DRIVE IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
SINCE WE HAVE A QUORUM, UH, PHYSICALLY ASSEMBLED HERE TONIGHT, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOW SUPERVISOR HART AND SUPERVISOR PARKS TO REMOTELY PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S MEETING? MR. TAYLOR? I MOVE THAT WE ALLOW SUPERVISOR HART AND SUPERVISOR PARKS TO PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S MEETING.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A, A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND A SECOND.
UM, WE, AND WE DID THAT ON PURPOSE.
SO, UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
SECOND, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
DID WE HAVE ANYONE TO SIGN UP? NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR.
ITEM THREE, UM, CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES, MOVE ON.
WE HAVE A MOTION PROPERLY SECONDED, UH, TO CONSIDER THE MINUTES.
UH, NEXT WOULD BE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. JONES.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SEC AND A SECOND, UM, TO, UH, GO FORWARD WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THAT WAS A, UH, THAT WAS FAR
THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A DELAY ON THAT ONE.
UH, NEXT UP WOULD BE, UH, OWNER OLD BUSINESS.
UH, NINE ONE, CONSIDER, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF 43.41% OF THE REMAINING, UH, UNSPENT EASTERN SHORE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
HERITAGE CENTER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, WITH THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ESPL UNDER SECTION SEVEN E.
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MIKE MASON, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, THE BALANCE OF UNENDED FUNDS REMAINING IN THE EASTERN SHORE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HERITAGE CENTER.
CAPITAL PROJECT FUND IS APPROXIMATELY $276,592 AS OF THE END OF MARCH.
THIS IS AN ALL-IN NUMBER THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE REMAINING PROJECT CONTINGENCY, BUT ALSO THE SCHEDULED DELAY DAMAGE THE COUNTY COLLECTED FROM THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR.
PER MUTUAL AGREEMENT, THE DELAYED DAMAGES ALONE WERE APPROXIMATELY 225,000.
THE PROJECT IS FINISHED FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES WITH ONLY MINOR IMMATERIAL ISSUES REMAINING.
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THE LEASE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY EXECUTED ON JU JUNE 21ST, 2023, CONTAINS A PROVISION ALLOWING FOR PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION OF A REMAINING PROJECT FUNDS UPON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEASE.AND WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST AT TWO YEARS AT THIS POINT, BUT, UH, THAT PROVISION AND THAT DISTRIBUTION IS, IS SUBJECT TO THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, UH, BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE AS STAFF.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNTY DISTRIBUTE $120,062, UH, TO THE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS ITS PRO RATA SHARE BASED ON THE TERMS OF SECTION 70 OF THE LEASE AND RETAIN THE REMAINING 156,000, UM, FOR THE COUNTY WITH TO OUTFIT AND HELP WITH THE COUNTY'S COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UH, REMODELING.
SO, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU REFUND THAT 43.41% TO THE FOUNDATION.
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, MR. CHAIRMAN? I MOVE.
WE APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, PROPERLY SECONDED ON THE TABLE.
UH, AND MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, NEXT WOULD BE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE AN, AN ELECTION DISTRICT FOUR.
I KNOW KAY LEWIS HAS RESIGNED.
AND, UH, WHO, I GUESS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT? THAT WOULD BE JEFF.
JEFF, MR. PARKS, UM, SUPERVISOR PARKS.
DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANYONE TO FILL, POSSIBLY FILL THAT OR DO YOU WANNA TABLE THAT TILL NEXT MONTH? I, I HAVE TO TABLE IT AGAIN, MR. CHAIR.
AND, AND THE OTHER VACANCY IS DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH IS MINE.
I HAD SOME CANDIDATES BUT NOBODY WOULD, UH, COMMIT.
SO I'M GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY IN DISTRICT SEVEN, THAT WOULD BE GOOD AS FAR AS THE ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, OR IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY, THEY CAN EITHER CONTACT ME DIRECTLY OR THEY CAN CONTACT, UM, MR. MASON'S OFFICE, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, UM, AND WE'LL JUST, WE'LL PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO WE, I'M GONNA ALSO HAVE TO TABLE THAT UNTIL, UH, UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
ALRIGHT, SO NEXT WOULD BE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO NEW BUSINESS THEN.
SO UNDER 12 ONE, WE'D RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING BO SECOND SIX, UH, SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN, UH, FOR PHYSICAL YEAR 26 THROUGH 31.
MR. MASON, YOU WANT TO, UH, ANYTHING FIRST OR YOU WANT TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO, UH, MR. DALE? YOU CAN TURN.
OKAY, MR. DALE, THE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, CHRIS DALE, RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR HERE ON THE EASTERN SHORE FOR VDOT.
SO, SO, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A YEAR ALREADY SINCE I STOOD BEFORE YOU AND DISCUSSED THIS PLAN.
UH, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES, UH, MADE TO THIS PLAN FROM LAST YEAR, UH, FINANCIALLY, UNFORTUNATELY NOT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO, MM-HMM
I THINK YOU PROBABLY ARE LOOKING AT ME AS A BROKEN RECORD RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE I THINK FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS I'VE STOOD BEFORE YOU AND GAVE YOU THE SAME NEWS.
SO YOUR SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN, UH, PLAN OVERVIEW THAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THE PROGRAM'S ACTIVE LIST AND, UH, WE REDUCED IT, REDUCED IT FROM A LOT OF PROJECTS WE USED TO HAVE ON YOUR LIST TO ONLY PROJECTS THAT WE CAN REALISTICALLY FUND AND CONSTRUCT.
SO, AND THE WAY WE'VE BEEN WORKING IT AS A PROJECT IS, UH, FINISHED.
WE PUT A NEXT PROJECT IN THE QUEUE AT THAT POINT TO START APPLYING FUNDING AND LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND IT.
SO, UM, SO YOU SEE THAT THIRD BULLET SAYS YOUR PROJECTED TELECOM FEES, UH, OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS IS DYING BY $72,792 OVER THOSE SIX YEARS, UH, THAT EQUATES TO $12,132 PER YEAR, UH, OVER LAST YEAR'S PROJECTIONS THAT I STOOD UP HERE AND GAVE YOU.
AND, AND WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER LAST YEAR? THAT NUMBER LAST YEAR WAS, UH, ABOUT 12,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.
SO WE WERE OVER $84,000, ALMOST $85,000 IN TELECOM FEES.
UM, YOU DO GET MONEY, UH, THROUGH THE UNPAVED, UH, ROAD FUNDING.
UH, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY UP OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS BY $2.
SO WE'LL TRY NOT TO SPEND THAT.
WE'LL TRY NOT TO SPEND THAT ALL IN ONE PLACE.
SO, UH, SO LOOKING AT YOUR ALLOCATIONS OF, UH, YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2031, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BROKEN DOWN $69,611,
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UH, PER YEAR FOR TELECOM UNPAVED AT 21, 1 32, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YOUR LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH GOES DOWN TO 19 870 AND 19 8 68.UM, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER SIX YEARS TOTAL, SSYP FUNDING, UH, COMING IN TO ACK COUNTY IS $541,932.
MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE MORE QUESTION.
UH, MR. ISLE UNPAVED ROADS, IF YOU HAD, IF YOU WERE GONNA, IF YOU WERE GOING TO PAVE OR BRING IT INTO STATE SPECS, AN UNPAVED ROAD, WHAT WOULD BE THE COST PER MILE? IT VARIES.
DEPENDS ON, GIMME A ROUGH GUESS.
UH, PER MILE, ALL UNPAVED ROADS, AVERAGE ROAD, WHAT WE SEE, AND BY UNPAVED ROADS, THEY'RE ALREADY STATE MAINTAINED ROADS.
SO THAT CAN BE A BIG DIFFERENCE COMPARED TO A PRIVATELY OWNED ROAD THAT YOU WANT TO BRING IN AS A RURAL ADDITION VERSUS, UH, ALREADY MAINTAINED.
DO, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO START? I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE GOING UP, UP, AND THAT THAT IS A MOVING TARGET BY ITSELF.
AGAIN,
HOW'S THAT, THAT THAT'S ON A, THAT'S ON A RULE EDITION.
AND, AND THAT, AND THAT'S A, UH, THAT'S A, AND THAT FUND HAS, UH, BALLPARK, IF I, MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD SAY SURE.
UH, THAT RULE EDITION FUND HAS BEEN VERY KIND WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION DISTRICT NINE.
WELL, GOOD, GLAD, GLAD IT COULD HELP OUT.
SO THE ROADS THAT, UH, THE ROADS WE WERE ABLE TO DO WERE MUCH NEEDED.
AND APPARENTLY THERE'S NO MONEY FOR THAT ANY LONGER BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A, UH, A POLICY WHERE IF THERE'S ANY MONEY THAT WE, WE CAN HELP, THE COUNTY CAN HELP, RIGHT? BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO STATE PLUM FOR THAT, IS IT? WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR, SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THAT MAY BE VERY ENTERTAINING FOR YOU GUYS, FOR THE BETTER.
FOR THE BETTER, FOR THE BETTER.
THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE, MR. CHAIR.
THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE IN, UM, ACKERMAN COUNTY.
SO, SO WE GOT A LOT OF TALK ABOUT OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS BEFORE I STAND UP HERE NEXT YEAR AND GIVE THE SAME PRESENTATION.
ON COULD BE SOME POSITIVE RESULTS.
SO, UH, SO THE COUNTY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY PROJECT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS NOW, 1852, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NUMBER ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, MARK THIS IN THE BOOKS.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME I STAND BEFORE YOU AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT 6 0 2 IN THE SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN.
SO I THINK THAT ENTERED IN 1990 AS A PROJECT.
YEAH, THERE, THERE'S YOUR SHELF PROJECTS.
CAN MR. HART HEAR THAT? I HOPE HE HEAR IT.
YEAH, HE, HE, HE'LL, HE'LL COME OUT AND 7 89 MAIN STREET, LOCUS HILL ROAD THERE ONLY.
SO, UH, STILL FUNDING SOURCES AND PROJECT SCOPES TO BE DETERMINED ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT.
SO, ALRIGHT, SO UNPAVED ROADS GOES BACK TO THE SLIDE BEFORE.
THIS IS WHERE THAT MONEY GOES.
THESE ARE STATE MAINTAINED ROADS THAT ARE UNPAVED CURRENTLY.
UH, SO YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS MATCHA TANK ROAD.
UH, YOUR NEXT, WHICH IS PRIORITY TWO, IS 6 0 4 HOG NECK ROAD, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS UP AROUND THE MODEST TOWN AREA.
UM, THAT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ESTIMATE AND IT'S FULLY FUNDED IN THE OUT YEARS.
WE LOOK AT HAVING THAT, UH, STAR CONSTRUCTION IN 2027, UH, WHEN THE FINAL FUNDING COMES IN.
AND, UH, THAT'LL BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER, 2027.
UH, YOUR THIRD PRIORITY IS 7 87 SEAGULL LANE, DOWN TO LOCUST FIELD.
AND THEN YOUR FOURTH PRIORITY IS 7 43 FROG STOOL, UH, BACK HERE BY WA CREEK, PEGAN AREA.
SO, ALRIGHT, UM, YOU HAVE UPC SET UP IN THE COUNTY.
UH, FIRST ONE THERE IS COUNTYWIDE ENGINEERING AND SURVEY.
SECOND IS YOUR COUNTYWIDE RURAL ADDITIONS, AS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING.
UH, AND YOUR THIRD IS YOUR COUNTYWIDE SPOT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SET UP.
THAT WAS A NEW ONE LAST YEAR THAT WAS ESTABLISHED.
SO, LOOKING AT YOUR FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, 6 0 2 LEE STREET CEMETERY ROAD, THAT'S CROSSED OUT.
DON'T HAVE TO APPLY ANY MORE FUNDING TO THAT.
THAT'S FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS COMPLETE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE DONE.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO DRIVE OVER IT.
I, UM, GO THERE EVERY OTHER SATURDAY, SO I GO TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET MY HAIR DONE.
BUT THAT I, I DON'T WANNA SAY THIS.
I, WELL, I AM GONNA SAY IT, BUT EVIDENTLY THERE WAS MORE FUNDING FOR MACK COUNTY SIDE OF CEMETERY
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BECAUSE YOU CAN ALMOST TELL WHEN YOU GO TO THE CEMETERY ROAD THAT WHEN IT GOES INTO NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.AND, AND, AND IT WAS BECAUSE, UH, ACK COUNTY WAS SUCCESSFUL.
THEY APPLIED FOR SMART SCALE FUNDING.
AND SO THAT EXTRA MONEY, THAT WAS THE EXTRA MONEY.
I KNEW IT HAD TO BE I, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST LIKE, UM, YEAH, BECAUSE WOW, BOTH COUNTIES, BOTH COUNTIES CONTRIBUTE THEIR SECONDARY SIX YEAR FUNDING TOWARDS IT.
Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE 'CAUSE YOU WERE SELECTED FOR SMART SCALE FUNDING.
YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE TOO.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR THAT LIVES DOWN HERE.
SO AS YOU SEE, UH, THE REMAINING, UH, THAT YOU HAVE HERE, YOUR UNPAVED ROADS, UM, MATCH OF TANKS DONE, UH, HOG NECK, UH, ESTIMATE AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND, UH, I TOLD YOU BEFORE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT, SEAGULLS AFTER THAT, THAT'S A 25,000.
MINIMAL WORK HAVE TO BE DONE TO THAT.
UH, THAT'S A NOVEMBER 20, 29 COMPLETION.
AND THEN FROG STOOLS, YOUR LAST ONE.
UH, FUNDING WILL FINALLY COME IN AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT.
UH, WE'RE PROJECTING AROUND NOVEMBER OF 2035, SO LIKE 10 YEARS OUT BEFORE WE CAN GET THE FUNDING TO FINISH THAT ONE.
UH, YOUR UPCS AT YOUR COUNTYWIDE RURAL EDITIONS AT THE END OF, UH, 31, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING JUST OVER $27,000 IN THAT POT SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
UH, ALSO COUNTYWIDE ENGINEERING AND SURVEY AT THE END OF SIX YEARS, THAT WILL ACCUMULATE, UH, JUST OVER $569,000 IN THAT.
AND THEN YOUR COUNTYWIDE SPOT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF SIX YEARS OF BEING UP TO $235,000 IN THAT POT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR. HART? UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. ZEL, THANK YOU.
COULD YOU GET, I, IT WAS BREAKING UP WHEN YOU SAID IT.
WOULD YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE REPORT ON REDWOOD, PLEASE? YEAH.
RED REDWOOD, MR. HART IS, UH, COUNTY'S SHELF PROJECT.
UH, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO, UH, FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THAT ROAD, WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO BE DONE TO THAT ROAD.
THEN WE CAN START DEVELOPING THE SCOPE AND APPLY AN ESTIMATE TO THAT PROJECT.
IS THAT THE NEXT ONE? IS THAT THE NEXT ONE IN LINE? YES.
THAT'S YOUR SUPERVISOR NUMBER ONE SHELF PROJECT.
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND PLEASE KEEP THAT AS HIGH AS YOU CAN.
THAT, THAT WENT ON THE SAME YEAR AS MS. MAJOR PUT ON CEMETERY ROAD.
SO 1990S WHEN THAT ONE WENT ON TOO.
SO MAYBE IT DID HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SUPERVISOR AND IT
IT DOES, IT DOES MS. THE MAJOR, THE MAJOR CLIENT.
ANYWAY, UM, MR. CHAIR, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. ISLE? THANK YOU AS ALWAYS, MR. ISLE.
WE CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UH, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GIMME A CALL.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS 12.2.
CONSIDER, UH, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH AMBULANCE SERVICE RATES FOR FISCAL, PHYSICAL YEAR 26, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AND I SEE WE HAVE THAT, UH, DESIGNATED FOR NEXT MONTH'S, UH, REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
UH, NEXT THING WOULD BE RECEIVE THE COUNTY'S FISCAL, UH, YEAR 24 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COUNTY'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
UM, MS. LEWIS, WOULD YOU? YES.
CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, LESLIE LEWIS, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR REPORTS FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS TO GO OVER THE FY 24 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
UM, BEFORE I TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO THE AUDITORS, IT'S JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
TRADITIONALLY, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE FOCUSED ON THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
SO AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2024, THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND BALANCE STANDS AT 70 MILLION WHERE YOU GET EXCITED OF THE 70 MILLION.
MOST OF THIS IS ALREADY HAS, IS DESIGNATED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
14.1 MILLION IS COMMITTED TO THE RAINY DAY FUND.
16.9 MILLION IS ASSIGNED TO THE VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FUTURE YEAR EXPENDITURES.
2.5 MILLION IS ALLOCATED FOR RENOVATION TO THE ACK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
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AND 2 28 0.1 MILLION REPRESENTS THE UNSPENT SCHOOL BOARD LOCAL FUNDING THAT HAS TYPICALLY BEEN REAPPROPRIATED TO MACK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL.THIS LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 8 MILLION AS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2024.
BUT I DO WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE ALREADY REAPPROPRIATED THAT 8 MILLION, THAT 8 MILLION WAS APPROPRIATED IN THE FY 26 BUDGET THAT WAS JUST PASSED.
UM, NOW AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DANIEL NICHOLSON, THE CPA DIRECTOR WITH BROWN EDWARDS.
SHE'S HERE TONIGHT REMOTELY, AND SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT THE AFTER THE ACUMEN, I MEAN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIONAL REPORT, ALONG WITH A SEPARATE REPORT, FINDINGS OF COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
UM, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN.
UM, HAS EVERYONE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE, UM, COPIES OF THESE REPORTS? THE FINAL VERSION? YES.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME THING HERE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU LESLIE FOR THAT INTRODUCTION, UM, AS SHE MEANT MY, UM, TITLE IS AUDIT DIRECTOR WITH BROWN EDWARDS AND COMPANY, UM, BASED HERE OUT OF OUR NEWPORT NEWS OFFICE.
AND, UM, TODAY I AM JUST GONNA BE GOING OVER THE, THE ACT FOR THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
AS, AS LESLIE MENTIONED, IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE, UH, SEPARATE REPORT TO THE BOARD.
AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF FLOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS A CALL IN, UM, I'M JUST GONNA TAKE MY RUN THROUGH OF EVERYTHING AND THEN I'LL ASK FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END, UM, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE.
SO THE, UH, FIRST OF OUR REPORT IS ON PAGE ONE.
THIS IS OUR PRIMARY AUDIT REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, WE STATE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.
UM, THIS IS A CLEAN, UNMODIFIED ODD REPORT.
IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE YOU CAN OBTAIN OUTSIDE OF A A PUBLIC COMPANY TYPE OF AUDIT.
UM, SO THIS IS A, A VERY GOOD REPORT, UM, ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
I DO NEED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE THIRD PARAGRAPH.
WE DISCLOSED THAT OUR OPINION RELIES UPON THE WORK OF ANOTHER AUDIT FIRM WITH REGARD TO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THOSE TWO ENTITIES HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE AUDITS.
WE PULL IN THE INFORMATION FROM THEIR AUDIT REPORTS INTO YOUR ACT FIRM, AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ON THAT INFORMATION, SO WE JUST NEED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU THERE.
UM, ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, PAGES TWO AND THREE, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE REGARDING A FEW DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE ACER.
UM, AND SOMETIMES IT'S MORE HELPFUL TO BE LOOKING AT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS, BUT THERE ARE, UM, SECTIONS OF THE ACT FOR ON WHICH WE DON'T PROVIDE, UM, A FULL SCOPE OPINION.
SO THERE'S SECTIONS FOR THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND THE OTHER INFORMATION.
UM, AND THEN THERE IS A SECTION FOR SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION OR THE OTHER INFORMATION SECTIONS.
WE OBVIOUSLY ASSIST WITH THE PREPARATION OF THIS INFORMATION, AND WE READ IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING INCONSISTENT IN THERE.
UM, SO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THERE, BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY ISSUE AN OPINION ON IT.
UH, THE SECTION FOR SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE, THE CFA, THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARD, WE ISSUE AN IN RELATION TO OPINION, WHICH MEANS WE READ THE INFORMATION AND DETERMINE THAT IT IS CONSISTENT IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UH, FROM WHICH THEY ARE DERIVED.
UM, FOLLOWING OUR AUDIT REPORT IS THE SECTION OF THE EXPERT ENTITLED MANAGEMENT, DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.
THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE ACT FOR IT.
IT'S WRITTEN BY MANAGEMENT AND IT INCLUDES SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION ALONG WITH EXPLANATIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, TALKS ABOUT SIGNIFICANT CURRENT YEAR ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS SOME DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC FACTORS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK.
SO THIS IS A REALLY NICE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UM, THAT, THAT FOLLOW.
UM, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES BEGIN ON PAGE SIX.
THE FIRST TWO STATEMENTS ON PAGES SIX AND NINE INCLUDE THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE COUNTY
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AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING ITS COMPONENT UNITS.AND THIS IS REPORTED ON THE FULL ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING, WHICH MEANS IT INCLUDES CAPITAL ASSETS, LONG-TERM DEBT, PENSION, OP E AND ALSO INCLUDES NON-CASH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DEPRECIATION AND, AND WHATNOT.
UM, SO THIS IS THE FULL ACCRUAL.
SO BEHIND THAT, ON PAGES EIGHT, START THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND THIS BREAKS DOWN THE ACTIVITY FROM THE, THE PRIOR TWO PAGES IN, IN PROBABLY WHAT'S A MORE OF A MEANINGFUL DETAIL BY FUND.
AND THESE STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED ON WHAT WE CALL THE MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING.
BUT IT'S, IT'S CLOSER TO WHAT YOU SEE FOR WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU BUDGET.
UM, AND THERE'S SOME BUDGETARY SCHEDULES IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND SO THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT'S MORE MEANINGFUL TO THE USERS OF THE FINANCIALS WHEN YOU'RE USED TO LOOKING AT BUDGET FIGURES.
UM, AND IN THESE STATEMENTS, CAPITAL EX CAPITAL ASSET PURCHASES ARE REPORTED AS EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE USED TO NORMALLY SEEING.
AND THEN LONG-TERM DEBT PAYMENTS ARE REPORTED AS EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
UM, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE, UM, ON PAGE EIGHT, BUT, UH, LESLIE BEAT ME TO IT, SO I'LL SKIP OVER THAT PART.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE FUND STATEMENTS CONTINUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
PAGE 16 BREAKS ALL OF YOUR ACTIVITIES OUT BY FUND.
UM, AND THEN THE FOOTNOTES BEGIN ON PAGE 17.
UH, I DO NOT PLAN TO GO OVER THOSE IN DETAIL, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE COUNTY'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE BEHIND SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT FIGURES WITHIN THE STATEMENTS THEMSELVES.
NOW JUMPING BACK TO OUR SECOND REPORT BEHIND THE FOOTNOTES AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON PAGE 1 58.
SO THIS IS A REPORT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR ALL AUDITS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
AND IT DESCRIBES THE SCOPE OF OUR TESTING OF INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, REGULATIONS, CONTRACTS, AND GRANT AGREEMENTS THAT WE DEEM TO BE DIRECTED MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FINDINGS RELATED TO THAT TESTING.
FOLLOWING THAT REPORT IS OUR AUDIT REPORT ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AUDIT.
SO ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT EXPENDS MORE THAN 750,000 IN FEDERAL AWARDS IS REQUIRED TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL SINGLE AUDIT.
AND THE SINGLE AUDIT REQUIRES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COVERAGE IN TERMS OF TESTING OF PROGRAM EXPENDITURES.
SO IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THAT REPORT, WE STATE THAT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL BOARD, HAS COMPLIED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH THE DIRECT AND MATERIAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE TESTED.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A CLEAN UNMODIFIED AUDIT OPINION ON OUR FEDERAL PROGRAM AUDIT.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE REPORT ON THE PRIOR PAGES.
IT DESCRIBES THE SCOPE OF OUR TESTING OF INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND ALSO DESCRIBES ANY FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE.
SO ALL OF THE COUNTY'S FEDERAL PROGRAM EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, ARE INCLUDED ON THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS.
IT'S ON PAGE 1 64 AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE TESTED DURING OUR AUDIT.
AND THE RELATED FINDINGS ARE IN THE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTION COSTS, WHICH STARTS ON PAGE 1 68.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTION COSTS, OUR MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSES TO OUR AUDIT FINDINGS.
IT INCLUDES THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY MANAGEMENT TO ADDRESS THE FINDINGS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF OUR, OUR FINDINGS FROM LAST YEAR AND HOW THEY WERE ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT YEAR BY MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT, UM, IS MY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE, UM, VERY COMPREHENSIVE
I JUST WANNA NOTE REALLY QUICKLY THAT, UM, AS WE MENTIONED, THERE IS ANOTHER MUCH SHORTER REPORTING PACKAGE THAT ACCOMPANIES THAT, UM, ACT FOR THIS ADDRESS TO THE BOARD.
THIS CONTAINS A SERIES OF REPORTS.
IT CONTAINS SUGGESTIONS THAT WE NOTED FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN STRENGTHENING INTERNAL CONTROLS.
UM, IT INCLUDES SOME INFORMATION ABOUT NEW GS B PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT WILL BE IMPACTFUL IN FUTURE YEARS.
IT INCLUDES THE, A SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE POSTED AS PART OF THE AUDIT, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE PASSED.
UM, AS PART OF THE AUDIT, WE DEEM THEM TO BE NOT MATERIAL, AND SO THEY WERE NOT INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS AND ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE ACT FOR DOCUMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT INCLUDES A COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION LETTER THAT'S SIGNED BY MANAGEMENT.
IT ALSO HAS THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR YOUR AUDIT TEAM.
IT'S GOT MYSELF, LESLIE, ROBERT, AND KATIE BABB.
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SO SHOULDN'T ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THIS MEETING OR ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.UM, I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, THE AUDIT MANAGER, KATIE BABB, HAS BEEN HAVING REGULAR, UH, CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT PROCESS WITH THE, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN UPDATED IN DETAIL ON OUR FINDINGS AND RESPONSES AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A REALLY POSITIVE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY MANAGEMENT.
AND, AND LASTLY, FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HELP US OUT GETTING THROUGH THIS AUDIT AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS FINAL REPORT TO YOU TODAY.
WE, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY WORKING WITH THE TEAM AND, AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR, FOR ME RIGHT NOW? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU MS. LEWIS AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, PROJECT FUNDING, CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING TO ASSIST WITH NATURAL GAS EXPANSION IN ACK COUNTY.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN PHILLIPS, UH, ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA WAS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO BRING NATURAL GAS AVAILABILITY TO AKIMA COUNTY, UH, DELEGATE BLOCKS AND HAS BEEN A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF THIS INITIATIVE AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL SECURING, UH, 6.5 MILLION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED STATE BUDGET TO HELP FINANCE THIS PROJECT.
ASSUMING THAT CURRENT VERSION OF THE PROPOSED STATE BUDGET IS EVENTUALLY APPROVED, AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT IN RICHMOND, IT WILL LEAVE A PROJECT, UH, BUDGET GAP OF APPROXIMATELY $900,000.
SO ONE POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCE FOR FINANCING THIS PROJECT IS FEDERAL COMMUN COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDS OR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO IS ONE IS THROUGH THE HOUSE AND ONE IS THROUGH THE SENATE.
UM, BUT I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT SEEKING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL TO SUBMIT, UH, APPLICATIONS TO BOTH OF THESE, UH, THROUGH BOTH OF THESE CONDUITS TO COVER THAT EXPECTED PROJECT SHORTFALL OF 900,000 SHOULD ALL PROJECTS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE THIS INITIATIVE BE OBTAINED.
AND ACK COUNTY HAS CHOSEN TO SERVE AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THIS FUNDING.
ALL, UH, ACTIVITIES WILL BE GUIDED, PARTICULARLY THE PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES IS WHAT I'M REFERRING TO, UH, BY THE VIRGINIA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT.
SO AGAIN, UM, THE ONLY, UH, REQUEST HERE FROM STAFF AS ARTHUR RISE, UH, MYSELF, TO, TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS.
IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UM, PROPERLY SECONDED, UH, TO, UM, LET THE COUNTY MINISTER MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
UH, MR. MACEY, YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT UNDER THE, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS. MOST OF THESE ARE, ARE JUST SIMPLY, UM, REPORT OUTS WITH NO ACTION NEEDED.
UH, THE FIRST, UH, REPORT OUT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL FOR THE HORN TOWN COMMUNITY.
UH, WE, UH, THE COUNTY PARTNER WITH THE A-M-P-D-C ON SUBMITTING A GRANT, UM, FOR, UH, THE SUBSTANTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF FIVE HOUSES IN HORN TOWN.
UH, IF, IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, THIS IS THE SAME PROGRAM THAT THE COUNTY USED TO IMPROVE A NUMBER OF HOUSES ON, UH, IN THE, IN THE GOSPEL TEMPLE ADAMS CROSSING AREA.
UH, ONE APPLICATION WAS FILED ON, UH, THE HEELS OF SUCCESS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A-D-H-C-D PLAN GRANT FOR THIS AREA, WHICH NORMALLY POSITIONS THE COUNTY WELL FOR OBTAINING THESE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THIS TIME.
UH, I ATTACHED A LETTER, UH, BASICALLY A DENIAL LETTER, UH, TO THE AGENDA.
UM, THE LETTER DOES NOT INDICATE WHAT THE REASON THAT THE PROJECT WASN'T SELECTED FOR GRANT FUNDING, BUT IT DID OFFER, UM, TO, TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE, UH, COUNTY TO ESSENTIALLY DO A DEBRIEF.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS ASKED DHCD TO SCHEDULE SUCH A MEETING SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHY THE PROJECT WASN'T FUNDED.
IT IS CERTAINLY OUR INTENT TO RESUBMIT THIS PROJECT THE NEXT TIME THAT GRANT CYCLE, UM, COMES AROUND.
UH, 13.2 IS SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS.
UH, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, UH, A PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS ISSUED, UM, A COUPLE
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WEEKS AGO THAT, UH, A COMPANY NAMED SPACE CENTER AUSTRALIA AND NASA HAD OFFICIALLY ENTERED INTO A SPACE ACT AGREEMENT TO ADVANCE HORIZONTAL AIR LAUNCH, UH, VEHICLE TESTING AT THE NASA WATTS FLIGHT FACILITY.UH, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION THAT MARKS A MILESTONE FOR, UH, SPACE CENTER AUSTRALIA AS IT ACCELERATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEXT GENERATION SPACE ACCESS CAPABILITIES FOR BOTH GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
SO UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, UM, SPACE CENTER AUSTRALIA WILL CONDUCT CONDUCT INER NON PROPELLANT FLIGHT TESTING AND UTILIZE THE, WHILE ITS FLIGHT FACILITY AIRFIELD OPERATIONS, UH, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE SUPPORTED BY THE COMPANY'S AIRBORNE LAUNCH PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT, FEATURING A MODIFIED C ONE 30 J SUPER HERCULES AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF DEPLOYING PAYLOADS OF UP TO 250 KILOGRAMS INTO EARTH ORBIT.
SO IN THE FUTURE, YOU MAY SEE A VERY LARGE PLANE LANDING OVER ON THE WILDS RUNWAY, AND THAT WOULD BE THAT C ONE 30 J, WHICH WILL THEN CALL, UH, MACK COUNTY HOME.
CERTAINLY, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ANOTHER COMPANY CHOOSE MACK COUNTY, UM, FROM WHICH THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH SPACE.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I I SUSPECT YOU'LL BE HEARING OTHER THINGS FROM THIS COMPANY IN THE FUTURE, BUT THIS IS, UH, I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS, AS, UH, THE FIRST INITIAL STEP TO, UH, TO, UH, HAVING A HOST OF DIFFERENT OPERATIONS AND CAPABILITIES ALL BASED IN ACK COUNTY.
UH, 13.3, UH, OCCURRED ON MONDAY, BUT, UH, THEY DID HAVE A WILD SILENT CAUSEWAY BRIDGE GROUND MAKE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
THE, UH, CHAIRPERSON, UH, AND I, UH, DID ATTEND THAT.
UM, UH, IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD EVENT FOR A SEMI CHILI DAY IN THE SPRING.
UH, IT, IT, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE, THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT THAT ARE IN, IN THE OPS PROGRAM, THE OPS ISLAND AND ALL, ALL ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY THAT BRIDGE THAT GETS FOLKS THERE.
SO IT IS, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL BRIDGE AND, AND AN IMMATERIAL PROJECT, I GUESS TO SOME, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.
UH, 13.4 IS, UM, THE COUNTY IS CONTINUING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT, OR AT LEAST I AM, UH, WHEN I GET TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD, DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT.
WE DO HAVE A, UH, 30 DAY, UH, COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE ROUTE DISTRICT POLLING PLACE THAT WOULD MOVE THAT POLLING PLACE FROM A TOMKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE MARIANNE SMITH CULTURAL ENRICHMENT CENTER.
THAT, UH, THAT COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS ON APRIL 22ND, 2025 AND RUNS TO MAY 21ST AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A HEARING THAT THE BOARD WILL CONDUCT AFTER THAT.
UH, THE AGENDA, UH, DETAILS HOW YOU MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS.
YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM BY EMAIL TO ADMINISTRATION AT, UH, CO.AAC.VA US.
YOU CAN SEND THEM THEM BY REGULAR MAIL TO MY OFFICE.
AND THE ADDRESS IS, IS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
YOU'VE MAY FAX THEM IN OR JUST SHARE YOUR COMMENTS IN PERSON BY ATTENDING THAT PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S GONNA OCCUR, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENT PERIOD.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS FOR THIS EVENING.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. MASON.
UM, MS. MA, UH, SUPERVISOR MAJOR, ANY ANY COMMENTS? NO, I JUST WANTED AT OUR POINT, JUST THE INCOMING OR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY THAT'S WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY EASTER AND ENJOY YOUR FAMILIES SUPERVISOR TAR, SAME THING.
CROCKETT, SAME THING THAT
UH, UH, 15 ONE, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE PHYSICAL, UH, 25 BUDGET.
MR. MASON, CAN WE PAY OUR BILLS? AYE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO PAY OUR BILLS AND ALL PROPERLY SECONDED.
UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THE CLOSED SESSION, SO, ALL RIGHT.
SO WE WILL MOVE, WE WILL GO TO A CLOSED SESSION.
MS. UH, MS. JOHNSON, YOU WANT TO TAKE US IN? YES.
I MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A 19
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FOR DISCUSSION OF CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES.WHILE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WILL JEOPARDIZE THE SECURITY OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM OR SOFTWARE PROGRAM, SECOND.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE, PROPERLY SECONDED.
ALL OPPOSED, WE ARE ENCLO SESSION.
LAWFULLY ACCEPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER VIRGINIA LAW AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED FOR HER, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
AND THIS IS AFFIRMED BY A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND THAT WILL BE AFFIRMED BY A ROLL CALL.
THAT'S, WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
UM, WE'VE GOT, YOU GOT SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE WE GET SEVEN MINUTES? YEAH.
WE NEED, OR FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 12.1.
THIS WAS THE, UH, PRESENTATION BY VDOT OF THE PROPOSED SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN.
THERE WAS A RECOMMENDED ACTION CONCERNING THAT PLAN.
AND, AND, AND SO, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE AN ACTION WAS WAS TAKEN.
SO, SO IF I SEE THAT, SEE THAT, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THE ATTACHED A REG A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VDOT, UH, 25 THROUGH 31 SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN.
ONE, CONSIDER APPROVING THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION FOR VDOT.
THANK YOU MR. ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES BEFORE WE GO TO UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT KIND IT THE HONEY GOT A LITTLE HONEY IN BAG AND SUGAR.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
WHATCHA DOING BEHIND MR. PROCTOR? EVERYTHING.
ARE THEY STARTING TO RAMP UP IN VIRGINIA BEACH IN THEY WEATHER? WEATHER.
IT'S ABOUT IT COMING OFF THAT WELL COMING OFF.
IT'S STILL COMING OFF THE WATER.
CAN YOU NOW THE LONGER I GET, THE LONGER I GET, THE MORE I ENJOY WARM WEATHER.
Y'ALL ARE LIKE Y'ALL OLD
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YEAH.UNFORTUNATELY I'M THERE YOU ARE UNDER OATH TO JUST KNOW.
I'M GETTING READY TO HIT MINE IN JULY.
WHAT'S YOUR BIG NUMBER? ONLY GOT MINE.
BILL JOE WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO.
I WILL BE JULY AND DONALD WILL BE IN AUGUST.
AND JUST THINK A FEW YEARS AGO.
SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS, UH, TRYING TO CANDIDATE TO COME BACK ON THE BOARD WAS I THINK GRACE AND CHESTER ASKED ME WHAT DO I BRING TO THE BOARD? AND I SAID, WELL IT'S OBVIOUS BECAUSE I'M, I WAS A DOUBLE MINORITY AFRICAN AMERICAN AND A WOMAN.
AND I SAID, BUT THEN I LOOKED AROUND LIKE, AND I WOULD, I WOULD UH, REPRESENT THE UNDER 50 CROWD.
WELL I, THOSE YEARS HAVE GONE BY.
WHEN I FIRST BECAME SHERIFF I WAS 33.
AND WHEN I'D GO TO A MEETING IN RICHMOND, I WAS THE YOUNGEST SHERIFF PROBABLY BY QUITE A BIT.
AND NOW WHEN I GO TO A MEETING, A MEETING, I'M IN ONE OF THE OLDEST IN MEETING.
YOU TALKING ABOUT TURNAROUND AND THAT'S A TURNAROUND.
I WAS THE YOUNGEST ONE STARTED AT 27.
YOU CAN TELL THAT EVERYBODY AROUND THERE.
WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON ORDINANCE AMENDMENT CHAPTER OF TO CHAPTER ONE OF THE COUNTY CODE.
WHAT ABOUT SIGNED UP? NO, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT? THAT'S UP TO YOU.
DO YOU WANNA OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I CAN.
I OPENED THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT DID NOT SIGN UP, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE COM COMMENT PERIOD.
FIRST TIME YOU ASKED THAT
THAT ONE, THAT ONE MEETING Y'ALL DID.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT'S IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER ONE OF THE COUNTY CODE AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT SAYS THAT IF A CODE SECTION WITHIN OUR COUNTY CODE REFERENCES A STATE LAW, THAT THAT REFERENCE INCLUDES ANY FUTURE AMENDMENTS, EITHER TO THE LAW OR TO REGULATIONS OR TO ANY REENACTMENT OF A, OF A TITLE.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT SO WE CAN ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCES.
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? I MOVE.
DID WE, UH, APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, UH, AMENDMENT OF TO CHAPTER ONE OF THE COUNTY CODE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE THING LEFT ON THE AGENDA THAT IS 18 ONE, MOVE ADJOURNMENT.
SO, UH, MADAM, MR. CHAIR, I WILL SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION.