Dec 14, 2021 Regular Meeting

[WORK SESSION]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS NOW 6 P.M.

TODAY IS DECEMBER THE 14TH.

AT 5P.M. THE BOARD OPENED UP AND WENT INTO A CLOSED SESSION AND NOW WE ARE RETURNING FROM OUR CLOSED SESSION. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF OUR CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THE BOARD CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH BOARD MEMBERS' KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS LAWFULLY EXEMPT FROM OPEN MEETINGS REQUIRED REQUIREMENTS WERE DISCUSSED AND ONLY MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE CONVENING MOTION WERE DISCUSSED.

OK, THANK YOU, MR. HUNTER.

I NEED A SECOND, PLEASE.

I SECOND.

IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER, IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT THE BOARD WOULD CERTIFY THE CLOSED SESSION BASED ON THE ITEMS THAT WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION ON EARLIER.

MRS. KNOTT WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. CARMICHAEL IS ABSENT, MR. HUNTER. YES.

MR. WEBB. YES.

MR. BROWN. YES.

MRS. WAYMACK.

YES.

AT THIS TIME. 6:00 P.M.

HOUR. AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO INTO OUR WORK SESSION AT THIS TIME.

I'LL TURN THIS PORTION OVER TO OUR INTERIM DEPUTY INTERCOUNTY INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. JEFF STOKE. WOW.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

FIRST OFF TONIGHT, SENIOR TASK FORCE WE HAVE MS. BERTHA JUDGE AND I BELIEVE SHE WILL BE WITH MARY ANN WHITE.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BROWN, BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE AND MR. WHITTEN.

GOOD EVENING. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO ASK PERMISSION FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE SENIOR TASK FORCE TO APPLY FOR SOME GRANTS.

THE GRANT MONEY WILL BE USED TO START OUR PROGRAM.

WE ARE LOOKING HAVING SOME MARKETING, WHICH WILL MEAN FLIERS, PUBLICATIONS, MAGNETS THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE CAN PUT ON THE REFRIGERATOR LIKE WE ALL HAVE.

AND THE IT DEPARTMENT IN PRINCE GEORGE WILL ADDRESS HAVING EVERYTHING PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND ANY OF US THAT ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

ONCE WE GET UP AND RUNNING, WE CAN DO THAT FREE OF CHARGE.

ALSO LOCK BOXES WE I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH LOWE'S IN PRINCE GEORGE AND ASK THEM FOR A CONTRIBUTION FREE OF CHARGE OF 10 TO 15 LOCK BOXES TO GET US STARTED.

THEY ARE REVIEWING THIS AND WE'LL GET BACK TO ME AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

WE ALSO KNOW THERE WILL BE A LOT OF BILLS, COST WAS THAT WE WON'T BE SEEING UNTIL WE GET INTO THE PROGRAM DOWN THE ROAD.

THANKS TO SOCIAL SERVICES, THEY HAVE PAID FOR THE INITIAL START UP THE COMPUTER AND EVERYTHING, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT TO GET HERE AS EVERYTHING ELSE.

THERE'S A SMALL CHIP, I CALL IT, THAT IS WAITING TO GET PUT INTO THE PROGRAM SO WE CAN START IT HERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO HAVE IT OUT THERE.

WE ARE WORKING ON THE SIGN UP SHEETS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPEN FORUMS AFTER THE FIRST OF JANUARY, TENSELY CHARTER, ROTARY CLUBS TO GET THE WORD OUT ALONG WITH OUR FLIERS.

WE UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO HELP US GET STARTED.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO GET GRANT MONEY FROM THE JOHN RANDOLPH FOUNDATION FROM THE CAMERON FOUNDATION.

I'VE ALSO HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE APPROACH ME AND SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MONEY TO HELP GET THIS STARTED FOR PRINCE GEORGE.

IT IS NON. IT IS NON DEDUCTIBLE, SO IT WOULD BE JUST A GIFT TO THE COUNTY.

LAST TIME I WAS HERE, YOU ALL ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT CELL PHONES.

CELL PHONES CAN BE USED WITH THIS PROGRAM [INAUDIBLE] THAT REALLY TAKES A LOAD OFF EVERYONE'S MIND I'M SURE.

WE ARE LOOKING AND ASKING FOR GRANTS UP ANYWHERE FROM PROBABLY 5000 TO $10000 BECAUSE WE DO KNOW PAPER TO GET THE FORMS FOR EACH CITIZEN TO FILL OUT.

IF LOWE'S DO NOT GIVE THE LOCK BOXES AND WE'RE LOOKING ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 DOLLARS PER LOCKBOX, WHICH WILL BE A CODED LOCKBOX.

AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE WILL HAVE, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TURN A CITIZEN AWAY SAYING, SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GIVE YOU A LOCKBOX.

I HATE TO BE IGNORANT, BUT WHAT ARE THE LOCK BOXES USED FOR? LOCK BOX WILL BE PUT ON THE HOME AND THE KEY WILL BE PUT IN THE LOCK BOX AND COUNTY DISPATCHER WILL HAVE THE CODE TO THAT LOCK BOX.

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ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A KNOX BOX, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN GET IN.

WE CALL IT LOCK BOXES.

YEAH. LIKE THE REALTORS. OK.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, YEAH, SORT OF LIKE THAT.

IT'S SO THE FIRE AND POLICE CAN GET IN AND--.

AND NOT BREAK DOWN A DOOR OR DAMAGE THE RESIDENT'S PROPERTY.

YEAH, IT'S. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE THE CODE WILL BE THE COUNTY DISPATCHER.

SHE WILL THEN GIVE IT TO THE RESPONDENT THAT WILL BE RESPONDING TO THE PROPERTY.

RIGHT. IF I COULD ASK JUST TO DO A QUICK SUMMARY, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE LISTENING TONIGHT THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A PART OF WHEN THIS WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A.

IT'S CALLED, ARE YOU OK? AND WHAT IT IS, IS SENIOR CITIZENS AND OR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE WILL HAVE A FORM TO FILL OUT, GIVING US INFORMATION, SAYING THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

EVERY DAY THEY WILL RECEIVE A CALL PRETTY MUCH AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY, AND THEY'LL BE JUST ASKED THE QUESTION, ARE YOU OK? IF THEY DO NOT ANSWER, THEY ARE GIVEN THREE CALLS, I BELIEVE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AFTER THE THIRD CALL, THEN THE DISPATCHER WILL BE CALLING SOMEONE TO MAKE A VISIT TO THAT PROPERTY.

THAT AT THAT TIME, WHOMEVER IT IS, WILL GO HAVE THE LOCKBOX BE ABLE TO ENTER THE PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE OK.

AND IT WAS SET UP FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT WE DO KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MILITARY RETIREES HERE THAT ARE DISABLED AND WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ALSO INCLUDE THE DISABILITIES.

ALSO, AND THIS WILL BE AT A NO COST TO THE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.

ALL RIGHT. AND ALSO JUST ONE QUICK POINT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO NOBODY THINKS THAT THE COUNTY IS BROKE.

IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

THIS WAS JUST AN UNBUDGETED GROUP THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE HAD NOT ALLOCATED ANY FUNDS TO THE SENIOR CITIZEN TASK FORCE.

THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO. SAYING THE COUNTY'S BROKE, THEY ARE NOT BROKE.

THIS IS. NOW SOMEBODY WILL SAY, WELL, THEY GOT PLENTY OF FUNDS BECAUSE THEY WENT UP ON MY TAXES. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THEY LET PEOPLE KNOW.

IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE AND MR. WHITTEN. WE ARE SO ONCE THE GRANTS ARE APPROVED AND RECEIVED, I WILL BE WORKING WITH OR SOCIAL SERVICES WILL BE WORKING WITH BETSY TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO SET UP THE ACCOUNT.

SOCIAL SERVICES HAVE SPECIAL WELFARE ACCOUNTS THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY IS BEING HANDLED APPROPRIATELY AND WE HAVE THE NECESSARY TRACKING.

OK. I WOULD ALSO STATE, THOUGH, THAT JUST TO STAY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DO TODAY, TYPICALLY ANYBODY WANTING TO DO A GRANT, THEY KIND OF LET US KNOW UP FRONT ONLY BECAUSE OUR QUESTION IS ARE THERE ANY MATCHING FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OR THINGS LIKE THAT? GRANTS THAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR AT THE BEGINNING WILL BE WITHOUT MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY. OK. ALL RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT WAS MY ONLY THING.

IT'S JUST IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A COMMITMENT FOR YOU TO GET A GRANT.

JUST WE JUST NEED YOUR PERMISSION AS A GOVERNING BODY TO GO OUT AND ASK FOR THE GRANTS.

OK. MR. WEBB. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SIR? NO SHE, YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU. MR. HUNTER. IT'S STILL GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A GRANT JUST FOR RECORDS.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

YEP. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL ACTION, BUT DO I? DO I HAVE A CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD HERE TONIGHT THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD? I'M GOOD.

I THINK YOU HAVE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIRMAN NEXT, WE HAVE BARBARA TAB FROM THE ELECTORAL BOARD TALK ABOUT ELECTION PRECINCTS. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD, MR. STOKES, WE'RE BACK WITH OUR NEXT CONVERSATION ABOUT MOVING PRECINCTS BEFORE I MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. BE AWARE WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CHANGES IN REDISTRICTING GUIDELINES, SO OUR ASSUMPTION IS THAT GOING FORWARD, THE PRECINCTS THEMSELVES WILL STAY AS THEY ARE.

IT'S PHYSICALLY MOVING THE VOTING LOCATION TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.

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WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

THE SHERIFF ACTUALLY APPROACHED US ABOUT THIS AS A SECURITY RISK AND THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON ELECTION DAY.

THEY DON'T GO THROUGH SECURITY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THE NORMAL SECURITY FUNCTIONS GOING IN.

AND THE CONCERN IS SOMETHING COULD BE PUT IN A HIDDEN PLACE THAT COULD THEN BE FOUND WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO COME INTO COURT.

THAT'S ONE ONE CONCERN.

ANOTHER CONCERN IS, IS IF YOU'VE EVER GONE IN THERE ON ELECTION DAY, WE HAVE TO USE A FOYER AND ONE OF THE COURTROOMS. WHAT THAT DOES TO IS IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THE VOTER FLOW TO COME IN, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A LONG LINE OR A BIG ELECTION TO COME THROUGH THE FOYER CHECK IN WITH YOUR POLL BOOK, GET YOUR BALLOT, GO INTO THE COURTROOM ACTUALLY TO MARK YOUR BALLOT AND THEN CAST IT. THE CHIEF AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PRECINCT CAN'T SEE THAT WHOLE FLOW.

THEY CAN'T MONITOR ADEQUATELY, IN OUR OPINION, HOW THAT FLOW GOES THROUGH AND WHAT THOSE VOTERS ARE DOING.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND REQUEST AGAIN THAT WE MOVE A PRECINCT FROM THE COURTHOUSE OVER TO GREGORY MEMORIAL.

THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE THIS ONE.

I HAVE TWO MORE. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT ON, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE DONE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

QUESTIONS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOVE FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO GREGORY MEMORIAL AND THE PRECINCT? TALKED ABOUT THIS.

YEAH, I THINK AGREEABLE TO IT.

WE JUST IT WAS JUST A TIMING BEFORE.

RIGHT? AND IT'S TIMING AGAIN, BECAUSE IF.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW VOTING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO START FOR A PRIMARY AROUND MAY 12TH.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST GOT THROUGH AN ELECTION, DOESN'T IT? RIGHT. SO SO WE REALLY DO BECAUSE OF THAT 45 DAY ELECTION TIME THAT WE HAVE NOW.

SO YOU'RE REALLY BACKING UP FROM JUNE 21ST ALL THE WAY INTO MAY, WHICH IS IF WE BACK UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SO FORTH.

WE REALLY ARE GOING TO BE WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IF WHAT THAT TIMELINE IS WITH THAT EXTRA FORTY FIVE DAYS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

OK. WHILE I'VE GOT KIND OF YOUR EAR, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO MORE PRECINCTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AND ASKING TO MOVE.

ONE IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT WHERE WALTON SCHOOL, WHEN THAT SCHOOL CLOSES, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO FIND ANOTHER LOCALITY.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE DOING IS PERHAPS MOVING DOWN TO SACRED HEART CHURCH, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY HERE IN A SECOND, IT'S STILL WITHIN THE PRECINCT.

IT STILL WHEN WE WENT DOWN AND EXPLORED, WE CAN GET IT'S IN A VERY PUBLIC PLACE.

WE CAN HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING.

WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED IT WITH THE CHURCH OR WITH ANY OF ITS MEMBERS.

IT'S JUST WHERE WE FOUND THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE PLACES TO GO, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE. PUT THAT A THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND WHEN WE MOVE OUT OF WALTON SCHOOL, THAT PERHAPS THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE.

THE PROBLEM WITH GOING TO THE NEW SCHOOL IS THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE IT'S IN THE SAME DISTRICT OR WILL BE IN THE SAME DISTRICT.

THAT'S ONE THING. THE SECOND CONCERN WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY ARE IN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH THERE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO US.

THE PROBLEM IS WHERE WE VOTE.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR SOCIAL HALL, YOU, THE PARKING IS ON BOTH SIDES.

YOU HAVE TO WALK DOWN A HILL INTO A DRIVEWAY, ESSENTIALLY AND GO IN AND OUT.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

WE ALMOST HAD A LADY GET HIT THIS LAST ELECTION.

I MEAN, IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING.

SO WHAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE IS WHEN THE NEW SCHOOL JUST ACROSS THE STREET OPENS THAT WE MOVE THAT JEFFERSON PARK, AS WE CALL IT, PRECINCT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE NEW SCHOOL.

AND THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE ACCESS, MORE PARKING, JUST AN EASIER WAY TO CONDUCT WITH LESS RISK TO THE VOTERS TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION.

SO WE MAY BE BACK TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN.

OKAY. QUESTIONS.

GREAT IDEAS. OK, THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK.

MR. CHAIRMAN NEXT, WE'LL HAVE BETSY DREWRY, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR FINANCE, TALK ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDING UPDATE.

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SORRY. HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

OK. THE FIRST FEW SLIDES WILL BE REVIEW SLIDES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT FUNDING ARPA FUNDING.

THIS IS A REVIEW.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDED OVER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING TO STATE, LOCAL, TERRITORIAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.

WE HAD TO CERTIFY AND WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST TRANCHE.

ON AUGUST THE 5TH, THE SECOND TRANCHE WILL COME AROUND AUGUST OF 2022 AND WE WILL RECEIVE A TOTAL OF JUST OVER SEVEN POINT FOUR FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.

SCHOOLS ARE RECEIVING SEPARATE ARPA FUNDING AND YOU HAVE APPROVED A NUMBER OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH THEIR ARPA FUNDING.

AGAIN, THE RELIEF FUNDING WAS TARGETED TO SUPPORT URGENT COVID RESPONSE, TO CONTINUE THE DECREASE OF THE SPREAD AND BRING THE PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL, TO REPLACE LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE, TO SUPPORT IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FOR HOUSEHOLD BUSINESSES AND TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC PUBLIC HEALTH INEQUITIES FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS.

THE FUNDING CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC.

TO REPLACE LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE, TO PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND TO INVEST IN WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THE ACT WENT INTO EFFECT MARCH 3RD OF 2021 AND IS GENERALLY FORWARD LOOKING.

THAT MEANS IT COVERS EXPENSES FOR THAT DATE AND LATER.

WE CANNOT USE THE FUNDING TO OFFSET A TAX CUT THAT THE BOARD MIGHT MAKE IF YOU CUT THE TAX RATE, YOU COULDN'T REPLACE THE LOST REVENUE WITH ARPA MONEY, NOR CAN YOU DEPOSIT THIS REVENUE INTO A PENSION FUND.

THE BOARD REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED A LIST OF REQUESTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND AT A WORK SESSION BACK ON JULY 21ST.

YOU DID ESTABLISH SOME PRIORITIES COMMITTING MOST OF THAT FIRST TRANCHE, AND THOUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS REQUESTS CERTAINLY HAD MERIT.

THE BOARD DID PRIORITIZE THE FUNDS TO USE THE MAJORITY OR COMMIT THE MAJORITY FOR WATER WASTEWATER PROJECTS TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL FUTURE TAX RATE IMPACTS TO ACCOMPLISH SOME NEEDED WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN COMMITTED AND OR EXPENDED FULLY TO DATE.

ABOUT TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS WAS USED TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO CALL CENTER PART TIME EMPLOYEES.

THE CALL CENTER, OF COURSE, WAS SHUT DOWN ON JULY 2ND AND THE COSTS BETWEEN MARCH 3RD AND JULY 2ND WERE JUST OVER 222.

ADDITIONALLY, WE DID EMPLOY SOME ADDITIONAL CLEANING STAFF TO WIPE DOWN THE BUILDING AND SURFACES MORE FREQUENTLY.

THE COMPENSATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TAX FOR THOSE WORKERS BETWEEN MARCH 3RD AND JULY 31ST WHEN THAT WAS DISCONTINUED WERE NEARLY TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE BOARD AGREED TO PURCHASE SWAGIT, THE MEETING PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TUNE IN AND DISTANCE TO AND STILL VIEW YOUR BOARD MEETINGS WAS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND AN AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM WAS PURCHASED FOR THE COURTHOUSE FOR JUST OVER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED A CITIZEN CAR TAX REBATE INITIATIVE, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT

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BUT THE COST IS JUST A HAIR LESS THAN WHEN I GAVE YOU AN UPDATE IN SEPTEMBER.

WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OUR ELIGIBLE REBATES WOULD BE JUST OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND.

THAT NUMBER HAS DIALED BACK A LITTLE BIT WITH PRORATION.

MS. LANE PROVIDED ME WITH AN UP TO DATE NUMBER JUST THIS MORNING AND PLEXIGLAS PARTITIONS FOR THE JURY BOXES ARE STILL ON ORDER.

THAT ORDER WAS PLACED BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

HOWEVER, DUE TO A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THEY HAVE NOT ARRIVED.

I REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE JUST YESTERDAY AND THEY ARE SEEKING AN UPDATE FROM THE VENDOR, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET.

THE NEXT THREE ON THIS LIST ARE WATER WASTEWATER INITIATIVES.

THE BOARD BACK IN JULY COMMITTED OVER TWO POINT SEVEN MILLION TO UTILITY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND OR CONTRACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WORK.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A FUTURE SLIDE AND HOW THOSE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED. AND THEN RIGHT NOW THERE IS CONTINGENCY OF JUST OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX THOUSAND THAT'S BEEN NOT COMMITTED TO DATE.

THE BOARD DID TALK ABOUT AND GOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON A COUPLE OF OTHER INITIATIVES THE DARK FIBER, WHICH I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON A FUTURE SLIDE, AS WELL AS PERHAPS PROVIDING SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OUR LOCAL PRINCE GEORGE FOOD BANK.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

THE CITIZEN RELIEF, THE CAR TAX REBATE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL ROLL OUT JUST OVER IN THE NEW YEAR AFTER THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, JANUARY THE 3RD, AND MS. LANE HAS SET IT UP FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE'S OFFICE.

SHE HAS WORKED WITH CLIFTON YOUNG OUR I.T.

DIRECTOR TO DO THAT THROUGH FORM STACK.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT MR. STOKE AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] USE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT EVERYONE WHO IS ELIGIBLE WILL APPLY.

IF MY REBATE IS ONLY GOING TO BE A DOLLAR THIRTY SEVEN CENTS, I MIGHT NOT BOTHER TO APPLY. I'LL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, BUT NOT EVERYONE WHO'S ELIGIBLE WILL APPLY.

MS. LANE PROVIDED ME WITH A NUMBER TODAY OF TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN DOLLARS AND NINETY SIX CENTS OF ELIGIBLE RELIEF.

THAT REPRESENTS THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX VEHICLES, THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN UNIQUE CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS.

OF THE FOUR HUNDRED FORTY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE VEHICLES THAT THE COUNTY ASSESSES A TAX.

SO THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT POINT FOUR PERCENT OF THE VEHICLES THAT WE TAX WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS REBATE. OF COURSE, THEY'VE ALSO ASKED IF THEY COULD GET SOME FUNDING FOR PART TIME ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST WITH MANNING THIS INITIATIVE, AND WE'VE ESTIMATED THAT TO BE ABOUT 10 HOURS A WEEK FOR THE NINE WEEKS OR SO THAT, THAT APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE OPEN. AND THAT'S COST IS JUST OVER SIXTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.

SO SO THAT'S THAT INITIATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT FROM BOARD MEMBERS? IF NOT, WE'LL ROLL IT OUT JANUARY 3RD.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? I THINK WE'RE GOOD, MA'AM.

OK, UTILITY PROJECTS, AS I MENTIONED, THE BOARD DID EARMARK JUST OVER TWO POINT SEVEN, OR TWO POINT SEVENTY FIVE MILLION EXACTLY FOR UTILITIES PROJECTS WE INITIALLY THOUGHT.

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FOR A UPDATE TO OUR WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN AND THEN ANOTHER TWO POINT FIVE IN ENGINEERING OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR A TREATMENT SOLUTION.

MR. HALTOM HAS SINCE INDICATED WITH THE WASTEWATER SOLUTION THAT THE BOARD SELECTED THE PUMP STATION AND FORCE MAIN TO HOPEWELL.

THAT ENGINEERING COST WILL BE ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.

WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER.

THE RFP SCOPE AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE IN DEVELOPMENT NOW, AND WE HOPE TO GET THAT RFP ON THE STREET AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

HE'S ESTIMATING THE COST WILL BE ROUGHLY SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IS STILL A GOOD NUMBER FOR THAT MASTER PLAN UPDATE, BUT THAT WILL LEAVE ONE POINT EIGHT FIVE MILLION FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND OR ENGINEERING FOR OTHER PROJECTS.

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ONCE WE AWARD AND HAVE THOSE PROPOSALS IN HAND, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT ONE POINT EIGHT FIVE REALLY IS.

AND THAT 650.

OK. CONTINGENCY, AS I MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU HAVE JUST OVER FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX THOUSAND THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN COMMITTED.

CERTAINLY, THE DARK FIBER REVIEW ACTUALLY WAS ONGOING YESTERDAY, TODAY AND MR. YOUNG, AS HE WAS LEAVING THIS EVENING, INDICATED THAT THEY'D BE BACK TOMORROW TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TESTING.

THEY WERE HAVING SOME WORKFORCE ISSUES AND THAT'S WHY THEY'D HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET TO US UNTIL THIS WEEK.

SO I THINK THEY WERE HAVING SOME LABOR CONCERNS AS MANY EMPLOYERS ARE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT OR GOOD UPDATE ON WHAT THAT COST IS.

SO, SO STAY TUNED.

WE'LL HOPEFULLY BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR NEXT UPDATE.

THE FOOD BANK, CERTAINLY IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOOD BANK, THAT OPTION EXISTS TO YOU AND THAT FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX THOUSAND CAN ACTUALLY BE EARMARKED FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, IT COULD BE ALL SHIFTED TO UTILITIES.

SO WHATEVER WHATEVER THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THAT NUMBER COULD POTENTIALLY GROW AGAIN. IF NOT ALL ELIGIBLE CITIZENS APPLY FOR THAT CAR TAX REBATE, THAT NUMBER WILL PROBABLY BE LARGER.

OK, JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE UNDER, WE HAVE TO FULLY OBLIGATE ALL OF THE FUNDS TRANCHE ONE AND TWO BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024 AND FULLY OBLIGATED IF OBLIGATED BY THAT DATE.

WE HAVE TWO YEARS TO EXPEND IT, WHICH MEANS AS LONG AS WE HAVE A CONTRACT AND OR A PURCHASE ORDER OBLIGATION, THEY ARE GIVING YOU TWO YEARS TO EXPEND IT.

SO, SO AGAIN, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE IT OBLIGATED BY THAT DATE AND FULLY EXPENDED BY DECEMBER 31ST.

ANY UNSPENT FUNDS HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ANYTHING THAT'S PURCHASED THAT THEY DON'T DEEM ALLOWABLE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAID.

WE WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU MORE UPDATES AS CHANGES OCCUR, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. DREWRY RELATED TO THIS, THE ARPA UPDATE? MA'AM, THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN THE LAST ITEM ON THE WORK SESSION TONIGHT IS DISCUSSION OF A CASINO.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS SENATOR MORRISSEY HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE COUNTY LOOKING SOLICITING FOR COUNTY SUPPORT FOR THE CASINO, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOOKING IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AT A SITE ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR.

AND I GUESS IT'S FOR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION TONIGHT OF HOW THIS BOARD FEELS ABOUT CONSIDERING SUCH A REQUEST FROM SENATOR MORRISSEY.

AND THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

SENATOR MORRISSEY WOULD REALLY BE LOOKING FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION GIVING SUPPORT TO PETERSBURG.

PETERSBURG IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY FOR THE CASINO THAT RICHMOND VOTERS TURNED DOWN. AND SENATOR MORRISSEY IS LOOKING TO SEE IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE EFFORT BY PETERSBURG BY DOING A RESOLUTION.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WOULD BE IF THE BOARD SO DEEMS THAT THEN WE CAN UPDATE THIS AND ADD TAKE THIS ON AS A BUSINESS ITEM TONIGHT TO DO THAT, OR IF THERE'S ANY RESERVATIONS, THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO.

WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS UP FOR ACTION ON THE ON THE MEETING TONIGHT.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR WHAT YOUR PLEASURE OR OPINIONS? I'LL START ON MY LEFT HERE WITH MRS. WAYMACK. WELL, I HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT ADDING A CASINO IN PRINCE GEORGE. IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BRINGING IN THAT KIND OF FACILITY.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS NOW.

I KNOW THAT PETERSBURG SAYS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AND THERE WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT

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DO WE WANT THAT? SOME PEOPLE SAY IT BRINGS CRIME, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT DOESN'T.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED.

THANK YOU.

MR. WEBB. I'M UNDECIDED AT THIS POINT.

I LIKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO WHAT THE PROS AND CONS ARE WITH SOME TYPE OF STATISTICAL DATA TO BACK IT UP.

I MEAN, WHAT SOME PEOPLE SAY, SOME PEOPLE SAY DON'T REVENUE THIS AND THE OTHER, BUT WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL PROS AND CONS STATISTICALLY OTHER LOCALITIES THAT HAVE CASINOS BEFORE I COULD REALLY GIVE YOU A DECISION.

OK. OK.

MR. HUNTER.

I HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT MR. WEBB JUST SAID.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE CRIME STATISTIC MS. WAYMACK SAID SOMETHING ABOUT.

AND ALSO LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE REVENUE THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BRING TO US BEING IN THE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF JOINING US.

BASICALLY, IT MAY BE REVENUE IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

SO IT'S PROBABLY GOT SOME POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES.

SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR.

IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHIEF HAS HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT ASPECT.

IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE CRIME ELEMENT.

IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE I COULD SUPPORT A LETTER FOR IT.

OK. AND IF I HAVE A CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD, I CAN SURELY REACH OUT TO MAYOR PERHAM IN PETERSBURG AND SEE MAYBE IF WE CAN GET HIM OR A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO TALK TO THE BOARD, MORE ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME WE CAN ALSO, I THINK WE PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT TO MAKE SURE TO ONE WE ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

I GUESS I'M ALSO A LITTLE I MEAN, I PERSONALLY, I WOULD SUPPORT IT, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF CITIZEN INPUT ON THIS AS WELL SPEAKERS] I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS WOULD SAY.

YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT MAYOR PERHAM HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT OR A SPOKESMAN FROM HIS OFFICE. OK, SO MAYBE WE CAN.

I DON'T SEE IT COMING UP TONIGHT AND TONIGHT'S BUSINESS MEETING, BUT MR. STOKE, IF WE CAN, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT, I CAN REACH OUT EITHER WAY, BUT I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT DOING THAT.

YEAH, PLACE HIM ON A FUTURE WORK SESSION.

YES, SIR. EITHER MAYOR PERHAM, SOMEONE FROM PETERSBURG, OR MAYBE EVEN SOMEONE FROM THE CASINO THEMSELVES.

YES, SIR. BECAUSE I BELIEVE MS. WAYMACK WAS CORRECT.

LOCATION INITIAL LOCATION THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS BEHIND THE SHEET'S DUNKIN DONUTS ON WAGNER ROAD, RIGHT ON THE I-95 CORRIDOR, WHICH OF COURSE IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ENTRANCE ROAD THAT GOES TO THE HOSPITAL.

SOUTHSIDE HOSPITAL. CORRECT.

OK. WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THE WORK SESSION.

OK BOARD MEMBERS IT'S 6:33.

WE'VE COVERED ALL OF OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, IF NO BOARD MEMBER HAS ANY OBJECTIONS, WE'LL TAKE A RECESS UNTIL 7 P.M.

WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO START OUR BUSINESS MEETING EVERYONE OK WITH THAT? SURE. ALL RIGHT.

6:33 BOARD WILL STAND IN RECESS AND THE BOARD WILL START BACK AT OUR 7:00 P.M.

HOUR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE IS NOW SEVEN P.M.

[CALL TO ORDER]

WITH A CLOSED SESSION AND WE WENT ALMOST UNTIL 6 P.M.

WE STARTED AT 6 P.M.

WITH OUR WORK SESSION.

WE FINISHED OUR WORK SESSION AROUND 6:33 AND BOARD HAS BEEN IN RECESS UNTIL NOW 7 P.M.

IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO START OUR REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING.

AT THIS CURRENT TIME, I WOULD ASK THAT MRS. WAYMACK OR VICE CHAIR, IF SHE WOULD DO THE BOARD'S INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF ALLEGIANCE BY MR. WEBB. OUR MOST GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.

WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE JOY THAT OF CHRISTMAS THAT IS COMING TO US.

WE ASK LORD THAT YOU KEEP YOUR HAND ON US AND KEEP US WELL AND STRONG SO THAT MAY WE MAY DO YOUR WORK, LORD.

DEAR LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU COMFORT THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.

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WE ASK THAT YOU COMFORT THOSE WHO YEARN FOR PEACE.

DEAR LORD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON OUR COUNTRY AND ON OUR COUNTY, IN YOUR HOLY NAME.

WE PRAY. AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, MR. WEBB, FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THANK YOU, MRS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU'D BE GIVEN FOUR MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OR TO BRING A MATTER TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT.

SO AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AT THIS TIME? GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, SIR. CHAIRMAN BROWN, VICE CHAIR WAYMACK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M BUCKY ALAN, SHERIFF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.

MY ADDRESS IS 18701 HALIFAX ROAD, PRINCE GEORGE, CARSON.

ACTUALLY BETTER GET THAT RIGHT.

CARSONITES WON'T BE HAPPY WITH THAT ONE.

I JUST WANTED TO COME IN FRONT OF Y'ALL TONIGHT AND SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AS YOU KNOW. DIDN'T EXPECT IT.

THIS IS MY LAST MEETING AS SHERIFF.

WITH THE BOARD AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME. THROUGH THE 17 YEARS OF MY TENURE AS SHERIFF.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THAT, I OWE A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR A LOT OF THEM THAT HAVE HELPED ME.

SOME OF THEM ARE HERE. SOME OF THEM HELP ME ALL THE TIME RIGHT NOW.

MR. STOKES MS. DREWRY. ALL Y'ALL, [LAUGHTER] THERE'S SOME IMMA CRY UP HERE.

YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT, SIR.

YOU KNOW, MR. ASHCRAFT, HE'S GONE NOW, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN.

HE WAS ALWAYS ONE THAT TRIED TO GET US.

WHAT WE NEEDED SUPPORTED US IN EVERY WAY HE COULD.

AND JEFF, I KNOW YOU'LL DO A FINE JOB AS INTERIM AND HOPEFULLY.

BETSY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME WITH THE FINANCE PART, CORRIE HURT, SHE'S NOT HERE.

WITH THE POLICIES AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AND EVERYTHING, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT BIG HELP.

WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED SHERIFF.

MS. WALTON, WHO'S NOW ANOTHER DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR.

SHE WAS A BIG HELP IN TRYING TO WORK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO OVER THERE AND HOW TO TRY TO GET IT DONE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S DONE FOR ME OVER THE YEARS.

I KNOW I'VE PROBABLY LEFT A LOT OF FOLKS OUT, I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, WHO HAVE BEEN SO GRACIOUS TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FOR 17 YEARS LIKE THAT. THIRTY FOUR YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 17 OF WHICH HAS BEEN SHERIFF.

AND I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED I'VE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE.

THANK YOU. YES SIR. DON'T GO AWAY YET.

IT'S I KNOW NORMALLY WE DON'T REPLY, BUT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER IF THEY HAVE SOME COMMENT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE TOWARDS YOU, SIR.

SEEING THAT THIS IS YOUR LAST QUOTE, OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING.

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AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR YOUR COUNTY.

YOU SERVED US WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. WEBB. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE BUCKY.

YOU'VE EARNED IT. YOU REALLY HAVE EARNED IT.

AND I REALLY HOPE YOU AND YOUR WIFE ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.

THANK YOU, SIR. MR. HUNTER. WELL, I WENT BACK THERE AND SAW THESE TWO GENTLEMEN BACK THERE A MINUTE AGO AND SAID, I'M THE WAS, YOU'RE THE IS AND [EXPLETIVE] IS IT GOING TO BE? BUT YEAH, I'VE WORKED WITH SHERIFF ALAN SINCE THE TIME HE STARTED IN PATROL AND ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, AND I WAS PROUD TO WORK WITH HIM AS THE SHERIFF AND WAS PROUD THAT HE WAS FOLLOWING ME IN THAT IN THAT DESIGNATION.

AND HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB AND I'M QUITE PROUD TO CALL HIM A FRIEND.

THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SO I'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

YEP. AND BUCKY ALAN, SHERIFF BUCKY ALAN.

YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME WELL BEFORE GETTING BEING A MEMBER ON THIS BOARD. AND ONE THING I CAN TRULY SAY IS THAT YOU'VE BEEN A TRUE FRIEND TO NOT ONLY MYSELF, MY FAMILY, MY MOM AND DAD, EVERYBODY AND BUCKY, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED.

IN ALL THESE YEARS, YOU'RE THE SAME BUCKY TODAY THAT YOU WERE WHEN I FIRST MET YOU.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO JUST BE IN YOUR PRESENCE AND BE AROUND YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

AND THAT'S NOT ANY KNOCK ON ANYONE ELSE COMING IN.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU.

BUT ONE THING YOU GET ON THAT BOAT, YOU GO FISHING, YOU KICK BACK, YOU ENJOY YOURSELF.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT.

WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY.

YOU'VE WORKED HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT IN YOUR LIFE AND YOUR CAREER.

AND NOW IT'S FAMILY TIME.

AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

PLEASE DON'T HANG YOUR HEAD.

YOU'VE SERVED US WELL.

THE COMMUNITY LOVES YOU.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ELECTED FOR 17 YEARS IF THEY DIDN'T LOVE YOU AND CARE ABOUT YOU. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COUNTY.

YES, WE WILL MISS YOU, BUT WE KNOW WE'LL STILL SEE YOU.

AND IF YOU GET LOST OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN COME BACK ON BOARD MEETINGS AND STAND IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST IT. I CAN'T SAY THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.

SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU.

I CAN TELL YOU. AND YOU KNOW, AS A MAN, YOU HAVE TO BE CONFIDENT.

I CAN TELL YOU, I LOVE YOU, BRO.

THANK YOU, SIR. I DO.

AND I TOLD YOU THAT.

AND I MEAN IT. THAT'S FROM THE HEART.

SO MR. STOKE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, SIR? SHERIFF ALAN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE WORKING WITH YOU, SIR.

AND AS A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE A FOUR P.M.

WORK SESSION TOMORROW THAT WE'LL NEED SHERIFF COVERAGE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR.

AND SHERIFF ALAN, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

WE LOVE YOU. BUT IT'S YOUR TIME NOW.

ENJOY, SIR. THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

YES, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME.

[APPLAUSE] WE ARE STILL IN OUR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND BRING ANY MATTERS TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION AT THIS TIME? IF NOT, MRS. DREWRY, IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN I'LL COME TO YOU AFTER THAT.

FOR ALL ZOOM PARTICIPANTS.

WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ELECTRONIC HAND TO INDICATE WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I DON'T SEE ANYONE RAISING THEIR ELECTRONIC HAND.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MRS. KNOTT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS SENT IN THAT WAS ASKED TO BE READ.

WOULD YOU MIND DOING THAT AT THIS TIME, PLEASE? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN.

TONY CARUSO, ENGINEERING PERMIT PROJECT MANAGER FOR SHEETZ, HAS ASKED ME TO READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

GOOD EVENING, I'M WRITING ON BEHALF OF SHEETZ INC.

WE HAVE A SIGNED PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR A PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S.

ROUTE 460 AND WEST QUAKER ROAD IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE

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OK, THANK YOU, MR. CARUSO. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SOME MATTERS TONIGHT.

I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO REACH OUT TO YOU, AS WELL AS WITH OUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, THAT WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALONG WITH MR. HALTOM.

BUT THANK YOU FOR SENDING IN THAT COMMENT, AND WE WILL BE IN CONVERSATION WITH YOU SOON, SIR. AT THIS TIME, SEEING THAT THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS TO BE READ, NO ONE ELSE COMING FORWARD HERE IN THE ROOM OR ELECTRONICALLY, I NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS AN ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA BOARD MEMBERS.

[ADOPTION OF AGENDA]

I SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, AND IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT THE BOARD WOULD ADOPT THE AGENDA, AS SO STATED IN FRONT OF US, BOARD MEMBERS. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'RE READY FOR THE QUESTION.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER. YES.

MR. WEBB. YES.

MR. BROWN. YES.

MRS. WAYMACK.

YES. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, MR. CARMICHAEL IS NOTIFIED US THAT HE IS OUT SICK TONIGHT.

AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU DO NOT SEE HIM UP HERE WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

NEXT, WE HAVE OUR ORDER OF CONSENSUS BOARD MEMBERS.

[ORDER OF CONSENSUS]

OK. I SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER AND IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE ORDER OF CONSENSUS AS SO STATED ON OUR AGENDA.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB.

YES. MR. BROWN.

YES. MRS. WAYMACK.

YES. MR. HUNTER.

YES. TONIGHT, THE BOARD HAS NO PRESENTATIONS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AREA HERE,

[SUPERVISORS’ COMMENTS]

I WILL START TO MY LEFT WITH VICE CHAIR WAYMACK.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUPERVISOR COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING? YES, I DO. WE'RE APPROACHING THE MOST JOYOUS SEASON OF CHRISTMAS IN A FAR DIFFERENT WORLD THAN WE EXPERIENCED A YEAR AGO, THANKS TO THE VIRUS COVID 19 AND SARS-2 CHANGED OUR WORLD IN MANY WAYS.

WE LOST LOVED ONES, LEARNED TO WEAR MASKS.

WE LEARNED TO NAVIGATE VIRTUALLY.

WE LEARNED TO WORK FROM HOME AND A HOST OF MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT. BUT ONE THING IS NOT CHANGED.

WE STILL LIVE IN A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL WORLD FILLED WITH THE GOODNESS OF PRINCE GEORGE AND ITS PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SO THIS CHRISTMAS, HOLD YOUR LOVED ONES TIGHT AND GIVE THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR BLESSINGS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU.

MR. WEBB.

I JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL EVERYBODY, I HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY NICE HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE NEW YEAR'S AND ENJOY YOURSELVES.

OK. MR. HUNTER. YES, I WOULD.

ON THE HEELS OF WHAT MS. WAYMACK SAID ABOUT THE COVID THE COUNTY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOPE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, GREATER HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO FURNISH SOME COVID VACCINATIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO. IT'S GOING TO BE EVERY OTHER WEEK, THE FIRST THIRD WEEKS OF THE MONTH, SO THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE 20TH, WHICH IS NEXT MONDAY.

THEN THERE'LL BE ONE ON THE THIRD ONE ON THE 17TH THERE AT UNITY BAPTIST CHURCH FROM ONE P.M. TO THREE P.M..

SIGN UP IF YOU CAN THINK THE INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AND IF YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE WELCOME TO WALK IN AND RECEIVE.

IF IT'S YOUR FIRST SHOT OR YOUR BOOSTER SHOT OR WHICHEVER ONE IT IS, PLEASE COME CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF FIVE ON UP TO ANY AGE, ADULTS ARE WELCOME TO COME.

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I JUST LIKE TO BRING UP ON DECEMBER THE 18TH, THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY WILL BE SPONSORING A COMMUNITY LUNCHEON AT THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER.

AND THIS IS A CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON.

IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 12 P.M.

TO THREE P.M..

YOU WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO HAVE PRE-REGISTERED THAT WAS ADVERTISED FOR A WHILE.

I THINK THE LAST COUNT I REMEMBER SEEING, WE HAVE 109 PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, 50 OF THEM ARE ADULTS.

FIFTY NINE ARE CHILDREN.

AND SO WE LOOK TO HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, ALL OF THE ALL OF THE FOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WILL BE GOING ON THAT DAY.

WERE DONE THROUGH DONATIONS, WHETHER IT WAS MONETARILY OR WHETHER IT WAS ACTUALLY DONATION OF FOOD.

SO NONE, NONE OF THIS IS DONE THROUGH ANY OF OUR CITIZENS TAX DOLLARS OR ANY MONIES FROM WITHIN THE COUNTY WERE USED FOR THIS AFFAIR.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

AND THE LAST THING IS JUST, YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS A CHRISTMAS SEASON COMING UP.

AND EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS HAS BECOME VERY COMMERCIALIZED, LET US LET US REALLY LOOK BACK AND REMEMBER WHAT THIS SEASON STANDS FOR.

AND IT'S ABOUT LOOKING AFTER YOUR NEIGHBOR.

IT'S MAYBE ABOUT GOING BY AND JUST SEEING IF SOMEONE'S OK CHECKING ON THEM.

YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A LOT OF THINGS FOR GRANTED, BUT THERE COULD BE SOMEONE THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON THAT MAY NOT EAT ON THAT DAY.

THERE MAY BE SOMEONE THAT MAY NOT HAVE FAMILY AROUND OR CLOSE BY THAT WOULD JUST SPEND THAT DAY. WE, ALL OF US, WE MAYBE COULD BE THAT DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE ON THAT DAY . SHOULD WE SHOW THAT ALL THE TIME? ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO BE ALL UP IN EVERYBODY'S FACE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO BE COVID CONSCIOUS.

BUT IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT AND CALL A LOVED ONE, DO THAT, PLEASE.

AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT REMEMBER WHAT THIS SEASON IS ALL ABOUT.

WITH THAT, I'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS, OUR INTERIM COUNTY

[COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR’S COMMENTS]

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

WITH THE FIRM BASE OF LEADERSHIP AND PROCESS SET BY MR. ASHCRAFT, I'VE INCLUDED A REPORT OF UPCOMING DATES AND PERSONNEL MOVES IN YOUR PACKET.

AS A REMINDER, WE DO KICK OFF THE FY 23 BUDGET SEASON TOMORROW AT FOUR P.M.

AND WORK SESSION RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM AND MY FINAL THOUGHTS ARE MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT TIME IT IS.

YES.

I WAS JUST ASKING IF I SAW JUDGE [INAUDIBLE] SITTING OUT THERE AND I JUST WANTED TO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON OR IF SO, I WANTED TO AFFORD YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIR AND I, WE ALL TAKE IT AS AN HONOR TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO AFFORD YOU THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO OR IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY OR BRING TO OUR ATTENTION, SIR.

I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A REQUEST FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM. OK, IF WE GET TO THAT AND IF YOU I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT TO THE LADIES.

THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, BUT I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE THUS FAR FOR THE COURTS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC.

DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY MUCH, BUT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS, AND THE COURT APPRECIATES THAT SO. AND THAT GOES ONLY BECAUSE I WORK WITH FOLKS LIKE BUCKY, BUCK.

BUT BECAUSE OF RCJ.

AND BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE THAT YOU ALL HELP SUPPORT IN THAT KUDOS TO YOU. OK, WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I RESPECTED YOU BEING HERE AND ALLOWED YOU THE TIME TO GIVING YOU TIME TO SPEAK IF YOU WANTED TO.

I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEIR PORTION OR THEIR REQUEST COMES ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'LL WAIT. I'LL WAIT TILL THAT TIME.

OK, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. LET'S GO ON TO SOME REPORTS WE HAVE OF 2021 AUDIT REPORT.

[REPORTS]

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YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS IS BETSY DREWRY, FINANCE DIRECTOR, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

WE HAVE WITH US JOSH [INAUDIBLE] FROM ROBINSON FARMER COX, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING YOUR FY 21 AUDIT REPORT TO YOU THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN MR. STOKE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M JOSH [INAUDIBLE] WITH ROBINSON FARMER COX HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 21 AUDIT REPORT. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.

ALL KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE TABS, AND HERE ARE THE FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS. POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE AT THE END.

THE FIRST THING UNDER THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION ON PAGE ROMAN NUMERAL 11.

IT'S THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM GFOA.

THIS IS YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ALL LOCALITIES GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR AND RECEIVING, SO IT IS SOMETHING TO BE NOTED, REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK AND A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT ON THE FINANCE STAFF'S PART.

BUT IT WAS RECEIVED AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WELL, THIS IS FOR 2020.

IT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR TWENTY ONE CERTIFICATE AS WELL.

AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IN THE.

IN THAT SECTION WOULD BE PAGES 13 THROUGH 19 IS THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER.

THIS IS THE MORE NARRATIVE SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE YEARLY ACTIVITY OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE. AND FLIPPING FORWARD INTO THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE REPORT PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OPINION, AND WE HAVE ISSUED UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS A CLEAN OPINION FOR THE YEAR AGAIN THIS YEAR.

ON PAGE TWO OF THAT OPINION.

THERE ARE TWO BLURBS IN THERE, ONE ABOUT THE CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE AND ONE RELATED TO THE RESTATEMENT OF BEGINNING BALANCES.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO GASB 84 THAT HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR.

I'LL GO INTO WITHOUT GETTING TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS.

I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FURTHER ON THE REPORT AND KIND OF SHOW WHAT IT ACTUALLY AFFECTED.

SO FROM THERE, WE CAN FLIP FOR IT A LITTLE BIT.

PAGES TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY SIX.

THESE ARE YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUND STATEMENTS.

THESE ARE USUALLY THE MOST HELPFUL, USEFUL STATEMENTS IN THE WHOLE REPORT PAGE-- OR YEAH, PAGE TWENTY FOUR, EXHIBIT THREE THIS IS YOUR BALANCE SHEET OF YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AND TWO PAGES FOR IT. EXHIBIT FIVE THIS IS YOUR STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST COLUMN THERE, YOUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE INCREASED BY AROUND $5 MILLION, UP TO A TOTAL OF THIRTY THREE POINT FOUR MILLION, AND THAT NEXT COLUMN OVER THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND THAT INCREASED BY TWENTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO FORTY EIGHT MILLION. THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE THE DEBT PROCEEDS WERE RECEIVED CLOSE TO YEAR END.

ALL THE EXPENDITURES OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT HADN'T BEEN EXPENDED BY JUNE 30TH, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF HELD IN THERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO BE EXPENDED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE NEXT PLACE I'LL TAKE YOU TO IS PAGE 51.

THIS IS PAGE FIFTY ONE, NOTE SEVEN.

THIS IS YOUR LONG TERM OBLIGATION AND YOUR DEBT SUMMARY.

AND ON THIS, IT SHOWS THE TOTAL LONG TERM DEBT, AS WELL AS OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES RELATED TO PENSION LIABILITIES [INAUDIBLE] LIABILITIES.

BUT THIS DOES GIVE YOU A GOOD SUMMARY OF YOUR BEGINNING BALANCE OF LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS, YOUR ISSUANCES, YOUR RETIREMENTS AND THEN YOUR ENDING BALANCE THERE OF ALL.

AND FLIPPING FORWARD TO PAGE 105.

THIS IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE GASB EIGHTY FOUR. AND SO THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT CHANGES, FOUR DIFFERENT BEGINNING BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS. THOSE FIRST THREE NUMBERS THERE, YOU SEE, ARE ALL RELATED TO FUNDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS AGENCY FUNDS.

GASB 84 REQUIRED THEM TO BE REPORTED DIFFERENTLY.

THE TWO MIDDLE ONES THAT ARE SPECIAL WELFARE FUND PERFORMANCE BOND FUND, THOSE NOW JUST HAVE TO BE REPORTED AS WHAT'S CALLED A CUSTODIAL FUND.

IT JUST REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN REPORTING THAT IS ON EXHIBIT THIRTY SIX, THIRTY SEVEN IS WHERE THOSE ARE NOW REPORTED.

BUT I GUESS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE BEGINNING BALANCE RESTATEMENTS THERE

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THOSE ARE JUST HOW THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT NOW THEY HAVE TO BE REPORTED ON DIFFERENT FUNDS, SO YOU HAVE TO RESTATE IT TO GET THERE.

THE FIRST COLUMN THERE, THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND THAT WAS RELATED TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. AGAIN, THAT WAS AGAIN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS AGENCY FUND NOW HAS TO BE REPORTED AS AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND AND THE ACTIVITY FROM THAT IS REPORTED ON EXHIBIT SEVEN THROUGH NINE AND THE LAST COLUMN THERE.

THE SCHOOL BOARD RESTATEMENT RELATED TO EIGHTY FOUR WAS THE SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUNDS.

THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE AUDIT THAT HAS TO BE PERFORMED EVERY YEAR AND BECAUSE OF GASB 84, THAT NOW HAS TO BE SUMMARIZED AND IMPLEMENTED INTO THE FULL COUNTY REPORT AS A FUND.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER IS THERE FOR.

AND THEN FLIPPING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SECTION THERE, THE STATISTICAL SECTION, SORRY, ON PAGE ONE FIFTY THREE.

THESE ARE JUST ALL THE CURRENT-- A LOT OF THE CURRENT YEAR NUMBERS RATIOS AND THEN IT GIVES TEN YEARS WORTH OF HISTORICAL DATA FOR A LOT OF COMPARATIVE PURPOSES.

AND THEN FLIPPING FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO THE NEXT SECTION, THE COMPLIANCE SECTION AT THE START OF THE SECTION. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LETTERS FROM US.

THE FIRST IS THE OUR REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE-- PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS, WE TEST VARIOUS INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

AS A RESULT OF OUR TESTING, WE HAD NO ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE REPORTED IN THIS REPORT.

AND THEN TWO PAGES FOR IT ON PAGE ONE SEVENTY NINE.

THIS IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT OVER THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE, THE DIFFERENT FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S KIND OF REQUIRED BY AND GOVERNED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE AND FROM THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS WE WERE REQUIRED TO AUDIT THIS YEAR.

WE HAD NO ISSUES OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT NEED TO BE REPORTED.

AND PAGES 181, 182.

THIS IS YOUR SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES, THE FEDERAL AWARDS, THIS BREAKS OUT ALL OF YOUR FEDERAL EXPENDITURES BY THE DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS THAT CFDA NUMBER IN THE SECOND COLUMN. IT'S KIND OF THE FEDERAL IDENTIFYING NUMBER.

THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 182 SHOWS THE TOTAL.

THIS IS FOR COUNTY AND SCHOOL BOARD COMBINED OF TWENTY POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES.

AND YOU CAN SEE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM THERE.

THE CARES ACT FUNDING THIS YEAR, TWENTY ONE, THAT WAS SPENT WITH SEVEN POINT SEVEN, SO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVERALL JUST BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND THAT IS-- THAT'S MY QUICK SUMMARY, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROLLER? MR. HUNTER. I WOULD JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT MS. DREWRY AND HER OFFICE FOR HAVING SUCH UNBLEMISHED REPORT.

MS. WAYMACK. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THE REPORT.

BUT THAT REPORT TRULY IS A REFLECTION OF MRS. DREWRY AND HER DEPARTMENT, WHO YEAR AFTER YEAR CONTINUES TO PERFORM AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

YOU MAKE PRINCE GEORGE PROUD.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOCALITIES THAT ARE NOT DOING THIS, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THEM THAT [INAUDIBLE]. SO WE DEFINITELY STAND UP ABOVE THE CROWD.

SO THANK YOU, MS. DREWRY TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

AND THANK YOU, MR. ROLLER, FOR YOUR REPORT THIS EVENING.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

[INAUDIBLE].

I GUESS I COULDN'T OF TIME THAT ONE ANY BETTER, IT'S NOW 7:30.

IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS]

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. WHITTEN. BOARD MEMBERS THIS IS UNDER TAB 16 IN YOUR BOOK.

YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A LEASE OF A ROOM IN THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH WAS RECENTLY RENOVATED.

THIS IS FOR ROOM 117.

WE DO HAVE A FEW ROOMS IN THE WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH WE HAVE RENTED OUT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE LEGION RECENTLY RENTED A ROOM THERE, AND THE PRINCE GEORGE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE HAD APPROACHED THE COUNTY TO REQUEST REQUEST TO LEASE A ROOM TO BE USED FOR ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

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IT WOULD BEGIN ON JANUARY 1ST AND IT WOULD BE RENEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED AND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY ADVERTISED.

THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN INSURANCE CERTIFICATE NAMING THE COUNTY AS ADDITIONAL INSURED, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY FEE FOR THE USE OF THE ROOM. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEASE.

OK. DOES ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WHITTEN BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR PUBLIC INPUT PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NOT AT THIS TIME.

OK? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM P ONE.

IT'S IN REGARDS TO A LEASE FOR THE PRINCE GEORGE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR A ROOM AT THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC INPUT PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WOULD ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK, THAT YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU'D BE-- YOU'D BE GIVEN FOUR MINUTES TO GIVE US YOUR OPINION ON THIS MATTER.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM P ONE? ANYONE HERE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON P ONE? SEEING, NO ONE COMING FORWARD.

WE WILL NOW GO TO THE ELECTRONIC FORM OF ZOOM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

MS. DREWRY WOULD YOU MIND CHECKING FOR US, PLEASE? YES, SIR. FOR ALL ZOOM PARTICIPANTS, WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, 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, I DO NOT SEE ANYONE WHO'S RAISED THEIR HAND.

OK, THANK YOU, MS. DREWRY. SEEING THAT THERE IS NO ONE ON ZOOM THAT WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME AND NO ONE HERE IN THE ROOM. WE WILL NOW CLOSE TO PUBLIC INPUT PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND RETURN THE MATTER BACK TO THE BOARD.

BOARD MEMBERS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PUBLIC INPUT, SO I CAN'T SAY SINCE THE PUBLIC INPUT, IF NOT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE. YES, SIR.

COMMENT [INAUDIBLE]. YES, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED.

THE CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT THE ROOMS THAT WE HAVE LEASED, IF YOU WERE EVEN GOING FORWARD, ARE USUALLY TO CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTY.

THE PRINCIPLE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS THIS BUILDING IS MAINTAINED WITH COUNTY TAX DOLLARS, CITIZENS TAX DOLLARS, EVERYBODY'S.

NOT JUST ONE GROUP OR ANOTHER.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF DOING THIS FOR THAT REASON.

I JUST THINK WHATEVER ROOMS WE HAVE AVAILABLE NOW OR GOING FORWARD SHOULD BE LEASED TO SOMEBODY-- ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GIVING BACK TO THE CITIZENS.

I CAN NAME A LOT.

I PROBABLY MISS SOME.

BOY SCOUTS, THE WOMEN'S CLUB, [INAUDIBLE] CLUB, MASONIC LODGE, PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DO THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

BECAUSE IT IS THEIR TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE MAINTAINING THIS BUILDING.

WELL, WE LEASE IT FOR A DOLLAR WE LEASE IF NOTHING.

WAS MY COMMENT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENT? I ONLY AGREE WITH MR. WEBB'S THOUGHT THAT I JUST DON'T SEE US GOING DOWN THIS ROUTE TO BE ALLOWING AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE MAYBE MORE PRONE TO BE ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.

OK. THIS IS WAYMACK, DID YOU HAVE ANY? WELL, YOU KNOW, I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEING IT, BUT IT IS A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND THEY DON'T GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTY IN THE WAYS THAT THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DO.

SO I GUESS MR. WEBB HAS A GOOD POINT.

OK. I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY OPINION.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO KNOW THAT, THAT GROUP DOES DO THINGS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SECOND OF ALL, I WANT TO STATE THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE A ROOM TODAY IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. SO THERE'S TO ME NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT ROOM AND A ROOM IN THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION, THE SOCIAL SERVICES BUILDING, THEY USE THE FIRST-- THEY USE THAT ROOM AT THE FIRST FLOOR TODAY.

I THINK ANY GROUP-- I'M NOT FAVORING ANY-- I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THIS REALLY TURNED TO BE POLITICAL, BUT TO ME IT WAS WHEN THE INFORMATION WAS PUT OUT.

IT WAS PUT OUT AT THE REDEDICATION THAT WE HAD TWO ROOMS AVAILABLE.

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FOR US TO CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME MIDSTREAM AFTER SOMEONE HAS, TO ME, APPLIED OR PUT IN FOR IT, IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT, OH WELL, THIS ORGANIZATION CAN'T BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO X Y Z AND I DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT NAME WE PUT ON ANY ORGANIZATION.

THAT, TO ME, IS CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME.

NOW, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS UP FRONT AHEAD OF TIME, THEN TO ME THAT GIVES US PLENTY TO STAND ON TO SAY YES OR NO.

BUT WE HAVE NOT PUT THAT SAME CONDITION ON ANYONE ELSE, ANY OTHER GROUP IN THE PAST.

WE'VE NEVER QUESTIONED ANY OTHER GROUP IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY DID IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST THINK WE'RE WALKING A REALLY TIGHT LINE WHEN WE START PICKING AND CHOOSING WHO WE'RE GOING TO ASK CERTAIN THINGS OF.

AND AGAIN, IF IT'S OUR FAULT THAT WE HAVEN'T LAID OUT CLEARLY WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, THEN LET US STEP UP AND SAY THAT.

BUT JUST HARD TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS ON ANY GROUP ONCE THEY'VE PUT IN AND THEIR APPLICATION WAS ACCEPTED AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS STATE.

SO THAT'S JUST MY ONLY COMMENT ON THAT.

YES, SIR. I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THAT.

BECAUSE OF THE FACT I DON'T SEE US CHANGING THE RULES BECAUSE ALL OF US, I'LL SAY FROM-- I'M SPEAKING FOR TJ, WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS UNTIL IT SHOWED UP IN THAT BOOK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AND YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION DIRECTLY AFTER IT SHOWED UP IN THE BOOK AND I VOICED MY CONCERNS AT THAT POINT.

GRANTED, DO WE HAVE ANY GUIDELINES AROUND IT? I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO IT BY ANYBODY UNTIL THE NATURE OF THIS CAME IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE THE OTHER ROOMS WE HAVE, LEASED OUT, WERE ALREADY GIVING BACK AND EVERYBODY KNEW WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY DID FOR THE COUNTY.

MY POINT OF CONTENTION IS YOU CAN'T DO FOR ONE WITHOUT DOING IT FOR ALL.

I DON'T THINK-- I'M CONCERNED ABOUT US GOING DOWN THIS ROAD.

THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE THAT ARE LOBBYING-- AND I'M NOT PICKING ON THE DEMOCRATS. I'M NOT A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, BUT I VOTE REPUBLICAN 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME . THEY CHANGE THEIR WAYS, I MIGHT VOTE THE OTHER WAY.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD MAKE A GOOD MIX FOR US TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD.

AND IF WE HAVE TO SET IT TONIGHT, WE SET IT TONIGHT.

BUT THIS QUESTION HAS NEVER COME BEFORE THIS BOARD THAT I'M AWARE OF.

AND LIKE I RESTATE, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS UNTIL THEY SHOWED UP IN A BOOK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, SIR.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH A PUBLIC HEARING.

EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM IN THE WORLD WITH THAT.

THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T VOTE AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I'VE NEVER VOTED AGAINST A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYTHING, EVEN IF I THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA AND I'D HEARD FROM ABOUT A LOT OF CITIZENS.

I HAVE HEARD FROM CITIZENS QUESTIONING [INAUDIBLE] JUDGMENT IF WE GO THROUGH WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.

SO IF IT'S GOT TO BE A BLAME, THEN TJ WEBB WILL TAKE PART OF THE BLAME FOR NOT THINKING THAT FAR DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL THIS ACTUALLY HIT THE DESK.

BUT IT'S BETTER TO FIX IT NOW THAN IT IS TO WAIT.

OK. AND JUST AS A REBUTTAL TO YOUR COMMENT.

ACTUALLY, I'M A LITTLE OFFENDED BECAUSE, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU SIR BY NO MEANS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THAT I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD, AND THIS HAD NOTHING-- THIS DID NOT EVEN REMOTELY COME FROM ME.

THIS CAME FROM MR. ASHCRAFT, WHO WAS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHEN PEOPLE APPROACHED HIM.

FROM THAT DAY THAT WE DID THE REDEDICATION SERVICE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MY NAME GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY SOMEONE THOUGHT THAT I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

I DON'T PLAY GAMES UNDER THE TABLE.

I DON'T DO THAT.

SO AGAIN.

MY QUESTION WOULD YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST TO THINK, WOULD WE BE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT PARTY.

WOULD WE BE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT GROUP? AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF US CAN SIT HERE AND SAY YES OR NO.

I DON'T-- I CAN'T REALLY ATTEST TO THAT.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.

[INAUDIBLE]. YES, IT WAS.

NOT WITHOUT COMING TO THE BOARD.

YES, IT IS, SIR. HE IS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

MR. BROWN. HE DETERMINES WEBB WEBB. PLEASE HANG ON MR.

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WHEN AN AGENDA IS SENT TO THIS BOARD, ANY TWO BOARD MEMBERS CAN EITHER HAVE SOMETHING ADDED OR REMOVED, BUT THE INITIAL CREATING OF THE AGENDA HAS ALWAYS, IN MY FOUR YEARS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN INITIATED BY-- YOU, MISSED MISSED MY POINT. IT STARTED AT THE OPENING OF THE WELLNESS CENTER.

IF THERE WERE REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE, IT SHOULD HAVE CAME TO THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE THOUGHT. NOT JUST OFFER IT UP.

OK. WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE AT THIS POINT.

WELL, WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

I DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE THIS BOARD IS NOT HERE TO MICROMANAGE.

MR. ASHCRAFT, AS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, DID HIS JOB.

WE HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

WE DID NOT HAVE TO ALLOW IT TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING OR WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] I'M JUST SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MR. ASHCRAFT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.

SO.

WE'VE HEARD THE INPUT BEING GIVEN TONIGHT.

BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO ACT ON THIS.

TAKE NO ACTION, APPROVE IT, DISAPPROVE.

IT IS TOTALLY THE WILL OF THIS BOARD, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE.

OK, I HAVE A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO WHAT DID YOU SAY? MAKE A MOTION JUST DISAPPROVE.

WE TAKE NO ACTION, IT COMES BACK.

I'M OF THE OPINION YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK.

I'LL ASK ONE MORE TIME, IS THERE A SECOND? IF I DON'T HEAR A SECOND, THAT MEANS THE MOTION DIES.

[INAUDIBLE] SECOND.

OK, THEN I HAVE A SECOND.

IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MR. HUNTER THAT THE BOARD WOULD NOT APPROVE THIS REQUEST FOR THE LEASING OF THIS ROOM.

BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB, YES.

MR. HUNTER, YES, MRS. WAYMACK NO.

MR. BROWN, NO.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE MOTION-- THAT MOTION DIES BECAUSE OF A TIE, RIGHT, MR. WHITTEN? OK.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ACTION THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO TAKE ON THIS TONIGHT, OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO ASK FOR IT TO BE TABLED OR POSTPONED TO ANOTHER MEETING AS FAR AS ACTION? I MOVE THAT IT BE TABLED TO ANOTHER MEETING.

OK, IF YOU'RE MOTION COULD STATE THE DATE OF THE MEETING, IF IT COULD BE A MOTION TO POSTPONE.

IT'S-- HANG ON A SECOND, I HAVE TO LOOK AT MY PHONE FOR DATES.

JANUARY 11TH? SO RIGHT NOW, THE EARLIEST IT COULD COME BACK TO THIS BOARD WOULD BE EITHER ON JANUARY THE 11TH OR JANUARY THE 28TH.

THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO BOARD MEETINGS IN JANUARY, MS. WAYMACK. WELL, I THINK WE NEED MORE DISCUSSION ON IT.

SO I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE IT UNTIL AT LEAST JANUARY THE 11TH.

OK. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MRS. WAYMACK AND WAS SECOND BY MR. HUNTER THAT WE WOULD POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL OUR JANUARY 11TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO BOARD MEETING. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER? YES, MR. CARMICHAEL, I'M SORRY HE'S ABSENT.

MRS. WAYMACK.

YES, MR. BROWN.

YES, MR. WEBB. NO.

OKAY MOTION CARRIED.

THIS ITEM WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL OUR JANUARY 11TH MEETING.

SO ENDS OUR PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY POSTPONED ITEMS FROM [INAUDIBLE] PRIOR MEETING.

NEXT IS OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS.

OUR FIRST IS ITEM A ONE, AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MS.

[ORDER OF BUSINESS]

BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS UNDER TAB SEVEN IN YOUR BOOK.

GOOD EVENING, MR. BROWN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE AND MR. WHITTEN.

TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE LAND USE PROGRAM RATES FOR PRINCE GEORGE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY THREE.

LAND USE, ANNUAL REVALIDATION IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

LAND USE ASSESSMENTS MUST BE REVALIDATED ANNUALLY TO VERIFY THAT ALL PROPERTY IN THE

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THIS YEAR, 1335 REVALIDATION WERE MAILED ON AUGUST 28, TO SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS.

REVALIDATION WERE DUE BACK ON NOVEMBER 1ST WITHOUT PENALTY AND REVALIDATION ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL JANUARY 3RD TWENTY TWENTY TWO UPON THE PAYMENT OF A LATE FEE OF $10.

AND ALSO IF THEY MISS THIS DATE, CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 24 THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED TO OUR OFFICE, AND IF THEY SOMEHOW MISS THE DATE, THEY CAN STEAL WHENEVER THEY GET THEIR ASSESSMENT NOTICE, THEY CAN APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

AND STILL THEY CAN HEAR THE CASE ON WHY THEY NEED TO BE IN THE PROGRAM AT THAT POINT, AND THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, APPOINTED BY THE SUPERIOR COURT, CAN DEEM IT NECESSARY TO PLACE THEM IN THE LAND USE PROGRAM.

SO. DETERMINATIONS FOR LAND USE, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, OF THE VIRGINIA QUALIFICATION CODE WHILE WE HAD IT IN MIND.

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL USE IS FIVE ACRES IS THE MINIMUM THAT YOU HAVE HAVE TO HAVE TO GET IN THE FOREST USE IS 20 ACRES AND OPEN SPACE USE IS FIVE ACRES MINIMUM.

DOES IT QUALIFY? 20 ACRES, PROPERTIES, FOREST USE THAT HAS A HOME ON IT? NO. ONE ACRE IS DESIGNATED AS A HOME SITE.

THERE MUST BE A TOTAL OF 20 TOTAL ACRES DEDICATED FOR FOREST USE.

A FIVE ACRE PROPERTY IN AG USE THAT HAS A HOME BUILT ON IT? NO. ONE ACRE IS DESIGNATED AS A HOME SITE.

THERE MUST BE A TOTAL OF FIVE ACRES FOR THAT AG USE.

A HUNDRED ACRE PROPERTY IN FOREST USE? YES, WITH PROPER DOCUMENTATION OF A TIMBER PLAN OR A STATEMENT OF THE OWNER'S COMMITMENT AND THEY IN EVERY SIX YEARS, THEY UP FOR THAT AND THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICES, WE CHECK THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY PROVIDE.

THIS IS OUR SLEAC AGRICULTURAL LAND USE RATES FOR THE HISTORY SINCE 2014 AND EVERY YEAR OVER YEAR, WE HAVE ADOPTED THE THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE.

PRINCE GEORGE HAS USED THE RATES PROVIDED BY SLEAC SINCE 1976.

THE CODE ALLOWS FOR LOCAL ADOPTED RATES AND THAT PROVIDES A THREE YEAR RATE COMBINED IN AVERAGE. AND THEN YOU GUYS ADOPT IT FOR THE LAND USE PROGRAM.

SLEAC AGRICULTURAL LAND USE RATES, AND THIS IS THE HISTORY.

THIS YEAR, THE SLEAC RATES FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, THE AVERAGE RATE IS THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS PER ACRE AND THAT IS THE AGRICULTURE RATE.

IT ACTUALLY GOES DOWN ONE PERCENT, JUST A SMALL [INAUDIBLE].

OK, SO THIS IS THE THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE AND WHERE THE ARROW POINTS DOWN THE PROPOSED PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AGRICULTURE RATES, THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED RATES FROM THE STATE AND THE FOURTEEN SEVENTY IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

THE PASTURE-- THAT'S FOR CROP AND THEN PASTURE IS FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS AND THE COMBINED RATE FORMULA IS PROVIDED FOR YOU ON THE SIDE THERE.

THE CROP AND IN THE PASTURE COMING OUT AT FOURTEEN SEVENTY.

IF YOU COULD COMBINE THAT THE THREE YEARS BACK AND THEN THE PASTURE THREE YEARS BACK IS [INAUDIBLE] HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS PER ACRE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO APPROVE THE SLEAC OR THEIR THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE.

OPTION ONE WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THE THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE.

THE CROP DECREASES BY 16 PERCENT.

YOUR PASTURE INCREASES BY 10 PERCENT, AND OPTION TWO WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE STATE RATES.

THE CROP DECREASES BY TWENTY THREE PERCENT AND THE PASTURE STAYS THE SAME.

OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO? CONTINUING UTILIZING A THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE, SLEAC AGRICULTURAL RATES FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, WHICH WILL BE FOR TWENTY TWENTY THREE OUR FISCAL YEAR.

THE IMPACT ESTIMATED POTENTIAL REVENUE DECREASES FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND

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THE THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE WAS CONSIDERED IN THE ASSESSOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION.

OR YOU COULD REVERT BACK TO THE SLEAC AGRICULTURE STATE CODE-- STATE RATES FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO FOR FY TWENTY TWENTY THREE.

AND THAT ESTIMATED POTENTIAL REVENUE DECREASES EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE THE THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE, THE THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE PREVENTS LARGE INCREASES OR DECREASES IN FLUCTUATIONS TO THE TAXPAYER AND PROVIDES A MORE STABLE RATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

THE THREE YEAR MOVING AVERAGE HAS BEEN UTILIZED SINCE 2014 [INAUDIBLE] THE HISTORY OF THE LAND USE PROGRAM SO.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE TWO OPTIONS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU? MR. WEBB I THOUGHT THE INTENT WHEN WE WENT TO THE THREE ARE MOVING AVERAGES TO KEEP THE CITIZENS FROM BEING ON A ROLLER COASTER.

THAT'S-- YES, SIR.

THIS. LET ME THINK ON IT.

MOVE ON. YES, SIR. WE'LL COME BACK.

MR.-- YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO US THAT WOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT RATHER THAN FLUCTUATING AS MUCH.

SO YOU'D HAVE AN IDEA WHAT TO ISSUE EACH YEAR.

MS. WAYMACK? [INAUDIBLE] I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY USING OPTION ONE, IF FOR SOME REASON WE WERE TO CHANGE AND GO TO OPTION TWO, THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR THE ONE YEAR, RIGHT? YES SIR. AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE COULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO GO BACK TO THE THREE YEAR MOVING OR THE STATE NUMBER, RIGHT? YES SIR. AND JUST FOR ME RIGHT NOW, I'M LEANING MORE TO THE STATE NUMBER, BECAUSE WITH BUDGET GETTING READY TO COME UP IN ANY AREA THAT WE CAN TRY TO FIND TO GIVE THE CITIZENS A LITTLE BIT MORE SOMETHING BACK, THEY STILL WOULD GET A DECREASE IN OPTION ONE.

BUT IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DECREASE BY GOING WITH THE STATE AVERAGE.

SO IF I HAD TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER BASED ON WHERE I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW, I WOULD CHOOSE OPTION TWO.

SO BEFORE MR. WEBB, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANTED BEFORE WE GO AROUND AND FIND OUT WHERE WE STAND? COME BACK TO ME. OK.

SO BOARD MEMBERS, WE NEED TO GIVE HER SOME DIRECTION.

I'M GOING TO START TO MY LEFT MS. WAYMACK WOULD YOU CHOOSE OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO, MA'AM? WELL, I WOULD CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT'S MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITIZENS.

SO THAT WAS OPTION ONE.

IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK OPTION TWO WAS MORE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE OPTION ONE WOULD IS A DECREASE OF FIFTY THREE THOUSAND, WHEREAS OPTION TWO WAS A DECREASE OF EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND. SO, YEAH, OK, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT OPTION, TWO.

OK. MR. HUNTER.

TWO. AND MR. WEBB I'LL GO WITH TWO.

OK. MR. STOKE, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, SO I MEAN, I KNOW THE BOARD HAS WEIGHED IN, BUT DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT OR ANYTHING ON THAT, SIR, OR YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT AS IS? HISTORICALLY IN WHAT I'VE SEEN LAST 12 YEARS IS THE REASON THE BOARD HAS CHOSEN OPTION ONE IN THE PAST WAS NOT ONLY LESS VOLATILITY FOR THE CITIZEN, BUT LESS VOLATILITY ON THE COUNTY BUDGET ITSELF.

[INAUDIBLE]. BUT LIKE DONNA SAID, YOU CAN GO EITHER WAY AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT NEXT YEAR.

RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE I WAS LOOKING AT.

THAT WE STILL HAD NEXT YEAR TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, IF NEED BE.

SO I THINK I'VE HEARD CLEAR FROM THE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT OPTION TWO IS THE PREFERRED OPTION. WELL, THERE WASN'T A RESOLUTION ON THIS RIGHT? THERE IS. OH, OK, OK, ALL RIGHT, I'M-- MY BAD.

SO-- MR. CHAIRMAN, THE RESOLUTION, YOUR PACKETS ACTUALLY FOR THE OPTION ONE.

SO I DON'T SEE A RESOLUTION HERE FOR OPTION TWO, SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A NEW RESOLUTION TO BE DRAFTED BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET SAYS CONTINUING THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE. MM HMM.

SO WE COULD AS DRAFT A NEW RESOLUTION.

SO IN YOUR MOTION, YOU WOULD JUST BE APPROVING.

OPTION TWO, WHICH IS THE STATE RESOLUTION.ALL RIGHT. SO I NEED A MOTION, PLEASE AND A SECOND ON THIS.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT OPTION TWO.

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YOU READY FOR THE QUESTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MRS. WAYMACK YES.

MR. BROWN. YES, MR. WEBB. YES, MR. HUNTER. YES. OK, MOTION CARRIED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

NEXT, WE HAVE A2, WHICH IS A TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS RELATED TO THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM AND WE HAVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MS. DREWRY, TO [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN.

BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE AND MR. WHITTEN.

IN YOUR PACKET IS A REQUEST THAT CAME FROM OUR DRUG COURT COORDINATOR THROUGH JUDGE TOM CORRIE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR THE DRUG COURT TREATMENT PROGRAM, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR OF THE BUDGET, RESIDES IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY WAS IN THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, OR RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY FUND.

THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND SUPPORT THAT IS BEING REQUESTED IS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THAT WOULD NECESSITATE A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY.

THAT ADDITIONAL ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WOULD BE USED TO COVER DRUG COURT TESTS, WHICH ARE PRETTY COSTLY, ESPECIALLY THE SWEAT PATCHES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED BY THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM AND AN ADDITIONAL FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SUPPORT IS BEING REQUESTED FOR CLIENT INCENTIVES.

INCENTIVES ARE PURCHASED FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO MARK SOBRIETY MILESTONES THAT THOSE PARTICIPANTS REACH.

THEY ALSO REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS IN [INAUDIBLE] OVER TIME FOR SUPERVISION VISITS, AND THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF FUNDING WOULD COME FROM RIVERSIDE CORRECTIONAL RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY FROM THEIR FUND BALANCE AND MY FIRST QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

I DID MENTION TO YOU THAT, THAT PROGRAM WILL PROBABLY END UP USING MORE FUND BALANCE THAN WHAT WE HAD INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED TWENTY TWO BUDGET.

SO LATER IN THE FISCAL YEAR WHEN WE'RE CLOSER TO YEAR END.

WE'LL BE BRINGING AN APPROPRIATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FUND, FUND BALANCE TO BE APPROPRIATED, AND WE WILL WRAP THIS INTO THAT REQUEST.

I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND AS WELL AS JUDGE TOMKO, MS. LORI HENLEY, OUR DRUG COURT COORDINATOR, IS HERE AND MS. DENISE WAFF IS ALSO HERE, OUR RIVERSIDE, R.C.J.A.

DIRECTOR. SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM OR THIS FUNDING REQUEST.

OK, WOULD ANY OF THE THREE LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT OR SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE ASK IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. [INAUDIBLE] AND THE BOARD.

I'VE ALREADY SORT OF GIVEN YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE WERE WITH THIS.

AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF HOW R.C.J.

AND THE DRUG COURT COORDINATOR, WERE ALL STRUCTURED.

I THINK THAT HAS CAUSED SOME DIFFICULTIES IN TERMS OF THE FINANCE THAT WERE SOMEWHAT ANTICIPATED. SOME MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED, BUT NONETHELESS WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I THINK IT'S WORKING PRETTY WELL AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE HAVING SOME GOOD SUCCESS.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN IT.

WE HAD A GRADUATION LAST WEEK AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR MONEY BEING WELL SPENT, THE MONEY FROM ALL THREE JURISDICTIONS THAT PARTICIPATE IS BEING WELL SPENT.

AND WITHOUT THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T SUPERVISE THE FOLKS.

WE CAN'T ENSURE THEIR SOBRIETY.

WE CAN'T KEEP THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH.

SO IN TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IT'S FUNDAMENTAL THAT WE HAD THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

AT THIS POINT, AS YOU'VE HEARD BETSY SAY, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT IS NEEDED, BUT NONETHELESS IT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'RE HAVING.

THERE WILL BE, I'M SURE, SOME ADDITIONAL REQUESTS LATER FOR THAT SUPERVISION THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES FROM THE PRINCE GEORGE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THEY GO OUT. SOMETIMES ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT DO KNOCKS ON THE DOOR TO CHECK ON THESE FOLKS, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE HOME, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT USING, SO THAT'S VITAL.

AND WITHOUT THEM, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY A LOT MORE [INAUDIBLE].

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SORT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE NEED IS AND WHY THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.

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SHE'S OUR COORDINATOR. SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF THE COORDINATION OF THE DRUG COURT. AND MS. WAFF HAS BEEN MORE THAN HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN MAINTAINED.

SO THEY'VE DONE A REALLY EXCELLENT[INAUDIBLE].

AWESOME.

DOES ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS REQUEST? MR. CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY.

NO, I'M JUST-- I'M GOOD.

YEAH, I WAS PART OF THE INITIAL GROUP THAT BROUGHT THIS TO THE COUNTY AND IT WAS A TRIAL THING. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK IT WORK, BUT WHAT IT'S DONE, IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE, HAS WORKED VERY WELL, AND TRANSFORMING ONE PERSON AS A RECOVERED ADDICT IS WELL WORTH THE TROUBLE AND THE TIME AND THE EFFORT, MUCH LESS THE AMOUNT THAT THEY DO.

AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THEM FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO.

JUDGE AND DENISE AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A GOOD JOB.

IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

OKAY. MS. WAYMACK.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PROGRAM.

I'VE BEEN AROUND IT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SIT IN SOME OF THE DRUG COURTS.

AND IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH BECAUSE THE PEOPLE REALLY GET CONNECTED AND ENGAGED AND THEY'RE IN THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE CHECKS AND ALL OF THESE OTHER KIND OF THINGS, WE'RE KIND OF TAKING THEM DOWN THE ROAD HALFWAY AND THEN WE'RE ABANDONING THEM. SO WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE ALL WE CAN TO CLOSE THAT LOOP AND TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH OF A SUCCESS.

OF COURSE, IT'S TRULY DEPENDENT ON THEM, BUT WE NEED TO TRY TO DO THAT.

SO BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.

A TWO ITEM.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. HUNTER. AND THAT IS THAT THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE THIS TRANSFER OF GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY OF $1500 TOWARDS THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM.

BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'RE READY FOR THE QUESTION.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MRS. WAYMACK? YES, MR. BROWN. YES, MR. WEBB. YES, MR. HUNTER. YES. MOTION CARRIED.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AS WELL, SIR.

NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM A THREE, WHICH IS AN AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN AND SUBMIT NOTARIZED STATEMENTS CERTIFYING THE PRESENTATION OF OUR FINANCIAL REPORT, MRS. DREWRY. THIS IS UNDER TAB NINE IN YOUR BOOK.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS REQUIRES THAT THE AUDIT REPORT BE SUBMITTED TO THEM BY DECEMBER 15TH AND THAT TRANSMITTAL WILL BE SENT TO THEM BY TOMORROW, THE DEADLINE.

AND THEY ALSO REQUIRE CERTIFIED NOTARIZED STATEMENT INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE FINANCIAL AUDIT IN A PUBLIC MEETING.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR THIS ITEM.

WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR CONSENSUS THAT, THAT SIGNED NOTARIZED STATEMENT BE APPROVED AND SIGNED BY MR. BROWN, THE CHAIRMAN, AND MR. STOKE, OUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

AND MRS. KNOTT, AS CLERK WILL NOTARIZE THAT STATEMENT AND SUBMIT THAT TO THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. DREWRY? I'M GOOD.

I'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM FOR A MATTER OF CONSENSUS.

MR. WEBB. I'M GOOD.

MR HUNTER. YES.

WAYMACK. [INAUDIBLE] AND YES, YOU'RE GOOD, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED AGAIN BY MS. DREWRY. AND THIS IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEW SCHOOL PROJECT.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. I BELIEVE DR.

PENNYCUFF IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL, AND I KNOW MRS. BARNES IS ON ZOOM.

BUT THE SCHOOL DIVISION ON DECEMBER 6TH, THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A REQUEST TO CARRY FORWARD UNEXPENDED FUNDS FROM FY 21.

THE AUDIT REPORT THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED AND THEY MADE THEIR REQUEST AND THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY FOUR CENTS. THEY HAD ACTUAL REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES AND THE AMOUNT OF OVER ONE POINT FIVE MILLION, A LITTLE OVER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND WAS ALREADY REAPPROPRIATED FOR PURCHASE.

ORDERS THAT WERE OPEN ON JUNE 30TH AND FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND WILL BE RETAINED IN FUND BALANCE TO RESTORE A PORTION OF WHAT YOU APPROPRIATED TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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SO THAT'S WHERE THAT SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FIGURE COMES FROM.

THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, AS IT IS BELOW THE ONE PERCENT THRESHOLD OF ONE POINT THIRTY FOUR MILLION, AND THEY ARE ASKING THAT, THAT CARRY FORWARD BE APPROPRIATED TO THE COUNTYWIDE CIP FUND FOR TWO INITIATIVES.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS TO BE APPROPRIATED TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT FOR PROJECT CONTINGENCY.

IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL FOR A PROJECT OF THAT MAGNITUDE NOT TO HAVE CHANGE ORDERS THROUGHOUT. THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE REMAINING FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE DOLLARS AND TWENTY FOUR CENTS TO BE APPROPRIATED TO CIP FOR USE IN RENOVATING RESTROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS AS THEY ARE MANDATED TO DO FOR THE GENDER SITUATION. I BELIEVE THE BOARD IS PROBABLY AWARE OF WHAT'S BEING MANDATED BY THE STATE FOR PROVIDING RESTROOMS FOR STUDENT POPULATION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, AND I'M SURE DR.

PENNYCUFF AND MRS. BARNES ARE AS WELL.

OK? DOES ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER FOR MRS. DREWRY OR DR.

PENNYCUFF OR MS. BARNES? NO.

MR. HUNTER. NO, SIR. [INAUDIBLE] NO, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING, THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

PLEASE.

AND I SECOND.

OKAY, IT'S PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION, AS SO STATED DURING THE DISCUSSION.

BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'RE READY FOR THE QUESTION.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, MR. BROWN? YES, MR. WEBB, YES, MR. HUNTER, YES, MRS. WAYMACK, YES. MOTION CARRIED ON ITEM A4.

NEXT IS A FIVE, WHICH IS AN ADOPTION OF OUR LINE OF DUTY ACT.

THIS IS OUR TRUST AGREEMENT WITH VACORP.

MS., DREWRY AND THIS IS UNDER TAB 11 IN YOUR BOOKS.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, THERE IS THE VIRGINIA LINE OF DUTY ACT THAT PROVIDES BENEFITS TO QUALIFIED UNIFORMED OFFICERS WHO ARE KILLED OR DISABLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

IN 2011, THE COST OF THIS BENEFIT SWITCHED FROM BEING PAID BY THE STATE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. I THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AT THAT TIME, AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ACTUALLY PURCHASES OUR [INAUDIBLE] LINE OF DUTY COVERAGE FROM VACORP FOR NEW CLAIMS OCCURRING SINCE JULY 1ST OF TWENTY TWELVE.

AS PART OF THAT APPROPRIATIONS ACT FROM TWENTY TWELVE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTED LANGUAGE TO AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF TRUST FUNDS TO FINANCE THE OLD LODA CLAIMS. CONSIDERING THIS, VACORP CREATED THE VACORP LODA TRUST AND IT COVERS, VOLUNTEERED AND PAID HAZARDOUS DUTY PERSONNEL AND THEIR SURVIVORS WHEN THERE WAS A CLAIM.

SO THE PREEXISTING CLAIMS SIGNED TO OUR MEMBERS BY RECORDING THE LIABILITIES FOR KNOWN OR PREEXISTING LODA CLAIMS THAT OCCURRED BEFORE JULY ONE OF TWENTY TWELVE AND RECORDING LIABILITIES FOR UNKNOWN PREEXISTING CLAIMS, THE TRUST WAS CREATED AND VACORP MEMBERS WITH LODA CLAIMS THAT EXISTED AND WERE REPORTED BEFORE OPTING OUT OF THAT STATE FUND HAD TO BEAR THE COST OF THAT CLAIM, AND WE DID HAVE ONE CLAIM THAT WAS A PREEXISTING CLAIM, OFFICER SCOTT, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN DECEMBER OF 1983.

THIS REALLY IS A MATTER OF HOUSEKEEPING.

THIS TRUST AGREEMENT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BACK IN TWENTY TWELVE WHEN THIS TRANSITION OCCURRED, AND I WAS RECENTLY CONTACTED BY VACORP AND INDICATED THAT, THAT THIS HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY STAFF IN PLACE OR BY THEM AT THAT TIME.

SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OR APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THAT LODA TRUST AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SIGN THAT TRUST AGREEMENT.

IN ORDER FOR VACORP TO CONTINUE DISCLOSING IT ON THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THIS AGREEMENT IN PLACE ABOUT YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DREWRY? BOARD MEMBERS, IF NOT AN ENTERTAINER, A MOTION ON THIS RESOLUTION-- ON THE ADOPTION OF

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SO MOVED. I SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT THE BOARD WOULD ADOPT THIS LODA TRUST AGREEMENT WITH VACORP.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. BROWN? YES, MRS. WAYMACK. YES, MR. HUNTER. YES, MR. WEBB. YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED ON ITEM A5.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

A6 THIS IS AN AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. WHITTEN. THIS IS UNDER TAB 12 IN YOUR [INAUDIBLE].

YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE. DAN WHITTEN, COUNTY ATTORNEY.

THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT TO AMEND SECTION 63-72H OF THE COUNTY CODE TO REQUIRE ROAD NAMES FOR ROADS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE STATE ROAD SYSTEM FOR ALL RIGHTS OF WAYS OR ACCESS EASEMENTS THAT ARE INTENDED TO SERVE THREE OR MORE ADDRESSABLE STRUCTURES.

CURRENTLY, IT'S FIVE UNDER THE COUNTY CODE AND ANY OTHER TRAVEL WAY WHICH THE GIS COORDINATOR DETERMINES SHOULD BE NAMED TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC.

THE GIS OFFICE CURRENTLY HANDLES ALL ROAD NAMING DUTIES.

SO IF THERE IS ANY REQUEST FOR A ROAD NAME THAN THEY DO, GO THROUGH THE GIS OFFICE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE, I BELIEVE, JANUARY 25TH WOULD BE THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OK, DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE? NO. AND BOARD MEMBERS, THIS WOULD COME BACK TO US ON JANUARY, THE TWENTY FIFTH OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? SO MOVED.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, AND IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MR. HUNTER THAT THE BOARD WOULD AUTHORIZE THIS ADVERTISEMENT ON THIS AMENDMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. THIS WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD ON THE 25TH OF JANUARY OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MRS. WAYMACK? YES, MR. HUNTER. YES, MR. WEBB. YES, MR. BROWN. YES.

MOTION HAS CARRIED ON ITEM A6.

A7 WAS THE CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS.

THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS UNDER TAB 13 IN YOUR BOOK.

THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FOUR YEAR TERMS. WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS, MR. EASTER AND MR. BROCKWELL, WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE THE END OF DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

MR. EASTER HAS DECIDED THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED.

BOARD MEMBERS WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND MS. ANDERSON AND MR. BROCKWELL FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS.

OK, I NEED A SECOND, PLEASE.

I SECOND. OK, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER AND SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT THE BOARD WOULD APPOINT MRS. TAMMY ANDERSON AND REAPPOINT MR. BROCKWELL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM.

BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER? YES, MR. WEBB. YES, MR. BROWN. YES, MRS. WAYMACK. YES.

MOTION CARRIED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

NEXT UNDER TAB 14 IN YOUR BOOK IS AN APPOINTMENT FOR ONE MEMBER, ONE CITIZEN MEMBER TO THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION.

CURRENTLY, MR. PETER CLEMENTS SERVES AT TERM.

HIS TERM WILL EXPIRE DECEMBER THE 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD MEMBERS? MR. CHAIR, I MOVED THAT WE REAPPOINT MR. CLEMENTS. OK.

I'LL SECOND. OK, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, AND IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MR. HUNTER THAT THE BOARD WOULD REAPPOINT MR. PETER CLEMENTS TO A ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY.

BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION READY FOR THE QUESTION, MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER? YES, MR. WEBB. YES, MR. BROWN. YES, MRS. WAYMACK, YES.

THE NEXT ONE IS UNDER TAB 15 IN YOUR BOOK.

THIS IS FOR A ONE MEMBER FOR THE GREATER DISTRICT PLANNING COMMISSION.

IT'S A FOUR YEAR TERM.

THE TERM OF FLOYD BROWN SENIOR EXPIRES ON DECEMBER THE 31ST OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND HE

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AND I SECOND.

IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. HUNTER. IT'S BEEN SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT THE BOARD WOULD REAPPOINT FLOYD BROWN SENIOR TO A FOUR YEAR TERM ON THE CRATER DISTRICT PLANNING COMMISSION.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB YES, MR. BROWN, I ABSTAINED BECAUSE IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER.

THIS IS WAYMACK.

YES, MR. HUNTER. YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED ON THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE GREATER DISTRICT PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS A EIGHT.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR REALIGNMENT OF FORCE MAINE ENGINEERING SERVICES.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. HALTOM. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS BOARD.

GOOD EVENING, SIR. MR. WHITTEN, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY AT THE SOUTHPOINT BUSINESS PARK AND IN THE ROUTE 460 CORRIDOR.

AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE ANALYSIS OF OUR SEWER SYSTEM THAT CURRENTLY IS BEING SERVED BY THE ST.

PETERSBURG PUMP STATION.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, ALLOWS US TO CONVEY ONE MILLION GALLONS PER DAY THROUGH THAT PUMP STATION.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SENDING OR CONVEYING ABOUT 600000 GALLONS PER DAY THROUGH THAT STATION, SO THAT LEAVES US ABOUT 400000 GALLONS PER DAY.

SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES SINCE OUR ONE 12 INCH LINE THAT SERVES THE SOUTHPOINT BUSINESS PARK IN THE ROUTE 460 CORRIDOR IS AT CAPACITY.

HOW WE CAN GAIN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY? WE DID HAVE DEWBERRY LOOK AT THE CAPACITY OF THAT EIGHT INCH FORCE MAIN THAT IS CURRENTLY SERVING TO PUMP STATIONS, WHICH IS PUMP STATION NUMBER TWENTY ONE AND TWENTY FOUR WITHIN THE SOUTHPOINT BUSINESS PARK.

THEY HAVE COME BACK AND SAID THAT BY REROUTING THAT FORCE MEAN WE CAN GAIN AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED GALLONS PER DAY OF NEW CAPACITY TO BETTER SERVE THE PARK. AND THAT IS ONLY LIMITED BECAUSE THOSE TWO PUMP STATIONS ALSO WOULD REQUIRE SOME UPGRADES. BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE REROUTING OF THE PUMP STATION IS ONLY GOING TO GIVE US ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED GALLONS PER DAY OF ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. AFTER THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO DO THOSE UPGRADES OF PUMP STATIONS ON THE NUMBER TWENTY ONE OR PUMP STATION NUMBER TWENTY FOUR, WHICHEVER BECOMES REQUIRED BASED ON WHERE THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS WOULD GO.

WE DON'T WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH DOING THOSE PUMP STATION UPGRADES UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO OCCUR THAT WILL REQUIRE THOSE UPGRADES.

SO TONIGHT I'M COMING FORWARD TO HELP YOU, I GUESS, TO ASK TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ONLY REQUESTING THE REROUTING OF THE FORCE MAIN AND NOT THE PUMP STATIONS THEMSELVES. OK.

BOARD MEMBERS-- I'M SORRY.

OH, I JUST WANT TO GET TO ONE LITTLE THING, I GOT A FEW THINGS TO SHOW YOU.

OK. ALL RIGHT. WE DID RECEIVE A POST FROM BOWMAN CONSULTING FOR THAT REALIGNMENT OF THE FORCE MAIN. AND THAT WILL GIVE US THAT INITIAL ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED GALLONS PER DAY. THAT COSTS FOR THEIR ENGINEERING SERVICES IS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE DOLLARS.

AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ENGINEERING SERVICES TO UPGRADE THOSE PUMP STATIONS.

IT WILL BE UTILIZED USING OUR ANNUAL SERVICES CONTRACT.

BASED ON SOME INITIAL ESTIMATING, WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL ESTIMATE FROM THE ENGINEER AT THIS TIME, BUT I ESTIMATED MYSELF ABOUT TWO MILLION TO TWO POINT FIVE MILLION COST TO CONSTRUCT THIS FORCE MEAN AFTER THE DESIGN SERVICES ARE COMPLETED.

COST AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, [INAUDIBLE] THE PUMP STATIONS TO UPGRADE THIS PUMP STATION WILL BE DETERMINED AT ANOTHER TIME ONCE WE KNOW WHERE THOSE DEMANDS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE MET. AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU QUICKLY WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT REROUTING THIS FORCE MAIN.

AND THIS MAY BE VERY LITTLE HARD TO READ ON YOUR SCREENS, BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE PUMP STATIONS NUMBER TWENTY ONE AND TWENTY FOUR. THEY SHARE A COMMON FORCE MAIN AND THAT'S THE LINE THAT'S BLACK THAT LEADS ALL THE WAY OVER TO CHUDOBA AND THEN OVER TO BULL HILL AND THEN EVENTUALLY DOWN TO ROUTE 460, WHERE IT TIES INTO THE GRAVITY SEWER.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE CHUDOBA INTERSECTS WITH BULL HILL.

WE WOULD REROUTE THAT FORCE AT THAT LOCATION TURNED NORTH ON BULL HILL, CROSS UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE 295 AND EVENTUALLY REROUTE IT OVER TO THE PUMP STATION JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY SO YOU CAN SEE IT UP CLOSE.

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AT THIS POINT, WE DO RECOMMEND TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO BOWMAN FOR ONE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE DOLLARS FOR THE REALIGNMENT OF THE FORCE MAIN.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

MR. WEBB, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M ON BOARD. I READ IT.

MR. HUNTER. I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

I JUST ONLY HAD THE ONE QUESTION, I KNOW WHAT WAS IN OUR BOOK, BUT WAS THIS TIED TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE COMING FORWARD WITH, ALSO, THE A&E ON THE-- TO INCLUDE THE TWO PUMP STATIONS AT THIS TIME, SO? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT HAVE PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME FOR THE PUMP STATIONS.

WE WON'T KNOW THOSE UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT'S REQUIRED.

OK. UNFORTUNATELY, AND THOSE WE DON'T HAVE PRICES FOR, I SUSPECT IT'LL COST ABOUT TWO MILLION TO FULLY UPGRADE BOTH PUMP STATIONS AT A LATER TIME.

BUT UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE THE DEMANDS ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE MET, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE UPGRADES WOULD BE.

OK, NO PROBLEM. I JUST JUST WANTED TO ASK.

SO BOARD MEMBERS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. HALTOM IF NOT I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE? SO MOVED.

I SECOND.

OKAY, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD AWARD THIS CONTRACT FOR REALIGNMENT.

AND THIS WOULD BE TO BOWMAN CONSULTING FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT K, AND THIS IS FOR US TO-- REALIGNMENT OF THE FORCE MAIN.

BOARD MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION READY FOR THE QUESTION.

MS. KNOTT WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. WEBB YES, MR. HUNTER. YES, MRS. WAYMACK. YES, MR. BROWN. YES.

MOTION ON A EIGHT HAS CARRIED.

BOARD MEMBERS, I BELIEVE WE'VE COVERED ALL OF THE BUSINESS ITEMS AND EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA.

AT THIS TIME, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR US TO ADJOURN TO OUR WORK SESSION THAT IS SCHEDULED HERE AT FOUR P.M.

TOMORROW HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.

I MOVE. [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MR. HUNTER THAT WE WOULD ADJOURN TO OUR WORK SESSION, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW EVENING HERE IN THIS BOARD ROOM AT FOUR P.M.

MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. HUNTER? YES, MS. WAYMACK. YES, MR. BROWN. YES, MR. WEBB. YES.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.