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IT IS OCTOBER THE 26TH, AND IT'S NOW TIME FOR BOARD MEETING TO BEGIN.
MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MR. BROWN HERE.
MRS. WAYMACK MR. CARMICHAEL IS ABSENT MR. HUNTER HERE.
MR. WEBB HERE AT THIS TIME AT 5 P.M., WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
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AT THIS TIME, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO POINT TWO DASH THREE SEVEN ONE ONE OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.
NUMBER ONE, SECTION TWO POINT TWO DASH THREE SEVEN ONE ONE, A ONE FOR DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OR INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICERS, APPOINTEES OR EMPLOYEES OF ANY PUBLIC BODY.
SUCH DISCUSSION SHALL BE LIMITED TO SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD AND YOUTH TASK FORCE AND NUMBER TWO.
SECTION TWO POINT TWO DAYS THREE SEVEN ONE ONE A EIGHT FOR CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL.
SUCH DISCUSSION SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE L THREE HARRIS CONTRACT.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MRS. WAYMACK AND SECOND BY MR. HUNTER THAT THE BOARD WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION BASED ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE DESCRIBED IN THE MOTION.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION READY FOR THE QUESTION.
MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MRS. WAYMACK YES, MR. HUNTER.
THE BOARD STARTED TONIGHT, OCTOBER THE 26TH AT 5:00 P.M.
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IN A CLOSED SESSION.WE HAVE FINISHED WITH CLOSED SESSION, SO AT THIS TIME I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF CLOSED SESSION.
MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT BOARD CERTIFIED TO THE BEST OF EACH BOARD MEMBERS KNOWLEDGE.
ONE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS WAS DISCUSSED AND TWO ONLY MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE CONVENIENT MOTION WAS DISCUSSED OR DISCUSSED.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MR. HUNTER, CONFIRMING OUR CLOSED SESSION.
YOU'VE HEARD THAT YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.
YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? MRS. KNOTT WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
MR. CARMICHAEL IS ABSENT, MR. HUNTER.
MOTION CARRIED FOR THE CERTIFICATION AT THIS TIME NOW IS 6 P.M.
WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR WORK SESSION FOR TONIGHT, AND I'LL TURN THIS PORTION OVER TO MR. ASHCRAFT TO CALL THE PEOPLE UP AS SHOWN ON OUR LIST.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION THIS EVENING IS FROM THE REGISTRAR.
I'D ASK MR. RICHESON TO COME AND GIVE A LITTLE PREVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER 2ND GENERAL ELECTION, HOW THE IN-PERSON VOTING HAS BEEN GOING AND JUST GENERALLY THINGS IN HIS OFFICE.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT MR. WHITTEN.
TO DATE, WE HAVE 24, 215 REGISTERED VOTERS.
OF THOSE, ALMOST 15 PERCENT HAVE ALREADY VOTED.
IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, WE'VE ECLIPSED 200 EACH DAY, SO THE AMOUNT IS GETTING MORE.
I EXPECT THAT TO INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY.
WE'LL BE VOTING THROUGH THIS SATURDAY.
THE LARGEST PRECINCTS CONTINUE TO BE TEMPLETON AND BLAND, WITH OVER 3600.
AND TEMPLETON HAS VOTED 424 AND BLAND HAS HAD 704.
WE'VE HAD 2,663 TO VOTE IN PERSON IN HOUSE, THAT'S ALREADY MORE THAN WHAT'S THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, BUT THE LAST GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION WAS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.
THAT TIME WE ONLY HAD THREE PERCENT VOTED ABSENTEE.
WE'VE ALREADY HIT 15 PERCENT, SO WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF THAT.
WHAT WAS THE NUMBER AGAIN? [INAUDIBLE] VOTED IN HOUSE HERE, YES, SIR.
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2,663.SO THE IN-PERSON FAR OUTWEIGHS THE MAIL.
THE FIRST SATURDAY, WE ONLY HAD 108 TO VOTE, WHICH WAS .
45 PERCENT OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS.
COMPARE THAT TO LET'S SEE NOVEMBER 2017 IS WHEN WE HAD THE LAST GOVERNOR'S RACE.
TOTAL, 46 PERCENT VOTED IN THAT ELECTION.
AND ONLY 3 PERCENT WAS ABSENTEE, SO WE FAR ECLIPSED THAT.
IT'S THE WAY THE VOTING IS GOING.
YOU'RE GOING MORE, YOU'RE MAILING OUT MORE AND YOU'RE HAVING MORE PEOPLE COME IN THE HOUSE.
SO THIS TRAFFIC, THE WAY WE HANDLE IT, IS RUNNING GREAT.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE POLL WORKERS.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT MR. ASHCRAFT'S OFFICE, THIS BOARD, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IT FINANCE, WE ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.
WE RUN A FIRST CLASS OPERATION.
I'M APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE.
GENERAL SERVICES, THEY PUT OUT OUR EQUIPMENT THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SO I THINK THE NEXT THREE DAYS WILL BE VERY BUSY AND THEN ON ELECTION DAY, THIS WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT BUSINESS OUT THERE.
THE COURT'S BUILDING WILL STILL BE OVER THERE.
AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT I THINK THEIR TRAFFIC WILL BE LESS BY EVERYBODY COMING IN EARLY.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE YOU HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION WITH THE OUTSIDE BOX THE DROP BOX THERE? YES.
AND THEY APPRECIATE THAT TO SOME PEOPLE WILL REQUEST A MAIL BALLOT AND WE'LL MAIL THEM THE BALLOT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO BRING IT BACK IN.
THEY CAN PUT IT OUT THERE IN THE BOX OR THEY CAN BRING IT IN TO OUR OFFICE.
AND IF THEY WANT TO, THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE IT IN THE MACHINE.
SO THAT'S THREE WAYS THAT THEY CAN GET IT TO US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M GOOD.
I KNOW I SAW IN SOME OF THE OTHER IT MAY HAVE BEEN AT THE LAST ELECTION.
ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO TRACK THEIR BALLOT? BALLOT SCOUT IS NOT WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD.
OK, NOW IF THEY CALL OUR OFFICE, WE CAN TELL THEM RIGHT UP FRONT WHERE IT IS, GOT YOU.
BUT BALLOT SCOUT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS, I WOULDN'T COUNT ON IT.
AND HOW ARE THE THE THE NEW POLL BOOKS THAT YOU, I THINK GOT THIS YEAR? IS THAT WORKING OUT OK FOR YOU? NEW POLL BOOKS HAVE NOT BEEN USED YET.
ELECTORAL BOARD WITH THIS ELECTION WAS A LITTLE SKITTISH ON IT.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING THAT AND THEY WILL BE USED IN JUNE.
I GUARANTEE IT BECAUSE THAT SOFTWARE HAS TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER ANYWAY.
BUT IT WAS THE ELECTORAL BOARD DECISION.
OK, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION.
WHILE I'VE GOT AN AUDIENCE, LOOKING AHEAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POLLING PRECINCT FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO GREGORY.
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON ON THAT? THE BOARD WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFERRED THAT UNTIL ANOTHER TIME, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I THINK THE SECURITY OVER THERE PROBABLY STILL WANTS US TO MOVE.
GREGORY IS A GOOD PLACE AS FAR AS THE VENUE TO HAVE IT.
YOU GUYS MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REDISTRICTING, IF THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE ANY OF THE POLLS OR ANYTHING.
ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC IS WALTON SCHOOL.
WHEN WALTON SCHOOL CLOSES, THAT'S A POLL.
ARE WE GOING OVER TO MIDDLE ROAD? WE'VE ALREADY GOT ONE PRECINCT ON MIDDLE ROAD, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT WE CAN GET AND WHERE THOSE LINES ARE.
THAT'S THAT'S A VERY FAIR THING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THE SCHOOL IS MOVING TO MIDDLE ROAD, BUT TO ME THEN THAT'S MAKING PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE VOTED RIGHT THERE HAVE TO GO WAY OVER TO MIDDLE ROAD TO VOTE, IF THAT'S OR...
RIGHT ACROSS FROM ANOTHER PRECINCT.
YOU MIGHT CROSS THAT LINE ANYWAY RIGHT, IF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN.
OR LET'S SAY THIS WITH WALTON SCHEDULED TO CLOSE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEN THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN ANY PRECINCT WOULD BE IN THE
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GENERAL ELECTION NEXT YEAR.SO A DECISION BY THE BOARD WOULD BE VITAL, CERTAINLY AHEAD OF THAT.
AND THE STUDY NEEDS TO BE DONE PRETTY MUCH NOW, RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT.
I KNOW THERE'S A SIZABLE CHURCH OVER THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, WE DO USE CHURCHES IF THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE.
YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK MAYBE IF YOU IF ANYBODY IN YOUR OFFICE OR THE ELECTORAL BOARD HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS FOR US TO INVESTIGATE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
THE CHURCH OVER THERE ACROSS THE STREET, WELL ACROSS 460 RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THAT SACRED HEART.
THEY HAVE A NICE BANQUET HALL.
AND THEY HAVE A CHURCH MEMBER, TOO.
MR. CHAIRMAN, OUR NEXT PRESENTER IS LORI HENLEY.
LORI IS OUR NEW DRUG COURT COORDINATOR.
SHE'S STARTING TO GET A LITTLE SENIORITY BEHIND HER.
THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE SINCE SHE'S COME TO OUR GOVERNMENT FAMILY ON THE DRUG COURT AND JUST LORI ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO COVER IN YOUR POSITION.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT, MR. WHITTEN, I AM LORI HENLEY AND I'M THE NEW DRUG COURT COORDINATOR, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON HOW THE DRUG COURT IS OPERATING.
[INAUDIBLE] AS YOU'RE AWARE THE DRUG COURT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2004.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY AND IN 2017, THE DRUG COURT ITSELF STARTED RECEIVING FUNDING FROM A GRANT FROM THE VIRGINIA STATE SUPREME COURT.
WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THAT GRANT TO THIS DAY.
LATE LAST YEAR THE DRUG COURT WAS SEPARATED OUT FROM RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY.
I WAS HIRED ON MAY THE 17TH TO BE THE FIRST DRUG COURT COORDINATOR.
I CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DENISE WAFF DENISE IS THE NEW RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY DIRECTOR.
DENISE AND I ACTUALLY THINK SHE'S HERE IN THE BACK.
DENISE AND I ACTUALLY WORKED TOGETHER AT ANOTHER, ANOTHER COUNTY AGENCY IN THE PAST OUR PRIOR LIFE, SO I'VE REALLY ENJOYED COMING BACK AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH HER AND HER TEAM.
ON JUNE THE 16TH WE HIRED ISAIAH LEE ISAIAH IS A DEDICATED DRUG COURT PROBATION OFFICER.
HE COMES TO US WITH A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY, AS WELL AS WITH MENTAL HEALTH, AND ISAIAH IS LOCATED IN THE RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY.
MY OFFICE IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE CIRCUIT COURT COURTHOUSE.
ISAIAH IS ACTUALLY SUPERVISED BY DENISE AND MYSELF.
I'M NOT SURE HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THAT, BUT SO FAR THAT THAT'S GOING WELL, I THINK FOR ALL OF US.
ON JUNE, THE 24TH, OUR LOCAL DRUG COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET THAT COMMITTEE HAD NOT MET SINCE 2019.
THE PURPOSE OF THAT COMMITTEE IS TO OVERSEE OUR LOCAL PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE.
IT'S MADE UP OF OUR DRUG COURT, SOME OF OUR DRUG COURT TEAM MEMBERS, LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES, ADULT AND JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I THINK OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE IN JANUARY.
I THINK WE'VE DECIDED WE PROBABLY NEED TO MEET ABOUT TWICE A YEAR JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER UPDATED POLICIES, PROCEDURES THAT KIND OF THING.
JULY THE 1ST WE DID RECEIVE OUR GRANT FROM THE VIRGINIA STATE SUPREME COURT THAT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $90000.
THAT IS OUR BIGGEST FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE DRUG COURT.
ON AUGUST THE 23RD, WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH MERAKEY.
MERAKEY IS A PRIVATE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROVIDER IN PETERSBURG.
THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DR.
SHE AND I HAD A RELATIONSHIP PRIOR TO ME COMING HERE, AND SHE WAS ABLE WE TOGETHER WERE ABLE TO GET A STATE OPIOID RESPONSE GRANT.
THAT GRANT HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A DEDICATED DRUG COURT CLINICIAN AND FOR OUR CLIENTS TO GO AND GET SERVICES THROUGH MERAKEY.
MERAKEY IS ALSO SERVING AS THE FISCAL AGENT, SO I KNOW BETSY WAS REALLY GLAD WHEN THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD BE THE FISCAL AGENT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY, SO IT WAS A WIN WIN.
PRIOR TO MERAKEY, OUR CLIENTS DID RECEIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES THROUGH DISTRICT 19.
HOWEVER, I THINK WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, THEY STARTED RECEIVING SERVICES ONLY
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THROUGH PHONE CONVERSATIONS.THEY DID NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE NOW IF THEY'RE OPEN BUT THEY MAY ON JULY 1ST, BUT THEY WERE NOT GETTING THE INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE DRUG COURT MODEL.
SO WITH MERAKEY, OUR CLIENTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING SEEN ABOUT 7 AND A HALF HOURS EVERY WEEK IF THEY ARE IN PHASE ONE OF THE DRUG COURT.
SO THEY ARE GETTING IN-PERSON TREATMENT.
MERAKEY PROVIDES MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT MAT IF THEY NEED METHADONE OR SUBOXONE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR CLIENTS RIGHT NOW THAT DO RECEIVE THAT TREATMENT, AND THEY'RE FULLY STAFFED WITH QUALIFIED SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS.
DRUG COURT CONTINUES TO BE A 14 MONTH PROGRAM AT MINIMUM, WE HAVE 5 PHASES OF THE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES AN AFTERCARE COMPONENT.
OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK A MINIMUM OF 20 HOURS A WEEK IF THEY DO NOT WORK THE 20 HOURS A WEEK THEY MAKE UP FOR IT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THEY DO THE LITTER CONTROL, THE LITTER REDUCTION PROGRAM, AND THAT'S BIG AND DOES REALLY WELL HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE.
THEY ALSO ARE ATTENDING TREATMENT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
THEY'RE MEETING WITH MR. LEE, THEIR PROBATION OFFICER.
THEY HAVE TO PAY A MONTHLY FEE AND THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT.
LATER IN MY PRESENTATION, I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
ON SEPTEMBER THE 13TH, WE CELEBRATED NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH, WE HAD A CAKE AND REFRESHMENTS AFTER COURT THAT DAY.
WE ALSO HAD A FORMER DRUG COURT GRADUATE WHO CAME BACK AND MET WITH THE STAFF, MET WITH THE PARTICIPANTS.
SHE'S WORKING AND SHE WANTS TO COME BACK AND HELP US WITH OUR DRUG COURT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, SO SHE'S GOING TO TRY TO BE WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
ON OCTOBER THE 14TH, WE DID DO A FUNDRAISER AT LUCAS AND WE RAISED $350 AND THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR INCENTIVES AND GIFT CARDS FOR OUR CLIENTS AS THEY'RE DOING WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU JUST PULL YOUR MIC DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, I'M SORRY.
THAT WAY THE PEOPLE, IS THAT BETTER? YES, MUCH BETTER.
THE DRUG COURT TEAM DOES CONSIST OF THE HONORABLE JUDGE TOMKO .
HE SERVES AS OUR OUR DRUG COURT JUDGE.
WE HAVE SUSAN FIERRO AS OUR COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY.
MARY KAY MARTIN IS OUR DEFENSE BAR COUNSEL FROM THE MARY KAY AGENCY.
SHE IS OUR CLINICIAN DEDICATED, DEDICATED TO THE DRUG COURT.
THE PROGRAM MANAGER IS AUDRICE JOHNSON.
FROM RIVERSIDE WE DO HAVE ISAIAH LEE, OUR PROBATION OFFICER.
RACHEL TURNER HAS PROBABLY BEEN WITH THE DRUG COURT SINCE IT BEGAN.
I'M REALLY NOT SURE SHE'S BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
SHE ONLY SERVES AS THE HISTORIAN FOR DRUG COURT.
SHE HAS BEEN A HUGE ASSET TO ME TO KIND OF LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST AND WHERE THE GAPS ARE, AND MAYBE SOME, SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE SERVICES.
DENISE WAS HERE ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE I CAME, SO SHE IS KIND OF NOW TRANSITIONING OFF OF DRUG COURT.
BUT SHE SHE DOES SERVE ON THE TEAM AND OF COURSE, IS SUPERVISING ISAIAH, SO SHE IS PART OF THE PROJECT AS WELL.
THE PRINCE GEORGE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE ARE GOING TO MR. BUCKY ALLIN WHEN HE RETIRES, BUT HOPEFULLY OUR NEW SHERIFF WILL SIT ON OUR TEAM AS WELL.
WE HAVE ROBERT VAUGHAN AND AUSTIN MOON.
THEY ARE OUR DRUG COURT DEPUTIES.
THEY GO OUT AND DO HOME VISITS.
THEY VERIFY WHEN WE HAVE NEW REFERRALS, THEY VERIFY THE HOME PLANS.
DIFFERENT PHASES OF OUR SYSTEM.
YOU EITHER HAVE A 9 O'CLOCK CURFEW OR AN 11 O'CLOCK CURFEW, SO THEY WILL CHECK.
THEY ALSO DO DRUG SCREENS FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND I'LL ALSO SIT ON THE THE DRUG COURT TEAM.
OUR CURRENT POPULATION, WE HAVE 12 PARTICIPANTS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 5 FROM HOPEWELL, 6 FROM PRINCE GEORGE AND ONE FROM SURRY.
WE HAVE 3 MALES AND 9 I'M SORRY, 3 FEMALES, 9 MALES.
OUR TARGET POPULATION IS 15 TO 18.
ABOUT THE SIZE OF OUR DRUG COURT COULD PROBABLY THE CAPACITY WOULD BE 15 TO 18 ON DRUG COURT IS IS OPEN, MEANING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT PHASES AND PHASING OUT.
WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE COMING, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 15 TO 18.
SO THOSE PEOPLE HOPEFULLY WILL QUALIFY AND BE COMING IN BETWEEN NOW AND PROBABLY JANUARY.
PRIMARY GOALS OF THE DRUG COURT, OF COURSE, ARE TO REDUCE ADDICTION AND AND
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DEPENDENCY REDUCE RECIDIVISM.I THINK ONE OF OUR BIGGEST GOALS SHOULD BE TO INCREASE PERSONAL FAMILY AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS.
WE DON'T WANT OUR DRUG COURT CLIENTS JUST TO BE CLEAN AND SOBER.
WE WANT THEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.
WE WANT THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND PAY THEIR TAXES AND HAVE A JOB.
SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST NOT USING DRUGS.
WE WANT TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE PLANNING AND USE OF RESOURCES AMONG OUR AGENCY AND OUR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT WE DO HAVE FOR DRUG COURT.
THIS JUST SHOWS THAT IN 2020 THERE WERE 38 APPROVED DRUG COURTS IN VIRGINIA, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE 38.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE DIAGRAM THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DRUG COURT PROCESS.
A DEFENDANT CAN COME INTO DRUG COURT AND CIRCUIT COURT EITHER THROUGH AN ARREST OR A DIRECT INDICTMENT.
ONCE THEY ARE THERE, ANYBODY CAN MAKE A REFERRAL TO DRUG COURT.
SOMETIMES THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY OR THE JUDGE.
ONCE THAT EVALUATION OR THAT REFERRAL IS SENT, IT IS SENT TO MR. LEE.
HE WILL PULL THE RECORD OF THE DEFENDANT AND IF THEY HAVE NO VIOLENCE OR DRUG DISTRIBUTION CHARGES, HE WILL THEN GO OUT AND INTERVIEW THEM.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES THEY ARE INCARCERATED.
SO IF HE GOES OUT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE REFERRED TO DRUG COURT AND HE SAYS, NO WAY, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, THEN WE DON'T TAKE THEM.
SO THEY THEY IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.
THEY'RE ALSO EVALUATED BY MERAKEY TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND ARE OK FOR THAT.
OUR DEPUTIES GO OUT AND THEY DO THE HOME VISIT.
THEY SEE THAT THE HOME PLAN WHERE THEY'RE LIVING, WHO THEY'RE LIVING WITH, THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE STEPS OF DRUG COURT AND THAT THE OFFICERS WOULD BE COMING IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOME.
WE EITHER ACCEPT THE CASE COMES BACK.
WE EITHER ACCEPT OR REJECT IT DURING THE TEAM MEETING.
IF WE ACCEPT THE CASE, THEN IT IS DOCKETED FOR ANOTHER COURT DATE.
AND IF THE PERSON ENTERS AND IS SUCCESSFUL, THEN THAT ACTUAL FELONY CHARGE WILL BE DISMISSED IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THEY HAVE A DISMISSAL OF A FELONY, WHICH IS HUGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF THEY DON'T COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, THEN THEY WILL GO BACK INTO THE TRADITIONAL PROSECUTION PROCESS.
DID HE HAVE TO BE A FELON TO PARTICIPATE? RIGHT NOW IT HAS TO COME OUT OF CIRCUIT COURT.
SO A LOT OF TIMES IT MAY GET REDUCED, BUT IT HAS TO COME OUT OF CIRCUIT, INITIALLY IT HAS TO BE A FELONY.
JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DRUG COURT AND TRADITIONAL COURTS.
OUR DRUG COURT IS COLLABORATIVE, WE ARE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.
THE COURT IS VERY ACTIVE IN MONITORING.
WE HAVE COURT ONCE A WEEK, SO OUR JUDGE SEES OUR DEFENDANTS WEEKLY.
THEY DO PHASE DOWN AND DON'T HAVE TO COME EVERY WEEK AS THEY FACE DOWN IN THE PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM IS UNIFIED, UNIFORM AND STRUCTURED INTENSE, AND THE TREATMENT IS IS INDIVIDUALIZED.
FREQUENT DRUG TESTING AND PROBATION MONITORING WITH DRUG COURT AND RELAPSES ARE TREATED AS GRADUATED SANCTIONS.
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES TELLS US THAT THE QUICKER WE INTERVENE WITH WITH THE SANCTION AND ITS IMMEDIATE AND IT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THAT VIOLATION, THAT IS WHAT WORKS BEST.
IN A TRADITIONAL COURT IT'S MORE OF AN ADVERSARIAL PROCESS.
THE COURT HAS LIMITED SUPERVISION.
THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CASE A LOT OF TIMES.
TREATMENTS CAN VARY IN COST LENGTH AND INTENSITY.
MONITORING, SOMETIMES WITH PROBATION, CAN BE INTERMITTENT AND MAY LACK INTENSITY AND DRUGS USE AGAIN.
SOMETIMES IT'S TREATED AS A NEW CHARGE OR A PROBATION VIOLATION, AND NOT JUST WITH A SANCTION.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS PART OF DRUG COURT IS THAT YOU ARE TO DO A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT.
WE HAD TWO YOUNG MEN THAT WERE IN THE DRUG COURT THAT DID FEEDING THE HOMELESS.
THEY WERE VERY INTO COOKING AND THEY COOKED A BUNCH OF CHICKEN DINNERS AND JUST THEIR WHOLE FAMILY KIND OF GOT INVOLVED.
THEY TEAMED WITH A CHURCH AT THE BEACON THEATER IN HOPEWELL, AND THEY FED THE THE HOMELESS AND THE HUNGRY FOR ONE DAY.
I DO HAVE ONE OF THE GUYS THAT DID IT LIKED IT SO MUCH.
HE DOES IT ABOUT ONCE A MONTH NOW AND THEN.
SOME OTHER PICTURES ARE JUST OF OUR CELEBRATION IN SEPTEMBER FOR RECOVERY MONTH AND WE HAD A CAKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE CLIENTS MET WITH STAFF AFTERWARDS.
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AND IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE THE JUDGE WALK AROUND AND EAT CAKE WITH YOU AND TALK TO YOU.AND IT WAS A GOOD CELEBRATION.
OUR AREAS OF FOCUS RIGHT NOW, SUITABLE HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR CLIENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR CLIENTS IN SURRY.
TRANSPORTATION IS A HUGE ISSUE, SO THEY MAY OTHERWISE QUALIFY, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COME THREE FOUR DAYS A WEEK TO PRINCE GEORGE AND EVEN INTO PETERSBURG.
SO I HAVE KIND OF SPOKEN WITH AND DONE SOME BRAINSTORMING.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET WITH THE PASTORAL COMMITTEE.
SOMETIMES FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS WILL HELP OUT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
I'VE ALSO MET WITH PRESIDENT SARAH WILSON.
SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF DRIVE TO WORK, AND WE'VE BRAINSTORMED SOME WAYS OF HOPEFULLY MAYBE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD HELP US OUT WITH TRANSPORTATION.
HOUSING SOMETIMES IS AN ISSUE WE DO.
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH KIND OF HALFWAY HOUSES.
SOMETIMES WHEN OUR FOLKS ARE INCARCERATED, THEY COME BACK OUT AND THEY'VE LOST THE HOUSING THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD WHEN THEY WERE WHEN THEY FIRST WENT IN.
WE WANT TO GET THAT UP TO THE 15 TO 18 CLIENTS AND THEN OUR FUNDING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S OTHER GRANTS OUT THERE THAT WE'RE SEEKING GRANT FUNDING AS WELL AS FUNDRAISERS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IS MERAKEY LOCATED? MERAKEY IS RIGHT OFF OF CRATER ROAD.
IT'S CALLED PARK AVENUE OFF OF CRATER.
IT'S NEAR WHERE KINGS BARBECUE IS ON CRATER, SO IT IS A 11 MINUTE DRIVE FROM HERE, I DROVE IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S 11 MINUTES.
ANY QUESTIONS OVER HERE? THANK YOU.
CAN WE CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE THERE THAT I GUESS THEY GET ON THE CALENDAR? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN THEM RECENTLY ON THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS I KNOW IT USED TO HAVE ON THERE WHEN THEY WERE HAVING COURT BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES MRS. WAYMACK HAS ATTENDED.
SOMETIME, I'LL JUST STICK MY HAND IN.
COURT IS EVERY MONDAY AT 4 O'CLOCK AND IT IS.
I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE MAYBE AT SOME POINT COME TO VISIT, BUT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT ROOM EVERY MONDAY.
IT USED TO BE ON OUR CALENDAR EVENTS THAT WE GOT IT LISTS.
I ALMOST HAVE TO SEE IT AND AHEAD OF TIME AND PUT IT ON THERE.
BUT ALSO LIKE I KNOW YOU HAD THE CELEBRATION THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.
I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE STUCK MY HEAD AND THERE.
GRADUATIONS, THE GRADUATIONS WE TYPICALLY HEAR ABOUT EVEN THE FUNDRAISER.
IF I HAD KNOWN YOU GUYS WERE DOING A FUNDRAISER AT LUCAS, WE PUT THAT OUT ON THE COUNTY ALL EMAIL.
WELL NO, I, I GET HUNDREDS OF EMAILS A DAY, SO SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU DIDN'T SEND IT OUT.
BUT I MEAN, THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THAT CAN GET MS. TRAYLOR PUTS OUT.
SHE COLLECTS ALL THAT AND SENDS OUT A CALENDAR OF EVENTS EVERY FRIDAY, AND THAT GOES OUT TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND I TYPICALLY LOOK AT THAT AND THEN I THROW DIFFERENT THINGS ON MY CALENDAR, THAT WOULD BE GREAT ON THAT.
SO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE.
SO THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THINGS, AND IF A BOARD MEMBER CAN MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE WE'LL STICK OUR HEADS IN AND TRY TO TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE REALLY GOING WELL.
MR. CHAIRMAN, OUR NEXT REPORT IS A WRAP UP OF OUR FARMERS MARKET.
DIRECTOR AND MARKET MANAGER FOR THE SUMMER.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT MR. WHITTEN.
I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T GET THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
I WORKED ON IT YESTERDAY, BUT I'VE ADDED LOTS OF PICTURES, SO YOU'LL FORGIVE ME.
THIS IS THE WRAP UP OF THE 2021 SEASON.
THIS COMING SATURDAY WILL BE OUR FINAL MARKET FOR THE SEASON.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2021 IS THAT THAT WE STARTED THE SEASON WITH BRIGHT, COLORFUL BANNERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO HELP PROMOTE THE MARKET.
THE ONES WE HAD BEFORE WERE KIND OF BROWN AND, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY NOTICEABLE.
SO WE PUT THOSE OUT IN PRETTY PROMINENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
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WE DID ADD SOME H-FRAMES SIGNS TO PLACE THEM AT THE PAVILIONS HELP ADVERTISE OUR NO PETS AND TO ADVERTISE ADDITIONAL VENDORS THAT WERE LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOT.THIS WAS THE FIRST SEASON THAT WE HAD TO EXPAND TO THE LOWER PARKING LOT BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SO MANY VENDORS.
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WAS STRONG.
THAT SEEMS TO BE OUR BIGGEST PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE RECOGNIZING WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE PAGE IS NOW FOLLOWED BY 2,155 PEOPLE AS OF THE 25TH WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER.
THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 733 FROM THE START OF THE MARKET IN MAY.
SOME EVENT DAYS WERE ADDED TO THE SEASON TO ENHANCE OUR TRAFFIC AND TO SUPPORT OUR VENDORS WITH SHOPPING.
DISCOUNT DAYS WERE OFFERED FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
WE DID THAT IN AUGUST AND ON 9/11 WE HAD THE FIRST RESPONDERS DAY AND OFFERED DISCOUNTS TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
TWO EXPANDED MARKETS WERE OFFERED THAT LASTED UNTIL 2 P.M.
AND THEN THE PICTURE THERE IN THE IN THE BOTTOM CORNER IS OUR FREE RECIPES WITH FRUITS AND VEGGIES, AND WE DID THAT ON A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA TECH.
JUST SOME OF THE VENDORS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE VENDORS A LITTLE BIT ON AVERAGE, LOOKING BACK TO 2020 COMPARED TO 2021.
THIS IS AN AVERAGE OF VENDORS WE HAD FOR EACH MONTH.
IN COMPARISON, IT IS ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF SIX ADDITIONAL VENDORS PER MONTH.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH JUST IN THE 2020 AND 2021 SEASONS.
IT DOES HELP WHEN WE MARKET, WE WE ADVERTISE, WE DID PRESS RELEASES.
WE TRIED TO GET OUT THERE AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE WERE THINGS GOING ON.
I FEEL THAT THAT DID CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE GROWTH.
VENDORS DID SEEM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE I CAME INTO THE MEETING, I HAD A FEW MINUTES, SO I LOOKED BACK AT THE 2018 SEASON AND IN 2018, THERE WAS ONLY AN AVERAGE OF 15 VENDORS PER MONTH, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ALMOST DOUBLED SINCE 2018 ON VENDOR PARTICIPATION.
THE VARIETY OF OF VENDORS STAYS PRETTY COMMON FROM YEAR TO YEAR ON WHAT'S BEING OFFERED, THE BONUS THIS YEAR WAS WE DID BRING MEAT.
SO WE DID HAVE A MEAT VENDOR WHO WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO ATTEND ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND ON AVERAGE SHE ATTENDED PRETTY MUCH ALL BUT ABOUT SEVEN MARKETS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SO I THINK SHE DID VERY WELL AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO US NEXT YEAR.
THE FARM TO TABLE, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD HARVEST, IT'S DELIVERED TO THE HOMES THAT SEEMED TO BE QUITE POPULAR THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE WITH AGING PARENTS.
I I PERSONALLY SPOKE TO SOME OF THEM THAT SAID IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT BENEFIT TO BE ABLE TO ORDER AND HAVE IT DELIVERED TO THE HOMES OF THEIR AGING PARENTS.
SO THEY'VE APPRECIATED THE NEIGHBORHOOD HARVEST COMING IN WITH US THIS YEAR.
THE BAKED GOODS CONTINUE YEAR TO YEAR.
FUNNEL CAKES, KETTLE CORN AND FRIED OREOS WAS A TREMENDOUS HIT THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOCCER GAMES WERE GOING.
YOU COULD JUST SMELL THAT STUFF AND IT WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR.
THE PETS AT THE MARKET, I THINK THIS IS THE ONE TOPIC THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
WE DID IT LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS A MARKET RESTRICTION, SO WE DID IT.
WE WE SAID NO PETS ALLOWED AT THE PAVILION.
SOME OF THE RECENT FEEDBACK HAS BEEN THAT THE COLONIAL HEIGHTS MARKET RECENTLY, SOME OF OUR VENDORS WERE AT THE COLONIAL HEIGHTS MARKET AND THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE THAT SAID THEY WON'T COME TO PRINCE GEORGE MARKET BECAUSE WE DON'T ALLOW PETS.
I HAVE CONTACTED PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL AND COLONIAL HEIGHTS.
THE MARKET RESTRICTION HAS LIFTED FOR THE PETS.
SO MY POSITION IS THAT WHILE I DO BELIEVE THAT IT, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO HAVE THE PETS UNDER THE PAVILION.
WHEN YOU'RE SELLING BAKED GOODS, YOU'VE GOT PET DANDER, YOU'VE GOT SMALL KIDS AND YOU'VE GOT A SMALL SPACE THERE.
WE ARE LOSING VENDORS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE VENDORS BECAUSE THEY DO WANT TO BRING THEIR PETS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SINCE THE MARKET RESTRICTION HAS LIFTED, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT IN 2021 WE DO ALLOW THE PETS TO COME BACK BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM TO BE VERY UNPOPULAR.
I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY, IT IS NOT FUN TO WALK UP TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T ALLOW PETS.
THEY'VE IGNORED THE SIGNS WHEN THEY WALK UP AND THEY DON'T LIKE IT AND THEY TELL YOU SO.
SO FOR THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK THAT ARE NOT THE MARKET MANAGER, IT CERTAINLY PUTS THEM IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION TO HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THE CITIZENS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR 2021 IS THAT SINCE IT IS NO LONGER
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RESTRICTED BY THE MARKET RULES, THAT WE CAN ALLOW THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.WE DID PROCESS $7,783 IN CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS.
THAT IS AN INCREASE OF $4,353 FROM THE 2020 SEASON.
WE PAID OUT CARD TRANSACTION FEES, WHICH THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD AGREED WOULD STAY.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO PAY THOSE FEES RATHER THAN PASS THEM ALONG.
SO WE DID INCREASE THAT FROM 139 TO ABOUT 240, ALMOST 244.
WE COLLECTED $3,551 IN VENDOR BOOTH FEES, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF $2,521 FROM 2020.
AND THAT WAS MAINLY DUE TO DOING AWAY WITH THAT FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP THAT WE AGREED TO DO LAST YEAR.
SO THAT REALLY HELPED US WITH OFFSETTING THE COST OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DID OFFER THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS THE SOLE PURPOSE IN ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT.
THE FARMERS MARKET BANK ACCOUNT HAS INCREASED BY $2,420 FROM APRIL OF 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
OUR SNAP MATCH INCENTIVES WERE OFFERED THIS YEAR.
WE DID NOT DO SNAP MATCH BEFORE.
IT HAS RESULTED IN $1,243 IN FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT WERE FREE TO THE CUSTOMERS.
THE MONEY WAS REIMBURSED TO THE MARKET BY VIRGINIA FRESH MATCH PROGRAM.
THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR FOR CUSTOMERS AND THEY'VE APPRECIATED THAT WE'VE OFFERED IT AGAIN.
THAT'S $1,243 THAT YOU'VE PUT FREE, HEALTHY THINGS INTO THE HANDS OF THE CITIZENS.
WE DID PROCESS $1,342 IN SNAP AND EBT, WHICH IS USED FOR THE MEATS, THE EGGS, THE HONEY AND THE VEGGIES OF THE MATCH PROGRAM IS ONLY FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
AND THEN DURING THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR, REVENUE COLLECTIONS FOR THE MARKET DID EXCEED THE BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR REVENUES.
SO WORKED WITH MS., DREWRY AND FINANCE, AND SHE HELPED TO DO AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,906 .
31 THAT APPLIED BACK TO THE EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT TO HELP TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS OF THE MARKET.
YOU GET TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
IN JULY, WE HAD OUR CHRISTMAS IN JULY, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES FROM THE EVENT.
WE DID FEATURE WHERE SANTA CLAUS CAME IN AND DID STORY TIME WITH THE KIDS, HAD PICTURE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE JAMES RIVER JR.
WOMAN'S CLUB OFFERED AN EXPANDED VENDOR MARKET.
THE ADDITIONAL VENDOR FEES WERE PAID TO THE JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB $40 TO ATTEND AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT AGAIN IN 2022.
CHILDREN'S DAY IN THE MARKET WAS THE NEXT MONTH, YOU CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH WE OFFERED SOMETHING LARGE TO BRING THE CROWD.
SO IN AUGUST, WE DID DO CHILDREN'S DAY AT THE MARKET ON THE 14TH OF THE MONTH.
WE BROUGHT IN A TEENY TINY PETTING FARM FOR FOUR HOURS.
WE BROUGHT IN AWARE WILDLIFE AND THEY WERE THERE FOR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THEY DID TWO DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS WHILE THEY WERE THERE.
WE DID PARTNER WITH THE MASTER GARDENERS CLUB TO DO THE GREATER TOMATO CONTEST THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION AND THEY DID AN ACTIVITY WITH THE KIDS TO PLANT TOMATOES IN A BUCKET, LOADS DONATED BUCKETS FOR THE CHILDREN AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH JANET CALLIS AND SCOTT RYDER ON THAT PROJECT.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR THE KIDS.
THAT WAS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DAY, AND I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE THERE, I KNOW AND WE HAD A LOT GOING ON THAT DAY THAT WAS ONE OF OUR EXPANDED MARKETS MARKETS TILL 2:00 P.M.
WE HAD OUR OPENING CEREMONIES OUT OUT THERE WITH A WITH A NICE PODIUM AND A NICE SOUND SYSTEM.
MIKE MCCANN, WITH THE STATE POLICE, PLAYED AMAZING GRACE FOR US AT TO COMMEMORATE 9/11.
WE BROUGHT OUT LIFEEVAC, LIFEEVAC CAME OUT.
CHIEF BEAMAN HELPED COORDINATE THAT ACTIVITY AND THEN CHIEF EARLY AND CHIEF BEAMAN BOTH DID STORY TIME WITH THE KIDS AT TWO SEPARATE TIMES, AND THAT WAS VERY FUN AND INTERACTIVE.
MCGRUFF THE CRIME DOG WAS THERE.
AND THEN WE HAD ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES THERE FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND GET EXCITED ABOUT THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ARE YOU WILLING TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY WHO WON THE STORY TIME? NO, SIR, I'M NOT.
I THINK THEY THEY WERE BOTH EQUALLY VERY GOOD.
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CHIEF BEAMAN HAD A LOT OF THE INTERACTION WITH PLAYING IT OUT IN THE ROLE THE CHILD THAT YOU SAW PICTURED THERE, ACTUALLY, THEY PULLED HIM OUT OF THE AUDIENCE.HE HAD HIS LITTLE FIRE CAP AND THEY MADE HIM A FIREFIGHTER.
IT WAS VERY INTERACTIVE WITH THE KIDS AND THEY ENJOYED IT.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, MOST OF THE KIDS THERE WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, NOT A FIREFIGHTER.
EVEN AFTER THE DYNAMIC STORY TIME CHIEF BEAMAN DID THEY THEY WERE STILL ON THE POLICE OK, YEAH.
AND THEN THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE HAD OUR FALL FESTIVAL.
THIS WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND AT THE MARKET.
AND WHAT WE BASICALLY DID WAS WE WE HID MINIATURE PUMPKINS ALL AROUND THE SCOTT PARK IF THEY FOUND A PUMPKIN.
THEY GOT TICKETS FOR PRIZES AND CANDY, GAMES FOR THERE WAS GAMES FOR THE KIDS, THERE WAS A PUMPKIN JUDGING CONTEST.
WE EVEN INCORPORATED A CHOICE BOARD SHOPPING GAME FOR ADULTS, WHERE IF THEY PURCHASED FROM VENDORS, THEY EARNED TICKETS TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN WIN PRIZES.
SO JUST TRYING TO BE CREATIVE TO HELP THEM SHOP, TO HELP EVERYONE HAVE FUN.
AND IT TRULY WAS A VERY NICE FAMILY, FUN EVENT.
CHAIRMAN BROWN VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME DURING THE DAY.
MR. ASHCRAFT WAS THERE PLAYING GAMES WITH THE KIDS, SO I THINK EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME.
WE HAD A LOT OF OF DONATIONS THAT HELPED OFFSET THE COSTS, AND WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO HELP US THAT DAY.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL WHO INTERACTED WITH US.
AND THEN WE DID INCORPORATE A MONTHLY KID'S CREATION.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A FANTABULOUS IDEA THIS YEAR.
AND THE PURPOSE FOR THAT WAS TO GET THE KIDS TO BE CREATIVE, GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE AND LET THEM HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
PLUS, BY USING SOME OF OUR VENDORS AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES BY THE VENDORS.
THEY WERE LEARNING A SKILL SET THAT OUR VENDORS HAVE, AND THEY'RE SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS, YOU KNOW, I SPONSORED TWO OF THEM WITH WITH THE PAINTING.
WE HAVE OTHER VENDORS WHO SPONSORED TOWELS AND MAKING FALL SIGNS.
SO THOSE ARE JUST IMAGES OF KIND OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
EVERY MONTH WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO INVITE CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE.
SO I THINK IT WENT VERY, VERY WELL AND WE WILL PROBABLY OPT TO DO THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
OUR GOALS FOR THE 2022 MARKET IS TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS, CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR MORE DAIRY, BAKED GOODS AND BREAD OPTIONS.
THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT'S LACKING RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND INCORPORATE SOME TYPE OF A LOYALTY PROGRAM FOR A PRIZE AT THE END OF THE SEASON.
CONTINUE TO OFFER THE SAME EVENTS WE'VE BEEN JUST WITH A DIFFERENT SPIN.
OFFER A CHILDREN'S ENTREPRENEUR DAY IN MAY OF 2022.
THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING I'M ALREADY FOCUSED ON IS NOW THAT THE KIDS HAVE PARTICIPATED AND YOU SEE A LOT OF THE SAME KIDS WEEK TO WEEK, THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER A ONE DOLLAR TABLE TO CHILDREN WHO WANT TO COME IN AND SELL THINGS THEY'VE MADE THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.
SO THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO BE OUT THERE AND TO MERCHANDISE YOUR PRODUCT AND TO SELL IT, AND IT STARTS TO TEACH SOME GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE PLANNING TO HOST IN THE OPENING WEEK OR SECOND WEEK OF THE MARKET.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE STORY TIME WITH FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY EVERY WEEK.
WE DID PARTNER WITH PRINCE GEORGE LIBRARY AND WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH SCHOOL SYSTEM TO GET THEIR BOOKS THAT THEY ARE RECYCLING OUT OF THEIR LIBRARIES.
SO I'VE GOT SEVERAL IN MY OFFICE NOW, JUST WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE.
WE DID HAVE SEVERAL YOUNG VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE PROBABLY 16 17 YEARS OLD.
THEY WERE VERY INTROVERTED WHEN THEY STARTED THE MARKET AND BY THE END OF THE SEASON, THEY WERE EXTREMELY EXTROVERTED.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THEM.
IT HELPS THEM WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I'M WORKING ON WRITING A LETTER TO EACH OF THEM WITH ALL OF THE HOURS THEY DONATED AND A COUPLE OF THEM LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR EMPLOYMENT JUST TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER VENDOR ASSISTANCE WITH UNLOADING AND RELOADING OF VEHICLES THAT WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR THIS YEAR, AND THEY APPRECIATED IT.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE SAME FEE STRUCTURE THAT WE KEPT IN 2021.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
WE'RE NOT GOING UP AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. WEBB ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB, MR. HUNTER.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MS.
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HURT TO THE YEARS.NO QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
YOU MADE THIS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
MR. ASHCRAFT, ALWAYS WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY CORRIE, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S A TEAM EFFORT WITH HER VOLUNTEERS AND WE HAD CHALLENGES, OBVIOUSLY WITH COVID.
AND THEN WE HAD TO DECIDE ON HOW THE [INAUDIBLE] AND ALL THAT.
SO WE DIDN'T CONFLICT WITH OVERTIME POLICIES AND AND THERE WAS A LOT TO NAVIGATE.
HAS REALLY NOW BECOME PART OF THE COUNTY'S CULTURE.
IT'S NOT JUST A FARMER'S MARKET, IT IS A COMMUNITY FESTIVAL THAT ABSENT A COUNTY FAIR OR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT MAYBE WE USED TO HAVE YEARS AGO, IT IS SUBSTITUTED GREATLY AND IT'S JUST A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER AND SEE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE HAVE A GOOD TIME FOR WHETHER IT'S 20 MINUTES OR 3 HOURS, WHATEVER THEY CHOOSE TO DO AND CORRIE CONGRATULATIONS YOUR VISION IS REALLY TAKING THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
WE'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I MENTIONED THAT THE 7 O'CLOCK SEGMENT, SO ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST KUDOS TO YOU TO THE TEAM.
EVERYBODY'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB, I'LL TELL YOU.
THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE FALL FESTIVAL, NOT ONLY DID I SEE THE YOUNG CHILDREN, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, I TOLD MY WIFE, I'M LIKE, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY KIDS HERE AT 8 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
GUESS WHAT? THE PLACE WAS CRAWLING WITH KIDS AT 8 O'CLOCK, BUT NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN.
I SAW SO MANY PARENTS THAT HAD SUCH A SMILE, AND EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT CAME UP TO THE GAME THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR JUST WAS SO APPRECIATIVE TO GET THEIR KIDS OUT AND FOR THEM TO HAVE FUN WITH THEIR CHILDREN ON A DAY.
IT WAS JUST IT WAS AN AWESOME AFFAIR.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU, TO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT'S WORKED WITH YOU, VOLUNTEERS, THE VENDORS, EVERYBODY'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
I TELL YOU AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO OUTGROW THAT PAVILION.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME IDEAS BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD FOR FANS, LIGHTING, GUTTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, EVERY SINGLE VENDOR TRULY APPRECIATES WHAT WAS DONE TO THAT PAVILION.
SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD FOR SUPPORTING THAT ENDEAVOR.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WAS GRATEFUL TO HAVE THOSE FANS WHEN IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HOT OUT THERE.
MR. CHAIRMAN MR. WHITTEN ASKED HIM TO COME FORWARD.
WE DISCUSSED AT ONE POINT A FEW WEEKS AGO THE WAIVING OF FEES IN THE COUNTY ABSENT A POLICY AND WHO I HAD PROVISIONS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I THINK HE'S BROUGHT FORTH SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, AND I'LL ASK HIM TO PRESENT THAT AT THIS TIME.
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT.
SO I KIND OF LOOKED AROUND A FEW OTHER LOCALITIES.
HOW THEY DID FEE WAIVERS REDUCED PRICING.
THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTIES DID FEE WAIVERS FOR, YOU KNOW, RENTAL OF FACILITIES AND SUCH.
BUT ACTUALLY, WE ALREADY OFFER OUR FACILITIES PRETTY MUCH FOR FREE TO COUNTY RESIDENTS, SHELTERS AND SUCH.
THE ONLY TIME ANYONE HAS TO PAY FOR A ROOM, MAYBE TO RENT A ROOM OVER AT [INAUDIBLE].
SO WHAT PROPOSED IS A REDUCED PRICING POLICY, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THAT.
SO BASICALLY, THE COUNTY WOULD OFFER A 50 PERCENT REDUCED FEE FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR THE COUNTY, FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH PROGRAMS MANAGED BY SOCIAL SERVICES.
SO INSTEAD OF AN ENTIRE FEE WAIVER, I WOULD PROPOSE A 50 PERCENT REDUCED FEE, AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY UP FOR DISCUSSION.
SO WHICH DSS PROGRAMS WILL QUALIFY CITIZENS FOR RELIEF? ANY APPLICANT WHO RECEIVES ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS WOULD RECEIVE RELIEF THROUGH THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE SNAP, TANF, MEDICAID AND I DID SEND THIS POLICY OVER TO BERTHA AND MICHELLE OVER AT DSS FOR THEIR INPUT AS WELL, SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE A HAND IN LETTING MR. ASHCRAFT KNOW IF THE APPLICANT QUALIFIED FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO WHICH PARKS REC PROGRAMS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DISCOUNT? I BASICALLY JUST WENT THROUGH THE PARKS AND REC BROCHURE AND KIND OF DELINEATED ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
AND SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF THE BOARD WANTS TO OFFER IT TO ADULTS AND MATURE
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ADULTS OR IF THEY'RE THINKING MORE FOR YOUTH.BUT I INCLUDED ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OFFERED IN THIS SUMMER/FALL ISSUE THAT WAS ON THE WEBSITE.
SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW LEAGUES AND CLASSES AND CAMPS THAT ARE OFFERED.
THE ANIMAL SHELTER PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE, WE DISCUSSED THE ADOPTION FEE FOR DOGS AND FOR CATS, AND I INCLUDED THE CURRENT ADOPTION FEES, WHICH INCLUDES THE SPAY NEUTER FEE AS WELL.
SO THAT INCLUDES THAT, IT DOES.
ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, THAT THAT DOES INCLUDE THE SPAY AND NEUTER FEE.
SO WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED? AN APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO PRODUCE OR FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, WHICH I HANDED OUT TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS EARLIER, AND THAT WE, MY PARALEGAL, HELPED CREATE A SELLABLE PDF SO WE COULD POST THAT ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT EASIER THAN HAVING TO PRINT IT OUT AND BRING IT IN.
AND THEY WOULD ALSO NEED A CURRENT STATEMENT OR NOTICE OF ACTION OF BENEFITS FROM WHY THIS IS ACTUALLY THREE PROGRAMS, I FOUND OUT I HAD SIX PROGRAMS LISTED IN THREE OF THE PROGRAMS DSS DOESN'T OFFER, SO I'LL CHANGE THAT TO THREE.
AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO NEED THE SIGNED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CONFIRMATION STATEMENT, WHICH I ALSO INCLUDED THAT THAT'S ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE PACKET.
I HANDED YOU AND THAT BASICALLY THE APPLICANT INCLUDES THEIR NAME AND THEIR SIGNATURE.
AND THEN THE DSS STAFF MEMBER INCLUDES WHICH BENEFIT IS PROVIDED AND THEN THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR HIS DESIGNEE WOULD REVIEW THE FORM AND THEN APPROVE THE APPLICATION.
SO WE WOULD GIVE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 7 TO 10 DAYS TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION AND GIVE A FINAL DECISION ON THE APPLICATION AND THE REDUCED FEE ELIGIBILITY WOULD EXPIRE IN ONE YEAR.
FROM APPROVAL DATE AND A NEW APPLICATION WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED EACH YEAR IF THE REDUCED FEE IS REQUESTED.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER PROGRAMS YOU WANTED TO INCLUDE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE THOUGHTS AND I CAN INCLUDE THEM IN THE POLICY, AND USUALLY IT'S ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REQUESTING THE ROOM RENTALS AND OR USE OF THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, AND I STILL THINK THAT ANY KIND OF UTILITY FEE OR BUILDING PERMIT OR PLANNING PERMIT FEES SHOULD COME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I THINK THAT'S JUST A BETTER PROCESS FOR GOING THAT ROUTE.
BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER FEES THAT THE BOARD WANT TO CONSIDER TO ADD TO THE POLICY.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO IF ONE APPLICATION WOULD BE GOOD FOR SEVERAL FEES, WHAT I'M SAYING, IF A PARENT HAS THREE KIDS AND SOME OF THE REC GAMES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEY CAN FILL OUT ONE AND GET THE REDUCED FEE FOR ALL THREE CHILDREN OR WHATEVER.
SO THE WAY THEY HAVE APPLICATION IS THEY WOULD LIST ALL THEIR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS IF THEY HAD THREE KIDS.
AND THEN MY THREE KIDS ARE IN THREE DIFFERENT SPORTS.
SO YOU COULD BASICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, CHECK YOUTH RECREATION LEAGUE.
IF THERE'S ANY CLASSES YOUR KIDS WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN A SUMMER CAMP, THEN YOU WOULD JUST CHECK THOSE BOXES.
OK, SO THEN ADMINISTRATION WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH APPLICATION FEE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE THEM.
THEY WOULD BASICALLY JUST APPLY TO ALL THEIR KIDS.
IF ALL THREE KIDS WANT TO PLAY BASKETBALL, THAT'S $30 FOR EACH KID, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE.
THE $90 FEE WOULD BE CUT IN HALF THE $45.
NO, I THINK THIS IS GOOD, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, GOOD THING, IT WILL BENEFIT PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK OVER IT AS FAR AS GIVING ME ANY MORE FEEDBACK, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I REALLY DO HAVE IS I KNOW THIS SEEMS TO BE GEARED MORE AROUND PEOPLE THAT FIT IN THIS CERTAIN CATEGORY THROUGH DSS.
BUT WHAT IF YOU HAD A SENIOR CITIZEN THAT WANTED TO TAKE A CLASS, FOR INSTANCE? AND TO ME, BASED ON WHAT I SEE, IF THEY'RE NOT PART OF ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY WOULDN'T QUALIFY.
AND IF WE WANTED TO ADD ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, YOU COULD DO THAT OBVIOUSLY FOR REAL ESTATE TAXES THEY PROVIDE THEIR NET WORTH AND THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.
SO YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE SIMILAR TO THAT FOR OVER SIXTY FIVE.
YEAH, I WAS JUST I WASN'T SAYING THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WANTED TO DO, BUT I WAS JUST
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THINKING BASED ON THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY GEARED, IT'S ONLY IF YOU FIT THOSE DSS PROGRAMS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE A LOT THROUGH WITH THE SENIOR CITIZEN TASK FORCE AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME THINGS AND LOOKED LIKE WE WOULD BE EXCLUDING A GROUP THAT IF ONE OF THEM QUALIFIED, THEY COULDN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIT IN THAT ONE OF THOSE THREE.SO THAT'S WHY I SAID I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
WE CAN SEND THIS TO THE SENIOR TASK FORCE AND THEY COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT, IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION.
I'D RATHER SEE THE BOARD HAVE SOME TIME TO MAYBE WHEN WE CAN SEND OUT EMAILS BACK TO POTENTIALLY SEE IF THERE'S SOME OTHER IDEAS OF WHO WE'D LIKE TO INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO OPEN IT UP TOO WIDE IF WE OPEN IT TO THE SENIOR CITIZEN TASK FORCE.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? THEN YOU NEED TO OPEN IT TO TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND IT COULD BLOW UP TO BE BIGGER THAN WHAT WE WERE REALLY EXPECTING FOR IT TO BE.
BUT I'M I'M JUST ONE PERSON MAKING THAT STATEMENT.
LET'S TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT IT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST SEND THIS OUT TO US.
SURE I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL, THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL EMAIL.
AND THEN WE CAN ALL RESPOND SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AND THEN WE CAN COME TOGETHER ON SOME.
SOME GENERAL CONSENSUS ON WHAT TO INCLUDE, BUT I LIKE THE SHELL THAT YOU'VE CREATED SO FAR.
AND IS THIS EVENTUALLY A PUBLIC HEARING? IT'D BE UP TO THE BOARD IF THEY WANT.
IS NOT REQUIRED TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IT'S A POLICY, IT'S A POLICY.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO GO IN THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
THE THE ONE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING OR WOULD EVENTUALLY BE A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT, WHICH IS THE ANIMAL SERVICES.
THAT'S BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE COUNTY CODE SAYS THE ADOPTION FEE IS $10 AND IT'S $100 FOR A DOG.
SO THAT'S A CHANGE TO THE CODE TO SAY THAT THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THE SCHEDULE OF FEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT CHANGE TO THE COUNTY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT COMPLETES YOUR WORK SESSION AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, OK.
WE START AT 7 WITH OUR REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING.
SO WE'LL JUST TAKE A RECESS FOR 5 MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL START BACK AT 7 P.M.
OK BOARD IS CURRENTLY IN RECESS.
GOOD EVENING, IT IS NOW 7:01 P.M.
THE BOARD HAD A CLOSED SESSION BETWEEN 5 AND 6 P.M.
WE HAD A WORK SESSION FROM 6 P.M.
UNTIL ABOUT 6:55 AND WE WERE IN A 5 MINUTE RECESS.
SO NOW A LITTLE AFTER 7 IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO START THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT, AND WE WILL START WITH MR. HUNTER GIVING THE BOARD'S INVOCATION PLEASE
[INVOCATION]
[INVOCATION] DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, BE WITH US.BE WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES TO [INAUDIBLE] PRINCE GEORGE, TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, BE WITH THOSE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT FOR WHATEVER THE REASON AND BLESS ALL OF THOSE WHO DID MAKE IT TONIGHT.
BE WITH THE ONES THAT ARE HOMELESS.
BE WITH THE ONES THAT ARE HAVE OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS. LORD, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS US, TO BLESS THOSE WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT AND WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN.
AMEN, AND MR. WEBB WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE? AMERICA, AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, MR. WEBB, FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THANK YOU, MR. HUNTER, FOR OUR BOARD'S INVOCATION THIS EVENING.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS.
YOU'LL BE GIVEN FOUR MINUTES TO BRING ANY MATTER TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WOULD BE ON A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH
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TONIGHT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. SO IS THERE ANYONE CURRENTLY HERE IN THE ROOM OR IN THE HALLWAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? ANYONE WISHING TO COME AND SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD? I SEE NO ONE MOVING THIS WAY, MR. STOKE AT THIS TIME, WOULD YOU PLEASE CHECK ON ZOOM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? FOR ALL ZOOM PARTICIPANTS.WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR ELECTRONIC HAND IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER NOW TO BE RECOGNIZED.
PHONE USERS MAY PRESS STAR NINE TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM WISHING TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU, MR. STOKES, SEEING THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE HERE IN THE ROOM THAT HAS COME FORWARD.
WE NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
NEXT, WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF OUR AGENDA, BOARD MEMBERS,
[ADOPTION OF AGENDA]
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I SO MOVE, AND I SECOND.IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER AND SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SO STATED ON OUR PAPER.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER.
AND MR. CARMICHAEL IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
THE MOTION HAS CARRIED AND THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[ORDER OF CONSENSUS]
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR OUR ORDER OF CONSENSUS C ONE AND C TWO.WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE ORDER OF CONSENSUS AS SO STATED ON OUR AGENDA.
MRS. KNOTT WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB YES, MR BROWN.
MOTION HAS CARRIED FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDER OF CONSENSUS.
AT THIS TIME ON OUR AGENDA, WE ARE NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR SUPERVISOR COMMENTS.
[SUPERVISORS' COMMENTS]
I WILL START TO MY LEFT FIRST WITH OUR VICE CHAIR, MRS. WAYMACK.I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN PRINCE GEORGE OVER THE WEEKEND.
IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTY, WE HAD SEVERAL EVENTS THAT WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE FARMERS MARKET AND THE FALL FESTIVAL THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
ALSO, THERE WAS A HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AT TEMPLE PARK THAT EVENING THAT WAS ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE'RE JUST BLESSED TO BE HERE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL CITIZENS AND THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN PRINCE GEORGE JUST CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTY.
MR. HUNTER, WELL, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT MRS. WAYMACK USUALLY HITS IT FIRST, BUT I'LL BE SURE TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT IT IS THAT SEASON.
AND ALSO, THEY'VE OPENED UP THE COVID SHOTS, THE BOOSTERS AND THE THIRD SHOT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE ABOUT THAT AND WHERE YOU CAN CALL.
I UNDERSTAND WALGREENS AND SOME OTHER PLACES ARE GIVING THEM AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO THAT AND IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE FACT THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE COUNTY THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND I DEFINITELY HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT ON THE FARMERS MARKET.
IT WAS A VERY NICE AFFAIR FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL TO SEE SO MANY OF OUR CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND ALL JUST HAVING FUN AND SMILING, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT DAY.
SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED.
EVERYBODY FROM OUR MARKET MANAGER TO STAFF TO OUR VENDORS TO THE VOLUNTEERS, AND MOST OF ALL TO THE CITIZENS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, WHO CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WENT ON THIS PAST WEEKEND.
NOW, IT'S TIME FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS, MR.
[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS]
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ASHCRAFT.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'LL START OUT WITH SOME SOME DATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET THIS THURSDAY AT 6:30 HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM, AND IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY SWAGIT WILL BE TELEVISING THEIR MEETINGS OR VIDEOING THEIR MEETINGS, AND THERE'LL BE THEY'LL BE SHOWN ON OUR WEBSITE AFTER THAT SO PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
MAYBE IN A BIGGER WAY THAN THEY DID BEFORE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FOLLOWING FOOTBALL AND YOU LIKE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK.
THE GAME AT PETERSBURG WILL BE THIS THURSDAY AT 7 O'CLOCK RATHER THAN THAN FRIDAY.
SO I WOULD ALERT THAT AS A SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR ANYONE WHO PLANS ON GOING TO THE GAME.
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY HAS CERTAINLY ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION AS BEING A WELLNESS COMMUNITY BOTH INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT AND EXTERNALLY THROUGHOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE OFFER, AND WE'RE HAVING AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS FAIR THIS FRIDAY FROM 9-4 OUT AT THE WELLNESS CENTER.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO VISIT WITH VENDORS.
THERE'S HEALTH SCREENINGS THAT WILL BE GOING ON AND JUST A MULTITUDE OF WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN BETTER THEIR HEALTH AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL TAKE THAT AND INFORMATION AND GIVE IT TO THEIR FAMILIES.
SO WE URGE CERTAINLY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TIME ALLOWING YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND AT ANY POINT DURING THE DURING THE DAY AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT'S THE LAST DAY OF THE MARKET FOR THIS SEASON.
IT'S FROM 8-12 AT SCOTT PARK, AND I WOULD LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE SUCCESS OF THE MARKET.
WE HAD A REPORT FROM OUR MANAGER, CORRIE HURT, BUT THAT EVENT HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD AS ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE TRI CITIES.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER EVENTS THAT I'LL TOUCH ON IN OUR ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
BUT THAT'S A REAL TRIBUTE TO WHERE WE CAME WHEN WE STARTED THE MARKET, I BELIEVE, WAS 2012.
IT WAS IN A TENT BEHIND THE SHERIFF'S PARKING LOT AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO OR THREE VENDORS THAT WERE OUT THERE, AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE HOW THAT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS AND THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCEPTED IT.
SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HAD A THAT'S HAD A HAND FROM THE BOARD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TO THE CITIZENS AS A WHOLE.
AS NOVEMBER 2ND STARTS TO DRAW CLOSER, IN-PERSON VOTING HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF.
AS YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS A VOTING PRECINCT UP UNTIL NOVEMBER THE 2ND AND WE DID HAVE A REPORT FROM THE VOTER REGISTRAR AT OUR 6 O'CLOCK HOUR, AND HE REPORTED THAT 15 PERCENT OF THE VOTE VOTING PUBLIC HAVE ALREADY CAST BALLOTS.
THAT'S OUT OF 24,215 REGISTERED VOTERS.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3,500 WHO HAVE WHO HAVE VOTED ALREADY, EITHER IN PERSON OR BY MAIL.
SO THAT'S WAY UP FROM AT ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND AND REALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOW GETTING USED TO IT BEFORE THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT LEERY ABOUT GOING OUT OR WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT NUMBER TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN IN FUTURE ELECTIONS.
AND OF COURSE, THE ELECTION ITSELF IS NOVEMBER THE 2ND.
OUR PRECINCTS WILL BE OPEN FROM 6 A.M.
ALL THE POLLING PLACES WILL BE STAFFED THROUGH THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE AND WE WILL BE UP AROUND HERE ELECTION NIGHT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
AND I'LL BE GETTING WITH MR. STOKE TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE SOME UP TO DATE NUMBERS THAT WOULD COME IN AS THEY AS THEY'RE COUNTED.
ON SATURDAY AS WELL, THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER WILL BE WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE, AND THAT'S FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT AND SEE THE RENOVATIONS AT THE CENTER.
THE BOARD MADE A COMMITMENT TO RENOVATE THAT FACILITY.
IT'S HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES THAT HAVE USED THAT FACILITY OVER THE YEARS, AND REALLY, IT'LL BE A TRIBUTE TO TO THE HISTORY OF THAT BUILDING.
WE WILL START AT 11 O'CLOCK WITH THE CEREMONY AND THEN UP UNTIL 2 O'CLOCK THERE'LL BE TOURS OF THE BUILDING.
THERE'LL BE SOME DEMONSTRATIONS GOING ON IN THE GYM AND IT WILL JUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO WALK AROUND AND SEE ALL THE ALL THE ROOMS AND WHO OCCUPIES THE ROOMS AND ALL THE THE FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE.
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THE FITNESS CENTER CERTAINLY IS ANOTHER THING THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED.THAT CENTER IS NOW APPROVED TO BE A SHELTER IN THE EVENT WE NEED IT IN EMERGENCIES.
WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD TO RELY ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO TO HAVE A SHELTER WHERE WE WILL HAVE ONE NOW AT THE WELLNESS CENTER, AND THAT IS ANOTHER PLUS TO THE BOARD'S INVESTMENT INTO THAT BUILDING.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT.
THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE.
I THINK WHAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A GROWING FACILITY AND USAGE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER A NUMBER OF MEETINGS, A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES AND IT'S JUST A GOOD PLACE FOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND FOR FUN AND AND CERTAINLY THE IMPORTANCE OF MEETINGS THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE THERE 11-2 THIS SATURDAY AND THEN ON SUNDAY, WHICH IS KIND OF AN UNUSUAL DAY FOR TRICK OR TREATING, BUT THAT'S HAPPENED TO BE WHEN 31ST FALLS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
TRICK OR TREATING WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY NEIGHBORHOODS OCTOBER 31ST, 5:30 TO 8:30.
IT'LL BE UNDER CERTAINLY CLOSE SUPERVISION BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL THAT NIGHT, BUT THEY'LL BE.
THEY'LL BE OBSERVING THE ACTIVITIES.
WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE WITH YOUNG, WITH YOUNG CHILDREN THAT THEY DON'T GO OUT BY THEMSELVES, THAT THEY HAVE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WITH THEM.
AND WE CERTAINLY ASK ANY HOME IN THE COUNTY THAT DOES NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
JUST TURN OFF YOUR LIGHT AND PEOPLE WILL GO TO THE NEXT HOME THAT WILL BE GIVING OUT CANDY AND TREATS.
SO THE HOURS AGAIN ARE 5:30 TO 8:30.
THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COUNTY, AS WE ENTER INTO NOVEMBER, THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER IS MONDAY AND THERE'S A INFORMATION MEETING AT 2 O'CLOCK AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE VIRGINIA HOUSEHOLD WATER QUALITY PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S A THAT'S A PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS WHO OWN WELLS AND THEY WANT TO GET THEIR THEIR WATER TESTED.
THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OFF THE SAMPLE, I BELIEVE, TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE, AND THEY'LL BE TALKING AND DISCUSSING THE RESULTS.
THERE MAY BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BRING A SAMPLE THERE IF THEY CALL THE EXTENSION OFFICE, BUT THAT'S A PRETTY POPULAR PROGRAM AND IT'LL BE THIS YEAR.
IT'S BEING HELD AT THE AT THE REC, AT THE REC CENTER ALSO LATER THAT EVENING.
THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE WELLNESS CENTER, BEGINNING AT 6 O'CLOCK FOR RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN AND AROUND KING DRIVE.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DRAINAGE ISSUES OVER THERE AND IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JULIE WALTON AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HER TEAM TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND BETTER YET, TRY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE THE REMEDIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOR THAT THAT PROBLEM.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE THERE 6 O'CLOCK AT THE WELLNESS CENTER OR BE HELD IN THE GYM AREA SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT EXPECT TO ATTEND.
AND THEN LATER THAT NIGHT, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS ITS MEETING RIGHT HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.
THAT'S THAT'S MONDAY AT AND THEY BEGIN AT 6:30.
MR. CHAIRMAN, A COUPLE OF OTHER UPDATES, MR. HUNTER HAS MENTIONED A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT IN COVID WITH BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT THIRD BOOSTER SHOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET IT.
WE'LL TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THAT WILL THAT IT IS TO BE OBTAINED, AND WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL CONSIDER THAT.
BUT REALLY FUNDAMENTALLY, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PEOPLE TO GET THE FIRST, THE FIRST COUPLE, WE'RE STILL RIGHT AROUND 37 38 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IS IS VACCINATED.
WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT OVER 70 PERCENT OF OUR EMPLOYEE BASES ARE VACCINATED, WHICH IS WHICH IS VERY GOOD.
SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2020, 4,943 CASES OF CORONAVIRUS.
AND WE'RE, AS YOU CAN TELL, 57 AWAY FROM 5,000.
AND WE HAVE EXPERIENCED 43 DEATHS NOW TO DATE.
OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO WEAR THEIR MASKS IN THE WORKPLACE AND WE WE ASK THE PUBLIC TO RESPECT THAT AS WELL.
WHEN THEY COME INTO THE BUILDING AND MANY DO, SOME DON'T.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE AS A GOVERNING BODY TO ADHERE TO THE GOVERNOR'S REGULATIONS UNLESS WE HEAR OR SEE OTHERWISE.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INVOLVED IN LAND USE NOVEMBER 1ST WILL BE AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOUR APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE IN.
IF YOU MISS THAT DEADLINE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN
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EXTENSION BECAUSE THEY DO START TO EVALUATE THAT.SO I WOULD ASK ANYONE WHO WAS SEEKING LAND USE OR WANT TO RENEW LAND USE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR APPLICATIONS IN TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE BY 5:00 ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
WE MENTIONED THE FARMERS MARKET BEING NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD IN THE TRI-CITIES, THE OTHER COMPETITION IN THE COUNTY THAT WE'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR IS BEST COMMUNITY IN WHICH TO LIVE, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, WE WON THAT TO TWO TIMES IN A ROW AND ALSO THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 4TH.
IT IS NOW NOVEMBER THE 18TH AT THE PETERSBURG COUNTRY CLUB.
ANY BOARD MEMBERS WELCOME TO ATTEND IT.
IT IS A BIT FORMAL, BUT IF YOU HAVE A BLACK TIE, YOU CAN PUT IT ON.
SO WE'D ASK YOU TO BE THERE AND HOPEFULLY AS WE COMPETE AGAIN WITH OTHER LOCALITIES IN THE AREA, MAYBE WE CAN SWEEP ALL THREE OF THESE EVENTS.
I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF SHOUT OUT TO TO JEFF STOKE, STACEY ENGLISH AND THE WHOLE TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER THE BUSINESS SHOW AND JOB FAIR LAST FRIDAY.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR US HOSTING THAT, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE A VENUE LIKE THE WELLNESS CENTER TO BE ABLE TO HOST IT.
ALL THE VENDORS THERE SEEMED TO ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND RECEIVE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES.
WE HAD 40 PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN THE DOOR THAT WERE LOOKING FOR WORK OR WE'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB UPGRADE AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM MATCHED UP WITH ANY OF THE VENDORS THAT WERE THERE AND THAT WE HELP SOMEBODY ALONG THE WAY.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT EVENT EVERY NOW AND THEN DON'T HAVE A REGULAR SCHEDULE NOW, BUT I THINK IT WAS GOOD FOR US TO GET IN THAT BUSINESS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT.
THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN DONATING TO THE AFGHAN REFUGEES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE HAVE BEEN HOUSED IN FORT LEE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
OCTOBER 30TH WILL BE THE LAST DAY IN WHICH THEY WILL BE ACCEPTING COLLECTIONS.
THIS TIME OF YEAR WINTER COATS VERY POPULAR, BUT EVERYBODY CAN GO TO THE LEE GATE FROM 10 A.M.
AND DROP OFF THERE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT IN WHICH THEY WILL BE ACCEPTING DONATIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, LAST SATURDAY, ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT I THINK WE ALL FAILED TO MENTION, BUT IT WAS GOOD THAT IT WASN'T IGNORED BY THE PUBLIC DRUG TAKE BACK DAY, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, WAS A NATIONAL EVENT.
WE COLLECTED 208 AND A HALF POUNDS OF OUTDATED MEDICATIONS FROM 57 PARTICIPANTS, ALL BY VEHICLE THAT CAME IN AND DROPPED IT OFF.
SO THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF POUNDAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE DESTROYED PROPERLY RATHER THAN GOING INTO OUR COLLECTIVE COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND AND GIVING OUR WASTEWATER SITUATION A REAL PROBLEM.
SO WE THANK ALL THE ALL THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING UNLESS BOARD HAS ANY QUESTION.
DOES ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO MR. ASHCRAFT? OK, THANK YOU, SIR.
WE'VE NOW REACHED A POINT OF OUR AGENDA FOR REPORTS.
[REPORTS]
FIRST ON THE LIST HERE IS OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT REPORT FROM MRS. DREWRY.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS MR. ASHCRAFT AND MR. WHITTEN.
I'M PLEASED TO PROVIDE TO YOU YOUR FIRST QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.
I WAS JUST UP HERE PROBABLY A LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, GIVING YOU YOUR PRELIMINARY YEAR END FOR FY 21.
GENERAL FUND REVENUES, OF COURSE, WE ARE VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR, FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
WE DEFER OR ACCRUE BACK MANY OF OUR COLLECTIONS THAT WE GET IN JULY AND AUGUST TO THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO, SO A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST PRETTY MUCH ONE MONTH WORTH OF REVENUE, SO TO SPEAK.
WE ARE VERY SIMILARLY POSITIONED WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
IN THE PRIOR YEAR, IN FACT, WERE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD AT 5.81 PERCENT OF REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
THE BOARD HAS COMMITTED SOME FUND BALANCE FOR USE IN THE CURRENT YEAR FROM LAST YEAR.
THOSE ARE OUR PURCHASE ORDER CARRYOVERS, ALONG WITH OUR GRANTS AND DONATION CARRYOVER, WHICH WAS THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THAT AT $514,000.
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YOU ALSO APPROPRIATED IN OCTOBER AMOUNT FOR THE CHILLER $222,610.WE DO ANTICIPATE THE SCHOOL DIVISION MAKING A REQUEST ONCE THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR A RE APPROPRIATION OF THEIR REVENUE EXCESS OVER EXPENDITURES FOR LAST YEAR AND A PORTION OF THAT IS LIKELY GOING TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE THE BOARD IS AWARE OF AN AMOUNT AN ESTIMATED ABOUT $780,000 THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR THAT PROJECT FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
NOT MUCH NOTEWORTHY IN THE FIRST QUARTER, HOWEVER, I WILL MENTION OUR REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES.
THE FIRST HALF IS NOT TECHNICALLY DUE UNTIL DECEMBER 5TH.
SO BUT WE ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AT SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 21 THAN WE WERE IN 20.
WE HAD A FAIRLY LARGE DELINQUENT COLLECTION THAT BOOSTED THAT NUMBER UP, AND OUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE ALSO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THEY WERE IN 2020.
SALES TAX AGAIN, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
SO WE SHOULD MEET, CERTAINLY MEET OUR BUDGET TARGET PROJECTION OF 3.8 MILLION.
OUR COLLECTIONS LAST YEAR WERE ACTUALLY A LITTLE OVER 4.3 MILLION.
SO NO ALARMS GOING OFF AGAIN, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE THE LAST THREE YEARS.
QUARTER TWO WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE BETTER INFORMATION AS OUR FIRST HALF OF REAL ESTATE TAXES ARE DUE.
AS ALWAYS, WE WILL SPEND CAUTIOUSLY AND CAREFULLY MONITOR COLLECTIONS EXPENDITURES.
AGAIN, WE ARE RIGHT ON TARGET 24 PERCENT, 24.7 PERCENT EXPENDED.
SO AGAIN, YOU WOULD EXPECT THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, ABOUT 25 PERCENT.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE WE ARE ON TARGET.
UTILITIES, WE ARE RUNNING A SMALL OPERATING LOSS, AND THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OPERATING FUND MAKES A TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND, AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THIS FISCAL YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S IN THAT $7,000 OPERATIONS CATEGORY.
SO NOT ALARMED BY THAT PRELIMINARY LOSS RIGHT NOW.
WE THINK REVENUES WILL CATCH UP.
IN FACT, OUR REVENUES ARE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN BOTH WATER AND SEWER SERVICES.
NON-OPERATING, WE ARE RUNNING A SURPLUS AGAIN, LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT CAPITAL TRANSFER FROM THE OPERATING FUND AND WE ARE AT A POSITIVE NET POSITION OF $847,000 IN UTILITIES.
CAPITAL PROJECTS, I PROVIDED YOU AGAIN WITH AN UPDATE ON SEPTEMBER THE 28TH AND NOT A GREAT DEAL HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.
OF COURSE, OUR LARGEST COUNTY CAPITAL PROJECTS REMAIN THE RADIO PROJECT.
THE WRAP UP OF THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER IMPROVEMENTS AGAIN, AS MR. ASHCRAFT MENTIONED THAT OPEN HOUSE IS THIS COMING SATURDAY.
THE ITEM SHADED IN BLUE ARE RELATED TO THE FIRE AND IMPROVEMENTS THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE SERIES 2019 BONDS FOR THE RENOVATION OF JEFFERSON PARK AND THEN THE CREW BUILDING ELECTRICAL UPGRADES.
AGAIN, THE BOARD ELECTED OR VOTED BY ORDINANCE TO DEVOTE ONE CENT OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX TO FIRE AND EMS EQUIPMENT, THAT EQUATES TO $183,538 WHEN WE BACK OUT WHAT WE WILL NEED TO BORROW FOR THE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS THAT YOU APPROVED LAST SUMMER.
SO THOSE CHIEF BEAMON WILL BE WORKING ON A PLAN TO EITHER EXPEND THOSE FUNDS OR TO CARRY THEM INTO A FUTURE YEAR TO PURCHASE NEEDED FIRE AND EMS EQUIPMENT.
THE SCHOOL ITEMS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU RECEIVED A QUARTERLY REPORT AT THE END OF OCTOBER, BUT THE ITEMS IN BLUE AGAIN RELATE TO THEM.
AND OF COURSE, THE LARGEST PROJECT IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WALTON ELEMENTARY.
TO DATE, A LITTLE OVER 8.2 MILLION HAS BEEN EXPENDED FOR THAT PROJECT.
WE HAVE A SLIGHT OPERATING DEFICIT OF ABOUT $18,000.
HOWEVER, OUR COLLECTIONS ARE UP.
LODGING TAX REVENUES ARE $148,000, COMPARED TO A LITTLE LESS THAN $125 LAST YEAR.
THE EXPENDITURES ARE ALSO UP, MOSTLY DUE TO THE EXPENDITURES MADE FOR THE
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DIXIE WORLD SERIES.SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RUNNING A SMALL DEFICIT AT THIS POINT.
BUT NEXT QUARTER, I FULLY EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE OPERATING AT A SURPLUS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A SIMILAR STORY.
OUR REVENUES ARE UP MEALS, TAX COLLECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 30TH ARE $140,000 COMPARED TO $101.
SO OUR OPERATING DEFICIT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
ONE SLIDE, THIS IS AN ADDITION, SOMETHING THAT BEARS MENTIONING THE RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY, WHICH WE COMMONLY REFER TO AS OUR COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FUND.
OF COURSE, THAT AGENCY FACILITATES RESPONSE TO CRIME AND JAIL OVERCROWDING FOR NOT ONLY PRINCE GEORGE, BUT ALSO FOR HOPEWELL AND SURRY.
THAT PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY A STATE GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE THREE SERVED LOCALITIES, INCLUDING PRINCE GEORGE AND THEN A SMALL AMOUNT FOR CLIENT PAID SUPERVISION FEES.
FOR THIS YEAR WE DID PROVIDE THE SERVED LOCALITIES, INCLUDING OURSELVES, A BREAK AND ARE BALANCING ON ABOUT $179,000 IN FUND BALANCE.
AND THAT FUND BALANCE HAS ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS, LARGELY DUE TO STAFFING VACANCIES AND OUR ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE OR OUR AUDITED FUND BALANCE AT JUNE 30TH OF 2021 WAS A LITTLE OVER $306,000.
MS. WAFF AND I HAVE MET A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE SHE CAME ON BOARD LAST SPRING END WE MOST RECENTLY MET IN SEPTEMBER TO TRY TO DO A YEAR END PROJECTION.
SHE IS FULLY STAFFED AND WHICH IS A RARE THING FOR THE AGENCY AND WITH THE SUPPORT THAT SHE IS PROVIDED PROVIDING TO THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM, WE ARE INITIALLY PROJECTING THAT WE MAY USE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUND BALANCE THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
DETER THOSE, AND IF NEEDED, WE WILL CERTAINLY COME BACK TO YOU TO GET AN APPROPRIATION LATER IN THE YEAR, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
IT'S NOT GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE.
IT IS THEIR OWN SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FUND BALANCE.
PROFFERS, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, WE HAVE ACTUALLY NOT COLLECTED PROFFER REVENUES SINCE FY 17 WITH SOME OF OUR SOLAR ACTIVITY THAT MAY CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL.
BUT AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BALANCE REMAINS AT A LITTLE OVER $100,000.
REDFLEX, WE HAVE COLLECTED ZERO OR HAD COLLECTED ZERO AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH WE HAD ONLY COLLECTED ABOUT $205 THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, OCTOBER WE DID RECEIVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF $353 THAT JUST HIT THE BOOKS IN THE LAST WEEK.
SO AGAIN, THOSE COLLECTIONS ARE WAY DOWN, PREDOMINANTLY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
WE BELIEVE WITH VIRTUAL SCHOOL, ET CETERA.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
IF THERE ARE NO FOLKS PASSING BUSSES ILLEGALLY, THEN THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I'M GOING TO SPEND A BIT MORE TIME ON THIS SLIDE THAN I TYPICALLY DO NOT TO CAUSE ALARM.
BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD A HORRIBLE FIRST QUARTER IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS. SINCE JUNE 30TH OUR HEALTH FUND BALANCE DROPPED BY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
THERE WAS A MARKET DECREASE FROM OUR SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2020 BALANCE OF 3.08 MILLION.
WE ARE SITTING AT 1.85 MILLION.
LAST YEAR, WE ENDED IN THE RED, THE COUNTY SIDE.
WE HAD A SURPLUS OF ABOUT $230,000 THE SCHOOL DIVISION ENDED WITH A DEFICIT OF ABOUT OF A LITTLE OVER $445,000.
WE'VE BOTH HAD A FIRST QUARTER THAT'S IN THE RED.
OUR OURS IS PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTABLE TO ONE LARGE CLAIMANT SCHOOL DIVISION.
I'M NOT POSITIVE THAT THEIRS IS THE SAME STORY.
I HAVE PROVIDED SOME DATA TO MS. BARNES AND WE HAVE ADDED THIS AS A TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION TO THE JOINT CHAIR VICE CHAIR MEETING ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
MS. BARNES IS HOPEFUL THAT THEIR CLAIMS WILL SETTLE OUT.
HE BELIEVES THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOL PERSONNEL HAVE THINGS DONE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SO, SO AGAIN, THEIR WORST MONTH WAS JULY, SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THOSE WILL SETTLE OUT.
BUT AT AT PRESENT OR AT SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE FUND BALANCE WAS 1.85 MILLION,
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WITH THE COUNTY HAVING THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT AT 67 PERCENT OF THAT.SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
LOOKING AHEAD, THE REAL ESTATE BILLS ARE, I BELIEVE, COMPLETE IF THEY ARE NOT BACK FROM THE PRINTERS, I THINK THEY WILL BE ANY MOMENT NOW AND THOSE WILL BE SENT OUT WITH THE FIRST HALF DUE DECEMBER 5TH.
WE ARE STILL MAKING YEAR END JOURNAL ENTRIES PRIMARILY RELATED TO FIXED ASSETS AND OUR FINAL VALUATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS.
THE AUDITORS WILL BE ON SITE NEXT WEEK TO DO FINAL FIELD WORK, AND OUR FINANCIAL REPORT IS ON TARGET TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD MID-DECEMBER AT YOUR AT YOUR ONLY DECEMBER REGULAR MEETING.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. DREWRY, MR. WEBB? NO, I'M GOOD.
NO QUESTIONS FROM MY SIDE, EITHER.
THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE UNDER REPORTS IS OUR REDISTRICTING UPDATE FROM MR. WHITTEN, OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT, SO BRIEFLY, I WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES I WENT OVER IN JULY, JUST BRING EVERYONE BACK UP TO SPEED AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE PRESENTED FROM THE CENSUS.
SO EVERY 10 YEARS, LOCALITIES DO HAVE TO REAPPORTION THE REPRESENTATION AMONG THEIR DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO GIVE AS NARROWLY AS PRACTICABLE REPRESENTATION ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION.
SO THAT'S IN THE STATE CODE, AND THE REDISTRICTING MUST USE THE MOST RECENT CENSUS POPULATION FIGURES, WHICH WE WERE PROVIDED AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT YOU CAN REDISTRICT IN OTHER YEARS IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES BY COURT ORDER CHANGE IN FORM OF GOVERNMENT OR AN INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.
YOU CAN'T REDISTRICT IN CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME, SO YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY PRECINCTS OR CONSOLIDATING PRECINCTS FROM FEBRUARY 1ST 19 TO MAY 15 2021.
EXCEPT FOR THE EXCEPTIONS I JUST LISTED, AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANY ELECTION DISTRICTS OR POLLING PLACES WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.
SO BASICALLY, YOU CAN'T DO ANY REDISTRICTING UNTIL AFTER THE RECEIPT OF THE DATA, AND THE REDISTRICTING CAN'T BE ADOPTED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 3RD AND NOVEMBER 2ND AND MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THE GOAL OF THE REDISTRICTING IS TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING DISTRICTS.
PRESERVE THE INCUMBENTS, PRESERVE VOTING BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS, WHICH WOULD BE SUBDIVISIONS AND SMALL VILLAGES.
SO YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL AND VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS AS A ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE AND AS NEARLY AS PRACTICABLE, REPRESENTATION IN PROPORTION TO THE POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT, THE DISTRICTS MUST BE CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT AND THE DISTRICTS MUST NOT BE DRAWN TO DISCRIMINATE ON RACE.
SO STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WE USE THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL CENSUS POPULATION FIGURES, WHICH ARE THEN ADJUSTED BY LEGISLATIVE SERVICES.
THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN SEND US THE DATA.
AND THE DISTRICTS MUST BE REDRAWN IF THE EXISTING DISTRICTS DO NOT MEET THE CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS DUE TO POPULATION GROWTH OR LOSS IN DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS.
SO THE BIG CHANGE WAS IN 2020, THEY CHANGED THE CODE.
IT USED TO BE YOU COULD OPTIONALLY EXCLUDE THE PRISON POPULATION.
NOW IN 2021, ANY PERSON INCARCERATED AT A FACILITY IS COUNTED AS A RESIDENT OF THE LOCALITY WHERE THEY RESIDED PRIOR.
SO OUR GIS MANAGER, BASICALLY HE GOT DATA SHOWING COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT WERE IN PRISON PRISONS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE AND THEN ALSO PRISONERS THAT WERE LOCATED IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY THAT ACTUALLY LIVED ELSEWHERE.
SO HE HAD TO BASICALLY HE HAD THAT ADJUSTED DATA SET THAT THEN HE PLUGGED IN TO THE TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
SO THE FINAL NUMBERS WERE WE HAD A TOTAL COUNT OF 42,154 CITIZENS.
DISTRICT ONE HAD 17,691 WHICH IS 42 PERCENT.
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DISTRICT TWO HAD 24,463 WHICH IS 58 PERCENT.IDEALLY, YOU WANT A 40 60 SPLIT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN DISTRICT ONE AND THREE IN DISTRICT TWO.
SO THERE'S A DEVIATION OF FOUR PERCENT THERE BETWEEN DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT ONE.
NOW, IDEALLY, YOU WANT TO HAVE UNDER FIVE PERCENT DEVIATION.
THERE HAVE BEEN COURTS THAT HAVE RULED WHERE IT'S 89 PERCENT DEVIATION BUT THAT IS NOT LEGAL.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE UNDER FIVE PERCENT DEVIATION, THEN THE COURTS HAVE RULED THAT THAT'S LEGAL.
SO IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CURRENT DISTRICTS OUR CURRENT DISTRICTS ARE CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT, AND LOOKING AT THE NEW FIGURES, IT DOES GIVE AS NEARLY AS PRACTICABLE REPRESENTATION A PROPORTION TO THE POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S UNDER THE FIVE PERCENT DEVIATION.
AND WE DO HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED AND OBSERVABLE BOUNDARIES.
SO SINCE WE MEET THOSE THREE STANDARDS, BASICALLY THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE TO REDISTRICT AT THIS TIME.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF CONTIGUOUS, BASICALLY IT'S ENCLOSED TERRITORY ACROSS ROADS AND BODIES OF WATER COMPACT.
YOU DON'T WANT STRANGELY SHAPED DISTRICTS.
YOU OWN TO BE A COMPACT AREA, WHICH WE MEET THAT.
AND THEN THE EQUAL POPULATION, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING OF.
YOU CAN'T HAVE PERFECTLY EQUAL DISTRICTS, BUT YOU CAN HAVE DEVIATIONS UP TO FIVE PERCENT, WHICH WE'RE AT FOUR PERCENT.
AND WE DO HAVE CLEARLY OBSERVABLE BOUNDARIES, WHICH ARE ROADS AND STREETS OR ANY RIVER OR STREAM OR DRAINAGE OR ANY OTHER PERMANENT PHYSICAL FEATURE.
SO REDISTRICTING WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED SINCE WE DO MEET ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.
IT IS, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE OPTIONAL OF THE BOARD WANTED TO REDISTRICT, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED THAT WE DO IT AT THIS POINT.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE FINAL MAPS FROM OBVIOUSLY THE PANEL THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AS PART OF THE REFERENDUM WASN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR WORK ON TIME.
SO NOW THAT'S BEEN SENT TO THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT TO DRAW THE MAPS FOR THE DISTRICTS, FOR THE DELEGATES AND SENATORS.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE STILL DO HAVE SPLIT PRECINCTS UNTIL WE GET THOSE FINAL MAPS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SPLIT PRECINCTS.
I BELIEVE WE HAD TWO OR THREE DELEGATES WHERE IT WAS A SPLIT PRECINCT.
SO BASICALLY, IF THAT WAS STILL IN PLACE, LET'S SAY NEXT YEAR, YOU WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT WAIVER LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR, BUT EACH PRECINCT MUST BE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SENATE DISTRICT AND HOUSE OF DELEGATES DISTRICT.
AND THE POLLING PLACE HAS TO BE LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PRECINCT.
SO AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER MOVING POLLING PLACES, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PRECINCT.
AND ALSO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT LESS THAN 100 REGISTERED VOTERS OR MORE THAN 5000 REGISTERED VOTERS, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT ISSUE.
THAT'S MORE THE ISSUE OF LARGER LOCALITIES.
AND WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT POLLING PLACES, AND WE DID MOVE WALTON POLLING PLACE AT SOME POINT.
IDEALLY, IT'S A PUBLIC BUILDING, BUT YOU CAN PUT IT IN ANY KIND OF CHURCH OR IS A NORMAL PLACE AS LONG AS THEY HAVE ADA ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES.
SO, RIGHT WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF REDISTRICTING OR THERE'S ANY DESIRE TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET TIGHTER TO THE 64 OR IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THE DEVIATION OF FOUR PERCENT, WHICH IS ALLOWED UNDER THE VIRGINIA CODE OF VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? NO, SIR.
SO BASICALLY THE NEXT STEPS WE'RE NOW REQUIRED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT OUR MAP.
THE FINAL MAP TO THE CLERK ACTUALLY PRESENTS IT SO WELL RIGHT NOW WE'RE RESEARCHING WHETHER WE CAN WAIT UNTIL WE GET THAT THE FINAL MAP FROM THE SUPREME COURT THAT WOULD THEN SHOW THE PRECINCTS SO WE DON'T HAVE SPLIT PRECINCTS AND THEN WE CAN PRESENT THAT MAP AT THAT POINT.
OK, SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE LOOKING AT AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL HOPING THAT THE PANEL WOULD FINISH THEIR WORK BY THIS TIME.
SO NOW IT'S GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT.
I WAS READING THIS MORNING THAT THEY ARE STARTING THAT PROCESS NOW.
SO ONCE THEY FINISH THAT PROCESS, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE MAP THAT WE CAN BRING
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FORWARD TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD CAN APPROVE IT.NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR POSTPONED ITEMS, THE VERY FIRST ONE IS ITEM T
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ONE, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR YOUTH TASK FORCE BOARD MEMBERS.WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON THIS? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THAT TO THE FIRST MEETING OF NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS JANUARY THE 11TH, I BELIEVE SIR OF 2021.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER, AND IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD POSTPONE THE APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR YOUTH TASK FORCE UNTIL OUR JANUARY 11TH, 2022 MEETING.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION READY FOR THE QUESTION.
MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB YES, MR. HUNTER.
YES, MRS. WAYMACK, YES, MR. BROWN.
THIS IS THE ONE APPOINTMENT WE HAVE LEFT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD, BOARD MEMBERS WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.
WE'VE HAD A REQUEST FROM STACY EVERETT TO FILL THE VACANT POSITION.
I SPOKE WITH MS. JUDGE, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AND SHE CERTAINLY THINKS IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE APPOINT HER.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER.
IT'S BEEN SICKENED BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD APPOINT MISS STACY EVERETT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE QUESTION.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION READY FOR THE QUESTION.
MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER, YES.
THE MOTION IS NOW CARRIED ON THE APPOINTMENT FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD ITEM T TWO.
THAT NOW TAKES US TO OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR TONIGHT, OUR FIRST ITEM IS A
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ONE, WHICH IS AN AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN MANAGING RESULTS LLC.GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT MR. WHITTEN THIS EVENING UNDER TAB SEVEN IN YOUR PACKETS IS A REQUEST FOR AN AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE COUNTY AND TO GIVE YOU A OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS WE, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS COMPLETION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
THIS IS A ITEM THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET AND SOME OF THE GOALS OF A STRATEGIC PLAN IS IS A SPECIFIC AND EFFECTIVE PLAN FOR THE COUNTY'S GROWTH FOR THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE, AND TO PRIORITIZE OUR GOALS AND INITIATIVES.
ANY ANY TYPE OF PLAN THAT IS STRATEGIC IN NATURE NEEDS TO HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND THE SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES A A GOOD AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND WHILE IT'S NOT A COMP PLAN UPDATE, ELEMENTS OF THE COMP PLAN AND ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BOTH CROSS OVER INTO EACH OTHER, AND THE PLAN SHOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY VISION, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, AS WELL AS FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL PLANS.
AND IT NEEDS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION AND MEASURABLE ACTIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD LEVEL.
IT ALSO NEEDS TO PLAN FOR FISCAL STABILITY OF THE PLAN.
HOW? HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE THIS PLAN AND WHAT WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF A PLAN? THE COUNTY ISSUED RFP IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAD 12 RESPONDENTS SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR REVIEW.
THE EVALUATION TEAM, REVIEWED ALL THE PROPOSALS AND RANKED THE RESPONDENTS.
WE INTERVIEWED THE TOP THREE FIRMS WE HAD SELECTED FOUR AND ONE DID DECLINED TO
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INTERVIEW.IN YOUR PACKET IS THE RANKING FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL, AS WELL AS THE RANKING AFTER THE ORAL PRESENTATIONS FROM THE TOP THREE FIRMS. AND THE COMMITTEE IS HAPPY TO RECOMMEND THE FIRM OF MANAGING RESULTS LLC AS THE FIRM SELECTED AS THE BEST RESPONDENTS TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RFP STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH MANAGER RESULTS NOT TO EXCEED $86,437.
THERE IS A DRAFT RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THERE IS ALSO A COPY OF THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL RECEIVED.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL START TO MY RIGHT MR. [INAUDIBLE] NO SIR I'M GOOD, MR. HUNTER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EITHER.
SO BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE ARE LOOKING TONIGHT TO AUTHORIZE OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH MANAGING RESULTS LLC, AND THAT CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $86,437.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION.
ALL RIGHT, I NEED A SECOND, PLEASE.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MRS. WAYMACK.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD AUTHORIZE OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT WITH MANAGING RESULTS LLC NOT TO EXCEED $86,437 BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MRS. WAYMACK.
YES, AND THE MOTION IS CARRIED.
NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM A TWO, WHICH IS AN AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR OUR ROUTE 156 WATER MAIN EXTENSION CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES, THIS IS UNDER TAB EIGHT IN YOUR BOOKS BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND GOOD EVENING.
MEMBER OF THE BOARD, MR. ASHCRAFT AND MR. WHITTEN.
NOW, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE ROUTE 156 WATERLINE CONTINUES TO BE INSTALLED ALONG PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE DURING THIS PROCESS, IT DOES TAKE CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES THAT WE DO HAVE HIRED DEWBERRY ENGINEERING TO PERFORM.
WE HAVE HAD A PREVIOUS CONTRACT PERFORM THIS SERVICE OR THIS PROJECT THAT WAS TIED TO TWO OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL, WHICH WAS THE ROUTE 460 WATER LINE EXTENSION AND THE FOOD LINE BOOSTER STATION PROJECT THAT WAS $50,000 ALLOCATED TO THE ROUTE 156 WATER LINE EXTENSION.
THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED AND DEWBERRY HAS PROVIDED A PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE THAT INSPECTION SERVICES.
THE PROJECT ITSELF IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY OF 2022.
SO WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS TO GO.
HOWEVER, WE DO EXPECT THAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE DONE MUCH SOONER.
THIS $120,000 IS EXPECTED TO CARRY US THROUGH JULY IF NECESSARY, SO WE DO HOPE THAT WE'LL SEE SOME SAVINGS FROM THIS BY FINISHING EARLIER.
TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT WE WOULD ALSO NEED A NEW APPROPRIATION TO THE PROJECT, AND WE DO PROPOSE THAT THE UTILITY CIP FUND THAT $120,000.
SO WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU DRAFT RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TO AWARD THIS PROJECT TO DEWBERRY FOR $120,000 FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES, AND THAT WE APPROPRIATE THE $120,000 TO THE PROJECT FROM THE UTILITY CIP FUND.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OK, DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL START TO MY LEFT, MRS. WAYMACK.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EITHER, SO BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT AND THIS IS TO DEWBERRY.
THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR 156 WATER MAIN EXTENSION CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED $120,000.
AND AGAIN, THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM THE UTILITY CIP FUND.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED.
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I'LL SECOND.OK IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS AWARD OF CONTRACT.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION, MRS KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MRS. WAYMACK.
NEXT ON OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ITEM A THREE.
THIS IS AN AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORDINANCE.
THIS IS THE TO APPROVE THE SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FOR ANIMALS CONFINED AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE MR. WHITTEN COMING FORWARD.
THIS IS UNDER TAB NINE IN YOUR BOOKS.
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT.
THE COUNTY CODE CURRENTLY REFERS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER AS A POUND AND ALSO REFERENCES OLD VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO CHANGE THE TERM POUND TO ANIMAL SHELTER AND TO USE THE CORRECT VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS.
WE WOULD ALSO AUTHORIZE IT WOULD ALSO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD SUPERVISORS TO APPROVE THE SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FOR ANIMALS CONFINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
CURRENTLY, THE CHARGES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE COUNTY CODE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE CHARGES THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING CHARGED AT THE SHELTER.
SO RATHER THAN CHANGING THE CODE EACH TIME, THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE PRICE OR THE FEE.
INSTEAD, THE BOARD COULD JUST APPROVE IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT.
THE DRAFT ORDINANCE IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND A MOTION APPROVING AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
IT WOULD BE REQUESTED I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THIS IS JUST A MOTION TO ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS AGAIN JUST TO AN AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS CODE CHANGE.
AND THIS WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON 11/23 FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I SO MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC HEARING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON NOVEMBER THE 23RD.
I SECOND, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER, AND IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS AUTHORITY, OR WE WOULD APPROVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THIS CODE CODE CHANGE AND THAT THIS WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON NOVEMBER THE 23RD FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'RE READY FOR THE QUESTION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. BROWN.
AND MOTION HAS CARRIED ON THE ADVERTISING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NEXT IS ITEM A FIVE, WHICH IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND AN APPROPRIATION.
THIS IS FOR DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FUNDS BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS UNDER TAB 11 IN YOUR BOOKS.
NEXT A FOUR, WHICH IS AN AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE FOR A CODE CHANGE ON AN ORDINANCE.
THIS IS TO STATE THAT OFFICERS OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE RETAINED BY THE COUNTY AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, AND THIS IS UNDER TAB 10 IN YOUR BOOKS.
YES, CURRENTLY, THE COUNTY CODE DOESN'T SPECIFY WHETHER OFFICERS OF ELECTION OR COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR CURRENTLY THE THE DEFAULT IS THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES BY THE VIRGINIA CODE, IN 2018 WAS AMENDED TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO LOCALITIES TO CLASSIFY THE OFFICERS OF ELECTION AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS SO THAT THEY WOULD GET 1099S INSTEAD OF W-2S AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD SPECIFY THAT THE OFFICERS OF ELECTION WOULD BE RETAINED AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND THE DRAFT ORDINANCE IS INCLUDED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE'RE REQUESTING A MOTION TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OK BOARD MEMBERS DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WHITTEN ON THIS, MS. WAYMACK MR. WEBB MR. HUNTER.
AT THIS TIME BOARD MEMBERS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
THIS IS TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THAT STATE OFFICES OF
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ELECTION SHALL BE RETAINED BY THE COUNTY AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND THAT THIS MATTER WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AS WELL ON NOVEMBER THE 23RD.WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS ADVERTISING OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
MS. KNOTT WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. BROWN.
THE MOTION HAS CARRIED ON ITEM A FOUR.
THIS IS AN APPROPRIATION BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FUNDS.
THIS IS UNDER TAB 11 IN YOUR BOOK.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS MS. JUDGE RECENTLY ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THE STATE APPROVED BUDGET CONTAINED MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY'S ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
THEY ESTIMATE TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $87,037 IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
THE MAJORITY OF WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH.
THERE IS ONE PIECE OF THAT SNAP AND ENT THAT DOES REQUIRE A 15.5 PERCENT LOCAL MATCH, OR $3,410.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER $7,520 OF WELFARE ADMINISTRATION.
SO SINCE THESE AMOUNTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE COUNTY APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO AMEND ITS BUDGET TO INCLUDE THESE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AND ALSO TO MAKE A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY OF $3,410.
MRS. JUDGE AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DREWRY OR FOR MRS. JUDGE.
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT UP, OK, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A RESOLUTION FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT AND AN APPROPRIATION.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AS IS THEIR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FOR $94,557.
WE'LL BE DOING A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY OF $3,410.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED, ILL SECOND IT.
ALL RIGHT IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MRS. WAYMACK.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. HUNTER THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.
YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? MRS. KNOTT.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MRS. WAYMACK, YES MR. HUNTER YES, MR. WEBB.
MOTION CARRIED ON ITEM A FIVE.
NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM A SIX, WHICH IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION RELATED TO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNITED WAY EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER FUNDS.
AND THIS IS UNDER TAB 12 IN YOUR BOOK.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, MRS. JUDGE AND HER TEAM RECEIVED A UNITED WAY EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,147 THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN YOUR FY 2022 BUDGET.
THAT GRANT DOES NOT HAVE A LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT, AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN APPROPRIATION OF $17,147 WITHIN THE SPECIAL WELFARE FUND.
OF COURSE, THE REVENUE SOURCE IS THAT GRANT AND THOSE GRANT FUNDS ARE BEING USED TO ASSIST CLIENTS WITH FOOD, UTILITIES AND THEIR RENT AND MORTGAGE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE.
DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. DREWRY.
IF NOT, BOARD MEMBERS WERE LOOKING TO MAKE AN APPROVAL OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, UNITED WAY EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER FUND FOR $17,147 BOARD MEMBERS.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? SO I MOVED, I'LL SECOND.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. HUNTER THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER YES, MR.
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WEBB.MOTION HAS CARRIED ON ITEM A SIX.
NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM A SEVEN, WHICH IS AN AUTHORIZATION FOR A ONE TIME HIRING INCENTIVE FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
THIS IS UNDER TAB 13 IN YOUR BOOK.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
BOARD MEMBERS MS. ASHCRAFT, MR. WHITTEN.
AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION ON JANUARY 12TH OF THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,310.
THIS FUNDING WAS FOR POLICE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
I'M REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS AS A HIRING INCENTIVE, A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF $2,000 UPON COMPLETION OF ALL TRAINING PAYABLE TO NON-CERTIFIED HIRES AND COMPLETION OF ALL TRAINING $4,000 TO PRE CERTIFIED OFFICER HIRES.
THIS WOULD BE A ONE TIME HIRING INCENTIVE PAYMENT, AND THE HIRING INCENTIVE INITIATIVE WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE FUNDING SOURCE HAS BEEN DEPLETED.
THAT'S THE REQUEST, AND THE INCENTIVE PAYMENT WOULD BE WOULD BE PAYABLE TO THE NEW HIRE WITHIN A MONTH OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOTIFYING HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCE SUBSEQUENT TO TRAINING.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE'VE HAD THIS BROUGHT BEFORE US AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF EARLY? IF NOT, BOARD MEMBERS WERE LOOKING TO AUTHORIZE HAVE AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS ONE TIME HIRING INCENTIVE FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS BASED ON THE GRANT THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED.
I'LL SECOND, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS AUTHORIZATION, OR WE WOULD APPROVE THIS ONE TIME HIRING INCENTIVE FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER YES, MR. WEBB.
THE MOTION IS CARRIED ON ITEM A SEVEN.
NEXT IS ITEM A EIGHT, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF OUR NOVEMBER 17TH WORK SESSION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
I THINK THEY'VE BEEN VERY MEANINGFUL.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO STAFF AND GIVEN US DIRECTION AS TO HOW YOU WANT CERTAIN POLICY MATTERS DEALT WITH.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER SCHEDULING ANOTHER WORK SESSION FOR 4 O'CLOCK NOVEMBER, THE 17TH HERE IN THE BOARDROOM, AND WE WILL GET AN AGENDA A DRAFT OF THAT AGENDA OUT TO YOU FRIDAY, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON IT AS TIME DRAWS NEAR.
WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS THAT? BUT THIS IS WE HAD NOT ACTUALLY TAKEN IT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO VOTE ON IT.
SO BOARD MEMBERS, THIS WOULD BE APPROVING FOR US TO HAVE A MEETING.
NOVEMBER THE 17TH WORK SESSION AT 4:00 P.M..
OK, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MRS. WAYMACK, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE WORK SESSION FOR NOVEMBER THE 17TH AT 4 P.M.
MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB YES, MR. BROWN.
THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS A NINE IS THIS AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING TO SELL COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED IN RIVER'S EDGE SUBDIVISION ON BUXTON STREET.
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR. ASHCRAFT, THE COUNTY DOES OWN 1.6 ACRES IN RIVERS RIVER'S EDGE SUBDIVISION ON BUXTON STREET.
PARCELS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED BY THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET FOR SALE.
INGRAM AND ASSOCIATES HAS LISTED THE PROPERTY FOR SALE AND HAS RECEIVED AN OFFER TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.
THE OFFER PRICE WAS $60,000 FOR THE PROPERTY.
IN ORDER TO SELL THE PROPERTY THE PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING MUST BE HELD AND MUST BE ADVERTISED ONE TIME, A MOTION APPROVING AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 9TH AS REQUESTED, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACT WE DID.
I DID STRIKE PART OF THE LANGUAGE BY THE TERMS THAT THEY HAD PROPOSED, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO THE LANGUAGE THAT I STRUCK.
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BOARD MEMBERS THIS WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SALE OF THIS COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY, AND THIS WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A NOVEMBER 9TH PUBLIC HEARING.BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE 9TH.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION READY FOR THE QUESTION.
MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB YES, MR. HUNTER.
THE MOTION IS CARRIED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A NINE BOARD MEMBERS.
I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE COVERED ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS THAT WERE ADOPTED EARLIER IN OUR MEETING.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION.
OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE OUR NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO OUR NOVEMBER 9TH BOARD MEETING.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD NOW ADJOURN TO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE 9TH HERE IN THIS BOARDROOM AT 5:00 P.M..
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER YES, MRS. WAYMACK.
THANK YOU.
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