[A. Call to Order]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO CALL THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
I'M SORRY WE JUMP A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.
[B. Business Meeting (7:00 pm)]
YES, SIR. INVOCATION, PLEASE, SIR.SURE WILL. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR LOVING ARMS OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ALSO ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER OUR TWO ABSENT MEMBERS TONIGHT.
GUIDE THEM SAFELY AND PROTECT THEM FROM ANY HURT, HARM, OR DANGER.
AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK ALL THIS IN YOUR NAME THIS EVENING.
AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. MR. WEBB, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.
WELCOME EVERYBODY. TONIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS ABSENT, ONE DUE TO ILLNESS AND OTHER ONES DUE TO THEIR WORK RELATIONSHIP.
BUT AT ANY RATE, AT THIS TIME, IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYBODY THAT HAS ANYTHING THEY WANT TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, COME FORWARD AND MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE BOARD.
MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.
ANYONE WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
NOW WE MOVE TO ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I'M IN ORDER, I SO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SO SHOWN ON BOARD DOCS.
MR. WEBB. YES, MR. BROWN? YES.
YES. NEXT, WE HAVE THE ORDER OF CONSENSUS.
[C. Order of Consensus]
THERE'RE FOUR ITEMS ON THE ORDER OF CONSENSUS.CONSENSUS ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ORDER OF CONSENSUS AS PRESENTED.
[E. Comments]
NEXT IS SUPERVISOR COMMENTS.MR. BROWN AND I HAVE NONE FOR TONIGHT, SIR.
THANK YOU, MR. WEBB. I'M GOOD. NOTHING.
ALL RIGHT. AND MR. BROWN IS ALREADY MENTIONED, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS ABSENT, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THEM, KEEPING THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
JUST A COUPLE OF DATES TO REMIND PEOPLE OF.
OCTOBER 28TH WILL BE SPECIAL SATURDAY HOURS FOR IN PERSON VOTING FOR THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.
AND ALSO THAT DAY WILL BE THE FINAL PRINCE GEORGE FARMER'S MARKET OF THE YEAR AND FALL FESTIVAL.
NOVEMBER 1ST WILL BE THE BUSINESS RESOURCE AND JOB FAIR AT THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER FROM 9 A.M.
TO 1 P.M., PUT ON BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
NOVEMBER 6TH WILL BE THE NEXT PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.
NOVEMBER 7TH IS ELECTION DAY, 6 A.M.
TO 7 P.M., AND THE NEXT COUNTY BOARD MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH DUE TO A STATEWIDE CONFERENCE BEING ATTENDED BY BOARD MEMBERS.
[F. Reports]
I WAS GOING TO SAY POSTPONED.WE HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE.
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GOOD EVENING, MISTER CHAIRMAN.BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE AND MR. ERARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO REVIEW WITH YOU OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH. THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 24.
I'LL WAIT FOR THE SCREEN TO COME UP.
OKAY. FROM A GENERAL FUND REVENUE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE AS EXPECTED.
THIS AGAIN, IS THE FIRST QUARTER OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, AND OUR TWO LARGEST FUNDING STREAMS HAVE NOT YET BEEN BILLED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE ARE AT ABOUT 5.6% OF REVENUE COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR POSITION IN THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS.
AT THIS SAME TIME, THERE IS MENTIONED OF PLANNED USE OF FUND BALANCE.
AND JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD TO DATE, OUR PLANNED USE OF FUND BALANCE ONLY INCLUDES PURCHASE ORDER AND GRANT AND DONATION CARRYOVER, WHICH WERE APPROPRIATED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
DOD TO DIG DOWN A LITTLE DEEPER INTO REVENUE.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE VERY EARLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR AND OUR TRENDS ARE NOT YET ESTABLISHED.
REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCE.
THE BILLS ARE BEING PRODUCED BY OUR THIRD PARTY VENDOR NOW AND SHOULD GO OUT IN THE MAIL VERY SOON, BUT THAT FIRST INSTALLMENT WILL BE DUE ON DECEMBER 5TH, WHICH WILL BE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE WERE THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
BUT THOSE ARE DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS, BY AND LARGE.
AND IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021, WE WERE AT 382,000 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX.
AGAIN, THAT WILL NOT BE DUE UNTIL JUNE 5TH, THE LAST QUARTER OF YOUR FISCAL YEAR IN 2024.
TO DATE, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE WERE THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR PRIOR.
SO THOSE WERE MOVED BACK TO 23.
BUT WE DID EXCEED OUR BUDGET TARGET LAST YEAR.
AND FROM EVERY INDICATION, WE ARE AT ABOUT 99% COLLECTION FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WHERE WE WERE LAST SEPTEMBER. SO, FOR COLLECTIONS TO DATE WE ARE AT JUST OVER $4 MILLION.
VERY SIMILAR NUMBER AS WE WERE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022.
OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE A BETTER INDICATION IN QUARTER TWO OF OUR REAL ESTATE TAX COLLECTIONS.
AS ALWAYS, WE WILL SPEND CAUTIOUSLY AND CAREFULLY MONITOR OUR REVENUES AS THE YEAR GOES ON.
AND WE ARE RIGHT THERE, VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
AS YOU'LL NOTE ON THE ON THE SPREADSHEET THERE.
BUT WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION.
OUR REVENUE COLLECTIONS ARE AT ABOUT 25%.
WHICH IS A BETTER STORY THAN WE HAD FOR YOU LAST YEAR.
BOTH WATER AND SEWER COLLECTIONS ARE RIGHT AT ABOUT THE 25% MARK.
WE ARE OPERATING AT A SMALL LOSS, VERY SIMILAR AS TO WHAT WE DO LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, AGAIN, OF SOME UPFRONT EXPENDITURES PAID IN JULY. NON-OPERATING BECAUSE OF CAPITAL SPENDING.
WE ARE RUNNING A SURPLUS IN NON OPERATING SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
CAPITAL PROJECTS JUST TO MENTION A FEW.
AND THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST REQUEST THAT WILL COME FORWARD TO YOU.
OUR FOOD LION WATER SYSTEM UPGRADE IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE.
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I BELIEVE MR. HALTOM DID RECEIVE THE FINAL PAYOUT FOR THAT PROJECT.RIGHT AFTER I UPLOADED THIS, WE RECEIVED OUR FINAL PAY APP FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT AND WHERE IT CLOSED OUT AT AN UPCOMING MEETING FOR THE PURPLE SHADED ITEMS. THOSE ARE YOUR SERIES 2019 BORROWINGS, THE BONDS THAT WE DID TO CONSTRUCT A NEW JEFFERSON PARK THAT YOU LATER REPURPOSED TO RENOVATE AND DO ANOTHER OF OTHER INITIATIVES.
MR. SIMMONS WILL BE BRINGING YOU A REQUEST TO TRANSFER 91,000 OUT OF THE HOLDING ACCOUNT TO DO SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HVAC AT STATIONS FIVE AND EIGHT, AS WELL AS A GENERATOR FOR STATION FIVE.
OTHER ITEMS THE CIRCUIT COURT ROOM RENOVATION IS ON TARGET.
MR. SIMMONS INDICATED YESTERDAY AT A MEETING.
HOPE COMPLETION DATE IS JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
SO THOSE RENOVATIONS ARE MOVING ALONG.
YOU'RE RECEIVING A REQUEST TO TRANSFER OUT SOME SMALL AMOUNTS THAT ARE REMAIN UNEXPENDED IN A FEW ACCOUNTS TO INCREASE THE SCHOOL BUS BUDGET, WHICH IS ALSO HOUSED IN THE CIP FUND.
SO THIS IS A STATUS OF WHERE THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS STAND AS OF OCTOBER 17TH.
TOURISM FUND COLLECTIONS TO DATE.
VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE WE WERE THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR, OPERATING AT A SURPLUS.
MEALS TAX COLLECTIONS ARE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THEY WERE AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, AND THIS REPRESENTS ONE MONTH WORTH OF COLLECTIONS BECAUSE JULY AND AUGUST COLLECTIONS ARE POSTED BACK TO LAST FISCAL YEAR.
NOT ALARMED AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY JUST THE TIMING OF SOME COLLECTIONS.
YOU SEE THE LARGE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT THERE OF $160,000.
PROFFERS THERE WERE NO PROPER COLLECTIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 24, SO THE BALANCE REMAINS AS WE REPORTED IT ON JUNE 30TH, 149,000 OR THEREABOUTS IS IN THE PROPER FUND.
WE HAVE COLLECTED NOTHING TO DATE.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS, MAYBE HAD MADE SOME OVERPAYMENTS IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN COLLECTED TO DATE. NO ACTIVITY.
I'LL TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND GIVE YOU A BETTER UPDATE NEXT QUARTER, BUT TO DATE WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED ANY MONEY AND ALL OF LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED JUST OVER 2100IN THE YEAR BEFORE 2600.
THOSE FUNDS ARE COLLECTED AND PUT INTO THE CAPITAL SCHOOL BUS ACCOUNT.
OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FUND BALANCE.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE WERE JUST UNDER 2 MILLION, AND OUR SELF-INSURED HEALTH INSURANCE FUND A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE WERE SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2022, WHERE THE BALANCE WAS 1.5 MILLION FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.
OUR PREMIUMS COLLECTED DID EXCEED THE CLAIMS THAT WERE PAID OUT BY JUST UNDER $37,000.
THE COUNTY PREMIUMS TO DATE FOR THIS YEAR EXCEED OUR OUR OUR CLAIMS ARE LESS THAN OUR PREMIUMS. SO WE ARE IN THE BLACK BY ABOUT 151,000 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH.
ALL TOLD, THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF THE 1.99 MILLION IS 2.1 MILLION AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE A CUMULATIVE DEFICIT OF JUST OVER 111,000. BUT AGAIN, SOME TRANSACTIONS ARE TRICKLING IN, AS ARE SOME CREDITS FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
AND AS OF NOW, THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOL OPERATING EXCESS REVENUE REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES IS ABOUT 54,000.
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LOOKING AHEAD AGAIN.ACCORDING TO OUR TREASURER, YEAR END JOURNAL ENTRIES ARE BEING FINALIZED.
OUR AUDITORS ARRIVE ON MONDAY TO DO FINAL TEST WORK, AND OUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ON DECEMBER 12TH. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH OF 2023, WE WILL BE BRINGING SOME STATE ACTIONS TO THE BOARD BASED ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION AT YOUR NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING.
WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE STATE.
WE DID RECEIVE COMP BOARD INFORMATION, AS WELL AS SOME INFORMATION THAT MS. JUDGE FORWARDED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MAINLY REGARDING THE 2% INCREASE FOR STATE SUPPORTED LOCAL EMPLOYEES. THAT GOES INTO EFFECT DECEMBER 1ST.
AND WE, OF COURSE, ARE GEARING UP FOR OUR FY 25 BUDGET.
SO LOTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON THE FINANCIAL FRONT.
THAT IS MY UPDATE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROY? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.
I'M GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE NO POSTPONED ITEMS, SO WE'LL GO INTO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
[H. Order of Business]
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE RESOLUTION AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FY 2024 APPROPRIATION OF $3,736,258 IN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL STATE FUNDING BUDGET AMENDMENT.MS. DREWRY, ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT? YES, SIR. I'LL OPEN IT UP.
JUST TO MENTION, THE SCHOOL DIVISION RECEIVED SOME VERY GOOD NEWS.
THEY WILL BE RECEIVING 3.7 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING, SOME OF WHICH IS RECURRING, SOME OF WHICH IS TIED TO ONE TIME INITIATIVE CALLED ALL IN.
AND DR. PENNYCUFF HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION.
WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED TONIGHT IS THE AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT $3.7 MILLION APPROPRIATION DOES EXCEED 1% OF YOUR CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET, SO WE WOULD NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 15TH.
SO DR. PENNYCUFF DOES HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT TALKS ABOUT THOSE STATE CHANGES.
GOOD EVENING. ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU, CHAIRMAN HUNTER.
YES, MA'AM. VICE CHAIRMAN WEBB.
SUPERVISOR BROWN, THIS IS ERARD.
AND WE DO HOPE THAT MR. CARMICHAEL AND MS. WAYMACK WILL BE WELL AND WHOLE VERY SOON.
THANK YOU. AND MR. STOKE AND MRS. DREWRY AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TONIGHT AND SHARE OUR GOOD NEWS.
YOU KNOW, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU BACK IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR HAD TO DELAY IN GETTING THE FINAL BUDGET APPROVED INTO THE SCHOOLS.
SO, AS YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD TO COME TO YOU AND ASK TO BORROW SOME MONEY TO BE ABLE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GOT TO TO THIS DAY. SO WE ARE GLAD TO BE AT THIS DAY.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF $3,736,258.
AND YOU SEE, BESIDE THE INCREASE IN FUNDING, WHAT IS ONGOING AND WHAT IS ONE TIME ONLY.
SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE DO HAVE THE MONEY TO RESTORE AND RETURN WHAT WE HAD TO BORROW FROM YOU AND FROM OURSELVES TO GIVE THE TEACHERS AND STAFF THE 5% INCREASE THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR HAVING TO DO THAT.
THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT GOES WITH ACCEPTING THE MONEY JUST AS IT IS FOR THE COUNTIES.
AND THERE'S A 2% SALARY COMPENSATION SUPPLEMENT THAT'S EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, BUT IT REQUIRES THAT EVERYONE GOT A 12% OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD FOR FOR ALL PEOPLE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE INCREASED THE SOC SUPPORT CAP.
AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW MANY POSITIONS THAT NOW HELPS FUND.
IT'S NOT NEW POSITIONS, IT'S JUST TO HELP FUND THE POSITIONS YOU ALREADY HAVE.
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AND THEN THE GOVERNOR, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD HIS PLAN FOR ALL IN TUTORING, AND THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN AS OUR PART OF THE ACCREDITATION PIECE.SO I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
LET ME SEE. AND MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ADVANCE.
SO, FOR OUR TEACHERS AND 23, WE DID AN 8% INCREASE AND FIVE FOR SUPPORT STAFF.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE DID A 5% FOR BOTH SUPPORT STAFF AND AND TEACHER SALARY SCALE PEOPLE.
SO THAT GAVE US A TOTAL OF 10%, WHICH PUTS US 2% SHORT FOR THE SUPPORT STAFF SCALES.
THAT'S PART OF OUR ALL IN PLAN, BUT IT'S A ONE TIME ONLY.
SO THE CURRENT STATE FUNDING WAS COVERING ABOUT 120 OF OUR SOQ POSITIONS.
THE FUNDING WILL NOW COVER PART OF UP TO 144 OF OUR CURRENT POSITIONS.
BUT IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.
IT'S OF THE ONES THAT THAT WE HAVE.
SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT REMOVING THE SOC SUPPORT CAP, THAT WOULD GREATLY HELP THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
WE WANT TO RETURN THE BORROWED SCHOOL BUS FUNDING TO YOU TO PUT BACK IN THE CIP.
WE'D LIKE TO STAY WITH THE FIRE AND POLICE AND HAVE THE SCHOOL BUSSES PART OF THE REGULAR CIP.
OUR INTENT WAS ALWAYS TO DO THAT, NOT TO REMOVE IT PERMANENTLY.
AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ELECTRICITY AND OUR GAS BILLS WERE WENT UP A GREAT DEAL LAST YEAR.
BUT OUR SUPPLY LINES ARE WHAT WE TOOK.
SO WE HAVE TO RETURN AND RESTORE THE LINES TO MAKE THAT WHOLE.
AND THEN THE 2% INCREASE IS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, AND THAT WOULD BE $201,797 FOR THOSE ON THE SUPPORT STAFF SCALE.
SO THAT IS RECURRING $1,253,582.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE BORROWED FROM OURSELVES TO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND FROM YOU.
SO THAT MONEY IS BEING RETURNED TO THE PERSONNEL TO WHERE WE HAD IT IN PERSONNEL, AND TO MOVE THOSE THINGS AROUND TO BE SURE THAT WE COULD COVER THE WHOLE 5% INCREASE. SO THAT JUST RESTORES IT.
OKAY. THE NEXT PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU IS THE LARGER PIECE OF THE MONEY.
THIS IS YOU SEE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CATEGORIES THEY GAVE US FOR OUR PLANS FOR TUTORING AND LEARNING ACCELERATION FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT, WHICH IS THE FOCUS.
THEY'VE RECOMMENDED ABOUT 70% OF OUR FUNDS TO BE SPENT.
THEY'VE GIVEN US ABOUT A RECOMMENDATION OF 20% TO HELP SUPPORT THE MATERIALS AND THE TEXTBOOKS AND THINGS THAT IT REQUIRES TO AND CURRICULAR SUPPLIES THAT IT TAKES TO TO DO THAT AND THE INTERVENTION MATERIALS, THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND RECOVERY THAT'S BECOME PART OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND THAT'S NOW PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION.
SO IN ALL, WE HAVE TWO, $2,482,676 TO WORK THROUGH THESE REQUIREMENTS.
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SO THESE ARE THE THREE BIG PIECES ALL IN TUTORING ALL IN VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND ATTENDANCE MATTERS.SO THIS WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WILL QUALIFY FOR THIS TUTORING, AND IT WILL BE OFFERED TO THEIR PARENTS, BUT NOT REQUIRED BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. SO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE TEACHERS WILL DO IT DURING THE DAY.
DURING INTERVENTION PERIODS, WE WILL USE OUR FIFTH BLOCK AT MOORE.
WE WILL DO IT DURING OUR DOUBLE BLOCK ENGLISH AND MATH CLASSES AT CLEMENTS, MAINLY BEFORE SCHOOL AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, MAINLY AFTER SCHOOL FOR THE SECONDARY STUDENTS AND THEN SATURDAYS.
SO IT'S JUST TAKING THE TEACHERS EXTRA PERIOD AWAY TO DO THIS TUTORING FOR THE STUDENTS.
THEY, THE TEACHERS WHO DO THIS, THEY THEY ALREADY HAVE IT IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DAY.
I KNOW TEACHERS HAVE IT TOUGH.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT ANY WORSE FOR THEM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO OFFER OUR TUTORING TO OUR TEACHERS AND TO OUR PARENTS.
SO, WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH WORK FOR EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO WORK.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE AN SOL SCORE YET.
SO THAT'S WHY THE GROWTH ASSESSMENTS ARE USED FOR THIS GROUP.
THERE WILL BE PAID TRAINING TIME FOR TUTORS.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CLASSES IN THE SUMMER TIME, AND THEN THERE WILL BE ONE TUTORING COORDINATOR AT EACH SCHOOL WHO RECEIVES $2,000 FOR COORDINATING ALL OF THE TUTORING THAT WILL OCCUR.
THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT IS THE PIECE THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO GUIDE THE LITERACY PLANS AND SCHOOL DIVISIONS, SO THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS OF DECIDING WHAT MATERIALS CAN BE USED, WHAT'S GOING TO BE TAUGHT IN COLLEGE TO TEACHERS, TO TEACHERS AND TRAINING IN THE COLLEGES IN VIRGINIA.
SO THEY COME OUT WITH THE PIECES OF THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT AND ARE ABLE TO STEP INTO CLASSROOMS MORE PREPARED TO BE READING TEACHERS AS THE AIM.
SO THEY ARE GIVING US SOME FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT HAVING THAT HAPPEN A LITTLE FASTER, BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH K THROUGH THREE, AND THEN IT WILL GO FORWARD TO EIGHT, AND THEN WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THE MATERIALS BY THEN.
FOR THE VIRGINIA LITERACY ACT, THERE WILL BE A $400 STIPEND FOR TEACHER PARTICIPATION IN A TWO DAY SUMMER PD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO LEARN HOW TO USE THOSE RESOURCES. ATTENDANCE.
THIS IS THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE TOLD EVERYBODY TO STAY HOME IF YOU WERE NOT FEELING WELL AND IF YOU COUGHED OR SNEEZED, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO TAKE SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS.
AND IF A SCHOOL HAS A RATE HIGHER THAN 25%, THEN THEY GET COUNTED AS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, AND THAT ONE RATING CAUSES THEM TO NOT BE AN ACCREDITED SCHOOL.
SO YOU CAN LOSE YOUR ACCREDITATION BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE OF YOUR CHILDREN.
SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT WITH ATTENDANCE.
WE'VE GOTTEN ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN.
OUR INSTRUCTION TEAM IS GOING OUT IN PAIRS A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK AND LOOKING AT OUR CHILDREN, VISITING THE HOMES, LEAVING FLIERS, TALKING TO FAMILIES OF OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE HAVE HIGH NUMBERS OF ABSENCES.
SO TO ADDRESS THIS, WE WANT TO HIRE A TRUANCY AND RESIDENCY OFFICER.
WE WANT TO WE'RE CONTINUING OUR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR BE HERE PG.
THAT'S OUR ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN.
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WE HAVE SOME MASS MAILING THAT WE WANT TO DO.SO WE HAVE THE COSTS INCLUDED THERE.
AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE ONE CONNECTION COACH PER SCHOOL.
SO A PROPOSED PLAN THAT HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED BY THE VARGO.
WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THE TEACHER SCALE EMPLOYEES A ONE TIME $1,000 STIPEND BONUS FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE ON IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR WORK DURING THE SCHOOL DAY OF LEARNING THESE MATERIALS AND IMPLEMENTING THEM IN THEIR CLASSES.
THERE WILL BE $400 FOR THE FULL TIME SUPPORT STAFF, AND $250 TO THE CURRENT PART TIME EMPLOYEES, FOR A TOTAL OF $712,164.
THESE FUNDS DO CARRY OVER INTO 25 AND 26, IF ANY REMAIN, THAT CAN BE USED FOR THOSE SAME PURPOSES OR ADJUSTED WITHIN THE PLAN. SO FOR US, WE WOULD USE THEM FIRST TO CARRY OVER THE COSTS OF OUR TRUANCY AND ATTENDANCE OFFICER AND OUR TUTORING.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR FUNDS.
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO RETURN AND RESTORE.
SO IN A ONCE THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN, ONCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEN WE'LL WORK WITH MS. DREWRY AND MR. STOKE ON WHAT THE BEST WAY TO RETURN THOSE FUNDS TO TO YOU WILL BE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE COMPENSATION FOR THE OTHERS WHO WILL HELP PARTICIPATE IN THIS PLAN.
AND THEN. MRS. BARNES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THIS PIECE? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU. WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S OUR ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING.
AND WE'VE GOT THE THE REPAYMENT TO YOU FOR OUR BUILDING, OUR BUS REPLACEMENT FUND.
AND AS YOU SEE, NONE OF THE OTHER FUNDS ARE CHANGING.
SO THIS IS ALL IN THE IN THE OPERATING FUND.
SO THIS IS HOW IT COMPRISES AFTER THOSE THOSE THOSE CHANGES.
AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, OUR INSTRUCTION WOULD BE AT 71% OF OUR BUDGET.
AND ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH WILL BE 4.8 MILLION AND OR 6% AND PUPIL TRANSPORTATION AT 7%.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AT 9%, TECHNOLOGY AT FOUR.
AND THE FACILITY CAPITAL OUTLAY IS AT 2%, AND OUR CONTINGENCY IS STILL AT 384 708.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE TRANSFER TO CSA.
OKAY. OUR NEXT STEPS WERE TO COME TO YOU THIS EVENING AND ASK FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN REQUEST THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. THE FINAL BULLET WAS WE GAVE THIS TO BETSY BEFORE THIS WAS APPROVED, AND NOW IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY VDOE ON OCTOBER THE 18TH.
THE I'M SURE, WILL NOT BE A SURPRISE TO YOU THAT THE PRICES OF THE BUDGET OF THE SCHOOL BUSSES HAVE GONE UP MARKEDLY SINCE WE TURNED IN THE NUMBER LAST YEAR, THEY'VE GONE UP BY ABOUT $40,000 IN TOTAL.
SO MRS DREWRY SAID THAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH A REQUEST TO PUT SOME OF OUR COUNTY WIDE CIP DOLLARS TOGETHER TO MAKE UP THAT APPROXIMATELY $40,000 DIFFERENCE, AND I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
WE WERE WORRIED AND IT WAS A GREAT RESOLUTION.
SO BASICALLY THIS IS A PUBLIC REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 15TH OF NEXT MONTH TO COVER BASICALLY THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST GAVE US. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I THINK THERE'S A RESOLUTION IN THE PACKET.
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OKAY. ALL SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A.CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. HUNTER. YES, MR. WEBB? YES, MR. BROWN? YES.
SO ON THE 15TH, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE NEEDING TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN.
BUT WE'LL BE DOWN AT THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.
SO IF WE CAN DO IT VIRTUALLY OR I CAN COME BACK, WE'LL WORK WITH BETSY AND.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[I. Public Hearings]
COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE TO PERMIT A TATTOO PARLOR AND A BODY PIERCING SALON IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS B1 ZONING DISTRICT.AND I THINK MR. GRAVES IS GOING TO PRESENT THAT TO US.
THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN HUNTER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE AND MR. ART. SO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR TATTOO PARLORS AND BODY PIERCING SALONS.
I THINK MR. HUNTER JUST READ, READ THAT AD THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER.
THEY WERE THEIR GOAL IS TO OPEN A TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING SHOP IN THE CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER.
ONCE THEY CONTACTED THE COUNTY ABOUT IF THAT WAS ALLOWED, WE ADVISED THEM THAT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THERE'S NO LISTED USE FOR TATTOO PARLORS OR BODY PIERCING SHOPS, SO ANY PROPERTY OWNER IN THE COUNTY HAS THE HAS THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNTY MODIFY ITS ORDINANCE OR CODES TO TO ADD A PERMITTED USE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THEY, THE PROPERTY OWNER, APPLIED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
SO THE ACTION FOR THE BOARD IS TO APPROVE OR DENY A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE THAT CHANGE.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. GREAVES. YES, SIR. GOOD.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? SHE IS. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
YOU CAN WAIT TO SEE IF WE GET ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TO, FOR OR AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO PERMIT TATTOO PARLORS AND BODY PIERCING SALONS IN GENERAL.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THAT COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME AND SPEAK.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO ONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO WITH THAT NOT HAVING IT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD.
UNLESS THE APPLICANTS WANT TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
WELL, IT'S I THINK THE BOARD IS AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO MAKE A MOTION TO OR NOT TO ACCEPT THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND I'LL SECOND IT, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. HUNTER? YES, MR. WEBB? YES, MR. BROWN? YES.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEW ORDINANCE HAS CHANGED.
WAS THAT DONE PROPERLY, MA'AM? OKAY. THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE, AS AMENDED BY REPEALING.
MR. HOLCOMB'S GOING TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKES, MR. ERARD.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH LIMITED CAPACITY FOR OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, AND THESE AMENDMENTS ARE GEARED TO TRYING TO MAKE TO INTRODUCE LESS RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT, OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS THEY MOVE FORWARD THROUGH INVESTING THEIR DOLLARS INTO THE COUNTY.
IN YOUR PACKET, YOU DO HAVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.
THIS PRESENTATION DOES HAVE THOSE SAME ORDER AMENDMENTS.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE VERY QUICKLY.
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BUT THE IDEA HERE IS WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GIVEN THE ABILITY THROUGH OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER AGREEMENTS, THE ABILITY FOR THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, UTILITIES, ME, TO WORK WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS TO ESSENTIALLY RESERVE CAPACITIES AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE OF THE PERMITS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS, NOT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL HOME PLANS.THAT ELIMINATES ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO OF TIME WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE AMENDMENTS JUST VERY BRIEFLY.
SECTION B HERE OF THIS FIRST PARAGRAPH.
ACTUALLY, THE FIRST SENTENCE AND THE LAST SENTENCE ARE BORROWED FROM ANOTHER SECTION.
THOSE ARE THE SECTIONS THAT ARE BEING REPEALED.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF REDUNDANCY.
WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT CONTRACTS, THE NEW ADDITION THERE IS WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO RESERVE WATER CAPACITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE REVOCATION OF WATER CAPACITY. HERE'S WHERE WE WILL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS THROUGH THE AGREEMENTS TO IDENTIFY WHAT CAPACITY NEEDS THEY HAVE, AND IF WE CAN AGREE IN THOSE IN OUR AGREEMENTS AND GET THOSE APPROVED, THEN WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO RESERVE THAT AMOUNT OF CAPACITY UP FRONT.
ONCE THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE SIGNED, AND THEN THE ONLY ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THIS PARAGRAPH IS THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THOSE WATER AGREEMENTS UPON REVIEW WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
RIGHT NOW, THOSE ALL HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
IN THIS CASE, I'LL BE ABLE TO WORK AGAIN DIRECTLY WITH THESE DEVELOPERS, HAVE A REVIEW FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR THESE WATER AND WASTEWATER AGREEMENTS TO GET THESE MOVING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT FASTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
FIRST IS WITH THE COUNTY ISSUED BUILDING PERMITS.
WE WILL WORK OUT AGAIN IF THERE'S NECESSARY, IF IT IS NECESSARY TO RESERVE CAPACITY UPFRONT, EVEN FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USERS, IF THEIR PERMITS DO EXPIRE AND THEY DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS WHEN WE WOULD REVOKE THAT CAPACITY.
WE WOULD WORK WITH THESE DEVELOPERS AT ALL TIMES.
IF THEIR PERMITS ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE, WE WOULD GIVE THEM NOTICE, GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH THE WHATEVER IS MISSING, TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND RENEW THEIR PERMITS, OR GET THEIR PERMIT REISSUED BEFORE WE WOULD REVOKE ANY CAPACITY.
THE IDEA IS TO ENSURE THAT WORK IS STILL MOVING FORWARD.
WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TYING UP THE CAPACITY FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
WITH NO DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTY AND HURTING OTHER DEVELOPERS DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD OCCUR AGAIN.
ANY AGREEMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE WITH THESE DEVELOPERS.
IF THEY DO NOT BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THEY DON'T BUILD IT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OR THEY JUST WALK AWAY FROM A DEVELOPMENT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO REVOKE THAT CAPACITY AND USE IT FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL KIND OF BROUGHT FORTH DUE TO OUR LIMITED CAPACITY.
IF WE HAD UNLIMITED CAPACITY, THIS WOULD NOT BE AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE.
BUT UNTIL WE GET THERE, WE FEEL THESE ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
AND AGAIN, I DO BELIEVE THAT THESE STAND ON THEIR OWN, EVEN IF WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY.
I DO BELIEVE THESE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS COULD STAND EVEN IF THAT CHANGES.
WE WOULD PUT THAT IN WRITING TO EACH BOARD MEMBER AS A COURTESY, AS A COURTESY HAY IN THEIR SET TERM LIMITS ALREADY SET. YOU'RE NOT JUST MAKING THEM UP OUT OF OFF THE CUFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO SO THE USUAL CONTRACTS THAT WE WORK WITH THESE DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE STANDARD CONTRACTS THAT DEFINES ESSENTIALLY, IT'S TELLING THE DEVELOPERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DESIGN IT TO OUR STANDARDS.
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AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT WE'RE STATING IS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RESERVING CAPACITY, ESSENTIALLY ARE YOU TELL US WHAT CAPACITY YOU NEED.HOW LONG, HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR YOU TO BUILD THIS.
AND WE WILL RESERVE THAT CAPACITY FOR YOU.
IT'S ALL ABOUT JUST PROVIDING INFORMATION UPFRONT SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE.
WE CAN'T RESERVE ENOUGH CAPACITY IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T RESERVE IT FOR THEM, BUT AS LONG AS WE KNOW HOW MUCH THEY NEED, WE'RE TELLING THEM THAT WE WILL PUT THIS ASIDE AND ALLOW YOU TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEN YOU CAN BE ABLE TO BUILD YOUR INDIVIDUAL HOMES WITH ASSURANCE THAT CAPACITY IS STILL THERE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON KIND OF BEHIND IT ALL, BIG OR SMALL, IS OF NO CONCERN TO US.
IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO DEVELOP, THEY CAN DO A SITE PLAN.
SITE PLANS ARE GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS.
I DON'T, AND I'LL GET TO THIS IN A MINUTE.
BUT WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT I DON'T SUPPORT IT PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THAT FIVE-YEAR GAP.
SOMEBODY CAN HANG ON TO THAT SITE PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS, AND THEN FOUR AND A HALF YEARS GOES BY.
THEY RENEW THAT SITE PLAN, AND THEY STILL HAVE THE CAPACITY.
AND THAT CAN JUST GO ON AND ON.
AND THEN NOTHING AND NO DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR IN THE COUNTY.
YES, SIR. SOMEWHERE I THOUGHT I HAD IT BACK IN MY HEAD 18 MONTHS STICKS OUT.
TYPICALLY, THEY LAST FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
SO, IF THEY DO NOT BUILD WITHIN 18 MONTHS, THEY CAN RENEW THEIR PERMITS.
IF THEY CAN'T GET IT RENEWED, WE WILL STILL AGAIN WORK WITH THEM.
BUT IF IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SITE PLANS, THAT IS ALL ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS.
BUT IT COULD STRETCH ON FOR FIVE YEARS.
SITE PLANS CAN STRETCH ON FOR FIVE YEARS WITHOUT ANY BUILDING.
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HOLD ON TO THAT PLAN WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT FOR FIVE YEARS.
ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS IS JUST THE WATER SECTION.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT JUST VERY BRIEFLY AGAIN.
BUT THIS IS THE SECTION THAT GOT REPEALED.
THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS FROM WATER TO WASTEWATER.
I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS AGAIN.
AGAIN THAT'S REPEALED SECTION.
BUT THIS IS THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IN YOUR PACKET.
I DID TELL YOU I WROTE, I WROTE, I REACHED OUT TO THEM, I DID GET A FEW EMAILS BACK.
AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS IT CAN TAKE MONTHS TO DESIGN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
SOME OF THESE LARGE INDUSTRIAL USERS ARE BUILDING 1,000,000FT² BUILDINGS.
AND YES, SITE PLAN APPROVAL DOES LAST FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THE GAP OF APPROVALS THAT DOES HELP.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE YEARS TO GET A BUILDING PLAN APPROVED ALONGSIDE THE SITE PLAN.
NOW THAT IS HOW IT WORKS TODAY.
WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES.
THE ONLY THING WOULD CHANGE IS IF THEY DO NEED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THEREFORE WATER AND WASTEWATER AGREEMENTS, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RESERVE THAT CAPACITY THROUGH THOSE AGREEMENTS. SO WE RECOMMENDED TO TO THE DEVELOPERS THEY NEED, JUST LIKE THEY DO TODAY.
THEY NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT THE CURRENT AVAILABLE CAPACITY IS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY FEEL THAT THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS IS ALL VYING FOR THAT SAME CAPACITY.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL STILL BE THERE BY THE TIME THEY RECEIVE ALL THE APPROVALS AND THEIR PERMITS.
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WE GET THOSE CALLS ALL THE TIME.HOW MUCH CAPACITY DO YOU HAVE? WE SHOW THEM WHAT OUR CAPACITIES ARE AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.
AND THIS IS ONLY AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED CAPACITY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE CAPACITY ISSUES, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAVE THESE ISSUES.
AGAIN, PAYMENT OF CONNECTION FEES WAS THE ONLY OTHER ISSUE THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO THOSE ARE ONLY COMMENTS I RECEIVE BACK.
ALL RIGHT. THANK. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR.
SO, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA, AS AMENDED BY AMENDING SECTIONS 82.41, 82.42, 82.361, 82.362.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE WATER AND WASTEWATER CONNECTION FEES AND POSSIBILITIES OF.
MISS CLARK. ANYONE SIGNED UP? NO, SIR. NO. SIGNED UP.
REFERENCE TO WATER AND WASTEWATER.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
MADAM ATTORNEY JUST ANNOUNCED PROPERLY.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOLCOMB? NONE FOR MR. HALTOM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.
MS.. KNOTT, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEBSITE? I'M JUST ASKING. NO, SIR.
I KNOW YOU SAID NO ONE HAD REGISTERED TO SPEAK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HADN'T.
THANK YOU FOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
THAT'S ALL I HAD, SIR. MR. WEBB. NO. I'M GOOD.
NO QUESTIONS. SO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, MR. HOLCOMB? NO, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE COUNTY CODE OF PRINCE GEORGE IN REFERENCE TO THE.
I'LL SECOND. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
MR. BROWN? YES, MR. WEBB? YES, MR. HUNTER.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL OF OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A RESOLUTION FOR A BUDGET TRANSFER OF 30,000, $51.75 OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT FUND TRANSFER FROM THE MULTIPLE SCHOOL CIP PROJECT TO THE COUNTYWIDE CIP. MR..
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, AS I MENTIONED DURING THE QUARTERLY REPORT AND DR.
PERNIKOFF MENTIONED DURING HER PRESENTATION, THE SCHOOL DIVISION IS REQUESTING TO TRANSFER $30,051.75 FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTYWIDE CIP LINES FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS.
AND THOSE AMOUNTS ARE REMAIN UNEXPENDED AND THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO EXPEND THOSE.
THE PROJECTS CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THEIR ANTICIPATED, SO THEY ARE ASKING THAT THOSE AMOUNTS BE TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTYWIDE CIP SCHOOL BUDGET LINE FROM THE BLEACHER REPLACEMENT LINE, FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT, THE GEORGE MOORE WATER INTRUSION ACCOUNT CODE, AND THEN HARRISON ROOF PROJECT.
DR. PENTICOFF, I BELIEVE, REMAINS HERE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE BLEACHERS.
WHAT BLEACHERS WOULD THAT THE ONES IN THE GYMNASIUM.
THEY LOOK VERY NICE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T THE ONES ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
BECAUSE I GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT LATER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE? THERE IS A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET AUTHORIZING THAT TRANSFER.
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THERE IS A RESOLUTION INCLUDED.YES, SIR. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD DO THE BUDGET TRANSFER OF 30,000 051 $0.75.
I'LL SECOND. I GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.
MR. BROWN? YES, MR. WEBB? YES. MR. HUNTER? YES.
NEXT, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY TO COMPLETE A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES FOR OUR SECOND OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, MR. ERARD, MR. STOKES.
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
I AM HERE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER CEASEFIRE GRANT.
IT DOES OVERLAP WITH OUR CURRENT REGIONAL PROSECUTOR THE FIRST YEAR.
SO IT GOES FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH THE END OF 2026.
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT I CAN APPLY FOR IS $500,000, WHICH AVERAGES TO 166,000 APPROXIMATELY PER YEAR.
I PLAN ON ASKING FOR THE FULL AMOUNT, AND MY HOPE IS THAT IT WILL EMPLOY A FULL TIME PROSECUTOR AND THEN A PART TIME EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE AN INVESTIGATOR, OR IT MAY BE A STAFF PERSON THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE CEASEFIRE PROSECUTOR.
ALSO, IT WOULD FUND ANY OTHER NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS CODE BOOKS WE'RE LOOKING AT, INCLUDING A VIDEO AND AUDIO EDITING PROGRAM IN THAT GRANT AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN REDACT THINGS AND PROTECT OUR WITNESSES PRIVACY WHEN PROVIDING DISCOVERY TO DEFENSE COUNSEL. SO THAT IS MY ASK DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WOULD BE A PRINCE GEORGE GRANT RATHER THAN A JOINT WITH HOPEWELL? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
THANK YOU. DID YOU NOT WANT ME TO ASK THAT? I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK WE CAN USE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT.
THIS GRANT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO MATCH, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
I THINK IT'S SUPER AND WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IN MY OPINION.
MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE AND I'LL SECOND.
WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MR. BROWN? YES, MR. WEBB? YES, MR. HUNTER. YES.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
THANK YOU. NEXT IS A BUDGET TRANSFER FOR SERIES FROM 2019.
REPURPOSE THE BOND PROCEEDS FROM THE FIREHOUSE.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE NEW COMPANY FIVE.
CHAIRMAN HUNTER. CHAIRMAN WEBB, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
YEAH. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A RESOLUTION TO.
THANK YOU. MY COMPUTER. COME UP.
RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER BOND PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 2019 REPURPOSING OF THE BONDS TOTALING $91,027.
AND THIS IS TO REPLACE THE AIR CONDITIONERS AT STATION FIVE AND STATION EIGHT AND REPLACE THE GENERATOR AT STATION FIVE. ALL THESE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS ARE 22 UNITS, WHICH IS GETTING EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND THE REFRIGERANT FROM THEM, AND THEY'RE ALL 25 PLUS YEARS OLD. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STATION.
WE'VE REPLACED THE TEN TON UNIT THAT HANDLES MOST OF THE BUILDING, BUT WE IN THAT WHEN WE REDONE THE BATHROOMS, BUT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE REST OF THE AIR CONDITIONING THAT WAS GOING TO BE AT A LATER DATE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS REPLACING TWO, SEVEN AND ONE HALF TON UNITS AT STATION.
I'M SORRY. STATION EIGHT AND TWO FOR TURN UNIT.
STRAIGHT AIR UNITS AT STATION FIVE.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT.
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IT'S BEEN DOWN MOST OF THE SUMMER WITH WAITING FOR PARTS.AND ONCE WE FINALLY DID GET GET SOME PARTS IN AND IT'S RUNNING THE CURRENT TIME, BUT AND MY TWO AND A HALF YEARS TENDER THAT IT'S BEEN WORKED ON MORE TIMES THAN I COULD COUNT.
SO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THAT WITH THESE WITH THE THIS.
LIKE I SAID, THE TOTAL IS 91,000 FOR ALL THE.
FOR ALL THE UNITS IS $91,027 FOR STATION.
I MEAN, $34,164, AND THE REMAINING TOTAL OF $33,850 TO BE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE GENERATOR.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SIR? NO, SIR. I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BEFORE.
SO, THERE'S A RESOLUTION INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET THAT FOR ANYBODY WHO MAKES A MOTION.
YEAH. MR. CHAIRMAN, I SO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE USE OF THESE REPURPOSED BOND PROCEEDS TO COVER THE HVAC REPLACEMENTS AT THE TWO STATIONS.
I SECOND THE MOTION IN A SECOND.
WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MR. WEBB. YES, MR. HUNTER? YES, MISTER BROWN.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE AN AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE APCO INTEL INFORMATION. CHIEF.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE.
MR. ROD NICE EVENING EVERYBODY.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK MS. DREWRY FOR HER WORK ON THIS ENDEAVOR AND CHAD BOZEMAN IN THE BACK.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A CENTER THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO UTILIZE $47,948.22 OF EXISTING FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO PROJECT TO PURCHASE THE APCO AND TELECOM GUIDE CARD SYSTEM.
SO HOW DOES THIS SYSTEM WORK ITS CLOUD BASED SOFTWARE? THE CALL TAKER THE DISPATCHER ANSWERS 911 JUST LIKE THEY WOULD THEY.
AND THEN THE APCO AND TELECOM LAUNCHES AUTOMATICALLY WITH INTUITIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON THAT CAD INJURY, AND THEN GUIDES THE CALL TAKER UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE CALL. AND THE CALL CAN CHANGE BASED ON THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS.
KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE A TO ME A LITTLE BIT, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THIS COULD BE ESPECIALLY HELPFUL WITH THE THE NEWER EMPLOYEES THAT COME IN THAT DON'T HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE UNDER THE BELT.
SINCE IT'S ENTERED INTO CAD, THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY ATTACHES TO CAD, THE FIRE AND EMS PERSONNEL.
AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE IC, THE CALLER AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE VERY CRITICAL IN THIS SYSTEM.
GREATLY ASSIST WITH THAT PROCESS.
OUR DISPATCHERS ARE OLD SCHOOL IS FLIPPING FLIPPING THROUGH THE CHART.
AND THE SYSTEM. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO FULLY IMPLEMENT.
IF WE WERE TO PROCEED WITH WITH THIS SYSTEM, WE WOULD BEGIN CUSTOMIZING IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENTING IT THROUGH THE MD EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH, FIRE AND THEN POLICE. IT WOULD BE A PROCESS.
IT'S NOT A FLIP OF THE SWITCH.
AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO UTILIZE $40,608.22 FOR PURCHASE OF THE APCO AND TELECOM SYSTEM AND $7,340 FOR THE NECESSARY CENTRAL SQUARE CAD SYSTEM INTERFACE TO MAKE IT WORK, FOR A TOTAL OF 47,948 22
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AND OUT OF THE RADIO PROJECT FUNDS.JUST JUST TO MAYBE REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, MISS DREWRY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE.
THE FIRST YEAR OF MAINTENANCE.
THE WARRANTY PERIOD THAT'S OVER, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER, YEAR TWO WAS NEGOTIATED THROUGH L3 HARRIS.
YEAR THREE WE HAVE BUILT IN FUNDING FOR THAT AND THAT WOULD LEAVE A BALANCE OF AFTER YEAR THREE.
MAINTENANCE FUNDING, WHICH IS 566,000.
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, LIKE 50 YEARS AGO BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, PROBABLY WHATEVER.
I WOULD DISPATCH OCCASIONALLY BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAD THREE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.
YOU DON'T PROBABLY WANT TO HEAR ALL THIS, BUT I'M SORRY.
BUT ANYHOW, THE LOW MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE, THE DISPATCHER WASN'T THERE.
WELL, YOU COULD DO THAT THEN, BECAUSE YOU DID HAVE CARDS TO PULL.
YOU DID HAVE SHEETS TO PULL AND READ OFF OF TODAY.
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD IN THERE.
YOU GO INTO THAT DISPATCH CENTER.
YES, SIR. WHAT'S YOUR ESTIMATED TIME FOR DEPLOYMENT? I THINK WE COULD START THE PROCESS PRETTY RAPIDLY, ABOUT TWO YEARS TO A COMPLETION, AND CHAD COULD SPEAK ON THAT.
ON THAT MORE WE WOULD PRIORITIZE IT.
IMD WOULD COME FIRST, THE MEDICAL PART OF IT, AND I THINK WE COULD GO LIVE WITH THAT PRETTY RAPIDLY.
YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR AN ESTIMATE ON IT, AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP.
IT'S JUST NOT A FLIP OF THE SWITCH.
IT'S CUSTOMIZED TO PRINCE GEORGE.
OKAY, BUT SIX MONTHS, WE'D BE USING IT AND THEN WE WOULD BUILD FROM THERE.
I'M GOOD. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS.
AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE TO CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
DOES IT NOT? OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE 15TH OF NOVEMBER.
YEAH. WEDNESDAY THE 15TH AFTER VARGO.
SO YOU'RE BACK WEDNESDAY, AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT REMINDERS OF THAT WHEN WE MRS KNOTT.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. SO MOVED, MR. CHAIRMAN. SO MOVED.
A SECOND. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.
CALL THE ROLL. MR. HORNER. YES. MR. WEBB. YES, MR. BROWN. YES.
WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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