* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order / Moment of Silence / Pledge of Allegiance/ Agenda Adoption ] [00:00:03] I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL BISHOP SPENCER LOGAN OF HOPE CHAPEL DELIVERANCE CENTER OF SARA, VIRGINIA TO DELIVER OUR INVOCATION. WOULD YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM TO THE HONORABLE CHAIR, TO ALL THE HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF? LET US PRAY. FATHER GOD, IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE COME AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SAVING GRACE. OH GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'LL RESTORED UPON US. AND LORD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TO THIS PRESENT HOUR. OH GOD, LORD GOD, WE ASKING YOU AS WE GO FORTH IN THE BUSINESS OF THIS COUNTY, LORD GOD, WE ASKING YOU LORD JESUS, TO ORDER OUR FOOTSTEPS. GUIDE US OH GOD, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. OH GOD, MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUR PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF JESUS, LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU AND WE BLESS YOU RIGHT NOW. AND LORD GOD, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS YOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY TESTS AND TRIALS AND CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THIS DAY, LORD GOD, THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT THEM THIS FAR AND YOU HAVE KEPT 'EM WITH A PEACE OF MIND. LORD, CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR PEOPLE. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PASTOR LOGAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRAYER. I NOW CALL THE OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TO ORDER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER IN OUR MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE SILENCE OR VIBRATE YOUR PHONES. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. BOARD MEMBERS. NEXT WE HAVE OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE. I'D LIKE TO ASK IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. I'LL NOW ASK IF WE COULD PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY JUSTICE. ALL THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR AGENDA, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? SEEING NONE, I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. MR. CHAIR. MR. SE, MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THEM, BUT TO REMOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT MINUTES OF JANUARY 12TH. JUST BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT. I DON'T, DON'T THINK I SHOULD VOTE ON IT. UM, BUT ADOPT THE, UM, AGENDA WITH THAT CAVEAT. THANK, REMOVE THAT TO VOTE ON NEXT. I GUESS I, I UNDERSTAND MR. SE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND ON DO, UH, MR. SUE'S MOTION? MR. CHAIR? MR. ELLIOT, JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY, IS MR. SEWARD ASKING THAT IT BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA OR REMOVED FROM CONSENT? MR. SEWARD? I, WELL, I GUESS YOU'D SAY IT'S TO REMOVE IT FROM CONSENT ITEMS. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, SUPERVISOR ELLIOT, UH, SUPERVISOR STEWART JUST, UH, MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA, BUT ON THE CAVEAT OF REMOVING THE APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES OF JANUARY 12TH, 2026, MR. CHAIR, SECOND A MOTION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? HEARING NONE. WE NOW VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF SAID MOTION SIGNIFY YOU VOTE BY SAYING AN AYE AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED AS HAVE IT. THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED ON THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS. NOW I ASK INTERIM CH, INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HART. UH, HARRISON, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CALL. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO THEN ADOPT FOR Y'ALL TO VOTE TO ADOPT THAT? WE GONNA GET THAT TO THE CONSENT. I GOT YOU. YES, SIR. ROLL CALL. VOTE SUPERVISOR. HARDY SUPERVISOR. DREW, I APOLOGIZE. PRESENT SUPERVISOR HARDY. PRESENT. CHAIRMAN PIERCE. PRESENT. UH, SUPERVISOR ELLIOT. PRESENT. SUPERVISOR SEWARD. I'M ABSTAINING. OH, I'M SO SORRY. PRESIDENT. ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. OH MY PRESENT. ALRIGHT. I'M PRESENT. , YOU ARE PRESENT. ? I'M HERE. ALRIGHT. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. HARRISON? YES, SIR. NOW? YES. SO, MR. SEWARD? YES. FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS, BOARD [Consent Items] MEMBERS, UH, IF YOU RECALL FROM THE MOTION THAT MR. SEWARD MADE EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON CONSENT ITEM NUMBER ONE SEPARATELY. UH, THAT IS [00:05:01] THE APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES JANUARY 12TH, 2026. HOWEVER, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE, UH, CONSENT ITEMS, WE WILL VOTE ON THOSE ALTOGETHER, UM, AS ONE. UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE SIX CONSENT ITEMS THIS EVENING. ONE, UH, BEING THE APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FROM JANUARY 12TH, 2026. TWO, THE APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES AUGUST 25TH, 2026. NUMBER THREE, THE RESOLUTION OF MS. DOHA RUFFIN NEWBIE. EIGHT, REACHING THE AGE OF 90. NUMBER FOUR, THE RESOLUTION OF BISHOP LEWIS. A ALLEN REACHING THE AGE OF 90, AS WELL AS NUM RE RESO, EXCUSE ME, CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RESOLUTION FOR MRS. ROSALYN ELLIOT REACHING THE AGE OF 90 CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER, UH, SIX, WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AMENDMENT. THAT BEING SET. I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. CHAIR. MR. ELLIOT, I MOVE THAT, UH, WE WOULD APPROVE THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM JANUARY 12TH, 2026. THERE'S A MOTION TO FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVE OF DRAFT MINUTES FROM JANUARY 12TH, 2026. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? SEEING NOW, WE'RE NOW VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVE OF DRAFT MINUTES. JANUARY 12TH, 2026. SIGNIFY YOUR VOTE BY SAYING AYE. A. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED AS HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES NOW. BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE RE CONSENT ITEMS NUMBER TWO THROUGH SIX. SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. HAS IT BEEN APPROVED AND PROPERLY? SECOND, THAT WE APPRO APPROVE. CONSIDER ITEMS TWO THROUGH SIX. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? SAYING NONE WILL NOW VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF SAID MOTION. SIGNIFY YOUR VOTE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED AYES HAVE IT MOTION PASSES. NOW IT IS TRADITION THAT, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR EIGHT, OUR CITIZENS HERE REACHING THE AGE OF 90 THAT WE READ THEIR RESOLUTIONS, UH, WOULD BOARD MEMBERS BE OPPOSED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THAT, UH, TRADITION ON THIS EVENING? NO. MR. CHAIR, WE WOULD INSIST THAT WE DO. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL START OFF WITH, UM, RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, UH, WITH BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN, UH, REACHING THE AGE OF 90. IS UH, HE AND HIS FAMILY P DOES HE? OKAY, GREAT. ALRIGHT. UM, HE'S A PRETTY LENGTHY, LEMME GET A SQUI AWARD REAL QUICK. . ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS TO YOU, THE REGIONAL, EXCUSE ME, REGINALD O HARRISON, SENIOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECOGNITION OF BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN REACHING FOR REACHING THE AGE OF 90, WHEREAS BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN, A RESIDENT OF THE LEY DISTRICT OF SRE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, OBTAINED THE AGE 19 YEARS ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2026. AND WHEREAS BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN WAS BORN IN CHEMIST VIEW, WEST VIRGINIA, HE WAS ONE OF THREE CHILDREN BORN TO AUTHOR AND MARY ALLEN. MR. ALLEN ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MARTINSVILLE, MAR, EXCUSE ME, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. AFTER GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. HE WAS MARRIED TO LATE GLORIA JEAN HASKET ALLEN FOR OVER 30 YEARS. TOGETHER THEY HAD THREE SONS AND FIVE DAUGHTERS, ALONG WITH 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. AND WHEREAS BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN PRIOR TO BEING CALLED INTO MINISTRY, SERVED AS A DEACON CHAIRMAN OF THE DEACON BOARD TRUSTEE VISITATION COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN BUILDING AND GROUNDS CHAIRMAN, AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND THE TRAINING UNION. BISHOP ALLEN WAS CALLED TO THE MINISTRY IN 1970 WHILE SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN ENGLAND. HE WAS LICENSED AS A MINISTER IN 1972 AND ORDAINED IN 1974. HE WAS SERVED. HE ALSO SERVED UNDER THE PASTORATE OF DR. RICHARD LISK. DURING THIS TIME, HE PREACHED ON A CIRCUIT OF 21 BRITISH CHURCHES AND ALSO SERVES AS THE HOME CHURCH MINISTER IN THE ABSENCE OF PASTOR OF THE PASTOR. AND WHERE IS BISHOP LEWIS? A ALLEN WAS CALLED TO PASTOR POCAHONTAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON MAY 18TH, 1985. THE NAME OF THE CHURCH WAS LATER CHANGED TO POCA POCAHONTAS TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH. BISHOP ALLEN HAS RETIRED AS THE PASTOR OF POCAHONTAS TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH AND NOW SERVED AS OVERSEER. WHEREAS BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDING BEING ORDAINED AND CONSECRATED AS BISHOP, HE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE MIN MINISTERIAL, EXCUSE ME, ALLIANCE, AND CONTINUES TO SERVE AS THE PASTOR OF POCAHONTAS TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH IN WAKEFIELD, VIRGINIA. BEYOND HIS WORK IN THE CHURCH, BISHOP ALLEN [00:10:01] HAS CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PLANNING FOR THE NEW VFW IN THE LOCAL AREA, AND REMAINS DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE LEADERSHIP AND FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND WAS HONORED BY THE MUSEUM RAYMER MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL OF JUNE OF 2026. WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF S COUNTY WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THE MILESTONE AND BISHOP ALLEN'S LIFE AND THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS MADE TO MAKING S COUNTY A PLA A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL ITS CITIZENS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SRE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY EXTENDS HIS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO BI BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN FOR HIS ENDEAVORS, AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY, AND RECOGNIZES BISHOP ALLEN FOR HAVING REACHED THE 90TH YEAR OF LI OF HIS LIFE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE ORIGINAL OF THIS BE DELIVERED FOR FORWARD TO BISHOP LEWIS, A ALLEN, AND THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE RECORDS OF THE SHERRY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED THIS FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2026, SIGNED BY DAVID HARRISON, INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. LET'S GIVE BISHOP ALLEN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IT, RIGHT? LIKE TO SAY A WORD, SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I THANK YOU TO SURY COUNTY, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL MY CHURCH. EXCELLENT. AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY CHURCH CLERK AS GROUND . THANK YOU FOR THAT, BISHOP. NEXT WE HAVE MS. ROSALYN ELLIOT. I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF PRESENTING THE REGINALD O HARRISON SENIOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND RECOGNITION OF MS. ROSLIN W ELLIOT FOR REACHING THE AGE OF THIS SAYS 90, BUT SHE'S 91, 91 YEARS OLD. THE RESOLUTION READS, WHEREAS MS. ROSALYN W ELLIOTT IS A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF SY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND A REGISTERED VOTER IN THE CAUSLEY DISTRICT, ATTAINING THE AGE OF 91 YEARS OF AGE ON APRIL THE THIRD, 2026. AND WHEREAS MS. ROSLYN W ELLIOT WIFE OF JOHN E ELLIOT, DECEASED MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN, MICHAEL E ELLIOT AND FELICIA ELLIOT, ONE DAUGHTER IN LOVE, VETE BEARD ELLIOT, ONE SON IN LOVE, EMIL BROWN AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN, MEGAN BROWN, MADISON BROWN, AND PAUL ELLIOT. AND WHEREAS MS. ROSLYN W ELLIOTT RECEIVED HER FORMAL EDUCATION IN S PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADUATING IN 1953 FROM LUTHER PORTER JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL IN DENVER. AND VIRGINIA EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FROM NORFOLK STATE COLLEGE, NOW NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY. AND WHEREAS ROSLYN W ELLIOT SERVED AS A BUS DRIVER AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WITH SY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND LATER BECAME A TEACHER RETIRING AT THE 31 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND WHEREAS MS. W ELLIOT, A CANCER SURVIVOR AND MEMBER OF SWANS POINT BAPTIST CHURCH, SPRING GROVE, VIRGINIA, WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS CHOIR MEMBER, CHAIRPERSON OF THE MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT, AND A TEACHER OF THE ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. AND WHEREAS ROSLYN W ELLIOT HOLDS MEMBERSHIP WITH THE NAACP MARTHA DECK, J WATSON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP, THE SURY COUNTY VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND THE RETIRED TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION OF SURY COUNTY. AND WHEREAS MS. ROSALYN W ELLIOT LOVES GOING TO CHURCH, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WATCHING TELEVISION [00:15:01] AND PLAYING SOLITAIRE. WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURY COUNTY WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THIS MILESTONE IN MS. ROSLYN W ELLIOT'S LIFE AND THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS SHE HAS MADE TO MAKING SURY COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL ITS CITIZENS. NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY EXTEND ITS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MRS. ROSLYN W ELLIOT, FOR HER ENDEAVORS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE CITIZENS OF SE COUNTY, AND RECOGNIZES MRS. ELLIOT FOR HAVING REACHED THE 91ST YEAR OF HER LIFE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE ORIGINAL OF THIS RESOLUTION BE DELIVERED FORTH WITH TO MRS. ROS AND W ELLIOT. AND FOR THE COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE RECORDS OF THE SY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED THIS THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2026, ATTESTED BY DAVID A. HARRISON, INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS WOMAN MEANS A LOT TO SO MANY PEOPLE FOR SHE HAS TAUGHT SO MANY STUDENTS HERE IN SARAY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. AND THIS IS A SPRY 91 YEARS AGO, , I TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND YOU BETTER NOT GET IN FRONT OF HERE DRIVING SLOW ON THE HIGHWAY, . AND ALSO, LIKE YOU SAID, IS BEFORE YOU TAKE THE PICTURE, UH, THE REASON WHY I'VE BEEN IN SUR COUNTY ALL MY LIFE, JUST A, ABOUT WHEN I FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL COURSE, MY PARENTS WEREN'T ABLE TO SEND ME TO COME. SO YOU GO OFF TO GO TO WORK AND HER FATHER, VICTOR HASKINS FROM SERVICE, GOT SICK AND SHE SAID, I NEED ONE OF YOUR GIRLS TO COME HOME TO HELP ME TO TAKE CARE OF MY FATHER WHILE YOU ALL HELPING ME TAKE CARE OF YOUR DADDY. I SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT, I'LL GO, BECAUSE I COULDN'T STAND SICK DAY . THAT'S WHY I SERVE. EVERYTHING HAPPENED TO ME. GOOD. I'LL STEAL HER FROM YOU. THAT'S, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER RUN OF APPLAUSE, EVERYONE. YES. UH, SHE ACTUALLY TAUGHT ME, UH, WHAT SEVENTH GRADE MATH, UH, STUDENT TO, SO YEAH, SHE, SHE, I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. I TAUGHT THEM I DIDN'T TRY . I TAUGHT MY CHILDREN BECAUSE I LOVED THEM. OKAY, COOL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT, NEXT WE HAVE MS. DOHA RUFFIN NEWBIE. WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE HER. SHE'S COMING IN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GIVE HER A MINUTE. . LET'S GIVE HER A SECOND. THIS, THIS RESOLUTION SPEAKS TO IT. YEAH. . ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MISS NEWY, WELCOME. WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE YOU ON THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THIS EVENING. SO YOU COME ON IN FRONT, UH, UP HERE. YEP. . YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S PERFECT. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, MR. MR. ELLIOT, IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE REGINALD O HARRISON SENIOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND RECOGNITION OF MR. DOHA RUFFIN NEWBIE FOR REACHING THE AGE OF 90, WHEREAS MR. DOHA RUFFIN NEWBIE, A RESIDENT OF SPRING GROVE DISTRICT OF SRE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, OBTAINED THE AGE OF 90 YEARS ON MAY THE 24TH, 2023. I GOT YOU. I GOT YOU. BABY . WE, WE NOT GONNA TAKE A DAY FROM YOU. IT'S IN HERE. AMEN. [00:20:03] WHERE IS MS. DOHA RUFFIN NEWBIE WAS BORN MAY THE 24TH, 1933 TO THE LATE LUTHER AND ISABEL RUFFIN. SHE IS THE 13TH OF 14 CHILDREN GROWING UP AS A PART OF A LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY. AND WHERE MS. NEWBIE REMAINS ACTIVE AND CONTINUE TO ENJOY LIFE AND THE PEOPLE SHE LOVES, SHE ENJOYS COOKING, FISHING, AND WATCHING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. SHE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER WONDERFUL SENSE OF STYLE, A FASHIONABLE LADY WITH A LOVE FOR FANCY HATS AND MATCHING OUTFITS. MR. NEWBIE BELIEVES IN STEPPING OUT, LOOKING HER VERY BEST. AND WHEREAS MRS. NEWBIE JOINED LEBANON BAPTIST CHURCH AT AN EARLY AGE WHERE HER FAITH AND CHURCH FAMILY HAVE REMAINED AN IMPORTANT PART OF HER LIFE. THROUGHOUT HER WORKING YEARS, SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE SMITHFIELD PLANT AND WITH GENERALLY ELECTORATE FOR SING SEVERAL YEARS, DEMONSTRATING THE STRONG WORK ETHIC THAT HAS BEEN A HALLMARK OF HER LIFE. WHEREAS MS. NEWBIE DID NOT HAVE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN OF HER OWN. SHE HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHOM SHE HAS ALSO LOVED AND CARED FOR AS HER OWN. SHE CONTINUES TO SPOIL THEM TO THIS DAY, AND THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO RETURN THE SAME LOVE AND AFFECTION. MRS. NEWBIE IS THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILD OF LUTHER AND ISABELLE RUFFIN. MRS. NEWBIE HOLDS AN ESPECIALLY TREASURED PLACE IN HER HEART FOR HER LOVED ONES. HER CARING AND NURTURING SPIRIT, WISDOM AND STRENGTH IN THE MANY LIFE LESSONS SHE HAS SHARED, HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON GENERATIONS OF HER FAMILY. HER FAMILY IS OVERJOYED AND TRULY BLESSED TO STILL HAVE HER IN THEIR LIVES AND CONTINUE CREATIVE PRECIOUS MOMENTS, CREATING PRECIOUS MEMORIES WITH HER. THEY ARE HONORED TO CELEBRATE HER REMARKABLE 93 YEARS OF LIFE AND TO SHARE THIS VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION WITH HER BY THE SY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WHERE THE BOARD OF WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN SY COUNTY, WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THIS MILESTONE AND MS. NEWBIE'S LIFE AND THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS SHE HAS MADE TO MAKING SURY COUNTY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF ITS CITIZENS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY EXTEND ITS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MS. DOHA RUFFIN NEWBIE FOR HER ENDEAVORS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY, AND RECOGNIZES MS. DOHA RFA NEWBIE 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. DOHA, RFA NEWBIE, AND THAT THE COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE RECORDS OF THE SURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED THIS THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, ATTESTED BY DAVID A. HARRISON, INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. LET'S GIVE HER SOME MORE LOVE. SHE'S TRUE TO HER RESOLUTION. AIN'T SHE SHY? , YOU LIKE TO HAVE A WORD, MAN? NOT REALLY. SHE SAID SHE GONNA GET HER TWO NIECES. THEY GOT TOGETHER AND DID THIS TO HER TRYING TO BE . SHE MAY NOT HAVE A WORD BUT ME. THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, MA'AM, SPEAK. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT JOY TO CELEBRATE OUR CITIZENS REACHING A HUGE MILESTONE, GREAT INSPIRATION AS WELL. SO AGAIN, HAPPY 90TH AND BELATED, [00:25:01] UH, BIRTHDAYS TO ALL [Public Comments] NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE, UH, MS. SHALOM PIERCE AT THE BEACONS CASTLE DISTRICT. I'LL ASK IF YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME, THE DISTRICT YOU REPRESENT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD EVENING. I WAS GONNA SING TO Y'ALL, BUT I DECIDED NOT TO PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE FOLK FROM THE CHURCH RIGHT HERE. BUT ANYWAY, I'M CHARLON PIERCE FROM THE BACON CAST DISTRICT. I HAVE TWO BASIC COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. FIRST ONE IS I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE YMCA IS COMING, SO THAT'S FOR YOU, BUT FOR THE REST OF US, YOU KNOW, THIS WAY THE YMCA IS COMING. LET US NOT SPOIL OUR NEW REPUTATION FROM THE SEVENTIES ON ABOUT SE BEING SOMETHING SPECIAL. LET'S LET THAT PROJECT GO FORTH AND LET'S BECOME UNITED AS A COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD THE TIME TO DEBATE. WE'VE DEBATED AND DEBATED UNTIL WE'VE DEBATED OURSELF TO DEATH. IT'S COMING. SOME OF US ARE HAPPY, SOME OF US ARE NOT AS HAPPY. BUT LET US AS A COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE PERSONALLY. SOME OF US HAVE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WILL PAY FOR US TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION. LET'S ALL JOIN IT IF THAT'S WHAT IS THERE. SO THAT THING CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT IS BOUGHT TO SURY COUNTY TO NOT BE SUCCESSFUL. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO DO IS CONGRATULATE YOU ON HIRING MELISSA HARVEY AS YOUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR. I WAS HER SUPERVISOR AS A PRINCIPAL. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MELISSA HARVEY IS A HARD WORKING WOMAN, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW, SHE WILL FIND OUT AND FIGURE OUT. SHE WILL HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAFF THAT SHE'S SUPERVISES AND IS WITH, BECAUSE SHE HAD THAT WITH HER STUDENTS. I HAD STUDENTS WHO WOULD MOVE MOUNTAINS, GO OVER WATER, AND DO ANYTHING ELSE THEY NEEDED TO DO TO GET TO MS. HARVEST'S CLASS. I PROMISE YOU SHE'S GONNA DO A GOOD JOB. I ALSO SEE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN SAVE SOME REVENUE AND MAKE THINGS WORK FOR THE COUNTY. THESE CITIZENS BROUGHT SOME THINGS TO YOU, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE FINANCE SITUATION, AND YOU'VE MADE A VOTE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I CONGRATULATE YOU. LET'S KEEP SIR SPECIAL. LET'S DEBATE. BUT WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE, OH, I HAD ONE MORE. LEMME HURRY UP. THE LAST ONE WAS ONE MINUTE. I DON'T LIKE, I HAVE ONE MINUTE. GOOD. I DON'T LIKE THE SITUATION WHEN WE VOTE ON CONTROVERSIAL THINGS, THE NIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'VE SAID THAT TO YOU BEFORE. I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND. I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THESE PEOPLE DO. OKAY. SOME PEOPLE THINK I DO, BUT I DON'T. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I DO NOT LACK. WHEN THERE'S A BIG CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE GOING ON, LIKE A-Y-M-C-A, LIKE WHEN WE HAD THE SITUATION ABOUT WHEN THEY PAY THE TAXES AND ALL VOTING ON THE SAME NIGHT, MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST THING TO DO. GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME TO LISTEN. LOOK AT WHAT THE CON THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING, MAYBE DO SOME FURTHER RESEARCH AND THEN VOTE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CALL MEETING TO TAKE THAT VOTE. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MS. PIERCE. THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IS NOW CLOSED. [New Business] NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS. ONE BEING THE RE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PTA CONTRIBUTION, AND THE SECOND BEING THE AGREEMENT WITH SCHOOL BOARD FOR SHARE FINANCIAL SERVICES. I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN PIERCE, VICE CHAIR HARDY, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ASSEMBLED AND EVERYONE HERE ASSEMBLED THIS EVENING. I DID RECEIVE A COMMUNICATION FROM THE SUR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL'S, PTA SECRETARY, MS. CAITLIN MAY, WITH A REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, UH, TO THE SCHOOL PTA. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A STAFFERS RECOMMENDING A $500 CONTRIBUTION TO THE PTA. UM, AND IF IT'S YOUR PLEASURE, WE WOULD ASK FOR A VOTE, UH, FROM YOU ON THAT ON THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. HARRISON, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE, UH, LISTENED TO MR. HARRISON'S, UH, REQUEST, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, THE REQUEST FROM THE PTA THAT MR. HARRISON HAS READ. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE, UH, REQUEST? NO, YOU'RE GOOD. TAKE YOUR TIME. I SEE YOU. TAKE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO BOARD MEMBERS, UH, LIKE I WAS [00:30:01] MENTIONING EARLIER, WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE PTA, UH, REQUEST, A $500 CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THEIR, UM, THEIR ENDEAVORS. UH, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE CHAIR, MR. HARDY? I'M MOVED THAT WE, UH, SUPPORT THE PTA AND, UH, UM, UH, GRANT THE, UH, $500 AWARD TO THEM FOR THEIR ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. HARDY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. HARDY, SECOND BY MR. DREW, THAT WE ARE APPROVED THE $500 REQUEST FOR THE PTA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? SAYING NONE WILL NOW VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF SAID MOTION. SIGNIFY YOUR VOTE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. NEXT FOR OUR NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SHARED FINANCIAL SERVICES. I'LL AGAIN, UH, TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IN INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HARRISON. GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS, EVERYONE ASSEMBLED. UM, THIS NEW BUSINESS ITEM IS, IS NOT, UH, NECESSARILY NEW BUSINESS. UM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, UM, UH, SHARED SERVICES, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION, UM, ABOUT SINCE 2023. AND AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR AUDITORS, COUNTY STAFF HAS BEEN EXPLORING WAYS TO REDUCE DUPLICATION AND CREATE COST SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNMENT. AND THE SHARED AGREEMENT WOULD ACHIEVE THAT BY ELIMINATING THE NEED OF HAVING TWO FULL SEPARATE FINANCE DEPARTMENTS. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, LAST MONTH WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN HIRING OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, MRS. MELISSA HARVEY, WHO FORMALLY SERVED AS THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S FINANCE DIRECTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED AN AWARD-WINNING SHARED SERVICES BUILDING DEPARTMENT BETWEEN SURREY AND SUSSEX COUNTIES. AND NOW, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A PROPOSED SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND SUR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVISION STAFF DOES RESPECTFULLY, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS SHARED FINANCIAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION. AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MRS. HARVEY TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. AND MRS. HARVEY, MYSELF AND MRS. PERKINS, WILL, UM, ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. MR. MR. SSON. UH, MS. HARVEY? YES, SIR. UH, BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, SO FAR? I, MR. MR, I ASK A COUPLE THINGS. SO I APPLAUD, YOU KNOW, THE SHARED SERVICES AND, UM, BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THOSE THINGS LIKE THAT. I CAN'T, WOULDN'T LIKE A NUMBER OF STAFF. WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE, LIKE, I'M, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A DOLLAR AMOUNT NECESSARILY, BUT JUST A, A HEAD COUNT OF THE SAVINGS OF POSITIONS BY DOING THIS. SO THERE ARE SAVINGS OF TWO POSITIONS AT THE SCHOOL SIDE. UM, AND THEN WE ARE RAISING THE STAFF AND DEVELOPING A FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE COUNTY, UM, WITH A FEW OBJECTIVES. ONE, OF COURSE, TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND IT'S ABOUT $274,000 IN SAVINGS. THAT SAVINGS THIS YEAR WAS ABLE TO ASSIST, LET THE SCHOOL DIVISION HONOR PAY INCREASES FOR THE TEACHERS INSTEAD OF THE COUNTY HAVING TO APPROPRIATE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT. SO THERE WAS AN INSTANT COST SAVINGS FROM DOING THAT. UM, AND THEN FOR THE FUTURE, WE DON'T EVER WANT SIRI COUNTY TO BE IN A SITUATION AGAIN WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY SUCCESSION PLANNING. IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS GONE FOR YEARS NOW, WE HAVE HAD NOT SOMEONE CONSTANTLY READY TO FILL A VACANCY OR TO FILL THE NEXT SPOT. SO WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE FOR A LONGER TERM GOAL FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. WILL THERE BE ANYONE LEFT IN A FINANCE POSITION IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? YES, SIR. THEY ARE GOING TO HIRE ONE PERSON WHO WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY FOR ALL THINGS FINANCED, BUT BE DEDICATED TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. UM, BUT IT'S STILL A COST. THE, THE 270 SOME THOUSAND YOU'RE SAYING IS STILL A SAVINGS? YES, SIR. ALLUDING THAT SALARY? YES, SIR. SO THIS YEAR? YES, SIR. IT WAS OVER 300,000. SO THE 2 74 IS NET OF THAT NEW POSITION? YES. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. STEWART, YOU GOT A QUESTION? YES, MR. DREW? I, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM, IT'S GREAT THAT WE ARE SAVING COSTS, AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, ARE THERE ANY RISK OF, UM, HAVING TO SHARE AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, WITH THE SCHOOLS? MAY I OR YOU? OKAY. SO EFFECTIVELY WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. IT'S JUST NOW THAT IT'S, IT'S FORMALIZED AND IT'S MORE ME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE AND, AND HAVING THINGS TOGETHER. THE AUDITOR ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THIS QUITE A WHILE AGO, THAT WE CONSOLIDATE THE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE WHEN WE DO AUDIT FINDINGS, THE AUDIT IS A, IT'S A CONSOLIDATED AUDIT OVERALL. IT'S NOT A SEPARATE SCHOOL AUDIT AND A SEPARATE COUNTY AUDIT. IT IS ONE [00:35:01] EFFECTIVE ENTITY FOR AUDIT PURPOSES. UM, SO IN TERMS OF ANY RISK OR ANYTHING INVOLVED, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY RISK. I DON'T, I JUST THINK THIS IS A GREAT, A GREAT STEP FORWARD FOR THE COUNTY IN GENERAL. MR. CHAIRMAN? YES. MR. PERKINS, IF I MAY ALSO, YES, YOU MAY, UH, ANSWER SUPERVISOR DREW'S QUESTION. FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, UM, THIS IS COMPLETELY PERMISSIBLE. IT'S, UM, ALLOWED, UM, MANY JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH, UM, HAVE THIS TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT, UH, NOT JUST FOR FINANCE DEPARTMENTS, BUT BUT FOR OTHER TYPES OF DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. AND IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS ADDRESSED UNDER PARAGRAPH NUMBER 10. AND BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COUNTY AGREE TO, TO WAIVE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT AS PART OF ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. SO WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO ALLOW FOR, UM, FOR THAT, UM, FLEXIBILITY. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY CONFLICTS, BUT SHOULD CONFLICTS ARISE, UM, BOTH ENTITIES ARE WALKING INTO IT WITH WIDE EYES, WIDE OPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. PERKINS, COULD I ASK ONE MORE, UH, QUESTION? YES. YES. MR. STEWART? JUST IN, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE, IS IS IT COMMONPLACE TO HAVE A, STILL HAVE A FINANCE PERSON WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? AND I, I AM NOT AWARE OF THE, THE PARTICULAR, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT EVERY JURISDICTION DOES. AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHARED SERVICES, IT'S, IT TYPICALLY IS THE INDIVIDUALS ARE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR, FOR BOTH ENTITIES. SO IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, I REALLY VIEW IT AS THERE'S A POINT PERSON FOR THE SCHOOLS ON THE FINANCE SIDE. SO I, IT, IT DIDN'T TRIGGER ANY CONCERNS WITH ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A FINANCE PERSON THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE PRINCIPAL PERSON FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT WOULD BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COUNTY. OKAY. CHAIRMAN PIERCE? YES. MS. HARRIS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IF THERE, UM, IF, IF ANY CONCERNS OR PROBLEMS ARISE, THERE IS A 60 DAY, UH, NOTICE TO TERMINATE. SO IF WE GET INTO THIS AND WE DON'T LIKE IT, WE CAN, WE CAN TERMINATE WITH THE 60 DAY NOTICE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT? YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTS? WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, MS. HARVEY. THANK YOU MS. PERKINS AND MR. HARRISON FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION. UM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS A ACTION ITEM. UM, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE, MR. CHAIR? MR. ELLIOT? AFTER PERUSING THE AGREEMENT, THERE ARE TWO ISSUES OF, UH, MINOR OF CONCERN THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION. OKAY. AND THAT IS NUMBER ONE, THE EFFECTIVE RETROACTIVE DATE THAT'S ON THE AGREEMENT. I FEEL THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION SINCE APRIL. AND, UH, THEY GOT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER THE FIRST. I, MY PROPOSAL IS THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE BEING TODAY, SINCE IT'S BROUGHT TO US FOR APPROVAL TODAY, OKAY. WHICH IS OCTOBER THE FIRST OF 2026. AND ALSO IT IS CUSTOMARY THAT, UH, FOR ANY AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IS TO BE, UH, SIGNED OFF BY OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT. AND, UH, WE ASKED THAT, UH, BASED UPON SOME TECHNICALITIES THAT COULD FORTHWITH COME, THAT THAT NAME WOULD BE REMOVED AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR INTERIM CURRENT ADMINISTRATOR, MR. HARRIS, TO BE THE SIGNEE ON THIS AGREEMENT ALONG WITH OUR LEGAL ATTORNEY, BASED UPON THOSE, UH, TWO AMENDMENTS THAT I'M REQUESTING, ASK THAT WE'LL APPROVE IT WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS. ALRIGHT? THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. ELLIOT. UM, SO IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, MR. ELLIOT HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, HOWEVER, ON THE TWO AMENDMENTS OF CHANGING THE EFFECTIVE DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2026. AND ALSO TO, UH, REMOVE, UH, THE NAME OF MY NAME AND, UH, INCLUDE, UM, JUST COUNTY INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. HARRISON, IS THERE, NOT, NOT IN THE SLIGHT, BUT THAT'S JUST CUSTOMER HOW WE . UNDERSTOOD. AND I UNDERSTOOD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SUPERVISOR ELLIOT. SECOND BY SUPERVISOR DREW, THAT WE APPROVE TO KNIGHT'S MEMBER, UH, SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE TWO AMENDMENTS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SAID MOTION? HEARING NONE. WE ARE NOW IN VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF SAID MOTION. SIGNIFY YOUR VOTE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. NEXT ON [Presentations] OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. [00:40:01] UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS, UH, WE HAVE TONIGHT, UH, DAY ZIMMERMAN, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DAN ZIMMERMAN. WE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO OUR, UH, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. SO IF YOU, UH, MS. GOIN AND ALL COULD PLEASE, UH, APPROACH THE PODIUM. THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN PIERCE, VICE CHAIRMAN, HARDY BOARD MEMBERS, UH, MR. HARRISON STAFF. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK IN THE JUNE MEETING, WE HAD MR. JEAN THOMPSON THAT CAME AND DISCUSSED WHERE WE WERE IN THE PAST FOR THE DAVE ZIMMERMAN NUCLEAR TRAINING PROGRAM. WELL, SINCE JULY, A LOT HAS TAKEN PLACE. SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE MS. BOBBY JEAN LYNCH, WHO'S GOING TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED AS WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THE NUCLEAR TRAINING PROGRAM. NOW, MS. LYNCH IS A RE INSTRUCTOR COORDINATOR FOR DAN ZIMMERMAN WORKFORCE READINESS TEAM. SHE WORKS WITH THE NUCLEAR WORKLOAD TRAINING PROGRAM. SHE'S A REGISTERED APPRENTICE PROGRAM. AND THE NEXT TAIL LEAD ADMINISTRATOR FOR DAY AND ZIMMER, MS. NI, MS. . THANK YOU MS. LINDA FOR THE INTRODUCTION. AND THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR, UH, BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DAN ZIMMERMAN WITH THE NUCLEAR WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM, AND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SURREY COUNTY. NO. SO IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE INDUSTRY IS FACING SERIOUS WORKFORCE CHALLENGES. MANY OF OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE WORKERS ARE RETIRING FASTER THAN WE CAN BRING NEW PEOPLE IN, AND WE HAVE TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION BEFORE WE LOSE ALL OF THEM. NOW, I WANNA SHARE, UM, WITH YOU THIS EVENING, HOW THE NUCLEAR WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM PREPARES INDIVIDUALS TO GO INTO THE NUCLEAR, UM, INDUSTRY, HOW IT CONNECTS TO THE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, AND WHAT OPPORTUNITY, WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY CAN MEAN FOR SURREY COUNTY. THE NUCLEAR WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM IS A PART OF DAN ZIMMERMAN'S PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. IT PREPARES PARTICIPANTS TO BE, TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE, OF THE WORK, THE SAFETY CULTURE, THE EXPECTATIONS, AND THE WORK ETHICS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE TEACH THREE NTEL TESTS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO THE NUCLEAR WORKER, UM, INTO, TO WORK INTO A NUCLEAR WORK. THE THREE TESTS REQUIRED TO WORK AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, ACROSS THE INDUSTRY, THERE'S ABOUT A 50% FAIL RATE ON THESE TESTS. IN OUR PROGRAM, OUR STUDENTS HAVE A 95, EXCUSE ME, A 97% PASS RATE. THANK YOU, . BUT WE'RE NOT JUST TEACHING 'EM HOW TO PASS A TEST. INDIVIDUALS IN OUR PROGRAM HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO. WE ARE ABLE TO TRANSLATE IT INTO A LANGUAGE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. AND LET'S BE HONEST, NOT EVERYBODY SPEAKS RED WORKER . ALL RIGHT? I REMEMBER MY VERY FIRST OUTAGE, IT WAS ALMOST 27 YEARS AGO. I WALKED INTO THE TURBINE BUILDING AND LOOKED AT THIS MASSIVE PIPING SYSTEM AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHAT DID I JUST GET INTO ? AND IT TOOK ME LIKE THREE OR FOUR OUTAGES TO START TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OUR PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO BEFORE THEY ARRIVE. THEY'RE BETTER PREPARED TO WORK SAFELY, ASK QUESTIONS, FOLLOW EXPECTATIONS, AND THIS RESULTS IN FEWER SAFETY AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE ISSUES. BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE . WE BASICALLY GIVE THEM A BLUEPRINT FOR HOW TO STAY EMPLOYED. WE SHOW 'EM WHAT WE CALL A COS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A REPORT CARD FOR AT THE END OF THEIR ASSIGNMENT. IT SHOWS THEM WHAT THE SUPERVISOR IS LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE EVALUATED ON. WE TELL THEM IF THEY EXCEL IN THESE AREAS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE CALLED BACK FOR FUTURE OUTAGES. UM, TO BE SELECTED FOR LONG-TERM PROJECTS AND TO BE KEPT OR TO BE KEPT ON SITE. I TELL, I TELL 'EM TO SHOW UP EARLY BECAUSE PARKING IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. I TELL 'EM TO, TO BE IN THE WAY TRYING TO LEARN. 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T LEARN ANYTHING STANDING BACK, NOT DOING ANYTHING. I TELL 'EM TO ASK QUESTIONS. VOLUNTEER, TAKE INITIATIVE. DON'T LET YOUR PHONE GET YOUR MONEY AND MAKE SURE THE LEADERSHIP KNOWS WHO YOU ARE. MANY OF THEM HAVE DONE EXACTLY THIS, AND, UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT LEFT THE SITE SINCE THEY'VE BEEN BADGED. [00:45:03] AFTER THE PARTICIPANTS GRADUATE FROM NWTP, THEY END SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR FIRST OUTAGE. THEY GET PRIORITY, UM, ENTRY INTO THE DAN ZIMMERMAN REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. THERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO, UM, CONTINUE TRAINING, EARN CREDENTIALS, UH, NATIONAL CREDENTIALS, AND BUILD A LONG-TERM CAREER. TAKES A MINUTE TO, TO REALLY GRASP THE SLIDE. AND 18 YEAR OLDS STRAIGHT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL WITH NO EXPERIENCE, CAN EARN APPROXIMATELY $2,400 A WEEK WORKING IN THE OUTAGE. UM, UH, TRAVELING FOR OUTAGE WORK IN ABOUT 18 WEEKS. AN OUTAGE WORKER OF OUTAGE WORK. THAT INDIVIDUAL CAN EARN MORE THAN SURREY COUNTY'S ANNUAL PER CAPA AND FIVE RECENT SUR. UM, SURREY COUNTY GRADUATES ARE DOING JUST THAT AT NORTH ANNA TODAY. AND IN THE SPRING, THEY WILL RETURN FOR SURREY'S OUTAGE. SOME GRADUATES MAY SECURE LONG-TERM WORK AT SURREY NUCLEAR POWER STATION. DAN ZIMMERMAN CURRENTLY HAS OVER A HUNDRED, UM, LONG-TERM POSITIONS AT SURREY THAT'S CURRENTLY FILLED WITH TRAVELERS. UM, THIS IS ACROSS MULTIPLE CRAFTS AND INCLUDES LEADERSHIP ROLES. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS STU, UH, SURREY RESIDENTS, UM, TO BE DEVELOPED INTO TAKING THOSE POSITIONS AND TO BE PUTTING INTO THOSE SPOTS. BUT OTHER, FOR OTHERS, LIKE NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET THOSE POSITIONS, BUT FOR OTHERS, THEY CAN TRAVEL FOR OUTAGES. THEY CAN SEE THE CON IN MOST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, ALL WHILE KEEPING SURREY COUNTY AS THEIR HOME AND BRINGING THEIR EARNINGS BACK TO THE COUNTY. THIS PATHWAY, THIS PATHWAY, CAN BUILD A CAREER WITHOUT REQUIRING A PERMANENT MOVE. SO WE'VE DONE A FEW INTERNSHIP COWORKS IN THE PAST AND IN, UH, BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT ONE SPECIFICALLY. IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, UM, SURREY COUNTY CO-SPONSORED A PAID INTERNSHIP FOR 22 RECENT GRADUATES. THIS INTER INTER INTERNSHIP INTRODUCED THEM TO THIS PROGRAM. 20 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD ALREADY COMMITTED TO COLLEGE AFTER LEARNING ABOUT NWTP. ABOUT 15 OF THEM WISHED THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS EARLIER. THE OPPORTUNITY WAS ALREADY THERE. THEY JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT TOO. LATE COLLEGE IS A GREAT PATH, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE ONLY ONE. STUDENTS NEED TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE OPTIONS EARLY ENOUGH TO CHOOSE WHAT WORKS FOR THEM. AND IN REALITY, THEY COULD CHOOSE BOTH. IF YOU REMEMBER IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, UM, IN 18 WEEKS, SOME OF OUTAGE WORK. THEY CAN EASILY FULLY FUND THEIR EDUCATION IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO FOR A DEGREE. IT'S ALSO BENEFICIAL TO, UM, EXPLAIN THE ACCESS AND THE RESTRICTIONS IN GETTING INTO NUCLEAR. THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE SO STRICT AND SOME DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY COULD AFFECT OUR ELIGIBILITY LATER DOWN THE ROAD. SO GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO THEM AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES REALLY IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PROGRAM. WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO STUDENTS AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL IN WAYS THAT FIT THEIR AGE LEVEL, UM, SO THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO EXPLORE OPTIONS BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE FACES. MANY OF THEM ARE GRADUATES FROM RIGHT HERE IN SURREY, AND THEY ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CO-FUNDING THEIR INTERNSHIP. NOW, AS FAR AS THE IN INTERNSHIPS GO, THEY GOT PAID $15 AN HOUR. THEY SPENT TWO DAYS COMPLETELY IMMERSED IN THE, IN THE SURY NUCLEAR POWER STATION. THEY GOT TO TOUR THE PLANT. THEY GOT TO CON, UH, CONVERSE WITH MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT CRAFT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE, UM, PICTURE THAT SHOWS SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE MOST RECENT, UM, INTERNSHIP. AND THEY'RE ALL NOW WORKING AT NORTH ANNA, AND THEY WILL RETURN IN THE SPRING. THAT'S WHAT THESE INTERNSHIPS CAN LEAD TO. THEY GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO EXPLORE THE WORLD, UH, THE WORK AND TAKE THE NEXT STEP TOWARDS A CAREER. WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONTINUAL CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CO-SPONSOR THESE PAID INTERNSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS. SO PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ALUMNI FROM SURREY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS NUCLEAR WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM. AND SHE IS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HER TALK ABOUT WHAT NUCLEAR WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM HAS DONE FOR HER AND WHERE SHE'S AT IN HER CAREER. KANIA WHITE. [00:50:01] HELLO? JUST START TALKING. YEAH. OH, . UM, WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR ME, UM, AT THE MOMENT, UM, SORRY. IT HAS GIVEN ME, UM, INDEPENDENCE, UM, A CHANCE AT A LONG TERM CAREER IN STEADY INCOME. WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, I AM CURRENTLY STILL WORKING AT THE SIRI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AS A LEVEL TWO JOURNEYMAN IN THE PAINT SHOP. AND POTENTIALLY ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO, I BECOME A LEADER AND A FOREMAN FOR THAT PAINT SHOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KENIA. SHE'S ONE OF OUR MANY SUCCESS STORIES, AND I'M SO PROUD OF SO MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. SO THIS PROGRAM CAN CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A PERSON'S LIFE, CREATE STABILITY IN FAMILY, IN A FAMILY, AND OPEN DOORS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. WE ARE NOT JUST SAVING, UH, WE ARE NOT JUST CHANGING LIVES. WE'RE CHANGING LEGACIES. WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER? FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MS. LINCH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MS. WHITE, AND THANK YOU MS. GOSSEN. THANK YOU ALL BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS, MS. LYNCH? YES, MR. DREW? UM, I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS JUST HOW CAN, UM, MYSELF AS A BOARD MEMBER, HOW CAN I, UM, SUPPORT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, UM, TO BRING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THIS PROGRAM? 'CAUSE I HEARD ABOUT THE RETIREMENT RATE IS HIGHER THAN ENROLLMENT RATE. SO HOW CAN WE BRING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN THIS PROGRAM HELPING GETTING ACCESS TO THE STUDENTS, BEING ABLE TO TALK IN FRONT OF THEM? I MEAN, THE CAREER FAIRS ARE GREAT, BUT THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT IMPACT OF SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND TELLING THEM WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM. UM, SO JUST BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE STUDENTS ON A MORE, UM, MORE PERSONAL LEVEL. AND, UM, AND THEN CONTINUING TO, UM, SUPPORT THE, THE CO-SPONSORED INTERNSHIPS, GIVING US THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE THOSE, THOSE PROGRAMS. CHAIR, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AS WELL. YES. UM, HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD? I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MYSELF. STAFF CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD KNOWS ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT SO THEY, THEY CAN GET IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS? I JUST GOT A QUICK COMMENT. YES. I, I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE YOU HAD ONE TIME WHEN I WAS ABOUT 18 AND WENT INTO THE, I WAS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE WENT IN FOR A TOUR OF THE PLANT. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE THINGS. AND I, AT 18 YEARS OLD, I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AROUND AND GO, GOD, I'M, I'M REAL THANKFUL THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD SMARTER THAN ME. . IT WAS AMAZING. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT, IT BOGGLES THE MIND. IT DOES, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ALL THE WORKING COMPONENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT, THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FEEL TOO. SO, YES. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CHAIR? YES. UH, I CAN THIRD WHAT MR. UH, STEWART IS SAYING. UH, UH, SUNDAY IS MY 25TH YEAR AT THE STATION. SO, UH, AS SHE SAID, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, HOMEGROWN SUR COUNTY. YEAH. I'M OLD. YEAH. I'M OLD. DON'T SAY THAT. LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN YOU WALK IN THE FIRST TIME, IT'S, IT IS TOTALLY OVERWHELMING. IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? IT IS HOT, YOU KNOW, AND ALL KIND OF THINGS. IT'S, IT'S, IT CAN BE DANGEROUS, HONESTLY, YOU KNOW. BUT, UM, AS WE ALL NOTED NOW, SAFETY IS, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST DOWN AT THE STATION. BUT I ALSO WANNA, UM, RECOGNIZE OUR QUIET PARTNER OVER HERE, UH, MISS GHOST AND MISS LINDA GOLD, AND WHO DOES SO MUCH, UH, IN THE COUNTY FOR THE YOUTH. AND SHE'S, UH, SHE FLIES UNDER THE RADAR, BUT I ALWAYS GIVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THE FLOWERS FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DO. AND I KNOW SHE TELLS ME, MR. HARDY, THESE KIDS SOMETIMES HAVE ME PULLING MY HAIR. I WAS LIKE, WELL, KEEP PULLING MISS, MISS GOLD SOMETHING. BUT, UM, IT'S, OUR YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU AS WELL AND YOUR MISSION. UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT MR. UH, DREW HERE TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOL BOARD IS FULLY AWARE OF THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROGRAM. AND, UH, THEY SHOULD BE PUSHING IT HARDER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, HONESTLY. RIGHT. SO, UM, HE JUST TEXT HIM. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY DITTO TO ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS, EXCEPT I HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE OF GOING IN THERE. BUT, UH, I GUESS MS. GOSSEN, SHE, SHE'S A VERY, UH, ACTIVE ADVOCATE FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND I WANNA THANK HER FOR HER EFFORTS IN WHICH SHE BRINGS TO. AND THIS PROGRAM WOULD, UH, WOULD ALWAYS HAVE MY VOTE FOR THE CO-SPONSOR OF THE INTERNSHIP HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR THE YOUTH OF SARA COUNTY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. AND, UM, BEFORE YOU, UH, HAVE YOUR SEAT, I JUST AGAIN, WANNA THANK YOU AS WELL FOR COMING OUT. UH, ACTUALLY, UH, WE TALKED EARLIER, UH, THIS WEEK, UM, JUST TO HEAR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE YOUTH. I THINK IT'S GREAT. IT ALSO KIND OF GOES TO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. OUR MISSION IS TRY TO RETAIN OUR YOUTH HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. MM-HMM . BEST WAY TO DO THAT, TO PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, [00:55:01] UH, HEARING THAT THEY COULD MAKE MORE MONEY FOR THEIR TEACHERS, OR THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT. RIGHT. RIGHT. . BUT YES, BUT ALSO TOO, I THINK WE LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AS WELL AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETIMES YOU, YOUR CHILD MAY NOT BE READY TO LEAVE THE NEST. AND THIS MAY BE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CHILD TO BUILD MORE, UH, SOCIAL SKILLS, WORK ETHIC BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY VENTURE OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD. BUT I THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES TO THE THINGS AND GOALS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE AS BOARD MEMBER, A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO, AGAIN, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I WANNA THANK, UH, KANIA. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND, UH, WHAT YEAR DID YOU GRADUATE? SO SINCE 2024, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR DAY AND ZIMMER, BUT JUST MOVING UP THE RANKS. LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THAT'S, THAT'S YOU. TRUE. YEAH. TRUE INSPIRATION TO THE YOUTH HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND KE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. OKAY. AND OF COURSE, MS. GOSSEN, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FROM BEHIND THE SCENES FOR BEING OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND OUR, AND OUR ADVOCATE FOR OUR YOUTH, UH, FOR MAKING SURE THEY RETAIN THESE JOBS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR SEATS. ALL RIGHT. . SO, YEAH. YEAH. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. YOU HAVE SAFE TRAVELS HOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I ABSOLUTELY QUADRUPLE THE, THE COMMENTS ON KIANA AND, UM, MISS LINDA, SHE HAS BEEN AMAZING. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND BOARD, SUPER, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE NEXT HAVE OUR [Board Comments ] BOARD COMMENTS. UM, WE'LL START WITH, UM, MR. DREW, IF YOU WANT TO START OFF TONIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE MANY TONIGHT. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE, THE, UH, YOUNG FOLKS WHO TURN 90 YEARS OLD. UM, I PRAY THAT I MAKE IT AT 90 YEARS OLD 'CAUSE THEY ALL LOOK GOOD, ALL ABLE BODIED. SO, AND I PRAY THAT THEY MAKE IT. UM, LET'S SEE, MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS. UH, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MS. LYNCH AGAIN FOR JUST STOPPING BY, UM, AND JUST PRESENTING TO US. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ALL I, I HAVE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH HERE. HEY, NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. DREW. UH, MR. SEWARD, WHAT, UH, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING? I'M, I'M GOOD TONIGHT. . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. SEWARD, AS ALWAYS. UH, MR. ELLIOT, WHAT ABOUT YOU? JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP S COUNTY MOVING FORWARD. UH, IT'S BEEN A VERY EVENTFUL WEEK. WE HAVE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING FOR SIRI, JUST AS YOU WOULD KEEP US IN YOUR BEST REGARDS AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. AND JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ON TOMORROW NIGHT, TOMORROW EVENING, THE LAST FIRST FRIDAYS OF THE YEAR. SO WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME ON OUT AND JUST SHARE SOMES COUNTY LOVE WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND LET'S SPREAD GOOD YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE SARA COUNTY FORWARD. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION ON TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. ELLIOT, UH, VICE CHAIR HARDY. THANKS, CHAIR. I'LL BE BRIEFED MYSELF. UH, DITTO TO EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAID. UH, AGAIN, UH, RECOGNITION TO MS. GOON AND EVERYONE INVOLVED. MS. LYNCH, THAT PROGRAM, UH, GREAT FOR OUR FUTURE HERE IN SUR COUNTY. UH, THANKS TO THE BOARD FOR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING OUR PTA AGAIN, OUR YOUTH. UM, UH, IT WASN'T MUCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE TOKEN, LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE CARE AND THAT, UH, THAT WE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THEIR ENDEAVOR. SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE THING. UM, FOR THAT. UM, SENIOR AWARDS, AGAIN, UH, ME AND, UH, MR. DREW ARE HERE, UH, CHUCKLING ABOUT, UH, HOW WELL EVERYBODY'S GETTING AROUND. LIKE, MAN, UH, DAVIS, MR. HARRISON SAID, UH, YOU BETTER NOT GET IN FRONT OF, UH, ME. S OVER THERE. YEAH. . NO, SHE DON'T. AND I TOLD THE POLICE THAT, UH, EXCUSE ME, BUT I DON'T DRIVE 55 EXACTLY, BECAUSE WHEN DRIVE 55, I'M GOING, GONNA SLEEP. YES MA'AM. YOU HEAR THAT SHERIFF THE, THAT IT'S THE TRUTH. SHERIFF. SHE GETS A PASS. SHERIFF. SHE GETS A PASS. I'M CERTAINLY GONNA STAY OUTTA YOUR WAY, MS. ELLIOT, IF I'M ON THE ROAD AND I'M DRIVING TOO, THREE, FOUR CARS BEHIND ME, I'M NOT GONNA DRIVE SEVEN. STAY IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I'LL OFF. WELL, I THINK THAT'S PROOF, PROOF POSITIVE SURVEY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. IT MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER, MAYBE MAY AND, AND, AND PRAYER. I NEVER, UH, I YES, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO, UH, IN THE DOMAIN, OUR, OUR OLD WATER PLANT DOWN THERE AND BOTTLES UP AND SAY SIRSY, SIRY POWER WATER OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. JU JUST KIDDING. LEGAL. JUST CLAIM. JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING. NOT EVEN TO DOMAIN ANYTHING. JUST KIDDING. . THAT'S ALL I GOT HERE. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. UH, AS ALWAYS, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UH, WATCHING US ONLINE. THANK YOU ALL FOR TUNING IN. UM, KEEPING IT BRIEF. I DITO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WHAT THE OTHER BOARD [01:00:01] MEMBERS HAVE SAID THIS EVENING. I ALSO WANNA JUST GIVE A FEW THANK YOUS TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, BISHOP LOGAN FOR THE, THE POWERFUL PRAYER ON THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. UH, I WANT TO ALSO THANK, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR PRESENT, OUR PRESENTERS ON THIS EVENING. UH, MS. BOBBY JEAN LYNCH, UH, MS. KANIA WHITE, AS WELL AS MS. GOON. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND SHOWING HOW GREAT, UH, YOU ALL ARE, THINGS YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR YOUTH AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND A WHOLE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I WANNA GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR, UH, EMS COORDINATOR. UH, MR. PHELPS, I'LL SEE YOU BACK THERE. UH, REGISTRAR AS ALWAYS, MS. CHARNEY WHITE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ALL STAFF THAT ARE IN HERE THIS EVENING, MR. WADE, MS. CHAPLIN, MS. PERKINS, MS. HARVEY, MR. HARRISON, MS. ROBIN, AND OUR SHERIFF. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. AND NOT TO MENTION OUR GREAT CAR SEAT REPRESENTATIVES IN HERE THIS EVENING. I SEE YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR REPRESENTING AND BEING HERE ON THIS EVENING. UH, BUT F UH, BEFORE I CONTINUE ANY FURTHER, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE A THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME AT HOME. IT'S ACTUALLY STARTING RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME, IF YOU DON'T, NOT QUITE READY TO GO HOME YET, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT MEETING THAT WE HAD THIS EVENING. IT'S KEEPING YOU FIRED UP. UH, LET'S GO OUT HERE AND SUPPORT OUR, UH, OUR, OUR YOUNG MEN AS THEY COMPETE. I BELIEVE THEY'RE PLAYING GREEN GREENVILLE TONIGHT, SO LET'S GO OUT THERE AND SUPPORT OUR YOUNG MEN. ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL NOW PASS THE, UH, [County Administrators Report] TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COUNTY ADMINIS. EXCUSE ME. INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HARRISON. MR. SSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN PIERCE. UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN TO EVERYONE. UM, IN MY REPORT THIS EVENING, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND EACH OCTOBER, PE PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY UNITE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER. AND SO, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ALL PERS UH, ALL PERSONS TO STAND THIS EVENING WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED, OR WHO ARE BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS OR EXPERIENCED BREAST CANCER. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. YOU ALL. I'M A SURVIVOR. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. IN THE SAME, AND I ALWAYS SAY, GOD, I MAKE GOD. THAT'S RIGHT. SHE DIDN'T GO ANY PLACE ELSE BUT THAT ONE PLACE. BUT HE DID IT THREE TIMES. OH, AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, AND I'M ACTIVE, AND I TOLD MY DOCTOR YESTERDAY, I WANTED MY BODY TO STAY WITH MY MIND. 'CAUSE IT'S YOUNG , STAY WITH YOU. HE SAID, WE GONNA WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO CAME UP JUST TO SUPPORT ME TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHEF TURNER. UM, HE AND I SHARE A REGIONAL BOARD THAT WE SIT ON, WHICH IS THE RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL BOARD. AND HE HAS BEEN, UH, ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN. AND TODAY HE, HE SERVED IN HIS CAPACITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO, JUST WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, SIR. YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB AND CONTINUE TO REPRESENT, UH, SUR COUNTY VERY WELL. UM, ALSO REMINDERS THAT FIRST FRIDAY WILL TAKE PLACE AGAIN TOMORROW, 6 38, UH, TO 8:30 PM ON THE LAWN HERE AT 45 SCHOOL STREET. UM, ROLLING RIGHT ALONG. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE HOPEWELL PRINCE GEORGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND I'LL GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THAT. UM, IN SERVING ON THESE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT I'M ABLE TO SERVE ON, I'VE ESTABLISHED A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS AND CAOS, UM, IN THE REGION. AND TWO BEING, UH, HOPEWELL AS WELL AS PRINCE GEORGE HOPEWELL, CITY MANAGER, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. AND WE'VE TALKED AFTER OUR MEETINGS AND JUST BRAINSTORMING ABOUT SOME, SOME REGIONALISM, UM, BETWEEN SUR AND AND THE OTHER LOCALITIES. AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE PRINCE GEORGE IS THE NEXT COUNTY OVER IN HOPEWELL. RIGHT BEYOND THAT STRAIGHT SHUT UP 10. AND SO WE, WE SAID THAT WE REALLY SHOULD WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER. AND SO, UH, OUT OF THAT CAME, UH, SURREY COUNTY JOINING AND BECOMING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE HOPEWELL PRINCE GEORGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. UM, THIS DECISION IS MORE THAN JUST MEMBERSHIP. IT IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP. OUR BUSINESSES LARGE AND SMALL, DO NOT OPERATE IN ISOLATION. OUR WORKFORCE, OUR SUPPLY CHAINS, AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE REGIONAL BY JOINING THE REGIONAL CHAIN. BUT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT REALITY AND OUR LEANING INTO IT. FOR OUR COUNTY, THIS MEANS THREE THINGS. FIRST, STRONGER ADVOCACY. OUR BUSINESSES, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL HAVE A STRONGER VOICE ENRICHMENT AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONVERSATIONS. SECOND, GREATER OPPORTUNITY. OUR BUSINESSES WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE CHAMBER'S NEXT NETWORK RESOURCES, WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TOOLS. THIRD, REGIONAL COLLABORATION. WE ARE COMMITTING TO COMPETE AS A REGION AND NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL LOCALITIES. WHEN THE REGION GROWS, SUR COUNTY GROWS. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HOLWELL PRINCE [01:05:01] GEORGE CHAMBER, UH, CEO, MISS MRS. BECKY MCDOWELL, HOPEWELL CITY MANAGER, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ENTIRE CHAMBER BOARD FOR WELCOMING THIS PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE, WE HAVE LONG ADMIRED THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP, RETAIN TALENT, AND ATTRACT INVESTMENT. WE ARE PROUD TO JOIN. WE ARE READY TO CONTRIBUTE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE WILL BUILD TOGETHER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HOPEWELL PRINCE GEORGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PLEASE VISIT, UH THE CHAMBER'S WEBSITE@WWWHPGCHAMBER.ORG, AND THEY ARE SO EFFICIENT THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE ALREADY LISTED AS, UH, THE NEWEST MEMBER. UM, WE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE ARE STILL A MEMBER OF THE SURREY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I STILL ENCOURAGE ALL BUSINESSES TO, TO RETAIN MEMBERSHIP THERE AS WELL AS THE COUNTY. UM, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. MY LAST ITEM ON MY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT THIS EVENING WOULD BE, UH, THE SURREY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRESENTATION. AND I WILL HAVE MR. RAY PHELPS TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. OH, AND HOMECOMING WILL BE OCTOBER 16TH. UH, AND THE PARADE STARTS WITH 3:00 PM 3:00 PM THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EVERYONE PRESENT. UH, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT SOME STORMS. THEY COME WHEN WE LEASE SPECTRUM DAY, NIGHT, WEEKENDS, AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THE BIG EVENT THEY COME THROUGH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS, UH, TAKE A PROACTIVE STANCE FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MORE INVOLVED IN UNDERSTANDING THESE STORMS AND ALSO BRING THE COMMUNITY INTO THAT ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO PRESENT A SKY WAR AND WEATHER SPOTTER CLASS THAT'LL BE HERE ON, IN THIS ROOM, UH, OCTOBER 14TH, UH, AT 5:00 PM AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME. THERE IS A SIGN UP ON THE, THERE'S SOME FLYERS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. THERE'S A SIGN UP, UH, FOR THOSE IF, IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE SIGN UP. WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE OFFERING A CLOSED CLASS AT 1:00 PM ON THAT DAY FOR COUNTING EMPLOYEES. UM, THIS CLASS WILL NOT ONLY, UH, UH, IT'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM RUN BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT TRAINS INDIVIDUALS TO RECOGNIZE AND REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. ALRIGHT, SO IT'S A FREE CLASS. IT'LL HELP US IDENTIFY IMPORTANT WEATHER FEATURES AND HOW, HOW YOUR REPORTS HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. ALRIGHT, SO WE RECENTLY WE HAD A TORNADO, UM, UH, MM MOST OF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT. UM, IT HELPS FOR US TO, TO GAIN FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS BECAUSE WHERE MYSELF AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETERMINE, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT TORNADO ACTUALLY STARTED, UM, IT WAS PROBABLY A QUARTER OF MILE, UH, ACROSS THE ROAD. UM, SO THERE WAS, UH, EXTRA DAMAGE THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE. NOBODY REPORTED TO US, SO WE WERE UNAWARE OF THAT. SO THOSE THINGS LIKE THAT HELP US FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT UNDERSTAND AND ALSO HELPS THE WEATHER SERVICE, UH, PREPARE. UM, BUT IT'LL TEACH YOU, UH, BASIC, UH, SEVERE WEATHER AND INFORMATION ON THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES, HIGH WINDS, HAIL AND MORE, UH, WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN OUR AREA. UM, HOW TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND HOW YOUR REPORTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. UM, THIS, THIS CLASS IS ONE OF THE STEPS THAT IS, UH, THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A STORM READY COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL MAKE US ONE OF 62, UH, A COMMUNITIES IN THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH THAT ARE STORM READY CERTIFIED COMMUNITIES. SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR STEPS IN THAT PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR, SO WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THIS. I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST STEP. AND THEN A, UH, A REVIEW FROM THE, UH, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM THEIR BOARD. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE DONE BEFORE NOVEMBER. SO, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME. PLEASE REGISTER, UH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. WE'VE ALSO PUT A COMPONENT IN THERE IF YOU C IF IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO DO THE QR CODES, THEY CAN CALL OUR OFFICE AND WE CAN REGISTER THEM. SO, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. POST, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PHELPS? MR. CHAIR? YES, MR. ELLIOTT? I DON'T, DON'T HAVE A QUESTION PER SE, BUT I'M UH, ALONG WITH OUR INTER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, PART OF THE CRATER PLANNING COMMISSION AND THERE WOULD BE A RESOLUTION COMING TO RA COUNTY TO GET WITH THE REGIONAL FORCE TO DEAL WITH FLOODING, TO GET WITH FEMA FUNDING FOR FLOODING. WE HAVE HAVE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH TOWN IN SARAY COUNTY TO GO TO CRATER AND IF WE AS A BOARD SELECT TO DO SO, THERE ARE EMERGENCY FUNDING. I'M TALKING ABOUT A GREAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR BOATS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH FLOODING. WE JUST HAD THIS NORTH EASTER, SO THAT IS GONNA BE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD VERY SOON FOR US TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REGIONAL TASK FORCE. AND SURY COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR COUNTIES. I THINK [01:10:01] IT WAS SURREY AND I THINK DENWITTY COUNTY. DON'T QUOTE ME ON DENWITTY, BUT I KNOW IT WAS SURREY 'CAUSE THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DID THE STUDY HERE BECAUSE WE ARE A HIGH FLOOD ZONE AREA, RIGHT. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN IN TAR COUNTY. SO THAT'S COMING FORTH WITH TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS ALONG THE, THE FLOODING IS, UM, I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF, KNOW YOUR ZONE, KNOW WHAT ZONE YOU'RE IN, A, B, C, OR D AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, SURREY HAS A ZONE A AND THE ONLY PLACE THE ZONE A IS IS AT THE POWER PLANT AND AT CHIP BOATS. AND SO I AM WORKING WITH THE STATE ON TRYING TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT ZONE A NEEDS TO BE FURTHER DOWN THE RIVER, DOWN TOWARDS THE TOWN OF CLAREMONT, UH, CLAREMONT BEACH, SUN MEADOW, SOME PLACES LIKE THAT WHERE WE DO HAVE A, HAVE HOMES AT A LEVEL WITH THE, UH, WITH THE RIVER. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT. SO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. FELL. YES, SIR. YOU JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, WHAT, ONE OUT OF 7 64 COUNTIES? 62. 62. 62 COUNTIES, UH, BEING STORM READY. SO WHAT EXACTLY, WHAT'S THE CRITERIA OF BEING STORM READY? THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT INVOLVED. WE HAD, UH, BEEF UP OUR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM AS FAR AS HOW WE WERE RECEIVING, UH, THOSE, UH, WEATHER ALERTS. WE, WE, UH, PUT A NEW WEATHER S UH, UH, NEW ALERT SYSTEM THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER. SO THAT'S MONITORED 24 7. WHEN THEY RECEIVE AN ALERT, THEY AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO WHAT IS CALLED I'M RESPONDING, WHICH IS, GOES OUT TO OUR, UM, GOES OUT TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY ALERTED OF WHATEVER THE, THE, THE HAZARD MAY BE. UM, ALSO OUR EVERBRIDGE SYSTEM IS TIED INTO THE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SO THOSE TORNADO WARNINGS OR, OR, WELL I DON'T WANNA SAY TORNADO WARNINGS, BUT THE, UM, THOSE, UH, SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS ARE TIED INTO THAT SYSTEM SO THEY AUTOMATICALLY GO OUT AS WELL. THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT, UM, TORNADO WARNINGS. YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, QUESTIONING WHY THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE TORNADO WARNING. UM, THAT TORNADO WARNING COMES AUTOMATICALLY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IT DOES NOT COME FROM OUR OFFICE. AND THE REASON BEING IS THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN GET OUR SYSTEM BOOTED UP, GET THE MESSAGE OUT BEFORE THAT THAT TORNADO IS HIT. YOU KNOW. UM, SO WHAT IT IS IS THE NATIONAL WEATHER WEATHER SERVICE USES WEA, WHICH IS A WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THOSE PHONES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA THAT'S GONNA BE IMPACTED. SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE A POLYGON. SO SAY THAT THE STORM IS COMING THROUGH SURY COUNTY, YOU MIGHT, THE THE ENTIRE COUNTY WILL PROBABLY GET AN ALERT FROM US SAYING, HEY, THERE'S GONNA BE SEVERE WEATHER. AND WE USUALLY HAVE A CAVEAT IN THERE. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE 'CAUSE THEY, THEY ALWAYS ARE WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND, BUT THAT POLYGON MAY BE THIS WAY IN THE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS OVER HERE. IF YOU'RE NOT IN THAT POLYGON, YOU WILL NOT GET NOTIFIED. NOW IF YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH THAT POLYGON, UM, YOU'LL GET NOTIFIED IT'S, IT GOES ACROSS YOUR, YOUR, UH, CELL PHONE. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE ON THAT CELL PHONE THAT YOU'VE EN ENABLED THE WIRELESS ALERT, UH, UH, PART OF THAT PHONE. UM, SO THERE IS SOME RESPONSIBILITY ON THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS TO, TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PRE-PLAN AND, AND TAKE CARE OF SOME, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE READY FOR THOSE ALERTS. MAKE, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR THE ALERTS FOR SURY COUNTY, UH, CONTACT OUR OFFICE, GO ON THE WEBSITE. THERE'S A, THERE'S A PAGE IN THERE WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP RIGHT OVER LINE TO ONLINE TO SIGN YOURSELF UP TO GET THOSE EMERGENCY ALERTS. BUT, BUT THOSE ARE, UH, THOSE EMERGENCY ALERTS, UH, MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I MEAN, A MATTER OF SECONDS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU CAN GET OUTTA HARM'S WAY OR PREPARE YOURSELF. SO, SO WE, WE ARE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO WE, ARE WE STORM READY OR JUST ABOUT STORM READY? JUST ABOUT, YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE A CER HOPEFULLY A CERTIFICATION. THIS WILL BE, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST, UH, STEP THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO THEN IT GOES TO A BOARD TO APPROVE. UH, AND, AND THAT APPROVAL USUALLY TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS. SO YOU, YOU, IT SOUND LIKE A LOT OF THINGS, SO I, I HOPE THAT LIST WASN'T THAT LONG BECAUSE LIKE WE CHECKED A LOT OF THOSE BOXES. IT, IT'S QUITE A BIT OF MCKENZIE JILL CUT THE EXECUTIVE, OUR, OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IS, HAS, UH, DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON PULLING THIS TOGETHER, SO, OKAY. UM, SO WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. PHELPS. THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. MR. PHELPS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. HARRISON FOR YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. UH, BOARD MEMBERS. NEXT ON OUR [Reports ] AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR REPORTS. UH, WE HAVE ONE REPORT, THE FOUR YEAR REQUEST SUMMARY FROM SEPTEMBER, 2026. I HOPE YOU ALL, UH, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, YOU CAN REVIEW THAT ON YOUR LEISURE. UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE YOUR FOUR YEAR INFORMATION. WE HAVE, UH, NO INFORMATION TO SHARE ON THIS EVENING, HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION. [Closed Session] SO I'LL NOW WE'LL TURN OUR MEETING OVER TO, UH, MS. PERKINS TO TAKE US INTO CLOSED [01:15:01] SESSION. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. YOUR MOTION REQUIRED TODAY IS TO CONVENE AND CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 37 11 A 0.1 TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENTS TO COUNTY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD OF ZONING, APPEALS AND WETLANDS BOARD. AND I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MS. PERKINS. BOARD MEMBER, UH, YOU HEARD MR. PERKINS UH, UM, REQUEST. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED. MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. STEWART, SECOND BY MR. HARDY THAT WE GO INTO CLOSE SESSION. UH, WE NOW HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR DREW A VICE CHAIRMAN HARDING AYE. CHAIRMAN PIERCE. AYE. SUPERVISOR ELLIOT. AYE. SUPERVISOR SEWARD. AYE. AYE. SO HAVE IT. WE'LL NOW GO ENC. CLOSE SESSION. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I'LL NOW ASK MS. PERKINS IF SHE COULD BRING US BACK INTO FROM CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. YOUR RESOLUTION CERTIFYING CLOSED SESSION WHEREAS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY HAS CONVENED A CLOSED SESSION ON THE STATE PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RECORDED VOTE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. AND WHEREAS SECTION 2.2 37 12 D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY. THAT SUCH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH VIRGINIA LAW. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS. LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES. AND TWO, ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING. THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SURREY COUNTY. AND I WILL NEED A MOTION, A SECOND AND A ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MS. PERKINS. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE LISTENED TO MS. PERKINS REQUEST. WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SUPERVISOR ELLIOT. SECOND BY SUPERVISOR DREW THAT WE COME BACK INTO FROM CLOSED SESSION. I'LL NOW ASK FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE. ROLL CALL VOTE. SUPERVISOR DREW. AYE. VICE CHAIRMAN HARDY AYE. CHAIRMAN PIERCE. AYE. SUPERVISOR ELLIOT. AYE. SUPERVISOR WARD. AYE. WE NOW BACK INTO SESSION BOARD MEMBERS AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR THIS MEETING ON THIS EVENING. I'LL NOW ASK FOR ADJOURNMENT TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 AT 7:30 PM SO MOVED. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY. IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL FLOOR BY SUPERVISOR DREW. IT'S THERE A SECOND. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SUPERVISOR DREW. SECOND BY SUPERVISOR ELLIOT. THAT WILL ADJOURNED UNTIL OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 AT SEVEN 30. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE WILL NOW VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? SAID MOTION SIGNIFY YOUR VOTE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.