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YES.[Call to Order / Moment of Silence / Pledge of Allegiance/ Agenda Adoption]
GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.WE ARE BLESSED THIS EVENING TO HAVE REVEREND KENNETH WHITTEN, THE INTERIM PASTOR OF THE LEBANON BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN SURREY COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATIONAL PRAYER THIS EVENING.
REVEREND WHI OUR HEAVEN, FATHER, COME TO YOU TONIGHT ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR WISDOM IN SUPPORT AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING.
YES, LORD, INSPIRE US WITH YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM, SEEDS OF YOUR VISION IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR MIND.
FATHER GOD, OUR THOUGHTS AND I DISCUSS SO THAT WE MIGHT THOROUGH, UNDERSTAND WE MAY EVER DECISION.
BE RIGHTEOUS IN YOUR SIGHT FOR BENEFITED FOR YOUR GLORY.
GRANT US THE WISDOM TO WORK TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY AND THE HUMILITY TO VALUE EACH PERSON PERSPECTIVE.
AT THIS TIME, WE OFFICIALLY CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER AND WE WOULD OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THIS TIME.
THAT'LL STAND FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG, UNITED STATES, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
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BOARD MEMBERS.YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
THERE IS ONE, I BELIEVE ADDITIONAL, UH, ITEM NEED TO BE ADDED TO OUR AGENDA.
THAT IS A PRESENTATION FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND BASED UPON THAT ONE RECOMMENDATION, COULD WE GET A MOTION ON OUR AGENDA? MR. CHAIR? MR. PIERCE, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA WITH THE, UH, AMENDED PRESENTATION BY THE EDA.
COULD WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTE AND SIGN OF AYE.
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OUR CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE, UH, CVS VENDOR CONTRACT FOR 26 THROUGH 28.WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF RECOGNITION OF SYRIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR 100 YEARS, AND WE HAVE A GRANT APPLICATION AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUR RESOLUTION.
UH, SO IT CAN BE READ BY OUR SERIAL REPRESENTATIVE.
AND IF THERE BE NO QUESTIONS ON OUR CONSENT ITEMS, WE ASK FOR APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.
OPPOSED? OUR CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
AT THIS TIME WE'LL GIVE AWAY TO MR. CALHOUN.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO READ, UH, THE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 1 RECOGNITION OF SURREY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR 100 YEARS OF SERVICE AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SURREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD IN THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURTROOM OF THE SURREY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2025 AT 6:00 PM PRESENT THE HONORABLE ROBERT ELLIOT CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE BRIANON PIERCE, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY CALHOUN, THE HONORABLE WALTER HARDY, THE HONORABLE AMY DREWRY.
WHEREAS FOR 100 YEARS, SUR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HAS PROVIDED INSPIRATIONAL SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES OF WORSHIP WHILE ENHANCING THE LOCAL LIFE THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS THE, UH, METHODIST CONGREGATION OF THE TOWN OF SURREY TRACES ITS ROOTS TO 1923 WHEN A FEW MEMBERS OF THE MORNINGS CHURCH ON THE SURREY CHARGE ORGANIZED A SUNDAY SCHOOL IN AN OLD PUBLIC BUILDING.
AND WHEREAS ON APRIL 12TH, 1924, THE SECOND QUARTERLY CONFERENCE HELD IN MOORINGS CHURCH WITH THE REVEREND DR.
JK JOLE PRESIDED, AND THE REVEREND J FLETCHER OSBORNE, AS CIRCUIT PASTOR ELECTED A BUILDING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED TO PROCEED AT ONCE WITH THE CONTRACT FOR A CHURCH BUILDING.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH THE TIMELESS EFFORTS OF THE
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FAITHFUL MEMBERS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CHURCH WAS COMPLETED.AND ON MARCH 29TH, 2025, THE SURREY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH WAS DEDICATED BECOMING A PART OF THE VIRGINIA METHOD, METHODISM, UH, JOINING THE SUR CIRCUIT METHODIST EPIS, UH, EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
AND WHEREAS IN 1939, THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH AND METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH MERGED BEFORE THE METHODIST CHURCH AND THE SURREY METHODIST CHURCH CONGREGATION CONTINUED TO SERVE THE LORD WITH THE OTHER SURREY CHARGED METHODIST CONGREGATIONS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE CHARGE DURING ALL OR PART OF THE YEARS TO FOLLOW, INCLUDING CARSLEY DRON CLAREMONT, SPRING GROVE AND OAK GROVE METHODIST CHURCHES.
AND WHEREAS MANY PASTORS AND FAITHFUL MEMBERS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SERVING MATTER OF THIS CHURCH OVER THE ENSUING YEARS, ENLARGING THE CHURCH BUILDING IN THE 1960S AND 1970S AND ENRICHING CHURCH SERVICES THROUGH THE MEANINGFUL DONATIONS SUCH AS IN OREGON CHIMES AND THE LAW AND DESIRES STEEPLE.
AND WHEREAS THE FOLLOWING THE MERGER VOTE IN 1968 OF THE EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH AND THE METHODIST CHURCH, THE SURREY METHODIST CHURCH BECAME KNOWN AS SURREY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
THE CHURCH REMAINS A MEMBER TODAY OF THE CHARGE WITH THE CARSLEY AND OAK GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES, AND AS PART OF THE LIVING WATERS DISTRICT OF THE VIRGINIA UNITED METHODIST CONFERENCE.
AND WHEREAS SUR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HAS ALWAYS PROUDLY CELEBRATED ITS HISTORY, INCLUDING THROUGH A 25TH ANNIVERSARY HOMECOMING UNDER THE REVEREND RJ CALLAS JR.
ON APRIL 30TH, 1950, A 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT UNDER REVEREND EMMETT DIGGS ON MAY 18TH, 1975, AND A 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT UNDER THE REVEREND RAY ROLAND ON MAY 7TH, 2000.
AND WHEREAS THE CURRENT PASTOR OF SUR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, THE REVEREND DR.
GARY ENSS AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS CONGREGATIONS WILL COMMEMORATE THE CHURCH'S MILESTONES 100 ANNIVERSARY ON SUNDAY, MARCH 30TH, WITH A SPECIAL SERVICE.
NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED BY THE SURREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT SURREY COUNTY METHODIST CHURCH HEREBY BE COMMENDED ON THE OCCASION OF A 100TH ANNIVERSARY AND BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PREPARE A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE PRESENTATION TO REVEREND DR.
GARY EDEN'S, PASTOR OF SURRY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE COUNTY'S ADMIRATION FOR THE CHURCH'S LONG HISTORY AND LEGACY OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SUR COMMUNITY.
IT WILL BE ATTESTED BY MELISSA D. ROLLINS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
DO WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE CHURCH HERE PRESENT TODAY? IS THE PASTOR HERE STAND? SIR, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
LET'S GIVE THE SIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND WE'LL PRESENT OUR RESOLUTION TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
THESE OVER HERE, I'VE DONE MORE THAN I HAVE, BUT I'M OVER.
REVEREND EDEN, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET YOU ON OUR LIST TO COME AND GIVE OUR INVOCATION ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.
[Public Comments]
MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE HAVE SIGNED UP.FIRST MRS. LITTLE MS. JUDY, LITTLE GOOD EVENING.
WHAT A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU THIS, THIS EVENING.
I AM JUDY LITTLE AND I RESIDE IN THE BACON'S CASTLE DISTRICT.
MR. HARDY IS MY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD.
I AM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE SURY.
SIR
AND I DON'T THINK THAT MR. LEE JONES IS A STRANGER TO ANYONE THAT'S SEATED ON OUR BOARD AT THIS TIME.
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A RESOLUTION WAS, UM, DONE FOR MR. JONES ON THE RESOLUTION NUMBER WAS ZERO EIGHT DASH 0 2 0 2 WAS A YEAR AND PRESIDENT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THAT TIME, THE HONORABLE M SHERLOCK HOLMES CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE JOHN MSU VICE CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE ERNEST L BLUNT, THE HONORABLE REGINALD O HARRISON, AND THE HONORABLE JUDY S. LITTLE, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION DEAD.AND I'M JUST GONNA READ THE LAST PART BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF THE LATE LEE JONES TO OBTAIN EQUAL EDUCATION FACILITIES AND SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL STUDENTS IN SURY COUNTY, VIRGINIA BY PROCLAIMING THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH AS LEE JONES ANNUALLY, DAY ANNUALLY, BEGINNING ON MARCH THE 17TH OF 2008.
AND AT THAT TIME, MR. TYRONE FRANKLIN WAS OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO TONIGHT I'M JUST, UM, HERE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE NEW BOARD.
2008 HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THE HERITAGE SOCIETY IS STILL LOOKING TO HAVE A MEMORIAL PLACE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE COMPLEX, THE SURY COUNTY COURTHOUSE COMPLEX FOR MR. LEE JONES FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SURY COUNTY AND IT'S EDUCATIONAL AND CITIZENS.
AND AT THIS TIME, WOULD, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER, UM, SURY COUNTY HERDS SOCIETY MEMBERS HERE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? THANK YOU.
NUMBER TWO, DIDN'T WRITE ANYTHING DOWN SO WE DON'T, DON'T SKIP NUMBER TWO AND MOVE TO NUMBER THREE.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, LYNETTE DUNCAN, IF YOU WOULD, I, I FAIL TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU COME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT? GOOD EVENING BOARD.
FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN BEFORE ANY OF YOU, I, I DON'T USUALLY GET TO COME ON THURSDAY NIGHTS.
I WORK THURSDAY EVENINGS AND I AM ON BREAK RIGHT NOW TO COME.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
MAY NOT BE HERE ON THE RIGHT TOPIC OR WHATEVER MAY BE.
YOU CAN DIRECT ME WHEN TO COME, WHEN I SHOULD TAKE OFF, BUT I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS HERE IN THIS COUNTY AS WELL.
MY HUSBAND AND I NOT LOOKING TO GET RICH, TAKING ON ENOUGH TO KEEP US AFLOAT.
AND THEN I GOT MY REASSESSMENT IN THE MAIL AND YOU KNOW, I SEE ON THE, ON THE, UM, AGENDA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, I NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION.
AND THEN I WAS READING ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN AND WHAT YOU CAN'T DO,
SO IT WAS NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER KIND OF THING, BUT I I, I'M HAVING TO COME HERE AND ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, I HAVE A THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOME ON SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES, AND IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, IT'S GONE UP $47,500.
AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BUDGET FOR THAT.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH A ONE MAN SHOW.
AND THEN I WORK ON TOP OF THAT.
SO I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE WHERE A THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM HOME WITH SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES, WE JUST DEEDED SOME PROPERTY TO OUR SON.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE LESS LAND THAN I HAD INITIALLY, BUT MY REASSESSMENT HAS GONE UP TO $47,700.
AND I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT.
IF I COULD, IF ANYBODY COULD EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
I HAVE CALLED, MADE AN APPOINTMENT, THEY CALLED ME BACK, WE SPOKE, I WAS TOLD I WOULD GET ANOTHER PHONE CALL, BUT I DON'T WANNA MISS OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE PHONE CALL.
SO I'M ALSO STANDING HERE TO ASK WHEN OUR COUNTY HAD THEIR LAST AUDIT AT ONE MINUTE, MA'AM.
AND THEN WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF OUR LAST AUDIT? ALL COUNTY OFFICES, BECAUSE TO ME, LIKE $47,500
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IS A LOT OF MONEY.AND I ACTUALLY SOLD A BIG HOME YEARS AGO SO THAT I COULD COME DOWN TO LIVING VERY SIMPLE AND GIVING WHENEVER I CAN.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY HARD TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.
WE GIVE TO WOUNDED WARRIORS, WE GIVE TO, UH, THOSE WHO DESERVE AND CANNOT AFFORD.
SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO KEEP DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY IN OUR COUNTY.
SO IF I MAY HAVE SOME DIRECTION, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT TO ME, I'D BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT DIRECTION AND BRING THIS UP AT EITHER AN, A PROPER TIME OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT AGAIN, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I NEEDED TO COME AND, AND SAY THIS BECAUSE I DON'T GET TO COME.
I I WORK EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MR. LAWRENCE, BILL, DR.
I WANT TO CONTINUE MY COMMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT FIRST I NEED TO REVISIT THE STATEMENT I MADE ABOUT, UH, YOUR VOTES AS SUPERVISORS BEING RACIAL BUT NOT RACIST, REFLECTING DIFFERENT WORLD VIEWS, PROGRESSIVE AND CONSERVATIVE.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE BLACK VOTES MOVED THE BARRIER TO PROGRESS AND THE WHITE VOTES SOUGHT TO BLOCK PROGRESS.
AND I INDICATE, I, I USED A WORD THERE, UM, THAT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT.
I SAID THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT DEFINITE.
WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A WAIT A MINUTE.
LEMME LEMME EXPLAIN THAT BOTH WERE BASED ON WORLD VIEWS THAT IS BOTH VOTED IN HARMONY WITH THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM.
THEREFORE, I SAID THEIR VOTES WERE RACIAL BUT NOT RACIST.
IN NO WAY WAS I IMPLYING THAT THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
IT IS NOT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS REALITY.
IT IS A REALITY THAT I'M, THAT I MAY NOT LIVE TO SEE CHANGED.
WHEN THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD SHIFTS FROM THREE BLACK AND TWO WHITES TO THREE WHITES AND TWO BLACK, THE VOTE WILL NO DOUBT REMAIN THE, THE SAME UNLESS OUR WORLD VIEWS CHANGE.
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS REPORTS, THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CONTINUED TO SHIFT.
THEREFORE, IN 2010, THE WHITE POPULATION BECAME THE LARGEST RACIAL GROUP IN THE COUNTY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY.
AT WHAT MINUTE, SIR? AND FROM THAT POINT, IT CONTINUED TO BROADEN AND I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GIVE YOU THOSE FIGURES.
SO I JUST CLOSE OUT AGAIN AND SAY, UH, I HOPE THAT I, THIS HELPS TO EXPLAIN MY POSITION.
SO I WILL CLOSE WITH MY COMMENTS WITH A CHALLENGE TO YOU.
AND IN APRIL, I WILL FINISH MY THANK YOU COMMENTS.
THE CHALLENGE, KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE PEDAL, YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE, AND YOUR FAITH IN THE DIVINE HAND THAT GODS, AND IN SO DOING, YOU WILL ACHIEVE THE UTILITARIAN IDEAL.
THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER.
BILL, YOU NEXT WE HAVE DR. PIERCE, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF SUR COUNTY.
MY NAME IS CHARLON PIERCE AND I'M FROM THE BEACONS CASTLE DISTRICT.
TONIGHT I'M GONNA SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF ASSESSMENTS, REVENUE FROM TAXES AND TAX RATE.
THE HOUSE THAT MY FAMILY OWNS ON WHITE MARSH ROAD INCREASED BY $39,000 AND ASSESS VALUE THAT IS 17.95% IN A SINGLE YEARS.
AND BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THIS, ALL, EVERYTHING I'M SAYING YOU HAVE IT ON THE TABLE.
A DECEMBER 24TH, 2024 REPORT FROM THE UVA WELDING CENTER IN CHARLOTTESVILLE DID A COMPARISON OF TAX ASSESSMENTS, TAX RATES, EXCUSE ME, WITH ALL
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THE COUNTIES.SURREY WAS COMPARED WITH 66 OTHER COUNTIES.
WE WERE THE 67 THEN THAT WAS BASED ON THOSE COUNTIES THAT WERE LOOKED AT BY COUNTY YEAR.
YOU HAVE TO CALL THEM TO ASK THEM WHY THEY DID COUNTY YEARS AND FISCAL YEARS AND INCLUDED SOME OF ONE OF THE OTHERS.
BUT THE MEAN AVERAGE FOR THE TAX RATE FOR THOSE 67 COUNTIES, AND THAT COMPARISON WAS 0.62, I BELIEVE THAT'S 62 CENTS PER WHATEVER THE MEDIAN SCORE THAT'S, WE WERE, WHAT WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE HALF, BELOW HALF ABOVE WAS 60.60 60 CENTS.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR ME AND MY REQUEST.
THE THIRD QUARTER, WE GOT XA MATH TEACHER BACK THERE WAS GONNA BE PRESENTED IN A MINUTE.
SHE TAUGHT ME SOME OF THIS STUFF AS I WAS TRYING TO TEACH IT, OR 0.72 CENTS.
THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE ALMOST AT THE 75TH PERCENTILE, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT ALMOST 75% OF THE LOCALITIES OF THE 67, I'M GONNA GET THE DATA RIGHT OF THESE 67, NOT ALL THE HUNDRED 34, BUT WE IN OUR COMPARISON GROUP IS BELOW US.
I BELIEVE THIS DATA THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT, ONE MINUTE, AND THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, SUGGEST THAT WE CAN GET INCREASED REVENUE WITH A REDUCED TAX RATE.
THAT IS WHAT I AM REQUESTING TONIGHT THAT YOU LOOK AT AND HAVE YOUR STAFF LOOK AT AS THEY BRING BUDGETS TO YOU AT WHAT THE REVENUE'S GONNA BE WITH THE NEW TAX ASSESSMENTS AND WHAT THE REVENUE COULD BE WITH A FEW LOWER TAX RATE, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, A 0.1, A 0.2 MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT.
I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
WE CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE COUNTY NEEDS TO GET THE THINGS DONE, BUT REDUCE THE TAX RATE, WHICH WILL HELP THE CITIZENS THINK THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS THINK THAT YOU'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT US.
I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER THAT YOU'ALL, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
AS WE HAVE, UH, HELEN EGGLESTON, HELEN EGGLESTON, DENVER DISTRICT.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES THAT, UH, SHALOM HAD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU MY ASSESSMENT WAS RAISED $40,700.
IF I WERE, IF I HAD NOT REMARRIED LIVING ON THE INCOME THAT I HAVE NOW, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY IT.
I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIST ALONE.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY AND A STRESSFUL FINANCIAL SITUATION.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY THAT CANNOT STAND TO HAVE THEIR TAXES, THEIR ASSESSMENTS RAISED THAT MUCH.
MY HOUSE IS, UH, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND I HAVE 30 YEAR SHINGLES ON ON IT.
THEY WERE 30 YEARS OLD LAST YEAR.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE THEM OR SELL IT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT, BUT I MAY BE FORCED TO DO IT.
AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF DENVER WHO ARE GOING TO BE TERRIBLY DISADVANTAGED BY THIS ASSESSMENT.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW COME IT'S $350,000 AND BELOW THAT HAD THEIR ASSESSMENT RAISED, NOT THE ONES WHO CAN AFFORD IT, THE ONES THAT HAVE LARGER INCOMES.
I'M SORRY, MY MATH, MATH IS NOT THAT GREAT, BUT DOLLAR WISE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I WISH YOU WOULD REVISIT THIS ISSUE.
IT IS A VERY CONCERNING ONE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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YES, WE HAVE, UH, MIKE TON, MIKE TON TENDER IN BLACKWATER DISTRICT.MIKE, MY QUESTION IS FOR THESE INCREASED ASSESSMENTS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING INFRASTRUCTURE WISE? THE ROADS ARE GOING TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET, WHITE MARSH AND JONES DRIVE, THE COLLAPSED CUPBOARD HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR TWO YEARS.
THE BUCK PASSING BETWEEN THE SOLAR PEOPLE AND THE COUNTY NEEDS TO STOP.
YOU NEED TO FIX THE ROADS IS ON JONES DRIVE OF THE COUNTY LINE IS A SEAT THAT'S BEEN IN THE DITCH FOR TWO TO EIGHT MONTHS.
IF YOU WERE TO STICK A SIGN IN THERE, THE STATE WOULD BE HOLLERING THAT YOU'RE IN THERE RIGHT AWAY.
THE COUNTY HAS NO POWER TO REMOVE GARBAGE IN A SEAT THAT'S BEEN LAYING IN THE DITCH FOR ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS.
YOU DO SOME THINGS GOOD WITH PRINCE GEORGIA ELECTRIC'S HELP.
THE FIBER WAS A GREAT IDEA, BUT THE ROADS IN SURY COUNTY ARE DEPLORABLE AS A COLLAPSED COVER COVERED WHERE JONES DRIVE MEETS WHITE MARSH ROAD.
IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
WE NEED TO GET ON BDOT AND THE STATE, AND YOU GUYS ARE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE SOLAR FARM BEING STOPPED WHERE IT IS, IS DUE TO TRUMP CANCELING, UH, MONEY.
SUBSIDY, STRONG CANCELING SUBSIDIES WITHOUT THE SUBSIDY.
SOLAR POWER IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE FORM OF POWER.
WE NEED TO START USING OUR THINKING CAP INSTEAD OF THROWING MONEY AT THINGS.
AND NEXT WE HAVE MICHAEL DREWRY.
GOOD EVENING, MIKE GRAY,
I, WELL, THIS MORNING I READ A QUOTE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL THAT I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF PERTINENT TO, SIR.
IT, IT SAYS, CONTROL AND DOMINATION ARE THE GOALS OF ALL POWER SYSTEMS. IT'S JUST A FACT.
AND FOR A COMMUNITY TO BE HEALTHY, IT MUST BE CORRECTED AND RESISTED.
IN HERE IN SURREY, I ASSIST A COMMUNITY THAT DOES THE FOLLOWING.
THEY'VE ORGANIZED AN INTERFAITH GROUP CONSISTING OF PASTORS, CITIZENS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF WHO MEET QUARTERLY TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY ISSUES AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM.
BEHOLD, AN ANNUAL SATURDAY COMMUNITY CONFERENCE IN WHICH CITIZEN PARTICIPANTS BREAK INTO GROUPS LED BY PROFESSIONALS TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY ISSUES AND ACTION POINTS TO RESOLVE THEM.
THEY ORGANIZE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF MEETING ANNUALLY IN WHICH COMMUNITY TRUST MATTERS ARE DISCUSSED.
AND THIS DISCUSSIONS ARE LED BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE DEROGATIVE, BUT IN SURREY, WE PRETTY MUCH DO NOTHING.
WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ON FACEBOOK, IT'S PRETTY VICIOUS LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A KIND THING.
AND TRUST ME, PEOPLE OTHER THAN SUR COUNTY CITIZENS READ THIS STUFF AND IT'S NOT VERY BECOMING TO A, TO OUR COUNTY, BUT WE DON'T ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
SUCH HAS GONE ON IN SUR FOR MUCH OF MY LIFETIME.
AND IT'S JUST TIME TO WE ADDRESS IT.
A MAIN REASON THAT MY WIFE, AMY, IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING AND IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE, IS THAT I, AND DIRECT HATE TO ME.
I DON'T WANT HER TO BE SUBJECTED TO THE DIVISION AND THE HATE THAT MANY AND SARAH HAVE EXPERIENCED.
AND THIS IS NOT A RACIAL ISSUE, IT'S JUST WE HAVE, AND I SEE IT STILL EMANATING TODAY.
I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE SUBJECTED TO SUCH,
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BUT HERE IN SRE COUNTY, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.SOME SPEAKERS HAVE, IF YOU FEEL TO BE, NEED TO BE HATEFUL AND MAKE FACEBOOK POSTINGS DIRECTED AT ME.
I'M THE CAUSE AGAIN, I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO ON FACEBOOK AND START READING SOME OF THESE POSTINGS AND SOME OF THEM, I MEAN, THAT'S CITIZENS, THAT'S STAFF HERE TO DO IT, AND EVEN BOARD MEMBERS THAT DOES THIS.
BUT I CHALLENGE EVERYONE, LET'S COME TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING.
WE'VE GOT FOUR MINISTERS IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.
I CHALLENGE Y'ALL TO COME TOGETHER AND LET'S ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND DISCUSS IT.
WE CERTAINLY WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
AND I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH THOSE WHO CAME WITH, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT REASSESSMENTS.
THERE IS INFORMATION, UH, AT THE BACK TABLE TO MAYBE ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THE REASSESSMENT, THE REASON WHY THE REASSESSMENT WENT FORTH, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT THAT INFORMATION WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND IF NOT, UH, WE DO HAVE A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION WHERE YOU CAN CARRY YOUR CONCERNS TO AS WELL.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON TONIGHT.
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WILL HAVE, UH, A NEW BUSINESS.FIRST, ADAM, A NEW BUSINESS IS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RENOVATIONS OF SURVEY VILLAGE ONE.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN ELLIOT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MS. ROLLINS, MS. PERKINS.
MR. HARRISON, TONIGHT BEFORE YOU, WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR YOU.
UM, CURRENTLY FOR SURY VILLAGE ONE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, CURRENTLY 48 UNITS, UH, LOCATED ALONG LEBANON ROAD.
UH, TONIGHT WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM, UH, TM ASSOCIATES, UH, PART THAT REPRESENTS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER.
UM, TONIGHT'S TO RE REQUEST, UM, THE SUPPORT OF THE RENOVATION OF SURY VILLAGE, UM, WITH MR. CLARK.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME JUST TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE, UH, OUR ASK FOR THE COUNTY.
WE MANAGE, UH, JUST OVER 450 PROPERTIES, UH, UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.
WE'RE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, UH, BASED OUTTA ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND.
AND, UH, WE CURRENTLY MANAGE AND OWN SURREY VILLAGE ONE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.
AND, UH, AS MR. WADE MENTIONED, WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO REVITALIZE IT.
AND IN ORDER TO DO SO, WE ASK FOR A RESOLUTION FROM THE COUNTY IN SUPPORT OF, UH, SUCH A, UH, REVITALIZATION.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THE COUNTY FOR ANY MONEY.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A TAX REASSESSMENT OR, UH, TAX ABATEMENT.
UM, WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR, IN EFFECT MORAL SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN GO TO VIRGINIA HOUSING, UM, WITH THAT RESOLUTION AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET FUNDING AND DO A REHAB.
UM, AGAIN, 48 UNITS, UM, IT'S FAMILY OWNED.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ON FIXED INCOMES AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND RIGHT NOW ABOUT BETWEEN 80 TO $82,000 PER UNIT.
SO IT'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION AND I THINK IT'LL BE A, A PLUS FOR THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, NOT A, NOT A TOUGH ASK, BUT WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST APPLAUD YOU BECAUSE SE VILLAGE IS IN MY DISTRICT, SO I'M ALL FOR IT.
SO ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME OR QUESTIONS? MR. JACK, IF I MAY, MR. PIERCE, THANK YOU FOR, UM, WAIT.
FOR, UM, FOR WHAT YOU ARE ARE ASKING, UM, JUST A QUESTION.
WHAT, HOW WOULD THE REHABILITATION AFFECT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS THAT'S LIVING THERE? WOULD THEY HAVE TO RE UH, LIKE WOULD RELOCATE OR HOW, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? JUST AS CURIOSITY? YEAH, SO STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR.
UH, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYONE REMAIN THERE, 48 UNITS AND A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS.
YOU HAVE TENANTS WHO DO LEAVE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO ALL THE TIME.
UH, BUT WHAT OUR RELOCATION PLAN HAS ALLOTTED CLOSE TO $200,000, UH, THAT IS IN CASE THEY WANT TO GO AND STAY IN A HOTEL ROOM.
TYPICALLY, WE WANT TO TAKE A BUILDING.
UM, AS LEASES COME UP FOR RENEWAL, WE TRY TO SHIFT PEOPLE OVER TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS, EMPTY OUT ONE BUILDING,
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REHAB IT ALL, UM, AND THAT, THAT SCOPE I CAN GET INTO MORE.BUT, UH, THEN WE COMPLETE THAT BUILDING, MOVE PEOPLE IN AND THEN GO AROUND THE COMPLEX.
UM, NOW IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, WE DO PEOPLE, UH, PUT PEOPLE UP IN HOTELS, EXTENDED STAYS.
UH, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME CONEX BOXES OUT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR STORAGE.
UM, MAYBE SOME SECURITY MEASURES WOULD BE ADDED, UH, IN THAT CASE.
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO STAY WITH RELATIVES.
SO IN THAT CASE, WE GIVE THEM A STIPEND.
UM, IT, WE DO HAVE A RELOCATION PLAN THOUGH, UH, THAT WILL BECOME MORE SOLID AS AS WE PROGRESS.
UM, AND, AND ONE LAST QUESTION AND AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THERE IS A RELOCATION PLAN, BUT WITH YOUR, UH, PLAN TO RE I THINK THE WORD USED REHABILITATE THE FACILITY.
UM, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT MOST OF THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE THERE ARE ON FIXED INCOMES MM-HMM
THIS WON'T AFFECT THEIR, UM, THEIR INCOME OR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN PAYING FOR RENT OR NO.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS THE ANSWER IS, IT, IT WON'T AFFECT THEM.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS THEY PAY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THEIR INCOME, SO THEIR RENT WOULD GO UP IF, LET'S SAY THEY GOT A SIGNIFICANT PROMOTION.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S EVALUATED EVERY YEAR WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
SO YEAH, WE'RE NOT GONNA JACK UP THEIR RENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? IF THERE BE NONE, THERE'S, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT OF THE RENOVATIONS TO SERVE VILLAGE ONE.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE CAN ATTAIN AT THIS TIME? CHAIR, MR. HARVEY? UM, BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION, I'D JUST LIKE TO DO HAVE A, A SMALL COMMENT.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF READING THE 1982 R ONE REZONING, C-P-C-U-P.
AND, UM, IT WAS A WORK OF, UH, MANY, UH, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, INCLUDING THE, UM, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION SOME 42 YEARS AGO.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MY FATHER WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS END AND MY UNCLE THOMAS WAS ON THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, UM, I'D BE REMISS NOT TO MAKE THIS MOTION IN THEIR HONOR.
SO I MOVE THAT, UH, WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RENOVATION OF SURVEY VILLAGE.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
BOARD MEMBERS AND THANK YOU MR. HARDY FOR THAT LEGACY MOTION.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS PROPOSED FEE CHANGES FOR MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES.
UM, THE CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RECOMMENDATION AFTER CONFIRMING WITH MR. PHELPS CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, A RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH NEW FEES FOR AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
UM, THIS IS TO, UH, UPDATE YOUR LAST FEE SCHEDULED THAT WAS APPROVED IN JUNE, 2020.
UM, SO YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL FEES FOR BASIC LIFE SUPPORT FROM $500 TO SIX 50 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT.
ONE A LEVEL ONE FROM 600 TO 800.
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, TWO FROM 7 75 TO 9 75, TREAT, NO TRANSPORT THAT WOULD BE REMOVED, IS NO LONGER ALLOWED.
AND THE MILEAGE TO INCREASE FROM $14 AND 25 CENTS A MILE TO $20 A MILE.
AND FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE RESCUE AND VOLUNTEER FIRE ACCEPTABLE ALLOWABLE PORTION OF INSURANCE AS COMPLETE PAYMENT.
SO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION, THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE, UM, AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL $120,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE.
UM, THIS, UH, WILL CERTAINLY HELP TO DEFRAY THE COST OF THE COUNTY'S CONTRACT TO PROVIDE 24 HOUR MEDICAL, UH, TRANSPORT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT, UM, THE RECOVERY COMPANY CAN, UM, RECOUP THESE COSTS FROM THE INSURANCE CARRIERS.
UM, MR. PHELPS IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT, UM, SO THAT THE COUNTY CAN RES, UH, BEGIN RECEIVING THE ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENTS FROM INSURANCE.
AND WE ARE ASKING THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE AS OF APRIL 1ST, 2025.
MR. PHE, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL? NO, SIR.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO THE RECOMMENDATION CHAIR? MR. HOTTIE? UH, MR. PHELPS ACTUALLY GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION THE OTHER DAY IN OUR, UM, WORK SESSION.
I DO HAVE ONE CONCERN AND I, AND I'M FOR THIS, UH, BUT, UH, WE, WE DO SEE THAT WHERE THERE'S LEGISLATION
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CURRENTLY TO MAYBE MAKE SOME CUTS TO, UH, PERHAPS MEDICAID MEDICARE TYPE PROGRAMS, UM, DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WILL IMPACT THIS AT ALL, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY WOULD NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON RESIDENT.WHAT, WHAT'S THAT'S BASED ON IS THE, THE BILLING COMPANY THAT WE, UH, CONTRACT WITH, UM, MAKES AN ASSESSMENT EVERY 70 YEARS WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND WHAT THEY'RE PAYING.
AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHEN THEY, THEY MAKE THAT, UM, THAT RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, INCREASE THOSE FEES.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE IF THAT, UH, IF, IF THERE ARE CUTS IN THE FUTURE THAT THOSE, THOSE CHARGES WOULD BE WHAT THEY ARE AND THEN THEY WE'RE ONLY GONNA ACCEPT WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY'S GONNA PAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO THANKS FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. PHELPS? IF THERE BE NONE, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
MR. CALHOUN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PROPOSE, UH, THE FEE CHANGES IS THAT'S ADDRESSED IN THE, UH, UH, IN THE NEW BUSINESS, UM, WITH THE RATES THAT HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? UH, THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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OF BUSINESS IS TO WELCOME OUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, DR. MONROE, AS HE COME TO PRESENT, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26, PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET.GREAT EVENING CHAIRMAN ELLIOT, MEMBERS OF THE SURREY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MRS. ROLLINS AND ALL CITIZENS IN ATTENDANCE.
I'M DR. MONROE DE PROUD SUPERINTENDENT FOR SURREY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND IT IS MY PLUM, PLEASE AND PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH MRS. HARVEY, OUR MONEY MAMA.
AND WE WILL SHARE THE SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FY 25 AND 26.
THE VISION OF SURREY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE, HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT PREPARES ALL STUDENTS TO BE COMPETITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN A HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND GLOBAL SOCIETY.
WE ACHIEVE THIS BY BUILDING EXCELLENCE ONE STUDENT AT A TIME.
OUR NEEDS BASE BUDGET IS DEVELOPED BASED ON THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CODE AND MANDATES CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS AND A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROTOCOL TO KEEP OUR FACILITIES SAFE AND RUNNING EFFICIENTLY, ALL OF WHICH ARE ALIGNED TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD GOALS AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
STARTING WITH GOAL NUMBER ONE, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR AND PROMOTE HIGH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS WHILE MAINTAINING AND EXCEEDING STATE ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH SCHOOL GOAL.
TWO, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING FOR EACH STUDENT.
GOAL THREE, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ATTRACT, DEVELOP, AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEES.
GOAL FOUR, THE BOARD WILL ENSURE THAT POLICIES AND PRACTICES ARE IMPLEMENTED THAT PROMOTE SOUND, FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY.
THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO ASSERT ITS ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY LEADER AND GOVERN THE SCHOOL DIVISION FAIRLY AND OPENLY WHILE SEEKING THE ENGAGEMENT OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN SURREY COUNTY.
FOR EXAMPLE, YESTERDAY I HOSTED A MEETING WITH LOCAL, UH, FAITH LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I INVITE OUR PASTOR, WHO IS HONORED HERE TONIGHT TO JOIN US.
WE HAD 18 PASTORS JOIN ME YESTERDAY AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO TAKE SURREY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONWARD AND UPWARD TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE.
AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH PASTORS QUARTERLY.
SO I INVITE ANY AND ALL FAITH HOUSES AND PASTORS TO COME JOIN IN WITH US AS IT TAKES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND VILLAGE TO EDUCATE AND RAISE A CHILD.
THIS EVENING I WILL SHARE THE SCHOOL'S ADOPTED BUDGET AGENDA.
I'M GONNA START WITH THE FY 25 26 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, THEN MOVE TO SALARY SCALES, COMPARISONS SHIFT TO HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS, COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, THE FY 25 26 SUMMARY OF ALL FUNDS, THE PROPOSED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES,
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THE PROPOSED FOOD SERVICE BUDGET, PROPOSED GRANT BUDGET, AND THE FY 24 THROUGH 30 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.THEN MRS. HARVEY WILL STEP IN WITH STATE BUDGET UPDATES AND WE'LL SHIFT TO NEXT STEPS.
WE WILL BEGIN BY SHARING THAT OUR PROPOSING AN OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET OF $17,972,885, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 4.63% OR 796,024 OVER THE FY 24 25 BUDGET.
THIS ACTUALLY REQUIRES AN INCREASE IN LOCAL SUPPORT OF 5.64% OR $756,069.
THIS ACTUALLY HAS SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
FIRST RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A THREE TO 7% SALARY INCREASE DEPENDING ON TENURE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE COMPENSATION STUDY.
I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE STATE IS REQUIRING A 3% RAISE.
ALSO REDUCES EXISTING STAFFING COSTS BY CONSOLIDATING POSITIONS.
ALSO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ABSORB THE ANTICIPATED HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE, WHICH IS ABOUT 10%.
WE ALSO, WE NEED TO ENSURE THE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FINE ARTS PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS FUNDING FOR ATHLETIC UNIFORMS AND STUDENT TRAVEL EXPENSES.
THIS IS ALL BASED, UM, USING THE STATE PROJECTION OF 653 STUDENTS, WHICH ACTUALLY, UH, EXCLUDES OUR PRE-K STUDENTS AND OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, BUT IT ADDRESSES MOST SCHOOL BOARD PRIORITIES AT THIS TIME.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MRS. HARVEY TO SPEAK IN SPECIFICITY AND REFERENCE TO SALARIES.
SO, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE ALWAYS IN A FIGHT FOR THE RACE TO GET THE TOP TALENT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR TALENT ALWAYS IN THE MOST WAY TO, THE BEST WAY TO INITIATE OR ATTRACT TALENT IS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN OUR SALARY SCALE.
AS DR. MONROE JUST MENTIONED, THE STATE HAD A MANDATED 3% PAY INCREASE IN BOTH YEARS OF THE BIENNIUM.
SO WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM AND WE'RE DEALING WITH THE AMENDED BUDGET PROPOSALS BY THE GOVERNOR.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART OR FROM THIS SCALE, WE ARE BELOW, UM, WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY, COUNTY, YORK COUNTY, AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY FOR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE COLUMN THAT SAYS SURREY COUNTY AND THEN SURREY COUNTY AFTER THE 3%, SO THE ONE THAT SAYS SURREY COUNTY, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25.
YORK COUNTY, I BELIEVE PULLED A RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT LAST YEAR AND DID SOMETHING LIKE AN 8% PAY RAISE.
UM, WE STUCK THROUGH OUR LINES OR OUR LEVELS THAT WE HAD.
IF WE DO NOT INCREASE OUR PAY SCALE BY THE MANDATE AT 3%, YOU CAN SEE WE'LL SUDDENLY START FALLING BEHIND ON THE SALARY SCALE AND ON THE COMPETITION.
FOR THE TOP TALENT, WE DON'T WANNA BE, YOU KNOW, THE TORTOISE, WE WANNA
WE DO NOTICE ON YEAR BY YEAR SIX, WE ARE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH TEACHER TENURE.
SO WHEREAS SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY HAVE A MORE ATTRACTIVE FIRST YEAR RATE, LIKE I SAID, WE TEND TO CATCH UP AND MAINTAIN AND KEEP OUR TEACHING STAFF HERE WITH US IN SUR COUNTY.
WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE MUST ALSO KEEP HEALTH INSURANCE AT THE FOREFRONT.
OUR ANTICIPATED GOAL IS TO HOLD OUR EMPLOYEES HARMLESS OF AN EXPECTED INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASE ESTIMATED AT AROUND 10%.
IF NOT, THE INCREASE ALONE WOULD NEGATE THE MANDATORY 3% RAISE REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND WOULD ACTUALLY BE CLEARLY A WASH.
AND OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT EVEN SEE ANY INCREASE AT ALL IN THEIR PAYCHECKS.
AS WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACT OF WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SHARED.
DR. MONROE AND I HAVE BEEN JOKING ABOUT THIS SLIDE.
I COULDN'T MAKE IT PRETTY BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S UGLY.
SO I'D LIKE TO START ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE WITH THE LETTER THAT WE ALL RECEIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA REGARDING NEW POLICIES ADAPT ADOPTED REGARDING MINIMUM WAGE EFFECTIVE LAST YEAR.
UM, THE VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA HAS ADOPTED A POLICY THAT EVERY YEAR THROUGH OCTOBER, THERE WILL BE AN EVALUATION OF WHAT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX HAS INCREASED BY THAT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
THAT PERCENTAGE WILL THEN BE MULTIPLIED BY WHATEVER THE CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE RATE IS.
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SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2024, MINIMUM WAGE WAS $12 AN HOUR.SO MINIMUM WAGE IS NOW $12 41 CENTS AN HOUR.
THIS WAS NOT A ONE-TIME ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS IS NOW AT ADOPTED AS POLICY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
SO EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD, MINIMUM WAGE WILL CHANGE EFFECTIVE JANUARY OF THE NEXT YEAR.
THOSE RATES, IT'S, THE FUNNY PART OF IT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 3.4% FOR LAST YEAR, DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS BEFORE THE EGG, EGG GATE
UM, THE OTHER CHARGE, YOU CAN SEE THE RATE OF INFLATION OF WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE COST OF PROPANE, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE COST OF ALSO ELECTRICITY AND HEATING YOUR HOME.
SO IF WE FAIL TO NOT ONLY GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES A 3% PAY INCREASE, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ALREADY BEHIND BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WAS 3.4% BEFORE THE EGGS AND THE PROPANE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
LIKE I SAID, THOSE STATISTICS ENDED AS OF OCTOBER AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT PRICES HAVE INCREASED SINCE OCTOBER.
SO WITH THAT, UM, BEING SHARED THIS EVENING, UM, IN LOOKING AT THE FY 25, 26 TOTALS FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET, OUR GENERAL OPERATING PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE $17,972,885.
AS WE LOOK AT OUR GRANTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT $726,221.
AND OUR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET TOTAL WOULD BE $638,031.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS BEHIND OUR NUMBERS.
THE GOOD NEWS BEHIND OUR NUMBERS IS WE'RE KEEPING THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING, AND THAT IS TEACHING AND LEARNING AS THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET IS SPENT ON INSTRUCTION.
AND AS I SAID BEFORE, TEACHING AND LEARNING IS THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO.
SO THIS IS WHY ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE FULLY ACCREDITED.
THIS IS WHY WE DO NOT HAVE A CHRONIC ABSENTEE PROBLEM AND SURREY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THIS IS WHY OUR HIGH SCHOOL HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION AS DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS WHERE OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR REGION, IN THE COMMONWEALTH, UNDER THE NEW ACCREDITATION CRITERIA ARE ACTUALLY DROPPING DOWN.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY ELEVATING UP.
THIS IS WHY OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAD A 40% INCREASE IN READING AND MATHEMATICS.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE STUDENTS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL WHO ACTUALLY CAN RECEIVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE WHILE THEY'RE AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH A LOT OF OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS DO NOT OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WANT TO REMAIN AT THE TOP AND CONTINUE TO MOVE ONWARD AND UPWARD.
AND IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR BAR AND OUR EXPECTATIONS HIGH.
AND DOING EVERYTHING WITH EXCELLENCE.
THE SAME IS ACTUALLY TRUE FOR FOOD SERVICE.
WE HAVE A REVENUE, A REVENUE INCREASE OF $12,051, BUT IT IS MOSTLY PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES.
AGAIN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR FEDERAL AND OUR GRANT MONEY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UM, OUR TOTAL FEDERAL GRANT REVENUE, UH, WILL INCREASE TO, UH, $18,722, WHICH IS ABOUT A 2.68, UH, PERCENT INCREASE.
BUT OUR TITLE FUNDING ALSO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR READING PROGRAMS. IT ALSO FUNDS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESCHOOL, OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, OUR L STUDENTS OR ESL STUDENTS, STUDENTS WHO, UH, ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR OTHER SUPPORTS AND ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENTS FOR OUR TOTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
AND IT ALSO FUNDS OUR, OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT IN OUR STUDENTS BEING THREE E.
AND FOR OUR CITIZENS, OUR GUARANTEE TO OUR GRADUATES IS THAT UPON ON TIME GRADUATION, THEY WILL EITHER BE EMPLOYED, THEY WILL BE ENLISTED, OR THEY WILL BE ENROLLED.
AND WE HAVE A VERY HIGH SUCCESS RATE IN THAT.
AND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE EVEN E SQUARED IN EQD AS THIS MATH SPECIALIST WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IF WE CANNOT MAINTAIN OUR BUILDINGS, OUR HVAC, OUR ELECTRICITY, OUR PLUMBING, THEN WE WON'T HAVE A PLACE TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.
I'M GONNA PUBLICLY SAY TODAY THAT I'M THE
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NEWEST KID ON THE BLOCK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IF WE COULD REESTABLISH OUR BUILDING ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE.PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE, I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A, UM, AUDIT OR THERE WAS A, UH, STUDY IF YOU WILL, UH, TO SEE IF WE MAYBE CAN CON WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, COMBINE OR CONSOLIDATE OUR BUILDINGS AND REALLY SEE IF THAT WOULD BE FISCALLY THE BEST THING FOR US TO DO, LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY PERSONS AS MY BOARD AND MY TEAM IS READY TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE TO EXAMINE THAT AS AN OPTION.
UH, LASTLY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, I AND OUR TEAM WENT TO THE HILL.
UH, WE HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS, WE HAVE PUT OUT VIDEOS, WE'VE TALKED TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WE WERE ADVOCATING AND NEARLY FIGHTING TO HAVE OUR, UH, LOCAL COMPOSITE INDEX REDUCED TO 0.65 VERSUS THE 0.80.
WE ARE ONE OF SEVEN SCHOOL DIVISIONS WITH THE HIGHEST LCI IN THE COMMONWEALTH, WHICH IS REALLY, UM, NOT ACCURATE.
IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, UH, FOR OUR PUBLIC.
THAT MEANS THAT, UM, THE STATE ONLY PAYS FOR 20% OF OUR BUDGET.
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR 80% OF OUR BUDGET.
UH, IF ANYONE DID NOT KNOW, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MRS. HARVEY TO TALK ABOUT OUR STATE AND BUDGET UPDATES.
SO AS I PREVIOUSLY SAID, WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIAL BUDGET.
SO THE GOVERNOR HAS SENT DOWN AN AMENDED BUDGET TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR REVIEW.
UM, BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THEIR PORTIONS OR THEIR ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE COMPARE THE TWO, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT.
THAT WOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL $117,846 FOR SURREY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
OF COURSE, IT'S SUBJECT TO GOVERNOR VITO AND THEN GO BACK AND, AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER, THAT FINAL NUMBER IS GOING TO BE.
OF COURSE, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
UM, THERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION THAT HAS PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND THAT IS FOR A $1,000 BONUS PAYMENT IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, FOR ALL STAFF, THE STATE IS GOING TO GIVE US $96,228 IN JUNE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU OR DEFER THAT INCOME, THAT REVENUE TO SEPTEMBER I SORRY, TO FISCAL YEAR 26 SO THAT WE CAN PAY IT OUT IN SEPTEMBER.
IT DOES LEAVE US WITH A SLIGHT DEFICIT IN THE FINAL, IN THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE AS DR. MONROE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 80% LOCALLY FUNDED, SO IT WOULD MAKE US SHORT $110,460 AND WE'RE REVIEWING WAYS AND COST SAVING INITIATIVES THAT WE CAN USE TO TRY AND BRIDGE THAT GAP.
UM, PART OF IT MAY BE THAT DIFFERENCE OF THE ONE 17 CAN GO TOWARDS THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A MATTER OF TIMING FOR AUDITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT THE STATE MANDATE IS THAT WE PAY THE $1,000 BONUS IN SEPTEMBER.
SO IT'LL BE PRIOR TO FINAL AUDIT RESULTS.
AND WHAT'S NEXT? UH, MARCH 19TH THROUGH THE 26TH, THE COUNTY WILL ADVERTISE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING THE TAX RATE.
WE KNOW ON APRIL 3RD THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.
UM, GOVERNOR YAKIN WILL ACT ON A GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDED BUDGET ON APRIL 8TH.
AGAIN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HAVE A BUDGET WORK SESSION AND THERE WILL BE AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET.
UH, APRIL 16TH THROUGH APRIL 23RD, THE COUNTY WILL ADVERTISE FOR BUDGET.
I SEE OUR HEARING PER THE CODE OF VIRGINIA MAY ONE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN MAY 8TH, ADOPTION OF THE FY 25 26 BUDGET AND BUDGET RESOLUTION.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO ITS BUDGET PENDING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND STATE REVENUE FINAL FUNDING RESULTS.
AND THE SCHOOLS WILL MAKE A REQUEST TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO APPROVE THE MODIFIED SCHOOL BUDGET IF NECESSARY.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, OR OUR COUNTY MANAGER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? IF THERE BE NONE, WE THANK YOU FOR A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AT, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE OUR STUDENT LIAISON, ZARIA HARRELL.
MS. HARRELL WOULD LIKE TO COME AND GIVE US A STATEMENT.
WE ARE SO WELCOMING AND GLAD THAT SHE'S BACK WITH US TONIGHT AND I THINK WE HAVE A MORE, UH,
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CALMER MEETING ON TONIGHT THAN LAST, LAST, LAST TIME.MY NAME IS ARIA HURL AND I AM THE ACTIVE STUDENT LIAISON FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SORRY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY PRESENTING DR.
MANS ROSE'S BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUR COUNTY HIGH FOR MISSOURI COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE FUNDS FOR A NEW BUDGET WOULD APPLY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
THREE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT I BELIEVE WOULD GAIN THE MOST FROM THIS BUDGET ARE OUR EDUCATORS ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AND OUR CTSOS AND CLUBS.
REGARDING OUR TEACHERS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THEM ON THEIR APPROPRIATE SALARY STEP.
WE RELY ON OUR, ON OUR TEACHERS AND MUST LOOK AFTER THEM TO RETAIN THEM.
NOT ONLY DO THEY SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SURY COUNTY BY EDUCATING AND INSPIRING OUR YOUTH, BUT SOME ARE ALSO COACHES AND ADVISORS FOR OUR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. OUR SPORTS PROGRAM WOULD SIMILARLY BENEFIT FROM A NEW BUDGET.
OUR SPORTS TEAMS, NEW UNIFORMS, AND OUR SPORTS TEAMS NEED NEW UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT.
AND LASTLY, A NEW BUDGET WOULD ALSO HELP OUR CTSOS AND CLUBS.
OUR CTSOS NEED THE FUNDING TO ENABLE OUR YOUTH TO ATTEND THEIR LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES.
OUR CLUBS REQUIRE FUNDING TO, TO OUR CLUBS RETIRE FUND REQUIRE FUNDING FOR THEIR ROUTINE ACTIVITIES AS WELL.
IN CONCLUSION, INVESTING IN A NEW BUDGET IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF SURREY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENSURING OUR TEACHERS RECEIVE THE SALARIES THEY DESERVE, SUPPORTING OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS WITH NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND FUNDING OUR CTSOS AND CLUBS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES WHO OUR STRENGTHENING OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S TIME, CONSIDER CON CONSIDERATION AND I URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE THESE AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GAME TONIGHT.
GLAD YOU COULD BE WITH US TONIGHT.
OUR NEXT BOARD MEMBERS ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, DISTRICT 19 SERVICES BOARD PRESENTATION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, JUST MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT FROM DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, UM, MS. TERRELL STEWART.
AND SHE IS GOING TO, UM, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW.
YOU DO HAVE SEVERAL DOCUMENTS WITHIN YOUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA, MATERIAL, UM, AND SHE IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF SOME CHANGES, UM, TO DISTRICT 19.
TARA, IS POWERPOINT ALREADY LOADED ON HERE?
I'M CHECKING MS. CHAPLIN ALSO.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? JUST MS. CHAPLIN.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET IT LOADED UP THERE.
IF, IF WE WANT TO WANT TO PASS THIS AND GET IT LOADED, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT ORDER BUSINESS AND COME RIGHT BACK.
WE HAVE A, UH, UPDATE FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND MADAM ADMINISTRATOR.
SO, UM, WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN SURREY COUNTY, CURRENTLY OFFERING, UH, A VERY, UH, WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.
WE JUST HAD A MEETING THIS, THIS, UH, FIRST QUARTER, UH, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WOULD, UH, STIMULATE OUR GROWTH AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF OUR INDUSTRIAL PARKS, ENHANCING TOURISM INITIATIVES AND ACTUALLY SOME EXCITING STREAMING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIGITAL MARKETING.
AND ALSO SOME NEW COMMERCIALS THAT'S GONNA BE SHOWN IN THE HAMPTON ROADS, IN THE RICHMOND MARKETS CURRENTLY.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO DEVELOP AN ASSET INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR AGRITOURISM, UH, ACTIVITIES FOR THE 2025 GROWING SEASON BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE CHANGING,
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A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ADDING DIFFERENT EVENTS, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND DIFFERENT SITES TO VISIT.SO PLEASE CONTACT OUR SURREY COUNTY OFFICE OF TOURISM TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE DETAILS.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE IN FOR THE 2025 GROWING SEASON.
ALSO, DON'T FORGET THE NEW APP THAT WAS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR BECOME A PART OF THE AGRITOURISM TRAIL.
THAT'S A, A WELL USED APP, UH, WITH TOURISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SEE THAT BASE OF TOURISM GROWING.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP FOR ONE AND TWO.
MAKE SURE IF YOU HAVE AN AGRITOURISM OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE AND PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE, UH, CONCERT SERIES.
THE FIRST FRIDAY THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING IN MAY THROUGH OCTOBER.
IT'S A COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF MUSICAL ARTISTS, FOOD VENDORS, AND WE'LL SOON HAVE THAT LINEUP ANNOUNCED.
BRING YOUR BLANKETS OR YOUR LAWN CHAIRS BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO, TO GET AROUND TO ENJOY THE LIVE MUSIC AND BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME HAD FOR ALL.
AND THERE WILL BE SEVERAL FOOD TRUCKS ON THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, COME FOR DINNER, COME HUNGRY.
THAT'S GONNA BE MAY 2ND JUNE 6TH, AUGUST 1ST SEPTEMBER 5TH AND OCTOBER THE THIRD.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO COMMENT ON, UH, IN REGARDS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON PROJECT GREEN ENERGY, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE REZONING AND CUP WERE APPROVED BY THE SURREY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UM, MEANING THAT, UH, FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, THIS PRIVATE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MAY PROCEED.
THE BANKRUPTCY THAT YOU'VE TAUGHT, YOU'VE READ ABOUT AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT REFERENCED AS A CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION BANKRUPTCY.
AND THE COUNTY'S AWARE THAT THIS REORGANIZATION HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN PURSUED BY GREEN ENERGY, BUT THE COUNTY'S NOT A PARTY AND HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
AND REALLY AS SUCH, THE COUNTY IS NOT IN A POSITION TO ADVISE ON IMPACTS OR INTERPRET THE BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDERS.
THANK YOU MS. CHAP FOR, UH, EDA UPDATE.
WE WILL, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT? I DO ON SECOND, WE HAVE OUR REPORT FROM OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
I DO BEAR WITH ME, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS AND CITIZENS.
PLEASE BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND.
WE CAN, WE CAN STILL DEFER, CONTINUE TO WORK.
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OUR BOARD COMMENTS.WE'LL MOVE TO OUR BOARD COMMENTS AND WE WILL, UH, START WITH MR. HARDY.
OH, I KNOW I CAUGHT YOU OFF GUARD.
UM, AGAIN, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.
UM, MS. DUNCAN, SO I KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE, WHY THIS RISK ASSESSMENT HAS HAPPENED.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE FIRST ONE PERSONALLY, I THINK MINE WENT UP OVER $150,000 SINCE, UH, THE ONE BACK IN, WHAT WAS IT? UH, 20, THE FIRST ONE.
BUT ANYWAY, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT ALL IMPACTED.
UM, AND THE REASON IS, IS OUR, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, YOU, YOU, YOU HEARD THE, UH, EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO PAY FOR, UH, A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM OUR COUNTY, UH, DEPARTMENTS, THE SCHOOLS.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH BALANCING ACT THAT, UM, AND EVERYONE'S IMPACTED.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOW I WILL, MY PER THE WAY OUT OF THIS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THAT MEANS, UH, WHEN THE SALES RATIO FALLS TO A CERTAIN POINT, WE MAY NOT HAVE TO, UH, APPROVE BASED UPON THE COMMISSION OF THE REVENUES, UH, RECOMMENDATION AS MANY, UH, LIMITED SCOPE REASSESSMENTS.
SO IT'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL TALK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY WE GET FROM DOMINION, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
UM, SO I'LL BE THERE TO TALK TO YOU, UM, OFFLINE TO HELP BUT EXPLAIN IT.
IT IS NOT, HEY GUYS, LET'S JUST RAISE THE RAISE BECAUSE WE CAN, THAT, THAT, TRUST ME, THAT IS NOT, UH, WHERE THIS COMES FROM.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE, UM, IN THE PUBLIC KIND OF THINK THAT, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE.
UM, AND, AND MY ASSESSMENT DID GO UP THIS TIME TOO.
UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL GET WITH YOU OFFLINE ON THAT.
UM, UH, THANKS MS. LITTLE FOR THAT REMARK.
WE, UH, UM, WE DEFINITELY GONNA, UM, GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT THING DONE.
UM, AND MS. LITTLE MYSELF HAVE BEEN IN, UM, UH, SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS IN REFERENCE TO HONORING MR. JONES.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT COMES TO FRUITION.
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UM, A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.UM, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE.
UH, MARCH, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S COLON CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
I GOT MY FIRST AND, UM, TIME FLIES.
SO IT SHOWS YOU, IF YOU'RE DUE, PLEASE, UH, KEEP IT ON YOUR RADAR BECAUSE I, I JUST TIME FLIES AND APPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO DO 'EM.
I HAD A NOTE HERE THAT, UM, I CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING.
SOMETIMES RURAL COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE A 30% HIGHER DEATH RATE FROM COLORECTAL CANCER COMPARED TO OUR URBAN AREAS.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TESTED AS MUCH.
SO PLEASE, UM, UH, TALK WITH YOUR LOVED ONES AND MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND LASTLY, AS ALWAYS, SERVE SOMETHING SPECIAL.
UM, ALSO PIGGYBACKING ON MR. HARDY'S COMMENTS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UM, REASSESSMENT AND JIM LYNETTE LEE.
SORRY, MS. DUNCAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH, UM, WITH YOU AS WELL.
YOU'RE IN MY DISTRICT, SO SEE IF I CAN GET YOU THAT SECOND PHONE CALL, HELP SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOME, UH, ANSWERS FOR YOU.
I'M SORRY, I JUST LAST I TO PROVE IT.
UM, I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE OTHER, UH, COMMENTS AGAIN.
UM, THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE, UH, RENOVATIONS TO SURY VILLAGE, I WISH YOU WELL WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP THE, THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN, UH, OUT.
WELL, UM, I JUST ASK THAT, UM, THE PARTICIPATION WITH OUR CITIZENS, FEEL FREE TO COME OUT AND TALK.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME ONLINE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ONLINE, BUT PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, OR CONCERNS, REACH OUT TO YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS OR COME TO THE MEETINGS AND, UH, UH, SPEAK PUBLICLY.
UM, DR. MOORE HAS LEFT, BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION IS A, IS A PRIORITY, AND MY WIFE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER HERE IN SURY COUNTY BEFORE SHE RETIRED, AND SO I GET THAT.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT THIS EVENING, AND I WISH Y'ALL OUR SAFE TRIP HOME.
THANK YOU, MR. KYLE AND MR. PIERCE.
UH, I WANNA SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE THAT'S PRESENT, GOOD TO EVERYONE THAT'S WATCHING US FROM AT HOME.
UM, THINK AGAIN FOR ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, UM, I WAS LISTENING, MADE A FEW NOTES, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE COULD COME TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE CITIZENS OF S COUNTY.
I WANNA THANK DR. MONROE AND MS. HARVEY FOR THEIR PRESENTATION FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BOARD'S BUDGET.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, THE VALUE INFORMATION.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THANK MR. ARIA FOR HER, UH, PRESENTATION TONIGHT, UH, ADDRESSING SOME OF HER CONCERNS AS A YOUTH IN HERE IN, IN S COUNTY, UM, AND, UH, AS FAR AS PRIORITIZING ISSUES.
UM, BEFORE I, BEFORE I, UH, DIGRESS, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE FARMERS IN S COUNTY RIGHT NOW IS, UH, GROWING SEASON.
SO PRETTY SOON, THE NEXT 30 DAYS, YOU MIGHT START SEEING SOME FARMERS AND TRACTORS, UH, IN THE ROAD.
UM, ALSO TOO, HAVE A LOT OF LOGGERS IN THE ROAD AS WELL WITH TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I JUST ASK OUR CITIZENS TO BE MINDFUL AND PATIENT AS THEY ARE TRAVELING ON THE ROADS.
A REMINDER THAT, UH, I BELIEVE THIS WEEKEND WE'RE SPRINGING FORWARD, UM, WITH OUR TIME
SO, UH, YEAH, WE MIGHT, SOME OF US MAY BE LOSING AN HOUR OF SLEEP, SO TRY TO, UH, UH, TO BE PREPARED AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, THIS WEEKEND.
AND, UH, LASTLY, UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST THANK THE CITIZENS OF S COUNTY FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS, WANTS AND, AND, AND CONCERNS, UM, ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS WE HAVE ARE NOT JUST IN SERIES ALL OVER THIS GREAT NATION THAT WE LIVE IN.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA TRY TO WORK TOGETHER TO PRIORITIZE AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE BEST DECISION TO IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF S COUNTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DITTO TO ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MADE TONIGHT.
WE THANK OUR CITIZENS FOR COMING OUT AND, UH, I TRULY BELIEVE, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE THAT SPOKE TONIGHT HAVE A REAL INFINITY FOR SUR COUNTY.
AND I JUST JUST WOULD LIKE THE CITIZENS, CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS GOING ON IN THE COUNTY NOW FOR PROGRESS.
SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE MAY NOT BE FAVORABLE TO EVERYONE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR, FOR THE MAJORITY OF SURY COUNTY.
AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONE STATEMENT MADE TONIGHT THAT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, IT WAS ADDRESSED
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TO THE BOARD, BUT I, BY ME BEING A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, I JUST WANT THE CITIZENS OF SURY COUNTY KNOW THAT THE REASON WHY I SERVE IS BECAUSE I LOVE EVERYBODY.I DON'T HAVE ANY HATE IN MY HEART FOR ANYONE.
UH, SO I JUST WANT THE COUNTY TO KNOW THAT THERE IS NO HATE TOWARDS ANYBODY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT LOVE AND HATE IS AS LOVE AND HATE DOES, AND I TRY TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT I LOVE THEM BY THE SERVICE THAT I GIVE TO THEM.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY STATEMENTS AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING OUR VERY BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF S COUNTY.
[Presentations (Part 2 of 2)]
WE'RE GONNA REFER BACK TO, UH, DISTRICT 19.MY APOLOGIES MS. STEWART ON THAT.
I WAS GLAD I HAD IT ON MY PHONE.
SO WE ARE READY NOW TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE.
I WILL NOT BE READING IT SLIDE BY SLIDE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU, UM, ANY UPDATES AT THE AGENCY, TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO, AND THEN LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END.
SO HERE'S OUR FIRST SLIDE, UM, JUST ABOUT OUR MISSION.
DISTRICT 19 IS A COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
THERE ARE, UH, 40 BOARDS IN THE STATE AND WE ARE BROKEN UP TO COVER, UM, EACH AND EVERY LOCALITY THAT IS WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH.
OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY PROMOTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WELLNESS FOR ALL ANYBODY WHO COMES, UH, IN OUR DOORS.
WE DO COVER NINE LOCALITIES, AND THAT IS THE CITIES OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS, PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, AND EMPORIA, AS WELL AS THE COUNTIES OF DENWITTY, SUSSEX SURY AND PRINCE GEORGE.
HERE'S OUR FOOTPRINT RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE OVER 1900 SQUARE MILES OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE BECAUSE OF THE AREA THAT WE HAVE.
WE DO HAVE SOME URBAN AREAS, BUT DISTRICT 19 IS CONSIDERED A RURAL CSB IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU THE CONTINUUM OF OUR SERVICES.
WE HAVE AN EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM THAT STARTS AT ZERO MONTHS OLD AND WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT, UH, THE AGE CONTINUUM.
WE DO DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, ALL SORTS OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, ALL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, ALL SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY AND CRISIS DEPARTMENT THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL EMERGENCY SERVICES NEEDS, AS WELL AS OUTPATIENT THERAPY, UH, SAME DAY ACCESS AND MOST OF THE STATE MANDATES THROUGH, UM, STEP VIRGINIA.
I LIKE TO INCLUDE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE YES, WE ARE IN A PARTICULAR AREA OF VIRGINIA, HOWEVER, WE ARE A PART OF WHAT'S CALLED REGION FOUR THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
AND WE HAVE, UH, SIX OTHER BOARDS IN THE REGION WITH US.
AND BECAUSE WE PULLED TOGETHER REGIONALLY, OUR FOLKS DOWN HERE HAVE ACCESS TO AN ADULT CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT, A CHILDREN'S CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.
WE HAVE MOBILE RESPONSE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME DISCHARGE ASSISTANCE, UM, FUNDS.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED HOPE THAT SUPPORTS INDIVIDUAL WITH FREE DETOX IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WAYS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED HOSPITALIZATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, BUT DO NOT HAVE ANY INSURANCE COVERAGE.
WE HAVE REGIONAL JAIL TEAMS THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WITHIN DISTRICT NINETEEN'S CATCHMENT AREA.
SO THEY SERVE RIVERSIDE, THEY SERVE, UH, SOUTH SIDE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE JAIL IN SUSSEX.
I KNOW SOMETIMES YOUR INDIVIDUALS GO OVER TO WESTERN TIDE WATERS, UM, FACILITIES.
HOWEVER, WE DO COORDINATE WITH WESTERN TIDEWATER CSB IF ANY OF OUR FOLKS HAPPEN TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT FACILITY.
WE DO A LOT OF SUD DIVERSION WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE, UM, UNDER, UH, AN ACUTE CRISIS.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SERVICES I'D LIKE TO MENTION BECAUSE IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED AT DISTRICT 19.
SO FOR THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISTRICT NINETEEN'S 2023 THROUGH 2026 STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE HAVE BEEN PLANS FOR YEARS FOR DISTRICT 19 TO MERGE AND RELOCATE SOME OF THE CLINICS.
CURRENTLY AT THE AGENCY, WE PAY OVER $875,000 A YEAR IN RENT ALONE.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ELECTRIC.
UM, ANY OVERHEAD WITH STAFFING, ANY OF THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO WHILE THIS HAS BEEN A GOAL FOR DISTRICT 19 FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WE ARE AT A POINT IN TIME NOW WHERE WE KNOW WE DO NOT WANNA GET LEFT BEHIND IN REGARDS TO THE SALARIES THAT WE PAY.
AND ALSO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE CUTS ANYWHERE WE CAN BECAUSE WE SERVE INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
IF YOU COME TO US AND NEED A SERVICE, WE WILL SERVE YOU REGARDLESS OF YOUR ABILITY TO PAY.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, CLOSE THE SURREY LOCATION, AND THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR UNDERUTILIZED CLINICS LOCATIONS.
WHAT MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE STAFFING THERE HAS EBBED AND FLOWED, AND WHETHER WE HAD A FULL-TIME STAFF THERE OR NOT, CITIZENS OF SURREY COUNTY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SERVED.
MANY OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THIS LOCALITY ARE NOT HOUSED IN THIS LOCALITY.
HOWEVER, WE SERVE THE INDIVIDUALS, UM, NEVERTHELESS, 'CAUSE A LOT OF OUR SERVICES ARE NOT ACTUALLY CLINIC BASED.
THEY'RE OUT IN COMMUNITY BASED.
AND SO WE'RE OUT IN INDIVIDUALS HOMES, ANY LOCALITY THAT WILL BE, UM,
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IMPACTED WITH D NINETEEN'S PHYSICAL LOCATION BEING CLOSED, WE ARE REQUESTING IN KIND SPACE WITHIN YOUR COUNTY IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AS THAT ASSIST WITH DRIVING DOWN THE LOCAL CODE REQUIRED MATCH FOR SURREY COUNTY, AS WELL AS ENSURES THAT YOUR CITIZENS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A OFFICE LOCATION IN YOUR COUNTY.I HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ALSO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHTED THAT AS, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DISTRICT 19 IS WORKING TOWARDS.
IT'S BEEN IN OUR PLANS FOR YEARS.
WE'RE JUST AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO, UM, MAKE THESE DECISIONS IN REGARDS TO SOME OF OUR PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT.
THIS NEXT SLIDE RIGHT HERE GIVES INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS SERVED DURING FY 24, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS DISTRICT 19 SERVED.
OVERALL, IT ALSO HAS THE NUMBER OF HOURS AND SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THIS PARTICULAR LOCALITY.
NOW FOR FY 26 DISTRICT NINETEEN'S, UH, LOCAL MATCH REQUEST FOR SURREY COUNTY IS A LITTLE OVER $112,000.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF A LITTLE OVER $11,000 FROM FFY 25.
AND THIS IS ALL BASED OUT OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
IT'S NOT A FORMULA THAT DISTRICT 19 COMES UP WITH.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS SET, UH, BY THE COMMONWEALTH MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES TO IT, BUT THIS IS, UH, WHERE THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM.
I ALSO MUST NOTE THAT FOR DISTRICT 19, WE GET OUR 10% LOCAL MATCH FROM ALL NINE LOCALITIES.
SO THE PORTION THAT SUR IS PAYING IS A PORTION OF 10% THAT THE OTHER NINE LOCALITIES SUPPORT, EXCUSE ME, OTHER EIGHT LOCALITIES SUPPORT AS WELL.
ALTOGETHER, THAT EQUALS OUT TO ROUGHLY ABOUT $1.4 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE GET FROM OUR LOCALITIES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS LOCAL MATCH IS ONLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STATE DOLLARS THAT WE GET.
WE GET ROUGHLY 10 TO $12 MILLION FROM THE STATE EACH YEAR.
WE'RE UNABLE TO GIVE THE EXACT AMOUNT BECAUSE THE STATE BUDGET IS NOT FINAL YET.
BUT WE DO SUBMIT ALL OUR REQUESTS IN DECEMBER BECAUSE WE KNOW EACH LOCALITY IS ON DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES TO GET THEIR BUDGETS AND EVERYTHING FINALIZED FOR THE YEAR.
ONE OF THE UPDATES THAT WE DO HAVE IS THAT, UH, DISTRICT 19 WAS ESTABLISHED OVER 50 YEARS AGO.
THROUGHOUT THAT TIME THERE'S BEEN TALK A COUPLE OF TIMES TO CHANGE THE NAME, OUR VOTE DEC.
OUR BOARD DECIDED TO FULLY GO FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN AND THE NAME WAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED IN, UM, FEBRUARY OF 2025.
WE WILL NOT BE LAUNCHING THE NAME UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, I DID WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF OUR NEW NAME, WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE WILL BE GREATER REACH COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF, UM, FINALIZING ALL THE IMPACTS.
UH, AS FAR AS, UM, WORKING WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AT THE SECRETARY LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THE NAME IS REGISTERED AND EVERYTHING.
BEFORE WE SEND OUT THE RESOLUTION TO ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS, SOME OF THE OTHER UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FOR DISTRICT NINETEEN'S CATCHMENT AREA, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR US TO RECEIVE A CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER IN OUR AREA.
THESE CENTERS PROVIDE 23 AND ONE CARE, MEANING THE INDIVIDUAL CAN STAY THERE FOR UP TO 23 HOURS.
THIS WILL SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS EMERGENCY SERVICES IN YOUR AREA IN REGARDS TO HAVING ANOTHER, UH, LOCATION TO GET AN INDIVIDUAL TO, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET PSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT.
WE'LL HAVE PEER SERVICES THERE, PSYCHIATRY, MENTAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES, ALL INCLUDED DISTRICT 19.
ALSO, IF AWARDED THIS MONEY FROM THE STATE, WHICH THE STATE IS PUTTING UP ALL THE CAPITAL COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT AS, UM, PART OF OUR CATCHMENT AREA, WHICH IS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, IS ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHLIGHTED CITIES.
SO HE HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING TO SUPPORT THESE AREAS WITH GETTING SERVICES LIKE THIS AS WE ARE UNABLE TO FUND IT ON OUR OWN.
SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THESE CENTERS, WE WOULD ALSO COLLATE CO-LOCATE OUR CURRENT CRISIS ASSESSMENT CENTERS THAT ARE LOCATED IN PETERSBURG AND IN HOPEWELL, VIRGINIA TO THIS SITE.
AND THEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO HAD INDIVIDUALS UNDER EMERGENCY CUSTODY ORDER COULD BRING A PERSON INTO ONE OF OUR CIT SITES.
AND THEN IF THE PERSON WAS ABLE TO, WE COULD TRANSFER THEM OVER TO OUR 23 AND ONE CENTER.
WE ARE ALSO GONNA START THIS CENTER DAY ONE WITH TRANSPORTATION.
SO IT WILL NEVER BE A SITUATION WHERE A PERSON COULDN'T GET TO OUR DOORS TO GET CARE.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, SOME OF THE LO THE COUNTIES.
SURREY HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THEM, AND PRINCE GEORGE.
WE ARE HOPEFUL TO GET A OPIOID ABATEMENT GRANT AS WE, UM, WOULD LOVE TO START DOING PEER LED OD RESPONSE UNITS IN OUR AREA.
AND SINCE WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE OUR PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT SMALLER, WE ARE ALSO RAMPING UP OUR MOBILE SERVICES AND WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME, UM, INSURANCE COMPANIES AND OTHER VENDORS TO START THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOME MOBILE UNITS SO WE CAN HAVE RVS WITH THE FULL BEVY OF, UH, SERVICES AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE STILL WOULD HAVE A FOOTPRINT.
WE JUST MAY NOT HAVE A PHYSICAL BRICK AND MORTAR WITHIN YOUR LOCALITY.
THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST, UM, CLOSING COMMENTS.
AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
WE ARE CONTINUED TO INNOVATE AND GROW.
WE ALSO, UM, ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING ALL THE STANDARDS, BOTH STATE AND LOCAL, BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL, TO MAKE
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SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CATCHMENT AREA.THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIR, MR. HARDY? UH, GOOD EVENING.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION WITH CLOSING THE LOCAL, UH, BRICK AND MORTAR WE HAVE HERE, WILL THAT IMPACT, UH, ANY LOCAL EMPLOYEES? NO.
THIS MOVE IS BEING DONE AND EVERYONE IS BEING ABSORBED AT ANOTHER, UH, DISTRICT 19 LOCATION.
UH, OUR BOARD IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OUR STAFF AS WELL AS, UM, I AM AS AN EXEC.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO CENTRALIZE ANY REMAINING AREAS OF THE AGENCY THAT WERE NOT CENTRALIZED PRIOR TO ME BECOMING EXEC IN 2023.
WE HAVE WORKED TO DO THAT BECAUSE OUR MOTTO NOW IS WE GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE OUR PHYSICAL LOCATIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING IT.
WE HAD A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE WERE DOWN STAFFING THIS LOCALITY, BUT NO ONE LOST SERVICES.
SO ALL THE DOCTOR VISITS, ALL THE NURSING, ALL THE CRISIS, EVERYTHING'S STILL BEEN PROVIDED.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION OUTTA CURIOSITY.
UH, CAN YOU, DO YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY CITIZENS YOU SERVE IN SIRI? UH, BY CHANCE? MM-HMM
SO FOR FY 24, AND THE REASON WHY WE DON'T DO FY 25 IS BECAUSE WE SPLIT.
IF WE DO IT ON A FISCAL YEAR FOR, LET ME GO BACK WHAT SLIDE IF I MISSED IT.
SO FOR THAT TIMEFRAME, AND I GOTTA BUILD THIS UP SOME BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT ALL.
SO IT'S ABOUT 74 INDIVIDUALS, BUT THIS IS ONLY BASED ON OUR CORE SERVICES.
WE DO PREVENTION IN SCHOOLS, WE ALSO DO OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THAT IF WE'RE NOT SEEING AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON, THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO CODE THAT.
BUT WE STILL ARE PROVIDING SERVICES.
ANOTHER PART OF WHAT DISTRICT 19 DOES IS AN INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A LO, UH, PHYSICAL ADDRESS AND YOUR LOCALITY, WE SERVE THEM BECAUSE THEY CAME OUTTA SURREY.
SO THAT'S DISTRICT NINETEEN'S LOCALITY, BUT WE DON'T CODE THEM THAT WAY.
THEY GET CODED IN UNKNOWN AND OUTTA CATCHMENT JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T PHYSICALLY LIVE HERE.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENS A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR LOCALITY BECAUSE YOU ALL BUTT UP AGAINST ANOTHER CSB THAT SOMETIMES THEIR CITIZENS END UP OVER HERE.
SO A SUFFOLK PERSON VISITING THE SURREY HAVING AN ISSUE, AND VERSUS SOMETIMES OUR FOLKS WIND UP AT OBEE AND THEN WE SERVE THEM THERE.
AND THE 74, THAT'S 74 INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, NOT LIKE REPEATED.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE HOURS, A LOT OF TIMES WHO YOU SEE, LIKE AT A COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, WE ARE THE PUBLIC SAFETY NET.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE SERVING PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL.
WE'RE SERVING CHILDREN WHO ARE SOMETIMES IN RESIDENTIAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE VERY, VERY HIGH TOUCH.
SO A LOT OF TIMES, A LOT OF SERVICE HOURS BEING SPENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S NOT THE INDIVIDUAL'S FAULT, BUT THAT'S THE, THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WORK WITH.
WE ALSO DEAL A LOT WITH THE COURT SYSTEMS. SO WHEN INDIVIDUALS NEED RESTORATION OR THEY'RE FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY, WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOO.
SOME OF THEM ARE MANDATED BY CODE.
SOME OF THIS IS PROGRAMMED THAT DISTRICT 19 SUPPORTS.
FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED PROJECT LINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING OUT AND TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS PREGNANT WOMEN AND WOMEN WHO COULD BECOME PREGNANT AS WELL AS CAREGIVERS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE CHILDREN AND MIGHT BE DEALING WITH SOME SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK THERE'S GONNA BE STIGMA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THEY DON'T WANT OUR HELP.
BUT WE HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HOUSED.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND CLEAN.
AND SO ANOTHER REASON WHY WE TRY TO COME OUT IS BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE THE SUPPORT OF ALL OUR LOCALITIES TO GET THE CITIZENS MORE INVOLVED IN UNDERSTANDING THAT CALLING 9 1 1 AND ONLY ENGAGING WITH A CSB WHEN YOU'RE UNDER THE CIVIL COMMITMENT PROCESS IS SO MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO BEFORE THAT.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET MORE INTO PREVENTION VERSUS INTERVENTION ONCE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
I JUST, I JUST WANT TO YOU'RE WELCOME SIR.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, KIND OF JUST CURTAIL ON MR. HARDY'S, UH, QUESTION, UH, ABOUT EMPLOYMENT.
HOW ABOUT RESPONSE TIME TO GIVEN SITUATION IF WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A BRICK AND MORTAR HERE IN, SIR, IF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAVE UH, UH, AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WILL THAT AFFECT THE RESPONSE TIME TO THAT? NO.
UH, WE ARE CALLED MANDATED FOR CERTAIN SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO DO IT IN A CERTAIN MANNER OR A CERTAIN, UH, NUMBER OF HOURS.
FOR INSTANCE, UH, WORK WITH, UH, SHERIFF, SHERIFF TURNER AND HIS FOLKS A LOT, UH, FOR DISTRICT 19.
AS WE ARE A RURAL CSB, WE HAVE TWO HOURS TO RESPOND TO ANYONE WHO'S UNDER EMERGENCY CUSTODY ORDER.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE TELEHEALTH, WE HAVE MORE AND MORE OFFICERS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT HAVE IPADS AND THINGS.
WE DO A LOT OF THESE ASSESSMENTS AT THE INDIVIDUAL'S HOUSE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE.
IF, UH, WE HAVE A WAY TO GET THEM UP TO ONE OF OUR CRISIS CENTERS, WE WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEM THERE.
AND IF WE CAN COMPLETE, WE HAVE HAD ONE TIME WHEN, UH, SURREY COUNTY HAD AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS VOLUNTARY.
THEY WEREN'T UNDER EMERGENCY CUSTODY ORDER.
I PERSONALLY DID THE PRE-SCREEN MYSELF PRIOR TO ME BECOMING EXEC.
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WE GOT THAT PERSON TRANSPORTED UP TO RICHMOND TO GET TO OUR CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR THEM.WE ALSO GOT THEM TRANSPORTED BACK AND THEY HAD ACCESS TO UP TO SEVEN DAYS OF MEDICATIONS.
WE HAVE A PHARMACY AT D 19, BY THE WAY TOO, THAT SUPPORTS OUR CITIZENS AND UH, OUR STAFF.
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME THERE? JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO GENOA AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S
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REPORT.THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PHONE NUMBERS FOR, UM, THE CITIZENS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR REASSESSMENT.
UM, THERE ARE TWO PHONE NUMBERS I WANT TO PROVIDE.
ONE OF THE NUMBERS IS 7 5 7 2 9 4 5 2 0 7.
THAT IS THE NUMBER TO THE REASSESSMENT OFFICE.
THE NUMBER TO THE COMMISSIONER REVENUES OFFICE IS 7 5 7 2 9 4 5 2 2 5.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WHILE THE BOARD DID, UH, PROVIDE, OR WHILE WE DID PROVIDE SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, UM, TO THE REASSESSMENT THAT WAS ON THE BACK TABLE, I WANT TO UM, SAY THAT IT'S CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE REGARDING CITIZENS WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AND WHO HAVE RECEIVED WHAT WE SAY ARE THE HIGH REASSESSMENTS BOARD MEMBERS.
I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE ASSESSOR DID COME TO A WORK SESSION WITH THE BOARD THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY, AND THEY MADE AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN TO US EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT TO OUR CITIZENS BASED ON THIS LIMITED SCOPE REASSESSMENT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY MUCH BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE IS NOT PRESENT.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO ADD THAT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THE ASSESSOR DID EXPLAIN JUST BASED ON THE SALES ASSESSED, UH, VALUES ARE, ARE BASED ON THE SALES.
SO IT IS A CERTAIN COMPONENT OR A CERTAIN SECTION OF SALES THAT THEY HAVE TO USE IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE REASSESSMENT.
WE USE WINGATE APPRAISAL, WHO IS THE COUNTY'S PROFESSIONAL ASSESSOR.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO REGARDING THE, BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, NOR ADMINISTRATION NOR THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ASSESSMENT THAT IS CONDUCTED.
UM, ALSO I WANT TO ADD TO MR. HARDY'S COMMENT.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING, UM, SOME OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, THE ASSESSMENT HAD TO OCCUR.
AND JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT BASED ON YOUR COMMENT REGARDING PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE OFFICE WILL COME TO THE BOARD AND WILL COME TO ADMINISTRATION AND SAY, LOOK, SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH OUR SALESMAN ASSESSMENT AT VIRGINIA DOMINION POWER.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH PROVIDES ABOUT 78% OF THE COUNTY'S LOCAL REVENUE.
SO WHEN THAT SALES ASSESSMENT RATIO DROPS BELOW 100%, IT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVES FROM PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO WITH THAT STATED, THE SALES ASSESSMENT RATIO, WHEN IT DROPPED TO 84%, WHAT THAT MEAN IS THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO LOSE OVER $3 MILLION IN REVENUE.
SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT SALES ASSESSMENT RATIO AT 100%, THE COUNTY WAS REQUESTED TO DO WHAT WE CALL THE LIMITED SCOPE REASSESSMENT, WHICH CAN BE A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE FOR BOTH THE BOARD AND FOR THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CONTEXT.
AND PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS, UM, I DO NOT KNOW WHY CITIZENS HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THOSE TWO NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CONTACT THE REASSESSMENT OFFICE TO ASK ABOUT THEIR CURRENT REASSESSMENT.
UM, THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ON THAT NOTE.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO REACH OUT AND PAY ATTENTION TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUTED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OCCURRING AS WE'RE GETTING TO THE SPRING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, ON SATURDAY APRIL 5TH, THERE IS A COMMUNITY SPRING FEST WALK FOR THE CALLS AND BOARD MEMBERS.
I DID PUT, UM, THAT FLYER AND, UM, IT IS ASKED FOR ALL DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND I WILL SHARE THAT, UH, WITH THE ORGANIZERS OF THE 55 PLUS INITIATIVE, UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS EVENT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THOSE EVENTS I CAN TELL YOU HAVE BEEN VERY, UM, ENGAGING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CITIZENS COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT.
UM, MS. CHAPLIN ALSO HIGHLIGHTED, UM, OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE EXCITING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SOCIALLY CONNECTED EVENTS HERE IN SIRI AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO COME OUT AND BE ENGAGED AS THEY HAVE DONE IN A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM SPONSOR.
SO I JUST WANT TO GET A PLUG FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I, UH, WILL SHARE BOARD MEMBERS I DO HAVE, UM, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, THERE IS A
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE HAMPTON ROADS PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION.I KNOW SOME BOARD MEMBERS YOU OFTEN EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, JUST SOME OF THE, THE SITUATIONS REGARDING HOW, UH, LOCALITIES ARE IMPACTED BY, UM, THE, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AND THERE IS A GOOD COMMUNICATION THAT THE H-R-P-D-C PUT OUT.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE THE, IT'S YOUR PLEASURE FOR YOUR READING.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
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REFER TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AS WE PREPARE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.BOARD MEMBERS, YOUR MOTION REQUIRED TODAY.
SORRY, YOUR MOTION REQUIRED TODAY IS TO CONVENE A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A 0.1 TO DISCUSS THE ASSIGNMENT APPOINTMENT PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING, OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICERS, APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY INVOLVING DIRECT REPORTS OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND ROLL CALL VOTE.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER CLOSE SESSION? SO MOVE.
WE LET IT BE KNOWN BY ROLL CALL VOTE.
WE NOW ENTERING CLOSED SESSION.
WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND BRING US BACK INTO OPEN 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 VIRGINIA, OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AND WHEREAS SECTION 2.2 37 12 SUBSECTION 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.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
SO MOVED UNTIL OUR, WE GOTTA GET OUR DATE.
WE'LL HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT FOR APRIL THE FOURTH.