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SEPTEMBER MEMBER,[Board of Supervisors on September 16, 2026.]
THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF MACK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE.
UH, I'D LOVE TO SEE, UH, THE CONSTITUENTS COME OUT.
I DO ASK IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONES, IF YOU PUT THEM ON MUTE OFF OR SILENCE THEM FOR ME.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE REVEREND MILTON PALMER BUNTING, WHO'S THE PAST, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION, AS WELL AS EASTERN SHORE, VIRGINIA, MARYLAND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
ALSO, HE'S PASTOR OF THE EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH TO COME FORTH TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION.
AND I ASK THAT YOU REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, ON HIS WAY UP.
I TAUGHT THAT YOUNG MAN WHEN HE WAS 10 YEARS OLD,
DEAR GOD, WE COME TONIGHT AT OUR COUNTY SEAT AS OUR GOVERNING BODY GATHERS TO LEAD AND DIRECT AND GIVE US UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTY.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD MEET ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM AND PROVIDE US WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO CARRY OUR COUNTY FORWARD.
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.
UM, REVEREND BUNTING, AT THIS TIME, WE DO ADOPT OF OUR AGENDA.
IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPER SECOND THAT WE ADOPT OUR AGENDA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
I THINK ALL OF US ARE HERE SO WE DON'T NEED TO CONSIDER OUR REMOTE, UH, PARTICIPATION.
THERE ARE PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I'M GONNA ASK OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY TO READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL NOT ADDRESS MATTERS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR FOR THE DAY.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL ADDRESS MATTERS ON THE CURRENT MEETING AGENDA.
HOWEVER, THE CHAIR SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO THE AGENDA ITEMS PROVIDED.
DOING SO DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE TIMELY AND ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS ON THE AGENDA.
NO INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR MORE THAN FOUR MINUTES.
THE CHAIR SHALL ALLOCATE THE TIME AMONG THE SPEAKERS IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER.
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN ON A SUBJECT AT A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL NOT BE AFFORDED, NOT SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO READDRESS THE BOARD ON THE SAME SUBJECT DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SHOULD BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY CONTACTING A BOARD MEMBER OR THE APPROPRIATE STAFF MEMBER.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING MUST PRESENT THE PRESENTATION 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE FOR REVIEW BY STAFF FOR APPROPRIATENESS.
QUESTIONS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR WHO WILL IN HER DISCRETION SOLICIT THE RESPONSE FROM THE APPROPRIATE PERSON.
PERSONS ADDRESSING THE BOARD SHALL NOT USE INAPPROPRIATE OR THREATENING LANGUAGE OR VERBALLY ATTACK ANY BOARD MEMBER OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
THE CHAIR SHALL DIRECT ANY PERSON WHOSE BEHAVIOR IS VIOLENT OR DISRUPTIVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING ROOM.
THE CHAIR HAS THE RIGHT AND THE DUTY TO MAINTAIN PROPER ORDER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE RULES.
THE FIRST PERSON WHO ASSIGNED TO SPEAK IS LINDA CAMP CLARY.
MS. CLARY, I WILL ASK YOU TO RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR RESIDENCE, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 17 RICHARDSON AVENUE, WA CREEK, VIRGINIA.
I PURCHASED MY HOUSE A YEAR AGO APPROXIMATELY.
MY REASON FOR SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT IS THE ROAD.
I TRAVELED TWICE A DAY WITH THREE BABIES RIDING IN THE BACKSEAT OF MY CAR.
VIRGIL IS THREE, SILAS IS TWO, AND CARMEN IS 11 MONTHS OLD.
THEY'RE SAFELY STRAPPED INTO THEIR CAR SEATS.
A GREEN LIGHT IS CROSSED ONLY AFTER I DO THE LEFT.
I WAS DRIVING, UH, IN NAS WADIS.
MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS WITH ME.
WE WERE AT THE RED LIGHT WAITING TO TURN NORTH, LEAVING NAS OTICS A BABY BLUE SEMI TOWING A FLATBED TRAILER WITH AN EXCAVATOR
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AND SUPPORT BEAMS. RAN THE RED LIGHT.HAD I NOT LOOKED LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, WE WOULD BE DEAD.
DELAY CROSSING 13 NORTH ON ANOTHER DAY KEPT US FROM ANOTHER POTENTIAL ACCIDENT.
NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC JUST PASSED ON.
C**K WAS SLOWED BY A THREE CAR WRECK, A VAN ACROSS BOTH NORTHBOUND LANES WITH THE MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE, PLUS A BLACK VEHICLE UPSIDE DOWN, A TOP OF A LITTLE WHITE CAR.
I HOPE NO ONE WAS HURT OR INJURED OR DIED THIS TUESDAY MORNING ON MY WAY SOUTH.
AFTER LEAVING MY GRANDCHILDREN AT DAYCARE, I WAS BEHIND A SOUTHBOUND SCHOOL BUS.
THIS BUS, UH, THIS WAS JUST, UH, SOUTH PARKLEY.
THE BUS PUTS OUT THE REDS TO STOP TRAFFIC ON THE FOUR LANE ROAD.
THERE IS NO HARD MEDIAN NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP.
DISPATCH SENT ME TO THE STATE FOLKS, NOT ENOUGH, UH, TROOPERS TO ENFORCE OUR STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAY.
I CAN'T RECOUNT HOW MANY RED LIGHT RUNNERS I'VE SEEN ON THIS ROAD.
TAILGATERS TWO NUMEROUS TO MENTION AND SPEEDERS TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE.
AS I MENTIONED, I'M A SEASONED DRIVER.
I DROVE A RENTAL RENAULT IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA WITH A THREE SPEED TRANSMISSION.
THE JERSEY TURNPIKE IN THE RAIN, 95 RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND BOB'S FARM ROAD AFTER HURRICANE BALTIMORE AFTER DARK AND 58 FROM EMPORIA TO NORFOLK WITHOUT A TICKET I WAS NEVER AFRAID.
I AM NOW OUR LOCAL ROAD IS TOO SMALL FOR SEMI-TRUCK SPEEDING THROUGH OUR TOWN, THRONGS OF TOURISTS, FARM EQUIPMENT, CHICKEN TRUCKS, AND SCHOOL BUSES, BUSES.
HOW SOON CAN THIS BE FIXED BY QUESTION.
THE SECOND SPEAKER IS DE DEBORAH MCCORMICK.
WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? DEBORAH MCCORMICK.
I'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU ALL BEFORE ON THE CELL PHONE ISSUE, BUT I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT TODAY.
UM, I HAVE AN ISSUE JUST LIKE MS. CLARY, ABOUT 13.
SHE'S TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE RUNNING LIGHTS FLYING DOWN THE ROAD.
WE NEVER SEE ANY COUNTY, UH, POLICE.
THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER SEEN A STATE TROOPER IS WHEN THERE'S A BAD ACCIDENT.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE HERE ON THE SHORE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE USING THIS ROAD.
UM, I PROPOSE, AND I I I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE ROAD SYSTEM HERE.
I KNOW THE STATE MAINTAINS THE ROAD 13.
IT IS OUR INTERSTATE AND IT'S POORLY MANAGED.
UM, WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY? AND THIS IS PROBABLY A STRANGE QUESTION TO ASK, BUT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
THE SEASHORE NEEDS MONEY DESPERATELY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES.
WE KNOW THAT THE RECESSION IS, IS DESTROYING THIS, THIS AREA.
WE COME OFF A BRIDGE DOWN HERE WHERE WE'VE PAID TOLLS.
WHY WE CAN'T USE THAT BRIDGE AND PAY LIKE A FEE ONCE A YEAR TO USE IT WOULD BE NICE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO A DOCTOR ALL THE TIME TO PAY, YOU KNOW, $22 EVERY TIME YOU GO OVER AND BACK AGAIN.
UH, WHY CAN'T WE PLACE TOLLS OUT HERE ON 13? CAN SOMEBODY ASK ME, ANSWER THAT QUESTION? WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A TOLL AT THAT END WHEN THEY COME OFF THE BRIDGE AND UP HERE IN MARYLAND, ALL THESE PEOPLE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE COULD GET A STICKER OF SOME SORT.
BUT THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS REVENUE TO COME IN FOR THE EASTERN SHORE TOLLS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO IT.
SOMEBODY SAID THE THE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL IS AN AUTHORITY.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT AN AUTHORITY IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN TELL ME WHAT THAT IS.
THEY SAY THE STATE DOESN'T OWN IT.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET AN EASY PASS, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL STATE EMPLOYEES.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT AN AUTHORITY IS? ACK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
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BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO OUT HERE ON THIS ROAD.ANOTHER ISSUE I I'D LIKE TO SEE, I CAME FROM THE, THE NANAW VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 81 IS ONE OF THE WORST ROADS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BEING KILLED.
TRUCKS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE LEFT LANE.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT HERE.
ALL THESE TRUCKS SHOULD BE IN THE RIGHT LANE AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE FLYING.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE A, A TRUCK GOING BY YOU IN A A 50 55 ZONE AND THEY'RE DOING 70 AND 75, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING WHERE TRUCKS ARE RESTRICTED TO THE RIGHT LANE.
IT MIGHT SLOW 'EM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A LAW HERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
UM, IF YOU ARE IN THE LEFT LANE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PASSING LANE.
IT'S NOT A DRIVING LANE, IT'S A PASSING LANE.
AND THESE TRUCKS SOMETIMES GET IN THE LEFT LANE AND THEY WON'T GET OVER.
OF COURSE, THEY PROBABLY CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT THEY NEED TO GET OVER.
BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME REVENUE BROUGHT IN TO THE EASTERN SHORE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE TOURISM WE GET EVERY YEAR.
AND IT SEEMS TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERY YEAR.
OUR NEXT SPEAKERS ARE BARNEY AND SHANNON SATELLITE GONNA SPEAK COLLECTIVELY.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO PASS PICTURES TO YOU ALL? WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE, LET, I'LL COUNT HIM.
ADMINISTRATOR, CHECK THAT OUT.
SO WE'RE, UH, SHANNON AND BARRY SATTERWHITE.
WE LIVE ON 1 7 3 9 5 BIG ROAD.
AND SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY ALREADY AWARE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF A NEW, SORRY, CHICKEN FARM.
NO, HE'S TRYING, HE'S TRYING TO GET THE TIMER RIGHT.
YOU SAY CHICKEN GOES, THAT'S A BAD WORD.
UM, AND I WILL ADD THAT IT'S FOR MOUNTAINEER THAT'S IN DELAWARE, SO IT'S NOT GONNA DO AKIMA COUNTY ANY REVENUE EXCEPT MAYBE PROPERTY TAX.
JUST A SIDE NOTE, UM, BASICALLY MY MAIN FOCUS TONIGHT WANTED, WANTED TO MENTION THE ISSUE OF SAFETY ON BIG ROAD AND HAVING THESE LARGE TRUCKS COME THROUGH, UH, RELATIVELY OFTEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, 80 TRUCKS, 80 CHICKEN TRUCKS EVERY 10 WEEKS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE SIZE OF THE FACTORY THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT ESSENTIALLY IN OUR BACKYARD.
UM, MY HUSBAND HAS MEASURED THE ROAD AND, UM, WE'VE MEASURED THE ROAD IN MULTIPLE SPOTS.
AND BIG ROAD IS PROBABLY THE SMALLEST ROAD ON THE SHORE.
AND SOME SPOTS ARE, YOU KNOW, 15 FOOT 11 AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST TRACTOR, THEIR TRAILER THERE, 10 FOOT.
WELL, LIKE, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, TAPPING MIRRORS IF THEY HIT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY MEET EACH OTHER, IF THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, MAY, IF YOU, UM, PASS A LARGER, LIKE F TWO 50 ON THAT ROAD, I MEAN, YOU'RE REALLY TIGHTENING UP, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE MEASURING THE CHICKEN TRUCK, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 50 TO 60,000 POUNDS PER TRUCK EVERY 10 WEEKS.
OUR BIG ROAD CAN BARELY HANDLE THE FARM TRUCKS.
AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S ALREADY A GRANDFATHERED CHICKEN HOUSE TO THE LEFT OF US THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE CAPACITY THAT THIS NEW PLACE THAT THEY'RE PRO PROPOSING.
UM, AND THOSE TRUCKS ARE TEARING UP THE ROAD AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE JUST FROM THE ACTUAL, ACTUAL CURRENT TRACTOR TRAILERS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ON THAT ROAD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, SO THE, YOU HAVE SCHOOL BUSES, YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
IF THIS TRACTOR, THESE TRACTOR TRAILERS ARE ON THIS ROAD, I JUST CAN'T SEE HOW AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO GET AROUND THAT.
IT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR MYSELF.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF, THERE'S SEVERAL CONCERNS, BUT THAT'S A BIG ONE.
THIS IS WHERE THE TRACTOR TRAILERS ARE RUNNING IN THE DITCH.
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SOME DOWN OVER ON.SO WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PRESENT OUR CONCERNS TO YOU GUYS AND, UM, YOUR CONSIDERATION OLDER ROAD.
AND I'VE TAKEN PICTURES OF LIKE, SOME OF THE, THE COLLAPSED S AND IF YOU GO RUNNING, YOU KNOW, 80 TRUCKS AT 50,000 POUNDS, THAT'S ALL COLLAPSE TRUCKS.
SEE HOW THEY FILLED IT GOING ACROSS THERE.
ARE THEY ADVOCATING AGAINST? SO THE DIRECTION ALSO WENT AND THE APPLICATION OF THIS APP, THIS PERSON, UM, THE DIRECTION THAT HE DESCRIBED FOR TO GET TO THE FARM, UM, HE'S TAKE, HE'S TAKEN THE TRUCK STRAIGHT THROUGH PARKLEY, RIGHT DOWN MAXWELL STREET.
AND, AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT TRUCK'S GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE A TURN, UM, ON THAT ROAD EITHER FOR THAT MATTER.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY ADVOCATING, OH, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
NO, MA'AM, SIR, WE DON'T CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE, SO WE'RE ASKING NOT TO HAVE THE CHICKEN HOUSE
NOT RIGHT NOW ON DAD'S PROPERTY HERE.
MY FOUR MINUTES IS PROBABLY UP, BUT JUST REAL QUICK.
HE, HE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR FOUR MINUTES IS.
WELL, HE LIVES, HE RESIDES IN DELAWARE, THIS APPLICANT, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHICKENS WILL GO BACK TO TOO.
SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT FOR THE COUNTY.
SO IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL REVENUE AS IF IT WAS A LOCAL PURDUE OR TYSON, IF YOU'LL, OKAY.
IS DONE? NO, NOT AT THIS POINT.
UH, NICOLE RE MSRE, WOULD YOU, UH, SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM? OKAY.
IT'S NICOLE RE 1 8 2 8 1 AIRPORT DRIVE IN MELVILLE, VIRGINIA.
SO LAST MONTH I STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU WITH MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE AKIMA COUNTY JAIL.
I STAND HERE AGAIN TODAY, AND I PROBABLY WILL BE BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
FIRST, LET ME START BY SAYING, I'M SO THANKFUL THAT THE SUMMER, THE HARSH SUMMER MONTHS IS OVER AND MOTHER NATURE HAS FINALLY BLESSED THEM WITH SOME COOL AIR, BUT THAT DOES NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE AT THIS TIME.
NOBODY'S ASKING TO SHUT DOWN THE JAIL.
THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT EVENTUALLY THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD.
RIGHT NOW, THE REQUEST IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
PROPER HEATING AND COOLING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BUILDING, NOT JUST IN SELECTED AREAS.
REGULARLY MONITORING AND DOCUMENTING INDOOR TEMPERATURES, A PROPER SEWER, WORKING SEWER SYSTEM, AND ELECTRICAL UNITS AND CLEAN WATER AND REPAIRING CHIP AND, AND PAINT, AND ALSO POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT THESE THINGS AREN'T HAPPENING AND THAT MAINTENANCE IS KEPT UP.
HOW A BUILDING IS USED IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO ENDURE, IGNORE THE CONDITIONS.
THIS BOARD HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN EVERY COUNTY OWNED BUILDING, AND THE JAIL IS NO DIFFERENT.
WHAT IF THE PROPERTY MANAGER OF A SUBSTANCE ABUSE USE TREATMENT FACILITY SAID WE DON'T HAVE TO FIX THAT BUILDING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE MADE BAD CHOICES AND THIS LED THEM THERE.
OR WHAT IF VDOT SAID, I DON'T HAVE TO FIX AIRPORT ROAD BECAUSE SHE COULD HAVE WENT ANOTHER WAY, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE USE OF SOMETHING DOES NOT DISQUALIFY THE PERSON FROM MAINTAINING IT AND KEEPING IT UP.
SO NEITHER EXPLANATION IS ACCEPTABLE AND THE SAME REASON IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
RESIDENTS ARE PROBABLY ASKING, WHY DID THIS JAIL REMAIN OPEN WHEN THERE'S A STATE OF ART FACILITY NEARBY? I ASK THIS BOARD TO SPEAK PLAINLY ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY REVENUE PLAYS IN THAT DECISION BECAUSE REV, IF REVENUE IS A FACTOR IN KEEPING THIS JAIL OPEN, THEN THE COUNTY OWES IT TO ITS PEOPLE THAT ARE HOUSED THERE TO MAINTAIN IT PROPERLY.
AKIMA COUNTY JAIL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST COUNTY OWNED BUILDINGS.
IT IS THE ONLY COUNTY OWNED BUILDINGS THAT OPERATES 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, WHILE HOUSING 110 PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
THIS COUNTY BUILDING THAT IS USED THE MOST RECEIVE THE LEASE, THE LEAST ATTENTION, THE LEAST FUNDING AND THE LEAST OVERSIGHT.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEADERSHIP SOMETIMES REQUIRE ADDRESSING DIFFICULT, UH, AND UNCOMFORTABLE ISSUES.
BUT WHETHER A COUNTY OWNED BUILDING IS SAFE SHOULD NOT BE A DIFFICULT ONE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE UNCOMFORTABLE, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE DEBATABLE.
EVERY PERSON INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING IS SOMEBODY'S CHILD, PARENT, SIBLING, OR LOVED ONE.
THEIR FREEDOM MAY BE RESTRICTED, BUT THEIR OMMUNITY
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HUMANITY DOES NOT END AT THE DOOR.AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IRONIC THAT WE BEGAN THIS MEETING WITH A PRAYER.
BUT LET ME ALSO GIVE YOU A CLOSE WITH A SCRIPTURE.
HEBREWS 13 AND THREE, REMEMBER THOSE IN PRISON AS IF YOU WERE IN THERE WITH THEM, AND THOSE WHO WERE MISTREATED AS YOU YOURSELF WERE SUFFERING.
I'M NOT ASKING THIS BOARD TO EXCUSE ANYONE'S CHOICES.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO ERASE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ASKING ACTIONS.
I'M ONLY ASKING YOU TO ENSURE THAT THE CONSEQUENCES DOES NOT INCLUDE UN UNSAFE, UNHEALTHY, OR, UH, DEGRADING LIVING CONDITIONS.
AND I WOULD CONTINUE TO COME EVERY MONTH.
UM, BUT I TRUST THAT THIS BOARD WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE.
AND OUR LAST PERSON WHO ASSIGNED APRIL BARNES.
UH, WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPOSED PROPERTY WHERE THE CHICKEN HOUSES WOULD BE.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THEY WOULD HOUSE UP TO 400,000 CHICKENS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE BROILER CHICKENS, WHICH INCREASES A LOT OF THE AMMONIA, AIR POLLUTION, STUFF LIKE THAT.
I FEEL, UM, BASED ON SOME STUDIES.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HERE TO ADDRESS TONIGHT IS THE, THE ROAD CONDITIONS.
NOW, I MEAN, THERE'S THE SHOULDERS, THERE IS NO SHOULDER.
AND WE USED TO LIVE ON THE CORNER OF MATTHEWS ROAD IN BIG ROAD.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE EAST END OF MATTHEWS ROAD, THERE WERE TRUCK TRAILERS GOING OVER THE WHOLE TIME.
I MEAN, THEY'D HAVE TO BRING RECORDS IN AND PULL 'EM BACK OUT.
UM, ALSO THERE WHERE, UH, BIG ROAD AND ST.
THOMAS ROAD MEET, THERE'S A REALLY SHARP CORNER.
IT GOES OVER THE DITCH THAT LEADS OUT TO, UH, THE, UM, CHESAPEAKE BAY.
THERE'S A BLOWN CORNER DEPENDING ON WHERE THESE TRACTOR AND TRAILERS COULD BE COMING OUT.
I MEAN, WHEN THEY COME, SOMEBODY COMES AROUND, THEY'RE TRAVELING.
I DON'T, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS OR NIGHT OR, OR WHAT.
I, I BELIEVE IT'S A REALLY BIG CONCERN AS FAR AS AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY MOTORCYCLES, YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE JUST AREN'T ALWAYS AWARE.
SO WHY ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN WITHOUT DISCUSSING IT AND TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? UM, I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH, UH, IN OPPOSITION FOR THIS.
UM, IT'S JUST RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
I CAN THROW, THROW A STONE RIGHT THERE TO WHERE IT IS.
AND LIKE I SAID, DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THIS, BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
UM, MR. HART, DID YOU SAY THAT WAS THE LAST ONE? THAT WAS THE LAST PERSON? UM, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
UM, ALL THOSE PERSONS THAT SPOKE, IF MIKE COULD RES, UM, RESPOND TO THEM, ARE PUT, PUT THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE CORRECT AGENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THEIR CONCERNS, MAYBE.
'CAUSE ALL ALL OF 'EM HAD VALID CONCERNS.
SO MAYBE LET HIM DO THAT IF HE DOESN'T MIND DOING THAT TO GET BACK WITH EVERY ONE OF THEM.
AND LIKE I SAID, EITHER REFER OR HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM OR WHAT, WHAT ANY OPTIONS THEY HAVE AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING FOR EACH ONE.
I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON, I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT'S CONSENSUS, COMMON CONSENSUS.
MIGHT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? OKAY.
I, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK MR. PARKS.
WELL, I'LL TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT.
I GOT MY NAME RIGHT THIS WAY TOO
UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS FROM MY DISTRICT FOR SHOWING UP ON THIS, BUT THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE THAN JUST OUR DISTRICT.
UH, OUR CURRENT, WE, WE, WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS IN THE POULTRY INDUSTRY HERE IN THE SHORE IN MACK COUNTY.
AND, AND I THINK GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WORK VERY HARD TO BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
HOWEVER, THOSE RULES SEEM TO BE BRINGING IN PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OUR AREA, WHICH THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO.
BUT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE COMPLIANCE RULES IN EFFECT TO PROPERLY MANAGE IT.
IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR AN INDUSTRIAL SIZE 400 TO 600,000 THAT I THINK THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR WAS FOR MORE CHICKEN CHICKENS, UH, WHICH IS 5,000 PER TRUCK WHEN YOU DO THE MATH TO COME INTO AN AREA ON A SECONDARY ROAD.
SO I'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH VDOT, MANY OF YOU, MANY OF LIKE MY CONSTITUENTS.
UH, I'M GLAD TO REPORT THAT TODAY VDOT ACTUALLY HAS WEIGHED IN AND MR. PAMPER MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THIS LATER AND IS REQUIRING A TRAFFIC STUDY ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
SO THAT WILL BE A NEW REQUIREMENT.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR CHICKEN HOUSES, DON'T LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION.THE VDOT PIECE OF IT IS ONLY FOR THE ENTRANCEWAY IN THIS CASE.
THIS ROAD IS, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD NOW WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ON IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S, MS. BARNES SAID IT'S A BLIND TURN.
SO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE ON OUR SECONDARY ROADS, AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT WHETHER THIS SIZE OF OPERATION IN THE FUTURE SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON OUR SECONDARY ROADS.
AND A MINIMUM THERE NEEDS TO BE A STUDY TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC AND SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR OF PARKS LEE SITTING IN THE BACK THERE.
I DON'T APPRECIATE HIM COMING, BUT, UM, THANKS TO ALL AND IT'S, IT'S A LEGITIMATE ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.
I TRY TO KEEP THIS AS PROFESSIONAL AS POSSIBLE SO WE NOT, WE'LL HAVE A DISPLAY OF, I KNOW YOU MIGHT BE GLEANING, GLEAMING INSIDE, BUT LET IT GLEAN FROM THE INSIDE.
UH, JUST A, A CONCERN WITH SURE.
UM, NICOLE RES, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, ON THIS TUESDAY, I WILL BE DOING A SITE VISIT AT AKIMA COUNTY JAIL.
AND I, I'VE ALREADY DONE A SITE VISIT.
I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK, UH, OTHER SUPERVISORS WHO ARE ABLE, UM, AT THIS TIME I'M NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE TO DO IT, BUT I, UH, GONNA CONFER WITH, UH, MY CONSTITUENT, WELL NOT CONSTITUENTS WITH MY BOARD MEMBERS AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.
MS. UH, MS. RE, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I AM, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I'M, I'M ALSO GONNA DO THAT AND THAT'S OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
UM, CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES, MOVE THEM SECOND IT FOR MOVING PROPER SECOND THAT WE CONSIDER THAT WE MOVE THE MINUTES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LETTER TO BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED PUT DOWN TO THE RECOGNITIONS.
AND WE WANNA WRITE, RECOGNIZE, UH, IT STAFF EXEMPLARY RESPONSE TO AUGUST THE THIRD, 2026, FIRE IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING IT.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE STEVEN BRADFORD AND ROBERT JOHNSON FOR DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL COURAGE, QUICK THINKING, AND COMMITMENT TO SAFETY.
DURING A RECENT WORKPLACE FIRE, WHEN THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN A LIGHT FIXTURE, STEVEN IMMEDIATELY TOOK ACTION AND SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, HELPING TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE AND PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THOSE IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
AT THE SAME TIME, ROBERT PROMPTLY CONTACTED 9 1 1 TO ENSURE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WERE NOTIFIED.
THEIR QUICK AND DECISIVE ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND DEDICATION TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THEIR COWORKERS.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP DURING AN EMERGENCY AND COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND BRAVERY.
AND THEY DO MORE THAN CHECK OUT AGAIN,
UH, WE'RE DOWN TO OUR CONSIDER AGENDA.
IS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, UH, UH, ITEM OUT? MADAM CHAIRMAN? YES.
I'D LIKE TO, FIRST, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? IS THAT PERMITTED? TAKE IT OUT AND YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTION.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE OUT THE CONTRACT FOR THE WHAT ITEM IS, I MEAN, WHAT IS ITEM 5.55.
UH, THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CONSIDERED AGENDA.
IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPER SECOND.
ALL OF THE, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED IN THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
WE HAVE TAKEN CONSIDER THE AWARD OF THE CUSTODIAL SERVICE OF DRER COUNTY.
WELL, MY OBJECTION OR QUESTION REALLY IS AT THIS POINT FROM READING THE CONTRACT, IT APPEARS THAT WE WERE HIRING A COMPANY FROM HAMPTON, VIRGINIA TO CLEAN OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
THE QUESTION IS, DID WE NOT HAVE ANYONE IN AKIMA COUNTY, WHICH IS A LOCAL BUSINESS, HIRING LOCAL PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK IN ACK COUNTY? I KNOW JOBS ARE IMPORTANT.
DID NO ONE APPLY? I CAN SAY TO THAT, UM, THEY DO HIRE LOCAL, UH, PEOPLE.
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OUT OF HAMPTON, AS YOU NOTED.UM, WE, UM, WE'VE CONTRACTED OUT THESE SERVICES FOR SOME YEARS NOW, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE INCUMBENT, UM, VENDOR.
AND, UM, THEY, UH, HAD A FOOTPRINT ON THE EASTERN SHORE STARTING AT, UM, NASA OPS FLIGHT FACILITY.
AND THEY HIRE, UM, INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN THEY PROVIDE, UH, WORK GROUP LEADERS AS SUPERVISORS.
UM, AND, UM, THEY'VE HAD A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF PERFORMANCE.
IN FACT, UM, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, DOES THE SERVICES IN THE MIMA COURTHOUSE WALKS TO WORK.
AND THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR EMPLOYEES.
ALTHOUGH THE, THE MAIN MANAGERS, UM, AT HQ ARE IN THE HAMPTON AREA, THEY, THEY DO HIRE LOCAL PEOPLE.
SO WE ARE EMPLOYING LOCAL PEOPLE FOR NATIONAL.
AND ALSO, LIKE I SAY, THEY, THEY, UH, THEY'RE A DI A DISADVANTAGED, UH, TYPE BUSINESS.
CAN I WITHDRAW MY OBJECTION TO NOW OR WELL, YOU COULD JUST MOVE.
DO YOU MOVE? OH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 5.5 FOR CONSENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
A ALL THOSE OPPOSED IN THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
WE'RE DOWN TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
UH, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE.
THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF, UH, MR. WEGEN.
WE MET ON SEPTEMBER THE THIRD OF 2026 TO REVIEW NEW POLICIES AND REVISED POLICIES OKAY.
THAT ARE LISTED, UH, ON THE AGENDA.
THE NEW POLICY IS 1 0 8 0.0 A DA GRIEVANCE POLICY, 2 0 7 0.0 TELEWORK POLICY, AND 5 0 9 0.0 ANNUAL LEAVE POLICY.
AND THE REVISED POLICY WAS 3 0 2 0.0 SMOKING POLICY, 3 0 3 0.0 DRUG ALCOHOL USE POLICY 3 0 7 0.0 MERIT TO THE CLOSING THREE 11 ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY.
AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I'LL, I'LL REPRESENT THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, TO ADOPT THESE, UM, UH, THESE POLICIES.
BUT THE HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR, WHO'S PUT THIS, WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER, IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DAWN PLATT, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
I CAN GO THROUGH, I CAN GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT ALL, ALL OF THEM.
OR IF YOU JUST HAVE QUESTIONS, I WOULD SAY HIGHLIGHT MANAGER.
I GUESS I WAS, I I WAS INUNDATED WITH THE TELEWORK, UH, UH, POLICY.
YEAH, I WAS SAY A SHORT BRIEF SYNOPSIS IS FINE.
UM, POLICY 1 0 8, THE A DA GRIEVANCE POLICY.
THIS POLICY IS NEW AND GIVES EMPLOYEES AND QUALIFIED APPLICANTS A FORMAL WAY TO REPORT DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION.
UM, IT REQUIRES THE COUNTY TO RESPOND WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIMEFRAME AND PROVIDES AN APPEAL TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IF SO NEEDED.
UM, THE TELEWORK POLICY 2 0 7.
THIS POLICY GIVES THE COUNTY FLEXIBILITY TO USE TELEWORK WHEN IT MAKES BUSINESS SENSE.
AND DURING EMERGENCY CLOSINGS, TELEWORKS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, EMPLOYEES AT TELEWORK ARE EXPECTED TO WORK THE SAME HOURS, MEET THE SAME PERFORMANCE AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN THE OFFICE.
IT WILL, IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL TELEWORK AGREEMENT.
DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? YEAH, BECAUSE I, TELEWORK POLICIES VARY FROM AGENCY TO AGENCY AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WOULD YOU, HOW DO YOU GAUGE UH, PERSONS WHO ARE WORKING, UH, REMOTELY? SO WE WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE MANAGERS.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THEIR COMPUTER TO, TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON, BUT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT MANAGER TO MANAGER AND THEIR WORKLOAD.
UM, FIVE OH, POLICY 5 0 9 IS THE ANNUAL LEAVE DONATION.
THIS WOULD ALLOW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL AVAILABLE LEAVE TO RECEIVE DONATED ANNUAL LEAVE FROM COWORKERS IN VERY RARE AND SERIOUS SITUATIONS SUCH AS CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR PERSONAL CRISIS, ALL REQUIRED, UM, ALL WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
WE DO HAVE A SICK LEAVE BANK, BUT EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT SICK LEAVE BANK UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR SIX MONTHS.
UM, ALSO WHEN THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SICK LEAVE BANK, THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN LEAVE FOR THE FIRST 15 DAYS.
AND SOMETIMES, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'VE ALREADY USED IT ALL.
SO THE PROCESS WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD COME TO ME, UM, WITH WHATEVER CATASTROPHIC OR PERSONAL CRISIS IS GOING ON.
UM, AND I WOULD TAKE IT TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR APPROVAL.
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UM, REVISIONS TO POLICY 3 0 2.WE HAVE UPDATED THIS POLICY TO INCLUDE VAPING AS WELL AS PROHIBITING SMOKING OR VAPING INSIDE ALL COUNTY OWNED AND COUNTY OCCUPIED BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND VEHICLES.
AND WITHIN 25 FEET OF ALL PUBLIC ENTRANCES, EMPLOYEE ENTRANCES, OUTDOOR INTAKES, AND OPERABLE WINDOWS THAT 25 FEET WAS AND THE VAPING WAS NOT IN THERE PREVIOUSLY.
UM, POLICY 3 0 3 DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE.
THIS POLICY WAS REVISED TO ADD MARIJUANA, CANNABIS OIL, AND CANNABIS OIL PRODUCTS.
EMPLOYEES MIGHT NOT POSSESS, USE ZELLE, DISTRIBUTE OR BE IMPAIRED OF THESE SUBSTANCES WHILE WORKING ON COUNTY PROPERTY AND COUNTY VEHICLES WHILE REPRESENTING THE COUNTY.
LAWFUL PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND WRITTEN CERTIFICATION FOR THE USE OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS FOR TREATMENT OR TO LIVE AT THE SYMPTOMS OF ANY DIAGNOSED CONDITION OR DISEASE DETERMINED IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA ARE PERMITTED WHEN PROPERLY REPORTED AND DOCUMENTED IN HR EXCEPT FOR CDL DRIVERS AND FEDERALLY FUNDED EMPLOYEES.
UM, POLICY 3 0 7 EMERGENCY FACILITY CLOSINGS.
SO WE UPDATED THIS ONE TO ALLOW CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS DURING EMERGENCY CLOSINGS.
ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES MUST STILL REPORT TO WORK AS DIRECTED WHILE NON-ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE APPROVED AND EQUIPPED CAN TELEWORK.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS CHILDCARE OR INABILITY DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS TO GET TO WORK AND WILL DEAL WITH THOSE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, THREE 11 ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR IT.
THIS POLICY INCLUDES IT'S ANNUAL REVIEW AND POLICY UPDATES, INCLUDING MFAS NETWORK ACCESS AND UNACCEPTABLE USE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES INFORMATION REGARDING, UM, AI AND POLICY COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN THREE 16 INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY.
THIS POLICY IS UPDATED TO INCLUDE RELEVANT WORDING AND REQUIRED LOCAL ELECTION SECURITY STANDARDS.
I ALSO, UM, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ALL OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS WILL BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE WHETHER THE POSITION IS ESSENTIAL OR NON-ESSENTIAL, AND ALSO STATE IF THE POSITION IS SUBJECT TO TELEWORK DURING EMERGENCY CLOSINGS.
AND THEN DURING OUR PERSONNEL COMMITTEE MEETING, IT CAME UP, UM, HOW WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE THE NEW POLICIES TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
AND I'VE WORKED WITH IT AND THEY'RE GONNA SEND IT THROUGH NO, BEFORE THE SAME PLACE WE DO ALL OUR OTHER IT TRAINING AND THEY CAN GET EMPLOYEES TO SIGN OFF ON IT.
AND THEN THE EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO EMAIL, WE'RE GONNA PRINT THOSE, UM, AND DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THOSE EMPLOYEES.
UH, MS. PLATT, I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS REVIEWED ALL THESE POLICIES AND, OKAY.
AND MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A MOTION.
YOU SURE? I'M READY FOR THE MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ON THREE NEW POLICIES AND FIVE PROPOSED REVISIONS.
NEW POLICY 1 0 8 DASH AADA A GRIEVANCE POLICY 2 0 7 TELEWORK PO TELEWORK POLICY 5 0 9 ANNUAL LEAVE DONATION POLICY REVISIONS ON 3 0 2.
SMOKING POLICY 3 0 3 DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE POLICY 3 0 7, EMERGENCY CLOSINGS THREE 11 ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THREE 16 INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY.
SECOND, IT'S REMOVING PROPERTY.
SECOND, THAT WE ACCEPT ALL THREE OF THOSE NEW PERSONNEL POLICY THAT WAS STATED, UH, BY, UH, SUPERVISOR CROCKETT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
OKAY, WE'RE DOWN TO APPOINTMENTS.
SEPTEMBER APPOINTMENTS, UH, EASTERN SHORE, VIRGINIA GROUNDWATER COMMITTEE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT WILLIAM FITT IN PLACE OF GRAYSON.
IT'S REMOVING PROP SECOND THAT WE REPLACE, UM, WELL, THAT WE WOULD APPOINT WILLIAM FITT ON THE GROUNDWATER COMMITTEE.
IT'S BEEN ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THERE BE NO BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED MADAM CHAIRMAN.
UH, THE TWO FOR THE AG AND FORESTAL DISTRICT, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THOSE TILL NEXT MEETING, PLEASE.
UM, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, UM, I MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT GERALD PITT TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD.
YOU CAN'T BE A FARMER EMPLOYEE OR
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A PRESENT EMPLOYEE.AND I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS A FARMER EMPLOYEE, SO HE COULD NOT SERVE.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IN HIS PLACE.
I'D LIKE, UH, TO MAKE A MOTION THAT LYNN MAP BE APPOINTED.
SECOND, MR. MOVING PROPER SECOND.
THAT LYNN MAP BE APPOINTED ON THE, I'M SORRY.
WHAT BOARD WOULD THAT? COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, THEY TO BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED AS WELL.
UH, CONSIDER APPROVING CHANGES TO THE COUNTY, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
MR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
CHARLES PRUITT, DIRECTOR PUBLIC STATE ACK COUNTY.
UM, TONIGHT I WILL BE GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW AND REQUEST, UM, THAT YOU BASICALLY ADOPT THE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN OR EOP.
UH, WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE, JUST LIKE OLAS EVERY FOUR YEARS, UM, TO HAVE OUR PLAN UPDATED, REVISED.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE MY, UH, DEPUTY, UH, DI DEPUTY, UH, COORDINATOR, SARAH MCWE, DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT THE EOP DOES IS, UH, UH, GUIDE PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR COUNTY OFFICIALS, UM, AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO WORK THROUGH A, UM, MANMADE OR NATIONAL DISASTER.
UM, I DID KNOW A FEW OF THOSE.
UM, STAKEHOLDERS? STAKEHOLDERS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SCHOOL BOARD AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
MR. MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS BOARD.
THERE WAS NO ACTION ITEMS. MADAM CHAIR? YEP.
MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CHANGES OF COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS PRESENT BY STAFF.
MR. MOVING PROPER SECOND THAT WE, UH, MOVE, UH, THE CHANGES TO THE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THANK YOU.
CONSIDER LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, UH, FOR 2, 2 6 9, UH, CENTER PARK PROPERTY.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, STEWART HALL PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES COUNTY STAFF HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROPERTY AND CONDUCTED BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR THE LICENSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1994 AND CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 2200 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE AND IS SITUATED ON APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF LAND WITH DUAL ROAD FRONTAGE.
THAT'S ROUTE 13 AND CENTER PARKWAY AND MACK PARK.
THE BUILDING IS A GOOD CONDITION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME MINOR ITEMS, THE COST OF WHICH THE OWNER IS WILLING TO CREDIT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE PRICE.
THE PROPERTY IS ASSESSED AT $362,100 AND THE OWNER HAS AGREED TO SELL TO THE COUNTY FOR 355,000 WITH A CREDIT, UH, FOR THE BASIC REPAIRS THAT I MENTIONED, RESULTING IN A FINAL PRICE OF $341,330.
COUNTY STAFF RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE SECURITY FUNCTIONALITY AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE COST FUNDING SOURCES AND TIMING ARE DETAILED ON THE, UH, ATTACHED, UH, BUDGET ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
THE APPROVED FY 27 APPROPRIATION FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL REPAIRS AND LEASE PAYMENTS, UM, WHICH, WHICH, UH, CONSISTS OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND $785 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
DELIBERATIONS FOR FY 28 STAFF WILL BE RECOMMENDED THE RECOMMENDING THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY, BUT I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD CHAIRMAN? GO AHEAD.
MR. UM, DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY, DON'T KNOW THE NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE HERE, BUT $475,000, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD NORMALLY PUT ON LIKE 20 YEAR MORTGAGE OR DO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH HALF A MILLION DOLLARS CASH OUT OF OUR BUDGET FOR THAT? YEAH, TT TYPICALLY WE DON'T HAVE A FINANCING INSTRUMENT FOR THAT, BUT, UM, IF, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
HOW, HOW WILL IT BE HANDLED THAT THIS A CASH, THIS IS, THIS IS A LEASE LEASE PURCHASE.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LEASING IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND PROMISING TO PAY THE REMAINDER OR THE PURCHASE PRICE, UH, NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
TYPICALLY, WE DON'T GO OUT FOR FINANCING ON AN ISSUE THIS SMALL.
UM, THE BOARD, UH, THE BOARD INITIALLY DURING THE FY 27 BUDGET, UH, DELIBERATION SET ASIDE, UM, $150,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANOTHER BUILDING.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE IN A NEGOTIATION, UH, FOR A, UH, FOR A STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WE ULTIMATELY COULDN'T, UM, ARRIVE AT A AGREEMENT ON THAT ONE.
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BUT SUCH ALSO IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE AND MUCH LARGER.UM, SO AGAIN, AS, AS, UH, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR HALL MENTIONED, WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UH, DUE DILIGENCE.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEWED IT.
WE THINK WE'RE THAT MY BASIC QUESTIONS, WE'LL, WE'LL BASICALLY COME UP WITH $300,000 ADDITIONAL MONEY TO PURCHASE IT OUTRIGHT.
THAT WAS REALLY WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GO WITH THE QUESTION.
UH, SU SUPERVISOR CROCKER, I HAVE A MOTION WITH YOUR MEDIC.
I MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 22,639 CENTER PARKWAY IN ACK, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY MINISTER, INTERIM COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND, THAT WE, UH, UH, DO THE LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OF, OF THE CENTER PARKWAY PROPERTY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE DONE BY AYE A ALL THOSE OPPOSED, AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED AND, AND MADAM CHAIR? SURE.
ONE ADDITIONAL, UH, ADVANTAGE, UH, THAT WILL BE USED TO MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT, AND IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEY WORK HAND IN HAND TOGETHER.
WE PURCHASED YOU ON GOOD LEASE.
UH, UH, TEN THREE, UH, REVIEW THE LANDFILL, NEXT CELL CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS AND RELATED CUFFS.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'D LIKE TO, UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON LANDFILL MATTERS AND, UH, ALSO DISCUSS, UH, AN OPTION THAT MIGHT SAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE LONG TERM FOR THE COUNTY.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, UM, THE FY 27, THE CURRENT BUDGET INCLUDES MONEY FOR THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THE NEXT, UH, LANDFILL.
AND, UH, WHICH ONE IS THE OKAY, WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.
YEAH, I THOUGHT IT LOOKED DIFFERENT.
SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE, UM, ON WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE LANDFILL AND, UH, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THIS OPTION.
AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE DEPOSITING WASTE AND CELL NUMBER SEVEN.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND IT'S EXPECTED TO REACH CAPACITY ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, BASED ON THE SITE LIFE REPORT, WHICH WAS DONE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UM, WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THIS SLIDE, I INCLUDED THE SENTENCE THERE, THE UPDATED SITE LIFE REPORTS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
WELL, I ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVED IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND WE ARE RIGHT ON TARGET.
THEY CAME UP WITH 2.43 YEARS OF LIFE, UH, REMAINING IN THAT CELL.
SO OUR PLAN HAS BEEN TO DO THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING THIS FISCAL YEAR TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW, UH, CELL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING, UH, FISCAL YEAR CLOSED THE, THE CELL THAT WE'RE FILLING RIGHT NOW.
SO EVERYTHING'S LAID OUT IN PROGRESSION AND IT ALLOWS TIME FOR DEQ REVIEW AND APPROVAL, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT HUNG UP WITHOUT A PLACE TO PUT THE TRASH.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANNA BE THERE.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S 300,000 IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR DESIGN AND PERMITTING.
UM, AND I JUST COVERED THE REMAINDER OF ITEMS THERE, SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO HERE IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A A PLAN VIEW OF THE LANDFILL.
UM, THESE AREAS ARE, ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY HERE.
THIS IS CELL SEVEN, WHICH WE'RE FILLING RIGHT NOW IS BOOMERANG SHAPE, UH, CELL, UH, THIS, THESE ARE CELLS EIGHT, CELL NINE.
THIS IS 10 AND 11, AND THEY HAVE A, A COMBINED REMAINING CAPACITY OF ABOUT 25 YEARS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER AREAS WE CAN FILL, UH, OVER HERE AND PIGGYBACK ON THE CELL SIX A, WHICH ADDIT SOME ADDITIONAL YEARS THERE.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR EVEN BEYOND THE 30 YEAR MARK AT THE LANDFILL.
SO WE'LL GET, GET INTO THE OPTIONS I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO OPTION NUMBER ONE IS TO KIND OF DO IT THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
UM, SO THE OPTION B DESIGN PERMIT CONSTRUCTS CELL EIGHT INDIVIDUALLY.
SO THAT GIVES ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF, OF SPACE TO, TO FILL WITH TRASH AND WOULD REQUIRE STARTING THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING, UH, FOR THE CELL AFTER THAT IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, THE OPTION THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH OUR, UH, DESIGN ENGINEERS WOULD BE THE CONCEPT OF COMBINING CELLS EIGHT AND NINE INTO ONE LARGER CELL AND DESIGN PERMIT, CONSTRUCT THEM TOGETHER.
SO INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS, WE'D BE LOOKING AT 10 YEARS OF AIR SPACE AND THAT WOULD, WOULD PUSH THE NEXT DESIGN AND PERMITTING, UH, OUT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
SO YOU'D BE LOOKING AT 10 YEARS.
SO IT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM SAVINGS.
SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT HERE IN A MINUTE.
WORRY ABOUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OVER 10 YEARS, UH, OF SAVINGS.
SO, UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT THE WORKING LIFE AND WE'D BE COMBINING EIGHT NINE INTO ONE CELL.
UM, SO IT'S ABOUT A MILLION THAT'S, THAT'S OVER 300,000 ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING BECAUSE THE LIFT IS VERY SIMILAR.
YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME DESIGN STEPS AND PERMITTING
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STEPS WITH DEQ AND SO FORTH.UM, AND ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE WITH LESS MOBILIZATIONS AND, AND GETTING THE WORK DONE SOONER WITH THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY, UH, THERE'S ABOUT 700,000 ESTIMATED BY THE ENGINEERS AND SAVINGS THERE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ECONOMY OF SCALE.
IT DOES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL BARRING, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL, WE'LL BE DOING MORE WORK, UM, THAN, THAN JUST THE, THE SMALLER CELL AID.
AND LOOKING AT SOME LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WE DIDN'T SEE ANY CRAZY, UH, TIPPING FEE INCREASES.
UM, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE OR LESS ON, ON THE, ON THE DOLLAR VALUES THAT YOU WOULD SEE OVER TIME ANYWAY WITH, UH, INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, HERE'S A TABLE THAT WAS PREPARED, UH, BY OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE LANDFILL BUSINESS A VERY LONG TIME, AND THE COUNTY'S BEEN WORKING WITH THEM OVER 20 YEARS.
SO, UM, CELL EIGHT AS A DISCREET UNIT.
UM, TOTAL COST HERE, UM, CELL NINE IS A DISCREET UNIT, BUT IF WE DO THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS THE NUMBER YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THE SAVINGS, AGAIN, OVER THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THE ASK FOR TONIGHT OF THE BOARD IS, UH, TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF SALES.
AND ALSO CONSIDER ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM THE FINANCING RESOLUTION, WHICH IS YOU, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO THE FINANCING RESOLUTION EITHER WAY, DEPENDING, BUT IT'S JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO, UM, I'M ASKING YOUR CONSIDERATION OF BOTH OF THESE ITEMS TONIGHT.
HALL, MR. HALL AND MR. DUNCAN MADE THIS PRESENTATION AT OUR SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND, UH, AND I WANNA, I WANNA COMMEND, UH, MR. HALL AND HIS STAFF FOR, THEY'RE VERY PROACTIVE TO, TO STRETCH THIS OUT TO 30 YEARS AND TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH, WITH A PROCESS OF SAVING US, UH, SAVING THE COUNTY A MILLION, MILLION DOLLARS, UH, WHILE THEY'RE, UH, WHILE THEY'RE DOING IT.
FOR THE PUBLIC, IF WE HAD TO PAY A PRIVATE ENTITY TO DISPOSE OF OUR WASTE, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
SO THIS WORK SAVES THE COUNTY TAXPAYERS A LOT OF MONEY.
AND MADAM CHAIR, WHEN YOU'RE READY, AS A MEMBER OF SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE BOARD, I, I'M READY FOR THE MOTION.
GO AHEAD, MR. JUST FOR MY IDENTIFICATION, UH, THE MILLION DOLLARS IS A COST SEGMENT.
I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE WHERE WE ACCOUNTED FOR THE CARRYING COST IN THE ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION.
DO WE HAVE PREFERENTIAL INTEREST RATES OR EITHER YOU OR MIKE CONNECT FOR THAT? COULD HAVE THREE, $3 MILLION DOES HAVE A COST TO IT? WELL, THE INTEREST RATES, THEY FLUCTUATE.
IT WOULD BE A BOND WOULD BE A FOR A BOND.
SO WE WOULD A, WE STILL HAVE, WE STILL HAVE A CARRYING COST IN THE ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION.
FOR THE 10 YEARS OR FOR, WHAT WOULD THE TERM BE? WHAT WOULD THE TERM BE FOR A BOND LIKE THAT 10 YEAR BOND? IT WOULD BE THE LIFE OF, OF THE SALE.
WE'D BE BORROWING THIS AMOUNT INSTEAD OF THIS AMOUNT.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE, BUT YOU GET TWO SALES ADDITIONAL.
SO YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL INTEREST COST OVER THE PERIOD AND THE CARRYING OTHER CARRYING COSTS.
I, I'M NOT CLEAR, WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL THIS, THIS THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN IN OKAY.
I JUST, I'M A MONEY GUY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE, BUT MONEY IS WHAT I DO.
I AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT THE TERM, WE TEND TO SET THE TERM BASED ON THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSET WE'RE CONSTRUCTING.
SO THAT THAT'S, THIS ONE WOULD BE BASICALLY 10 YEARS.
BASICALLY, BASICALLY THE BOND WOULD RUN OUT WHEN THE LANDFILL FILLS UP.
WE DON'T WANT, WE WANT TO, WHAT WE REFER TO AS A SMOOTHING OF THE TIPPING FEE TO TRY TO KEEP IT MODEST INCREASE OF THE PERIODS VERSUS ANY TYPE OF PLANNED ACTIVITY THAT CAN COST PRETTY JAGGED FLUCTUATE SINCE, AND SO THIS, THIS HAS CHECKED ALL THE BOXES.
I REALLY SAID I YOU LOOKED AT IT.
I I TRUST Y'ALL BOTH COMPLICIT EXPLICITLY ALL THREE.
AND, UH, I CAN I SECOND YOU, ROBERT? HE HAD MADE MOTION.
UH, MEMBERS, I MOVE THAT, THAT WE PROCEED WITH THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF CELLS EIGHT AND NINE AS THE COMBINED UNIT SECOND.
IT'S BEEN, I WAS WAITING FOR YOUR SECOND, LET'S BE MOVING PROPERLY SECOND THAT WE, UH, GO ALONG WITH, UH, GO AHEAD WITH THE LANDFILL, THE NEXT CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS THAT HAS BEEN STATED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DON'T HEAR ANY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED, WE NOW CONSIDER APPROVING REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION OR ASSOCIATED WITH SALE EIGHT AND NINE CONSTRUCTION FINANCING.
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HE JUST WENT OVER, HE JUST WENT OVER, HE JUST WENT OVER IT.AND BASICALLY IT'S A MOTION THAT IF WE HAVE TO PUT MONEY UP FRONT FOR THE DESIGN OKAY, THEN WE DO GO OUT FOR THE BOND.
SO WOULD THAT MOTION STAND? UH, I'LL DO IT NOW.
MADAM CHAIR, I AUTHORIZE THE ACCOUNT.
I MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO APPROVE THE ATTACHED REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION TOGETHER WITHIN THE EDITS RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SECOND MS. MOVING PROPER SECOND THAT WE APPROVE WHAT ROBERT SAID,
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSING, THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
I I JUST STOOD UP YOUR WAITING.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
I WANNA SOMETHING ELSE THOUGH, IF THAT'S OKAY.
YOU CALL ME, UM, MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GO OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER FISCAL YEAR, UM, 2026 UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, THIS IS A VERY DETAILED REPORT.
I'M JUST BRIEFLY GONNA DISCUSS THE SUMMARY AND AS YOU'LL LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL, THIS IS A LIST OF THE 15 TOP REAL ESTATE, I MEAN, TOP REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, THE LARGEST SOURCE OF COUNTY REVENUE IS REAL ESTATE TAX.
DURING FISCAL YEAR 2026, THIS COUNTY COLLECTED 99.9% OF THE ANNUAL PROJECTED REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE, DEMONSTRATING THAT, THAT THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS WERE ESSENTIALLY IN LINE WITH THE BUDGETED EXPECTATION.
THE SECOND SOURCE OF REVENUE IS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX.
DURING FY 2026, THIS COUNTY COLLECTED 102% OF THE ANNUAL PROJECTION PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE EXCEEDING THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS.
OVERALL REVENUES INCREASED BY 2.1%, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF $1,387,992 COMPARED WITH THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE FULL REPORT CAN BE FOUND ON THE BOARD DOCS OR THE COUNTY WEBSITE.
AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN.
QUESTIONS OF MS. LEWIS? MA'AM.
CHAIR MR. UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
UH, MIKE OR LESLIE, WE'RE IN A POSITION TO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE WILL HAVE FOR CARRY OVER.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BUDGET TIME NOW.
HAVE ANY IDEA? WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE NOT QUITE YET READY TO MAKE A, AN IT'S OKAY.
BUT WE WE'RE BUDGET, TRUST ME, I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION.
IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR I WAS TRYING TO FIND FUNDING FOR A SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
DIDN'T HAVE ANY, SO WE HAD TO GO ANOTHER ROUND.
WE'RE DOWN TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.
CHAIR MIKE MASON, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, MOST OF MY ITEMS TONIGHT ARE, ARE JUST REPORT OUTS.
UM, THE BOARD WILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON SOME OF THEM.
SO I'LL, I'LL JUST, UM, START AT THE TOP WITH, UH, AGENDA ITEM 11.1.
UH, THIS IS JUST TO REPORT OUT.
THE BOARD HAS BEEN BRIEFED NUMEROUS TIMES ON THE LATEST COUNTY CHILDCARE, UM, INITIATIVE, UH, WE'RE REFERRING TO AS THE FAMILY HOME-BASED CHILDCARE CAPACITY PROJECT.
THAT'S OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MINUS NINE TO FIVE.
JUST WANNA LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE STOOD UP DEDICATED PAGE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND THAT WEBSITE IS LIVE.
AND FOR ANYONE LISTENING OR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'S ISSU INTERESTED IN STARTING THEIR OWN HOME BASE, UH, CHILDCARE, UH, FACILITY, THAT WEBSITE PROVIDES ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE COUNTY AND MINUS NINE TO FIVE CAN HELP ASSIST IN THAT ENDEAVOR.
UM, THERE'S LINKS TO, UH, DIFFERENT PRE-APPLICATION THAT YOU CAN FILL OUT.
THERE'S THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND JUST E EVERYTHING YOU WOULD EXPECT TO FIND ON, ON A PAGE DEDICATED TO, UH, SETTING PARAMETERS FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS UP IN LIVE AND KEY DATES AND OTHER THINGS ARE ALSO, UH, LISTED ON THAT, THAT WEBSITE.
UH, THE SECOND THING, AGAIN, SORT OF, UH, SAME, SAME MAIN ISSUE OF CHILDCARE HERE, BUT THIS GOES BACK TO AN OLDER GRANT THAT THE COUNTY, UM, ISSUED A A A COUPLE YEAR, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UH, BACK WITH SOME COVID MONEY.
WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS TO INCENTIVIZE.
UH, IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED SOME CHILDCARE SLOTS TO BE CREATED IN AKIMA COUNTY.
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OF THE FOUR ENTITIES THAT RECEIVED THE GRANT, THIS WAS A FOURTH.AND THIS ONE HAS BEEN, UM, THE SLOWER OF THE
BUT I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THEY HAVE CONTAINED, UH, RECEIVED THE, THE SIX MONTH CONDITIONAL LICENSE FROM THE STATE.
UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS BEFORE I JUMP INTO A DIFFERENT TOPIC HERE? ALRIGHT, SO, UH, 11.3.
UH, THIS ITEM IS, UH, VACO JOINS COUNTY AND OPPOSITION OF VERIZON'S PLAN TO DECOMMISSION COPPER-BASED TELEPHONE SERVICES.
THIS IS, UM, THE, LET'S CALL IT THE LATEST REPORT OUT ON, ON THIS ISSUE.
UH, THE BOARD DISCUSSED THIS MATTER LAST MONTH, UM, AND ASKED STAFF TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS.
WHAT STAFF HAS DONE AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE IS A PRESS RELEASE.
UM, THAT'S GEARED TOWARDS AT LEAST CONVEYING THE BOARD'S CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND DIRECTING, UH, CITIZENS ON HOW THEY CAN COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE FCC ON THIS MATTER.
UH, THAT, THAT ARTICLE HAS BEEN OUT IN THERE FOR ABOUT PROBABLY A LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH.
UM, BUT SINCE THEN, UH, VACO, VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION COUNTY HAS JOINED IN THE OPPOSITION, UH, OF, OF THIS PLAN THIS MORNING WHEN I WENT TO THE FCC WEBSITE, THEY HAD 503 COMMENTS, UM, REGARDING THIS MATTER.
AND, AND ONE THING TO POINT OUT, THIS IS NOT JUST AN AKIMA COUNTY THING.
UM, IT ENCOMPASSES MULTIPLE AREAS IN VIRGINIA.
UH, MANY, MANY BOARDS AND COUNCILS OUT THERE HAVE TAKEN A POSITION IN OPPOSITION OF THIS.
UM, THE BOARD'S DISCUSSION POINTS AT YOUR LAST MEETING WERE VERY VALID.
UH, NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO CELLULAR SERVICE, UM, AND, UH, IN CERTAIN AREAS CAN BE VERY UNRELIABLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM AN EMERGENCY.
UM, TELE, UH, EMERGENCY CONTACT POINT OF VIEW.
UH, THE COUNTY BEING A RURAL COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE UNIVERSAL BROADBAND SERVICE.
THE COUNTY HAS COME A LONG WAY.
OVER THE YEARS, WE'RE IN AROUND 70 SOME PERCENT IN HOMES HAVING ACCESS TO BROADBAND IF THEY CHOOSE TO.
UH, THE GOAL IS, IS UBIQUITOUS COVERAGE AND THE BROADBAND AUTHORITIES WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL IN MACK COUNTY.
BUT STILL TODAY, NOT EVERYONE HAS BROADBAND.
SO IF THEY WERE TO LOSE, UH, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR COPPER LINE, EVEN IF THEY'RE STILL USING DSL, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS THERE IN TERMS OF STANDING UP A, A SERVICE ON BROADBAND.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE BROADBAND SERVICES.
SAME THING GOES TOWARDS, UM, STAR, UH, UH, STARLINK.
UM, THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROPERTIES IN MACK COUNTY THAT ON A MAP MAY SEEM LIKE, UH, THEY CAN USE SATELLITE SERVICES, BUT AGAIN, YOU NEED, UH, PRETTY MUCH UNOBSTRUCTED, UH, DIRECTION TO THE SKY TO, TO GET THOSE SERVICES IN A RELIABLE MANNER.
AND AGAIN, NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT.
SO THE, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE THING IS, IS THAT DSL STILL FOR SOME VERY RURAL AREAS IN AKIMA COUNTY, IS ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY SERVICE OUT THERE THAT PROVIDES THAT SORT OF LIFELINE OF COMMUNICATION THAT'S RELIABLE.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THOSE POINTS WERE CONVEYED IN THE PRESS RELEASE.
I BELIEVE THE FCC COMMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED.
UM, HOWEVER, WHEN I CHECKED THIS MORNING, THEY WERE STILL POSTING COMMENTS.
UM, THEY WERE DATED AS OF YESTERDAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, UM, YOUR COMMENTS AND MANY CITIZENS' COMMENTS FROM THE EASTERN SHORE ARE OUT THERE ON THAT WEBSITE.
MADAM CHAIR, I, I KNEW YOU ONCE MR. FAR.
YEAH, I AND MR. MASON, I'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE CONSTITUENT TELL ME THEY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE FCC THAT TOLD 'EM THEY WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT THEY, SO I DON'T, I I ASKED FOR THAT LETTER.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS AT LEAST A GOOD SIGN THAT THEY MAY BE WEIGHING IN TO PRESERVE THESE SERVICES IN SOME AREAS.
YEAH, I, I'M NOT, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT LETTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IF I GET IT.
YOU'LL BE FIRST TODAY, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
UM, MR. HU, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UM, MACK SHOULD BE PROUD.
UM, THE COMMENTS THAT MACK MADE, WHAT MIKE SENT ON UP, UH, VACO USED THEM AND INCORPORATED THEM GOOD.
TRYING TO GET, UM, THE OTHER 94 COUNTIES TO JOIN IN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY WERE, BUT THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO GET ALL 95.
BUT MACK, UH, WAS ONE OF THE KEY ONES IN THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.
UH, THE FINAL TWO ITEMS, UM, ARE JUST INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, CERTAINLY THE BOARD IS INVITED AND WE CERTAINLY AS THE STAFF WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE OF AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EVENT IS COMING UP.
IT'S OCTOBER 2ND, IT'S GONNA BE AT SAWMILL PARK FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM HOPE THAT, UH, MANY OF
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YOU CAN ATTEND.UH, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT LAST YEAR AND WE'RE EXPECTING, UM, THE SAME THIS YEAR.
UH, 11.5 IS ITS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, UM, MONTH FOR, FOR, FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, YOU'RE GOING, IF YOU COME BY ON FRIDAYS, YOU MAY SEE SOME FOLKS IN HAWAIIAN SHIRTS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A, AN EVENT THAT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED BY OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO WISH TO WEAR A WINE SHIRT ON ON FRIDAYS CAN DONATE MONEY, HAVE TO DONATE MONEY
AND IT'S JUST A, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING.
IT, IT LIVENS UP THE OFFICE AND IT, IT CERTAINLY SUPPORTS A GOOD CAUSE.
AND JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, THAT WAS, UH, AN IDEA FROM AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SEEMS TO BE WELL RECEIVED.
UH, 11.6, UM, IS SORT OF MY CATCHALL OTHER ITEM.
UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO START THINKING ABOUT, UM, I'VE ALREADY ASKED YOU TO SCHEDULE A WORK SESSION AND YOU HAVE FOR, UH, DISCUSSION OF, OF WASTEWATER AND, AND WATER MASTER PLANNING FOR THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE COUNTY.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE FOR YOU, NOT, NOT TONIGHT, BUT JUST BE THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR YOUR COUNTER IN THE FUTURE.
TYPICALLY, UH, LATE FALL IS WHEN THE, THE BOARD STARTS, UM, THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANS AND, AND REVISIONS TO ITS CURRENT PLAN.
UM, AND WE TYPICALLY, UH, SCHEDULE A SPECIAL, UH, MEETING TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, OR, OR WE HAVE IT ON, ON YOUR DESIGNATED, UH, FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH FOR YOUR WORK SESSION.
UH, I'M NOT, NOT THROWING OUT DATES QUITE YET, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR AND, UH, BE, BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING TOPICS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT FRANKLY HAVE COME OUTTA LEFT FIELD, UM, THAT I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO.
AND, UH, I THINK HAVING A, A RETREAT OF SOME MANNER TO REALLY RE REFOCUS AND SET NEW PRIORITIES IS, IS WIDELY NEEDED.
MADAM CHAIR, UH, MR. CROCKER FIND A BETTER WORD THAN RETREAT.
IT IS NO VACATION OR BERMUDA SHORES.
THIS IS SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AND, AND, AND PUTTING DIFFERENT IDEAS ON A BOARD AND AND EXACTLY.
AND TRYING TO FORMULATE SOME STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR STAFF TO CARRY OUT.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
IF THE COURT HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OF OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR? IF NOT, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I GET THE SAME MOMENTS.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO ME 'CAUSE SHE CAN'T REMEMBER MY NAME.
SUPERVISOR CROCKETT? NO, MA'AM.
SUPERVISOR JOHNSON, VICE CHAIR.
I, I COURSE I CAN'T PASS THAT UP.
I MAY BE OUTTA LINE, SO I WOULD REFER TO YOU TO CORRECT US.
BUT, UM, GIVEN THAT VDOT HAS IN ESSENCE SET A PRECEDENT WITH THE FOLLOWING THE THEME OF THE EVENING, WHICH WAS HEAVILY ON TRANSPORTATION, UM, SINCE VDOT IN A WAY, HAS SET A PRECEDENT OF THE REVIEW OF A MAJOR CHICKEN OPERATION ON A SECONDARY ROAD, UM, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR FOR THE COUNTY TO DO A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT A COUNTY REQUIREMENT FOR ANY CHICKEN OPERATION ON A SECONDARY ROAD OR MORE THAN A MILE FROM THE MAIN ROAD THAT'S PERMISSIBLE.
THAT A MOTION? THAT WAS A MOTION.
SECOND, UH, AS FAR AS MR. PARKSON MOTION IS CONCERNED, ANY FURTHER? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
I DID YOU, UH, MR. JACKIE? UH, NOTHING ADDITIONAL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE INDULGENCE.
IT'S A LEARNING CURVE AND YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
AND THE CHAIR DOESN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ITEMS. MOVE IT.
IT'S BEEN MOVE PROPER SECOND THAT WE MOVE OUR BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ITEMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THOSE DE FURTHER LETTER.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED IN THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED
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PARABLES.WE, IT'S A MOTION TO SECOND THAT WE PAY OUR BILLS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOW BY AYE.
AND I THINK WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, UH, THOUGH BE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS AFTERWARDS OR WE'LL JUST COME BACK AND ADJOURN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK FOR THAT, FEEL FREE.
BUT, UH, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION.
I MAKE A MOTION WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUIT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1, A SEVEN AND EIGHT FOR CONSTELLATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
PERTAINING TO
CONSULTATION OR BRIEFING IN OPEN MEETINGS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATION AND LITIGATION POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY AND FOR LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING A PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE.
UH, MS. JOHNSON, YOU'RE OUTTA ORDER.
WHERE IN SUCH LITIGATION OR BRIEFING AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATION AND LITIGATION POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY AND FOR LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE PERTAINING TO CONDITIONS OF THE MACK COUNTY CHIEF.
SECOND, MR. MOVING PROPER SECOND THAT WE GO ENCLO SESSION FOR THOSE ITEMS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALTHOUGH IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOW BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.
I ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPENING MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER VIRGINIA LAW.
AND I ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED FOR HER, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND, THAT ONLY THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION WAS, UH, ONLY THING WE DISCUSSED.
AND WE'LL DO THAT BY AFFIRMATION OF BO BOAT SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON.
AND SUPERVISOR MAJOR SAID YES.
THAT BRINGS US ASIDE THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THEN MOTION.