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[Board of Supervisors Organizational Meeting on January 7, 2025.]
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER.YOU HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LITTLE, UH, FULL DISCLOSURE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH BOARD DOCS, UM, THIS EVENING.
SO, UH, YOU MAY WANT TO JUST RELY ON THE, UH, THE, UH, PAPER COPY THERE.
UM, AS IS CUSTOMARY DURING YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, I PRESIDE OVER THAT MEETING UNTIL YOU OFFICIALLY ELECT A CHAIRMAN, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PREPARED TO DO NOT TO TONIGHT.
UH, FIRST ON YOUR AGENDA AS THE INVOCATION, UH, SUPERVISOR TARR, WOULD YOU MIND PROVIDING THAT PRAYER? HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER THIS EVENING TO ELECT OUR NEW CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR TO, TO, UH, LEAD US THIS YEAR TO DO YOUR BUSINESS, HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT WE DO THAT, THAT PLEASES YOU.
AND I ASK ALL THIS IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, AMY.
AND NOW, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE OF I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO, 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.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS 1.3.
CONSIDER ALLOWING REMOTE PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBERS.
EVERYONE IS HERE, SO, UH, NO NEED TO, TO OPEN THAT AGENDA.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS ADOPTION OF AGENDA.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOVE TO, UH, ADOPT THE AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, THE NEXT FEW ITEMS ARE PROCEDURAL.
UM, WE'RE STARTING WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR.
I, I HEREBY OPEN THE NOMINATION PERIOD.
MS. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR HART.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SEA NITA MAJOR FOR OUR CHAIR.
WE HAVE A NOMINATION OF C RENITA MAJOR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS BEFORE MR. CHAIRMAN? I MOVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF C RENITA MAJOR BEING YOUR CHAIRPERSON FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE GOT IT ALL WARMED UP FOR YOU.
OH, NOW LOOK, YOU GOTTA BEHAVE WHILE YOU'RE SITTING
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A HEADLINE ON THE PAPER.
WELL, WE HAVE THREE OLDEST MEMBERS SITTING RIGHT HERE.
NO, I THINK, I THINK MAYBE ROGER.
I'M THE OLDEST MEMBER BEFORE I, UH, PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA, I AM HUMBLE AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AGAIN.
THIS SEEMS LIKE THE YEAR OF THE WOMAN
IN A FEW DAYS WE'LL HAVE SWORN IN OUR FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR.
AND I JUST THINK BACK AND I REMINISCE ABOUT ALL THE WOMEN THAT HAVE SERVED AS CHAIR BEFORE ME, OR EVEN BEEN ON THE BOARD BEFORE ME.
UH, I THINK ABOUT BETH VALENTINE.
I THINK ABOUT LOUIS BE GA GARDY.
BUT MOST OF ALL, I THINK ABOUT MY MOTHER
AND I JUST THINK, UH, AND THE, THEY OLIVE HAVE GONE AND, AND SERVED.
AND I JUST DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY FOR YOU ELECTED ME AGAIN.
UH, LAST TIME IT WAS 2000 IN THE YEAR.
SO I'M JUST EXCITED, UH, ABOUT BEING CHAIR AGAIN.
AND I'VE JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST APPLAUDED AND, AND MINUS ALL OF YOU, UH, JUST BE LADYLIKE AND GENTLEMAN.
THAT'S A WORD, BUT I COINED IT
BUT I JUST, YOU RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND THAT'S ONE THING I DO A LOT ABOUT THE BOARD.
ALL OF US HAVE OUR EXPERTISE, AND I JUST, I JUST ASK THAT EACH OF US, WELL, INDIVIDUALS, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, WHEN YOU'RE BEING DISAGREEABLE OR JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAID IT IN THE RIGHT TONE.
I NOMINATE VANESSA JOHN JOHNSON AS OUR NEXT VICE CHAIR.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND THAT WE CLOSE THE, UH, THE ELECTION NOMINATION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO NOMINATION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
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FAVOR LET BE TO MY AYE.A ALL THOSE OPPOSED I DID HEAR, UH, UH, NOMINATION OF VANESSA JOHNSON AS VICE CHAIR AND IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DON'T HEAR ANY GOOD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED A CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS IS REALLY THE YEAR OF THE WOMAN
MAY I HAVE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE? YES.
FIRST TIME IN 250 YEARS THAT ACK COUNTY HAS TWO WOMEN AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
ALSO THE FIRST TIME IN 250 YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD TWO AFRICAN AMERICANS AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR EVER IN THE HISTORY OF MACK COUNTY.
I THINK IT'S VERY HIS FOR, TO ME, IT'S VERY HISTORICAL TODAY.
AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG, YOU WOULD KNOW
SO JUST, I WAS HERE FOR THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE BOARD AND THE FIRST, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EVERYTHING.
FIRST WOMAN ON THE BOARD, FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ON, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LOT.
SO, BUT WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTY IN THE, SINCE CREATION.
WE HAVE TWO LADIES AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, AND TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES AS CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
UH, MR. HART, CONSIDER DATE, PLACE AND TIME FOR MADAM CHAIRMAN.
CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE KEEP, KEEP IT AS IS THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, 5:00 PM HERE.
SECOND THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE SAME DATE, TIME, AND PLACE AS THIRD WEDNESDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OR ASK IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO SLIDE THAT 30 MINUTES TO FIVE 30 TO ACCOMMODATE WORK SCHEDULE.
SO DO, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND? I GUESS I NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT MOTION.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND THAT WE CHANGE THE, THE DATE AND THE PLACE.
I THINK THE TIME IS THE ISSUE.
UH, WELL I HEARD FIVE 30 AND HERE THE SECOND.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I HAVE A COMMENT.
IF IT IS CAUSING A PROBLEM WITH SOMEBODY GETTING HERE ON TIME, I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH A HALF AN HOUR DIFFERENCE.
I ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THE TIME TO FIVE 30, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO DO THAT.
SO WE HAVE A ONE, TWO, WAS IT EIGHT TO ONE? EIGHT TO ONE VOTE.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A DEBATE ON THE TIME
NO MADAM, I BELIEVE MY MOTION COMES TO THE FLOOR WITH THAT CHANGE.
THE CHANGE IS NOW WE, UH, VOTE ON, UM, A MOTION OF THE DATE AND PLACE AND TIME OF THE NEW TIME OF FIVE 30.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
UH, CONSIDER DATE, PLACE AND TIME FOR WORK SESSION.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE KEEP THAT THE SAME.
THE THIRD WEDNESDAY, I MEAN THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH.
MONTH, UH, AT 5:30 PM HERE WHEN NEEDED.
OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND THAT WE KEEP THE SAME TIME AS, NO, THE TIME HAS CHANGED TO FIVE 30, UH, WHEN NEEDED ON THE THIRD.
YOU SAID FIRST, I'M SORRY, FIRST WEDNESDAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? HEARING? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION IS CARRIED AS WELL.
UH, CONSIDER ADOPTION OF CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2026.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
WE KEEP, WE HAVE THE, UH, ADOPT THE CODE OF EXODUS FOR THE BOARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. MASON? YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED, UH, 2.6.
CONSIDER ADOPTION OF BOARD RULES AND PROCEDURES OF 2026.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING MR. MASON? YES.
UH, BASED ON, UH, THE VOTE THAT YOU JUST TOOK TO CHANGE THE TIME, THE, THE TIME, THE STARTING TIME OF THE MEETING IS ACTUALLY PRESCRIBED IN THESE RULES,
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SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CHANGE THAT.OKAY? AND YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WANT HANDLE YOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TOO, OR PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE AT SIX TRADITIONALLY.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM AT SIX OR DO YOU WANT TO HOLD THEM? WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? SAY KEEP 'EM AT SIX.
I WOULD AGREE TO AT, I'D SAY KEEP THEM AT SIX.
DO WE, DO WE NEED A MOTION THAT OKAY.
WE'LL, WE'LL JUST REFERENCE THOSE CHANGES I MAKE AND THESE, UH, OKAY.
AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE VOTED ON THAT.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD RULES WITH THE CHANGE FROM FIVE TO FIVE 30.
IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPER SECOND THAT WE ADOPT THE BOARD RULES, UH, AND PROCEDURE WITH THE FIVE 30 NOTED.
CHANGE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED IN THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
UH, NUMBER 2.7, CONSIDER APPROVAL 2026.
BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE, SAME THING.
CHAIRMAN? YES, I, THE WE APPROVE THE 26 BOARDS, UH, SUPERVISOR MEETINGS WITH THE CHANGE FROM FIVE STARTING TIME FROM 5:00 PM TO 5:30 PM SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND, THAT WE DO THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE MOVING FROM FIVE TO FIVE 30.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR LET BE BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS APPOINTMENTS.
YEAH, THESE ARE, UH, THANK YOU.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, UH, THESE ARE REAPPOINTMENTS AND THE REASON THEY'RE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL DURING THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR, THE BOARD AGREED TO ALIGN THE TERMS OF YOUR GROUNDWATER MEMBERS ON A CALENDAR YEAR AND NORTH HAMPTON'S DOING THE SAME THING.
SO, UM, THIS WILL GET THEM ON A 12 MONTH TERM BEGINNING, UM, IN JANUARY.
DO WE HAVE TO DO THEM? CAN WE DO THEM COLLECTIVELY OR DO, DO THEY NEED TO BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY? DO YOU HAVE THE LIST? I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY YOU CAN'T DO 'EM COLLECTIVELY.
MAYOR CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT GRAYSON CHESTER, DANIEL SY, AND SUE MA.
SECOND THAT WE APPOINT GRAYSON CHESTER, DANIEL SY, AND SUE MAST, UH, TO THE GROUNDWATER COMMITTEE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE OTHER THOSE IN FAVOR? LETTER BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION IS CARRIED.
OUR AGENDA IS THE NEW BUSINESS.
CONSIDER ADOPTING AN EMERGENCY OR, UH, AMENDING CHAPTER 56 OF OUN COUNTY CODE ENTITLED MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC SECTION 52, UM, DASH SIX THEREOF.
UM, FIRST THING, THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I, I CONSIDER IT SORT OF A PROCEDURAL ISSUE, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED CHANGES TO SECTION 56 DASH TWO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE MOTOR VEHICLE FINES.
UM, THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ISSUES, UM, THAT WE HAVE FOR DECADES AND DECADES AND DECADES.
UM, THIS IS ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL HAVE 60 DAYS BASICALLY TO DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY ONCE YOU TAKE AND MAKE, ASSUMING YOU, YOU TAKE THIS ACTION.
UM, BUT FAILURE TO ADOPT THESE CHANGES EXPEDITIOUSLY COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF REVENUE FROM THE TRAFFIC RELATED FUNDS.
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? SO MOVED.
SECOND THAT WE ADOPTED AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING 50, UH, CHAPTER 56.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET TO BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS.
TWO WORDS, DISCLOSURE FORMS.
AND, AND JUST TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE BOARD, UM, TO THAT EVERYONE ON AT THE TABLE, THEY'RE ASKED TO COMPLETE THESE AND THEY HAVE TO BE IN TO MY OFFICE.
TINA IS, IS ROUNDING THESE UP BY FEBRUARY 2ND.
SO JUST APPRECIATE, UH, UH, YOU ALL PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER AND GETTING THOSE IN AS EARLY AS YOU CAN.
HAVE THEY BEEN DISTRIBUTED? I EMAILED AND I CAN GET A HARD COPY.
I COULD I GET A HARD COPY? THAT'LL WORK.
I'LL RUN UPSTAIRS SOON AS WE TO GIVE SOME HARD COPIES.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY THING.
MADAM TARA, I MOVED TO ADJOURNS SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LETTER TO BE KNOWN BY AYE.
THESE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.