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AGAIN.[Call to Order / Moment of Silence / Pledge of Allegiance/ Agenda Adoption]
WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR JUNE 4TH, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY MR. RUSSELL SAVAGE, DE DEACON RUSSELL SAVAGE.
LET US PREPARE OUR HEARTS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE OUR PRAYER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE DAY THAT YOU SENT.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO JUST FELLOWSHIP AND TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE.
FATHER GOD, WE ARE HERE FOR OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
WE WANT EVERY HEART TO BE CLEAR, EVERY MIND TO BE CLEAR THAT OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR THINKING WILL BE DONE FOR YOUR GLORY AND YOUR FOR YOUR EDIFICATION.
FATHER GOD, WE ASK YOU SPECIAL PRAYER RIGHT NOW TO LAY YOUR HANDS UPON OUR BOARD, OUR LEADERS OF OUR COUNTY.
LAY YOUR HANDS UPON OUR RESIDENTS OF OUR COUNTY THAT MAY, WE MAY COME TOGETHER FOR ONE COMMON CAUSE, THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WILL BE DONE DECENT AND IN ORDER.
I NOW CALL THE JUNE 4TH 26 MEETING.
I'LL NOW ASK EVERYONE IF YOU COULD PLEASE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
I'LL NOW ASK IF YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC STANDS OR NATION FOR GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE AGENDA.
I'LL NOW ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
MR. CHAIR, SUPERVISOR ELLIOT, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA PRESENTED FOR JUNE, UH, BEFORE SUPERVISORS MEETING THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SUPERVISOR ELLIOT.
SECOND BY SUPERVISOR DREW THAT WE APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF SAID MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
I'LL NOW ASK MADAM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WOULDN'T MIND TO CALL THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBERS TO ALL ASSEMBLED.
SUPERVISOR DREW, PRESENT SUPERVISOR HARDY, PRESENT.
SUPERVISOR SEWARD, PRESENT, SUPERVISOR, CHAIRMAN, PIERCE.
THANK YOU MADAM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK MR. SEWARD TO YOUR OFFICIAL, UH, FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING BACK.
[Consent Items]
ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR CONSENT ITEMS. TONIGHT WE HAVE FOUR CONSENT ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, THE APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES, MAY 7TH, 2026.NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES.
NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION ALMA ROSE HOWELL BLIZZARD, AGE OF 90.
AND NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION 10 OF DRON 120TH ANNIVERSARY BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, MR. CHAIR? SUPERVISOR ELLIOT, I MOVE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS, BUT HAVE, UH, CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, PULL FOR SPECIAL REC SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS FOR OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS WITH CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, PULLED FOR TO BE READ.
IS THERE ANY, IS THERE A SECOND CHAIR SUPERVISOR, UH, HARDY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SUPERVISOR ELLIOT, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR HARDY, THAT WE ARE APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT ITEMS. UH, AND HOLD OFF ON NUMBER THREE TO BE READ ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION HEARING NOW, WE'RE NOW VOTE.
SIGNIFY YOUR VOTE BY SAYING AYE.
[3. Resolution - Alma Rose Howell Blizzard - Age of 90 ]
GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.UH, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE A CITIZEN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS CELEBRATING HER 90TH BIRTHDAY.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO SUPERVISOR HARDY FOR TO BE, UH, THE RESOLUTION
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TO BE READ.I'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 16 AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD IN THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURTROOM OF THE SURY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM PRESENT ALL PRESENT BOARD MEMBERS RECOGNITION OF MS. ALMA ROSE HOWELL BLIZZARD FOR REACHING AGE OF 90, WHEREAS MS. ALMA ROSE HOWELL BLIZZARD IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SURY COUNTY, BORN IN SURY, VIRGINIA TO THE LATE ABRAHAM AND SALLY CHAPMAN.
HOWELL HAS REACHED THE REMARKABLE MILK MILESTONE OF 90 YEARS ON MARCH 6TH, 2026.
SHE IS THE FIFTH OF NINE CHILDREN RAISED ON THE HOWELL FARM, THOMAS L ABRAHAM JR.
CLAND JEAN PAUL, SENIOR HERMAN JAMES AND MELVIN HOWELL SENIOR.
SHE ATTENDED TIMBER NECK SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM LP JACKSON IN 1955.
SHE MARRIED WILLIE MARTIN BLIZZARD IN 1956 AND THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR 69 YEARS.
THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN FROM THIS UNION, SYLVIA, MARVIN, SENIOR, AND CYNTHIA.
THE LORD ALSO BLESSED THEM WITH FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE'S THE PROUD GREAT-GRANDMOTHER OF FIVE LIA, CORA, ELENA, ORLANDO III AND ISABELLE.
WHEREAS MS. ALMA ROSE HOWELL BLIZZARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HARD WORKER AND HAD MANY INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE HER YEARS.
SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER COOKING SKILLS, HER DESIGNS AND TASTY WEDDING AND CHURCH BIBLE CAKES, HER SEWING HER GREEN THUMP FLOWERS IN HER YARD AND HOUSEPLANT.
SHE CONTINUED THE TRADITION OF CANNING AND PICKLING STRAIN, BEANS, BEETS, PICKLED RELISH, JAMS AND JELLIES, AND HER HOMEMADE ICE CREAM.
AND WHEREAS MS. ALMA ROSE HOWELL BLIZZARD ALSO LOVES TO TRAVEL, SHE HAS VENTURED TO THE WEST COAST, THE EAST COAST FROM CANADA TO FLORIDA.
SHE ENJOYS CRUISING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WHEREAS MS. AM ROSE HOWELL BLIZZARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXAMPLE TO HER FAMILY.
SHE BELIEVES, BELIEVES IF YOU WORK HARD AND HAVE FAITH IN GOD, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
SHE BECAME A BUSINESS OWNER IN 1968.
EMMA'S BEAUTY SALON, SHE SLOWED DOWN IN 2020.
SHE WORKED IN HER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING AT THE VOTING BOOTH AND SERVING ON THE SURY COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WHEREAS MS. ALMA ROSE HOWELL BLIZZARD WAS BAPTIZED AND JOINED LEBANON BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE SERVED ON THE USHER BOARD THE KITCHEN AND DINING COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S DEA.
IN 2000, SHE AND MARTIN CHANGED MEMBERSHIP TO ST.
PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE REMAINS AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MS. ALMA ROSE HOWELL LIZARD FOR HER ENDEAVORS AIMED AT SERVING THE NEIGHBORS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO NEEDED HER SERVICES AND RECOGNIZES MS. ALMA ROSE HOWELL LIZARD FOR HAVING REACHED THE 90TH YEAR OF HER LIFE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE ORIGINAL OF THIS RESOLUTION BE DELIVERED FORTHWITH TO MS. ELMA ROSE HOWELL.
BLIZZARD THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE RECORDS OF THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ATTEST.
MELISSA D. ROLLINS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
EVERYONE, UH, PLEASE COME UP AND SAY SOME WORDS.
IS THERE ANY OF MS. BLIZZARD FAMILIES HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COME UP TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HER? PLEASE COME.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, UH, APPROVING OF ME BEING 90 YEARS OLD
I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY CAN LIVE TO GET 90.
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LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.HEARING THAT LOVELY BIOGRAPHY, I SEE WHAT, UM, ALL THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE DOING HAIR.
YOUR HAIR LOOKS LOVELY TONIGHT THOUGH, MR. BLIZZARD.
BUT, BUT TO GOD BELIEVE GLORY, I'M GLAD YOU, UH, TO HELP YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 90TH BIRTHDAY HERE.
SO AGAIN, HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY MS. BLIZZARD, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, UM,
[4. Resolution - Town of Dendron - 120th Anniversary]
THERE IS ANOTHER CONSENT ITEM ON THE, UM, AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION TOWN OF DRE.
I WOULD ASK IF MR. DREW WOULD MIND READING THE RESOLUTION.
I SEE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TOWN OF DRE HERE THIS EVENING.
MR. DREW, DO YOU MIND? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK THIS IS RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 17 AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SURREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD IN THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURTROOM OF SURREY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM ALL ARE PRESENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE TOWN OF DRON ON THE OCCASION OF ITS A HUNDRED 20TH ANNIVERSARY, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF DRON TRACES ORIGINS TO MUSCLE FORK VILLAGE, A MILL COMMUNITY BUILT AND OPERATED BY THE SURREY LUMBER COMPANY TO SUPPORT SAW MILL OPERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS IN 1896, MU FORK VILLAGE WAS NAMED RENAMED DRON DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD DRON, MEANING TREE, REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY'S DEEP CONNECTION TO THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.
AND WHEREAS BY 1906, DRAN HAD GROWN INTO A THRIVING TOWN WITH MORE THAN 1500 RESIDENTS, NEARLY 300 DWELLINGS, HOTELS, STORES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS AT ITS HEIGHT, DRON BECAME A CENTER OF COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION, AND IN COMMUNITY LIFE SUPPORTED BY THE SUSSEX SURY AND SOUTH HAMPTON RAILWAY IN THE OPERATION OF THE SURREY LUMBER COMPANY.
AND WHEREAS ALTHOUGH THE CLOSING OF THE SAWMILL IN 1927, THE LOSS OF THE RAILROAD AND PUBLIC UTILITIES AND THE DEVASTATING FIRE OF 1931 BROUGHT GREAT HARDSHIP.
THE PEOPLE OF DRON DEMONSTRATED RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE.
AND WHEREAS FOR 120 YEARS, DRON HAS REMAINED AN IMPORTANT PART OF SURREY COUNTY'S HISTORY, HERITAGE, AND IDENTITY.
AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DESIRES TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE TOWN OF DN ITS RESIDENCE AND ITS LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTY NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE MISSOURI COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CONGRATULATE THE TOWN OF DRON ON THE OCCASION OF ITS HUNDREDTH AND 20TH ANNIVERSARY, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BO HONORS TO TOWN'S RICH HISTORY.
ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURREY COUNTY AND THE ENDURING SPIRIT OF THE DRE COMMUNITY ADOPTED THIS FOURTH DAY OF JUNE, 2026.
AND I PRESENT TO MR. BYRD THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TOWN, DRE.
MR. BUR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS, PLEASE? UH, TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? YEAH.
YEAH, I'M, YEAH, I'M GONNA MAKE YOU DO THAT TO THIS EVENING,
I SERVE ON THE TOWN COUNCIL, UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE WORKING ON THAT HUNDRED 20TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH I'M THE PRESIDENT OF IT AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST TURNED THREE SCHOOLS MYSELF, SO I THINK THIS GONNA BE MY LAST YEAR, UH, TAKING MY LEAD ON STUFF LIKE THAT.
GOT 80 OF THOSE TIME TO STEP BACK,
AND I ADMIRE A YOUNG BOARD MEMBER FOR DOING WHAT HE DO.
HE, HE STANDS TALL AND HE HAS A DIRECT, UH, INTEREST IN DOING WHAT HE CAN FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SIR COUNTY.
AND I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALL DONE AND ARE DOING.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS, MR. BIRD.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION.
[Public Comments ]
ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.[00:15:04]
THIS EVENING.WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'S COMING FROM MS. SUSAN CARVELLO.
I'LL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, UM, APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT.
SUSAN CORELLO CLAREMONT DISTRICT.
I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST MONTH AT THE BOARD MEETING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT MY NAME BE REMOVED FROM THE FOIA LIST THAT IS INCLUDED ON THIS MONTH'S AGENDA.
APRIL, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD MEMBER REGARDING THE EMERGENCY LANDSCAPING CONTRACT WITH S SCHULTZ.
DURING THAT CONVERSATION, I ASKED SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL QUESTIONS, INCLUDING WHY THE CONTRACT WAS CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY, WHEN THE COMPANY WAS ALREADY PROVIDING LANDSCAPING AND MOWING SERVICES, AND WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL 15,500 PER MONTH WAS ABOVE THEIR EXISTING SERVICES.
AND OF COURSE, WHEN DAVENPORT'S REPORT WAS GONNA BE AVAILABLE, ALSO INQUIRED ON HOW THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO REPLENISH THE STABILIZATION FUND.
I BELIEVE THAT THESE QUESTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED DIRECTLY BY THE BOARD MEMBER AS I WAS SEEKING INFORMATION AND CLARIFICATION RATHER THAN REQUESTING DOCUMENTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THESE WERE GENERAL QUESTIONS SEEKING CLARIFICATION, NOT A REQUEST FOR RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT MY INQUIRY WAS FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO RESPOND IN HER CAPACITY AS THE COUNTY'S FOIA OFFICER.
MY ORIGINAL QUESTIONS WERE NOT ANSWERED BECAUSE I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND NOT PUBLIC RECORDS AND IS THEREFORE OUTTA SCOPE OF FOIA.
BECAUSE I DID NOT SUBMIT A FORMAL FOIA REQUEST, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT MY NAME BE REMOVED FROM THE FOIA REPORT.
I WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE LANDSCAPING SERVICES.
THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT APPROVED IN APRIL WAS DESCRIBED AS A THREE MONTH ARRANGEMENT, AND AS OF TODAY, I'VE NOT SEEN ANY SOLICITATION OR BID OPPORTUNITY POSTED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE FOR ANY LANDSCAPING AGREEMENT.
IF SUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR DIRECTION ON WHERE A CITIZEN MAY BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
I BELIEVE MANY RESIDENTS VALUE OPEN COMMUNICATION REGARDING COUNTY EXPENDITURES AND CONTRACTS.
WHEN CITIZENS ASK INFORMATIONAL QUESTIONS TO BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S HELPFUL TO RECEIVE STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE PUBLIC FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT.
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION HELPS STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC TRUST AND ENCOURAGE INFORMED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'D APPRECIATE IF SOMEBODY COULD GET BACK WITH ME AND LET ME KNOW IF MY NAME WILL BE REMOVED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IS NOW CLOSED.
[Presentations]
NOT AGENDA BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATIONS.OUR FIRST PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS COMING FROM THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES PRESENTATION OF THE VECO ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR ERP SYSTEM ATE.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.
UH, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE MR. GREG CARTER.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, AND WE WILL GIVE TIME FOR YOU TO SHARE WHAT YOU NEED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND TO ASSEMBLE THIS EVENING.
MR. HARDEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
CHAIRMAN PIERCE AND, UH, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UH, ROLLINS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, THIS IS ESPECIALLY A, UH, UM, UH, HONOR TODAY BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOUR LAST, UH, BOARD MEETING.
SO WE'RE VERY PRI PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT.
UM, UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, THE, WE STARTED THE, UM, ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS IN 2003.
UM, IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO IDENTIFY AND RECOGNIZE COUNTIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES AND IDENTIFYING PROGRAMS THAT COULD SERVE AS MODELS FOR OTHER COUNTIES TO EMULATE.
UM, TODAY I'M PROUD TO PRESENT SURREY COUNTY WITH ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE ON A ROLL RIGHT NOW.
UM, UH, A FEW, UH, TALKING POINTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
UM, WE MOVED THE DATE, USUALLY THE DEADLINE WAS AUGUST.
WE MOVED IT TO, UH, I THINK IT WAS, UM, MAY.
UH, SO THE ADJUSTMENT, UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A DROP IN ENTRIES.
WE HAD A HUNDRED, UH, THREE ENTRIES LAST YEAR.
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HAD 155, SO WE EXPECT TO GET BACK TO THAT NUMBER NEXT YEAR.UH, 40 WINNERS WERE SELECTED FROM, UM, 26 COUNTIES.
SO 40 PROGRAMS. THAT'S ABOUT A 40%, UH, WINNING PERCENTAGE.
SO IT'S TRULY COMPETITIVE, UH, UM, PROGRAM.
UH, SO THIS IS SURREY COUNTY'S THIRD ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
UH, YOU WON IN 22, UH, YOU WON LAST YEAR FOR INITIATIVE CALLED, UH, FOR A PROGRAM CALLED 55 PLUS INITIATIVE.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER, I GUESS TO YOU COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, LEGACY TO, UM, LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT, UH, YOU WON FOR THIS YEAR.
WELL, THANK YOU, UM, SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND, UM, YES, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, OUR THIRD VA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND, UH, I DO NOT WANT TO CATCH ONE OF MY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS ON GUARD, BUT ACTUALLY TURNING IT OVER TO HIM TO TALK ABOUT THE AWARD BECAUSE I DON'T THINK NEITHER ONE OF US EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE.
UM, AND I HAVE SHARED WITH, UM, BOARD MEMBERS AND THE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE, UM, THIS WAS FOR, UM, WHAT WE CALL LEGACY TO LEADERSHIP.
UM, THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT THE COUNTY WAS USING WAS OVER 22 YEARS OLD, AND WE RECOGNIZED THAT THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE A SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINING FOR SURY COUNTY FOR LONG.
UM, SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT BOLD MOVE, UM, TO GO TO THE T MUNI PROGRAM.
UM, MANY LOCALITIES, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE ON LEGACY SYSTEMS. AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT BOLD, UH, LEAP OF FAITH, UM, THAT WAS SPEARHEADED.
AND I HAVE TO SAY BY MR. DELON BROWN.
AND, UH, MR. BROWN MAY BE IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO STEP OUT TO THE FRONT BECAUSE, UH, HE CERTAINLY TOOK THE BULLS BY THE HORN AND CERTAINLY LED THE CHARGE FOR THIS, UH, PROGRAM.
SO CAN WE PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BECAUSE THIS WAS, THANK YOU MR. BROWN.
AND, UH, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THAT.
I'M GOING TO ASK MR. BROWN THIS TIME, MR. BROWN, COME ON UP.
AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THIS, THIS, THIS IMPLEMENTATION AND HOW WE WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVE IT? THANK YOU, SIR.
FIRST I GOT A LOT OF GRAY HAIR.
BUT YEAH, SO, UM, AS MR. RAWLIN STATED WITH THAT LEGACY, UM, SYSTEM, WE NOTICED AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO EXPAND, UM, OUR, OUR GROWTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY WISE, WHETHER IT BE, UM, THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND THROUGH OTHER FACETS.
BUT THIS IS ONE THAT WAS DEFINITELY A NECESSARY MOVE IT WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF UNCERTAIN PIECES IN THE INTRO OF IT.
BUT AS TIME GOT ON, WE, UM, DEFINITELY SAW THE, THE, THE GREAT BENEFIT OF IT.
I WILL SAY, UM, A LOT OF US STARTED OUT, THERE'S A FEW OF US THAT ARE STILL LEFT, A COUPLE OF US THAT STILL LEFT.
I'M GONNA PUT SOMEBODY ELSE ON, ON THE SPOT.
MISS, UH, MISS, MISS, UH, MELISSA HARVEY, COME ON WITH ME.
SO SHE WAS A HUGE PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, ANYONE CHARTER OF ACCOUNTS, WE WOULD'VE NOT MADE IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITHOUT HER BRILLIANT WORK.
SO SHE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO MAKE THIS A REALITY, UH, WITH US.
SO HER ALONG, HOW OTHER TEAM MEMBERS PUT A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT.
UM, SO DEFINITELY WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT'S, IT IS TURNED OUT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY REALLY IN OUR FIRST, UM, FULL YEAR OF SEEING IT.
AND, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO IS DEFINITELY GIVING US A WHOLE DIFFERENT, UM, MOVEMENT.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE SECONDS.
UM, EVERY EFFORT THAT WE DO, YOU MAY SEE ONE PERSON OUT FRONT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY NUMBERS AND MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU TO SURY COUNTY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE THAT SYSTEM.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UM, WE TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM WAS ACTUALLY DOS BASED.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER DOS, YOU KNOW,
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND BEYOND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO EVEN BIGGER THINGS.
TAKE A PHOTO WE COULD SEND OVER HERE FOR A PHOTO, PLEASE.
MS. THOMAS, IT'S A BIG ACHIEVEMENT.
YOU SAY YES TO
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THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. GREG, HARD FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.APPRECIATE YOU AND, AND, UH, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
LET'S GIVE 'EM ONE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE.
ALL RIGHT? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO REALLY THANK ALL THE END USERS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT TO BE ABLE TO DIVE IN.
I MEAN, A SYSTEM LIKE THIS, SO ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE, UH, ON THE TELE MUNI SYSTEM AND USING IT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
I SEE, UM, OUR REGISTRAR BACK THERE WHO WE CONSIDER TO BE SPOT PLUGS OF A HUGE SYSTEM.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR, UH, INVOLVEMENT ON THE FRONT END.
SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF YOU TAKING A DEEP DIVE IN TO LEARN THE SYSTEM.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION, THE SOUTH CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY UPDATE.
I'VE NOW ASKED, UM, IF WE HAVE, UM, OUR PRE OUR PRESENTER, PLEASE COME UP FORWARD.
I WILL CERTAINLY, UM, ASK, UH, OUR PRESENTER TO PRESENT IN HIS OWN WAY, BUT WE DO HAVE BEFORE US MR. J ELLINGTON.
HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION.
MR. ELLISON, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. ROLLINS BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
UM, YOU'RE ALREADY AHEAD OF ME.
WE HAD PRESENTED THIS AT AN EARLIER TIME.
UH, MS. ROLLINS PRESENTED THAT TO YOU.
YOU, UH, TOOK, WENT AHEAD AND PASSED THE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, ENDEAVOR AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS RUN THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION A LITTLE QUICKLY WITH YOU TONIGHT AND SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT IS, IS A LITTLE BIT OF NEW INFORMATION AS WELL AS, UH, JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE UP TO DATE.
MY CHALLENGE WAS TO GO BACK OUT TO ALL OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND WHAT IT WOULD DO FOR OUR REGION.
SO I'M OUT HERE TONIGHT TO VISIT WITH YOU.
YOU'LL SEE THAT FIRST SLIDE TALKS ABOUT, UM, GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE, SIR.
UH, SHOWS YOU THE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS THAT ARE A PART OF, UH, THE COMMONWEALTH CURRENTLY, UM, SHOWING YOU THAT PURPLE ONE UP IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA UP THERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, HAMPTON ROADS OUT TO THE RIGHT OF US, AS WELL AS THE, UH, RICHMOND REGION IN THE BLUE.
AND THEN THE PROPOSAL FOR OUR, UH, OUR SOUTH CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY HAS BOTH THE CRATER REGION AND THE SOUTH SIDE REGION PDC COMING TOGETHER, UH, TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER BOTH OF OUR PRIMARY CARTERS, THE 85 95 CARTER, AS WELL AS 58 CARTER FOUR 60 CARTER, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING ALL OUR MAIN TRANSPORTATION MODES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, SHOWS YOU A, A BETTER PICTURE OF, OF THAT.
UH, AND, UM, I AM WORKING WITH THE SOUTH SIDE PDC AND THEIR THREE, UH, JURISDICTIONS, COUNTY JURISDICTIONS DOWN THERE.
SO I'M, I WILL BE VISITING ALL OF THEM AS WELL, UM, AND TRYING TO GET THEIR, UH, RESOLUTION AS WELL.
THE, UH, NEXT ONE REPRESENTS A, A, A, UH, PROPOSED PROJECT OR ONE PROJECT THAT COULD BE USED IN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, UH, THE RALEIGH TO RICHMOND LINE HAS BEEN PART OF, BEEN IN, IN PLANNING FOR ABOUT 20 PLUS YEARS NOW.
UM, AND THE, UH, TRACKS GOING DOWN THROUGH THE RICHMOND, THROUGH THE VIRGINIA SIDE.
MOST OF THEM HAD BEEN REMOVED.
SO IT IS A RATHER LARGE AND EXPENSIVE PROJECT TO PUT IN PLACE, BUT IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE PUBLIC DOLLARS COMING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WOULD, COULD HELP PUT THAT IN PLACE.
THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A STABLE FUNDING SOURCE.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN MY RURAL COMMUNITIES, I, I COME TO YOU AND SAY, WELL, WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN ENOUGH MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION.
UH, SO WE COME BACK TO YOU TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND WE SAY, WE'VE GOT 15 PROJECTS IN THE REGION, AND, AND NONE OF 'EM ARE OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS.
UM, SO I SAY, STEP UP WITH ME FIRST BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE RURAL AREAS, BECAUSE YOU NEED RIGHT TURN LANES.
YOU NEED, UH, CUL-DE-SAC TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU NEED, UH, ROUNDABOUTS, YOU NEED
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TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM AREAS IN THE SYSTEM THAT CAUSE ACCIDENTS, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR, UH, OUR COMING TOGETHER AS WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS STAYS IN PLACE.YOU KNOW, THESE, THE RIVERS BROUGHT PEOPLE HERE.
THAT WAS OUR FIRST TRANSPORTATION MODE.
THEN WE BROUGHT THE RAIL LINES WITH THAT, THEN THE HIGHWAYS AFTER THAT.
AND CONTINUING THAT IS, IS A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE MOVE IN AND ABOUT OUR, OUR, UH, REGION FREELY.
UH, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WILL DRIVE 30, 45 MINUTES TO GO TO WORK AND OR GO BACK FROM WORK.
SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE, UH, TRANSPORTATION MODES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE FREELY THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
REGIONAL COORDINATION'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
THIS IS PROPOSED AS A ONE JURISDICTION, ONE VOTE.
SO IT WOULD BE CREATING A NEW AUTHORITY, A BOARD MEMBER OF YOU, Y'ALL WOULD APPOINT ONE PERSON TO THIS.
UH, AND, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY Y'ALL HAVE ALWAYS STEPPED UP TO THE TABLE IN THE REGION AND WORK WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WE PROPOSED ONE VOTE, ONE PERSON, UH, ONE JURISDICTION, ONE PERSON, UM, BRINGING MORE MONEY TO THE TABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF VDOT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM IN OUR REGION, AND SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN THERE 25 YEARS OR MORE AND NOT BEEN FUNDED.
THIS GIVES A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO BEGIN TO MOVE IN OUR SYSTEM AS WELL, TOO.
AND, UM, I THINK ON THE END OF THE SLIDE, WE'VE PROBABLY HAD SHOW THE REVENUE PIECE, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SIR.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW I'M MOVING THROUGH.
SO I'M OUT HERE TALKING TO ALL OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, ALIGNING YOU WITH WHAT THIS INFORMATION SAYS, HOW IT CAN BENEFIT OUR REGION.
THEN THAT, UH, WILL CARRY FORWARD WITH A BILL, AN ACT INTO THE LEGISLATURE.
UM, AND, UH, FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER, UH, AND THEN, UM, IN THE, IN THE SESSION WOULD START IN JANUARY OF 27.
AND THE EARLIEST ANYTHING LIKE THIS COULD BE ESTABLISHED WOULD BE JULY 1ST OF 27.
THIS IS THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THAT AUTHORITY.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THAT'S THAT ONE JURISDICTION, ONE VOTE PIECE.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO ESTABLISH A PHYSICAL ENTITY TO TRANSFER MONEY FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION OPERATOR, WHICH WOULD BE CRATER PLANNING.
UH, TO TRANSFER THAT MONEY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL ENTITY, STATE RECOGNIZED PHYSICAL ENTITY TO DO THAT.
SOME OF OUR OTHER JURISDICTIONS MAY VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT.
UH, AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS THEMSELVES WOULD BE DONE AT THE CRATER PLANNING, UH, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR, OUR TRANSPORTATION FOLKS THERE.
UH, IT IS TAX DOLLARS, UH, GASOLINE TAX, DIESEL TAX.
IT'S ALREADY BEING COLLECTED, PART OF THE VDOT SYSTEM, AND IT IS TAKING THAT MONEY IN THIS AREA OR IN THIS REGION AND MOVING IT TO A LOCAL BOARD TO JUST MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THAT MONEY.
IT'S ALSO COUPLING WITH THAT SEVEN TENTHS OF 1 CENT SALES TAX.
OUR, OUR COMMONWEALTH SALES TAX IS AT 6.3.
THIS WOULD ADD THAT OTHER SEVEN TENTHS OF 1 CENT IN A SALES TAX PIECE.
SO THAT, THAT IS THE NEW, NEW PIECE OR NEW TAXING PIECE.
THE OTHER IS TAXES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT NOW WE GET TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE LEGAL POWERS THAT, THAT Y'ALL HAVE, THAT THE CRATER PDC HAS.
WE DO ALL THE PUBLIC AUDITS, CHECKS AND BALANCES, ALL THE THINGS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE TO DO.
WE WOULD, THE AUTHORITY WOULD BE A PART OF THAT SAME SYSTEM.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IS, IS IS PART OF WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC SEES WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE, OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE HOPE THAT ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT LEADS US INTO THE FUTURE PROVIDES A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR US IN THIS, IN THIS REGION, AS WELL AS IT ENHANCES OUR ECONOMICS OF OUR REGION.
BEING ABLE TO MOVE GOODS AND SERVICES AND PEOPLE IN OUR REGION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
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A CONNECTIVITY PIECE.SO THE LAST SLIDE, UH, NEXT STEPS.
Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR ME, SO I'M BACK HERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED SINCE THEN.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU PUT THE SLIDE IN THAT'S GOT, UH, THE FINANCIAL PIECE OR NOT.
SO IT'S A SPREADSHEET LOOKING AT FINANCES, GOT SOME COLOR ON IT.
IF IT'S NOT IN THERE, THAT'S OKAY.
I, WHAT I WILL DO IS SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
UM, AS I, AS I LOOK ACROSS HERE, REMEMBER I SAID GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL TAX ALREADY BEING COLLECTED THROUGH THE VDOT SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE SEVEN TENTHS OF 1 CENT IN THE SALES TAX PIECE, THOSE ARE THE TWO FUNDING MECHANISMS THEMSELVES.
UM, THE NEXT PIECE ON THE CHART SHOWS YOU THAT, UH, THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION WOULD BE THE OPERATOR OR THE OF THE FUND.
AND IT WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER AUTHORITY TO WORK WITH.
UH, WE ALREADY WORK WITH AS CRATER PLANNING.
WE WORK WITH THE TRI-CITIES MPO, AND THIS WOULD GIVE US THE SOUTH CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AS WELL.
WE, UH, RECOMMENDED ON THESE PRO PROJECTED REVENUES, SEVERAL WAYS TO SPEND THEM.
THE FIRST ONE IS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS GET 55% OF THESE MONIES BACK TO YOU TO THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION OF HOW YOU SPEND MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION.
UM, SO IT MAY BE PUTTING A SIDEWALK IN SOMEWHERE, PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT IN SOMEWHERE.
IT MAY BE, UH, PLANNING, THE PLANNING FOR ANOTHER, UH, ROADWAY SOMEWHERE, UH, OTHER, OTHER NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO PART OF THAT MONEY IS YOUR MONEY.
IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU FOR, FOR THAT, UH, PURPOSE.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, LEVEL WAS FIF UH, EXCUSE ME, 35%.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THIS CHART THOUGH.
I'M, I'M ALL THE WAY OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OUT THERE NOW.
SO IN THE 35% DOWN, JUST A LITTLE IN THE 35% PIECE, A LITTLE SMALLER PLEASER.
IN THE 35% PIECE OUT THERE, IN THE FAR RIGHT, UH, THE NEXT IS THE REGIONAL PROJECTS.
SO YOU WOULD BE MONEY FROM YOUR AREA THAT'S GENERATED IN YOUR AREA WOULD GO TO REGIONAL PROJECTS AS WELL.
AND THOSE ONE VOTE PER JURISDICTION WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION WHERE THE REGIONAL MONIES WOULD GO.
AND THEN THE LAST, UH, PART OF THAT IS THE PUBLIC TRANSIT PIECE.
10% OF THE MONIES WOULD GO TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND YOU WOULD HAVE INTER YOU WOULD, AS A BOARD WOULD, WOULD INTERACT WITH THAT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ON HOW TO SPEND THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PIECE AS WELL.
UH, SO IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THESE NUMBERS FROM VDOT, AND SO WE COULD SHARE THESE WITH YOU.
UH, SO THAT'S THE REASON THEY CAME AS A SEPARATE PIECE AS WELL TOO.
BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE IS, IS THE GASOLINE AND DIESEL.
THIS IS, AND YOU CAN LOOK ON THERE AND SEE EXACTLY HOW MANY GALLONS OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL ARE, ARE GENERATED IN YOUR COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUES THAT, THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THAT.
AND THEN THAT GREEN IS THE SALES TAX PIECE IN THE AREA AS WELL.
THE PINK IS THE, IS THE 2%, UM, OPERATING ALLOCATION TO CRATER TO OPERATE THE, THE FUND.
AND THEN THOSE, UH, DISTRIBUTION AMOUNTS OUT IN THAT FAR RIGHT.
SO I'M, I'M HERE TO THANK YOU AS WELL AS MAKE SURE YOU KNOW ALL THIS INFORMATION, ASK YOU TO HELP SUPPORT THIS AS WELL TOO, UH, WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS BECAUSE AS IT MOVES FORWARD FROM OUR LOCAL JURISDICTION, IT WILL GET TO, TO RICHMOND AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
AND SO WE ALL NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THIS REGION FOR OUR FUTURE.
SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL, MR. ELLINGTON.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE HEARD MR. ELLINGTON'S PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SUPERVISOR STEWART? UM, YOU MAY, YOU PROBABLY SAID THIS AND I MISSED IT, BUT THE, SO THIS WOULD BE,
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UM, ADDITIONAL GAS TAX OR AN ADDITIONAL, UM, SALES TAX, ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL SALES TAX FEES, NOT ADDITIONAL GAS TAX.IT'S ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED AS WITH FOR VDOT.
AND WE'RE, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THAT AS, AS PERCENTAGES OF THAT TO USE? YES, SIR.
AND SO THAT'S, AND IT'S BRINGING THAT MONEY BACK TO US AS LOCAL ENTITIES TO MANAGE THOSE MONIES? YEAH.
WELL, I'LL JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE, SOME YEARS BACK, THERE WAS A SIMILAR PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE US IN THE HAMPTON ROADS AND, AND THAT WAS NOT A GOOD DEAL.
THIS SOUNDS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DEAL.
WELL, AND MY EXAMPLE FOR YOU OF SHOWING YOU THOSE OTHER, UH, JURISDICTIONS AND HOW THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER ARE, ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS ONE MAY WORK.
NOW, WE CHANGED SOME OF OUR PERCENTAGES IN HERE BY LOOKING AT THEM.
WE CHANGED OUR REPRESENTATION BY LOOKING AT THEM.
UM, CBTA, THE RICHMOND DISTRICT IS, IS WEIGHTED BY POPULATION.
SO MY EXAMPLE FOR YOU IS, UH, CHESTERFIELD, BECAUSE THEY GOT 385,000 PEOPLE, HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SITTING ON THAT TRANSPORTATION BOARD.
WELL, IN THIS ONE YOU'RE ONLY, THERE'S ONLY ONE PER EACH JURISDICTION, ONE PERSON.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET HERE, WHEN WE GET IT ESTABLISHED, THAT PERSON WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL AS WELL TOO, I THINK FOR THEM.
SUE, YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M GOOD.
UH, MR. MR. CHAIR, SUPERVISOR ELLIOT, NO QUESTIONS.
I, I SIT ON THE, UH, CREATIVE PLANNING, UH, DISTRICT WITH MR. ELLINGSON.
AND I BROUGHT THIS BACK TO THE BOARD AND WE DID, UH, APPROVE THIS.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID APPROVE IT, BECAUSE JUST LIKE MR. ELLINGTON STATED, WE HAVE SOME, UH, REGIONS WITH LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
AND SO MANY TIMES SIRI HAS BEEN EXCLUDED WHEN IT COMES TO RECEIVING FUNDS AND GETTING BENEFITS AND BE A PART OF, JUST LIKE YOU SAY, THE HAMPTON ROADS, UH, SITUATION WASN'T A GOOD DEAL FOR SIRI.
SO WE DID, UH, SET THAT ROUND THE TABLE AND WE HASHED OUT TO MAKE THIS A ONE VOTE PER DISTRICT SO THAT SIRI CAN, A RURAL AREA CAN BE INCLUDED IN SOME OF THE GANGS THAT THE LARGER JURISDICTIONS SHOULD GET.
SO I THANK MR. ELLINGTON FOR COMING TONIGHT AND EXPLAINING TO THE BOARD MUCH BETTER THAN I DID WHEN I PRESENTED IT TO THE BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPERVISOR, ELLIOT, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? MR. ELLISON, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, GIVING US THAT UPDATE.
UM, TRANSPORTATION IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING US TO JOBS, HEALTHCARE, UM, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND HEARING THAT, UH, YOU, YOU ARE ADVOCATING FOR US, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARDWORKING DILIGENCE ON THAT.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE AND, UH, DRIVE SAFELY HOME.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA FOR PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS, SIR NUCLEAR POWER STATION INTERNSHIP PARTNERING PROGRAM.
I'LL NOW ASK IF MS. LINDA GOON AND MR. EUGENE THOMPSON WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD.
CHAIRMAN PIERCE, MS. ROLLINS, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF.
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS, MS. ROLLINS APPROACHED ME WITH A TASK TO CREATE AN INTERNSHIP WITH A ACTUAL BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY.
AND I IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT TO A LOCAL RECRUITER AND WE STARTED WITH PHONE CALLS BACK AND FORTH, AND WE, THE SEED WAS PLANTED AND WE TOOK OFF.
THE PROGRAM HAS REALLY GROWN SINCE THEN.
OTHER LOCALITIES ARE WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PROGRAM, EVEN IN, I THINK IT'S BEEN PRESENTED IN THE RICHMOND OFFICE.
SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE MR. JEAN THOMPSON WHO'S GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THE PROGRAM.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME FACES YOU RECOGNIZE AND ALL OF THAT.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
I'M THE, UH, FLEET DIRECTOR FOR DAN ZIMMERMAN, UH, OVERSEEING, UH, WORK AT THE, UH, NUCLEAR SITES HERE IN VIRGINIA.
UM, AND, UH, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT LINDA WITHOUT LINDA, OUR ADVANCEMENTS AS A COMPANY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT SURY COUNTY SUPPORT WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE IT IS TODAY.
'CAUSE WHAT WE PILOTED HERE, WE ARE NOW PILOTING IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND ALSO, UH, IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS GO.
SO DAN ZERMAN IS A COMPANY, UH, WE'RE DRIVEN PRIVATELY OWNED FAMILY COMPANY, 125 YEARS PRIVATELY OWNED.
CORE VALUES ARE SAFETY, INTEGRITY, DIVERSITY AND SUCCESS.
I'M GONNA TRY TO PLAY A VIDEO HERE AND WE'LL SEE.
THIS IS A RECENT CAMPAIGN WE'RE DOING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL RUN, OH, MAYBE HE'LL RUN IT FOR ME.
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YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU DO VIDEOS, IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS, AND THEN THE SOUND WON'T WORK.RIGHT? IT'S A PDF, SO IT PROBABLY WON'T RUN.
UM, WE DON'T, I'LL SEND A LINK TO THE VIDEO AND Y'ALL OFTEN CAN WATCH IT.
WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH, UH, THE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN.
AND THE COOLEST THING ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN IS THE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES SAID, HEY, WE WANNA SEE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKFORCE.
AND SO WE BROUGHT 'EM TO SURREY POWER STATION AND WE SAT, WE SPENT A WHOLE DAY SHOOTING VIDEO OF OUR CRAFT WORKERS THAT, UH, GREW UP IN THIS COUNTY, CAME TO WORK FOR US AND ARE NOW JOURNEYMEN AND IN SOME CASES LEADS AND FOREMAN WITHIN OUR COMPANY.
AND, UH, AND THEN WE MADE THAT INTO A DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE USING, UH, ACTUALLY TO, UH, GET WORKERS FOR THE NORTH ANNA OUTAGE IN, UH, ON LAKE H.
AND WE'LL TURN AROUND AND USE THAT IN THE SPRING.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, 92 REACTORS, 55 PLANTS, DAN ZIMMERMAN IS IN THE MAJORITY OF THE PLANTS THAT ARE IN THE, THE EAST AND THE SOUTHEAST.
SO, UH, WE'RE, UH, PROBABLY OVER 50% OF THE MARKET SHARE, A BIG LEADER IN PROVIDING CRAFT RESOURCES.
WE'VE BEEN WITH DOMINION FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW.
WE'RE IN OUR 47TH YEAR, AND OUR CONTRACT WILL TAKE US TO, UH, THE 50TH YEAR.
UH, HERE IN VIRGINIA, WE'RE AT SURREY POWER STATION AND AT NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, AS WELL AS THE DOMINION SITE DOWN IN, UH, UM, JENKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA, UH, DOMINION, UH, 31% OF THE ENERGY IS PROVIDED.
95% OF CARBON FREE ELECTRICITY IN THE STATE COMES FROM NUCLEAR POWER.
UM, AND THE REALLY COOL THING, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH NUCLEAR RIGHT NOW IS WITH LICENSE RENEWAL, THESE PLANTS, UH, SUR AND NORTH END WILL OPERATE INTO THE YEAR 2050 AND 2060.
AND THEN YOU ADD ON THE, UH, PROMISE OF SMALL MODULAR REACTORS, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE NUCLEAR POWER, ENERGY RUNNING INTO THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, 21 SOMETHING LONG BEFORE, YOU KNOW, LONG AFTER I'M GONE, NUCLEAR POWER WILL STILL BE HERE.
SO WHAT WE DID, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, LINDA AND SURREY COUNTY IS STARTED OUT AS, UM, A JUST REALLY A JOB FAIR.
AND WE STARTED BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND WE DECIDED TO START A PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD TRAIN THE WORKERS OR THE INTERESTED PEOPLE ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A NUCLEAR WORKER.
TO WORK IN NUCLEAR, YOU HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT BEING A RADIATION WORKER.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN PLANT ACCESS TRAINING, HOW A POWER PLANT WORKS, SAFETY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE DECIDED SINCE THESE CLASSES ALSO GET YOU TESTED, RATHER THAN HAVE PEOPLE JUST TAKE IT ON THE COMPUTER AND RUN THE RISK OF FAILING A COMPUTER BASED TEST, WE WOULD TEACH THAT CLASS.
AND SO THE SUCCESS RATE WENT WAY UP.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKING IN NUCLEAR, WE TALK ABOUT EARN AS YOU LEARN.
HERE'S JUST A QUICK, UH, CHART OF WHAT YOU CAN EARN IN NUCLEAR, UH, STARTING OUT AS A UNSKILLED LABOR NEW TO NUCLEAR, WE'RE PAYING, UH, THE LOW END, $18 AN HOUR.
UM, THE HIGH END, UH, PROBABLY CLOSER TO 24 RIGHT NOW, AFTER, AFTER A YEAR ONE YEAR TWO, YOU'RE MOVING INTO 20, $30 RANGE.
WHEN YOU BECOME A JOURNEYMAN, YOU'RE MOVING INTO THE 30 TO $50 RANGE.
RIGHT NOW, A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN'S MAKING $56 AN HOUR AT THE POWER STATION.
UH, THAT'S LIFE CHANGING MONEY IN SOME CASES, MOST CASES,
YOU'LL START MAKING A LITTLE MORE MONEY AS A LEAD IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
AND THEN YOU'LL BECOME A, UH, A FOREMAN OR FRONTLINE LEADER.
UM, AGAIN, INCREASING THAT MONEY.
UM, THE, UH, THE NICE THING ABOUT OUR APPRENTICE PROGRAM, THERE'S NO STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
UM, AND, UH, THE POTENTIAL SALARY IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
WE'LL SHOW SOME NUMBERS HERE ON ANOTHER SLIDE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, UM, IN YEAR ONE, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ABOUT 38,000 A YEAR.
UM, BY YEAR SIX, YOU'RE PROBABLY MAKING 77.
THAT'S JUST IN STRAIGHT TIME HOURS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS OUTAGE MATH.
AND WHEN YOU WORK A NUCLEAR OUTAGE, YOU'RE WORKING A SIX DAY WEEKS, 12 HOURS A DAY, OR 72 HOURS A WEEK.
WHEN YOU ADD THE MULTIPLIER ON THERE FOR OVERTIME, THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF 88 STRAIGHT TIME HOURS IN ONE WEEK.
SO EVERY WEEK IS WORTH 2.2 STRAIGHT TIME WEEKS.
SO YOU WORK A 24 WEEK OUTAGE SEASON, YOU'VE EARNED INCOME FOR ONE YEAR AT STRAIGHT TIME WAGES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SELLING TO, UH, TO YOUNG PEOPLE, IS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LIFESTYLE AND HAVE A GREAT INCOME.
YEAH, A LOT OF THE THINGS, THE SATISFACTION OF BEING A A NUCLEAR WORKER, UM, YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE WORKING IN CLEAN ENERGY, YOU'RE TURNING THE LIGHTS ON, YOU'VE GOT THE, UH, COMRADERY.
I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, ONCE A YEAR WE'D HAVE DINNER ON THE GROUNDS AT THE LOCAL CHURCH, AND ALL THE FAMILY WOULD COME IN AND YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD SPEND HOURS JUST TALKING TO PEOPLE YOU HADN'T SEEN IN A YEAR.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS AN OUTAGE.
WHEN WE START AN OUTAGE, PEOPLE START COMING IN.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SIX MONTHS, AND WE'RE FAMILY.
A LOT OF COMRADERY, A LOT OF TRAVEL, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE'VE SENT CRAFT WORKERS TO FRANCE TO WORK IN FRANCE.
WE GO AS FAR AS ARIZONA, A LOT OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, WORK IN NEW
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CHALLENGES.AND PROBABLY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY IS ABOUT 25 TO 30% OF OUR CRAFT WORKERS EVENTUALLY END UP WORKING FOR DOMINION HERE AT SURY POWER STATION OR NORTH ANNA POWER STATION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE BIG DREAM.
YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOMEONE MENTION HARD WORK.
YOU KNOW, YOU WORK HARD AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE EITHER GONNA BE A GENERAL FOREMAN FOR ME OR YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING FOR DOMINION ENERGY.
SO WHAT WE STARTED FIRST WAS OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
UM, UH, LINDA CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, CAN WE SET SOMETHING UP FOR A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE? WE WORKED WITH, UH, CRATER, UM, UH, WORKFORCE TO PUT THIS IN PLACE.
AND, UH, I THINK WE HAD EIGHT PEOPLE IN OUR FIRST CLASS.
AND WE TOOK 'EM TO SURREY POWER STATION.
SINCE THEN, IT'S BECOME A TWO DAY PROGRAM.
BUT WE TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CRAFT WORKER.
WE HAD GUEST SPEAKERS COME IN FROM THE PLANT AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY GREW UP IN THE INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS HAVING OUR CRAFT LEADERS COME TALK TO 'EM.
AND THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT WE HAD FROM THE STUDENTS IN THAT FIRST CLASS WAS, I SAW SOMEONE JUST LIKE ME.
AND THAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL THING A YOUNG PERSON CAN DO, IS SEE THEM, SEE THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE WHERE THEY CAN BE IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, SO THAT WAS A REAL, A REAL BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THAT FIRST CLASS.
AND THIS SUMMER WE'RE QUEING UP OUR FOURTH, UM, INTERNSHIP CLASS.
UM, SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOW A TWO DAY INTERNSHIP.
DAY ONE IS DOMINION CAREER AS A PLANT TOUR.
AND THEN DAY TWO WE TALKED ABOUT SKILL TRADES.
UH, PRIMARY OBJECTIVES TO OUR NUCLEAR WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE A PATHWAY TO A CAREER IN NUCLEAR AND MITIGATE THOSE BARRIERS TO ENTRY, UH, WHICH IS, UH, TEACHING THOSE, UH, CLASSES THEY GET TESTED ON.
AND THEN THE SECONDARY OBJECTIVES IS TO REINFORCE OUR SAFETY CULTURE THROUGH, UH, LEADER, UH, INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING, AND THEN IMPROVE RETENTION OF LOCAL CRAFT PERSONNEL PROFESSIONALS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN WORKFORCE RIGHT NOW IS, UM, PROFICIENCY IN LEADERSHIP.
AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER INVEST IN DEVELOPING LEADERS THAT LIVE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THAN IN DEVELOPING TRAVELERS RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WENT TO SURY THIS OUTAGE SEASON, I STAFFED PROBABLY 700 PEOPLE THAT SERVED.
OF THOSE 700, 600 PLUS WERE TRAVELERS COMING IN FROM OTHER OTHER STATES AS FAR AWAY AS ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA.
WE NEED TO HAVE A STRONGER LOCAL WORKFORCE HERE AT THE POWER STATION.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS PROGRAM IS BUILD THAT LOCAL WORKFORCE SO I CAN BUILD FUTURE LEADERS AND BUILD THAT CULTURE.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE DO IS OUR, UH, UPSKILL PROGRAM.
AGAIN, LINDA CAME TO ME WITH THIS IDEA AND WE TARGETED OUR UNDERSERVED AND UNDEREMPLOYED UNDEREMPLOYED COMMUNITY HERE IN SURREY COUNTY.
UH, THAT WAS A REALLY BIG CLASS WE HAD.
AND, UM, UH, AND TWO OR THREE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM HAVEN'T LEFT SURY SINCE THEY HIRED ON IN THE SUMMER OF 2024.
UM, GIVING THEM, AGAIN, LIFE CHANGING.
AND THEN OUR SUMMER PROGRAM, RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, AGAIN, WE'RE SETTING UP FOR THIS SUMMER.
UM, WE ALSO PARTNER WITH PAUL DECAMP, AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS WE'LL COME IN AND TEACH THEM HOW TO BE A NUCLEAR WORKER.
AND PAUL DECAMP WILL RUN THROUGH THE, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SCAFFOLD BUILDING, FUNDAMENTALS OF, UM, UH, PAINTING AND COATINGS, UH, RIGGING.
AND, UM, THERE'S ONE MORE, AND I ALWAYS FORGET IT'S SCAFFOLD BUILDING.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL THEN RUN 'EM INTO THE SHOPS.
THEY'LL WORK IN THE SHOPS, AND THEN WE HIRE 'EM DIRECTLY AFTER THAT PROGRAM TO COME WORK AT THE POWER STATION INTO OUR APPRENTICE PROGRAM.
YEAH, SO THIS IS SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM OUR NUCLEAR WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATES IN 2024 AND, UH, THEY WORKED 28,000 HOURS AT SURREY POWER STATION AND THEY EARNED OVER ALMOST 800,000 IN 2025.
THEY WORKED 35,000, ALMOST 36,000 HOURS, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN WAGES SPENT HERE IN SURY COUNTY.
2026 WE'RE ON TARGET TO BEAT THAT.
UM, THE PROGRAM IS REALLY KEEPING THAT MONEY HERE.
THE BENEFIT TO, TO DOMINION IS THEY DON'T PAY PER DIEM EITHER.
IF I PAY A TRAVELER $115 A DAY, UM, NOW AGAIN, THAT THAT HELPS OTHER, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS THE RV PARKS AND THE HOTELS AND ALL THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T, UM, IT'S, IT'S MONEY THAT ADDS NO VALUE TO DOMINION ENERGY.
WE HIRE THE LOCALS, WE GET THEM INVOLVED, WE BUILD LEADERS.
IT'S THIS IS, THIS IS THE RIGHT PROGRAM IN THE, IN SURY COUNTY'S BEEN THE ONE THAT SUPPORTED IT FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND, UH, THERE'S SOME DOLLARS I DIDN'T UPDATE FOR 2026, BUT, UM, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS, UH, IS GETTING, UH, PEOPLE IS GETTING PEOPLE IN AND GETTING THEM THROUGH THE DRUG SCREENING.
THAT'S AGAIN, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES.
I THINK A LOT OF WORKFORCE PEOPLE WOULD TELL YOU THAT.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK OUR REPUTATION FOR WHAT'S TOLERATED AND WHAT'S NOT BUILDING.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING THAT IMPROVE
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WITH THE PEOPLE WE BRING IN.BUT AGAIN, THE SAVINGS THAT WE'VE, UH, THAT WE'VE RETURNED TO, UH, TO DOMINION ENERGY OVER $330,000 IN PER DIEM SAVINGS.
UM, UH, AND THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK YEAR OVER YEAR OR THEY CONTINUE TO WORK HERE THE WHOLE TIME, AGAIN, THAT'S AN ANNUAL SAVINGS.
AND, UH, THAT LAST LINE, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES DOMINION'S FARM TEAM, PROVIDING THEM THE BEST PEOPLE.
AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM THAT WE DO WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SURREY COUNTY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SURREY COUNTY HAS DONE IS GENEROUSLY, UH, PAID A STIPEND TO THE, THE STUDENTS IN THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT STIPEND, REALLY IT'S, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY STEEL TOED SHOES.
IT'S ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY PRESCRIPTION SAFETY GLASSES.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE BARRIERS TO ENTRY THAT THAT MONEY CAN HELP THEM BECOME A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE WITH DAN ZIMMERMAN.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE SUMMER PROGRAM.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PAUL DECAMP TO GET THAT SET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY AND, UM, HAVE 'EM WORKING BY SEPTEMBER.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK SURY COUNTY ENOUGH FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM.
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, WE USE ACROSS THE STATE AND IN OTHER STATES.
OH, CAN YOU SHOW THE VIDEO? I THINK HE'S MOVING.
VERY DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, THIS YOUNG MAN THAT YOU JUST SAW DOING THE WIRE NUTS, HE CAME FROM PAUL D.
HE'S NOW A JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN.
UH, THREE YEARS OUT OF HIGH, OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
Y'ALL MIGHT RECOGNIZE SARAH SAVAGE.
SHE WAS IN ONE OF OUR OTHER COMMERCIALS THAT RAN LOCALLY, UH, LAST YEAR.
KEN, I WHITE GRADUATED TWO YEARS AGO FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S NOW A JOURNEYMAN PAINTER.
ERIC SMALL IS A, UH, NAVY VETERAN.
SUR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.
NOT THAT CAMERON
I'LL JUST SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
YOU GET TO HEAR 'EM TALK ABOUT HOW EXCITED THEY ARE WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WELL, MR. THOMPSON, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, LOOKING AT THE VIDEO, EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY AUDIO, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
SO, UH, IT, THE PICTURES REALLY DID SHOW A LOT.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. THOMPSON? MR. CHAIR, MR. DREW? UM, I FIRST OFF HAVE TO START OFF BY THANK YOU MS. GHOST BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO I ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP, SO I GOT TO SEE HOW, UH, DOMINION WORKS, DAN ZIMMERMAN WORK.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I WAS EXPRESS MY AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND, AND EVEN IF YOU NOT UN UNAWARE AND UNSURE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, JUST DO THE INTERNSHIP TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY SHOW YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW, UM, OR DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS THAT YOU CAN DO WITHIN, UM, JUST WORKING AT DOMINION AND DAN ZIMMERMAN.
I ALSO HAVE TO THANK EUGENE FOR JUST YOUR, YOUR, UM, FOR JUST POURING BACK INTO SUR AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHAT YOU SAID WAS
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HOW YOU WANT LOCAL LEADERS WITHIN OUR LOCALITY YOU ARE LOOKING TO, TO BUILD UP OUR WORKFORCE.I THINK THAT'S TRULY, UM, INSTRUMENTAL AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO FOR COUNTY.
MR. DREW, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CHAIR, UH, MR. HARDY? I DID, UH, WHAT MR. DREW SAID.
UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WE KNOW EVERY GRADUATE, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T SEEK HIGHER LEARNING OR IN THE MILITARY.
SO ESPECIALLY TO, UM, TO, UH, STAY HERE AT HOME AND MAKE A DECENT HONEST WAGE IS A, IS A BLESSING.
UM, SO THANK YOU MS. GUS AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE ISSUE WITH THE SLIDES SHOW, HOWEVER,
SIR, FIRST, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO THANK YOU.
I WILL, I WILL CORRECT THAT SLIDE.
UH, HE HAS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. HARDY.
UM, OF COURSE WE ALL RECOGNIZE FACES.
I RECOGNIZE FACES THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION BEING.
SIR, DO YOU, IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE A, A NUMBER OF HOW MANY SUR RESIDENTS ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WITH YOU OR I, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR, THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR.
WE TYPICALLY BRING IN 16 PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROGRAM EVERY OUTAGE.
NOW, WE ALSO PULL FROM SUFFOLK, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS SURREY COUNTY AND ALL OF WHITE.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS PROBABLY EITHER A HUNDRED PERCENT SURREY HIGH SCHOOLS GRADUATES, OR PRETTY CLOSE TO IT.
WE MIGHT GET A COUPLE FROM SMITHFIELD, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY, WE WORK WITH LINDA VERY HARD TO KIND OF KEEP IT FOCUSED ON SURREY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GO, SOME OF 'EM ARE, ARE GONNA PLAN TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT DOMINION HAS JOBS FOR THEM TOO.
BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE TRADES, WHAT DOMINION WILL WILL TELL YOU IS COME TO DAN ZIMMERMAN, WE'LL GET YOU IN THE DOOR, WE'LL GET THAT SECURITY BADGE AROUND YOUR NECK, AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, IT JUST TAKES HARD WORK SHOWING UP ON TIME AND, AND A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN AND YOU'RE GONNA SUCCEED IN OUR INDUSTRY.
AND YEAH, I'M, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE SURY COUNTY HAS JUST ALWAYS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM.
MR. STEWART, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? WELL, MR. THOMPSON, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND MS. GOON FOR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
UM, THIS IS AGAIN, A STRONG REPRESENTATION SHOWING HOW WORKING TOGETHER, PARTNERING WITH A LOCAL INDUSTRY RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH, HOW THAT COULD BE LIFE CHANGING, UH, CAREER CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO HEARING THAT, UM, LIKE, UM, OTHERS HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR C COMMUNITY, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT, SIR, WHEN DOING THIS.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
WELL, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE, UH, THE HONORABLE DELEGATE KIMBERLY POPE ADAMS, THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES 82ND DISTRICT.
UH, TONIGHT SHE'LL BE GIVING US A, UH, LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
AND WITHOUT HOLDING ANY FURTHER, MS. MS. KIM POP ALLEN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
MR. CHAIR, TO SUPERVISORS, OTHER OFFICIALS STAFF, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO THE RESIDENTS OF SURREY COUNTY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE.
IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO SERVE AS YOUR DELEGATE FOR THE 82ND DISTRICT.
AS YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT ALL OF SURREY COUNTY, ALL OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, AND PARTS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AND DENWITTY COUNTY.
SO, UM, IN TOTAL OVER 80,000 CONSTITUENTS.
BUT, UM, Y'ALL KNOW, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT SURREY.
SO I WANTED TO COME HERE TODAY, GIVE YOU ALL A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
UM, START OFF WITH JUST A, A BIT OF BIOGRAPHICAL, UH, INFORMATION.
I WAS SWORN IN BACK IN JANUARY.
AND, UM, UPON BEING SWORN IN, I WAS APPOINTED TO THREE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
I SERVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I SERVE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND I SERVE ON THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE THREE COMMITTEES, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ALSO APPOINTED ME TO THREE COMMISSIONS.
I SERVE ON THE TOBACCO REGION REVITALIZATION COMMISSION.
I SERVE ON THE FOIA COUNCIL, AND I SERVE ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION COMMISSION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE I'VE BEEN PLACED IN, IN TERMS OF MY COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS.
AND, UM, AS ALWAYS, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WHATEVER RELATIONSHIPS CAN, CAN BECOME OF THOSE, UM, OF THOSE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
UM, IN MY VERY FIRST SESSION, I, UM, WAS THE PATRON OF 12 BILLS, AND OF THOSE 12, NINE OF THEM MADE IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK AND WILL BECOME LAW ON JULY ONE.
UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK ONLINE AND, AND SEE WHAT ALL 12 OF THOSE WERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO TO SHARE THE 12 OR
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EVEN THE NINE, UM, TONIGHT, BUT THERE WERE THREE THAT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE TO, UM, TO PUBLICLY SHARE WITH BOTH YOU THE BOARD AND WITH THE, UM, AND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF SURREY.AND, UM, THE FIRST ONE, IT, UM, STARTED OFF AS HOUSE BILL THREE 17, AND IT DEALS WITH THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND OUR BROADBAND.
UM, THE, OFTENTIMES IN, IN THE COMMONWEALTH, OUR, OUR LAWS WERE WRITTEN QUITE SOME TIME AGO, AND THE TERMINOLOGY CAN BECOME OUTDATED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS HARD TO, UM, TO PROSECUTE SOMEONE WHO, WHO DOES DAMAGE.
UM, THE EXISTING LAW WAS USING, UM, TELEGRAPH,
AND AS A RESULT, WHEN PEOPLE DAMAGE THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE FIBER OPTIC LINES, THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE COULD OFTEN BE LOOPHOLES THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM, FROM ACTUALLY PROSECUTING THAT INDIVIDUAL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GETTING SOME TYPE OF RECTIFICATION FOR THE LOCALITY.
SO, UM, SO THERE, THERE IS LEGISLATION IN PLACE THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
WE'LL GO INTO EFFECT ON JULY ONE THAT WILL ALLOW THE LOCALITIES TO, UM, TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN RECOVER WHATEVER COSTS THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN, WHETHER IT BE OF RESTITUTION OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, JUST TO KEEP US FROM, UM, FROM HAVING TO BEAR THE COST OF REPAIRING SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, I PERSONALLY LIVE IN DEY COUNTY, AND, UM, A SITUATION THAT WE HAD SPECIFICALLY WAS THERE WOULD, UM, THERE'D BE BIRDS ON THE LINE AND SOMEONE WOULD, UM, ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AT THOSE BIRDS UNSUCCESSFULLY AND INSTEAD WOULD, WOULD HIT THE LINE.
AND, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO RECOUP THE COST TO REPAIR THAT NO LOCALITY SHOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF, OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S MISTAKE.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, THAT LAW WILL, WILL TAKE EFFECT ON JULY ONE.
UM, A SECOND BILL THAT I WAS, WAS PROUD TO PAY TREND.
IT STARTED OFF AS HB 1178, AND IT DEALS WITH SEPTIC SYSTEMS. AGAIN, I LIVE IN TY COUNTY.
UM, MANY OF US HAVE, HAVE SEPTIC TANKS, AND THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION WILL REQUIRE THAT INSPECTOR TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE HOMEOWNER WITHIN 10 DAYS.
UM, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS SOME, JUST SOME CONSTITUENTS.
AND, UM, AND IT'S HARD TO, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THE NUANCES OF A SEPTIC SYSTEM.
UM, DIFFERENT INSPECTORS HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF GOING ABOUT THEIR INSPECTION, AND THERE REALLY NEEDED TO BE A UNIFORM PROCESS TO ENSURE, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW HOMEOWNERS, THAT THE SEPTIC SYSTEM WAS NOT ONLY FUNCTIONING, BUT UM, BUT HAD SOME USEFUL LIFE LEFT.
SO AGAIN, THIS LEGISLATION WILL, UM, WILL, WILL PLACE FURTHER REQUIREMENTS ON THE INSPECTOR, AND IT IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOME BUYER HOMEOWNER.
SO I WAS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT ONE.
UM, THE THIRD BILL LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IT STARTED AS HOUSE BILL FIVE 12 TITLED THE VIRGINIA FARM AND FOREST PROSPERITY PLAN.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES LIVING IN RURAL VIRGINIA, WE CAN, WE CAN TEND TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS IN TERMS OF THE, UM, OF THE BIG INITIATIVES THAT A NEW GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION MAY WANT TO, UM, EMBARK ON.
THIS PARTICULAR BILL WILL REQUIRE BOTH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, ALONG WITH THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO COLLECTIVELY COME UP WITH ONE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR FARMING INDUSTRY.
UM, SO OFTEN THE, THE, THE NUMBERS PEOPLE, THE COMMERCE SIDE, THE FINANCE SIDE WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN, AND THEN THE AG SIDE WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN.
BUT WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WITH THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES AND WITH TARIFFS AND, AND, AND WITH ALL THINGS HAPPENING THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR FARMERS, I THINK NOW IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME TO HAVE A COLLECTIVE VOICE, ONE COLLECTIVE VOICE THAT WILL SIT TOGETHER AND DEVELOP ONE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR FARMERS.
UM, THE GOVERNOR WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK TO SIGN THAT BILL INTO LAW.
UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ATTEND
UM, IF YOU WANNA KNOW SPECIFICALLY, I WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING AND I, AND I WILL GLADLY SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU.
BUT, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE SECRETARIES BEING REQUIRED TO COME UP WITH THAT PLAN, THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A STATUS REPORT BACK TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN DECEMBER, ONE OF YEAR ONE.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE FOUR YEARS LATER, AND THEN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU DID OR DIDN'T DO.
I'M SORRY THAT, THAT'S JUST INSUFFICIENT FOR WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
SO THIS BILL, AS I SAID, REQUIRES NOT ONLY THE CREATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT AGAIN, REPORTING BACK TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ON DECEMBER ONE OF YEAR ONE OF THAT GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION.
AND EVERY NEW GOVERNOR'S ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO DO THIS SAME THING.
AND IT REQUIRES COLLABORATION WITH THE FARMING INDUSTRY, WITH THE AGRIBUSINESS
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INDUSTRY.WE WANT THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK AND THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE LEGISLATION TO BE IN THE ROOM TOGETHER.
SO I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT.
AND THE REASON I AM NOT GOING TO GO OVER ANY ADDITIONAL BILLS IS BECAUSE MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY USE MY FINAL MINUTES, I DID HEAR THAT THIS IS THE FINAL FOR MEETING FOR MS. ROLLINS, CORRECT? YES.
AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DID ALREADY KNOW THAT BECAUSE IN THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE HAVE COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS, A COMMENDING RESOLUTION DATES BACK TO 1619, AND IT IS OUR WAY OF NOT JUST RECOGNIZING AN ACHIEVEMENT PUBLICLY, BUT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE IT IN THE OFFICIAL WRITTEN RECORDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
SO WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY INTRODUCE AND PRESENT HOUSE RESOLUTION NUMBER 3 22, AGREED TO BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, MARCH 10TH, 2026.
COMMENDING MELISSA ROLLINS
AND WHEREAS MELISSA ROLLINS HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED SURREY COUNTY WITH INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENT, EFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNANCE.
AND WHEREAS AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MELISSA ROLLINS HAS OVERSEEN THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT GUIDED FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND BALANCED BUDGETING, SUPPORTED CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND STRENGTHENED COLLABORATION AMONG CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, STAFF, AND THE SURREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HER TENURE, MELISSA ROLLINS HAS DEMONSTRATED STEADY LEADERSHIP, SOUND JUDGMENT, AND A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTER AND NEEDS OF SURREY COUNTY, ENSURING THAT PUBLIC RESOURCES WERE MANAGED RESPONSIBLY, AND THAT THE COUNTY SERVICES WERE DELIVERED EFFICIENTLY AND EQUITABLY.
AND WHEREAS MELISSA ROLLINS HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO FOSTER PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGIONAL, STATE, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, POSITIONING SURREY COUNTY FOR CONTINUED STABILITY AND GROWTH, WHILE PRESERVING ITS HISTORIC HERITAGE AND RURAL CHARM, AND WHEREAS ADMIRED BY COLLEAGUES AND CITIZENS ALIKE FOR HER ACCESSIBILITY, WORK ETHIC, AND THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING, MELISSA ROLLINS LEAVES A LASTING LEGACY OF PROFESSIONALISM AND SERVICE THAT WILL BENEFIT SURREY COUNTY FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND WHEREAS MELISSA ROLLINS RETIREMENT MARKS THE CONCLUSION OF A DISTINGUISHED CHAPTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE BEGINNING OF A WELL-EARNED NEW SEASON OF LIFE, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, THAT MELISSA ROLLINS HEREBY BE COMMENDED ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR SURREY COUNTY AND BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER THAT THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES PREPARE A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION FOR PRESENTATION TO MELISSA ROLLINS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES ADMIRATION FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE TO BOTH SURREY COUNTY AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
HOPE ADAMS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION PRESENTATION FOR MS. RAWLINGS.
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MS. ROLLS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOURSELF TOGETHER AND PERHAPS WE'LL LET YOU MAKE COMMENT, UM, DURING YOUR COMMENT OR WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO RIGHT NOW.I HATE TO PUT UP, PUT THE YEAH, NO, I, I'LL OKAY.
SHE'S IN THE, SHE'LL BE SHE'S, WELL, CAN YOU STICK AROUND AND I'LL, I'LL GET MY COMMENTS LATER.
LET'S GIVE MS. RISE ANOTHER RUN.
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HAVE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. THE NUMBER ONE, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DONATION.
WE HAVE NUMBER TWO, THE EMPLOYMENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND COUNTY RECOGNITION.
AND NUMBER THREE, THE TOURISM REPORT UPDATE.
UH, I'LL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIRMAN PIERCE.
UM, SO YES, WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED TO CELEBRATE OUR EMPLOYEE ACHIEVEMENTS.
AS I HAVE BEEN BRAGGING ALL ALONG THAT I BELIEVE SRA COUNTY HAS THE BEST OF THE BEST.
SO, UM, ANYTIME THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
UM, THIS WAS SENT BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, MRS. UM, OUR BARNEY CREIGHTON, WHO IS NOT HERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.
OUR FIRST IS OUR VERY OWN, UH, SUPERVISOR, CAMERON DREW
AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
UM, HE WILL CONTINUE HIS STUDIES AT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND ALSO MR. DREW SHARED WITH US THAT HE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A COHORT PROGRAM.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO, TO NAME THAT COHORT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN SINCE IT WASN'T ON THE SLIDE.
UM, IT WAS THE HUNT INSTITUTE.
IT WAS, UH, FROM THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE MR. DREW HAND.
SO NEXT WE HAVE LIEUTENANT LESLIE COMER.
UM, IT'S LIEUTENANT COMER HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, HE GRADUATED FROM GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, UH, SCHOOL OF POLICY WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT ON MAY 16TH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR, ON YOUR HONOR.
AND I BELIEVE THE NEXT ONE WAS HIGHLIGHTING OUR, UH, UH, VACO AWARD, WHICH WE JUST, UM, SHARED IN THE EARLIER PART OF THE MEETING.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, EMPLOYEE HIGHLIGHTS THIS EVENING.
SO NEXT, UH, CHAIRMAN ELLIOT, I AM SO DELIGHTED TO, EXCUSE ME.
CHAIRMAN PIERCE, CHAIRMAN PIERCE, CHAIRMAN PIERCE
I AM SO DELIGHTED TO, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN BLAME THAT ON THE, UH,
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, SO I DO APOLOGIZE.
UM, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE, UM, MS. SHANNON PIERCE HERE TO COME FORTH AND, UM, MS. SHANNON PIERCE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A SUR COUNTY NATIVE, AND SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF VIRGINIA NATIONAL GAS.
AND I HAD THE HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE HER THIS YEAR WITH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HEART BALL CAMPAIGN.
UM, IT WAS SUCH AN HONORED BABY DO THAT.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS COME BACK AND TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO THAT COMMUNITY.
I'M GONNA HAVE HER TO COME FORTH AND KIND OF CONTRIBUTE IN HER OWN WAY.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, A DONATION OF REFRIGERATION TO SRE COUNTY, UM, IN THAT WE KNOW THAT ACCESS IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL COMMUNITY.
I'M GOING TO NOT STEAL HER THUNDER AND LET HER, TO LET HER, UH, GIVE IN HO OWN WAY HOW WE CAME ABOUT THIS DONATION TO S COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
CHAIRMAN PIERCE, VICE CHAIR HARDY, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MELISSA ROLLINS.
YOU, IT'S FITTING THAT I COME BEHIND YOU, UM, BEING HONORED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FOR YOUR SERVICE, BECAUSE AS CHAIR OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HEART BALL, UM, IT'S THE HAMPTON ROSE HEART ASSOCIATION.
AND, UM, AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, TODAY, OFTENTIMES WHEN THERE ARE LARGE INITIATIVES AND WE TALK ABOUT HAMPTON ROADS OR THE COMMONWEALTH RURAL COMMUNITIES, SURY COUNTY IS LEFT BEHIND OR EXCLUDED.
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THIS COUNTY HELPED RAISE ME, AND I LOVE THIS COUNTY DEARLY.
IF I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE SURE SURREY'S NOT LEFT BEHIND IN
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SOMETHING I'M INVOLVED IN, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENED.AND SO WHEN I REACHED OUT TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROLLINS, SHE NOT ONLY SAID SHE WOULD PARTNER, SHE, I MEAN, WAS ALL IN AND JOINED OUR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND NOT ONLY PARTNER WITH US TO IDENTIFY A NEED AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, BUT SHE ALSO CONTRIBUTED IN MANY WAYS TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE THE WORK CAN CON, CAN CONTINUE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROLLINS AND I LEARNED AS A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN IS THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN VIRGINIA BEACH, WHERE I CURRENTLY RESIDE, THEY HAVE AN EXPECTATION TO LIVE 11 YEARS LONGER THAN THOSE WHO LIVE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN TIDEWATER COMMUNITIES LIKE SURY COUNTY, 11 YEARS LONGER.
SO THAT MEANS IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY OF SURY COUNTY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING SURREY, THAT'S 11 LESS BIRTHDAYS, 11, 11 LESS HOMECOMINGS, FAMILY REUNIONS AND MOMENTS WITH FAMILIES.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR HEALTH.
IT'S ABOUT ACCESS AND HOW ACCESS IS LIMITED IN MANY AREAS, INCLUDING FOOD SECURITY AND ACCESS TO QUALITY FOOD.
AND, UM, WE TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED FOR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS REFRIGERATION.
REFRIGERATION MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING PROCESSED FOOD AS PART OF YOUR FOOD PROGRAM AND HAVING ACCESS TO QUALITY, FRESH PRODUCE, PRODUCE, AND MEAT.
AND SO WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION OF HAMPTON ROADS AND THE COUNTY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REFRIGERATION ACCESS IN THE COUNTY TO ENHANCE THE FOOD PROGRAM HERE.
AND SO I AM THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP CONTINUING.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING SUCH AN ADVOCATE FOR THE COUNTY AND ALSO FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR, FROM HIS CHAIR, MR. HARDY? SURE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE RESOURCES WITH SY COUNTY, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU CAME FROM OVERSEAS TO BE HERE AT YOUR LAST MEETING WITH MR. ROBBINS.
I, I GOT, I GOT A LITTLE INSIDE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD COMMENTS? CHAIR MR. DREW? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO MS. PIERCE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT SURREY COUNTY.
I MEAN, TRUTH SHOWS A LOT ABOUT, UM, SURREY COUNTY NATIVES GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD, CONQUERING THIS WORLD, AND JUST ALWAYS GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE ONCE AGAIN AND SAY THANK YOU.
MR. DREW, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? CHAIR, SUPERVISOR ELLIOT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK, UH, MS. ROLLINS AND MS. MS. PIERCE FOR THE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR S COUNTY AND JUST TO LET MS. PIERCE KNOW THAT I'M DEEPLY PROUD OF HER AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPERVISOR, ELLIOT, ANY OTHER BOARD? MY COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT SIRI IN THE ROOMS THAT WE MAY NOT BE MENTIONED.
UM, THAT JUST SHOWS HOW, AGAIN, WE HEARD TONIGHT HOW WE ARE TRAINING OUR LEADERS.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE, HOW WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING THAT HERITAGE FOR, FOR YEARS.
SO CONTINUE UP THE GREAT WORK.
THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT SARAH.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT PRESENTING TO US TRIBE SAFELY.
THERE IS A ASK OF THE BOARD, AND THAT IS TO ACCEPT, UH, FORMERLY ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.
AND THAT IS FOR REFRIGERATION, FOR ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT REFRIGERATION.
UM, I SEE A LOT OF PARTNERS IN THIS ROOM.
I SEE SOME LADIES IN PINK AND GREEN.
I SEE, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND I SEE SOME OTHER GROUPS HERE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, SERVE AS A PARTNER, UM, ANYTIME THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS WITH HAVING THAT, UH, REFRIGERATION HERE IN SURY COUNTY.
SO THAT IS A ASSET FORM TO ACCEPT THAT DONATION.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE HEARD THE ASK OF MS. ROLLINS, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED BY MR. ELLIOT AND MR. HARDY, THAT WE ARE APPROVED THE, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FOR THE PURPOSE
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OF ACQUIRING REFRIGERATION TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ACCESS TO FRESH FOODS AND PRODUCE.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? HEARING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR SAID MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED AYES HAVE HAVEIT.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY OUR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE ARE PLENTY IN THE, IN THE ROOM.
SO DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THEM AS COMMUNITY DEPARTMENTS IN THIS ENDEAVOR AS WELL.
SO WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE UPDATE AND THAT IS, UH, FROM MS. RENEE CHAPLIN.
MS. CHAPLIN, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, GOSH, THIS IS KIND OF A, A SORROWFUL MOMENT TO BE THE LAST TIME THAT I'M LOOKING ACROSS AT, UH, OUR WONDERFUL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT A GREAT EVENING AND WE APPRECIATE, I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
AND I'M GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, UH, PROBABLY OUR COMMERCIAL.
AND I JUST WANNA TELL A LITTLE QUICK STORY.
MS. ROLLINS, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AND THE COMMERCIALS WAS ACTUALLY THE BRAINCHILD OF THIS YOUNG LADY.
SHE, UH, STARTED TALKING TO ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD TRY SOME TV AND DOING SOME COMMERCIALS AND THINGS.
AND OF COURSE I LOVE THE IDEAS.
SO WE HAD TOOK AND WENT OUT AND GOT SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE AND, UH, I THINK, UH, WE MET WITH TRACY, HAD HAD A, HAD A NICE LUNCH AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE IDEAS OF HOW WE COULD HIGHLIGHT OUR COUNTY AND SHOW THE WORLD HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR COMMUNITY IS.
AND SO, UH, THE NEXT COMMERCIAL IS THE FIRST OF OUR SUMMER SERIES.
WE HOPED TO HAVE A GREAT TOURISM, UH, SEASON THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY, UM, BUSY AROUND HERE DURING THE, THE SPRING AND SUMMER SEASONS.
THAT'S KIND OF OUR PEAK SEASON.
SO I'M GONNA SHOW THAT FIRST, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET SOME SOUND HERE REAL QUICK.
PROMISE, IT'S GOT GREAT SOUND.
SAVOR THE SECRETS OF SURREY COUNTY ALL SUMMER LONG AS WE CELEBRATE.
SAVOR THE SECRETS OF SURREY COUNTY ALL SUMMER LONG AS WE CELEBRATE AMERICA.
IN THE HEART OF VIRGINIA'S HISTORIC BACKYARD, JUST A SHORT FERRY RIDE FROM JAMESTOWN.
EXPLORE THE PAST THROUGH TRACTION, SPANNING OVER THREE CENTURIES, ALL AT THE EDGE OF THE HISTORIC TRIANGLE.
PADDLE, FISH OR UNWIND ALONG THE JAMES RIVER.
AND TAKE IN THE WIDE OPEN SCENIC BEAUTY THAT MAKES SURREY COUNTY FEEL LIKE A TRUE GETAWAY THIS SUMMER.
TRADE THE CROWDS FOR JAR AND GET IN ON THE SECRET, THE SECRET OF SURREY.
SO WE HOPE TO STIMULATE A LOT OF TOURISM THAT SPENDS A LOT OF MONEY IN SURREY COUNTY THIS YEAR.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU, WE HAD A GREAT ATTENDANCE, UH, ON OUR FIRST FRIDAYS ON THE LAWN.
AND IN MAY WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP TOMORROW NIGHT.
UH, JUNE 5TH WILL BE THE, UH, BLACKOUT BAND.
AUGUST 7TH IS GOING TO BE FORTE.
UH, SEPTEMBER 4TH BLACKOUT WILL BE COMING BACK FOR OUR FESTIVAL, UH, UH, OUR LABOR DAY WEEKEND, OCTOBER 2ND, WE'LL HAVE FORTE.
AND I GUESS LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, UH, WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR STARS AND STRIPE FESTIVAL.
THAT WILL BE JULY 3RD AND GATES WILL OPEN AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND THE EVENT WE'LL HAVE A LIVE CONCERT, UH, FESTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS, AND OF COURSE, OUR WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION OF FIREWORKS.
SO, UH, THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO KIND OF SHOW SOME FIREWORKS THERE, BUT, UH, THEY'RE NOT OUR FIREWORKS.
OUR FIREWORKS ARE GONNA BE EVEN BETTER.
THANK YOU MS. CHAPLIN FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT UPDATE.
AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO SHARE THAT, UM, JUST A MINOR CORRECTION, UH, THAT IT WAS DR.
I REMEMBER US SITTING IN A CRATER PDC MEETING AND CHARLES CITY COUNTY WAS BRAGGING ABOUT THEIR TOURISM COMMERCIAL.
SO IT WAS AT THAT TIME, UH, DR.
ELLIOT SAY, MS. ROLLINS, WE NEED TO DO A TOURISM COMMERCIAL.
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THE, THE, THE KUDOS FOR THAT.SO
THANK YOU MS. ROLLINS FOR YOUR REPORT.
[Board Comments & Board Presentations]
ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR BOARD COMMENTS AND BOARD PRESENTATIONS.BEFORE OUR BOARD COMMENTS, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, UH, THIS EVENING AS IF, UM, THE AUDIENCE WILL PLEASE, UH, BE PATIENT WITH US.
UM, THE FIRST PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR VERY OWN MR. ARIA HARRELL, OUR FIRST BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, STUDENT AMBASSADOR.
LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND CONGRATULATIONS.
MS. ARIA IS, UH, NOT ONLY GRADUATED FROM SARA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, BUT SHE ALSO SERVED AS THE VALEDICTORIAN, UH, FOR HER CLASS.
SO LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
NOT TO MENTION, UM, HER OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING VARIOUS CLUBS, UM, SPORTS, I BELIEVE, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, AND SOFTBALL.
AND AGAIN, AND, AND PART OF HER CLUBS YOU SERVED AS PRESIDENT FOR ONE.
IS THAT, I DON'T WANNA MIS UH, MISQUOTE YOU, BUT AM I CORRECT? YES, YES, YES.
SO, JUST, JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE HERE IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT ON HOW WE WANTED TO INVEST IN OUR YOUTH, THIS IS THINGS THAT WE ARE, UH, EXCUSE ME.
THESE ARE STUDENTS, UH, UH, OF INS COUNTY THAT WE ARE PRODUCING RIGHT HERE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO, UH, BETTER COMBAT FOR THE FUTURE THAN EVER.
SO AGAIN, WE WANNA PRESENT TO YOU A PLAQUE AS WELL AS A GIFT BAG.
AND THIS PLAQUE READS, UM, CER CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, EXCUSE ME, PROUDLY PRESENT TO ARIAH HARRELL FOR DEDICATION SERVICES AS THE FIRST STUDENT AMBASSADOR APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE S COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, YOUR UNWAVERING PARTICIPATION, INSIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY, ADVOCACY FOR THE YOUTH, AND THE STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE EXCELLENCE.
AND ALL YOU DO IS EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTED THIS FOURTH DAY OF JUNE, 2026.
AND WE HAVE ALL OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS LISTED BELOW.
SO LET'S GIVE HER A RUN OF APPLAUSE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A GIFT BAG FOR YOU AS WELL, AND SOME FLOWERS.
AND I'M GONNA ASK BOARD MEMBERS, WE CAN GO AND TAKE A, A PHOTO WITH MS UH HARRELL, GET MY STEPS IN.
UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, I GUESS YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BAG AND, UM, GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO, UH, GIVE SOME AM OH BOY, RIGHT.
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A QUICK COMMENT.UH, GOOD, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
UM, IT TRULY HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING AS YOUR STUDENT LIAISON.
BEING IN THIS POSITION AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND HAS HELPED ME PREPARE FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF MY LIFE.
I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FOR ALL THE SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND GIFTS I'VE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL ON THIS, UM, ON THIS LONG JOURNEY.
YET TOGETHER, EACH CONVERSATION LESS THAN AN EXPERIENCE HAS MEANT MORE TO ME THAN WORDS CAN COMPLETELY EXPRESS.
I WILL CARRY THOSE MEMORIES, LESSONS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH ME AS I MOVE FORWARD ONTO THE NEXT STAGE OF MY LIFE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SINCERELY THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND SUPPORTING IN ME, AND HELPING ME GROW INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
YOUR KINDNESS AND GUIDANCE HAVE TRULY, UM, HAS TRULY MADE ME A PERSON, A DIFFERENT PERSON IN MY JOURNEY.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TALK TOO LONG BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA CRY AGAIN.
I THINK I'VE ALREADY CRIED ENOUGH ON GRADUATION.
PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
UM, THE SARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MS. MELISSA D. ROLLINS, WITH A FRAMED SERVICE AWARD FOR HER DILIGENT AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND CITIZENS OF S COUNTY.
I'LL NOW ASK IF MR. HARRISON, PLEASE READ THE FRAMED AWARD AND WE HAVE SOME FLOWERS FOR YOU AS WELL.
CHAIRMAN PIERCE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND EVERYONE ASSEMBLED, RECOGNIZING AND HONORING MELISSA D. ROLLINS FOR HER SERVICE TO THE COUNTY OF SURREY, VIRGINIA.
WHEREAS MELISSA D. ROLLINS HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED SURREY COUNTY WITH DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND INTEGRITY THROUGHOUT HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS MELISSA D. ROLLINS BEGAN HER TENURE WITH THE SUR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, OH, SO I'M SORRY, WITH SUR COUNTY IN 1995, AS THE COUNTY'S FIRST DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, HIRED AS THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN 2017 AND WAS APPOINTED IN 2020 AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTY'S MISSION OF PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES TO ITS CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS DURING HER TIME AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MELISSA D. ROLLINS HAS GUIDED THE COUNTY THROUGH NUMEROUS INITIATIVES THAT HAVE STRENGTHENED LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, ENHANCED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.
AND WHEREAS HER LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN MARKED BY TRANSPARENCY, COLLABORATION, AND DEEP RESPECT FOR THE CITIZENS, EMPLOYEES, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS OF SURY COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS MELISSA D. ROLLINS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVANCING STRATEGIC PLANNING, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY OF PROGRESS AND STABILITY.
AND WHEREAS THE SUR COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WISHES TO EXPRESS ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR HER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND TO RECOGNIZE HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS MELISSA D. ROLLINS WILL RETIRE FROM HER POSITION AS COUNTY ADMIN ADMINISTRATOR, EFFECTIVELY, I'M SORRY, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2026, CONCLUDING A REMARKABLE CAREER OF PUBLIC SERVICE NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT SURRY, THAT THE SURRY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND HONORS MELISSA D. ROLLINS FOR HER EXEMPLARY SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMITMENT TO CITIZENS OF SURY COUNTY.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT GRATITUDE AND BEST WISHES TO MELISSA D. ROLLINS FOR A FULFILLING AND WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT WITH CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS AND ALL FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
ADOPTED THIS FOURTH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BY THE THIRD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UH, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE LISTED AND ATTEST.
DAVID HARRISON, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
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WELL, I HOPE Y'ALL, I'M GOING TO SAY, UM, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF.I HOPE WE HAVE ALL OUR FITBITS TONIGHT 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING OUR STEPS IN
BUT 'CAUSE WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION, MS. ROBBINS.
LASTLY, UM, WE HAVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AWAY TO THE SMITHFIELD S CHAPTER OF THE AKAS FOR PRESENTATION.
UM, LADIES, YOU MAY COME TO THE PODIUM FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN PIERCE.
GOOD EVENING, VICE CHAIR, MR. HARDY, BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL ASSEMBLED AND TO THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS RECOGNITION IS PRESENTED WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION TO HONOR OUR SORORITY SISTER MELISSA ROLLINS, FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND FOR HER FOUR YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AS PRESIDENT OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
WE CELEBRATE YOUR EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS, STEADFAST COMMITMENT, AND THE GRACE AND GENEROSITY WITH WHICH YOU HAVE SERVED OTHERS.
WE ARE DEEPLY PROUD OF ALL YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP IN AND HELP IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE WITH HEARTFELT THANKS AND WARMEST REGARDS.
WE WISH MELISSA ROLLINS A JOYFUL AND WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT.
WE LOVE YOU AND PRESENT YOU WITH A DOZEN PINK ROSES FROM YOUR SISTERS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED BY KAI OMEGA.
OH, I LOVE THE COLOR OF THESE Y'ALL,
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NO, I'M GOOD.THANK YOU LADIES, UH, FOR RO OF AKAS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE NOW WE'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MADAMS, UM, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MELISSA ROLLINS FOR YOUR, UH, COMMENTS AND GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO REFLECT.
UH, YOU KNOW, UM, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING AND I WAS SHARING WITH MY HUSBAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO GET UP THERE JUST TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
AND AS THE DAY PROGRESSED, I WAS LIKE, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PROB JOT SOME THINGS DOWN AND I'M GLAD I DID AND, UM, HAVE TO JOT DOWN A LITTLE BIT EXTRA BECAUSE OF THE UNPLANNED SURPRISES AND WONDERFUL SURPRISES.
BUT, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, I WANNA THANK YOU DELICATE POPE ADAMS FOR THAT WONDERFUL SURPRISE, UM, TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THAT MANNER.
UM, IT'S TRULY APPRECIATED AND IS DEEPLY HUMBLING.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED AND I DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, UM, THE TIME THAT IT TOOK TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
IT WILL EVER, EVER BE REMEMBERED.
I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE LADIES OF PHI K OMEGA, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
UH, MY SISTERS, THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND FOR SUPPORTING ME.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE DO A LOT WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A COMMUNITY TO PARTNER, UM, FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, FOR 25 YEARS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS WE RECENTLY CELEBRATED OUR SILVER ANNIVERSARY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WONDERFUL WORDS AND FOR THE ROSES AND FOR JUST BEING HERE.
IT MEANS, MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION ON TONIGHT.
AS I REFLECT MY 31 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 24 OF THOSE YEARS BEING IN MY HOMETOWN, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE.
UM, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR KEEPING ME SAFE.
UM, MR. ELLISON IS NOT HERE, BUT I WANTED TO TELL HIM I'M NOT GONNA MISS DRIVING FOUR 60
UM, AND I DO, UM, REALLY JUST WANT TO GIVE HONOR WHAT HONOR DUE JUST FOR KEEPING ME SAFE DURING THE MINUTE TRAVELS, UM, THAT I HAD TO ENDURE OVER THE LAST PAST 24 YEARS, 31 YEARS IN MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
UM, EVEN THOUGH TONIGHT, UM, MARKS THE, UM, NEAR END OF MY TENURE AS ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION, AS ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR, PARDON ME, IT DOES NOT MARK THE END OF MY APPRECIATION FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY SO MEANINGFUL.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE DECADES, I AM REMINDED THAT NONE OF THEM BELONG TO ANY ONE PERSON.
THEY BELONG TO A TEAM, THEY BELONG TO THE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES AND IMPACTFUL ELECTED LEADERS LIKE EACH OF YOU WHO SHARED A VISION FOR MAKING SURRY COUNTY STRONGER.
THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNIZED TONIGHT HAVE HELPED POSITION SURRY COUNTY AS A MODEL RURAL COMMUNITY AND A PLACE WHERE PROGRESS AND TRADITION CAN WORK HAND IN HAND.
ONE OF THE GREATEST LESSONS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN LEADERSHIP IS THAT SUCCESS IS BUILT ON RELATIONSHIPS.
THESE RELATIONSHIPS FORM OVER THE YEARS WITH THE EMPLOYEES, WITH CITIZENS, WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN AMONG THE MOST REWARDING PARTS OF MY CAREER.
THEY HAVE REINFORCED THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING ON THE WE RATHER THAN THE ME AND RECOGNIZING THAT OUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS COME WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER TO TOWARD COMMON PURPOSE.
BEFORE I CLOSE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. HARRISON ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
MR. HARRISON, YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND YEARS OF SERVICE HAVE MORE THAN PREPARED YOU FOR THE ROLE.
COME JULY ONE, HAVING SERVED AS AN INTERIM BOARD MEMBER, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, PLAINTIFF DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, YOU BRING A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND LEADERSHIP TO THIS POSITION.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT, YOUR TRUSTED GUIDANCE, AND THE RESPECTFUL PRO PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE SHARED TOGETHER.
TOGETHER WE HAVE NAVIGATED CHALLENGES, SEIZED OPPORTUNITIES, AND HAVE REMAINED COMMITTED TO MOVING S COUNTY FORWARD.
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AND I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE AND THAT THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE UNDERNEATH YOUR LEADERSHIP.I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. BROWN.
HIS LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAVE HELPED MOVE SURY COUNTY FORWARD, BOTH OPERATIONALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY.
MORE IMPORTANT, HE LEADS BY EXAMPLE.
HIS PROFESSIONALISM, VISION, AND WORK ETHIC HAVE STRENGTHENED THIS ORGANIZATION, AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR HIS SUPPORT, HIS LEADERSHIP, AND HIS FRIENDSHIP.
I'LL ALSO ELECT TO RECOGNIZE KEITH'S MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS ORGANIZATION, MR. RAY PHELPS.
WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.
UM, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THIS POSITION, UM, THREE MONTHS LATER, WE WENT THROUGH COVID AND THAT GAVE MR. PHELPS AND I THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT FORTUNATELY I CAN SAY AT THE SAME TIME, TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND I CAN SAY THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAY THAT WE SAVED SOME LIVES AND THAT WE MANAGED WELL THROUGH COVID.
SO THANK YOU, RAY, FOR ADVANCING CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LICENSING OF THE SARA COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND FOR THE IMPACT THAT HAS MADE ON OUR COMMUNITY.
I DON'T SEE HIM TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE MR. DERRICK MOORE, THE DIRECTOR OF SANITATION, WHO HAS TRANSFORMED OUR CONVENIENCE CENTERS INTO A PLACE OUR CITIZENS CAN BE PROUD OF WHILE ELEVATING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT HIS DEPARTMENT.
AND I CAN SAY THAT I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM MR. MOORE, AND HE HAS TAUGHT ME A THING OR TWO ABOUT LEADERSHIP, AND I APPRECIATE HIM SO MUCH.
UM, I DON'T SEE OUR BILLING OFFICIAL HERE TONIGHT, BUT AS YOU ALL HEARD BEFORE, UM, MR. WESTHEIMER AND HIS TEAM, UM, WON THE COUNTY'S FIRST SHARED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT DEPARTMENT IS A MODEL DEPARTMENT FOR OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE TRENDSETTERS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL THE HISTORY REPORTS, THEY GET A 100 EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO I WANT TO THANK MATT AND HIS TEAM FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES IN THIS COUNTY.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT HERE.
BUT MR. WADE, I DIRECT THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
HE BRINGS AN UNWAVERING PASSION AND GENUINE COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURRY COUNTY A BETTER PLACE.
AND I HAVE ENJOYED MY TENURE HERE.
AND WORKING WITH MR. WADE, MS. BENET CHAPLIN HAS CONSISTENTLY MET EVERY CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY WITH PROFESSIONALISM, DETERMINATION, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO MOVING SUR COUNTY FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SAYING YES.
SOMETIMES WHEN I WANTED YOU TO SAY NO, YOU SAY YES, YES AND YES OVER AGAIN AND OVER AGAIN.
I'LL ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, MS. PERKINS, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST AND SHE HAS BEEN VOTED THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR LEGAL SERVICES.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. MELISSA HARVEY, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR SRA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR HER COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO COUNTYWIDE SUCCESS FOR HER.
IT IS NEVER ABOUT THE ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WE.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER EMPLOYEES HERE TONIGHT, UM, AND I CAN'T NAME ALL OF YOU, BUT DO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON SRA COUNTY.
I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.
I SEE THAT SHERIFF TURNER IS HERE ON TONIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE MANY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE DONE UNDERNEATH THIS ADMINISTRATION.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR OUR SANITATION STAFF, OUR MAINTENANCE WORKERS, OUR PLANNERS, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS, OUR YOUTH ADVOCATES, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, AND ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO WORK TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
MANY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS COUNTY AND THEIR DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, RESILIENCE, AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING OTHERS HAVE MADE EVERY SINGLE ACCOMPLISHMENT POSSIBLE.
SIMPLY PUT, EACH AND EVERY EMPLOYEE IS THE HEART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
AND I HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED TO WORK ALONGSIDE ALL OF THEM.
AS I LEAVE THIS ROLE, I DO NOT.
SO KNOWING THAT SRA COUNTY IS INCAPABLE HANDS, AS I STATED THAT THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THE EMPLOYEES WHO SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH A SERVANT HEART AND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, I WILL ALWAYS, UM, THANK YOU.
I WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS AS I CAN STAY.
THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE FOR SYRA COUNTY.
I'LL BE FOREVER PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER.
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I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.MR. ROLLINS, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING MY STEADY VOICE, MY SOUNDING BOARD, MY SOURCE OF STRENGTH THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES, THE CHALLENGING TIMES, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
YOUR LOVE, PATIENCE, AND SUPPORT HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY POSSIBLE, AND I PROMISE YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN CEREAL AND PEANUT BUN AND JELLY.
I GREW UP HERE AND WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.
I HOPE I LEFT IT BETTER THAN WHAT I FOUND IT.
I LEAVE WITH A HEART FEEL OF A HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE, PRIDE IN WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER, AND CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TRUST AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS S COUNTY.
I CAN SAY THAT THIS BOARD, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY PUSHY IN A GOOD WAY, UH, IN A GOOD WAY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOUR SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION, IT MEANS SO MUCH, NOT JUST TO ME, BUT I KNOW I CAN SAY THAT FOR MR. HARRISON AND FOR MR. BROWN AND FOR OUR LEADERSHIPS, THOSE I JUST NAME.
UM, IT TAKES A LOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TRUST IN, UM, YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TEAM.
AND I CAN SAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT.
I CAN SEE THAT YOU HAVE A SELFLESS PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE S COUNTY THE BEST IT CAN BE.
AND IT HAS BEEN MY OUTSTANDING PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU.
UM, MR. STEWART, BACK FULL CIRCLE.
I KNOW THAT YOU WERE, UH, PART OF THE TEAM YEARS AGO WHEN WE SERVED TOGETHER, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK, SIR.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR EVERY SINGLE THING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS SURY COUNTY IS LEADERS, AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO CALL IT HOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND PRESENTATIONS TO, UM, HONOR, UM, THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF MISS AND THE CAREER OF MISS MELISSA ROLLS.
AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE, AND, AND AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE DAYS TOGETHER.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE GOING TO KEEP IT, KEEP IT GOING.
BUT AGAIN, UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS VERY, VERY WELL APPRECIATED AND RESPECTED.
AND, UM, AND I I'M GONNA SAVE SOME OF MINE FOR MY COMMENT.
AND THAT LEAD, UH, A NICE SEGUE TO GO AHEAD INTO OUR BOARD COMMENTS.
UH, SO THIS EVENING, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, MR. SEWARD, SINCE YOU, SINCE YOU BACK, UH, LET YOU, UH, GO FIRST AS FAR AS YOUR BOARD COMMENTS, SIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. SEWARD.
UH, MR. DREW, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, I'LL BE SOMEWHAT BRIEF, BUT, UM, I'LL START WITH, UM, JUST SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING AGAIN THIS YEAR.
IT WILL BE ON JUNE THE 20TH AT, RIGHT HERE AT THE PAVILION, UM, FROM 2:00 PM TO 7:00 PM SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME OUT.
IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME OUT THERE.
UM, UNITED CENTER POWER ALWAYS DOES A GREAT, UH, JOB PUTTING THIS ON THIS EVENT.
SO JUST, I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL OUT THERE.
UM, SECOND ON JUNE 13TH, THE TOWN OF DRON WILL BE HOSTING ITS A HUNDRED 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, STARTING AT 10:00 AM THE PARADE WILL BE AT 10:00 AM AND THEN, UM, AFTER THAT, MORE FESTIVITIES, FOODS, VENDORS, UH, SPEAKERS WILL ALL BE OUT THERE.
I ALSO HAVE TO, ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, THANK, UM, MS. GOLDSTON FOR ALL YOU DO, UH, WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR TRYING TO, UM, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, IT, IT GOES AND SAYS A LOT, UM, ABOUT WHAT YOU INTENDING TO DO FOR OUR COUNTY.
I ALSO HAVE TO THANK OUR, OUR STAFF, UM, MS. ROLLS, MR. BROWN WHO, UM, UH, MS. ROLLS WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO, TO, TO GET THE M SYSTEM RUNNING.
AND ULTIMATELY, UM, YOUR, YOUR HARD EFFORTS AND WORK WAS REWARDED WITH THAT VACO ACHIEVEMENT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THAT.
I ALSO HAVE TO THANK, UM, THE MADAM DELEGATE.
UH, YOU'RE STILL HERE, RIGHT?
UM, I THINK THIS MAY BE A FIRST, UM, UM, FOR, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I KNOW, UM, A DELEGATE COMING OUT AND, AND PRESENTING, UM, BEFORE THE BOARD.
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APPRECIATE IT.WE KNOW YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE.
YOU PROBABLY WANT TO BE AT HOME, KICK BACK, RELAXING BY NOW, BUT YOU'RE HERE.
I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK HARRELL.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY, MY MENTEE RIGHT HERE.
I'M PROUD OF, UH, AND JUST SEEING HOW MUCH YOU'VE GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS.
YOU, YOU HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER AND I HOPE MAYBE WHEN YOU TURN 19, YOU'LL BE SENDING, SENDING MY SEAT TOO.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, IS TO OUR AMAZING, WONDERFUL, PHENOMENAL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MS. ROLLINS.
UM, I HAVE TO SHARE A REALLY QUICK STORY.
YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN I, MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, I DID STUDENT GOVERNMENT FOR A DAY AND I KNEW I WANTED TO BE A LEADER WITHIN MY COUNTY.
UM, I, I WORKED THROUGH MY LOCALITY WITHIN MY COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WASN'T SURE WHERE, WHERE I WANTED TO START.
SO I SPOKE TO MY TEACHER, I WAS LIKE, HE WAS LIKE, WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD START WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
SO I KNEW WHO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WAS BECAUSE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS ALSO A FAMILY TO ME.
UM, SO I, I WAS LIKE, LET ME PUT MY NAME IN THE HAT, AND WITH STUDENT GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE TO RUN AN ELECTION AND PUT YOUR, DO A SPEECH.
SO I WON AND I CAME OUT AND I WAS SHADOWING MS. ROLLINS FOR THE DAY.
I DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH SHE DID.
UM, AND SHE, AND EVER SINCE THEN, SHE'S BEEN POUR INTO ME AND PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IN THIS POSITION.
AND IT ALSO GOES TO SHOW THAT WHEN, WHEN I'M AT OTHER PLACES AND OTHER ROOMS AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT YOU SAYING, YEAH, WE, WE TRIED TO GET HER FOR OUR COUNTY, BUT SHE STUCK WITH SUR OR, OR I WISH WE HAD HER.
IT TRULY SHOWS HOW IMPACTFUL, HOW INSPIRING YOU ARE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
UM, IT'S A BITTERSWEET MOMENT, BUT I KNOW YOU WOULD DO SUCH AMAZING THINGS, UM, AS YOU RETIRE AND YOU TRULY DESERVE IT.
SO, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S THE END OF MY BOARD COMMENTS.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MRS. ROLLINS FOR HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
YOU HEARD HER MAKE A LITTLE FULL PARTY NIGHT WHEN SHE CALLED ME CHAIRMAN ELLIOT.
AND THAT'S TO BE UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE OUT OF THE FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE HAVE SERVED FOUR OF THOSE YEARS, I SERVED AS CHAIRMAN, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER OVER THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, I KNOW THE HARD WORK AND THE LABOR SHE PUT IN BECAUSE OF THE LOVE THAT SHE HAS FOR SURY COUNTY, THE LATE NIGHT HOURS THAT SHE PUT IN THE EARLY MORNINGS, ESPECIALLY DURING BUDGET TIME.
THIS WOMAN HAS REALLY DEDICATED HERSELF TO S COUNTY A LOT OF TIMES.
UH, EVERYBODY NOT MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, BUT SHE HUNG RIGHT IN THERE AND SHE HELD HER GROUND BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE BELIEVED WAS BEST FOR S COUNTY AT THE TIME.
SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK HER FOR HER INTEGRITY AND HER VERACITY AND THE WAY IN WHICH SHE HANDLED THE JOB AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OF SIRI.
NOT ONLY DO I WANT TO THANK HER, BUT I JUST BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE NO, UH, MS. ROLLINS IF IT WASN'T FOR A MAN NAMED TED ROLLINS.
SO I THANK YOU, SIR, FOR LOANING YOUR WIFE TO SIRI COUNTY FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS.
AND HOPEFULLY, JUST LIKE SHE SAID, SHE DON'T DO IT.
SHE DON'T, I, I'VE BEEN KNOWING HER FOR YEARS.
SHE DON'T FIX YOU SOME EGGS AND BACON.
YOU CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW, SIR, IS OUT THE WINDOW RIGHT NOW.
BUT, BUT, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, MR. ROLLINS, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO SURY COUNTY, THE COUNTY THAT YOU LOVE, AND THE COUNTY THAT LOVES YOU BACK.
NOW, UH, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, LET THE CITIZENS KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SERVE ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THERE ARE MANY OTHER BOARDS IN WHICH YOU SERVE ON.
YOU HEARD ME STATE TONIGHT THAT I ALSO SERVE ON THE CCRA CREATIVE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN RECENTLY SELECTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
AND MS. ELIZA DREW COUNTY RESIDENT, SHE SERVES AS THE CLERK OF THAT BOARD.
AND THE COUNTY NEEDS TO KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO HELP A FAMILY THAT HAD BECAME, BECOME HOMELESS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOOD, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO, BUT THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM SOME HOUSING AND SOME FOOD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES, THE CITIZENS OF SURRY COUNTY, WE ARE LEFT OUT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT IS MY GOAL TO MAKE SURRY COUNTY AWARE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM WHILE ALL THE, ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THEY'RE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
SO THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, NOT ONLY DO THEY SPONSOR HEAD START, WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW ABOUT HEAD START, BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE RE UN UNRESTRICTED
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FUNDS THAT CAN GIVE HOUSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING FOR CITIZENS WHO STAND IN NEED.SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT STANDS IN NEED OF THOSE THINGS OF THAT NATURE, REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE ARE NOT, NOT MADE AWARE OF, BUT I, I LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT, UH, S COUNTY NEED TO RECEIVE SOME OF THESE FUNDS TOO.
AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FOR A FAMILY TODAY, AND HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR MANY MORE FAMILIES IN THE COUNTY AND, UH, CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE BOARD AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK FOR SURY COUNTY.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT, UH, HELPING ONE ANOTHER.
WE CAN'T HELP EACH OTHER, THEN OUR LIVING IS IN VAIN.
AND I'LL JUST CLOSE OUT BY SAYING, MS. ROLLINS, CONGRATULATIONS, JOB WELL DONE.
I'LL BE BRIEF 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN LONG AND THEY'RE LEAVING.
SO I WAS ABOUT TO RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR OUR FRIENDS FROM CHIP FOLKS COMING OUT TONIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S A BUSY SEASON FOR YOU ALL AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL GET DOWN AND ENJOY THE, UH, THE NICE SCENERY DOWN THERE AND, UH, TAKE, YOU KNOW, PLEASURE AND ATTENDING DOWN THERE.
UH, MS. MRS. GO, BUT I JUST WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE HER AGAIN.
I WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT GETTING, GETTING THE RESOLUTION IS EASY.
NOW, GETTING TO 90 MIGHT NOT BE AS EASY.
HOWEVER, AS SHE SAID, IF YOU PUT PUTTING HARD WORK AND FAITH IN GOD, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
SO, UH, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S, UH, WORTHY OF AN AWARD OF, UH, 90 YEARS, PLEASE, UH, LET YOUR, UM, DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE KNOW SO WE CAN DEFINITELY AWARD THEM, UM, AND, UM, GIVE THEM THEIR ACCOLADES WHILE THEY'RE HERE WITH US.
SO, ALL RIGHT, UH, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS ZARIA.
I KNOW YOU'LL GO OFF AND DO GREAT THINGS, UH, ON AN ODU.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU COME BACK LIKE, LIKE, SORT OF LIKE MS. PIERCE, DID I MS. SHANNON PIERCE? AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO, UH, PRESENT CHECKS TO, UH, THE COUNTY THAT YOU'RE FROM,
UM, THANKS AGAIN, UH, DELEGATE POPE ADAMS FOR COMING OUT AND, UH, PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
AND I'M SO GLAD YOU WERE HERE WHEN MR. ELLINGTON WAS TALKING.
SO YOU HAVE A HEADS UP ON, ON, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING THAT WE MAY NEED DOWN THE ROAD.
WHAT, WHAT A WHAT A COINCIDENCE.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING OUT.
UM, THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
OH, MS. ROLLINS
A LOT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, AS, AS FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, BEING, IT IS NOTHING LIKE BEING A NATIVE OF AN AREA AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SERVE AND, AND, AND TRY TO IMPROVE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS BETTER THAN THE WAY YOU FOUND IT.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, JUST MAY NOT HAVE THE, THE WHEREWITHAL TO EXPERIENCE NO KNOCK FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS SERVE.
WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT THING.
BUT JUST BEING FROM HERE, KNOWING WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK FROM SORRY, COUNTY TO ONE OF THE GREATEST COUNTIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
SO, UH, PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND, UM, THIS COUNTY WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE.
'CAUSE WE STILL GOT YOUR NUMBER
YOU MIGHT TURN IN YOUR COUNTY PHONE, BUT WE GOT YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER TOO, SO, SO, SO MR. ROTH, IF WE CALL HIM A COUPLE MORE TIMES, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST BEAR WITH US.
BUT THANKS A LOT, UM, GREAT MEETING, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, THANKS A LOT FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND, UM, I KNOW YOU LOOK FORWARD TO RETIREMENT AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
THANKS FOR THE ADVICE CHAIR, HARDY.
WELL, I'M NOT GONNA HOLD IT UP US ANY LONGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE TO.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I ALWAYS WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
I WANNA THANK FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING FROM THE COMFORTS OF THEIR HOME, WHEREVER IT MAY BE, UH, VIRTUALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.
UM, TONIGHT HAS BEEN A VERY EVENTFUL NIGHT.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS AND A LOT OF ACCOLADES, BUT IT JUST SHOWS THE HOW, HOW SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE TO CELEBRATE THE GOOD THINGS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS OUT HERE THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON, A LOT OF NEGATIVITY.
BUT HEARING ALL OF THE, FROM THE VACO ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, FROM HONORING OUR STAFF, UH, LIEUTENANT, UH, COMER AND MR. DREW ON YOUR GRADUATION FROM, UM, UM, COLLEGE, UM, THOSE ARE HUGE ACCOLADES THAT WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, UNDERMINE.
UM, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, THANK, UM, CONGRATULATE, EXCUSE ME, MRS. ARIA, FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
UM, MISS ALL THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT, BUT ESPECIALLY, UM, MS. PIERCE WITH, UM, THINKING ABOUT SIR, YOU KNOW, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A, A TESTAMENT OF, OF THE TYPE OF QUALITY OF CITIZENS, SHERRY PRODUCE.
UM, A LOT OF THAT EVIDENCE OF WHAT YOU SEE AT THIS TABLE.
NOT ONLY THAT, FROM THE PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE HEARD TONIGHT, TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE INSIDE OF, OF PLACES THAT SARAH'S NAME HAVEN'T BEEN MENTIONED, THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO SPEAK OF AND THINK OF US IS, IS EXTREMELY EXTRAORDINARY, A HUMBLING AND, AND EXTREMELY HONORED TO, TO HAVE THAT, UM, TO HEAR HOW WE ARE MS. MS. GOSEN AND, UH, MR. UH, JEAN,
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UH, ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO FORM THAT PIPELINE TO, UM, UM, PRODUCE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS RIGHT HERE IN OUR SARA COUNTY TO, UH, HAVE LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS JOBS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UH, AGAIN, A TRUE TESTAMENT OF HOW S COUNTY WORKS.SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, MISS, MS. ROLLINS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS, IS UNWAVERING.
UM, MY FIRST, UH, MEMORY OF YOU, I WAS, UH, OUTTA COLLEGE, WORKING HERE IN THE COUNTY, UH, WAS, UH, ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE SANITATION, UM, DUMPING TRASH AND WORKING, YEAH,
YEAH, I WORKED, WORK, WORKED WITH MR. UM, MR. UM, CHARITY.
SO, UH, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WORK.
I REMEMBER MR. ROLLINS, UH, JUST COMING IN.
I BELIEVE WE WERE COMING FROM FRANKLIN.
UM, YEAH, YEAH, I REMEMBER TWO
BUT I REMEMBER OUR FIRST, UM, CONVERSATION AND I JUST ADMIRED A WOMAN WITH SO MUCH LEADERSHIP AND BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE YOUR WORDS.
I, THOSE, SOME OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER AT A YOUNG AGE.
BUT FAST FORWARD, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WE'LL BE WORKING SO CLOSELY TOGETHER.
AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU AS FAR HOW TO, UH, CARRY MYSELF AS A LEADER.
HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU GO TO PUBLIC, MAKE SURE YOU GOT ALL YOUR INFORMATION, KIND OF GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW.
AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FEW DAYS LEFT TOGETHER, SO, SO I MIGHT BE PICKING YOUR BRAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I HAVE BEFORE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRULY HUMBLING AND HONORED JUST TO SEE A SIR CARRYING RESIDENT TO DO AS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO BE HONORED NOT ONLY FROM YOUR LOCAL LOCALITY, BUT EVEN ON THE STATE LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, THAT JUST SHOWS THAT YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND DEDICATION.
SO CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK HARD.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER, UH, MR. TERRY, WE REALLY AGAIN APPRECIATE YOU FOR SHARING MS. ROLLINS WITH US AND HOPE YOU GUYS WILL HAVE PLANS AND, AND SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER.
BUT WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR US,
ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO HELP YOU OUT, JUST PLEASE LET US KNOW.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE DO HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.
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WE HAVE TWO REPORTS.WE HAVE OUR FOUR YEAR REQUEST SUMMARY FOR MAY, 2026.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR S COUNTY BUILDINGS OFFICIALS OFFICE MONTHLY REPORT BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 2026 S COUNTY INSPECTION, PERFORMANCE BY DISTRICT AND PASS FAILURE RATE FOR MAY, 2026.
UH, THAT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
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TOO, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE HAVE THE LGIP INVESTMENT LETTER FOR APRIL, 2026.WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, BOARD MEMBERS, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
I WILL NOW ASK IF THERE IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION TO BE, UM, HANDLED.
I WILL NOW ASK FOR OUR ADJOURNMENT TO OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING.
FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR JULY THE, EXCUSE ME, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT IT'S JULY THE SEVENTH.
UH, I NOW ASK FOR ADJOURNMENT.
A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT TO OUR JULY 2ND MEETING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SUPERVISOR ELLIOT, SECOND BY MR. DREW THAT WE ADJOURN UNTIL OUR JULY 2ND MEETING.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAID.