[INAUDIBLE]. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TONIGHT TO JANUARY 23RD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
[A. Call to Order (6:00 pm)]
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EVEN THOUGH IT IS DRIZZLY, IT'S NOT COLD AS IT WAS.MS. KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS GOING TO BE INVOCATION MRS. WAYMACK HAS AGREED TO DO THAT.
AND MR. COX IS GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE THROUGH THE STORM.
BE WITH THOSE WHO'VE LOST LOVED ONES AND GIVE THEM COMFORT.
BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE SICK AND SUFFERING.
BE WITH OUR LEADERS AS THEY GUIDE US IN OUR GOVERNMENTS.
GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND KEEP THEM SAFE.
BE WITH YOUR PEOPLE, WE PRAY, O LORD, IN YOUR HOLY NAME.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. CHAIRMAN, I SO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED IN BOARD DOCS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. WAYMACK A SECOND.
MRS KNOTT. CALL THE ROLL, . ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON A PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING. REED FOSTER RESIDE AT 7031 LAUREL SPRING ROAD, PRINCE GEORGE.
AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING, PRINCE GEORGE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERN TO Y'ALL.
I THINK THE BIG WORD WAS Y'ALL GOT A PROBLEM.
TODAY. I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE AND SAID, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
IN YEAR 2023, PRINCE GEORGE FIRE AND EMS. NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT UNTIL I PULLED IT UP.
WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT COMPANY ONE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IS INACCURATE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, IT SAYS THAT STATION ONE WAS DISPATCHED 45 TIMES AND THEY ONLY RESPONDED 19, WHICH MAKES 37% NON-RESPONSIVE.
WE WERE ON SCENE 16 TIME AND DRIVER ONLY RESPONSES WERE 45.
WELL, THIS INFORMATION IS NOT CORRECT.
OKAY. AND I DON'T SEE HOW Y'ALL ALLOW A DOCUMENT TO BE PRESENTED AND PUT ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE WITH FALSE INFORMATION.
BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GETS TAKEN DOWN.
IT'S NOT ON THE WEBSITE ANY LONGER.
SO MY POINT IS THIS I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, SO YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON AT COMPANY ONE.
FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE WERE DISPATCHED 46 TIMES.
OF THOSE 46, WE RESPONDED 30 TIMES.
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WHICH SIX OF THEM WERE EMS CALLS? AND WE WERE HAD ONE RESPONSE FOR A SPECIALTY UNIT THAT HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR OVER THREE MONTHS.I WISH SOMEONE WOULD HAVE CONTACTED ME BEFORE THIS REPORT WAS PUT ALL OVER FACEBOOK, BECAUSE MY PHONE HAS LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE FROM CITIZENS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
NOW IT'S TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BE PREPARED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES.
NOW, BEEN AS I'VE GOTTEN THAT DONE.
ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL PASSED THE LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT ON DECEMBER THE 27TH, 2023, A NEW POLICY WAS IN PLACE IN PRINCE GEORGE FIRE AND EMS, WHICH IS DISCIPLINE TO VOLUNTEERS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS [INAUDIBLE], NEVER SEEN A DRAFT OF IT, BUT NOW IT'S IN PLACE.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY ORDINANCE.
THE FIRE CHIEFS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONSULTED OVER POLICIES.
SO IT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT PROBLEM.
TRAINING. ON JULY THE 11TH OF 2023.
I SENT A REQUEST THAT I HAD TWO FIREMEN THAT WANTED TO DO DRONE TRAINING.
I'VE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER TO THAT EMAIL.
I'LL HAVE MR. STOKES FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
I CERTAINLY HOPE SO BECAUSE HE HASN'T APOLOGIZED TO ME FROM MARCH 15TH YET.
ANDREW NUGENT. 11373 CEDAR RUN ROAD, SOUTH PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF.
I NOTICED LAST NIGHT ON THE REPORT THAT PRINCE GEORGE FIRE AND EMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT THE RESPONSES THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE REPORT, AS I AM SURE YOU KNOW BY NOW.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COMPANY SIX.
THE REPORT STATES THAT IT'S A CAREER STAFF STATION AND HAD NO VOLUNTEER RESPONSES.
STATION SIX I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW IS A COMBINATION STATION VOLUNTEERS DO RUN OUT OF THAT STATION AND STAFFS THE STATION AS WELL, AND I STAND HERE TO PROVE IT.
IT LABELS IT AS A CAREER DEPARTMENT ONLY.
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME MANY TIMES AND I HAVE CONTACTED MY LEADERSHIP TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED.
NO TELLING HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND CAN BE A DEPARTMENT WIDE CONCERN.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING, AND KNOWING THAT THIS HAPPENED CAN ONLY MAKE YOU WONDER IF THIS IS BEING DONE TO PAD NUMBERS TOWARDS THE CAREER STAFF, MAKING VOLUNTEERS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING.
11373 CEDAR RUN ROAD SOUTH, PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA.
I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF STATION SIX.
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I'M A MEMBER OF CARSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT REPORT IS THERE IS FACT ISSUES WITH IT.
THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT REPORT IS IT WAS PUBLISHED WITHOUT BEING CHECKED.
YOU ALL RELY ON THESE REPORTS FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES, BUDGET CONCERNS, ETC.
BUT THEY'RE PUBLISHED TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE'S NO CHECKS AND BALANCES.
IF SOMEBODY APPROVED THAT REPORT.
MR. BROWN SAID IT BEFORE YOU LET MANAGERS MANAGE.
MR. WEBB SAID THAT YOU NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EVENING. THANK YOU SIR.
PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY ELSE WILLING WANT TO GET UP AND SPEAK? MISS KNOTT, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? NO, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE COMING FORTH, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[B. Consent Agenda]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, . ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO SUPERVISOR COMMENT.
[C. Comments]
I'LL START ON MY RIGHT THIS TIME, MR. PUGH. WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE TONIGHT, I WILL HOPEFULLY WE'LL CHECK INTO THAT, MR. STOKES. NOTHING.GO AHEAD. WE CAN CHECK IN WITH THAT, AND SEE WHAT THE ISSUES IS.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT AT THIS TIME.
YES. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS AGAIN THAT THE WE WILL CAME THROUGH THE STORM WITHOUT ANY BIG PROBLEMS AND ALL THE COLD WEATHER WE'VE HAD, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOME WARMER WEATHER THE END OF THE WEEK.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S REACHED OUT TO ME OVER THE LAST WEEK CONCERNING, SITUATION THAT STARTED LAST, I GUESS, FALL, ON NAMING, OF A PARK AFTER A PARTICULAR PERSON.
I'VE GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK, GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION FROM A FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, HANG TIGHT WILL BE COMING.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE PEOPLE REACHING OUT.
THANK YOU ALL. I HAVE NOTHING TONIGHT OTHER THAN WE WILL LOOK INTO Y'ALL'S CONCERNS.
MR. STOKES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. THERE IS A BUSINESS RESOURCE MEETING TOMORROW, JANUARY 24TH, AT THE PRINCE GEORGE LIBRARY STARTING AT 4 P.M..
AND ON THE 26TH AND 27TH, PRINCE GEORGE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A TEACHER STAFF JOB FAIR, FRIDAY FROM 8 TO 5 AND SATURDAY FROM NINE TO NOON.
[D. Public Hearings]
NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.LOT BETWEEN LOTS 55 AND 56, AS DEPICTED ON THE SUBDIVISION PLAT TITLED THE MEADOWS.
SECTION THREE, DRAFTED BY MR. GORDON. SORRY IF I BUTCHERED YOUR NAME AND RECORDED IN THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT IS PLAT NUMBER, BOOK 27, PAGE 179 TO 184. THE AREA PROPOSED TO BE VACATED AND FURTHER IDENTITY IN THE SHADED AREA LOCATED WHICH IS COMING UP ON THE SCREEN R SLASH W VACATION.
TOTALING 0.032 ACRES AND DEPICTED AS THE PLAT DRAFT BY CLIFTON ROGERS DATED JULY 6TH 26, 2022, TITLED RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 55 AND LOT 56 THE MEADOWS THREE, WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO REVIEW TO THE PUBLIC PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN PLAT REVIEW APPLICATION NUMBER FIVE.
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DASH 22-30.THE ORDINANCE IS TO CONSIDER, PURSUANT TO THE GRANT OF AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 15-2-2006 AND MR. TIM GRAVES.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WEBB AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MR. STOKE AND MS. ERARD, THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION THERE ON THIS REQUEST.
AND THAT SHADED AREA REPRESENTS MOST OF THE AREA THAT'S REQUESTED TO BE A SMALL PORTION OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO BE VACATED. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A LINE EXTENDING WHERE IT SAYS RIGHT OF WAY VACATION, AND IT GOES UP A LITTLE HIGHER ABOVE THAT SHADED AREA.
BUT BUT THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S REQUESTED TO BE, REVERTED TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, ESSENTIALLY.
SO THAT RIGHT OF WAY WAS PLANNED, RIGHT OF WAY WAS CLOSED OFF OR CANCELED OUT.
THEY JUST THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS ON THE LAYOUT ESSENTIALLY, AND IT WAS NO LONGER NEEDED.
SO THAT LITTLE STUB OUT WAS PLANNED FOR A FUTURE ROAD EXTENSION AND JUST NO LONGER IS NEEDED.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE ASKED TO DO.
THAT WOULD BE GOING TO A PRIVATE OWNER.
SO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TWO DIFFERENT BOARD ACTIONS.
AND THE FIRST ONE, THIS FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WHICH MR. WEBB READ THE DESCRIPTION FOR IS JUST TO VACATE THAT SMALL PIECE OF RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THAT WOULD THAT'S RETURNING IT TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.
AND DOES STAFF RECOMMEND THAT? STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THAT.
SO THAT LAND CAN BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE GO TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? NO, SIR.
SO YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. GRAVES. ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE THAT.
WE WOULD APPROVE THIS REQUEST TO VACATE THE PROPERTY THAT IS SO LISTED HERE IN THIS PACKAGE.
SECOND, MS. KNOTT, GOT A MOTIONAND A SECOND.
THE SECOND ONE ON IT IS MR. GRAVES AGAIN. YOU WANT TO GO FORTH? YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? I'LL SUMMARIZE IT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO SELL THAT PROPERTY THE RIGHT OF WAY.
VACATION TO LGI HOMES FOR THE SUM OF $500.
AND IT'S LOCATED ON MEADOWVIEW BOULEVARD, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
AND IT'S IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO LOTS.
AND WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED ALL THOSE OTHER DETAILS.
SO EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT DESCRIPTION IS REFERRING TO THE PLAT THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
SO AGAIN, THIS REQUEST IS TO SELL THAT, PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY OR THAT LAND THAT YOU JUST VACATED, FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND TO SELL IT TO LGI HOMES.
AND YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR YOUR USE IF YOU WISH TO ADOPT THAT AND ACCEPT THAT REQUEST.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRAVES? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.
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SO [INAUDIBLE] WANT TO CLOSE IT AND WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.WITH Y'ALL'S PLEASURE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE.
A SECOND. MS. KNOTT GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ERARD TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY ADVERTISED IT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE RECEIVED A REQUEST TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY FROM, A1 TO R1 BACK IN THE FALL.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
HOWEVER, UNBEKNOWNST TO US, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD TO ANOTHER PROPERTY OWNER WHO NOTIFIED US YESTERDAY. AND THEN WE SPOKE WITH HIM AGAIN TODAY.
AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD NOT CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOT TAKE ANY ACTION.
STAFF IS MEETING WITH THE GENTLEMAN TOMORROW TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT GOING FORWARD WITH THE ZONING, AND IT WILL BE UP TO THE GENTLEMAN WHAT TO DO.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE NOT POSTPONING IT.
WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO ACT ON IT.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? SO WOULD WE NEED TO ADVERTISE AGAIN IF HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO SELL IT AND UNDER OR REZONE IT? EXCUSE ME. YES, SIR.
WE. AND UNDER THE NEW ADVERTISING RULES, WE WOULD HAVE TO RE ADVERTISE IT ANYWAY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY WE USED TO DO IT.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION.
WE DON'T NEED THEM [INAUDIBLE]. WE DON'T NEED A MOTION.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION. DON'T NEED A VOTE.
WE JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING. YES, SIR.
I THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO VOTE ON IT.
[E. Reports]
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE TO REPORTS.THE FIRST ONE IS QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MS. DREWRY.
YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS.
MR. STOKE AND MS. ERARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST.
THE SECOND QUARTER OF OUR FY 24 GENERAL FUND REVENUES IN TOTAL AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 42% OF WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
VERY SIMILARLY POSITIONED TO WHERE WE WERE, THE FIRST HALF OF THE PRIOR TWO FISCAL YEARS.
AND A GOOD INDICATOR THAT WE WILL MAKE BUDGET PROJECTIONS.
PENALTY AND INTEREST SEEMS A LITTLE LOW, AS DO PERMITS AND PLANNING FEES.
BUT ALL TOLD, BOTTOM LINE WE'RE IN GOOD POSITION.
AND THAT SHOULD SAY FY 24, NOT FY 2234.
PLANNED USE OF FUND BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST.
THAT REPRESENTED ABOUT 31.7% OF EXPENDITURES IN FY 23.
AND THE BOARD HAS A FINANCIAL POLICY THAT TARGETS OR REQUIRES MAINTAINING 12.5% OF OUR EXPENDITURES.
SO YOU FAR EXCEEDED THAT TARGET.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, YOU'VE ONLY DONE YOUR TYPICAL REAPPROPRIATIONS FOR PURCHASE ORDERS, OPEN OBLIGATIONS AT LAST JUNE, AND GRANTS AND DONATIONS THAT SPAN MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS.
SO UNCOMMITTED FUND BALANCE AS OF, TODAY IS 40.36 MILLION.
AND THAT REPRESENTS 31% OF YOUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES.
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OKAY, JUST TO MENTION A COUPLE OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE ITEMS. REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES ARE YOUR LARGEST SOURCE OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE, AND THE FIRST HALF OF COLLECTIONS WERE DUE ON DECEMBER 5TH. AND YOUR BUDGET, YOUR ACTUAL REVENUE IS ABOUT 51% OF BUDGETED.THAT IS A GOOD INDICATOR THAT WE WILL MEET OUR BUDGETED REAL ESTATE REVENUE FOR FY 24.
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, OF COURSE, ARE NOT DUE UNTIL JUNE 5TH.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF COLLECTIONS INFORMATION AT THIS POINT.
AND THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHERE THEY WERE LAST DECEMBER.
SALES TAX REVENUE IS ALSO A GOOD INDICATOR.
WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION WHERE WE WILL MEET OUR $4.3 MILLION BUDGET WITH FIVE MONTHS WORTH OF DATA RECORDED, OR FOUR MONTHS, IF WE EXCLUDE THOSE TWO MONTHS THAT ARE POSTED BACK TO THE PRIOR YEAR, JULY AND AUGUST COLLECTIONS ACTUALLY GET POSTED BACK TO THE PRECEDING YEAR.
OKAY. THERE ARE NO ALARM BELLS.
GOOD POSITION COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR.
WE WILL, AS ALWAYS, SPEND CAUTIOUSLY AND CAREFULLY MONITOR OUR REVENUES THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE ARE AT NEARLY 49% EXPENDED IN THE GENERAL FUND, VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR TWO FISCAL YEARS.
WE ARE OPERATING ESSENTIALLY AT A BREAK EVEN, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE POSITION LAST YEAR.
OUR WATER AND SEWER CHARGES ARE CLOSER TO THE 50% MARK THAN THEY WERE THIS, THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR, A LITTLE MORE ACCURATELY BUDGETED.
RECONNECTION CHARGES, ACTUALLY, WE'VE COLLECTED MORE THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED.
AND THEN PENALTIES ARE AT 54%.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE AT A BREAK EVEN POINT AND UTILITY NON-OPERATING BECAUSE OF SOME LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND TRANSFERS WITHIN THE UTILITIES OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUNDS.
WE ARE STILL HAVE A POSITIVE NET POSITION OF 1.15 MILLION, WHICH IS GOOD.
THIS IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO SEE ON THE SCREEN.
BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS ON THE NEXT PAGE, OUR GARAGE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION IS COMPLETE.
I'M WORKING WITH MR. YOUNG, AND IT, DETERMINING THE STATUS OF A FIBER REPLACEMENT THAT'S ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $12,601.
AND AFTER THAT, IF IT IN FACT IS GOING TO OCCUR, YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT 98,000 UNEXPENDED IN THAT PROJECT THAT WE COULD TRANSFER TO OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL BE BRINGING FORTH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AT A FUTURE MEETING.
THIS CIRCUIT COURT ROOM RENOVATION, MR. SIMMONS PROVIDED ME WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT.
IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETE NEXT WEEK.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER NON CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY TYPE ITEMS AND FURNISHINGS THAT REMAIN IN PROGRESS.
THE JEFFERSON PARK FIRE STATION IMPROVEMENTS CENTENNIAL RESTROOM RENOVATIONS ARE AT 95% COMPLETE.
I THINK THEY ARE AWAITING PUNCH LIST COMPLETION.
THE HVAC UNIT ORDERED FROM SII SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
AND THE DOMINION LOCK SWIPE ENTRY SYSTEM IS PENDING, AS IS THE FIDELITY GENERATOR.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LONG LEAD TIME ON GENERATORS THESE DAYS.
STATION EIGHT ELECTRICAL UPGRADE.
FRAZIER ELECTRICAL WORK WAS DELAYED WHILE EQUIPMENT WAS ON ORDER.
WORK IS TO RESUME THIS MONTH WITH AN ESTIMATED MARCH COMPLETION DATE.
THE NEW HVAC UNIT WILL BE INSTALLED AFTER THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADE.
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FUEL FOCUS.THE SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTATION REMAINS ONGOING, AS DOES THE KEY VALET.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
THE L3 HARRIS RADIO SYSTEM, AS YOU KNOW, IS IN FULL USE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PURCHASE ORDERS THAT ARE OPEN WIRELESS HEADSETS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED, AND APCO IS SOFTWARE FOR THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
THE REMAINING UNEXPENDED FUNDS WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD PLANNING TO USE THOSE TO PAY FOR OUR ANNUAL RADIO MAINTENANCE COST AND FY 25. SO OF COURSE, THAT FIRST BILL WILL COME DUE FOR NEARLY 600,000 AND FY 26.
AND MR. STOKE AND I HAVE SOME STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL TALK WITH YOU IN THE ABOUT AND THE FY 25 BUDGET PROCESS.
HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT LEFT IN A ROOF MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM.
THE NEW MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE.
ABOUT 63,000 REMAINS DUE TO LOCKRIDGE, INCLUDING RETAINAGE, THE SCHOOL RESTROOM, LOCKER, RESTROOM, AND LOCKER RENOVATION. THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT IN THERE, REMAINS ONGOING.
AND OF COURSE, THE LARGEST PROJECT IS HVAC UPGRADES USING STATE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FUNDS THAT THE SCHOOL DIVISION RECEIVED IN FY 23 AND DEFERRED UNTIL THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE ARE AT 50.99% COLLECTED IN REVENUES, WHICH IS A GOOD POSITION.
AND WE ARE, WE HAVE A FAVORABLE REVENUE TO EXPENDITURE.
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST.
SO OUR LODGING TAXES ARE AT 52% COLLECTED, COMPARED TO ABOUT 57% COLLECTED LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE HIGHER.
WE INCREASED THE BUDGET AND THAT'S WHY THE PERCENTAGE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
SO WE ARE ON TARGET TO MEET OUR BUDGET PROJECTION.
WE COLLECTED ACTUALLY $855,000 LAST FISCAL YEAR.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY OUR MEALS TAX.
WE ARE AT ABOUT 34% COLLECTED.
VERY SIMILAR DOLLARS TO THE AMOUNT WE COLLECTED LAST YEAR AS OF DECEMBER, AND OUR COLLECTIONS IN 23 WERE 1,000,795. SO WE ARE ON TARGET TO MEET OUR BUDGET PROJECTION OF 1.7.
WE ARE RUNNING A SLIGHT DEFICIT DUE TO, CONTRIBUTIONS BEING AT 100% FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, BUT OVERALL IN GOOD SHAPE WITH PERCENT EXPENDED.
WE COLLECTED $10,000 SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND THAT BALANCE IS ABOUT 159.
OF COURSE, THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR, USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROFFER AGREEMENTS FOR CAPITAL ITEMS. THERE'S NOT A LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN ANY ONE PARTICULAR DISCIPLINE.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY COLLECTED NOTHING TO DATE.
THAT COMPANY ACTUALLY HAS A DIFFERENT NAME NOW, AND WHAT MY STAFF IS BEING TOLD IS THAT THEY HAD MADE SOME OVERPAYMENTS LAST YEAR.
SO UNTIL THOSE OVERPAYMENTS ARE CLEARED, WE WOULDN'T COLLECT ANYTHING UNTIL IT'S NETTED TO ZERO.
SO THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE CLEARING THOSE REPORTS, BUT SO FAR NOTHING IS COLLECTED TO DATE.
AND IN TRUTH, IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S ABOUT THE STUDENTS SAFETY.
YOU HEAR ME SAY THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY QUARTERLY UPDATE.
FY 23, YOUR LAST FISCAL YEAR, PREMIUMS WERE HIGHER THAN CLAIMS PAID OUT.
WE JUST ABOUT BROKE EVEN, WHICH IS A GOOD, GOOD POSITION.
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WENT TO THE LOCAL CHOICE.INSURANCE BILLING IS VERY COMPLEX, BUT THE CUMULATIVE SCHOOL DEFICIT AS OF DECEMBER 31ST WAS ABOUT 110,000. THE COUNTY CLAIMS I WILL SAY THIS IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER SPIKED AND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS, DUE TO A FEW LARGE CLAIMANTS WERE HIGHER THAN THE PREMIUMS THAT WE WERE PAYING IN.
SO WE ARE VERY LIKELY TO SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR FY 25.
BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AND IN FY 24, BUT I THINK THAT TREND IS GOING AWAY.
BUT CUMULATIVELY, WE STILL HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE.
THAT REPORT WAS IS POSTED TO OUR WEB PAGE AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO ALL THE BOND RATING AGENCY PLATFORMS AND TO THE FEDERAL GRANT PLATFORM AS WELL.
OUR FY 25 BUDGET IS IN DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU KNOW, AND MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDERWAY.
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SEE THOSE MEETINGS AS THEY RIGHT AFTER THEY OCCUR.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE NOW OR LATER.
HAVE YOU ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. ANYBODY? MS. DREWRY? YES, SIR.
I'M PRETTY SURE I'M CORRECT THAT 98,354, THE EXPANSION.
YES, SIR. THERE WAS A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
BUT THAT WOULD HELP. OKAY? YES, SIR. WE COULD USE THOSE FUNDS FOR ONE TIME.
CAPITAL ITEMS BEING REQUESTED FOR FY 25.
YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR LIST IS.
REVIEW THE COUNTYWIDE GENERAL REASSESSMENT FOR FY 25.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE MR. GORDINIER. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WEBB VICE CHAIRMAN.
BROWN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE AND MS. ERARD.
OBVIOUSLY, ANNUAL REASSESSMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES REPRESENT THE LARGEST SINGLE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
I HAVE BEEN HERE JUST A YEAR AND A HALF.
WHEN I CAME HERE, I WAS THE FOURTH ASSESSOR IN TWO YEARS.
SO IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES, MOVING FORWARD.
AND. TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED HERE.
BETSY, WHAT AM I DOING? OKAY, SO TODAY, A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, WE HAVE A SEASONED TEAM WITH EXPERIENCE FROM SIX OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
TWO OF US HAVE PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS.
SO WE HAVE FILLED OUR TEAM OUT HERE.
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DURING THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING PROCESS ANALYSIS, ESTABLISHING AND DOCUMENTING NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES UTILIZING THE PRINCIPLES OF HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS.DURING THE COURSE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION AND WERE AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSESSING OFFICERS.
AND WE ARE JUST ONE OF 63 JURISDICTIONS IN THE US AND CANADA THAT HAVE THAT ACHIEVEMENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF AND THE COUNTY SHOULD BE PROUD OF AS WELL.
SO OUR PROBABLY THE LARGEST CHALLENGE OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SOFTWARE THAT WAS PURCHASED IN 2018. THAT SOFTWARE, IS I'LL CALL IT AN OFF THE SHELF PRODUCT.
IT WAS NOT CUSTOMIZED TO PRINCE GEORGE AT ALL.
IT IS WAS BASICALLY A BLANK DATABASE.
SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC PLAN AND A MULTI YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN HERE TO IMPLEMENT THAT SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE OVERNIGHT.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE, AS THIS CHART SHOWS YOU AT LEAST FIVE YEARS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST YEAR.
THOSE ITEMS THAT I HAVE IN THE RED BOX THERE FOR FY 24 WERE ALL ACCOMPLISHED.
AND THOSE WERE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF BEGINNING OUR FY 2025 YEAR, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACCOMPLISHING THOSE AS WELL AND ARE ON TARGET TO MEET ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE LIST.
SO TODAY, BESIDES IMPLEMENTING THAT SYSTEM, WHICH AGAIN IS A MONUMENTAL TASK, WE ARE HAVING TO DO OUR REGULAR WORK AS WELL. AND THAT IS CONDUCTING A GENERAL REASSESSMENT EVERY YEAR.
SO THE REAL ESTATE MARKET TODAY, JUST TO PUT PRINCE GEORGE IN PERSPECTIVE.
THE RICHMOND FEDERAL RESERVE SAYS THAT HOUSING PRICES ARE UP 6.1% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, THIS TIME NATIONALLY. THE HOUSING MARKET UP 4.9%.
AND WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO MY CHART A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON, YOU'LL SEE THAT RESIDENTIAL HOME PRICES IN PRINCE GEORGE ROSE 6.9%. SO WE ARE RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE STATE AND FOR THE MOST PART, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE THERE.
REAL ESTATE MARKET HERE, MUCH LIKE I REPORTED TO YOU LAST YEAR, IS VERY HEALTHY.
VERY HEALTHY REAL ESTATE MARKET.
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE QUANTITY OF TRANSFERS HAS INCREASED BY 29%.
THE QUANTITY OF VALID SALES AND VALID SALES WE CALL MARKET TRANSACTIONS.
WILLING SELLERS, WILLING BUYERS.
NOT SELLING TO YOUR BROTHER, YOUR SISTER.
THESE ARE REAL MARKET TRANSACTIONS.
THOSE ARE UP 18% OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL VALUE HAS RISEN TO $310,000.
632 AND THAT IS VERY MUCH IN LINE.
SO HOW DO WE ASSESS PROPERTIES? WE DO IT IN GROUPINGS OF COMPARABLE PROPERTIES.
THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS WITH LARGE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO YOU HAVE LOTS OF SALES AND STATISTICS ON WHICH TO BASE YOUR REASSESSMENT.
AND WE HAVE ELIMINATED 15% OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT DO NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK LIKE? WE JUST AN EXAMPLE HERE.
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AND THEN WE HAVE SOME NON SUBDIVISION PARCELS.AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES ARE GATHERED INTO THE LARGE ACREAGE.
PARCELS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS HOTELS, SHOPPING CENTERS, INDUSTRIAL AND THEN SORT OF A CATCHALL GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THEN NATURALLY MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WHEN WE DO OUR REASSESSMENT, HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS GET REASSESSED? WE ARE LOOKING AT A STATISTIC CALLED THE ASSESSMENT SALES RATIO.
AND THAT IS SIMPLY THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT DIVIDED BY THE SALE PRICE.
AND THAT GIVES YOU A PERCENTAGE.
IF THE PROPERTY WAS ASSESSED AT 200,000 AND IT SOLD FOR 217,400, THAT WOULD GIVE US AN ASSESSMENT SALES RATIO OF 92%.
SO STATE LAW TELLS US WE SHOULD BE AT 100% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.
SO 100% IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE.
SO THAT INDICATION WOULD BE THAT THAT HOME NEEDS TO INCREASE BY ABOUT 8%.
SO, AND AGAIN, THAT DESIRED LEVEL OF APPRAISAL IS 100% OR ONE.
AND OUR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSESSING OFFICERS DOES GIVE SOME LEEWAY IN THAT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL IS BETWEEN 90 AND 110.
SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RANGE TO WORK WITHIN THERE.
SO HERE AS I SAID, WE ASSESS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS.
I'VE MADE UP A FICTITIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD HERE AND I'VE HAVE FIVE FICTITIOUS HOUSE SALES.
SO THESE ARE THE RATIOS FOR THOSE FIVE HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF I WAS LOOKING AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS AND I SAW THESE ASSESSMENT SALE RATIOS, I WOULD.
PUT THEM IN AN ARRAY FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST, AND I WOULD LOOK FOR THE MEDIAN.
THE MEDIAN IS WHAT APPRAISERS ARE LOOKING AT.
SO IN THIS CASE THE MEDIAN IS 90%.
SO THIS SET OF STATISTICS WOULD SUGGEST THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE REASSESSED, INCREASED BY 10% TO GET TO THAT 100%.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH ALL 75 OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I SHOWED YOU.
AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THIS PAST YEAR.
SO THOSE WERE USED IN THIS REASSESSMENT CYCLE.
SO THE CHALLENGE, THOUGH, IS THAT WE HAVE 14,106 PARCELS IN THE COUNTY, BUT ONLY 3% OF THOSE SELL EVERY YEAR.
SO WE HAVE TO USE 3% OF THE PROPERTIES ON WHICH TO BASE THE REASSESSMENT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF EACH SALE, THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, THE ZONING, THE LOCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. WE LOOK AT IN CASE OF BUILDINGS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE QUALITY, THE GRADE OF CONSTRUCTION, THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, OUTBUILDINGS AND THEN OTHER AMENITIES ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN ALL OF THESE FACTORS, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT ON THOSE SALES, THE 3% OF SALES, TO TRY TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THAT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPLY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE OTHER 97% OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE COUNTY.
ANALYSIS PROCESS INCLUDES LOOKING AT PERMITS, LOOKING AT BUILDING PLANS FROM OUR THE PLANNING AND CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICE.
WE'RE MAKING FIELD INSPECTIONS.
WE'RE USING GIS, WE'RE USING MAPPING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT FEMA FLOOD ZONES AND WETLAND DELINEATIONS.
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ALL OF THESE RESOURCES COME INTO THE PROCESS.THIS IS SORT OF YOUR FINAL RESULT HERE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND JUST LOOKING AT THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE, AND THAT'S THE VALUE OF EVERY PROPERTY, BOTH TAXABLE AND EXEMPT.
AND THE COUNTY DOES HAVE SUCH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXEMPT PROPERTY.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT.
BUT OVERALL THE OVERALL INCREASE WAS 2.41%.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK SORT OF INTO THE DETAILS, WE LOOKED AT THOSE, QUOTES ABOUT THE HOUSING MARKET STATEWIDE, NATIONALLY, 6.9%. SO THAT'S RIGHT IN LINE.
YOU WILL SEE A COUPLE NEGATIVES THERE.
AND THOSE ARE NOT BECAUSE WE REDUCED ASSESSMENTS.
SO THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DID NOT DECREASE IN VALUE.
THEY WERE THEY REMAINED THE SAME.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES IN THOSE CATEGORIES VALUE WISE.
AND THEN JUST GOING DOWN WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THE EXEMPT PROPERTIES OF WHICH THE FORT IS THE SINGLE LARGEST PROPERTY IN THE EXEMPT CATEGORY AND CONSTITUTES A ABOUT HALF OF THAT EXEMPT VALUE.
AND THEN THE DEFERRALS, WHICH IS THE LAND USE PROGRAM.
THEN YOU HAVE THE CHANGE IN THE TAXABLE VALUE, WHICH IS 3.76.
SO THE TAXABLE VALUE ACTUALLY INCREASED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE ACTUAL TOTAL VALUE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS IN THE EXEMPT CATEGORY.
SO THE TAXABLE AMOUNT INCREASED MORE PROPORTIONALLY.
AND I WILL POINT OUT THE LAND USE DEFERRALS BECAUSE THE MARKET VALUE OF THE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES WAS SO SIGNIFICANT. YOU'LL SEE THE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE MORE THAN 100 ACRES INCREASED BY 36.8%. SO BECAUSE THE MARKET VALUE OF THOSE WENT UP, THE PEOPLE IN LAND USE HAVE A LARGER DEFERRAL NOW BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY PAY AND THE MARKET VALUE IS BIGGER NOW.
SO THE DEFERRAL IN THAT LAND USE LINE WENT UP BY A THIRD.
THIS YEAR IT WENT IT WAS JUST UNDER 200 MILLION LAST YEAR.
AND NOW THAT PROGRAM CAUSES $300 MILLION IN ASSESSMENT TO BE DEFERRED.
SO WHAT SHOULD INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS EXPECT? ONLY 43% SAW INCREASES, 54% SAW NO CHANGE, AND THERE ACTUALLY WERE 3% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WILL RECEIVE A NOTICE THAT SHOWS A DECREASE.
AND THE MEDIAN VALUE CHANGE OF THOSE THAT RECEIVED A CHANGE, IT'S JUST 7%.
WHILE THE MARKET VALUE OF THOSE INCREASED BY 36%, MOST OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE IN THE LAND USE PROGRAM, SO MOST OF THEM WILL PROBABLY NOT SEE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR TAX BILL AND THEIR ACTUAL TAX BILL THAT THEY PAY.
AND JUST WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR, YOU KNOW, THE REASSESSMENT PROCESS ON THE WEBSITE.
I ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, DIRECT THEM TO TO US PERSONALLY TO THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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AND WE HAVE LINKS TO, OTHER PLACES WITH REASSESSMENT INFORMATION AS WELL ON THE WEBSITE.WE HAVE AN OFFICE REVIEW AND THAT BEGINS AS SOON AS WE SEND THE NOTICES OUT.
AND IT CONTINUES THROUGH MARCH 1ST ON.
THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE BEGINNING FRIDAY.
THEY CAN PICK UP A HARD COPY IN THE OFFICE AS WELL.
AND THEN FOR FOLKS THAT MAYBE GO THROUGH THE OFFICE REVIEW PERIOD AND ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY CHANGE THAT WE MAKE OR NO CHANGE THAT WE MAKE, THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, WHICH IS A FIVE MEMBER CITIZEN BOARD THAT HEARS THOSE APPEAL APPLICATIONS.
AND THE DEADLINE FOR THOSE IS APRIL 1ST.
AND THEN THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HEARS THOSE CASES THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE.
AND THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HAS SET THEIR DATES FOR THOSE HEARINGS ALREADY.
IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.
MR. PUGH. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
YOU SAID IN 2018 THE SYSTEM WAS BOUGHT, PURCHASED, AND IT WASN'T UTILIZED.
ALRIGHT. AND THEN YOU SAID THAT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PROPERTY DID NOT GO DOWN IN VALUE.
IT JUST DECREASED 4% BECAUSE SOME OF IT WAS RECATEGORIZED.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD, LIKE, A DOOR HANGER.
HEY, WE'VE BEEN BY TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DOOR HANGER.
SO IF WE DO GO BY AND THEY'RE NOT THERE, WE LEAVE THAT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. GORDON. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
I THINK MR. BALDWIN IS GOING TO GIVE IT TO US.
GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN WEBB, VICE MAYOR BROWN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
CERTAINLY. MY PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO PROVIDE KIND OF A BRIEF UPDATE AND ACTUALLY ASK A QUESTION OF THE BOARD AS WE START TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UPDATE OF THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK AS YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE, WE ARE NOW UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP.
THEY'RE THE COUNTY CONSULTANT.
THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE FAIRLY INTENSIVE AS WE START, GETTING GEARED UP TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND FOR, BOARD INTERACTION AS WELL. HERE WE GO.
SO VERY BRIEFLY, JUST FOR TONIGHT, I'LL DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
SOME OF THIS, MOST OF THIS IS A REFRESHER FOR ALL OF YOU.
SO THAT WILL BE ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S WEB PAGE.
IT'S GOT ALL THE CURRENT INFORMATION IN THERE THAT WE HAVE UP TO THIS POINT, AND WE WILL MAINTAIN THAT, CONFERENCE OF PLAN WEB PAGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. SO INFORMATION REGARDING MEETINGS OR DOCUMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WILL BE POSTED ON THAT PAGE AND IT WILL BE KEPT CURRENT.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THE, OUR SCHEDULE.
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AND THEN FAIRLY INTENSIVE PROCESS WILL BE GOING THROUGH TO GET TO OUR CONCLUDING DATE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AROUND AUGUST OF 2025.SO ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TOTAL TIME FROM NOW TO THEN AND THEN UPCOMING.
AND PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION WE'LL HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THIS PROCESS IS JOINT MEETINGS BETWEEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THERE'S ONE THAT HAS BEEN INITIALLY TENTATIVELY PROPOSED.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD HERE, BUT.
OKAY, JUST REFRESH FROM THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS.
YOU KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT OF STATE CODE.
I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LONG RANGE PLAN.
WE USUALLY USE ABOUT A 20 YEAR TIME FRAME FOR LOOKING AT LAND USE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE A BETTER CRYSTAL BALL FOR THAT FIRST FIVE YEARS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO LOOK LONG TERM.
CURRENT PLAN WE'RE OPERATING UNDER THE HORIZON WAS 2025.
SO WE'RE REALLY AT THE TIME WE NEED TO BE GETTING THIS PLAN UPDATED.
THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN IS A POLICY DOCUMENT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE, YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THOSE ARE IMPLEMENT WHAT WE CALL IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS.
THAT'S HOW YOU IMPLEMENT YOUR CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
AND SO JUST MAKE CLEAR HOW THAT WORKS.
SO AGAIN AS WE MENTIONED WE'VE GOT BERKELEY GROUP SIGNED UP.
OUR TIME FRAME LOOK AT COMPLETION IS SEPTEMBER 25TH.
HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE WRAPPED UP ABOUT THEN.
WAS DATA GATHERING READING OLD PLANS.
THEY'LL START THEIR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, INITIAL INTERVIEWS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEY'LL BE SURVEYS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
NATURE. AFTER THAT, THEY GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN PROCESS AGAIN.
THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DURING THAT TIME FRAME.
AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE ACTUAL ADOPTION PHASE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING THAT SUMMER OF 2025.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE END GAME, THE ULTIMATE APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT INITIAL JOINT WORK SESSION.
THE CURRENT PROPOSED DATE WOULD BE MARCH THE 21ST, SO IT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF.
CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED A MEETING, TIME OF 6 P.M..
KEEPING WITH THE BOARD'S CURRENT, TIME SCHEDULE.
SO, I WANT YOU TO GIVE THAT SOME CONSIDERATION SO WE CAN WORK TOWARDS GETTING THAT ON THE CALENDAR AND ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SCHEDULE AND SET UP THAT MEETING. AT THAT TIME, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE BERKELEY GROUP WILL WILL CONDUCT THAT THE PRIMARY WORK OF THAT, WORK SESSION, IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS LONG, AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU THEIR OWN BRIEFING.
SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS SHORT TONIGHT.
DON'T YOU HAVE TO KEEP HEARING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN? THEY'LL GIVE YOU THEIR OWN INTRODUCTORY THING.
AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTION AND ANSWERS.
THEY'LL BE ASKING FOR SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD, DURING THAT TIME.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY SURVEY DONE THAT WILL BE DONE DURING THAT SAME TIME FRAME.
AND THERE'LL ALSO BE A NUMBER OF FOCUS GROUPS THAT'LL BE SET UP.
AND THESE ARE STILL IN PROCESS OF PUTTING THESE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE EARLY IN THE PROJECT.
BUT THOSE WILL ALL BE OPERATING AND FUNCTIONING DURING APRIL AND MAY.
SO THESE ARE REALLY PRIMARY, OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INFORMATION TO THE CONSULTING AND CONSULTING GROUP, GIVE THEM GUIDANCE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD, MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO END UP BEING THE KIND OF [INAUDIBLE] NEED TO CARRY FORWARD THE BOARD'S POLICY INTENTIONS.
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THE COUNTY'S CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE IS STILL PRIMARILY BUILT ON ITS 1965 ORIGINAL ORIGINAL PIECE.SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT, HAS ITS SHORTCOMINGS.
WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OUT, A SOMEWHAT OUT OF DATE.
I'LL JUST CALL IT SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT'S IN THAT SAME MODE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE CONTRACT WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP, THEY ALSO ARE A CONSULTING FIRM THAT DOES ZONING WORK, BUT WE JUST ASKED THEM TO DO WHAT WE CALL A ZONING DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, WHICH KIND OF GO THROUGH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND GIVE US A REPORT BACK ON WHERE WE MAY BE OUT OF OUT OF SYNC WITH THE STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ANY OF THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL INPUT THEY WILL PROVIDE US.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT WILL BE DONE IN SORT OF TWO PIECES.
FIRST PIECE IS ACTUALLY ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A FUTURE PRESENTATION WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP IN MAY.
ANOTHER JOINT MEETING TO LOOK AT THE ZONING ORDINANCE DIAGNOSTIC.
SO WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL STOP AT THAT POINT WHEN THE DIAGNOSTIC IS DONE, WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DONE, AND THEN THE END AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO COMPLETE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEY WILL THEN PUT SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER IN A DOCUMENT THAT WILL GIVE SOME GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THEY WOULD MAKE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NEW PLAN THROUGH CODE AMENDMENTS, UPDATES, REVISIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF A PLAYBOOK AT THE END OF THE CONFERENCE.
I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT HERE. THIS ISN'T REALLY INTENDED FOR A WHOLE LOT OF CONVERSATION TONIGHT, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME, CONCEPTS TO THINK ABOUT AS WE GET INTO THINGS, THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT AS IT WORKS THIS CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
OBVIOUSLY, THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE HIGH GROWTH.
YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES WE DISCUSSED THIS OR I DISCUSSED THIS THE LAST TIME I PRESENTED THIS, THE COUNTY'S PRETTY MUCH IN THAT, 20% POPULATION GROWTH RANGE.
AND WE'RE ON TRACK FOR SOMETHING CLOSE TO 10%.
WHAT I HEAR PROJECTED THIS YEAR, WE WILL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS THE COUNTY DEVELOPS MORE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, OBVIOUSLY THAT IMPACTS YOUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, MORE GROWTH. AND THAT'S JUST ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE COUNTY AND IN DEVELOPMENT OTHER THAN JUST RESIDENTIAL.
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THERE.
I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE WE'VE GOT SOME, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT ARE OCCURRING BETWEEN THE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED PRINCE GEORGE PLANNING AREA, WHICH IS WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO TARGET GROWTH, AND YOUR RURAL CONSERVATION AREA, WHERE YOU'RE SEEING AN AWFUL LOT OF GROWTH.
AND THERE PROBABLY 60/40, PRESENT TIME KIND OF AND WHERE, NEW HOMES ARE BEING BUILT.
IF YOU WANT TO MODIFY THOSE PLANNING AREAS, THIS IS THE PROCESS FOR REALLY GETTING INTO ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN I JUST MENTIONED THAT WHAT I CALL YOUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT LAND USE PHILOSOPHY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S I TELL PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE DOING A CONFERENCE, PLAN, YOU GOT THREE THINGS.
YOU'RE LIKE, WHERE HAVE I BEEN? WHERE AM I NOW? WHERE AM I GOING? AND SO THE QUESTION HERE IS GOING TO BE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO GET TO? WHERE ARE WE TRYING TO GO? HERE.
SO THAT YOU NEED TO EXPRESS THAT THROUGH A LAND USE PHILOSOPHY, GROWTH MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY GOING FORWARD, SO THAT YOUR REGULATORY PROGRAM MATCHES UP WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TO BUILD THE COUNTY TO.
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES OUT THERE THAT YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF, WHETHER IT BE PRIVATE STREETS OR, HOW WE DO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS IN THE RURAL AREAS.
WE HAVE ISSUES RELATED TO THESE PUBLIC UTILITIES VERSUS PRIVATE UTILITIES.
SO THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF ISSUES LIKE THAT, WHAT I CALL EMERGING LAND USES, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE WORLD GOING TO LOOK LIKE DOWN THE ROAD? WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND TRY TO HAVE SOME EYE TOWARDS PREPARING THE COUNTY FOR, THE SOMEWHAT THE UNKNOWN, CERTAINLY NOT ON THE CURRENT HORIZON, BUT IN THE TIME FRAME OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU WANT TO GET TO THAT, YOU KNOW, 15 TO 20 YEAR KIND OF LOOK OUT THERE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE GOING TO BE BETTER SUITED TO LOOK AT THAT FIRST FIVE YEARS, EVERYBODY'S GOT A BETTER GUESS FOR THE FIRST FIVE THAN THE LAST FIVE.
SO THAT'S IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
MARCH 21ST JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
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AND JUST AS A REMINDER, AGAIN, ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S WEB PAGE, WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.ACTUALLY THE CONTRACTS, TIME SCHEDULE IS POSTED THERE AS WELL, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AND KIND OF LOOK HOW THIS PROCESS LAYS OUT, WE'VE GOT THE TIME FRAME LAID OUT FROM BEGINNING TO END THERE.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO STAY ON SCHEDULE AND GET THIS DONE.
WITH THAT, I'LL STOP TALKING, GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE GOT.
ANY QUESTIONS? TIME FRAME YOU MENTIONED MARCH 21ST WAS 5 OR 6:00? 6:00. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M AVAILABLE THAT DAY.
ALL RIGHT. MR. COX, MS. WAYMACK. YES, MR. PUGH. I'LL CHECK MY SCHEDULE AND GET BACK TO YOU, TJ.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD FOR THAT DATE.
AND WE'LL WAIT FOR MR. PUGH TO CONFIRM WHETHER HE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT OR NOT SO WE CAN HAVE THE WHOLE GROUP.
OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THAT FINISHES UP THE REPORTS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS THE ACCEPTANCE OF HAMPTON INN EXIT 45.
[F. Order of Business]
TERM ZONE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.MR. STOKE AND MISS ANDREA ERARD.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRESENT TONIGHT ON THE HAMPTON INN TOURISM ZONE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER THE TOURISM ZONE ORDINANCE.
THE ACTUAL APPLICATION AND THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END.
SO THE EXIT 45 TOURISM ZONE WAS APPROVED BY ORDINANCE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 2014.
THE ZONE CONSISTS OF 271 ACRES ALONG INTERSTATE 95 AND AT EXIT 45.
THE ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESS GROWTH AND CREATION OF JOBS AT THE EXIT, AND IT REQUIRES A TOURISM ZONE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND THIS IS TO RUN THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
SO THE TOURISM ZONE INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFYING BUSINESSES IS, A DISCOUNT OF 50% ON INITIAL CONNECTION FEES TO WATER AND SEWER. GET FINANCING ON LOCAL SALES TAX REBATE OF 25% OF COLLECTED MEALS.
TAX REVENUE FOR NEW BUSINESSES FOR FIVE YEARS, A REBATE OF 25% OF LOCAL SALES TAX, MEALS TAX AND LODGING TAX FOR EXPANDING BUSINESSES FOR FIVE YEARS, AND A GUARANTEED 21 CALENDAR DAY SITE PLAN REVIEW.
THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN THE ZONE.
AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT MAKES A 125,000 CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND CREATES FIVE NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS, OR A NEW BUSINESS THAT MAKES $250,000 OF A CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND CREATES TEN NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS AND THE BUSINESSES TO ADVANCE A COUNTY'S EXIT 45.
TOURISM PLAN AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO TO REVIEW THE HAMPTON INN TOURISM ZONE APPLICATION THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED.
TO DOING BUSINESS AS THE HAMPTON INN.
MOST OF US KNOW IT'S LOCATED AT EXIT 45.
THEY ARE WITHIN THE TOURISM ZONE.
IT'S A 76 ROOM HOTEL THAT OPENED IN 2002.
IN AUGUST, THEY, GAINED, BUILDING PERMITS.
THAT WAS TO RENOVATE AND MAKE UPGRADES OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE HOTEL.
THEY KNEW EXPANSION THAT'S STATED ON THE APPLICATION IS FOR 31 NEW ROOMS. AND THE TOTAL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS AROUND 4.5 MILLION.
AND THEY ARE TO CREATE FIVE NEW FULL TIME JOBS PER THE APPLICATION.
AND THEY ARE SEEKING 25% OF LODGING TAX REBATES FOR FIVE YEARS.
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COUNTY ATTORNEY.THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT INCLUDES PERFORMANCE TARGETS SUCH AS CREATE FIVE NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS, MAKES A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF MORE THAN $125,000.
AND THIS IS TO BE DONE BY JULY 31ST OF 2024.
HOW THE PROCESS WORKS IS A REBATE BEGINS THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
OF THE APPROVAL AND ONE ONCE THOSE TARGETS ARE MET.
THE BUSINESS PAYS LODGING TAX EACH YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO THESE ARE NOT EXISTING LODGING TAXES.
IT'S FROM IT'S GOING TO GO TOWARDS A 40% INCREASE OF THE ROOMS. AND THE BUSINESS MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TAXES, CODE REGULATIONS, ZONING AND HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.
SO IN CONCLUSION, I DID WANT TO NOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS REVIEWED THIS AND HAS APPROVED OF THE CURRENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.
SO WITH THAT, THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE HAMPTON INN TOURISM AGREEMENT.
AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.
SEEING ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
SECOND. MISS WAYMACK? SORRY, PHILIP. YOU'RE FINE.
THANK YOU. I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
THIS HAS GOT TO DO WITH [INAUDIBLE] NO.
YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOUR COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY, SUSAN FIERO, WAS BEFORE YOU IN OCTOBER AND REQUESTED APPROVAL AND RECEIVED APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR A SECOND DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT.
HER GRANT APPLICATION ACTUALLY TOTALED OVER 422,000, AND WOULD HAVE PAID FOR ANOTHER FULL TIME ATTORNEY AND LEGAL ASSISTANT. THE AWARD WHEN IT CAME IN WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING, BUT IT WAS IT'S STILL A NO MATCH MONEY.
SO. SO WE'RE NOT TURNING IT DOWN.
THE AWARD TOTAL TOTALS $125,808.
AND SUSAN, CONTACTED DSJS, REWORKED HER PLAN AND PLANS TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO HIRE A PART TIME, TEMPORARY, SENIOR LEGAL ASSISTANT THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME HOURS AND SOME ASSISTANCE.
BEGINNING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, IF YOU APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS.
AND FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, IT IS A THREE YEAR AWARD.
AND WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL THIS EVENING FOR APPROPRIATION OF THE PIECE OF MONEY THAT WE WILL SPEND BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30TH, WHICH AMOUNTS TO $21,182.
IT WILL PAY FOR THE PART TIME WAGES AND A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNOLOGY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THERE IS NO MATCH FOR THESE FUNDS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT.
SECOND. MS. KNOTTS, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, . MS. DREWRY, YOU'RE STILL UP? YES, SIR. RESOLUTION.
APPROPRIATION, DCIS OPERATION CEASEFIRE.
I NEED TO GET CORRECTIVE GLASSES ANYWAY.
THAT'S OKAY. COMMUNITY CORRECTION, GRANT FUNDING 34,589.
YES, SIR. THIS, GRANT FROM THE FROM DCJS SUPPORTS RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY.
IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, GRANTS THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVES.
AND IT IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND JUST FOR OUR CJA.
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WHEN WE ADOPTED THE FY 24 BUDGET, WE DID NOT KNOW THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AWARD.AND WE BASED OUR ADOPTED BUDGET ON THE FY 23 GRANT AMOUNT.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION, FINALLY, OF THE INCREASE IN GRANT FUNDING FOR THE JULY 1ST PAY INCREASE THAT STATE SUPPORTED LOCAL EMPLOYEES AND THE ADDITIONAL 2% INCREASE THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES RECEIVED ON DECEMBER 1ST.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THOSE GRANT FUNDS BE APPROPRIATED AND THEY TOTAL $34,589.
WE DID IMPLEMENT THOSE PAY INCREASES IN THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTING PERIOD.
THERE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION.
SECOND. MS. KNOTT'S CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
MS. DREWRY YOU'RE STILL UP, OUR BUDGET TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND TO CONTINGENCY FOR FY 24.
LOCAL MATCH FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS NOT AN INCREASE IN APPROPRIATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A REQUEST TO TRANSFER FROM YOUR GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY.
AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DID NOT TAKE BUDGET ACTIONS WHEN THEY CONVENED THEIR NORMAL SESSION, CAME BACK IN SEPTEMBER AND TOOK ACTIONS. AND WE FINALLY RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE FINALIZED FY 24 STATE BUDGET.
AND WITH THOSE INCREASES, I THINK A STATE LEVEL REWORKING OF THE PERCENTAGES OF LOCAL MATCH, WE OWE NEARLY 88,000 MORE THAN WE BUDGETED FOR FY 24.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THAT IS THE REALITY WE DID REQUEST AND RECEIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE A COPY OF THE BUDGET. I LOOKED AT THE FIGURES, AND WE DO OWE THIS MUCH MORE FOR FY 24.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU TRANSFER $87,847 FROM YOUR GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY, WHICH BEFORE THIS TRANSFER HAS A BALANCE OF $188,937 AND FOLLOWING THIS TRANSFER, IF APPROVED, WILL BE JUST OVER 101,000. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IF I'M ABLE.
THE WORKINGS OF THOSE STATE BUDGET FIGURES ARE SOMEWHAT OF A MYSTERY, BUT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THOSE LOCAL MATCH. I'M SURE YOU COULD TAKE A GOOD STAB AT IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? WILL THEY TAKE AN IOU? NO, SIR.
THE BILLS THAT WE GET FOR MARCH AND JUNE WILL BE HIGHER THAN THOSE THAT WE HAVE PAID FOR SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER BY THAT AMOUNT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY'RE TRACKING THIS YEAR? OR DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET NUMBERS IN TIME? WELL, THEY'VE THEY HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED AN FY 25 REQUEST AND IT IS 44,000 HIGHER THAN THIS NUMBER.
BASED ON THE REQUEST TO ADD AN ADDED PERSON TO HANDLE PRINCE GEORGE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUSINESS, IF YOU WILL, APPLICATIONS OR ITEMS THAT CROSS THEIR DESK.
RESTAURANTS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ITEMS. SO WE DO AT LEAST HAVE A PLACEHOLDER THAT IS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE CLOSER TO ACCURATE THAN THE ONE THAT WE HAD THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION NOW SINCE YOU JUST SAID THAT.
YES, SIR. HAVE THEY EVER HIRED A NURSE THAT MR. HUNTER HAD ASKED ABOUT WAY BACK WHEN WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS MESS WITH THE PANDEMIC? I KNOW THAT WHEN WE MET WITH THEM LAST YEAR, THEY HAD A NUMBER OF VACANCIES, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY STAND ON FILLING THE THE SLOTS THAT THEY HAVE. WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK AND LET YOU KNOW.
I'D BE CURIOUS. I WOULD THINK WE'D WE HAVE A MEETING AT ANOTHER OFFICE.
WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM SCHEDULED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DATE, BUT WE WILL.
WE WILL EMAIL THEM AHEAD OF TIME AND HOPEFULLY GET AN ANSWER BY THE TIME WE MEET WITH THEM.
AND YOU DO? COULD YOU LET THE ENTIRE BOARD KNOW, PLEASE? YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? NOT LIKE WE GOT A CHOICE.
HEY. FOR REAL? MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THANK YOU. MS. DREWRY ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I BELIEVE THAT FINISHES EVERYTHING UP.
UNLESS I'VE MISSED SOMETHING WITHIN.
MOTION TO ADJOURN TO FEBRUARY 23RD.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M TRYING TO GET TO [INAUDIBLE].
THAT WAY SHE CAN'T GET ANY MORE MONEY FROM US.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH, IT'S BEEN SECOND.
SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
MEETING ADJOURNED. YOU ALL HAVE A NICE NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.