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I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO[CALL TO ORDER]
THE AUGUST 22ND 2022 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS BOARD MEETING.I GUESS WE DO A ROLL CALL BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING FIRST.
MR. KNAUSS? IS ABSENT. MRS. WOODWARD?
>> IF WE CAN STAND, WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION.
THEN MR. EDWARDS WILL LEAD US IN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MOST GRACIOUS AND LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THIS DAY.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE ABILITY TO MEET AND TO DISCUSS AND TO RESOLVE THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR MINDS.
WE JUST PRAY TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE THE WISDOM AND THE DISCERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE RIGHT AT THESE THINGS.
WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS AMEN.
>> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SAYS.
ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO LEAD THE SINGING? [LAUGHTER].
>> WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A LITTLE FUN [LAUGHTER].
YOU WOULDN'T WANT ME TO. THE FIRST THING
[ADOPTION OF AGENDA]
WE NEED TO DO IS ADOPT THE AGENDA.IT'S FOR THE FIRST DAY IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPTED AGENDA [INAUDIBLE].
>> IT'S BEING MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
>> MR. NAWAZ. ABSENT MRS. MCALLISTER?
>> MR. KREIDER IS ABSENT. MR. EDWARDS.
>> HAVING ADOPTED THE AGENDA, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.
WE NEED TO OPEN UP FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS.
THIS PERIOD IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC.
>> YES. MADAM CHAIR, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE THE ADOPTION OF MEETING MINUTES.
>> MOST GRACIOUS, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO EXCUSE ME.
I'M RUNNING ON BASS, [LAUGHTER] SO DON'T LET ME SKIP TO BED.
IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF
[ORDER OF BUSINESS]
THE FAIRLY LENGTHILY MINUTES FROM OUR APRIL MEETING.EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM, AND I THINK CAROLE AND I ARE THE ONLY TWO YOU WON'T SEE.
SO DO WE NEED A MOTION OR WE ARE JUST TWO OF US?
>> I KNOW THAT WE ADOPT THE APRIL 25, 2022 MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
MR. KREIDER'S ABSENT. MRS. MCALLISTER?
>> MR. EDWARDS. YOU CAN ABSTAIN.
>> WELL, SINCE I HAVE A READY PAID, ONE DEVIATION.
WELL, I'D BETTER NOT DO THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THE AGENDA, [LAUGHTER] SO I'LL JUST GO WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
NOW WE CAN OPEN UP TO THIS CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION ON ONLY TOPICS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES IN WHICH TO SPEAK AND LOOKING OUT, I ONLY SEE THE APPLICANTS PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BETWEEN ME RACING THROUGH AND EVERYBODY HELPING ME ALONG HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHORT MEETING.
THE NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
[NEW BUSINESS - PUBLIC HEARING]
THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR POCKET, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH IT.AT THIS POINT, I'LL JUST LET HIM.
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ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT IT? THERE'S NO NEED ME TALKING AND YOU TALKING TO.>> I'LL GO THROUGH IT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
YOU CAN SEE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT WE USED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
KEVIN NEAL REQUESTS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PURSUANT TO THAT ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION TO PERMIT A PRIVATE ANIMAL BOARDING PLACE IN OUR ONE ZONING DISTRICT AND A PRIVATE ANIMAL BOARDING PLACE MEANS A PLACE WHERE FOUR OR MORE DOGS, MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS OLD, ARE KEPT FOR PRIVATE USE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING KEEP FOUR DOGS ON THE PROPERTY AND A SPECIAL SECTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS USE.
IF THE DOGS ARE ON A RESIDENTIAL USE PARCEL THAT IS LESS THAN ONE ACRE IN SIZE AND THIS PROPERTY IDENTIFIED WITH THE TAX MAP NUMBER AND THE ADDRESS YOU SEE THERE IS APPROXIMATELY HALF AN ACRE AND ZONED RESIDENTIAL R1.
HERE IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY ON A MAP ON ROSEBUD COURT.
LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY SITE CLOSEST TO COLONIAL HEIGHTS.
THE BACKGROUND ON THIS IS IN 2012, THE COUNTY AMENDED THE COUNTY CODE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DOGS ON A RESIDENTIAL USE PARCEL OF AN ACRE OR LESS IN SIZE AND THEN ADDED THIS AS A USE WHICH MAY BE PERMITTED BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AND ON JUNE 24TH OF THIS YEAR, THE APPLICANT, KEVIN NEAL, SUBMITTED HIS APPLICATION FOR THIS ON THAT PROPERTY.
THE MOST RECENT SIMILAR REQUEST WAS THIS YEAR, ON APRIL 25TH.
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE.
AND CALVIN CARABINE REQUESTED TO KEEP 13 DOGS ON IT JUST UNDER AN ACRE.
THAT REQUEST WAS WITHDRAWN AND BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING SO BASICALLY AT THAT APRIL MEETING THE BZA POSTPONED IT AND POSTPONED A DECISION ON IT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO CONFER WITH HIS ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND COME TO SOME AGREEMENT ON THAT.
THEY DID NOT NEED TO PROCEED TO THAT NEXT MEETING BECAUSE THE APPLICANT DECIDED TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY SO THEY DID NOT NEED TO GET A DECISION FROM THE BZA ON THAT.
THAT WAS THAT REQUEST WAS FOR 13 DOGS.
THIS APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS FOR FOUR DOGS AND AGAIN, THAT'S ONE MORE THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE BY STANDARD AND THE DOGS ARE THREE BEAGLES, ONE-YEAR-OLD, A TEN-YEAR-OLD, A 12-YEAR-OLD, AND ONE POMERANIAN THAT'S EIGHT YEARS OLD.
BEAGLES AND POMERANIANS ARE SMALL DOGS.
THE DOGS ARE PRIMARILY KEPT INDOORS.
REAR YARD IS FENCED ON ALL SIDES AND THE DOGS USE THE BACKYARD FOR LIMITED TIMES DURING THE DAY AND EVENING.
ON THIS VIEW, YOU CAN SEE AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE HOUSE IN THE BACKYARD FENCED-IN.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE FRONT.
THE HOUSE IS TO THE LEFT AND LOOKING AT THE BACKYARD, THE FENCES AROUND THEIR BACKYARD.
THE STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS, WE JUST NOTED THAT IT'S SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING ON ALL SIDES, SO A SIMILAR STUFF ALL AROUND THIS PROPERTY.
EXPECTED IMPACTS WOULD BE NOISE AND ODOR, BUT THAT'S ONLY IF THE DOGS ARE LEFT OUTDOORS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.
THAT CAN BE MITIGATED BY KEEPING THE DOGS INDOORS PRIMARILY.
THIS APPLICANT HAS SAID THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO AND THERE'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS THAT WOULD ENFORCE THAT.
ON A SITE VISIT, I'M FILLING IN FOR ANDRE GREEN HERE.
HE VISITED THE PROPERTY ON AUGUST 8TH AND THE DOGS WERE INDOORS, THE BACKYARD IS FENCED, AND THERE APPEARS TO BE AMPLE SPACE FOR THE DOGS TO PLAY.
THE DOGS DID NOT BARK DURING HIS VISIT, THERE'S NO ODOR NOTICEABLE DURING THE VISIT, AND THE OWNER STATED THAT HE DISPOSED HIS DOG WASTE REGULARLY IN TRASH BIN THAT'S PICKED UP WEEKLY BY THE TRASH COMPANY.
THE PUBLIC NOTICE. OF COURSE, WE ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WE SENT NOTICES TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
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WE ALSO POSTED THE SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.THERE WERE NO COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM NEIGHBORS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
WE DID HEAR FROM ANOTHER BZA MEMBER WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT, MR. KREIDER [NOISE] CALLED IN TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANY CONDITION ON THIS CASE TO REDUCE THE DOGS DOWN TO THREE DOGS IF ANY PASS AWAY.
THERE IS NO CONDITION IN THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
STAFF THOUGHT THAT FOUR WAS FINE ON THIS PROPERTY CONSIDERING EVERYTHING BUT THAT'S UP TO THE BZA, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO HANDLE THAT ONE.
WHEN WE CONSIDERED THE PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR 13 DOGS THERE WAS A CONDITION.
IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONDITION, WE COULD USE THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT BASICALLY IF ONE PASSES AWAY THEY DO NOT REPLACE THAT DOG UNTIL THERE ARE THREE ON THE PROPERTY.
[NOISE] BUT I RECALL FROM SPEAKING TO AN APPLICANT BEFORE HE SUBMITTED HIS APPLICATION HE DIDN'T INTEND TO HAVE MORE THAN THREE DOGS.
BUT THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY A CONDITION FOR THAT ON THIS.
BZA'S CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING YOUR DECISION.
THERE'S SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER HERE THAT WE'VE OFFERED UP.
YOU CAN EVALUATE THIS REQUEST BASED ON A DEFINITION OF WHAT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS.
THIS REQUEST IS A TYPE OF SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST.
THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS IF CONTROLLED AS TO THE NUMBER, AREA, LOCATION OR RELATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE USE WOULD PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, MORALS, ORDER, COMFORT, CONVENIENCE, APPEARANCE.
BASICALLY THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
YOU COULD EVALUATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE IS APPROPRIATE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
YOU COULD EVALUATE IF IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO CHANGE ANY OF THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS IF THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE FITTING FOR THIS PROPERTY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION SINCE THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR WRITING A RECOMMENDATION, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
OF COURSE AS I MENTIONED THAT THE BOARD COULD CONSIDER IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE CONDITIONS.
THERE'S THIS IN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE 3.
PAGE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN I EXPECTED.
PAGE 4, YOU HAVE SAMPLE MOTIONS.
PAGE 2 IS THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT HAS THE CONDITIONS ON THERE.
I'M GOING TO COVER THOSE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT THE SAMPLE MOTIONS WILL HELP OUT IN MAKING YOUR MOTION.
THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN HERE.
THIS IS GRANTED TO KEVIN NEAL SPECIFICALLY THAT CURRENT OWNER FOR A PRIVATE ANIMAL BOARDING PLACE FOR THE HOUSING OF FOUR DOGS ON THE PROPERTY WOULD IDENTIFY BY THAT TAX MAP NUMBER, AND THIS APPROVAL WOULD NOT BE TRANSFERABLE TO FUTURE OWNERS OR TENANTS NOR RUN WITH THE LAND SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PERSON.
THAT'S THE WAY THIS IS WORDED.
ALL DOGS SHALL BE KEPT UNDER APPROPRIATE SUPERVISION WITHIN THE DWELLING, IN THE FENCED AREA, OR LEASHED.
ALL AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOGS SHALL BE CLEANED AND MADE FREE OF WASTE ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS SHALL DISPOSE OF THE WASTE IN A PROPER MANNER WHICH MINIMIZES ODOR TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.
NUMBER 4, THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION MAYBE REVOKED BASICALLY IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THOSE CONDITIONS OR IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH SOME OTHER STATE, LOCAL, OR FEDERAL REGULATION.
THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FOR THIS AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMMENTS FROM NEIGHBORS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? NOTHING.
DOES MR. NEAL HAVE ANYTHING HE WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR SPEAK TO? I FEEL WE HAD PLENTY INFORMATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
KEVIN, COULD YOU COME UP? GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD.
THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT IS AFTER ONE OF THEM PASSES AWAY I DON'T PLAN ON PURSUING THAT FOR A FOURTH DOG AGAIN.
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THAT'S ALL.I HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER MY REQUEST.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. NEAL? THERE ARE 4,000 BEAGLES, [LAUGHTER] THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING A HOME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
ARE YOU GOING TO SEND THEM DOWN TO HERE? [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW. I READ THE REPORT AND YOUR REQUEST, AND I WAS PLEASED THE DOGS WERE OLDER, SO YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE A COMMITTED PET OWNER AND THEY SEEM LIKE PETS.
AT THIS POINT THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD BRING UP, AND PRIMARILY BECAUSE MR. KREIDER DIDN'T SPEAK WITH ME ABOUT IT THIS MORNING.
I DON'T SEE A NECESSITY TO ADD THE CONDITION THAT WHEN THE FOURTH DOG PASSES, BUT I ALSO DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD BE HARMFUL SINCE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THEIR INTENTS.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD WITH THAT.
GETTING IT DOWN TO MEET THE COUNTY ORDINANCE SEEMS TO BE THEIR GOAL, AND THAT'S THE GOAL WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ALSO.
>> [LAUGHTER] ANY COMMENT, ANY AYES OR NAYS?
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DISCUSSION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST ALONG THE LINES OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS DRAFTED AND INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS 1, 2, 3, AND 4 WHICH WERE PRESENTED.
>> OKAY. MS. WOODWARD HAS MADE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS VARIANCE INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED.
IT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY MR. EDWARDS.
>> THANK YOU. MR. NORSE IS ABSENT.
>> MR. CROWDER IS ABSENT, AND MR. EDWARDS.
>> LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, WE'RE READY TO DISCUSS
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ANY COMMUNICATIONS [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE].>> I WAS GOING TO COVER HOW THAT PREVIOUS CASE WAS RESOLVED.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING THAT CASE.
WE DID HEAR FROM THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS THAT AREN'T HERE.
THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ATTENDED BY ZOOM, TALKED WITH SOME OF YOU BUT JUST TO REVIEW, YOU COULD ATTEND BY ZOOM IN THE PAST, THAT WAS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THE BOARD ENDED THAT PERIOD SO THAT IT NO LONGER WAS AVAILABLE.
BUT KNOWING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT OPTION WE ARE GOING TO DRAFT SOME BYLAWS CHANGES, THAT WOULD THEN GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO HAVE SOME VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE IN THE FUTURE.
WE PLAN TO BRING THAT FORWARD AT THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU MEET.
THE OTHER NOTICE IS THAT THERE'S NO MEETINGS SCHEDULED ANYMORE, IT'S CANCELED FOR SEPTEMBER AT LEAST, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CASES SCHEDULED.
>> I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THAT OPTION BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING POSSIBLY THAT OUR KEY MEMBERS WHO AREN'T HERE TONIGHT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ATTENDED BY ZOOM, MAYBE NOT.
>> HE SOUNDED LIKE HE WOULD HAVE MADE IT WORK.
>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] OH, NOT ALONE.
>> BUT HE HAD ARRANGED FOR HELP.
>> I THINK THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM PHYSICALLY HERE, IS THAT CORRECT? A QUORUM.
>> THERE'S A LIMIT ABOUT STATE THAT YOU CAN ONLY REMOTELY PARTICIPATE FOR
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25 PERCENT OF YOUR MEETINGS WHEN WE'RE NOT UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY.[LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T QUITE GO OVER THE HUMP THAT LET US GO ALL VIRTUAL, [LAUGHTER] BUT THEY'RE GIVING US SOME OPTIONS.
>> A COMMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.
I'M NOT ALWAYS AS COMFORTABLE DOING ZOOM MEETINGS BECAUSE I SEEM TO BE MORE FOCUSED WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE AND WHEN I'M AMONGST THE PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC FOR THE REASONS TO HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS.
>> BAD HAIR DAY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH REASONS?
>> WELL, IF IT WAS, I WOULD NEVER COME.
[LAUGHTER] BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE IT DEFINED SPECIFICALLY SO THAT IT'S EASY TO ENFORCE ADHERENCE EQUALLY.
WE DON'T SAY WHICH IS WHAT I WAS HEARING TODAY, SHE GOT TO DO IT AND I DIDN'T GET TO.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE COULD SOMEHOW MAKE IT SO THERE'S AN ABILITY TO HAVE AN EQUAL DECISION MAKING.
>> TRAVEL, ILLNESS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> I'M A LITTLE EVEN A LITTLE SKETCHY ABOUT TRAVEL, BUT I KNOW WHEN I TRAVEL SO MUCH.
>> THE CODE IS, WE CAN ONLY ATTEND 25 PERCENT OF THE MEETINGS.
NO MORE THAN, WAIT, I'M MESSING IT UP.
>> OUR SCHEDULES ARE A LITTLE HARD.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY LONELY, ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
>> YOU CAN ZOOM PART OF THE MEETING, BUT YOU NEED TO BE HERE.
>> WE'LL ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE WE BRING IN, FUNNY, DON'T WORRY.
>> IS OUR OTHER COUNTY BOARDS LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
>> THEY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION.
>> BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK WITH THEM AS WELL.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DID CHANGE THEIR BYLAWS, I BELIEVE, THAT THEY CAN DO UP TO 25 PERCENT, AND THAT MAY HAVE INCLUDED THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD.
ITS AN ARM OF THE BOARD, SO IT MAY AUTOMATICALLY APPLY TO THEM.
BUT WE'LL CHECK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
HE'S BEEN HELPING US WITH THOSE BYLAWS CHANGES.
>> WE'RE GOVERNED BY THE CODE.
>> I'LL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE MR. EDWARDS IS JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME. [OVERLAPPING] WELCOME.
>> OUR MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
>> A GOOD EASY ONE TO WALK INTO ON YOUR FIRST DAY.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE EXPECTING ME TO VOTE NO ON THIS FIRST [LAUGHTER] DAY, DIDN'T YOU?
>> LET'S ADJOURN PRIOR TO [LAUGHTER] FURTHER COMMENTS, UNTIL I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> MR. EDWARDS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> MR. CROWDER IS ABSENT. MR. EDWARDS.
I'M ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORT THAT THE STAFF MAKES TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS GO SMOOTHLY.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.