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EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.THE HOUR HAS ARRIVED FOR US TO COMMENCE OUR JULY THE SECOND 2024 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING FOR THE COUNTY OF SURY.
AND WE ARE ELATED THIS EVENING TO HAVE, UH, DR. JAMES HARRISON, THE EXTE PASTOR OF THE MAIN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, SMITHFIELD, VIRGINIA, AND A NATIVE SON OF SURY COUNTY TO COME AND LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT.
WE INVOKE THY SPIRIT PRESENCE IN ALL THE BOARD PROCEEDINGS TONIGHT.
AND MAY IT BE SO THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOUR WILL IS.
WE WELCOME THY KINGDOM AND MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
YOUR EYES RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH IN ORDER TO SHOW YOURSELF STRONG BECAUSE OF ALL WHOSE HEARTS ARE PERFECT TOWARDS YOU.
MAY WE AS LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY BE NAMED AMONG THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE PERFECT TOWARDS YOU.
THANK YOU FOR CARE AND PROTECTION OF OUR FAMILIES, OUR HOMES, OUR INSTITUTIONS OF SERVICE DURING CHALLENGING TIMES.
MAKE US MORE AWARE AND COGNIZANT OF NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE SACRED TEXT, AND TO OBEY THOSE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER US.
ONLY AS YOU GIVE THEM THAT SAME AUTHORITY.
IT IS YOU WHO HAS ESTABLISHED EACH BOARD MEMBER, EACH LEADER IN HIS OR HER PLACE FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALL PEOPLES.
GUIDE THE THOUGHTS OF EACH, ESPECIALLY THE NEWLY ELECTED IN ORDER TO FIT THE DESIGN OF A PATH THAT YOU, OH GOD HAVE CREATED FOR THE COUNTY.
WE BELIEVE NOW HELP US TO LIVE OUT THAT BELIEF OFFERING OUR VERY SELVES TO BE LIVING SACRIFICES.
THIS BEING OUR SPIRITUAL WORSHIP AWAKENED AND REAWAKEN IN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND OUR SENSIBILITIES.
THE SERIOUSNESS OF ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT LOOM OVER THE COUNTY, EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTY.
BACONS CASTLE, SURY, CARSLEY DRON IN EVERY PLACE HELP US, OUR GOD, TO BE FAITHFUL IN THE SERVICE THAT WE GIVE.
AND NOW WE ARE GRATEFUL ONCE AGAIN FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, THIS TASK APPOINTED TO US.
THAT US ALWAYS BE MINDFUL AND COGNIZANT OF THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE, THE POOR, THE INDIGENT, THE OPPRESSED, THE SICK, THE AGE AND THE ORPHANS, AND ALL THE SUCH AGAIN PLACED IN OUR GRASPS AND OUR GRIPS, THE RESOURCES TO DO THIS WORK, EVEN AS IT IF IT MEANS PERSONAL SACRIFICE IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO SUSTAINS US ALL.
WE CERTAINLY WANNA THANK DR. HARRISON FOR THAT INSPIRATIONAL INVOCATION.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE DO CALL OUR MEETING OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
MAY WE OBSERVE NOW A MOMENT OF SILENCE? THANK YOU.
LET US STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR PLEDGE, ALL TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, ANOTHER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
GOOD EVENING TO ALL AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE BEFORE US THE AGENDA FOR OUR MEETING ON TONIGHT.
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OUR CONSENT ITEMS, OUR NEW BUSINESS COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT AND REPORTS.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA? AND IF THERE BE NONE, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
BOARD MEMBERS FOR OUR CONSENT.
WE DO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF OUR DRAFT BOARD MINUTES FROM, UH, JUNE MEETING OF RESOLUTION FOR OPIOID SETTLEMENT.
WE DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR, UH, 24 YEAR 24 BUDGET, UH, INSURANCE PROCEEDINGS PROCEEDS THAT WE RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
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FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUMMER WORKFORCE PROGRAM EXTENDING OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY.WE KNOW THAT, UH, JULY THE FOURTH IS ON, UH, THIS THURSDAY.
WE, UH, EXTENDED THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR THAT FRIDAY.
ALSO, UH, FFY YEAR 25, OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR STATE REVENUE ACCOUNT BOARD REIMBURSEMENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR CONSENT ITEMS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR ADOPTION FOR OUR CONSENT ITEMS. SO MOVE, HAVE A MOTION EVERY SECOND.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN PROPERTY MOVED.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? I CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
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OUR NEW BUSINESS AND WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNTY STAFF TO PRESENT OUR NEW BUSINESS ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN PIERCE BOARD MEMBERS, MS. PERKINS AND MR. HARRISON.
AND GOOD EVENING TO ALL WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SURREY COUNTY CORPORATE EXTENSION AND THE COUNTY OF SIR.
UM, THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES PROVIDES PROVISIONS FOR ENGAGEMENT IN HELPING EXTENSION AGES DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR AGE DEVELOPMENT, FAMILY AND CONSUMER SERVICES AND COMMUNITY VIABILITY TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE MOU IS TO ESTABLISH A MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN VCE AND THE COUNTY OF SRE RELATED TO VIRGINIA CORPORATE EXTENSION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS, PERSONNEL AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
PART PARTICULARLY EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON COMMUNITY VIABILITY.
THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ECONOMIC VIABILITY BY CREATING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO ALLOW CITIZENS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO RESPOND TO LOCAL ISSUES.
SO THIS, THIS MOU BOARD MEMBERS, SO THAT YOU, UM, WOULD BE AWARE, IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, APPROVED FOR ALL LOCALITIES WHO DOES HAVE, UH, VEC PROGRAMS IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.
THIS PARTICULAR MOU HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY IN A NUMBER OF, IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO WE ARE ASKING YOU ALL TONIGHT TO CONSIDER THE MOUI DO WANNA STATE THAT IT DOES OUTLINE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND COMMUNITY NEEDS OF THE COUNTY AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR AGRICULTURE, OUR, UM, FARMING COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS ONE OF THE, UH, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SO WE ARE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS MOU SO THAT VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR FARMERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, IN ADDITION TO, UH, STAFF AS NEEDED TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. SO, UH, I WANNA THANK MR. PIERCE FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND, UM, ALSO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD TARGETED SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT'S INDICATED IN THE MOU.
SO WITH THAT STATED BOARD MEMBERS, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE THE MOU BETWEEN SE VIRGINIA CORPORATE EXTENSION AND THE COUNTY.
AND AFTER YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND AFTER YOUR ACTION TONIGHT, WE DID ASK VIRGINIA CORPORATE EXTENSION, OUR SUR OFFICE TO COME FORTH AND THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.
SO UNDERNEATH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, WE'LL COME AND ASK THEM JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE VEC ACTIVITIES IN SURREY.
THANK YOU MS. ROWLAND, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THE MOU THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING BETWEEN, UH, THE SIR CORPORATE EXTENSION AND THE COUNTY OF SUR? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MR. CHAIR? MR. PIERCE? I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, JUST WANNA THANK, UH, UH, STAFF AS WELL AS, UH, CHICKEN CROP EXTENSION STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS AND, UH, COLLABORATION TO, UH, FOR THIS MOU.
HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS WILL BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO OUR COUNTY, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR COMMENTS ON THE MOU? IF THERE BE NONE, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE REC RECOMMENDED ACTION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SIRI, VIRGINIA CORPORATE EXTENSION AND THE COUNTY OF SIRI.
MR. PIERCE, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SIR VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND THE COUNTY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IF IT BE NONE? ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTE TO SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? THE MOU HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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YES.THE SECOND ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS A PROPOSED SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN SOME EXTENT IN ONE OF YOUR WORK SESSIONS.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY USING, UM, BAY DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR SERVICING, UM, CONTAINERS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THEY INCLUDE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SUR PARKS AND RECREATION, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE SURRY PARKS AND RECREATION D SITE, AND OUR EMERGENCIES OPERATIONS CENTER.
THE COST FOR SERVICING THESE LOCATIONS, EXCLUDING THE TIPPING FEE THAT IS PAID BY THE COUNTY IS ROUGHLY 4,800, UH, $4,180 PER MONTH OR $50,000 ANNUALLY.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A COST INCREASE THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST IF WE ELECTED TO GO, UH, STAY WITH BAY DISPOSAL.
AND THAT COST WOULD INCREASE FROM, FROM, UH, THE 4,180 PER MONTH TO ROUGHLY $5,810 PER MONTH, OR SIX TO $9,720 ANNUALLY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT IS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED A SECOND PROPOSAL FROM WASTE KNOT.
WASTE KNOT IS A LOCAL FAMILY OWNED WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OUT OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, TO SERVICE THE COUNTY, UH, LOCATIONS AS I JUST ENUMERATED.
UM, AT THE MAY WORK SESSION, CONSENSUS WAS RECEIVED ON ELIMINATING THE TIPPING FEE THAT THE COUNTY CURRENTLY PAYS TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR TO DISPOSE OF WASTE GENERATED IN THE COUNTY.
AND THAT'S FOR BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL WASTE.
THIS ALONE WILL RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $36,000.
THE PROPOSAL FROM WASTE KNOT TO SERVICE THOSE CONTAINERS IS $4,555 A MONTH, OR $54,660 ANNUALLY.
THIS INCLUDES, UH, THE TIPPING FEE THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WASTE, NOT SO THE ANNUAL COST WOULD BE, UH, $15,660 LOWER.
SO, UH, MR. MOORE IS HERE IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE ARE ASKING, UM, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TONIGHT TO AUTHORIZE, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT PER REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO UTILIZE WASTE KNOT TO SERVICE COUNTY OWNED FACILITIES AT A COST OF ROUGHLY $54,660 ANNUALLY.
UH, AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE CAN SEE SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IF WE WERE TO CHANGE COMPANIES.
THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS, UH, THE COMPANY THAT WE ARE SWITCHING TO, MR. MR. UH, MOORE, MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE US A LITTLE INFORMATION ON THAT COMPANY.
AND, UM, I WAS, UM, I UNDERSTAND THEY PICK UP IN CLA MOUNT NOW THE RESIDENTIAL WASTE AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SHE READ ON HERE IS WHAT I HAVE OKAY.
AND I TALKED TO, UM, ELLIOT TODAY AND HE SAID, UM, IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HE MAKE THE ANSWER BE AVAILABLE BY PHONE RIGHT.
SO WE DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE A REPUTABLE COMPANY.
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE.
FOUR MEMBERS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN ELLIOT? I JUST HAVE ONE.
IS THIS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT OR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT? THREE.
AND DID YOU SAY THAT THE CLAREMONT RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY WITH YES, THEY'RE SO FAR.
AND, AND I CAN ALSO ADD TO, UM, BOTH OF YOU ALL'S INQUIRY ON THAT, UM, BECAUSE I KNEW THEY ACTUALLY SERVE AS PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
UM, AND I REACHED OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR THERE AND I DID GET A RESPONSE AND HE INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE NO ISSUES WITH WASTE KNOT, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC INPUT HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE AND THEY ARE A CORPORATE SPONSOR TO SEVERAL EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
SO, SO FAR HE SAID, SO, SO FAR SO GOOD FROM A LITTLE STARTUP BUSINESS THAT COULD IS, IS THE RESPONSE FROM MY COUNTERPART IN, UH, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE, AGAIN, THE, THE COST SAVINGS THAT WE REALIZED, UM, FROM UTILIZING THEM.
UM, AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE COMPANY THAT THEY, THAT THEY, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING DID STRESS THAT THE MODEL FOR THEM TO BE IN SIRI AND HAVE TO, UM, GO ALL THE WAY TO WAVERLY TO DISPOSE OF ICE TRASH IS REALLY NOT A GOOD WORKING MODEL FOR THEM.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE SURPRISED OF THE COUNTY'S DECISION, UM, TO MOVE, UM, TO A DIFFERENT COMPANY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, UH, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, MR. MR. COW, I KNOW THE BAY DISPOSAL PICKS UP, UM, RESIDENT TRASH.
IS THAT CONTRACT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE AGREEING? UH, WHAT WE'RE ENTERING IN HERE? UM, SO, UM, SO THE, THE CONTRACT THEY HAVE IS, IS WITH INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.
SO ANY RESIDENT WHO WANTS TO USE BAY DISPOSAL CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, I HEARD THAT THEY REALLY WEREN'T ACCEPTING NEW, UM, RESIDENTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS FOR SURE, MR. MO, YOU MAY KNOW, KNOW.
UM, BUT THOSE, THOSE WHO CURRENTLY USE THE SERVICE CAN ELECT TO
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CONTINUE TO USE THEM, BUT THE COUNTY DOES NOT CONTRACT WITH THAT.THE ONLY THING THAT WE WERE DOING WAS PAYING THEIR TIPPING FEE, WHICH WE NO LONGER PAYING.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SEPARATELY AND DOES WASTE NOT, WOULD THEY COME AND DO RESIDENTIAL? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND AS WELL THAT, UH, THEY DOES NOT TAKE ON NEW CUSTOMERS.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY IN TOUCH WITH OUR FRANKLIN INDUSTRY OWNER TRAILER FOX OUT HERE, SIR.
THEY ALREADY CONTACTED THEM, TRY TO GET WITH THEM.
I GUESS THEY HAVE IT THEIR OWN, SO WE ACCOUNT WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING OUT ON THE WEBSITE OR SOMETHING.
AND, AND I THINK WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY JUST TO SAY THAT WASTE KNOT IS ANOTHER OPTION FOR RESIDENTS.
AND THEY CHOSE TO USE THEM, SO.
UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THEY WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH US SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
YOU DID TELL ME ELLIOT, UM, KURT, HE'S THE PRESIDENT.
HE SAID THEY GONNA PUT, UM, THEIR LITERATURE OUT THERE.
CAN MAKE A COMMENT, MR. CHAIR FOR MAY.
OH, JUST REAL QUICK, MR. MOORE WANNA TELL YOU, GOOD DROP.
UM, REAL QUICK, UH, I'M REAL OBSERVANT.
I KNOW SOMETIMES I TELL MY KIDS WHEN GET TO THE LANDFILL, MAKE SURE ROAD THE WINDOWS UP TO THE CAR TO PREVENT THE FLASH FROM GETTING IN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAIL, MAN, NOTICE IT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UM, STATIONS THAT THE FLIES ARE LIMITED DOWN WITH ALL TRASH.
I DON'T THINK EVERYONE PAYS ATTENTION TO STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT I, YEAH.
SO I WANTED TO JUST SAY GOOD JOB AND CONTINUE GREAT WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
YOU HAVE TO DO THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S JUST FOR THE BOARD RIGHT NOW, SIR.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A REQUEST FROM, UH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER A CONTACT WITH, UH, WE KNOT, UH, ASKING FOR AN APPROVAL FOR HER TO ENTER IN THROUGH THIS CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
CAN WE GET A MOTION, MR. CHAIR? MR. PIERCE? I MOVE THAT THE COUNTY, UH, RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT PER REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO UTILIZE WASTE NINE INC.
TO SERVICE COUNTY OWNED FACILITIES AT A COST OF $54,660 ANNUALLY.
THANK YOU MR. PIERCE, FOR THE MOTION.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
WE NOW HAVE, UH, A THIRD NEW ITEM BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS ITEM, UH, SUSSEX SERVICE AUTHORITY CONTRACT.
SO, UH, THE SUSSEX SERVICE AUTHORITY, UH, MAINTAINS FIVE WATER SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT SURY COUNTY.
IT IS THE TOWN OF DND, UH, WATER SYSTEM, THE SARA WEST BUSINESS PARK, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND GRACE CREEK MARINA, AND PROVIDES A NUMBER OF SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE MAINTAINED IN COORDINATE WITH STATE REGULATIONS.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR WATER IS SAFE.
A CONTRACT TO HAVE SU SERVICE AUTHORITY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FIVE WATER SYSTEMS FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY AND ITS RESIDENCE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS EVENING.
THE AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25 REFLECTS MONTHLY ADMINISTRATIVE LAB FEES AND OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE FEES OF $54,000 ANNUALLY.
THIS EXCLUDES ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH REPAIRS TO THE WATER SYSTEM.
FOR AN EXAMPLE, NEW METERS AND METER INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS TO THE WATER LINES ARE ALL EXTRA COST.
UM, SUR COUNTY WATERED RELATED REPAIRS, EXCUSE ME, FOR 2023.
I KIND OF INDICATED THOSE JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE FOR AT LEASE FOR 2023 REPAIRS FOR THOSE SYSTEMS AS ENUMERATED TOTAL, UM, A LITTLE OVER $26,000.
COLLECTIVELY, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION FOR THIS EVENING IS TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SUSSY SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COUNTY'S WATER UTILITY SYSTEM AS IDENTIFIED IN THE ATTACHED CONTRACT.
SO THE CONTRACT WAS REVIEWED BY MS. PERKINS, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE FOLKS WITH THE AUTHORITY HAS AGREED TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT, THE CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED TO BOWER COUNTY ATTORNEY.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT IS FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU MS. MS. UH, ROLLINS BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS ITEM?
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IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WHAT WILL BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD ON THE RECORD? RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF CHAIR MR. MR. HOTTY.I MOVE, WE, UH, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO ENTER WITH THE SUSSEX SERVICE AUTHORITY CONTRACT.
AND SECOND, THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTE AND SIGN OF AYE.
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WE NOW WILL MOVE INTO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.SO THE FIRST, UM, REPORT, AS I INDICATED EARLIER, WE HAVE A, HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.
UM, WE ARE GONNA ASK, I BELIEVE MS. PITTMAN, ARE YOU HERE TO DO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT OR MS. WHITE? MS. WHITE IS HERE.
YOU WERE, YOU WERE NOT IN MY DIRECT VIEW.
SO, UM, FROM VIRGINIA CORPORATE EXTENSION, MS. SONYA WHITE.
VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY.
I WAS, UH, DIDN'T KNOW, UM, IF I WANTED, IF I WAS TO TALK ABOUT THE MEMORANDUM OR TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, BUT THIS IS THE WONDERFUL TIME BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING CAMP.
SO WE HAVE, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF CAMP SEASON.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT, UM, 100 KIDS FROM SURREY SIGNED UP TO COME TO CAMP.
AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT NUMBER DRASTICALLY INCREASES EVERY YEAR.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THE, UM, CAPACITY OF THE CAMPGROUND IS 185 BEDS.
AND WE SHARE, UM, THE CLUSTER WEEK WITH PORTSMOUTH, PETERSBURG, NORFOLK, AND SUSSEX COUNTY.
UM, ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO LEADERSHIP FOR SUSSEX COUNTY TO HAVE FOUR ACRES COME TO THE CAMPGROUND, UM, THEY HAVE 70 KIDS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR CAMP.
UM, AND PORTSMOUTH AND NORFOLK HAVE 10 KIDS AND PETERSBURG HAS FIVE.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SURY COUNTY, UM, PARTICIPATION SUPERSEDES THE REST OF THE LOCALITIES BY FAR.
AND THAT'S WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM, SUMMER CAMPS THAT WE HAVE THERE, SURY COUNTY STUDENTS ARE, ARE LEADING THE WAY.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR PREMIER, UM, THINGS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS WELL THAT WE WON, UM, A STATE AWARD FOR OUR FAMILY CAMP THAT WE HOSTED LAST SUMMER, IN WHICH WE HAD TWO FAMILY CAMPS.
WE INVITED THE ENTIRE FAMILY OUT TO STAY AT THE CAMPGROUND AND DO ACTIVITIES SWIMMING, UM, TAKE CLASSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE WON A STATE AWARD, UM, FOR OUR FAMILY CAMP, WHICH I WAS THE AUTHOR OF THAT AND THE LEADER OF THE CAMP.
UM, ALSO WE WORK ON SURREY SUMMER CLOVER TOURS, AND THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE OUR KIDS ON EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS WHERE THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE MUSEUMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT, UM, BE ABLE TO COVER AT SCHOOL.
UM, SO THIS YEAR, UM, WE'LL BE HEADED, UH, THE KIDS, UM, VOTED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RIDE ON A TRAIN.
UM, THEY'VE NEVER RODE THE AMTRAK, SO WE'LL TAKE THEM TO, UM, UNION STATION IN WHICH WE WILL EXPLORE SOME OF THE MUSEUMS, UM, IN WASHINGTON, DC WILL BE A OVERNIGHT TRIP.
AND SO THAT IS WHY THIS PARTICULAR TRIP WILL BE A, IT, IT WON'T BE A WHOLE WEEK.
UM, THIS WILL BE OUR ONLY TRIP FOR THE SUMMER.
SO NORMALLY WE WOULD TAKE SEVERAL TRIPS DURING THE SUMMER, BUT BEING THAT THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, THE, IT MAY COST THE PARENTS A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'RE JUST HAVING ONE TRIP THIS SUMMER.
UM, ALSO, UM, WE DO A ANNUAL LIVESTOCK, UM, PROJECT THIS YEAR.
OUR CHILDREN ARE TAKING CARE OF RABBITS.
UM, LAST YEAR THEY DID, UM, CHICKENS AND WE HAD THEM TO ENTER INTO THE STATE FAIR, UM, TO SHOW THEIR CHICKENS.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAVE ABOUT 30, UM, KIDS THAT HAVE TAKEN RABBITS HOME AND IN HOPES THAT THEY WILL SHOW IN THE, UM, STATE FAIR OF VIRGINIA.
UM, SO FAR ALL OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE EXCEPT TO
SO WE MAY HAVE A TREMENDOUS, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION IN THIS YEAR'S STATE, UM, FAIR OF VIRGINIA FROM SURY COUNTY.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE VERY EXCITING IF, UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW KIDS IN SURREY THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN CHICKENS.
SOME OF THEM ARE SELLING THEIR EGGS, UM, FOR EXTRA, EXTRA MONEY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SPEND WHEN THEY HAVE OUTINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
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COLLABORATE WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, WITH OUR FOUR H PROGRAM.WE DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAREER, UM, READINESS CLASSES, RESUME WRITING.
WE PRACTICE DOING, UM, INTERVIEWS WITH THE KIDS.
AND I WILL SAY THAT BUSH GARDENS ALWAYS, UM, SAY THEY CAN TELL WHEN SUR COUNTY KIDS COME TO DO AN INTERVIEW, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE WELL PREPARED WITH OUR, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER THEM.
UM, SO THAT IS JUST SOME, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UM, ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUR H PROGRAM.
I ALSO, UM, UM, ONE OF MY SPECIALTIES IS CULINARY ARTS AND, UM, SURF SAFE AND FOOD SAFETY.
UM, SO WITH THAT WE OFFER, UH, SURF SAFE FOOD HANDLERS TO MAKE SURE THAT CHURCHES, UM, ANY GROUPS THAT IS SERVING FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS, THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT CLASS AND THEY CAN HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION.
UM, SO BEING THAT I'M LIKE THE ONLY ONE OF THE ONLY, UM, FACE-TO-FACE TRAINERS, UM, IN THIS SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, I DO HAVE TO GO SOMETIMES TO OTHER LOCALITIES TO OFFER THAT TRAINING.
UM, BECAUSE THAT TEST IS VERY VIGOROUS.
UM, SOME PEOPLE BENEFIT MORE FROM A FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING AND PRACTICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE, UM, SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE WHO MAY NEED HELP READING, UM, IF THEY NEED HELP WITH, YOU KNOW, VISUAL, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IF WE HAVE THAT FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE FOUR H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, UM, FOCUSES ON.
AND THEN, UM, I'LL JUST TOUCH, UM, TOUCH ON SOME OF THE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF GROWING SEASON, SO WE'RE AT THIS TIME, MS. COOPER IS VERY BUSY GOING OUT TO FARMS AND TRYING TO FIND PROBLEMS AND TAKING A LOOK AT PESTS AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH, UM, RESOLUTIONS FOR FARM PROBLEMS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THAT PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN WHICH, UM, EVERY YEAR ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES OR MAYBE THREE TIMES A YEAR OR SO, SHE WILL OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS TO COME AND TAKE THAT CLASS.
AND WITH THAT, UM, CLASS AND CERTIFICATION, THEY'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE, UM, THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR FARM.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE SHED DOWN AT GOODSON PATH, UM, WHERE FARMERS CAN, UM, DUMP THEIR, UM, THEIR WASTE, THEIR MATERIALS THAT THEY USE, AND THEY MUST BE TRIPLE RENTS AND EVERYTHING.
AND IF WE, IF WE PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UM, THE COUNTY RECEIVES 2000, I BELIEVE IT'S 2005, IS THAT CORRECT? 25, 20 $500 PER YEAR IN WHICH YOU COULD USE TO UPDATE THE FACILITY, PUT ROCKS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WILL NEED.
UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE HEAVY MACHINERY TRUCKS ARE BRINGING, UM, QUITE A BIT OF, OF ITEMS TO THE GOODS AND PATH SITE.
UM, SO WE ALSO, UM, MS. COOPER ALSO SPECIALIZES IN BEEF CATTLE.
SO WE RECENTLY HAD AN ON FARM, UM, ACTIVITY WHERE WE ATTRACTED OVER OVER 50 FARMERS, UM, TO THE FARM TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEMONSTRATION, UM, WITH BEEF CATTLE.
SO, UH, WE'RE PLUCKING AWAY HEAVY AT WORK AND, UM, ALWAYS WILLING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY.
UM, SO, UM, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE, BE SURE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER FOR MS. COOPER
THANK YOU MS. WHITE, SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR PIVOTING AND COMING TO THIS MEETING TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, FOR THE NEW THINGS THAT I INDICATED, THE MOU, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE ASSISTANCE FOR MY SUR OFFICE TO REALLY ASSIST WITH THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE HONING IN ON AS, UH, CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY VIABILITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASSISTING US IN THOSE EFFORTS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE WINS.
MS. WHITE, WE JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO A, A GREAT JOB FOR OUR YOUTH HERE OF S COUNTY.
AND I CAN ALSO ADD TOO THAT, UM, THAT THE, I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILY RESOURCES ALSO HAD A CAMP, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 40 PARTICIPANTS, 40 CAMPERS FOR THAT CAMP THAT WAS AT THE EDGE.
UH, CHRISTIAN EDGE CHRISTIAN CAMP.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, SHERIFF TURNER AND ANIMAL CONTROL TO COME FORTH AND GIVE US A BRIEF, UM, PRESENTATION ON TONIGHT OF THOSE SERVICES.
UH, WE DID HAVE A FIRST FESTIVAL SCHEDULED AND THAT, UH, FESTIVAL WAS CANCELED, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS STILL SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON.
SO AT THE REQUEST OF, UH, SUPERVISOR, UH, HARDY, WE WANTED TO HAVE YOU ALL COME FORTH AND GIVE US A SHORT PRESENTATION.
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GOOD EVENING.YOU HAVE ME AND NOT, UM, SERGEANT FORDHAM, BUT I'LL, HE DID GIMME A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT TAKE TOOK PLACE ON JUNE THE 22ND.
UM, HE HAD CONSULTED WITH, UM, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY ON THE, THE FUR FESTIVAL THAT WE HAD PLANNED.
AND DUE TO THE HEAT AND THAT SORT OF THING, HAVING THOSE ANIMALS OUT IN THE HEAT, WE KIND OF, UM, KIND OF REVERTED BACK TO A SMALLER, SMALLER EVENT AND KIND OF HOSTED THAT OVER AT THE SHELTER WHERE WE KEPT THE ANIMALS INSIDE AND, AND MORE MANAGE MANAGEABLE DURING THAT HEAT CONDITION.
BUT, UM, JUST A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE, UM, ON THAT DAY.
IT, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT FROM ONE TO THREE O'CLOCK WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, VOLUNTEERS.
UM, SOME FROM THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, SOME OF THE DEPUTIES AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO ASSIST.
AT THE TIME WE HAD 26 DOGS AND 12 CATS IN THE FACILITY WHO WAS ACTUALLY IN THERE AND WAS JUST, WHICH WAS JUST A LOT.
THERE'S A LOT FOR THE FACILITY AT THE FACILITY WE HAVE AND ALSO THE, THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE THERE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
SO, BUT LIKE I SAY, WE HAD HELMS HELM HEAVEN GROOMING, THEY CAME OUT AND ALSO PROVIDED GROOMING SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THEIR ANIMALS THERE.
AND THEN THE PROCEEDS THEY RECEIVED DURING THAT TIME WAS DONATED BACK TO THE SHELTER.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY $80 THAT THEY ACTUALLY COLLECTED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEIR ANIMALS THERE.
AND THAT MONEY WAS ACTUALLY DONATED TO THE SHELTER AND GOING BACK INTO THE FUNDS TO HELP THE, UM, SHELTER.
AND I THINK THERE WAS TWO FAMILIES WHO ACTUALLY CAME AND FOSTERED ANIMALS ON THAT DAY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, MANY PEOPLE CAME THROUGH, CAME IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THAT, THROUGHOUT THAT DAY.
I THINK IT WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 34, 35 PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAME OUT.
WE HAD A FOOD VENDOR, WE HAD FOOD TRUCKS, AND WE HAD ALSO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WHO ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND ACTUALLY WASHED AND GROOMED ALL THE DOGS THERE IN THE SHELTER THAT DAY, TOOK 'EM FOR WALKS AND THAT SORT OF THING, TOOK UPDATED PICTURES AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.
SO YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE SOME OF THOSE PICTURES ON THE ANIMAL CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
UM, WHAT HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE TO BE FOSTERED OR ADOPTED.
SO IF ANY OF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANY, UH, DOGS OR ANY CATS, MOST DEFINITELY YOU CAN COME OUT AND ADOPT.
SO AT THE TIME, AT THE PRESENT TIME, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 23, UM, DOGS THERE AT THE SHELTER AND 10, UM, FELINES FOR CATS.
SO ANYBODY'S LOOKING FOR A CAT OR A DOG
UM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME YES.
AND LIKE I SAID, UM, SERGEANT FORDHAM DID, UM, LET US KNOW THAT YOU CAME OVER AND VISIT THE SHELTER.
AND LIKE I SAY, AND ALL OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS, AND I'M MISS LOLA, SHE'S BEEN OVER AND I THINK SHE'S VOLUNTEERED.
WE HAD COUNTY VOLUNTEER DAY CAME OVER, UM, MS. LOW, I THINK IT CHAPMAN WADE, UM, CAME OVER AND VOLUNTEERED.
UM, AND MS. CHAPMAN AND MS. CHAPMAN ALSO CAME OVER AND VOLUNTEERED, UM, WITH, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL.
BUT TRULY, UM, ALL OF Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME OVER, UM, WALK DOGS, UM, PET THE, THE CATS, AND ALSO ADOPT IF YOU WANT MR. DREW, YOU NEED SOME MORE ANIMALS DOWN ON THE, THE FARM, DON'T YOU? I CAN BRING YOU SOME
YEAH, BUT NO, UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB FOR, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF THAT, UM, WHAT WE HAVE THERE AND LIKE I SAID, TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND LIKE I SAID, GET THE ANIMALS ADOPTED BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, AS AS YOU LOOK, UM, ACROSS A LOT OF THE SHELTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, I KNOW, UM, I, UM, TALKED TO THE MAJOR AND ALSO SERGEANT FORD TODAY.
I KNOW, UM, GREEN COUNTY, UM, IN GREEN COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
THEY REACHED OUT TO ME LAST WEEK.
AND REVEREND, I THINK THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOME SEIZURES AND SOME STUFF, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN THE THINGS THAT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER HAD BEEN DOING ONLINE AND THE WONDERFUL WORK, AND THEY LIKE TO COME DOWN TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING DOWN HERE AND JUST TAKE A, TAKE A TOUR OF OUR SHELTER.
SO, BUT LIKE I SAID, LIKE I SAID, I SAID KUDOS TO SERGEANT FORDHAM AND, UH, AND I COUNT ATTENDED MS. JONES, WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND SO THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND MS. ROLLINS AND, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, ALL THE SUPPORT THAT Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS TO TRULY THE SUPPORT THAT Y'ALL GIVE, HELP US, YOU KNOW, HELP THE ANIMALS AND HELP, UM, THE, SO WE JUST NEED SOME ADOPTED, YOU KNOW.
WE TRY TO GET THEM FOSTER, TRY TO FIND 'EM HOMES OR TRY TO FIND SOMETHING.
SO WE TRYING TO LIVE BY THAT PHILOSOPHY OF NOT EUTHANIZING OR, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, KILLING AN ANIMALS.
SO PLEASE HELP US AND PUT THE WORD OUT TO ADOPT SOME OF THE ANIMALS.
DO, DO YOU NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS AT THE END? YES.
DO YOU NEED PEOPLE HELPING YOU? YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY.
YOU CAN COME OUT ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHELTER'S OPEN, UM, DURING OUR OPERATIONAL HOURS, AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, I KNOW IT'S TYPICALLY FROM, FROM EIGHT TO FOUR, UM, EIGHT
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TO FOUR MOST DAYS.UM, ALSO ON SATURDAYS YOU CAN MOST DE YOU COME OUT AND YOU CAN WALK.
UM, THE DOGS ALSO HELP GET BATHS AND THAT SORT OF THING LIKE THAT OR, OR HELP FEED AND CLEAN THE KENNELS.
BUT MOST DEFINITELY THEY WOULD, UM, SOLICIT THE VOLUNTEERS, UM, FROM ANYBODY HERE IN THE, AND THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS, UM, UM, STAFF AND, AND THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND, AND THANK YOU SERGEANT HAM.
AND ALSO MS. UM, JONES AND I DO CONCUR BY GOING OVER.
THEY ARE DOING A VERY FINE JOB, UM, AT THE SHELTER.
UM, JUST A FEW OTHER UPDATES REAL QUICK.
I DO WANNA THANK, UM, THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS, UM, FOR WORKING WITH THE CRAD HEALTH DISTRICT.
UM, FOR THE COUNTY FIRST RESOURCE FAIR THAT TOOK PLACE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 21ST.
SO THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONGST OUR SRA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
OUR FARMER'S MARKET, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SUR PARKS AND RECREATION SUR COOPERATIVE EXTENSION C YOUTH SPORTS SHOWED UP WITH THE CHEERLEADERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
UM, DURING A DEBRIEFING TODAY, THEY STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS LEVEL OF INTERNAL COLLABORATION APPROACH FOR THIS EVENT THAT THEY HAVE, UH, TAKEN, THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN OTHER LOCALITIES.
SO KUDOS FOR ALL OF YOU ALL FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
UM, THERE WERE 29 RESOURCE VENDORS WITH A VARIETY OF RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO TAKE HOME.
AND, UM, JUST GOING AROUND TO THE VARIOUS 29 RESOURCE VENDORS.
IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UM, IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE, THEY DID INDICATE THERE WAS ABOUT 75 TO 100 IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, THERE WAS 10 SPORTS PHYSICALS, SO INDIVIDUALS WERE ABLE TO COME AND GIVE FREE SPORTS PHYSICALS.
UM, THERE WERE 14 VOLUNTEERS FROM FORT GREG ADAMS, AND THERE WAS 27 THAT STOPPED BY FOR THE HIDDEN AND PLAIN SITE TENT THAT WAS SPONSORED BY DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILY RESOURCES.
THEY GAVE AWAY GIFT CARDS, THEY GAVE AWAY TOYS TO KIDS, AND, UH, AGAIN, IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE SUMMER.
UM, SO ALSO DOING THAT DEBRIEFING.
THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT, OF COURSE, JUST THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS YEAR AND HOW, UM, THEY CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY NEXT YEAR TO PERHAPS MAKE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME CHANGES.
IT WAS GREAT FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET MORE OF OUR CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ABUNDANT OF RESOURCES.
UM, IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU MISSED A GREAT EVENT.
UM, THEY HAD THE, THE HUGE, UM, THE ROCK CLIMBING TOWER FOR THE KIDS AND THE HUGE, UH, THE BOUNCY HOUSE.
SO IF IT WAS ABOUT, UH, 20 DEGREE COOLER
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO THOSE WHO WORKED ON THAT EVENT.
UM, OUR SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE SITE, UM, THE GOODS AND PATH SITE, AND WE ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION OUT OTHER THAN THIS COMMUNICATION ON THIS EVENING IS GOING TO BE CLOSED BEGINNING ON MONDAY, JULY 8TH.
UM, THIS IS THE PAVING PROJECT THAT HAD, WAS APPROVED THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UM, AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO TO TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, IS THAT CORRECT, MR. MOORE? YES, MA'AM.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW TIME, OF COURSE, FOR EVERYTHING TO GET ALL CLEARED AND DRIED UP BEFORE HEAVY TRUCKS AND, AND CARS AND SO FAR ALLOWED TO DRIVE ON IT.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY GET ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT AND SIGNAGE SO THAT OUR CITIZENS CAN BE AWARE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, ALL THE OTHER SITES WILL BE OPEN AS SCHEDULED.
UM, SO CITIZENS CAN CERTAINLY, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OTHER SITES.
SO OF COURSE, THIS WOULD BE A SLIGHT INCONVENIENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE USED TO USING THE SERVICE SITE, BUT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, IT WOULD BE A MUCH IMPROVED, UM, LOCATION.
AND I'M SURE OUR CITIZENS HOPEFULLY WILL BE PLEASED WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
UM, ALSO, WE WANT TO, UH, THANK OUR DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AGAIN FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.
UM, I BELIEVE MR. PIERCE, YOU VOLUNTEERED AT THIS EVENT, WHEREBY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THERE WAS 300 MEALS AND 250 WERE GONE WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR.
SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
AND CITIZENS SHOWED UP AS EARLY AS 11 O'CLOCK FOR 1:00 PM EVENT TO GET A DELICIOUS HOT MEAL ON A HOT SUMMER DAY.
SO THANK YOU DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THAT.
AND ALSO KUDOS TO, AGAIN, TO THE 55 PLUS RESOURCE TEAM.
UH, MR. CALHOUN VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS EVENT WHEREBY IT WAS THE FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND BARBECUING COOKOUT.
AND I, IF, IF Y'ALL DIDN'T COME AND GET BARBECUE ON THAT AND YOU ALL MISSED THE TREAT, THE RIBS, THE BARBECUE, EVERYTHING WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.
UM, AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE, UM, EVENT FOR A FATHER'S DAY.
SO WE APPRECIATE OUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THOSE EVENTS TOGETHER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MR. CALHOUN WAS OUT THERE COOKING, WAS OUT THERE,
AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE OF THE, THE, THE PAVING AT PARKS AND RECREATION HAS COMMENCED AROUND THE REALTOR FACILITY.
AND AS WE PLAN FOR OUR FIREWORKS EVENT ON TOMORROW, UM,
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I'M SURE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN ALREADY WORKED OUT IN TERMS OF THE PARKING, UM, BECAUSE A, AGAIN, THAT FACILITY IS UNDER, UM, UNDER, UH, REPAIR SOON FOR ITS, UH, PAVING PROJECT.UM, SO AGAIN, IN TERMS OF OUR FIREWORKS EVENT, I THINK YOU ALL SAW IT EARLY ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE COME OUT ON TOMORROW, JULY 3RD, BRING YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, PLEASE BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS AND IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, AND FUN.
AND THE FIREWORKS WOULD SOUND OFF, I THINK AROUND 9 15, 9 30.
UM, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AS YOU ALL MAY HAVE HEARD, THERE ARE A FEW, UM, UH, INQUIRIES FROM CITIZENS AS PERTAINS TO THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE TO OUR HUNTING ORDINANCE.
SO I WANT TO ASK MS. PERKINS, IF SHE DOESN'T MIND, JUST GIVE A BRIEF, UM, CLARIFICATION AND AN UPDATE ON OUR HUNTING ORDINANCE.
MS. PERKINS, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, IF I MAY, UH, THANK YOU MS. ROLLINS.
UH, AND THIS WILL BE VERY BRIEF, BUT, UM, AS MS. ROLLINS INDICATED, WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED, RECEIVED SOME INQUIRIES FROM CITIZENS, MOST PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE SECTION OF OUR HUNTING ORDINANCE THAT, UM, PROHIBITS HUNTING WITHIN A HUNDRED YARDS OF A, OF A ROADWAY.
UM, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY EXISTING LANGUAGE, THAT IS NOT NEW LANGUAGE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE CHANGES THE BOARD APPROVED, UM, AT THEIR JUNE MEETING.
THAT'S LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE, UM, 2001.
UM, NOW THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ARE ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT AND VALID, AND WE ARE, UH, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
AS THE BOARD MAY RECALL, WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE, UM, FROM THAT STATE AGENCY THAT WAS PRESENT AT THE JUNE MEETING AND HELPED ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, I AM NOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND SERGEANT, UH, SERGEANT ROLLINS, WHO IS, UH, ACTUALLY DOING THE ENFORCING AND ALSO SUPERVISING THE OTHER CONSERVATION POLICE OFFICERS THAT DO THE ENFORCING.
I HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH HIM AND THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY, UH, LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC UPDATE THAT I AM RECOMMENDING, BUT, UM, AS THESE TALKS CONTINUE, IF FURTHER, UH, AMENDMENTS TO OUR HUNTING ORDINANCE ARE RECOMMENDED, I WILL BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD AT A AT A LATER DATE.
AND CERTAINLY IF CITIZENS HAVE OTHER CONCERNS, UH, BEYOND THE A HUNDRED YARDS IN THE ROADWAY, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT AND, UH, LET US KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ANOTHER, GIVING ANOTHER LOOKSIE TO THE ORDINANCE.
IT'S, IT'S BEST TO TRY AND CAPTURE, UH, ALL THE CONCERNS.
UH, BEFORE WE PROCEED, I WANNA LET THIS, THIS, A YOUNG MAN KNOW I WAS NOT BEING RUDE, BUT WE HAVE PROTOCOL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO ADDRESS PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
SO SIR, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY, WE'RE GONNA FIT IT IN IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION RIGHT HERE.
[Public Comments]
COMMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO REFER TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR OUR PROCEDURE FOR THOSE COMMENTS.UH, RULES FOR CITIZEN COMMENT, PERIOD.
TO ENSURE THAT THE AFFAIRS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES MAY BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER TO ENSURE THAT ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON MATTERS PERTINENT TO IT ARE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, TO PERMIT PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE, TO OBSERVE AND HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD WITHOUT DISTRACTION, AND TO PERMIT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE BOARD TO CONDUCT COUNTY BUSINESS WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION.
THE FOLLOWING RULES ARE ESTABLISHED.
A, EACH PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE OF THE OPENING OF THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD ON THE AGENDA.
B, EACH SPEAKER SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF THREE MINUTES PER COMMENT PERIOD.
WHEN TWO MINUTES HAVE PASSED, THE SPEAKER WILL BE REMINDED THAT THERE IS ONE MINUTE REMAINING.
C SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP MAY USE THEIR ALLOTTED TIME ONLY FOR THEMSELVES AND MAY NOT DONATE THEIR TIME TO OTHER SPEAKERS.
D SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE AUDIO, VISUAL MATERIALS OR OTHER VISUAL DISPLAYS, BUT MAY PRESENT WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS TO BOARD MEMBERS.
E COMMENTS MUST BE CONFINED TO MATTERS, GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND SHALL NOT BE CUMULATIVE OR REPETITIVE.
THE BOARD MAY PREVENT OR DISCONTINUE COMMENTS FROM ANY SPEAKER THAT ARE IRRELEVANT.
F SPEAKER SHOULD ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH DECORUM, LOUD, BOISTEROUS, AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
OBSCENITY AND VULGARITY SHOULD BE AVOIDED, AS WELL AS OTHER WORDS OR ACTS TENDING TO EVOKE VIOLENCE OR DEEM TO BE A BREACH OF THE PEACE.
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INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS POLICY AFTER A WARNING WILL FORFEIT ANY REMAINING SPEAKER TIME AND BE ASKED TO RETURN TO THEIR SEAT OR LEAVE THE MEETING.G THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD OR A TIME FOR DIALOGUE WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS.
QUESTIONS WHICH ARE RAISED DURING A COMMON PERIOD MAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD BE RESPONDED TO BY COUNTY OFFICIALS.
AFTER SUFFICIENT TIME FOR APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION, H SPEAKERS SHALL REMAIN AT THE PODIUM WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD.
EXCEPT WHERE AN ACCOMMODATION HAS BEEN GRANTED IN ADVANCE.
I SPEAKERS SHALL NOT BE INTERRUPTED BY AUDIENCE, COMMENTS, CALLS SLASH WHISTLES, LAUGHTER OR OTHER GESTURES, INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS POLICY AFTER A WARNING WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING.
J MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE PROHIBITED FROM CAMPAIGNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE OR OTHERWISE ENGAGING IN ELECTION RELATED SPEECH IN THE MEETING ROOM WHEN NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD.
THESE RULES DO NOT PRECLUDE PERSONS FROM DELIVERING TO THE BOARD OR ITS CLERK WRITTEN MATERIALS, INCLUDING REPORTS, STATEMENTS, EXHIBITS, LETTERS, OR SIGN PETITIONS, OR TO PROHIBIT PERSONS FROM PRESENTING ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD, TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS OR TO THE BOARD THROUGH ITS CLERK OUTSIDE THE CONTEXT OF THE PUBLIC MEETING.
UH, SIR, I, I, AGAIN, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SO IN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE BOARD WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I DON'T THINK YOU KNEW THE, THE RULES THAT WERE IN PLACE, SO, SO YOU COME ON NOW, SIR.
I'LL JUST COME OUT TONIGHT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON TO BE INVOLVED.
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON OR THE RULES.
I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING OUTTA ORDER.
AND I HAD A QUESTION, BUT HE TOLD ME I CAN'T ASK THAT QUESTION.
NO, YOU CAN ASK ANYTHING YOU WANT NOW.
UH, AS FAR AS, UH, UH, TRASH DISPOSAL PICKUP, WAS THAT A CONTRACT WHERE THAT PRICE WAS GUARANTEED THAT THEY'D HONOR THAT PRICE FOR THREE YEARS WITHOUT HAVING A PRICE INCREASE EVERY YEAR WITH THE COMPANY WHEN A CONTRACT FOR THREE YEARS.
SO WE'RE SERVICE BOUND TO HONOR THE CONTRACT AND THEY'RE HONORED TO KEEP THAT PRICE WITHOUT A PRICE INCREASE.
AND WHERE CAN I GET A COPY OF WHAT REVENUE THE COUNTY BROUGHT IN AND A LINE ITEM OF THE EXPENSES THE COUNTY HAS TO PAY OUT FOR THE EXPENSES TO OPERATE THE COUNTY? THAT'S THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
YEAH, WE NEED YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE FROM, SIR.
UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN K JUST LIKE LUCK.
WE'LL NOW HAVE OUR FIRST PERSON TO SIGN UP THAT BE MR. ROBERT CHANDLER.
MR. HARRISON IS OUR TIMEKEEPER.
EXCUSE ME FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT GETTING HERE.
MY WIFE IS IN REHAB FACILITY AND SIX O'CLOCK IS AN VERY INAPPROPRIATE TIME I HAVE TO HELP FEED HER.
SO EXCUSE ME FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT LATE.
APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO, I WROTE A, EXCUSE ME, BOB CHANDLER MACON'S CASTLE DISTRICT, APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO.
I WROTE A LETTER TO THE BOARD MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MESSAGE THAT I RECEIVED FROM A BOARD MEMBER THAT I FELT WAS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
I ONLY GOT ONE COMMENT AND I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR THAT.
BUT I AM VERY HURT BY WHAT I READ IN THAT DOCUMENT.
I'M A RESI RETIRED EXECUTIVE MANAGER FROM NEWPORT NEWS.
AND OVER MY 20 OR 27 YEARS AT NEWPORT NEWS AND OVER 20 YEARS IN THE, IN THE NAVY, WE OCCASIONALLY HAD TO DEAL WITH A SCENARIO.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT MUST BE MADE PUBLIC AND IT MUST BE CORRECTED PUBLIC.
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GOOD EVENING.AT THE MAY MEETING, I SPOKE ABOUT INCLUSIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A BOARD MEMBER.
WHEN I WAS UP AT YRI SPOKE ABOUT THIS ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES, AND EACH TIME I RECEIVED LEADERSHIP COMMENTS SUCH AS WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY, UH, WE ONLY DISCUSSED THE POSITIVE.
HOWEVER, CITIZENS HAVE COMMENTED, UH, TO ME PRIVATELY THAT WE NEED THIS DISCUSSION IN SUR COUNTY.
IN FACT, I DON'T MEAN TO HOLD YOU MR. HARDY, BUT YOUR, YOUR UNCLE WHO I HELD AT HIGH ESTEEM, THOMAS HAUGHTY, SPOKE TO ME AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT HE MADE TO ME OF TELLING ME HIS LIFE STORY AND HISTORY.
AND AS HE SAID IN, IN QUOTING HIM, MIKE, WE NEED THIS DISCUSSION.
AND HE PUSHED ME TO PUSH FORWARD WITH IT.
AND HE SAID, IT'S THE ONLY WAY I COUNTY CAN BE ALL.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S NO LONGER WITH US.
HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT OPENLY DISCUSS ISSUES WITH ALL WEEKS LATE, AFTER SPEAKING TO THE BOARD, TWO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FROM STAFF COUNTY STAFF STATED THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY DUE TO THAT RACE.
I CANNOT KNOW PERSONALLY HOW THE STAFF MEMBER FEELS, BUT I OFTEN FEEL SIMILAR LIVING IN SURREY COUNTY.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR OFFICE IN THE PAST.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I SEE MORE SIGNS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TODAY THAN WHEN I WAS ELECTED IN 2016 TO THIS ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, I LOOKED UP THE OTHER DAY AT JUST SURREY COUNTY'S POPULATION.
I WAS CURIOUS IN 1800 WAS 65, 35, 6,500 SOME.
AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, THAT WERE SOCIAL PROBLEMS, UM, THE, THE, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ENSLAVED.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS NOT A GOOD DEAL.
WHAT WE WERE JUST CONTROLLED BY A FEW.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S A TROUBLING PAST TODAY, OUR POPULATION IN 20, WELL, IN 2020 CENSUS WAS 6,500 AND SOME PEOPLE, 61 I THINK IS WHAT IT SAID.
AND NOW SOCIAL PROBLEMS, WE CANNOT, SIR, ONE MINUTE REMAINING.
WE, WE ARE STILL CONTROLLED BY A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE TO THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS.
AND OUR COUNTY CANNOT GROW AND WE'RE PERCEIVED TO BE THIS OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY.
AMY AND I ARE WORKING ON BRINGING A SPEAKER TO THE COUNTY TO DISCUSS RACE MATTERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO PUT IT UNDER THE RUG THIS TIME.
I HOPE THE CITIZENS AND BOARD WILL BE SUPPORTIVE.
AND AS ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, Y'ALL HAVE A DECISION.
YOU CAN IGNORE IT, CONTINUE TO EXCLUDE OR TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
AND, AND THANK YOU I, THIS IS NOT A US VERSUS THEM OR WHATEVER.
IT'S JUST AN ISSUE THAT, UH, UM, SHOULD BE OPENLY DISCUSSED.
I ATTENDED A WEEK, I MEAN WEEKEND SEMINAR ON THIS, UH, TO THE, TO, UH, SOMEONE HERE IN SURY COUNTY WITH VIRGINIA ORGANIZING AND JUST LET ME KNOW.
IT WAS VERY, IT WAS A VERY OPEN CONVERSATION AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
SO THE OLYMPICS IS DREAMERS TAKING ACTION.
THESE ATHLETES NEVER MAKE IT WITHOUT SUPPORT.
BOTH GREAT ATHLETES AND LEADERS UNIFY BUILD TRUST, CREATE SHARED REALITY.
THERE'S AN ELEPHANT IN THIS ROOM, SOME LEVERAGE RACE AS A SHORTCUT TO DEFINING US THEM.
61 YEARS AFTER DR. KING DARED TO DREAM DARED TO OFFER THE SOLID ROCK OF BROTHERHOOD, DO WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DISTRUST AND DIVISION? HE AUDACIOUSLY IMAGINED A THING OF THE PAST REALITY.
SURREY COUNTY IS AN UNTAPPED WEALTH OF HUMAN POTENTIAL.
FAILING TO RECRUIT THIS TOWN IS AS FOOLISH AS OSTRACIZING JESSE OWEN OWENS.
FOR THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN REALITY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IS LOW.
6:00 PM MEETINGS DON'T HAPPEN.
REALITY, THE GROCERY STORE WAS SEVERELY DELAYED.
IF WE'RE WISE, WE'LL BUILD TRUST BY ADMITTING FAILINGS AND TAKING OWNERSHIP, NOT BLAME.
DEBT FUNDED, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SERVES SOME OF US, BUT NOT ALL OF US.
SUPERVISOR HARDY HAS SINCE DANGLED THE TAX LOWERING CARROT.
MANY WOULD APPRECIATE SOME CARROT, PLEASE.
REALITY, WE'RE NOT ACHIEVING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS GOAL OF DEVELOPMENT IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF SURREY.
TOWN OF SURREY IS NOT THE ATTRACTIVE, VIBRANT DESTINATION AND JEWEL, IT CAN AND SHOULD BE.
THE PUBLIC IS TO BE THE BENEFICIARY OF ANY ACTION TAKEN AT ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT FROM VIRGINIA CODE.
THIS IS THE LAW AND OUR NORTH STAR.
DO DECISIONS TRULY BENEFIT ALL
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CITIZENS OF SUR COUNTY AND NO EXCUSES THAT WE CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE WON'T WASH LEADERS AVOID BECOMING HARDHEARTED OR TONE DEAF.SO IF THEIR LIES, IF JESUS CAN WASH FEET, ANYONE CAN BE A HUMBLE SERVANT LEADER.
OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DECLARES THIS PLAN IS FOR THE PEOPLE OF SURREY COUNTY WITH A PRIMARY PURPOSE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SURREY RESIDENTS, ALL OTHER GOALS ARE MEANT TO FURTHER THIS PRIMARY PURPOSE.
OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR'S JOB DESCRIPTION OFFERS GUIDANCE, CREATE A COMMUNITY OF LASTING VALUE, OFFER BETTER CHOICES FOR WHERE AND HOW PEOPLE WORK AND LIVE AND ENGAGE CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, AND CIVIC LEADERS IN CREATING A COMMUNITY WHICH ENRICHES THE LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS.
LEVERAGE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AS A PART OF HEALTHY CONFLICT.
YES, I'VE SAID CONFLICT WHERE THERE'S FRICTION, THERE'S TRACTION AND MOMENTUM THROUGH DIVERSITY.
SO WHAT UNIFIES US? THREE MAIN POINTS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
PRESERVE SUR CHARACTER, GROW SUR ECONOMY, ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US DON'T GET BEHIND THAT.
WHEN THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOAT, THE ENTIRE BOAT'S GONNA SET.
WE HAVE TO TIE OUR UNITY, OUR ROCK, AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE TOGETHER.
SO I HAVE A WRITTEN SET OF COMMENTS, ARTICLE THAT MAY BE THANK YOU.
UH, SHERIFF TURNER WOULD LIKE, UH, A MOMENT TO SPEAK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE GIVE WAY TO HIM AT THIS TIME.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE EVENTS AND THIS COMING FORWARD AND I WANT TO, UM, SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL GOT THAT CORRESPONDENCE FOR THAT 55 AND YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, RIGHT? I DIDN'T HEAR IT.
BUT THE 55 AND PLUS, UM, IS GOING TO HAVE A MEET AND GREET WITH THE DEPUTIES ON THE 17TH.
THAT'S BE JULY THE 17TH HERE AT THE PAVILION FROM 12 TO 2:00 PM AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THAT DEPUTIES AND OUR STAFF FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UM, THERE, UM, WITH THAT 55 PLUS, UM, GROUP TO MEET AND INTRODUCE OUR DEPUTIES AND ALSO, UM, HAVE HOT DOGS.
IT WAS CONSIDERED, I GUESS THE 17TH IS NATIONAL HOTDOG DAY, SO IT'S HOT DIGGITY DOG, UM, ON WHAT FIRE, UM, DEPUTIES AND SO FORTH.
AND ALSO JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON, WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ANIMAL CONTROL ALSO.
WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT TALKING TO DR.
WE ALSO PLAN ON HAVING IT FIRST FESTIVAL PROBABLY ABOUT THE THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT RESCHEDULING THAT TO LATER IN, UM, IN OCTOBER.
AND ALSO THANK, UH, MY STAFF, UM, UH, MS, UM, SMITH AND ALSO MAJOR DEVA FOR ALSO HELPING SERGEANT FORDHAM AND THAT AND THOSE EFFORTS AND GETTING WHAT WE HAD GOING, UM, PLANNED FOR, UM, THE 22ND.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IT ABOUT THAT THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER.
THEN ALSO OUR BIG EVENT THAT'S COMING ON AUGUST THE SIXTH IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SO IT'S, THAT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A MONTH AWAY.
SO WE ASKED THAT OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OUR COUNTY ADMIN, AND WE ASKED Y'ALL ALL COME OUT, UM, TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SO IT'S LIKE A POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS, UM, A COMMUNITY EVENT FOR EVERYBODY TO COME OUT OFF TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON AUGUST THE SIXTH FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30, UH, FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
AND SO WE JUST, UM, LIKE I SAY, INVITE EVERYBODY OUT, COME OUT AND BE A PART, UM, AND SET UP.
WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE EVENTS AND DEPUTIES FROM THE ACADEMY.
YES, WE HAD THREE, THREE DEPUTIES WHO HAD GRADUATED FROM THE CA ACADEMY.
UM, DEPUTY PARKER, DEPUTY DUTY AND DEPUTY BROWN.
AND I THINK DEPUTY, UM, PARKER WAS WORKING TODAY.
AND, UM, DEPUTY BROWN COME BACK TO WORK TOMORROW.
SO YEAH, SO WE, WE GET, SO WE COME ON OUT ON THE 17TH AND YOU CAN MEET ALL OUR STAFF, UM, AT THE PAVILION.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL ALL THERE ON THE 17TH.
AT THIS TIME, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL NOW OPEN
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THE FLOOR FOR OUR BOARD COMMENTS AND WE WILL START WITH, UH, MR. DREWRY.I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR, UH, THE CITIZENS, FOR BRAVING OUR DRACONIAN RULES AND REGULATIONS ON CITIZEN COMMENTS AND COMMENTING AND, AND, AND SPEAKING YOUR PIECE.
I, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT AND DR.
SHAY TO YOUR UH, POINT, I'VE HEARD THAT FROM MANY OTHER RESIDENTS AS WELL, THAT OUR START TIME IS, IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, HURTING CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT.
SO I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
IT'S CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT GET UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN.
AND SO I WAS KIND OF HOPING IT MIGHT WORK, BUT I, I DON'T THINK IT, I DON'T THINK IT IS.
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'CAUSE I THINK IT'S INCONVENIENT FOR THE CITIZENS.UM, ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS MIGHT BE THAT WE START, SAY, AT SIX 30 AND WE DO PRESENTATIONS AND THEN DO REAL BUSINESS, MAYBE STARTING AT SEVEN SO THAT THE CITIZENS CAN GET HERE IN TIME.
BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS IN OUR WORK SESSION.
I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY TONIGHT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SUPERVISOR ROLE.
WE EACH REPRESENT OVER A THOUSAND CITIZENS.
UM, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ANSWER TO.
SO EVERY TIME A REPRESENTATIVE IS, UH, SHUNNED OR NOT LISTENED TO OR DISRESPECTED, OR EMAIL'S NOT ANSWERED OR SHUT OUTTA THE CONVERSATION, IT HURTS ALL A THOUSAND RESIDENTS.
IT DOESN'T JUST HURT ONE SUPERVISOR.
OUR MOST BASE INSTINCT IS TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
BUT THAT GETS US NOWHERE AND HAS IN FACT, STUNTED OUR GROWTH HERE IN SURREY COUNTY.
BY FOSTERING AN US AND THEM MENTALITY, WE STU OUR POSSIBILITIES AND OUR GROWTH.
IT'S HEALTHIER AND SMARTER TO COLLABORATE AND INCLUDE.
WE BRING SO MORE, MANY MORE CITIZENS TO THE TABLE.
WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN CREATIVE IDEAS AND EMBRACE COMMUNITY OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS.
I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WORKING TO FIND A WAY TO SET ASIDE ANY ANIMOSITY OVER PAST HURTS AND GIVE THE CITIZENS WHAT THEY EXPECT AND DESERVE.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. HOTTER SPEAKING, EVERYONE.
I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR, UH, PROVIDING AN UPDATE, UH, FOR, UH, KENNEL OVER THERE.
AND, UH, MAIN THING I WANTED TO BRING, UM, UH, TO THE FOREFRONT, THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTING PETS IF, UH, I KNOW I, I, I SEE ON FACEBOOK, EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS PICKING UP DOGS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I KNOW WE GOT A, A COUNTY FULL OF, UH, DOG AND, UH, ALL ANIMAL LOVERS ACTUALLY.
SO, UM, BUT IT WAS FULL OVER THERE.
SO THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE AND, UM, PLEASE, UH, LET'S ALL DO OUR PART.
AND LASTLY, LET'S, UH, EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY.
FOURTH, I KNOW IN S COUNTY TOMORROW NIGHT, PLEASE COME OUT AS, UH, MS. ROLLINS INDICATED AND ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES TOMORROW EVENING, UH, AT DIRECT CENTER.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ON THE FOURTH, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER THE PETS DOGS SPECIFICALLY DON'T REALLY LIKE LOUD FIREWORKS.
IF YOU'RE AT HOME, YOU KNOW, MAJOR FIREWORKS ARE LEGAL IN, IN VIRGINIA, BUT I KNOW WE ALL KIND OF HIT THESE LITTLE SIDE SHOPS.
BUT REMEMBER, UM, ONCE YOU LOSE A DIGIT, IT DON'T GROW BACK.
SO BE SAFE OUT THERE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS AND THE PETS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MS. WHITE AND MS. COOPER FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND, AND ALL THEIR DOINGS WITH THE, UH, COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.
HELPING, UH, A LOT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OUT THERE.
UM, I ALSO, UM, WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO POSSIBLY CONSIDER, AS MS. JURY SAID ABOUT MOVING, UH, TO BOARD MEETINGS, UH, TO A LATER, UH, TIME IN THE EVENINGS.
IT, IT'S HARD EVEN FOR ME, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THESE MEETINGS AT SIX O'CLOCK WITH A FULL-TIME JOB, AND I'M SURE IT'S A LOT, UH, HARDER OR AS, JUST AS HARD AS FOR OTHERS WORKING A FULL-TIME JOB.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK FOR, THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT SPOKE TODAY.
UM, UH, TOOK ALL OF 'EM TO HEAT AND WE'LL WORK TO, UM, MAKE THIS COUNTY A BETTER PLACE.
UM, I LIKE, UM, LIKE IT WAS SAID, UM, BY MR. HARDY.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL THIS WEEKEND OR THIS, UH, THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH THE FIREWORKS.
UM, BE SAFE AND ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEK.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
UH, AS ALWAYS, THANK EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING FROM HOME.
I KNOW EVERYONE, UH, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD KIND OF SHORT COMMENTS, BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN BUSY THIS PAST 30 DAYS, SO PLEASE, UH, UH, PLEASE OBLIGE ME, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND.
UH, SO, UM, STARTING THIS MONTH, I WENT, UH, TOOK SOME TIME OUT AND CHECKED OUT THE 55 PLUS INITIATIVE YESTERDAY.
I KNOW I'M NOT 55 AND UP
I WENT OUT TO, UM, MARYLAND LIVE, UM, AND TO THE MALL RIGHT THERE.
I'M HORRIBLE WITH NAMES, BUT, UH, 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, WHAT, WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT MALL? THE, UH, RDA MILLS.
SEE, I'M TELL YOU, I'M HORRIBLE WITH NAMES, BUT, UH, RDA MILLS MORE SO.
UM, BUT GOING THERE AND OBSERVING, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WENT FOR.
UM, DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET TOO MUCH PASS, I PROMISE.
BUT, UH, UM, BUT NO, HONESTLY, I WENT THERE JUST TO OBSERVE, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR CITIZENS BEEN ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, BEEN ASKING FOR THINGS TO DO, UM, AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KIND OF DIRECTING STAFF TO SEE HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HELP OUR CITIZENS BY LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'RE BEEN ASKING FOR.
UM, THIS 55 PLUS INITIATIVES REALLY AIMS FOR THAT, UM, TARGET, UM, AGE GROUP
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TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.UM, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO GO OUTSIDE OF SERVICE, SO WE ARE KIND OF BRINGING THE FUND TO THEM.
UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE TRIP TO MARYLAND LIVE GAVE A, A TRANSPORTATION.
UH, WE ABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO STOP TO EAT, BUT ALSO TO ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE SOME, EVERY OTHER EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF CHERRY COUNTY.
SO I REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I REALLY ENJOYED, YOU KNOW, SEEING PEOPLE LAUGH AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND BEING OUTSIDE OF CHERRY AND, AND JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH FAMILY.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE, UM, UH, CHERRY PARKS AND, UH, SARA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL IS PARTNERED TOGETHER TO HAVE A SUMMER CAMP FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I, I WISH I'VE GOTTEN SOME PICTURES.
I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THAT MORE, TAKE SOME PICTURES TO SEE IF I CAN SHOW YOU GUYS.
BUT I DID TAKE SOME PICTURES TO SHOW, UM, AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, MS. ROBINSON STAFF, TO SHOW LIKE THE, THE YOUTH OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, I WAS JOKING WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS.
I LIKE BACK WHEN WE WERE COMING UP, WE WERE FORCED TO BE OUT IN THE HOT SUN, UH, VAN ALL DAY PLAYING BASKETBALL.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENT DAY AND AGE, BUT THESE, THEY WERE DOING, STILL DOING THE SAME THING WE WERE DOING, BUT OUT ACTUALLY INSIDE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS NEW GENERATION OF YOUTH.
UH, WE ABLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL AND OTHER SPORTS INSIDE THE GYMNASIUM.
AND WITH CONTROLLED ENVIR, UH, CONTROLLED TEMPERATURES, THEY WOULD GO ACROSS THE, UH, HALLWAY TO A CLASSROOM, TO, UH, PLAY VIDEO GAMES, CARD GAMES, AND SOCIALIZE, YOU KNOW, SEE THEIR FRIENDS THAT THEY NORMALLY DON'T SEE UNTIL GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND NOT TO MENTION THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION FOR THESE STUDENTS TO COME.
AFTER SUMMER SCHOOL, THE STUDENTS WERE, THE SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO, UH, HANG OUT WITH SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO SUMMER CAMP.
SO AGAIN, THIS WAS ABLE TO GIVE A LOT OF STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, OUTLET TO HAVE FUN.
SO I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY BASKETBALL WITH 'EM A FEW, AND I STILL PLAY BASKETBALL.
SOME, I STILL GOT IT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT OUT THERE PLAYING, I HEARD HIM, UM, I WAS LIKE, Y Y'ALL, I WOULD LISTEN AND SAID, YEAH, TODAY'S THE LAST DAY.
AND JUST TO AGAIN, OBSERVE AND HEAR THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF SOME OF 'EM, LIKE, OH MAN, THIS IS THE LAST DAY.
I WISH IT WOULD LAST A LITTLE LONGER.
I JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WORKING.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, OFF, JUST THANK THE STAFF ARE DOING THAT AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, FOR, UH, UH, GET BACK TO FOUR H, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE WITH THE FEEDING PROGRAM.
A LOT OF CITIZENS WERE OUT THERE WITH THAT.
UM, ALSO TOO, I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO A ROUND TABLE MEETING WITH SENATOR MARK WARNER, UM, AND, AND NORFOLK.
AND THAT WAS VERY A EYEOPENING EXPERIENCE, LISTENING TO CITIZENS' COMMENTS, TALKING ABOUT HOUSING AND, AND, AND JOBS AND, AND THINGS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA BEACH, PORT SMITH, ALL THESE LARGER LOCALITIES ARE ASKING, ASKING FOR THE SAME THING.
AND TO BE HONEST, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THINKING ABOUT SIRI? NO ONE WAS THERE REPRESENTING S COUNTY, BUT SRY COUNTY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, AS BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF, UH, MAKE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS, BRIDGE THOSE GAPS TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR VOICE IS HEARD.
SO, UH, SENATOR MARK WARN KNOWS ABOUT S KNOWS THAT WE NEED SOME HOUSING HERE, JUST LIKE VIRGINIA BEACH, PORT SMITH, AND ALL OTHER LARGER LOCALITIES.
AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR US.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, UH, AGAIN, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
AND, UM, AND ALSO TOO, UH, MS. UH, WHITE AND MS. UH, COOPER, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK AND HELP OF DURING COOPERATIVE EXTENSION.
I WOULD GROW UP WITH FOUR HI USED TO SHOW HOGS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
UM, AND, AND IT WAS, IT WAS FUN.
BUT ALSO TOO, I WAS ABLE TO GO WITH, UH, IN CONGRESS WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING, UM, HOW TO RUN MEETINGS AND THING, THINGS LIKE THIS, I LEARNED, UM, IN FOUR H.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M A, A PROUD PRODUCT OF A FOUR H CAMPER.
I WENT TO FOUR H CAMP, LEARN HOW TO MAKE ALL THE CAMPFIRE SONGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE BRING MEMORIES.
SO TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, S COUNTY IS STILL REPRESENTING, UM, AND HOW LARGE NUMBER, THAT'S IS VERY WARMING TO MY HEART TO HEAR THAT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS AND, AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
AND LASTLY, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT TELLING THE HONORABLE MS. LITTLE, HELLO.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT HER IN THE, IN THE BUILDING TODAY.
SO, HELLO, MS. LITTLE, AND, UM, MR. CHAIR AND, AND, AND COLLEAGUES.
I THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, ACCOMMODATING ME IN MY TIME.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT, ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETING, THE COMMENTS AND AND CONCERNS FOR THE COUNTY.
AND I THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
AND MY CLOSING COMMENTS FROM BOARD COMMENTS WOULD BE THAT I JUST WANT TO WISH, LOVE, PEACE, AND BLESSINGS TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF SY COUNTY.
AND MAY WE PROSPER AS OUR SOS PROSPER.
THAT CONCLUDES BOARD COMMENTS.
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AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CLOSED SESSION.YOUR MOTION REQUIRED TODAY IS TO CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO A VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A 0.8, TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EMPLOYED BY THE PUBLIC BODY REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH
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COUNSEL AND VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 37 11 A 0.1 TO DISCUSS THE ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT PROMOTION PERFORMANCE TO MOTION SALARY DISCIPLINING OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICERS, APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY INVOLVING A, A BOARD APPOINTEE.AND I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A ROLL CALL.
WE'LL NOW ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION BOARD MEMBERS.
WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR OPEN GOING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION FROM CLOSED SESSION.
YOUR RESOLUTION CERTIFYING CLOSED SESSION, WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY HAS CONVENED A CLOSED SESSION ON THE STATE PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RECORDED VOTE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AND WHEREAS SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 12 D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY, THAT SUCH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING.
THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY.
AND I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A ROLL CALL VOTE.
COULD I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? NO, MOVED.
WE'LL, NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, WE, UH, NEED TO HANDLE THE HOUSE CLEANING AS FAR AS TO SCHEDULE A WORK SESSION, UH, FOR PERSONNEL EVALUATIONS, WHICH THAT WORK SESSION, THAT WORK SESSION WILL BE A CLOSED SESSION.
AND THEN FOLLOWING OUR PERSONNEL MATTER, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A WORK SESSION FOR OUR BIANNUAL PROPOSAL FOR TAXING, UH, FOR THE COUNTY OF SIRI.
SO I ASKED THAT YOU WOULD GET YOUR CALENDARS TOGETHER AND SEE WE CAN COME UP A DATE FOR A WORK SESSION IN BEFORE OUR AUGUST MEETING, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR SCHEDULE LOOK, BUT I JUST, JUST, UH, UH, PUT OUT A DATE IF IT'S, IT'S IF IT'S FEASIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.
THE, THE THURSDAY THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH.
I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST ACTUALLY MAYBE THAT MONDAY OR TUESDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WORKED FOR, FOR THE, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE 29TH OR THE 30TH OF, OF JULY.
UH, AUGUST 1ST IS THE MEETING OKAY.
FOR, UH, AUGUST? UH, I WOULD, ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD PREFER THE, THE 30TH.
UH, HOW ABOUT THE 18TH? UH, WELL, I THINK HR PI GOTTA GO.
WELL, WE CAN, YOU'D BE BACK PROBABLY ABOUT OH, THREE O'CLOCK.
SO THAT EVENING OR, YEAH, I HAVE A MEETING THAT I HAVE A MEETING 2:00 PM WITH THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO HOW DOES THE 18TH LOOK? WE COULD DO IT AROUND, LET'S SAY FIVE O'CLOCK.
WHAT'S THE LOCATION? FIVE O'CLOCK ON 18TH.
AND LET'S, LET'S MAKE THE LOCATION AT THE EOC UH, OKAY.
WE NEED, NEED A MOTION FOR WELL, YEAH, FOR ADJOURNMENT UNTIL THAT DAY.
WELL, NO, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION ON THAT.
I JUST, UH, WE'LL, UH, ADJOURN, ADJOURN TO THAT DATE UNTIL, UH, JULY THE 18TH AT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR WORK SESSION, CLOSED SESSION, THE FIRST PORTION.
AND THEN WE WILL OPEN SESSION FOR, UH, TAX BILLING DATES.
UH, SO WE WILL BE ADJOURNED UNTIL JULY THE 18TH.
AT FIVE O'CLOCK WE WILL CONVENE AT THE EEOC BUILDING.
COULD I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.