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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
OUR HAS ARRIVED FOR US TO COMMENCE OUR JULY, 2025 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING FOR SIRY COUNTY.
AND WE ARE ELATED THIS EVENING TO HAVE WITH US BISHOP SPENCER LOGAN FROM THE HOPE CHAPTER DELIVERANCE CENTER IN SERE, VIRGINIA, TO LEAD US AND OUR INVOCATION.
WE ASK BISHOP LOGAN IF HE WOULD COME TO THE DAY AT THIS TIME, FATHER GOD, LORD GOD, WE COME AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR MERCY.
LORD, WE WANT TO COME THIS AFTERNOON TO BE ABLE TO SAY IT, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US, GIVEN US HEALTH AND STRENGTH, GIVEN US OF A SOUND MIND.
LORD, WE, WE EVEN WANT TO SAY THANK YOU EVEN WHEN LIFE IS LIFE AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, WE JUST STILL WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE GOOD ALL BY YOURSELF.
LORD, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE BOARD ON TONIGHT, LORD, THAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE, OH GOD, THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE UPBUILDING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND LORD, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT ALSO TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE, BUT TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THE ONES THAT IS IN CHARGE, THAT IS DOING THE THINGS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, THESE AND OTHER BLESSINGS WE ARE ASKING.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OFFICIALLY CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER AND WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
LET US STAND FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
OUR PLEASURE, AMERICA, UNDER GOD, AN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
I LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO ALL WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE AND TO FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS.
WE DO HAVE BEFORE US OUR AGENDA FOR OUR JULY THE SECOND MEETING.
UH, IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERUSE THE AGENDA, IF THERE BE NO CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
CHAIR, MR. HARDY, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? OUR AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED,
[Consent Items]
AND THE FIRST ORDER ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE ON OUR CONSENT ITEMS, THE APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 5TH, 2025 MEETING.WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR SKYLAR GANIS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION, UH, RECOGNIZ THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF SCHOLAR, UH, FOR HER POEM THAT SHE PRESENTED TO US IN THE JUNE MEETING THAT WILL BE ARCHIVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND ALSO APPOINTMENT TO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION.
THESE ARE OUR CONSENT ITEMS THROUGH ANY OF THESE ITEMS NEED TO BE PULLED AT THIS TIME.
IF NOT, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR CONSENT ITEMS. SO MOVED.
CHAIR, MR. HARDY, I'M SORRY, IF I MAY, UM, JUST FOR RECOGNITION, IF WE COULD PULL THE, UH, I KNOW WE ALL, UH, SAW MS. SC, BUT THE, UH, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, IF WE CAN GET A RECOGNITION FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE, UH, HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.
SO YOU, WERE YOU ASKING FOR THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE RECORD? YES.
JUST, UH, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE NAME, THE NAMES WE READ FOR THE RECORD, I GUESS.
UH, DO WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE? MR. MR. ROB? YES.
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OKAY.UH, MR. HARDY, FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE TYLER HEIS AND JASMINE FLORES.
THAT WILL BE THE TWO, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WILL BE THE LIAISON FOR THE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMISSION UNTIL GRADUATION, UNTIL THEIR GRADUATION TERM.
UH, AGAIN, MR. CALHOUN HAS MADE THE MOTION, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED BY MR. PIERCE.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION HAS BEEN CARRIED.
CONSENT ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
[Public Comments]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND WE HAVE FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, I DON'T WANT TO, I KNOW THE FIRST NAME IS JEAN WILMER.SIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME TO DA AND, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE THREE.
MR. CHAIR, MY COMMENTS ARE REALLY BACK TO YMCA A.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK NOW ON THAT, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
NO, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW YOU PLAN TO, YOU, ME, MAKE A PRESENTATION.
SIR, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU COME TO THE DESK AND, AND SPEAK, YOU HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES TO HAVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR WORD AND THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UH, UH, ARE YOU, ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT? IS THE BOARD GOING TO DISCUSS THE YMCA AND THEN ASK FOR COMMENTS OR, I DON'T, I MEAN, THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS WHAT I READ IN THE PAPER.
WELL, A AS FAR AS BOARD DISCUSSION AND, AND THEN OPEN TO COMMENTS THAT THAT'S NOT THE FORMAT.
THE FORMAT IS FOR ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT OR TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT YOUR OH, CONCERNS.
LET ME KNOW WHEN I HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT.
I WANNA START OUT BY SAYING, DOING RIGHT, DOING WHAT IS RIGHT ISN'T ALWAYS EASY, BUT IT BUILDS CHARACTER, EARNS RESPECT, AND BRINGS PEACE OF MIND.
DOING THE RIGHT THING AT ITS CORE MEANS ACTING MORALLY, ETHICALLY AND LEGALLY, EVEN WHEN UNSEEN.
WE ALL HAVE AN INNER COMPASS THAT NUDGES US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT'S EASY TO IGNORE WHEN PRESSURE AMOUNTS, SHORTCUTS TEMPT US OR OTHERS GO THE OTHER WAY.
WE ALMOST ALWAYS, WE ALMOST ALWAYS WILL KNOW THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THE CHALLENGE IS HAVING THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE, UH, I ONLY KNOW WHETHER WRITTEN IN THE, UH, $25 MILLION, AND THAT'S WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IN THE NEWSPAPER.
I'M A PART-TIME MEMBER AND, AND A FULL-TIME PART AND FULL-TIME MEMBER AT THE YMCA IN SMITHFIELD AND HAVE BEEN, YOU HAVE YOU TWO MINUTES LEFT NOW.
THIS IS ALL BACK TO YMCA SMITHFIELD, AND IT'S REALLY A NICE PLACE.
BUT THE QUESTION IS CONCERNING THE TOTAL COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OPERATION OF A PROPOSED YMCA FOR SURY COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT DEBT OF SURY COUNTY? WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO REMOVE THE COUNTY DEBT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES? DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO GET THE COUNTY OUTTA DEBT WITHOUT GOING FURTHER IN? WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COST FOR A BUILDING AND ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR A-Y-M-C-A THAT WILL MEET FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS REQUIREMENTS AS SUCH? WHAT IS THE PLAN METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION? WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF MEMBERS REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION? THAT IS THE BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED NUMBER NEEDED? NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
WHAT, HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE NEEDED TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING ONCE IT'S DONE? IF IT'S DONE, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COST FOR A SINGLE FAMILY OR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP? HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE YMCA MANY EMPLOYEES MUST BE CERTIFIED IF A SWIMMING POOL WAS PLANNED.
WHAT IS YOUR OUT YOUR COST FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH AND ADDED LIABILITY INSURANCE COSTS? UH, THE ANALYSIS OF THE MARKET IDENTIFIED TARGET DEMOGRAPHICS, HAS ALL THAT BEEN DONE? THERE ARE NICE YMCAS IN WILLIAMSBURG, AND OF COURSE, THE ONE IN MENTIONED IN SMITHFIELD.
AND TO GET TO WILLIAMSBURG, THERE IS TAX PAY, FERRY, FERRY TRANSPORTATION.
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MONEY AT THIS ON THIS PROJECT.THE YMCA SHOULD BE SPENT UNTIL ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.
THREE MINUTES, APPARENTLY BE THREE MINUTES UP, SIR.
AND PERHAPS KNOWINGLY BY SOME PEOPLE THAT THESE, UH, THAT THERE ARE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF FULLY PAID BUT NOT FULLY EMPLOYED COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
AND IF PROPERLY, THAT'S A THREE MINUTE.
STAND ACCOMPLISHED THIS ANALYSIS.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU FROM THE SUR DISTRICT? SO I'M TRYING TO REACH YOUR, REACH YOUR RIGHT HAND.
YEAH, I KIND OF SCRIBBLED THAT.
WE JUST NEED IT FOR THE RECORD.
THAT IS, UH, THE TOTALITY OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, SIGNED UP FOR.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO THE BUSINESS MATTERS OF THE MEETING ON TONIGHT.
[Public Hearing]
THE FIRST WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 2025 DASH ZERO THREE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.AND WE WILL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO STAFF AT THIS TIME TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR ELLIOT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
EVENING, MS. RAWLINS, MR. HARRISON, MS. PERKINS AND MS. AND MS. HARRELL, UH, THIS EVENING, WE, THIS EVENING, MAKE SURE WE HAVE CAN HEAR ME THIS EVENING.
WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TONIGHT, UH, REGARDING A WORKS AMENDMENT, UH, ZONING WORKS AMENDMENT THAT'S COME FROM THE PO COMMISSION.
UH, REGARDING, UH, WATER AND SEWER PUMP STATIONS.
UM, AND THESE TWO NEW USES ARE, ARE DEFINED.
THEY'RE COMING OUT OF, UM, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN UTILITY SERVICE MINOR, UM, AND ADDING THESE TWO NEW USES, THEY'RE DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
UM, ONE, ONE SITUATION THAT HAD TO RESOLVE THAT WE TYPICALLY, WE NEED TO ORDER SOME AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A SITUATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP RESOLVE THE SITUATION THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH IN THE PAST WAS, UH, WORKING WITH HRSD, UM, AND, UH, WORKING WITH THEM HAVE A SEWER PUMP STATION LOT, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE AR DISTRICT, WERE A ONE ONE ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS CAME TRUE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR A PUMP STATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE WERE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THOSE ZONING WARRANTS WHERE, UM, THERE'S A LOT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ACRE, A ACRE IN SIZE.
HRSD ONLY NEEDED ABOUT, UM, A HUNDRED BY A HUNDRED LOT.
SO WE HAVE AN ACRE LOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE, HRD IS CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS WE, AS WE ARE WELL AWARE OF.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE HAVING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SEWER PUMP STATIONS THROUGHOUT.
UM, ONE THING TO ADDRESS THIS IS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ONE ACRE LOTS OR TO ALLOW FOR SMALL LOT SIZES.
UM, AND SMALL LOT SIZES CURRENTLY REQUIRE VARIANCE.
BUT ALSO THE VARIANCE PROCESS ALSO REQUIRES YOU TO TAKE A, A, A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S BETTER ALTERNATIVES.
AND ONE OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES IS WORST AMENDMENT.
UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT WE HAVE PROPOSED AND BEFORE YOU IS THAT, UH, THERE'D BE EXCEPTIONS FOR WATER OR SEWER PUMP STATIONS PROVIDED THAT CERTAIN CRITERIA BE MET.
UM, THAT CRITERIA, LET ME SEE, MY PHONE'S NOT WORKING AS WELL AS IT WAS EARLIER.
UM, PART OF THAT CRITERIA IS THAT, UH, NO WATER OR SEWER PUMP STATION BE LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF EXISTING RESIDENCE.
AND THAT, UH, WATER AND SEWER PUMP STATION SHALL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO MINIMIZE NOISE AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO CONTINUOUS AUDIBLE EFFECT ON THE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND CAN BE COMPLETELY ENCLOSED SO THAT THE FACILITIES OR STRUCTURES WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HEALTH SAFETY OR WILL FILE OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE APPLICANT MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THIS WILL BE THE CASE BEFORE IS ZONING PERMIT IS ISSUED.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE IS PROTECTION FOR THE PUBLIC FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
UM, BUT ALSO IT WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANTS.
AND IN THIS CASE, UM, H HRSD IS A PERSON THAT'S LOOKING FOR, FOR THIS TYPE OF EXCEPTION, TO MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR SAY, A, A A HUNDRED BY HUNDRED LOT THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE ACRE MINIMUM IN THE AR DISTRICT AND OTHER OTHERS IN THE DISTRICTS AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU, MR. WADE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WADE FROM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS CHAIR? YES.
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THE APPLICANT WILL DETERMINE THE SIZE OF AREA THEY NEED, SO IT WON'T BE A MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM JUST KIND OF SO CORRECT.THEY, THEY WOULD DETERMINE WHAT SIZE THEY WOULD NEED, UM, YOU KNOW, YES.
IS, IS CURRENTLY ONE ACRE IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE AR DISTRICT.
IT'S ONE ACRE, BUT IT MAY BE IN OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS AS WELL.
THIS, THIS, UM, THIS USE IS GONNA BE ALLOWED, AN EXCEPTION WILL BE ALLOWED IN OTHERS ZONING DISTRICTS AS WELL.
I'M JUST PROVIDE AN AR AS A, AS A EXAMPLE, BUT YET OTHER DISTRICTS MAY HAVE A, A SMALLER LOT SIZE.
I THINK SOME OF THE OTHERS, DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT THE USE ARE, MAYBE 30, 30, UH, THOUSANDS, UM, SQUARE FEET, OR SOME OF 'EM ARE MAY LESS THAN THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BOARD MEMBERS, MR. CAHO? UM, WHAT ABOUT RESIDENTIAL? UM, YES.
IF YOU, IF YOU BUILD, IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING MULTIPLE HOMES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND YOU HAVE ACRE LOTS, IS THAT STILL DOABLE? I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THESE LINES, SOLAR LINES GOING OUT OR WHATEVER, UM, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOUR LOT IS OR WHERE YOUR PROPERTIES ARE, IF IT'S LOW LYING, THAT COULD BECOME AN ISSUE.
SO LIKE IF YOU HAVE THERE, THERE ARE GRINDER PUMPS, LIKE PUMPING STATIONS, THOSE ARE KIND OF USES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO, AND THERE THERE ARE SOME LOTS THAT EXIST THAT ARE LIKE THAT ALREADY.
IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE FUTURE LOTS THAT WE PRESENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A, A SITUATION WHERE YOU REQUIRE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF AN ACRE TO MAKE A, A PROJECT WORK.
UM, THERE, I THINK THERE, WHAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NEXT? THAT'S ON THE, THAT'S PARALLEL TO, UM, IT'S PARALLEL TO THE, TO THE MARINA DRIVE, WHICH THEY, THERE, THERE ARE SEWER POPULATIONS ON ALONG THAT AREA AND THERE'RE ALSO SEWER PUMPS LIKE KINGS LANDING.
KINGS LANDING THERE, THERE ARE SEWER PUMP STATION THERE.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT GOT APPROVED.
IT'D BE LESS THAN AN ACRE, BUT THEY, THEY ARE SOME IN THERE THAT ARE LESS THAN, THERE'RE LESS THAN WHAT THERE ANYWHERE THAT'S REQUIRES THEY WORK.
IF THERE'LL BE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE'LL BE A MEMBER OF THE COUNTY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
IF THERE BE NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM, UH, STAFF OR ANY OTHER, UH, BOARD DISCUSSIONS? I BELIEVE STAFF HAS MADE THE PRESENTATION.
ANY OTHER OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? IF THERE BE NO OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION, WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD ON THIS REQUEST FOR THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT CHAIR WOULD OBTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
MR. HARDY, I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE AMENDMENT THAT AS PRESENTED, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR THAT IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SOUND OF AYE.
THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN AMENDED.
WE NEXT HAVE ON OUR AGENDA, UH, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 25 20 25 DASH ZERO FOUR.
UH, AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.
UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, UM, THAT I AM RECOMMENDING, UM, AS A MEANS TO, UH, PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS WHENEVER THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION TO PROVIDE BONUSES TO EMPLOYEES.
SO PURSUANT TO A VIRGINIA CODE SECTION, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE BONUSES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, THAT VIRGINIA CODE SECTION REQUIRES THAT AN ORDINANCE BE PASSED EVERY ING UM, THAT AN ORDINANCE BE PASSED IN ORDER FOR THE GOVERNING BODY TO AWARD THE BONUSES.
SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS AIMED TO DO IS TO PROVIDE A GENERAL AUTHORIZATION TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF VIRGINIA CODE AND PUT IN OUR CODIFIED ORDINANCES THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE BONUSES TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND TO DO THAT THROUGH A RESOLUTION AND OF COURSE SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION.
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WHAT ENACTING THIS, THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD STREAMLINE THE PROCESS SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU ALL WISHED TO AWARD BONUSES TO OFFICERS OR, AND OR EMPLOYEES, UH, YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO, A RESOLUTION WOULD NEED TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD AND A VOTE WOULD NEED TO BE, UM, WOULD NEED TO BE TAKE PLACE, UH, BY THE BOARD, UH, OF COURSE SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION AND THEN ANY TERMS OR CONDITIONS.AND THE AMOUNT OF THE BONUS WOULD BE SPELLED OUT IN THE RESOLUTION AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO GO THROUGH AN ORDINANCE PROCESS EVERY TIME.
UM, THE BOARD DECIDED IT WANTED TO CONSIDER AWARDING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES A BONUS.
UM, ENACTING THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WOULD CHECK THE BOX OF THE STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS, UH, WHILE STILL PROVIDING THE BOARD WITH OVERSIGHT AND THE ABILITY FOR ANY BONUS TO COME BEFORE IT, UH, FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND FOR AN AND A VOTE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, WELL BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, WE ASK YOU TO COME TO THE ROSTER AND YOU WOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. PERKINS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME, UH, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN, UH, A MOTION ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
MR. CHAIR, MR. PIERCE, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 25 DASH OH FOUR.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[New Business]
NEVER TO NEW BUSINESS AND FIRST ORDER NEW BUSINESS IS TAX EXEMPT.UH, LEASE REVENUE, INTERIM FINANCING FROM THE YMCA GOOD EVENING, UH, CHAIRMAN ELLIOT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, MS. PERKINS AND MR. HARRISON.
AND TO ALL THAT ASSEMBLED, UM, WE ARE, UM, PLEASED TONIGHT TO HAVE, UM, MR. ACKS, WHO IS CERTAINLY NOT A, UH, UNFAMILIAR FACE TO THE BOARD.
UM, AND ALSO HE'S JOINED BY, UM, MR. JOY SCRUGGS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, IF I MAY, TO, UM, DO A LITTLE BIT OF INTRODUCTORY TO BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN.
AND I WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS WE ARE ENGAGED ON, UM, THIS, UH, IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY, IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS THE EXPERTISE OF OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND OUR BOND COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION SO THAT YOU ALL CAN BE INFORMATIVE AND MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS ON THE BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
SO, UH, MR. LOCKS DOES SERVE AS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR DAVENPORT.
UM, HE'S BEEN THERE SINCE 2003, AND HE HAS SERVED AS THE MUNICIPAL ADVISOR TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING SIRI AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
UM, HE HAS EXPERIENCED IN PUBLIC FINANCE, HIS EXPERIENCE IS DIVERSE, AND HE HAS LED EFFORTS IN FINANCIAL MODELING, CAPITAL PLANNING, UM, AND CREDIT RATING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES, SMALL TOWNS AND REGIONAL ENTITIES.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, HE HAS, UM, BEEN BEFORE THE BOARD AND HAS PRESENTED US WITH SEVERAL, UM, PRESENTATIONS FOR US TO BE INFORMED AND MAKE DECISIONS.
AND HE HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, I WANNA SAY AT LEAST PLUS 10 YEARS.
SO, UM, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HIM TO COME TO DO HIS FINANCIAL, UM, ANALYSIS TO THE BOARD, BUT BEFORE HE DOES, I WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT YOU HAPPEN FOR YOU HAS BEEN A EFFORT AMONGST, UM, INCLUDING DAVENPORT.
UH, MS. WINDELL, WHO IS NOW HERE, WHO IS SERVING AS OUR INTERIM FINANCING ADVISOR.
OBVIOUSLY MS. PERKINS HAS BEEN, UM, INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH, UM, MR. LOCKS AS WELL, BUT ALSO WE DO HAVE HERE MR. JOYCE SCRUGGS.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF YOU ON THE BOARD, UM, KNOW MR. SCRUGGS.
UM, HE'S A PARTNER WITH KTA ROCK.
UM, AND HE'S HERE AS WELL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT HE IS, UH, UH, PRIMARY PRACTICE PUBLIC FINANCE.
UM, HE IS OF COURSE ENGAGED WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UH, REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, UM, NONPROFITS.
UM, HE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC FINANCE AND HAS SERVED AS BOND COUNCIL FOR SURY COUNTY MANY YEARS AGO, UM, UNDERNEATH, UM, PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL.
UM, UH, HE HAS BEEN, UH, UNDERWRITER COUNCIL.
HE HAS WORKED ACTUALLY WITH THE COUNTY'S IDA UNTIL THEY BECAME THE EDA.
SO HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE, UH, THE PRACTICE HERE IN SIRI.
UM, HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, REVENUE BONDS,
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LEASE PURCHASE FINANCING, UM, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, REVENUE BONDS, AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WON'T NAME AT THIS TIME.UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE, WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND WORKING WITH STAFF, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL HAVE MR. LOCKS COME IN HIS PRESENTATION, AND OF COURSE YOU HAVE, UM, YOUR, UM, ANALYST HERE WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE HIM.
AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, MS. ROLLS FOR THAT VERY, VERY NICE INTRODUCTION.
UM, NICE TO SEE YOU MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD COUNTY ATTORNEY, UM, ON A LOVELY JULY AFTERNOON SLASH EVENING.
SO, UM, WHAT WE REALLY HAVE THIS EVENING IS A FOLLOW UP TO, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT, UH, ALL RIGHT BOOK UP HERE.
UM, A FOLLOW UP TO WHEN WE WERE HERE IN APRIL ON THE 23RD, UM, WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING AN OVERALL PLAN AGAIN FOR, UH, THE FINANCING OF THIS Y THIS RECREATION CENTER.
UM, AND SO WE'RE HERE AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
UM, UH, WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN.
UM, MS. RAWLINS, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS ONE IS, IS LOADED UP SCREEN THERE, SIR, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT, THAT YOU'RE, UH, WE DO.
UH, WE JUST HAVE THE ELECTRONIC COPY, MR. CALHOUN, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PRINTOUT COPIES OF THIS.
UM, WE WILL, UM, OF COURSE HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AND YOU'LL ATTACH IT TO THE MINUTES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PRINTOUT COPIES.
MAYBE WHILE WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE GETTING THAT LOADED UP, YOU MAY RECALL MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, FOLLOWING THAT APRIL MEETING, UM, WHAT WE WENT OUT AND DID IS BASICALLY DID A, UH, COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR SOME INTERIM FINANCING THAT WILL BASICALLY ALLOW THE COUNTY TO, UH, BORROW SOME INITIAL DOLLARS TOWARDS THE COST OF THIS YMCA THAT'LL BASICALLY ALLOW YOU TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DESIGN, ALL OF THAT PROCESS, UM, REALLY TO GET TO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST, UM, THAT WE EXPECT WE'LL KNOW EARLY INTO NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, ALL SUBJECT TO THAT DESIGN PROCESS.
UM, SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT BIDDING PROCESS.
UM, AND THE WAY WE DID THAT, WHICH YOU MAY RECALL, UH, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IS TO GO THROUGH, WE CALL COMPETITIVELY BID DIRECT BANK LOAN.
AND SO THAT WAS BID OUT TO NATIONAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS, REGIONAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS, LOCAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE, UM, BROADEST, UM, BREADTH THERE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL, UH, BIDS FROM THE BANKS.
UM, OKAY, I THINK WE MAY ON THE SCREEN HERE, IT'LL BE A LITTLE EASIER WITH THE, THE VISUAL SIDE OF THINGS HERE.
CAN'T TELL IF I'M MOVING THE MOUSE HERE OR NOT.
UH, BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT BIDDING PROCESS AND HAVE THE RESULTS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
UM, A COUPLE IMPORTANT POINTS.
UM, EVERYTHING WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT FITS VERY MUCH WITHIN THE CAPITAL PLAN THAT WAS LAID OUT, UM, BACK IN THAT APRIL TIMEFRAME AND EVEN, UM, IN MEETINGS BEFORE.
UM, IT ALSO IMPORTANTLY FITS WITHIN YOUR ADOPTED FY 2026 BUDGET.
SO, JUST IN THINKING ABOUT THE OVERALL AFFORDABILITY OF THIS, HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE PAID BACK? UH, WHEN WE WERE HERE BACK IN APRIL, THE BUDGET HADN'T BEEN ADOPTED YET.
THERE WERE SOME PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES.
UM, YOU HAVE SINCE ADOPTED THAT BUDGET.
AND SO THE GOOD IN THAT IS THAT YOU'VE BASICALLY ALLOCATED ENOUGH DOLLARS WITHIN THAT BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAYMENTS ON THIS LOAN AND WHAT WILL BE A SUBSEQUENT PERMANENT FINANCING, WE'LL WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, UM, ARE INDEED PUT INTO THE BUDGET ALREADY AND HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED APPROPRIATELY.
SO THE DOLLARS FOR REPAYMENT OF THE DEBT SERVICE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FACTORED IN.
I THINK WE'RE UP AND ROLLING HERE.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF THAT BACKGROUND, AGAIN, I THINK I'VE PROBABLY COVERED THAT, UM, A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT BASICALLY WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE'VE GOT THE RESULTS.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE TOO ON THE PLAN AND THE OVERALL, UH, FINANCES OF THE COUNTY.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT AND PLAYS A ROLE HERE.
UH, SO WHAT, WHAT THIS FINANCING REALLY WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO IN A $5 MILLION AMOUNT IS TO BORROW THESE DOLLARS ON A FIXED RATE BASIS.
SO WE'LL KNOW THAT EXACTLY WHAT THE RATE IS HERE IN THE NEXT PAGE OR SO.
UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DOLLARS AS A COUNTY AGAIN TO WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN, THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
UM, THAT'LL BE IN AN INTEREST ONLY MODE.
AND SO WE'LL BASICALLY HAVE THAT IN A FIXED RATE, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
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WORK THROUGH THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.IN REALITY, YOU'LL HAVE MORE TIME THAN THAT.
THE FINAL MATURITY, UM, OF THE LOAN WILL BE SEVERAL YEARS OUT, ABOUT THREE YEARS.
AND SO YOU'LL HAVE REALLY SOME TIME TO WORK THROUGH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN WITH SOME CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THAT ON PURPOSE.
UM, AND SO AS WE GET TO THE ACTUAL RESULTS, UM, UH, WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THAT BIDDING PROCESS IS THREE BANKS PROVIDED A PROPOSAL.
SO, AGAIN, WENT THROUGH THAT COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
UM, YOU SEE THE BANKS LISTED THERE.
UM, AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN WE'VE GOT, UH, CREWS AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION OUT OF, UH, ARKANSAS, BUT THERE'S A LOCAL PRESENCE THERE.
HUNTINGTON PUBLIC CAPITAL CORPORATION AND TOWN BANK THAT IS LOCAL, UH, TO THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, AND SO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WE'LL TALK VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE OFFERED, UM, IN TERMS OF INTEREST RATES, PREPAYMENT PROVISIONS, ET CETERA.
SO IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES, WE HAVE A $5 MILLION LOAN.
WE EXPECT THIS PROJECT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN 5 MILLION, NO DOUBT.
UM, THAT'S BEEN FACTORED INTO THE PLANNING WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE AT THE END.
BUT TO START WITH, WE'RE GETTING A $5 MILLION FIXED RATE LOAN THAT, AGAIN, WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET GOING ON THE PROJECT ITSELF, UM, AND HAVE THOSE DOLLARS AT YOUR DISPOSAL AS A COUNTY.
UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE LOAN IS AT A FIXED RATE.
UM, IT'LL BE THREE YEARS IN TOTAL.
SO THIS IS INTERIM FINANCING, UM, SORT OF ANALOGOUS TO IF YOU'VE EVER BUILT A HOME, MAYBE YOU'VE GOTTEN A CONSTRUCTION LOAN TO GET THAT PROJECT GOING.
UM, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS, UH, WHAT THIS LOAN FUNCTIONS LIKE, EXCEPT THAT WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DOLLARS UP FRONT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS AND EARN INTEREST ON THEM, AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE AGAIN AT A FIXED RATE.
YOU SEE THE THREE, UM, BIDS THERE ON THE SCREEN.
HUNTINGTON IS PURPOSELY AT THE TOP THERE.
UM, THEY OFFERED THE LOWEST INTEREST RATE.
AND SO WHEN WE DEAL OUT PLANNING, UH, BACK IN THE APRIL AND EVEN EARLIER, WE WERE ASSUMING A 5% INTEREST RATE.
AND SO THIS RATE WILL BE ABOUT 80 BASIS POINTS BELOW THE PLANNING ESTIMATE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S FIXED AND LOCKED IN, SO IT'S A 4.2%.
UM, THE OTHER FEATURE THAT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT ON THIS PAGE IS ON THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHICH IS A PREPAYMENT FLEXIBILITY.
AND SO WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHENEVER WE'RE DOING A FINANCING, NOT JUST WHAT IS THE INTEREST RATE, BUT WHAT IS OUR FLEXIBILITY AS A COUNTY GOING FORWARD.
AND SO WHAT THIS LOAN WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS BASICALLY PREPAY WITH NO PENALTY IN A YEAR.
AND SO IF WE CLOSE THIS, UH, AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT A TIME SCHEDULE, PROBABLY IN THE MONTH OF JULY, YOU'D HAVE A YEAR WHEREBY THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE YOURS TO WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING ELSE IF WE NEEDED TO.
IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD PAY THIS OFF BASICALLY NEXT YEAR, MEANING AUGUST OF 2026 WITH NO PENALTY WHATSOEVER.
SO IT'S A VERY GOOD FLEXIBILITY, UM, AND A GOOD BALANCE OF THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE LOWEST INTEREST RATE.
UM, YOU SEE THE REST OF THE BIDS THERE.
UM, THEY WERE GOOD BIDS, UM, BUT JUST NOT QUITE AS COST EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST RATE.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, THAT HUNTINGTON BANK BID AT THE 4.2% INTEREST RATE.
UM, IMPORTANTLY, THIS WORKS AGAIN WITHIN THE COLLATERAL STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE, UM, BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT IS VERY WIDELY USED ACROSS VIRGINIA.
UM, MANY SLASH MOST, I WOULD ARGUE COUNTIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, UM, USED THIS TYPE OF FINANCING TO FINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, AND SEE, WE'RE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH, UH, PEERS AND NEIGHBORS IN TERMS OF COUNTIES ALL ACROSS THE REGION AND ACROSS THE STATE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE FINANCING.
UM, SO JUST IN SUMMARY HERE, THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, ON HUNTINGTON, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE LOWEST INTEREST RATE.
UM, YOU'VE GOT GOOD PREPAYMENT FLEXIBILITY, UM, WITHIN A YEAR.
UM, AND WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO, IN THE THIRD BULLET POINT THERE, UM, TAKE THESE $5 MILLION.
WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND THAT ALL AT ONCE.
IT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK THROUGH ALL THIS DESIGN AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
TAKE THAT $5 MILLION AND REINVEST IT.
AND SO IT WON'T BE SITTING THERE IDLE.
IT'LL BE EARNING INTEREST THAT WILL BE, UH, INURING TO THE COUNTY'S BENEFIT.
UM, AND THE OTHER NICE, UH, ELEMENT OF WHERE WE ARE IN AN INTEREST RATE MODE IS THE STATE PROGRAM WHERE THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE REINVESTED.
THERE'S A SPECIAL STATE PROGRAM CALLED SNAP, WHICH IS A STATE RUN, UH, INVESTMENT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR TAX EXEMPT BOND PROCEEDS.
SO YOU, I AS INDIVIDUALS, WE CAN'T PUT DOLLARS IN THERE.
IT'S VERY SPECIFIC FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN VIRGINIA TO REINVEST BOND PROCEEDS.
UM, THAT IS EARNING RIGHT NOW ABOUT 4.3, 4.4%.
AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THERE, WE'RE GONNA BORROW AT 4.2%, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REINVEST AT A RATE THAT IS EQUAL TO, OR POSSIBLY EVEN HIGHER, UM, THAN THE RATE THAT WE'RE BORROWING.
SO TO THE EXTENT SOME OF THAT 5 MILLION TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO SPEND, IT'S EARNING INTEREST IN COVERING THE COST, UM, OF THE INTEREST ON THE LOAN, UM, IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.
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SO WE'VE GOT A GRAPH OR TWO TO SHOW YOU THAT.WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IN YEARS PAST.
WE HAD THE ALL TIME LOWS OF, OF SORT OF THE COVID INTEREST RATES.
RATES ARE HIGHER THAN THEY'RE NOW.
UH, RATES ARE HIGHER NOW THAN THEY WERE THEN IN TERMS OF BORROWING, BUT WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER SITUATION FOR REINVESTING THE DOLLARS, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.
UM, LAST BULLET POINT HERE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, IN TERMS OF CREDIT APPROVAL, UM, THE BANK'S, UH, BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT.
UM, WE EXPECT THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE NEAR TERM HERE.
UM, THEY NEED A COUPLE MORE PIECES OF INFORMATION TO GET THAT FINALIZED, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, THAT SHOULD NOT BE A BIG PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF INTEREST RATES, UM, I KINDA MENTIONED THIS ALREADY, BUT, UH, LONG-TERM RATES ARE CURRENTLY FAVORABLE, SO THEY'RE CLEARLY HIGHER THAN THEY WERE DURING THE OLD TIME.
LOWS OF THE PANDEMIC, THE COUNTY'S ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE.
UM, BUT REALLY WE'RE STILL IN A VERY HISTORICALLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT TO BE BORROWING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT, UM, YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN TERMS OF BEING, WHETHER IT'S A COUNTY OR A CITY BORROWING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE A LONG LIFE.
UH, IT'S A VERY COMMON PRACTICE, UH, BECAUSE WHAT THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES, WHETHER IT'S A Y OR A SCHOOL OR A, A JUDICIAL COMPLEX, WHATEVER IT IS, THEY END UP BEING INVESTMENTS THAT YOU MAKE AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT'LL INER TO THE BENEFIT OF MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE GENERATIONS.
AND SO IT'S VERY COMMONPLACE FOR WHETHER IT'S A CITY, A COUNTY, UM, IN VIRGINIA ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BORROW FOR THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A, YOU KNOW, SORT OF INDIVIDUAL.
WE'VE GOT A CERTAIN LIFESPAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE PAID ALL OUR DEBTS OFF BY A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, MAYBE IN OUR LIFE.
THE COUNTY REALLY HAS KIND OF A PERPETUAL, UH, TIME SPAN.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK THE SEAL HERE.
UH, WE, UH, 14:00 AM I READING THAT RIGHT? 1652.
SORRY, UH, I NEED TO PULL THE GLASSES OUT.
BUT SO, UH, AS, AS A COUNTY, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE, SINCE, UH, 1652, WHICH I ONLY POINT OUT INSOFAR AS JUST THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT THE FINANCES OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT THE FINANCES OF MAYBE AN INDIVIDUAL WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE, SAY, YOUR MORTGAGE PAID OFF BY A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD IN YOUR LIFE.
THE COUNTY IS SUCH A LONG TIME PERIOD TO BE THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT IT'S VERY COMMONPLACE TO BE BORROWING FOR LARGE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND ALLOWING THE RESIDENTS THAT'LL BENEFIT FROM THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO PAY FOR IT OVER TIME.
UM, IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF DO A LITTLE BIT OF REHASH HERE IN A COUPLE PAGES, BUT AS WE FACTOR ALL THESE NUMBERS IN, WHETHER IT'S THE INITIAL 5 MILLION WE KNOW WE DON'T QUITE YET KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE COST WILL BE, MAYBE IT'S 20, WE DON'T KNOW YET.
THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DETERMINE.
UM, ANYTHING IN THE 20 TO $24 MILLION RANGE FITS WITHIN YOUR FINANCIAL POLICIES.
AND SO FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, YOU'VE GOT COUNTY ADOPTED FINANCIAL POLICIES IN TERMS OF WHAT LEVELS OF DEBT ARE ACCEPTABLE AND APPROPRIATE.
UM, THOSE ARE IN LINE WITH THE MARKETPLACE AND BORROWING FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, WHAT WE'RE JUST DOING, THE INITIAL PHASE NOW FITS WITHIN THOSE FINANCIAL POLICIES.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE OVERALL PLANNING FOR THIS, UM, FROM A CALL IT, UH, DEBT AFFORDABILITY SIDE OF THINGS, MEANING DO WE HAVE THE DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS BY VIRTUE OF YOUR 26 BUDGET, WE THINK YOU DO HAVE THOSE DOLLARS.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS CONCEPT AS A BOARD DEBT CAPACITY, WHICH IS OKAY IF WE DO CERTAIN THINGS, BORROW FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, ARE WE STILL IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES? ARE WE IN LINE WITH PEERS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR WELL RUN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS ALSO YES.
AND SO WE'LL JUST MAKE THAT POINT HERE, UM, ON THIS NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AGAIN, I'VE ALLUDED TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE REINVESTMENT RATE, UM, FOR THESE DOLLARS IS VERY FAVORABLE.
SO THIS IS JUST A GRAPH SHOWING THAT, UH, VIRGINIA SNAP, WHICH IS AGAIN, IS RUN BY STATE TREASURER, UM, THERE ARE LITERALLY BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF BOND PROCEEDS FROM THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS INVESTED IN THERE.
UM, AND SO YOU'VE GOT THAT LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT AND VERY NICE EARNINGS RIGHT NOW THAT, AGAIN, ARE EQUIVALENT TO THE RATE OF BORROWING, UM, ON THE LOAN ITSELF.
UM, SO THAT THEN GETS TO OUR, OUR NEXT STEPS.
UM, REALLY WE'RE HERE, IT'S OBVIOUSLY JULY 2ND COMING UP ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
UM, BUT WE AT THIS POINT HAVE THIS BID IN HAND.
UH, MR. SCRUGGS, AS MR. ROLLINS MENTIONED, HAS PREPARED A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU AS A BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINANCING.
UM, APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW US TO CLEAN UP THE FINAL DETAILS, FINAL DOCUMENTATION, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
UM, BUT WE THINK WE'RE REALLY VERY CLOSE ON THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT, UM, IN THE MIDDLE, UH, TIME OF JULY, WE'VE GOT THE 17TH KIND OF EARMARKED FOR THE MOMENT, BUT PENDING BOARD APPROVAL, UM, WE COULD REALLY MOVE TO CLOSURE ON THIS AND ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE FUNDS IN HAND LOCK IN THE LOAN, UM, AND HAVE THOSE REINVESTING EARNING INTEREST ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THERE.
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CAN ELABORATE ON THE, THE RESOLUTION SIDE OF THINGS, BUT, UH, THAT'S SORT OF A SUMMARY OF WHERE YOU ARE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL PROJECT AND, UH, THE INITIAL BIDDING WE HAVE HERE FOR THIS INTERIM FINANCING.HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM BOARD MEMBERS? MR. CHAIR? YES, MR. PIERCE? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, UH, VERY, UH, WELL SPOKEN IN, IN DETAIL.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE MY NOTES CORRECT, BUT, UH, AFTER BORROWING, UH, A POSSIBLE 5 MILLION, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE ARE ABLE TO USE THAT TO, UH, GAIN INTEREST TO HELP PAY OFF THE, UH, INTEREST PAYMENTS OF THE 5 MILLION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THERE, THERE'S SOME NUANCES THERE.
IT'S A TAX EXEMPT LOAN, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, UH, TAX-EXEMPT, UH, CALLED LEGAL NUANCES OR TAX CODE NUANCES AROUND THAT.
BUT I THINK THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS IF WE'RE BORROWING AT 4.2%, WE CAN BASICALLY KEEP SUBJECT TO SOME, UH, NUANCES UP TO ABOUT 4.2%.
SO YOU'VE HEARD IT EXACTLY RIGHT IN TERMS OF THE EARNINGS ON THAT CAN HELP TO PAY, UH, THE INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE LOAN.
I JUST WANT, AGAIN, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD IT CORRECTLY.
UM, IN A PREVIOUS, UM, PRESENTATION, UM, I THOUGHT THAT YOU ALL SAID THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW SOME STEPS TO GET TO, UM, POINTS, UH, TO, TO MAKE THIS TRANSACTION GO THROUGH FROM, FROM, UH, FROM START TO FINISH.
AND I THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE, UH, IN ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T LOOK IT UP 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS, UH, AVAILABLE.
UM, THAT FINANCING, UH, WAS AFTER WE REVIEWED OR HAD STAFF OR YFCA GO OUT AND, UH, LOOK FOR FUNDING, UH, OUTSIDE FUNDING OR, OR, UH, PERSONAL, UH, INVESTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ARE WE GETTING AHEAD OF THAT IN, IN THAT PREVIOUS NO, NO, NO.
THE, THE, THE PLAN IS REALLY THE, THE TIMING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS, IS STILL THE EXACT SAME THAT WE WE'D TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, WHEREBY YOU AS A COUNTY WOULD BORROW THIS INTERIM FINANCING, UM, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN APRIL TO GET THE PROCESS GOING.
UM, WE'RE NOT INVOLVED DIRECTLY WITH THE Y RIGHT? BUT ANY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN THAT TAKES A WHILE.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS NEVER THE EXPECTATION THAT WOULD BE DONE PRIOR TO OBTAINING THE INITIAL FINANCING TO GET GOING ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
UM, WHAT WE'LL HAVE AT THE END OF THIS IS WE'LL BORROW THIS 5 MILLION PENDING BOARD APPROVAL AND YOU'LL WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH THE DESIGN AND SO FORTH.
WE'LL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO TERM THIS LOAN OUT WITH A PERMANENT LOAN, UH, AND PROBABLY A YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
AND SO THE EXPECTATION IS BEFORE WE TERM IT OUT, WE'LL HAVE SOME BETTER INFORMATION ON THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME BETTER INFORMATION ON IF THERE'S A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FROM THE Y, WHAT THAT YIELDS.
AND SO THE PLAN HAS REALLY ALWAYS BEEN, UH, GET THESE DOLLARS GOING SO YOU CAN WORK THROUGH, UH, DESIGN LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN AS YOU GET PROBABLY IN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, WHEN WE REALLY KNOW THE, THE DESIGN, THE COST, EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE Y ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN KIND OF COME BACK TOGETHER AND SAY, OKAY, HOW DOES THIS GET FINANCED ON A PERMANENT BASIS, UM, UH, LONG TERM.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY UNTIL, UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
AND WHAT WE'VE ASSUMED IN THIS, WHEN I MENTIONED THAT, THAT YOU'VE GOT THE DOLLARS WITHIN THE BUDGET TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS ON A 20 TO $24 MILLION LOAN, THAT ASSUMES, AT LEAST AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S NO OUTSIDE DOLLARS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO ASSUME, CALL IT MOST CONSERVATIVE, IF THERE IS SOME OUTSIDE DOLLARS, THEY WOULD HELP REDUCE THAT LOAN THAT WOULD JUST MAKE THAT EVEN BETTER.
UM, BUT EVEN AT A 20 TO $24 MILLION LOAN, YOU'VE GOT THE DOLLARS BAKED IN YOUR BUDGET ALREADY TO MAKE THAT.
IF ULTIMATELY THERE'S CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, IF THERE'S SOME FUND BALANCE, SOME OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU CAN MAKE THAT PERMANENT FINANCING LOWER, THAT JUST MAKES IT ALL THE BETTER.
ARE THERE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE TEAM? YES.
SO THERE IS A APPENDIX TO THE PRESENTATION AND I UNDERSTAND OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RESOLUTION PROCESS.
UM, IT MAY BE WISE FOR, UM, THE BOARD TO HEAR THE APPENDIX MM-HMM
UM, TO THE PRESENTATION MM-HMM
UM, BEFORE TAKING ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION, UM, AS I HAD SHARED WITH BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE, UH, ADOPTED OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET.
AND BECAUSE THE WAY THAT YOU ALL WERE, UM, ATTENTIVE TO THE BUDGET AND PLANNING FOR,
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UM, THE RESERVES FUNDS THAT WERE SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET, IN ADDITION, WE HAD, UH, PRESENTED THAT BASED ON YOUR POLICY DECISION, UM, TO CREATE, UH, THE TWICE A YEAR TAX BILLING FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY, THEY GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR FUTURE USE FOR THAT ONE TIME INFLUX OF CASH.SO SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THAT REPORT, NOT TWICE A YEAR, PERSONAL PROPERTY, PERSONAL PROPERTY, PERSONAL PROPERTY, GET THAT STRAIGHT PERSONAL PROPERTY, UM, SEPARATE PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM REAL ESTATE.
LET ME REPEAT THAT SO I CAN GET THAT STRAIGHT FOR THE RECORD.
UM, BY HAVING PERSONAL PROPERTY, UH, DUE, UH, ONCE A YEAR IN JUNE ONLY.
UM, WE WAS ABLE TO CREATE THAT, UM, ONE TIME INFLUX.
SO IN SHARING OF THE BUDGET INFORMATION, WHICH THEY ARE, UH, CERTAINLY TO RECEIVE, UH, THEY WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION BASED ON THOSE, UM, WISE BUDGET DECISIONS AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME GOOD INFORMATION BACK TO THE BOARD, WHICH HE'S GOING TO SHARE REGARDING HOW WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, CREATE SOME SAVINGS AND PERHAPS, UM, BOUNCE BACK ON THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HAD REGARDING THE TAX RATE, UH, INCREASES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THAT PREFACE TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO, I GUESS GET, I CAN GET, I'M SORRY.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW, NOW, NOW WE'RE GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY STRAIGHT HERE, SO, UM, APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
UH, BUT WE WILL, UH, ALL RIGHT.
SO HERE'S OUR, OUR, WHAT WE CALL THE APPENDIX HERE, WHICH EXACTLY AS MS. ROLLINS WAS TALKING ABOUT IS, IS THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REALLY KIND OF AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN APRIL, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE FINAL BUDGET, UM, RESULTS.
UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS FULL SCREEN, IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SEE.
WHERE DO I DO THAT FOR THE CLERK? ANYBODY KNOW MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME THIS SCREEN.
I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT, BUT THANK YOU TO MY, UH, COLLEAGUE
SO, UM, TO MS. ROLLINS'S, UM, COMMENT HERE.
SO WE'VE GOT A UPDATED, HERE WE GO.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THIS PAGE IS TO VISUALLY SHOW, UM, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET PLANNING, SO FORTH AND SO ON, UM, FOR PURPOSES OF, UH, THE YMCA PROJECT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND EVEN TO THE EARLIER GENTLEMAN'S COMMENT, WE'VE GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEBT OUTSTANDING AS A COUNTY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE DARK GREEN.
HOW DOES THIS NEW, UH, PROJECT LAYER ONTO THAT? UM, AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, JUST VISUALLY HERE FOR A MOMENT, IS THE DARK GREEN BARS, UM, ARE THE EXISTING DEBT SERVICE.
AND SO WHERE THE COUNTY IS FROM ITS EXISTING DEBT PROFILES, BASICALLY IN A POSITION WHEREBY, UM, YOUR DEBT SERVICE STEPS DOWN OVER TIME.
SO AGAIN, ALL THIS IS FIXED RATE, UM, AND THE EXISTING DEBT PAYS DOWN OVER TIME, MUCH LIKE A MORTGAGE WOULD.
AND SO AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE LIFE CYCLE OF COUNTIES AND THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE FINANCING, UM, ALL THE EXISTING DEBT THERE IS PAID OFF WITHIN 2039 WITH A NICE DOWNWARD SLOPE.
UM, SO THEN WHAT YOU DO ON TOP OF THAT IS AS WE LAYER IN, UM, A NEW PROJECT OF A GENERATIONAL VARIETY LIKE THIS, YMCA IS, YOU'VE REALLY GOT THE CAPACITY AS THAT EXISTING DEBT PAYS DOWN TO ROLL IN, UM, THIS NEW PROJECT.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE LIGHT GREEN IS THE INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THIS 5 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY YET, COULD BE IN THE RANGE OF 2020 4 MILLION ARE THE PAYMENTS, UM, ON AN EVENTUAL PERMANENT FINANCING.
UM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT BY VIRTUE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR 2026 BUDGET, YOU'VE ALREADY PROACTIVELY ALLOCATED THE DOLLARS FOR BOTH THOSE EXISTING PAYMENTS AND THE POTENTIAL NEW PAYMENTS.
AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE AGGREGATE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU'VE GOT THAT BUILT IN PROACTIVELY ON THE FRONT END.
UM, THE MS. ROLLINS MENTIONED THE, UH, UH, CHANGE TO TWICE A YEAR IN THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION.
THAT ALSO IS LIKE THE THIRD VARIABLE THAT COMES INTO THIS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BASICALLY BRIDGE THE GAP, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 28, 29, AND 30 TIME PERIOD.
WE CAN USE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO HELP GET THROUGH A, MAYBE A PEAK IN THE DEBT SERVICE WITHOUT HAVING TO NEED ANY ADDITIONAL TAX REVENUE OVER AND ABOVE WHAT YOU HAVE ALLOCATED, UM, IN THE BUDGET.
AND SO, AGAIN, MAYBE JUST A NICE VISUAL THERE TO HELP SHOW THAT, BUT BASICALLY BY VIRTUE OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, PLUS THAT ONCE A YEAR, OR EXCUSE ME, CHANGE TO TWICE A YEAR ON THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION, UM, YOU'VE GOT THAT BUILT INTO
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THE BUDGET ALREADY.IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, MS. ROLLS WANNA ELABORATE ON THAT? NO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU REPEATED WHAT I SAID, BUT IT'S ONCE A YEAR FOR THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES DUE IN JUNE.
AND BECAUSE THE BOARD MADE THE POLICY CHANGE FOR JUST A ONE TIME, UH, INFLUX OF CASH, THE 2.3 MILLION IS WHAT YOU USE TO HELP BUILD THE MODULE THAT YOU PRE PREVIOUS.
SO, UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THAT BOARD MEMBERS, I KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE BOARD TAKING, UH, UH, ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY MS. PERKINS.
I AM, UH, THANK, THANK YOU OFFICER FOR THE PRESENTATION AND JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY MM-HMM
WE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE GENTLEMAN ASKED, THE WAY THIS IS SET UP, THERE IS NO NEED FOR TAX INCREASE TO FUND THIS.
EVERYTHING IS ALREADY OUT, IT'S BUILT IN.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO RAISE THE TAXES WITH THIS PROJECT.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A TAX INCREASE TO FUND THIS.
SIR, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTION BOARDS? IF NOT, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN THE RESOLUTION.
UM, AND MR. SCRUGGS, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THE HONORS, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO,
I'M, I'M HERE, SO, UH, YEAH, HAPPY TO DO IT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN.
MR. THE BOARD AND OTHERS, UH, I'M GEORGE SRUS, PARTNER WITH KU TAG ROCK IN, UH, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
UH, IT'S NICE TO BE STANDING IN A BUILDING THAT ACTUALLY HELPED FINANCE YEARS AGO.
UH, AND THIS TYPE OF FINANCING WOULD BE A SIMILAR ONE.
UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, WOULD IF APPROVED, AUTHORIZE THE, UH, PRELIMINARY OR INITIAL FINANCING FOR THE YMCA PROJECT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN PARAMETERS.
BOARD MEMBERS, UH, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR, YOUR BLUE FOLDER THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE.
UH, DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THE RESOLUTION? MM-HMM
THE, THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, UH, IF ADOPTED WOULD, UH, AUTHORIZE THE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE BID OF, UH, HUNTINGTON BANK FOR THE YMCA PROJECT.
UH, IT WOULD ALSO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRELIMINARY FINANCING SUBJECT TO CERTAIN PARAMETERS CONTAINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE RESOLUTION.
AND THOSE PARAMETERS ARE A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION A TERM NOT TO EXCEED FOUR YEARS, AND AN INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 5%.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, THIS FINANCING IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS A SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION FINANCING.
WHAT IT DOES, AND IT'S ALSO SECURED BY A LEASE ON DEED OF TRUST.
WHAT IT REQUIRES IS THAT IN EACH YEAR THE BOARD HAS TO CONSIDER APPROPRIATING MONEY TO MAKE THE PAYMENT UNDER THE FINANCING ARRANGEMENT.
UH, IF FOR SOME REASON THE BOARD DETERMINES NOT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO MAKE THE PAYMENT, IT'S NOT AN EVENT OF DEFAULT, BUT IT IS AN EVENT OF DETERMINATION OR TERMINATION, I'M SORRY.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD PERMIT THE LENDER TO DO IF YOU ELECTED NOT TO APPROPRIATE, IS PURSUANT TO THAT LEASEHOLD DEED OF TRUST.
BASICALLY IT'S A LEASEHOLD MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE Y WILL BE BUILT.
IT WILL ALLOW THE LENDER TO, UM, REMOVE THE COUNTY FROM THE PROPERTY OR NOT ALLOW THE COUNTY TO USE THE PROPERTY OR EITHER SELL OR CONVERT THE PROPERTY FOR SOME OF THE USE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LEASE TERM.
BUT THAT'S, IN THIS CASE, TWO OR THREE YEARS.
SO THE, IN A SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION FINANCING, EVEN THOUGH YOU AREN'T LEGALLY REQUIRED TO MAKE THE PAYMENT, YOU CAN DETERMINE NOT TO APPROPRIATE AT ANY TIME.
THESE OTHER BELLS AND WHISTLES ARE THERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.
I MEAN, LET'S BE REALISTIC HERE.
WHEN YOU LOAN MONEY, PEOPLE EXPECT TO GET PAID AND THAT'S ONE HAMMER THAT THE LENDER HAS TO GET YOU TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT SAME TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT, UH, IS IN PLACE WITH THIS BUILDING THAT WE'RE SITTING IN WITH THE VIRGINIA RESOURCES AUTHORITY.
SO IT'S NOTHING NEW TO THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF A FINANCING STRUCTURE, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DECIDE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE PAYMENT, YOU ARE PUTTING AT RISK THAT COUNTY PROPERTY AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, WHAT CAN THE LENDER
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DO WITH IT? PROBABLY NOTHING BUT THE, THE PAIN IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO KEEP YOU FROM USING IT.SO THAT'S THE WAY THESE, UH, FINANCINGS WORK.
I MEAN, THEY'RE FAIRLY COMMON COUNTIES ALL OVER THE COMMONWEALTH DO IT.
UH, SO THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE ABOUT IT, BUT YOU DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE BASIC STRUCTURE.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF A STRUCTURE IN A NUTSHELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE RESOLUTION, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND IF YOU WILL NOTE, I THINK IN PARAGRAPH THREE WHERE WE, I TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, SUBJECT APPROPRIATION PROVISION, UH, RESOLUTION RESOLUTIONS DOES SPECIFY THAT, UH, THIS IS A SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION FINANCING SO THE BANK KNOWS WHAT IT'S GETTING INTO.
SO IT LEGALLY IT CANNOT MAKE YOU PAY IF YOU ELECT NOT TO APPROPRIATE, BUT IT CAN DO THE OTHER THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
UH, SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION, UH, I'M, I'M HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. STRS? THERE'D BE NONE.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO NOTE, I I DO HAVE A PRINTED COPY OF THE DAVENPORT PRESENTATION, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HAVE IT, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO SHARE IT.
SO I'M OLD SCHOOL AND I LIKE PAPER
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF THE, OF, UH, $5 MILLION FOR THE YMCE PROGRAM.
WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD ON THE RESOLUTION? MR. PRETON? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING, MR. CHAIRMAN? IF, IF, UH, IF A MOTION IS DESIRED? I, I DID DRAFT UP SOME NOTES JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS WITHOUT HAVING TO READ THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD.
SO IF, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN THAT.
WHO WANNA MAKE THE RE WHO MOTION? MR. HARDY SAID PASS IT ON THERE.
READY? ALRIGHT, CHAIR, MR. HARDY.
I MOVE, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE PAID, UH, FROM HUNTINGTON BANK APPROVED THE TERMS OF THE LEASE FINANCING AND AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PROCEED TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN CONSIDERATION WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND CANCEL AS MORE FULLY SET OUT IN THE RESOLUTION.
SO,
READY FOR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
AND THREE AYES RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.
UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE, UH, NEW BUSINESS, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26, ELECTORAL BOARD CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, EMPLOYEE, AND OTHER COUNTY EMPLOYEES BONUSES.
WE HAVE STAFF TO PRESENT AT THIS TIME.
UM, SO YEAH, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, YOU ALL JUST ADOPTED THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE, SO THAT IS TIMELY.
UM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A, UH, INFORMATION THAT STATED THAT THE STATE MANDATED, UM, GOVERNING BODIES OF EACH COUNTY AND CITY TO PAY COMPENSATION TO, UH, CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE, UH, COUNTY.
AND THAT AT THE TIME INCLUDED THE GENERAL REGISTRAR, ELECTORAL BOARD MEMBERS, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPENSATION EXPENSE PLAN THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE GENERAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
UM, IT ALSO, UH, STATED THAT IT WOULD REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS FOR THE STATE AUTHORIZED ONE-TIME BONUS PAYMENT, UM, EQUAL TO 1.5% OF BASE SALARY AS OF JUNE 30TH.
UM, IT ALSO STATED THAT, UM, FUNDING WAS GIVEN TO HELP SUPPORT STATE SUPPORTED, UH, LOCAL EMPLOYEES, MAINLY THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND THEIR STAFF AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LOCAL SERVICES BOARD.
UM, AND TO ENSURE BOARD MEMBERS EQUITY, UM, TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, IT WAS, UH, IT'S BEING ADVISED AND IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE SAME 1.5% BONUS TO ALL COUNTY FUNDED EMPLOYEES AND A
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$250 BONUS PAYMENT TO PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.UM, THIS IS OF COURSE TO ENSURE, UM, THAT IT'S EQUITY AMONGST OUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, IN SURY COUNTY AND IN OTHER, A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS, WHAT YOU DO FIND IS THAT YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, UM, WHO WORK FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS THAT ARE NOT PAID BY THE COMPENSATION BOARD.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR LOCALITIES TO DO SOMETHING FOR ONE EMPLOYEE AND NOT DO IT TO THE NEXT EMPLOYEE WHO IS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
UM, I DID PROVIDE IN YOUR, UM, BLUE FOLDER, UM, SOME VARIOUS, UM, ARTICLES FROM SOME OTHER LOCALITIES, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE TIME TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
BUT I KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, JUST SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AS IT PERTAINS TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE MAKING THIS EVENING.
UM, TO PROVIDE THAT SAME BONUS TO ALL, UH, EMPLOYEES AND NOT JUST THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.
UM, TO PROVIDE THE BONUS TO STATE COMP BOARD EMPLOYEES, UM, TO INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE NOT FULLY FUNDED BY THE COMP BOARD IS ABOUT $39,700.
UM, THE STATE COMPENSATION BOARD WILL REIMBURSE THE COUNTY ABOUT $18,741.
SO THAT WOULD MEAN IF THE COUNTY JUST FUNDED THE STATE COMP BOARD EMPLOYEES, WE WILL STILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH $21,000, UM, AND COUNTY COSTS TO, UH, FUND ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN, IN ALL THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.
UM, THE COST TO THE COUNTY TO FUND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES FULL.
AND THE PART-TIME ONES THAT I MENTIONED IS $56,692.
SO THE TOTAL COST TO THE COUNTY, UM, IF APPROVED, WOULD BE ABOUT $77,716.
UM, SO YOU DO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU, UM, AND IT DOES AUTHORIZE, UM, TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THIS BONUS STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE IS A, UH, A DATE THAT THE, UM, THAT WAS OUTLINED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR SALARIES THAT WERE AS OF JUNE 30TH OR OR JULY 1ST.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE 1.5% BONUS WOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO SALARIES PRIOR TO ANY OTHER, UM, INCREASES.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS A 3% INCREASE, BUT THE BONUSES ARE BASED ON, ON JUNE 30TH SALARIES.
SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS EVENING, UH, A FUNDING SOURCE AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S FUNDING THAT WAS SET ASIDE IN THE CONTINGENCY FUND, NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE, BUT, UM, AGAIN, UM, THE STATE, UH, SENT OUT THE INFORMATION TO OUR, UH, WE RECEIVED IT AROUND JUNE THE 16TH.
UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN STRAPPED, UH, UH, IN THEIR JUNE MEETINGS TO GET THIS COVERED.
AND THE ACTION THAT WE ARE ASKING TONIGHT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH SOME OTHER PEERS AMONGST, UM, AMONGST US.
SO THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS EVENING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ON THE RECOMME RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED, UH, RESOLUTION BEFORE US, MR. CHAIR? MR. CO? I WOULD, I'M SORRY.
UM, IN THIS PACKET, THERE'S A LETTER FROM, UM, MS. ROLLINS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND, AND SHE MENTIONS THAT, UM, THE, UM, THAT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO, UH, PAY REMAINING COSTS OF $21,024 FOR THE COMPENSATION, UH, STATE COMPENSATION BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AND THAT THE COUNTY ITSELF WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH $56,692, UM, OUT OF OUR OWN FUNDS.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH COMING UP, UH, UH, I'M SORRY FOR THE COUNTY PAYING THE $21,024 OUT CONTINGENCY FUND BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT, AT, AT A LATER DATE.
UM, CONTINGENCY FUND IN MY MIND IS FOR EMERGENCY BASIS ONLY.
HOWEVER, ADDING THE ADDITIONAL 56,692 TO COMPENSATE ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR THAT 1.5% INCREASE OR THE $250 LUMP SUM BONUS, I'D LIKE TO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT NOT COME OUT OF THE CON CONTINGENCY FUND AND HAVE STAFF TO FIND WAYS TO ADJUST THE CURRENT, UH, NEW BUDGET THAT'S JUST, UH, STARTING NOW.
UM, AND PAY THAT OUT OF THE, THE CURRENT BUDGET AND NOT OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND.
SO, UH, UH, I GUESS I'M ASKING TO REVISE THE RESOLUTION, UH, AND TAKE THAT 56,692 FUNDING OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND FUND.
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BUDGET TO FUND THAT.MR. CHAIR, MR. PIERCE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARITY FOR MR. UH CALHOUN.
MR. CALHOUN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION FOR, FOR THE BOARD MEMBER.
FOR THE BOARD, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE BONUSES, HOWEVER YOU WANNA FIND, I GUESS ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE 56,000? YEAH, IT'S, YES, BECAUSE IT WAS MANDATED BY THE STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE DE THE, FOR DEPARTMENTS TO RECEIVE A 1.5% BONUS.
UM, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE COUNTY HAS TO COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL, THE REMAINING $21,024 TO PAY FOR THAT, FOR THOSE BONUSES TO, UM, THE COMP BOARDS.
SO NOW THE COUNTY IS ALSO RECOMMENDING TO, TO GIVE IT TO ALL EMPLOYEES, UH, OF THE COUNTY OUTSIDE OF THE, UM, AGAIN, ELECTORAL BOARD DSS, CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
UM, BUT IT'S GONNA COST THE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL $56,692 TO DO THAT OUT OF, OUT OF OUR, OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY FUND.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT $56,000 SHOULD COME OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND.
I THINK THAT'S, I I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STAFF MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXISTING BUDGET TO, UH, FUND THAT $56,692 THAT'S PAID DIRECTLY TO ALL THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, EXCLUDING THOSE MENTIONED IN THE, THE ELECTORAL BOARD DSS CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
SO JUST THE, THOSE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, UH, GUESS WHAT IS IN THE EMERGENCY? 'CAUSE WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UM, I MEAN, I'M, I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I GOT YOUR, YOUR, UH, I GUESS YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS OUT.
BUT I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST OVER HERE PONDERING EXACTLY.
IF YOU AREN'T GETTING OUT THE CONTINGENCY FUND, WHERE WOULD WE GET THAT? WHERE WOULD WE GET THE, WHERE WOULD YOU SUGGEST GETTING THE FUNDS FROM? AS I SAID, HAVE STAFF REVIEW THE BUDGET? WE JUST STARTED THE BUDGET JULY 1ST, AND REVIEW THE BUDGET TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN ABSORB THAT $56,692 WITHIN THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION? YES.
IF, IF, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEING OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND, WE CAN DIRECT STAFF, WE CAN APPROVE THIS COMING OUTTA THE CONTINGENCY FUND, BUT TO BUILD IT BACK UP FROM ANOTHER SOURCE SO WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT, WE CAN PUT THE MONEY BACK IN THE CONTINUOUS DEPARTMENT FROM ANOTHER, UH, AREA.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I, I DO, I DO.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN WRITING, WHERE IT'S COMING FROM WHEN, WHEN IT HAPPENS AND OCCURS FOR THAT 56,000 IF, IF IT'S EIGHT MONTHS FROM NOW, UM, OR TOMORROW.
I MEAN, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IT DEFINITELY GETS BACK IN THERE WHERE IT CAME FROM.
I MEAN, I MEAN, IF WE, IF WE AS A BOARD DIRECT OUR STAFF TO DO THAT, THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S IN WRITING OR NOT, IF WE DIRECT THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DONE, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY? YES, HONOR.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY, UM, IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET JUST GOT ADOPTED.
UM, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, DEPARTMENTS, WHICH I AM MORE KEENLY AWARE THAT, UM, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED WITH THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, THERE IS NOTHING WITHIN THEM THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, GET A TOTAL OF $77,000.
AND THAT WE JUST PRESENTED YOU ALL WITH A BUDGET THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THE CONTINGENCY FUND, UM, AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE.
NOW, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THERE COULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO, TO, TO REDO THAT.
WE DO LIKE TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
UM, THERE COULD BE ONE OTHER SOURCE I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT AS WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25, UM, IF WE FIND THAT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD SOME MORE CONSERVATIVE, UH, UM, FUNDING SOURCES IN TERMS OF PERHAPS SOME CARRYOVER, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER SOURCE TO USE AS WELL.
SO IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, UM, TO DO THAT, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK HO HOLISTICALLY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GIVE THOSE TYPE OF DIRECTIONS, NOTHING SEEMS TO BE OFF THE TABLE, SO I WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND BRING BACK, UM, TO THE BOARD HOW WE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, $56,000 FROM SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE OTHER THAN THE CONTINGENCY, IF THAT'S THE, THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
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THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION FROM BOARD MEMBERS CHAIR, MR. HARDEN? UH, WELL, THIS MAY NOT BE AN EMERGENCY.
I THINK THIS TOTALLY FITS THE DEFINITION OF A CONTINGENCY.
UM, THE, THE, THE MONIES ARE THERE, BE IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE PRICE TO PAY TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU TO OUR HARDWORKING, DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF SERVE COUNTY.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND MR. CALHOUN'S SAYING, HOWEVER, IN MY OPINION, IT STICKS IN ONE HAND AND HALF A DOZEN IN THE OTHER.
SO I'M FINE WHEREVER IT COMES FROM.
AND, UM, I WISH IT COULD BE MORE.
I REALLY DO, BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES DESERVE THE WORLD.
BUT, UM, THAT'S BEEN A MANDATED STATE, UM, UM, ONE TIME BONUS, AND IT DOESN'T HIT US THAT VERY HARD.
SO I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT THEY RECEIVE.
MR. PIERCE, IF I MAY, UM, UH, AND AGAIN, I, I AGREE, MS. HARDY, I MEAN, I THINK, UH, THIS, UH, ONE TIME PAYMENT AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, MR. CALHOUN, BUT AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST FINISHED COMING FROM THE, UH, DOING THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HEARD A PRESENTATION TODAY SAYING HOW THE BUDGET IS KIND OF SET TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS THE YMCA, ALL THOSE GREAT THINGS.
SO, HOWEVER, HEARING YOUR CONCERN, I WOULD JUST, UH, I GUESS RECOMMEND STAFF, I GUESS, WHEN THEY FIND A WAY TO, UH, UH, REPAY OR PUT THE MONEY BACK IN CONTINGENCY FUND, LIKE, LET US KNOW.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY, BUT I KNOW FROM MY, FROM MY TIME SITTING ON THE, ON THE BOARD STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, ANY FUNDS THAT ARE, UH, UH, UH, I GUESS, UH, SURPLUS TO PUT IN A CONTINGENCY FUND FOR, FOR EMERGENCIES, AND AGAIN, BEING THAT THEY JUST GOT THIS INFORMATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, I I PUT THIS IN, IN MY OPINION, IN THE EMERGENCY FUND, UM, EMERGENCY, UM, UM, CATEGORY FOR THE SIMPLE FACT OF, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF.
AND AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOUR CONCERN, AND I, AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PROLONG THE MEETING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE GOING TO GET THE FUNDS.
I HEARING FROM STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY'VE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO FIND THE BEST, UH, AVENUE OR THE BEST, UM, UH, RESOLVE FOR THIS, UH, SCENARIO.
AND RIGHT NOW, THE CONTINGENCY FUND IS THE BEST.
UM, I GUESS FROM LISTENING FROM STAFF, THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE THIS, BUT HEARING YOUR CONCERN, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND STAFF THAT THEY, ONCE, UH, WE GET THIS, UM, TAKEN CARE OF, IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO GET THAT, UH, WHAT, 56, SOME THOUSAND SOME ODD NUMBERS BACK INTO THE, UH, CONTINGENCY FUND, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE US A UPDATE ON HOW THEY, HOW THAT'S GOING.
UH, SO WOULD THAT, I MEAN, THE EXAMINE WANTS, I'M SORRY, MR. UH, CHAIR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS NOT, UH, IS NOT GOOD.
I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF GIVING THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES EITHER THE 1.5% BONUS WITH A 250, UH, LUMP SUM BONUS, $250 LUMP SUM BONUS.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THE FUNDING OF WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CONT THE CONTINGENCY FUND IS WHERE IT SHOULD COME FROM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
AND AS MS. ROLLIN SAID, IF, IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS AND MEANS OF REPLACING, UM, THAT 56,000, YOU KNOW, USING THE 56,000 OUTTA THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS AND REPLACING IT, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID SHE WAS LOOKING THROUGH.
YEAH, BUT I'M, THAT'S FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING BEATEN UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NO, NOBODY BEATING UP THIS, THIS IS BOARD DISCUSSION.
BOARD DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY? YES, SIR.
WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, THE MOTION MR. CHILD MAKE THE MOTION.
BUT, UH, JUST WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, MR. COWEN, WE WE'RE NOT JUST BEATING UP ON YOU.
I THINK WE'RE JUST HAVING A, UH, A GREAT CONVERSATION AND LETTING THE, UH, CITIZENS KNOW AS WELL, UH, WHEN WE ARE HAVING OUR BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE COULD, UH, LEARN HOW TO AGREE TO DISAGREE AT TIMES, EVEN WHEN IT MATTERS LIKE THIS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DI ERECTING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO AWARD THE BONUS STRUCTURE AS OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION.
THE FUNDING SOURCE IS THE CONTINGENCY FUND.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
A OPPOSED? A MOTION IS CARRIED.
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OF BUSINESS IS, UH, IT WILL BE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.WELL, THANK YOU, UM, BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE MOTION THAT YOU JUST MADE TO APPROVE, TO APPROVE, UM, THE BONUSES FOR, UM, ALL FULL-TIME
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EMPLOYEES AND ARE PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.AND AS YOU ALLUDED TO CHAIRMAN ELLIOT, I'M SURE THAT THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE, AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD ASK THEM TO SHARE THAT APPRECIATION WITH THE BOARD FOR THAT APPROVAL.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
BOARD MEMBERS, UM, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, IF YOU, UH, RECALL, UH, MR. DEREK DAVIS HAS BEEN BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, MOBILE OVERDOSE RESPONSE UNIT.
UM, I DO WANNA SHARE, AND YOU DO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PRESS RELEASE THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, WHO IS THE PHYSICAL AGENT, UM, LETTING, UM, US KNOW THAT THE, UM, OH, THE, THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AND APARTMENT LOCALITIES WERE AWARDED OVER $113,000 TO LAUNCH THE MOBILE OVERDOSE RESPONSE UNIT.
UM, SO YOU DO HAVE THAT BEFORE YOU, UM, JUST WANNA KIND OF MENTION THAT.
AND TO, UH, THANK MR, UH, DAVIS FOR, UM, HIS WORKING WITH THE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A VOICE AT THE TABLE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT DONE.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT AND ASSIST, UM, THE CITIZENS IN SURY COUNTY, UM, BRINGING RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT REGIONAL, UM, COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS EFFORT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THIS OPIOID CRISIS AND SUPPORT, UM, RESIDENTS FOR THE LONG TERM.
SO, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UM, MS. UM, CHAPLIN IS BEFORE YOU, AND SHE HAS ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TO SHOW THE BOARD.
THANK YOU, MADAM ADMINISTRATOR, AND GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SHOW YOU THE FINAL TWO COMMERCIALS THAT WE HAVE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON ON CHANNEL 12 AND WAVY 10, UH, FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND I THINK YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN ONE OF THEM ON TV, BUT I THINK THIS NEWEST ONE JUST GOT APPROVED YESTERDAY.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST FRIDAYS TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE ON THE FIRST FRIDAYS ON THE LAWN.
AND OF COURSE, OUR NEXT ONE, UH, IS COMING UP IN AUGUST.
AND JUST BEFORE THAT, WE KNOW TOMORROW EVENING, WE HAVE THE, THE WONDERFUL EVENT FOR THE JULY 4TH EVENT.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, FIRST FRIDAYS ON THE LOG IS SURY COUNTY'S PLUSSY CONCERT SERIES OF THE SUMMER.
PULL UP A CHAIR AND RELAX FOR AN EVENING OF LIVE MUSIC, INCREDIBLE FOOD AND VIBES.
COME OUT AND JOIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER.
IF YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A FREE EVENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, SURY IS THE PLACE TO BE.
FIRST FRIDAYS ON THE LAWN, HAPPENING NOW THROUGH OCTOBER.
VISIT SURY COUNTY TOURISM COM FOR MORE DETAILS THAT MIGHT LIKE THAT ONE.
A RELATIVE OF MINE SAW ME ON TV AND THE, THE ONE BROTHER SAW IT, AND POSITIVELY IT WAS ME.
THE OTHER BROTHER WAS IN DENIAL AND SAID, NO, YOU'RE WRONG.
TOOK ABOUT THREE MONTHS FOR THE OTHER CHILD TO SEE IT.
SO PEOPLE WILL BE COMING UP AND TELLING YOU THAT YOU'RE ON TV.
ALRIGHT, AND THIS IS A GREAT ONE DONE BY, UH, OUR GREAT NARRATOR HERE, MRS. MELISSA ROLLINS.
I'M MELISSA ROLLS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND I LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.
COME AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON ON THE JAMES RIVER ON THE SAND OR IN THE WATER HIKE AT YOUR HISTORY BY TRAIL, BIKE, OR HORSEBACK RIDING, RELAX, WATERFRONT DINING OR TACOS WITH THE KIDS.
WE ARE THE SWEET SPOT BETWEEN RICHMOND AND HAMPTON ROAD.
JUST A SHORT DRIVE AWAY BY RIVER OR BY ROAD.
UM, JUST SO LAST EVENING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM, UM, CHRISTIAN GOODWIN, WHO IS THE ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR IN LOUISA COUNTY.
UM, AND HE SENT ME A SHORT MESSAGE TO SAY THAT HE SAW IT, UM, DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK, AND HE SAID IT WAS A VERY NICE ADVERSARY COUNTY, AND IT'S VERY INVITING.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL GET SOME FOLKS TO COME AND, UH, VISIT SER COUNTY, HOPEFULLY.
WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF HITS ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO IT'S, WE'RE WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE, WE'RE BEING SEEN.
UM, ALSO, WE WANT TO REPORT BOARD MEMBERS OF THIS VERY EXCITING NEWS.
UM, YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE THAT'S IN YOUR, UM, AGENDA.
AND, UH, WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT SRA COUNTY HAS RECEIVED ITS FIRST AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES FOR OUR BROADBAND PROJECT.
SO OUR FIRST, SO I GIVE YOUR SENSE.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE THAT, AND WE ARE, UH, UH, DEFINITELY WE'LL BE GETTING OUT A PRESS RELEASE
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FOR THAT AS WELL.BUT, UH, I JUST ALSO WANT TO PUBLICLY AGAIN, THANK, UM, THE BOARD, UH, UH, PAST AND PRESENT, UH, MEMBERS FOR, UM, DEFINITELY PUTTING FUNDS ASIDE.
I THINK THERE WAS A CATALYST TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THAT INVESTMENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAD WITH PRINCE GEORGE ELECTRIC CO-OP BROADBAND AND DOMINION, UM, AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED ON THAT, INCLUDING, UM, UH, SOME MEMBERS OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AS WELL, IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS UNDERNEATH OUR BELT AS OUR FIRST, UH, NACO ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND MORE TO COME.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, MR. PIERCE, UM, WHO, UM, ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, HOW BROADBAND CERTAINLY IMPACTED THE PHARMA COMMUNITY, AND CERTAINLY KIND OF SHARE WITH ME THAT MS. ROLLINS, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY ADD THIS TO OUR, UM, AWARD THAT WE ARE GONNA SEND TO NEKO.
AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR DRAFT OF ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND FOR, UH, MR. HARDY TO PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DEADLINES THAT MAKE SURE THAT HE SHARED WITH US SO THAT HE, UH, KIND OF NUDGED US TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS IN BY THE DEADLINE.
SO I THANK YOU ALL BOTH FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMUNITY AWARD AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE, AS MS. CHAPLAIN STATED, THE JULY 3RD, UH, FIREWORKS EVENT ON TOMORROW.
UH, WE VERY EXCITED TO, UH, HAVE, UH, HAVE THAT START AT FOUR 30.
UM, JUST, UH, WE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A SECOND BAND.
UM, JUST WANT TO SHARE IN TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES THAT I WAS NOTIFIED JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO THAT ONE OF THE BAND MEMBERS, UM, FOR THE BLACKOUT BAND WAS IN AN ACCIDENT MM-HMM
AND I THINK, UM, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
BUT MR. RAWLINGS IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET A SECOND BAND, UM, TO COME.
SO JUST KIND OF WANNA SHARE THAT.
BUT STILL WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED.
UM, THERE WILL BE FOOD AND CRAFT VENDORS.
UM, SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE, UM, OUR FIREWORKS EVENT, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING IT UP, SO WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT.
AND I'M GONNA ASK MR. HARRISON TO KINDA SHARE HOW WE GONNA HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS AT OUR FACILITY ON TOMORROW, MR. HARRISON? YES, MA'AM.
OUR, UM, OPERATIONS STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO REPLACE OR REPAIR THE CONCRETE, UH, IN FRONT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION CENTER.
SO HOPEFULLY ON TOMORROW EVENING WE WILL HAVE NEW BLACKTOP SURFACE AND SO THERE'LL BE SOME EXTRA PARKING SPACES OUT THERE FOR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.
IT'S BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN LONG AWAITED.
AND THE LAST THING I HAVE IS, OF COURSE, I SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE, UM, AUDIT STATEMENT.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WHAT IS A, ANOTHER CHECK IN OUR BOX.
UM, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SAY THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT IS NO SMALL FEAT AND UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES AND YOU ARE KINDA WORKING ON THIS, UM, TEAM MEMBERS WORKED DILIGENTLY ON LAST FRIDAY, I THINK IT WAS, TO ACTUALLY DO OUR FIRST FISCAL YEAR CLOSE IN THE TYLER MUNI NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU,
UM, JUST, AND, AND MS. CHAP, UM, MS. CHAPMAN, UH, AS WELL.
IT WAS A LOT INVOLVED AND I CAN, I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE I SAT THERE AND I KINDA WITNESSED IT.
SO WHEN, ANYTIME YOU CAN FINALLY TURN THAT BUTTON, THEY SAY YOU ACTUALLY CLOSING THAT YEAR AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SUCH A COMPLEX, UM, SYSTEM UNTIL WE GET TO KNOW IT AND LEARN IT, IT WAS A VERY, UH, UH, UH, CHALLENGING BUT END UP BEING A REWARDING EXPERIENCE AT THE END.
AND I'M SAYING THAT, BUT I'M SURE IT WAS MUCH MORE FOR MR. WINDALE AND MR. BROWN WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
SO KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR THAT.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CHECKING OFF OUR BOX AS WELL.
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WE WILL, UH, ENTERTAIN OUR REPORTS THAT WE HAVE THAT'S IN OUR PACKET, AND NOW WE WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN BOARD REMARKS AND WE ARE SO THRILLED ONCE AGAIN TO HAVE MS. RELL WITH US.AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK HER IF SHE WOULD HAVE ANYTHING SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF SURREY COUNTY.
I DO HAVE, UM, SOME WORDS TO, UM, SHARE WITH SHAW TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, THANK THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD AND THE RESIDENTS OF SURREY COUNTY.
THE INCREDIBLE FEATS TO STUDENTS OF SURREY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.
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OUR TSA CHAPTER HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY AND UNEARNED THE PRIVILEGE TO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE THIS PAST WEEKEND.BASED ON SOME OF THE BEST TEAMS FROM EACH STATE ACROSS THE COUNTY, WE WERE PROUD TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINALISTS ROUND FOR OUR, FOR OUR SENIOR SOLAR SPRINT COMPETITION, PLACING SOMEWHERE IN THE TOP 14 FROM, UM, OVER, AGAINST, OVER, UM, HUNDREDTHS OF OTHER COMPETING SCHOOLS WE'RE STILL AWAITING RESULTS FROM OTHER EVENTS, BUT REGARDLESS OF THE FINAL STANDINGS EXPERIENCE WAS BOTH INSPIRING AND UNFORGETTABLE.
IN ADDITION, OUR F-C-C-L-A CHAPTER HAS ALSO ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS AND WILL BE REPRESENTING SURREY COUNTY AT OUR NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA THIS COMING WEEKEND.
THESE OPPORTUNITIES REFLECT NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS' TALENT AND COMMITMENT, BUT THE POWERFUL IMPACT THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR YOUTH.
THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TREATED US WELL AND ARE ALLOWING OUR YOUTH TO EXPERIENCE THINGS THEY HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE, WHILE EARNING AWARDS AND MAKING THE NAME FOR THEMSELVES.
AND OUR SCHOOL ENCOURAGED AWARD AND OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING STUDENTS INVOLVED IN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TSA AND F-C-C-L-A, THEIR INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND AWARDS.
THEY INSPIRE CONFIDENCE, LEADERSHIP, AND PURPOSE.
AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED ADVISORS.
THEY FOUGHT HARD FOR THE CHANCE TO TAKE US ON THESE TRIPS.
AND THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, AND ADVOCACY MADE THESE EFFORTS ON THESE POSSIBLE.
THEY HAVE WALKED BESIDE US THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE JOURNEY, SHARING THEIR TIME, KNOWLEDGE, AND CARE AS MENTORS AND MODELS.
THEY'VE SHOWN US NOTHING BUT LOVE AND CARE FOR US AS IF WE WERE THEIR OWN WITHOUT THEIR COMMITMENT.
NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THE UPDATE ON TSA AND THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THEY'RE DOING AT UHS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, I WOULD SAY GREAT MEETING.
LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION PUT OUT.
UM, FORTUNATELY EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS, UH, THE, UH, THE SEATS ARE KIND OF EMPTY.
ANYWAY, UM, I WANNA THANK DAVENPORT AND COMPANY FOR, UH, THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, HE SAID IT KIND OF IN CODE, BUT WHAT I HEARD WAS THE INITIAL PHASE WILL NOT COST THE TAXPAYER A SINGLE CENT MORE, WHICH, UH, I THINK, UH, THAT SPEAKS BOUNDS OF, OF, UM, THE, THE QUALITY OF THE WORK STAFF DOES, UM, TO KEEP US IN LINE.
SO THANKS A LOT FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND, UH, KEEPING THAT GOING.
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, AGAIN, A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION PUT OUT.
UM, A LOT OF, UM, AWESOME EVENTS COMING UP.
HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER, UM, HOLDS FOR US.
AND I'LL SEE EVERYBODY TOMORROW AT THE FIREWORKS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING ONLINE.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, RE REMIND YOU, CHAIR THAT, UM, WE NEED TO, IF POSSIBLE, TO MOVE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IN AUGUST.
YEAH, I HAVE IT AS ONE OF THE CLOSING, UH, ITEMS. YES.
UM, BUT, UH, THANK AGAIN, THANKS EVERYBODY, AND, UH, PLEASE COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN, IN OUR MEETINGS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT, WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S OUT HERE, UM, THAT TOOK THE TIME TO COME TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.
WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT'S WATCHING FROM THEIR COMFORT OF THEIR HOMES.
UM, I THINK WE HAD A GREAT PRODUCTIVE MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK HIGHLIGHT ON, UH, WE HAD, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN JENNIFER MC CULLEN COME VISIT THE, UH, FARMERS IN THE FOR DISTRICT.
I WAS ACTUALLY, UM, AFFORDED OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AT THE ROUND TABLE.
UH, WE HAD, UH, FARMS, UH, SARA COUNTY FARMERS, UH, WITH PIERCE FARMS, LLC AND SLADES FARMS, UH, VANGUARD FARMS AND, UH, ROGERS FARMS AS WELL, ALL REPRESENTATION.
UM, BUT PRETTY MUCH CONGRESSWOMAN WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT COULD SHE DO FROM HER STANDPOINT AS FAR AS ASSISTING FARMERS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.
AND, UM, AND I THINK IT WAS GREAT TO, TO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF SOME OF THE FARMERS HIGH INPUT COSTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HOWEVER, SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR, UM, OF SOME OF THE FARMS, AND SHE ACTUALLY WANTED TO TOUR PIERCE FARMS. AND WE ACTUALLY, UH, ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO HAVE A UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN DOWN ON OUR FARM.
BUT THE HIGHLIGHT, WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND THE CITIZENS, THAT WHEN WE WERE LISTENING TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE FARMERS, SOME OF THEM MENTIONED HOW THEY HAD, UM, POOR, I GUESS, INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE RURAL BAND, WITH THE HIGH SPEED INTERNET UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY
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NOW IN FARMING AND AGRICULTURE, HIGH SPEED INTERNET, IT COULD BE VERY, UH, USEFUL FOR FARMERS WITH THE, THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, PRECISION MACHINERY, THINGS THEY HAVE AND SATELLITE GPS.SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON OUR FARM BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE BUILT HERE IN S COUNTY, BEING THAT WE ARE ABOUT 98, 90 9% FIBER OPTIC OVER OUR WHOLE COUNTY.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS HUGE TO HIGHLIGHT AND, AND, AND TO RECOGNIZE HERE.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD AND THE CITIZENS HERE TONIGHT.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A A, A QUICK, UM, UH, KUDOS TO, UM, UM, THE, THE VARIOUS CAMPS OVER THE SUMMER.
I'VE, I'VE, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS CHECKING ON THE YOUTH, HEARING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE SUMMER, AND, AND MANY OF THEM MENTIONED ABOUT THE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES AND SUMMER CAMPS THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN OFFERING OVER THE SUMMER.
MANY OF THEM, UM, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
SO I'M, I'M HAPPY AND RELATED TO, TO SEE THAT.
AND LASTLY, IT WAS FUNNY, THE COMMERCIAL, I HAD IT MY NOTES TO MAKE A COMMENT OF THAT.
I HAD A A, A PHONE, ACTUALLY A TEXT MESSAGE.
MY ONE FRIEND SAID, HEY, MAN, Y'ALL DOING IT BIG IN SARA COUNTY? I WAS LIKE, I WAS LIKE, WHAT YOU MEAN? HE'S LIKE, I SEEN YOU A COMMERCIAL AND THIS GUY, HE LIVES IN RICHMOND.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE, WE ARE GETTING, WE ARE GETTING OUT THERE WITH OUR COMMERCIALS AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THE, THE AMAZING THINGS THAT OPPORTUNITIES THEY COULD HAVE HERE IN S COUNTY.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE ON ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, THE RESOURCES AND INFORMATION WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REPRESENT S COUNTY ON A POSITIVE LIGHT.
SO, CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT JOB STAFF, CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT JOB BOARD MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, DITTO TO ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
I'M HOPING THAT, UH, A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS ARE LOOKING AT THIS MEETING ONLINE AND NOT HERE TONIGHT.
AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF MEETING WHERE YOU CAN BE INFORMED ON A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE DAVENPORT HERE TONIGHT TO BEGIN TO GIVE A, UH, A, A COMPREHENSIVE LAYOUT OF HOW WE'RE GONNA FINANCE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE FINANCIAL STATE THAT WE ARE IN.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO POINT OUT IN WORKING WITH STAFF THAT AGAIN, THIS PROJECT THAT WE ARE BRINGING ABOUT IS NOT GOING TO REQUIRE AN INCREASE ON THE TAXES.
I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT'S BEEN IN THE COUNTY.
EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE OUR TAXES UP.
THEY'RE GONNA RAISE OUR TAXES.
SO YOU CAN LAY THAT RUMOR TO BED.
WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE TAXES OF THE CITIZENS OF SERVING COUNTY.
UH, ALSO WANT TO SAY KUDOS ONCE AGAIN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S BEEN A STRONG PILLAR IN THE COUNTY EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL.
BACK TO COACH BAY, THEY'VE WON NATIONAL AWARDS ALL DOWN THROUGH THE YEAR.
SO THERE'S A VERY STRONG PROGRAM.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE CRITICISM OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE RHODE SCHOLARS.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE RHODE SCHOLARS IN S COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, SUR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, MR. PIERCE AND MR. HARDY FOR, UH, TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO PUT IN FOR THE, THE NATIONAL, UH, AWARD FOR BROADBAND IN SURY COUNTY.
THIS IS NATIONAL RECOGNI RECOGNITION.
THIS IS ALL OF THE COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES WHERE SURY COUNTY WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR ITS DILIGENCE TO BRING BROADBAND TO ALL THE CITIZENS IN THE COUNTY.
UH, THE BOARD, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF WILL BE GOING TO NACO, UH, UH, NEXT WEEK, AND WE'LL BE RECEIVING THE AWARD THERE.
SO THAT IS A BIG KUDOS TO SURY COUNTY.
WE ARE DOING GREAT THINGS IN THE COUNTY.
AND JUST CON LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUOUSLY WORKING WITH THIS BOARD TO DO EVEN GREATER THINGS FOR SURY COUNTY.
KUDOS AND THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN.
AND WE HOPE THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU.
THAT'S WHY WE, UH, WERE WILLING TO, AND WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE BONUSES THAT WE RIGHTFULLY FEEL THAT YOU DESERVE.
UH, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WE HAVE OUR AUGUST MEETINGS, UH, STATED SLATED FOR AUGUST THE SEVENTH, AND THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH THE BOARD, UH, ON THAT DATE FOR MR. CALHOUN.
SO WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN ANOTHER DATE.
I KNOW OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS GOING TO BE VACATIONING AND ONE OF MY DREAM PLACES WE'RE GONNA GO ONE DAY.
UH, SO WE NEED A NEW DATE TO FULFILL THE REQUEST OF MR. CALHOUN FROM AUGUST THE SEVENTH.
MR. MR. CHAIR, MR. PIERCE, ARE YOU ASKING, UH, BOARD MEMBERS FOR DATES OR DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND? WELL, I'M, I'M ASKING MR. MR. CALHOUN.
UM, UM, THAT WEEK OF AUGUST, AUGUST 4TH, THAT WHOLE WEEK.
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M, I'M HAPPY
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TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.IF THE MEETING IS ON THE 14TH.
SO, SO BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE 14TH OR THE 13TH? YOU WANNA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TONIGHT? WHAT WOULD BE, UH, PLEASING TO THE BOARD? I'M GONNA BE ONE THAT DAY.
YOU'RE AVAILABLE ON THE 14TH? YES, SIR.
MR. HARDY, YOU AVAILABLE? YES, SIR.
FOR, UH, 13TH AND 14TH, WHATEVER THE 14TH, MS. PIERCE, 14TH.
WE WILL, UH, ADJOURN, UH, NOT ASK FOR A, A MOTION NOW.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION IN SEPTEMBER.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE TO HAVE OUR, UH, AUGUST MEETING ON THE 14TH AND ON, UH, THE WEEK OF THE FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER.
OUR SCHEDULED MEETING IS FOR THE FOURTH.
AND, UH, I NEED TO HAVE THAT MOVE IF IT'S ALL POSSIBLE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE 11TH, IF EVERYBODY'S AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL, UH, ADJUST OUR CALENDAR FOR OUR AUGUST MEETING TO BE AUGUST THE 14TH AND OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING TO BE SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.
SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL ENTERTAIN OH, ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS.
I KNOW I WON'T BE HERE, BUT IT'S OKAY.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT UNTIL AUGUST THE 14TH AT 6:00 PM SO MOVED SECOND.