Apr 23, 2024 Regular Meeting

[A. Call to Order (6:00 pm)]

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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TONIGHT TO THE APRIL 23RD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

MISS KNOTT WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

MR. WEBB HERE, MR. BROWN HERE, MR. COX HERE, MR. PUGH HERE.

MRS. WAYMACK HERE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE INTO INVOCATION.

[B. Business Meeting]

AND MR. COX IS GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE.

OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE DELIVERED TO US.

BE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AND WITH THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN BODY AND SPIRIT DEAR LORD, WE PRAY.

LORD BE WITH THIS BOARD AND ALL WHO LABOR THEREIN TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN YOUR EYES DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU, DEAR LORD.

IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN, AMEN.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE'LL MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.

WHEN YOU COME UP, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON ABOUT 30 SECOND TIMING.

WRAP IT UP, PLEASE.

MISS KNOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN.

RHIANNON LAWRENCE.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD. GOOD EVENING.

I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO ASK THAT THERE BE NAME AND ADDRESS.

MY NAME AND ADDRESS. I'M SORRY.

RIHANNON LAWRENCE OF 11410 RIDGE ROAD, NORTH PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA.

THANK YOU. I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO ASK THAT THERE BE A RECONSIDERATION OF ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 90, ARTICLE 1, SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING THE KEEPING OF POULTRY. IN THE RECENT YEARS SINCE THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE TAKEN SPECIAL INTEREST IN BECOMING MORE IN TUNE WITH SMALL SCALE AGRICULTURAL ENDEAVORS, WHETHER IT BE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SUSTAINMENT, OR EVEN PURE EXPLORATION.

WITH THIS REKINDLED DESIRE TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION, MANY CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY HAVE STARTED GARDENS TO LESSEN THE BURDEN THAT WE ALL FEEL WHEN WE GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.

IN THAT SAME VEIN, THERE IS A LARGE INTEREST IN LESSENING YET ANOTHER PART OF THAT COST RAISING AND KEEPING A FLOCK OF EGG LAYING HENS.

CURRENTLY IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, RESIDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO KEEP POULTRY ON ANY PROPERTY LESS THAN TWO ACRES, AND EVEN THEN RESIDENTS ARE LIMITED TO SIX HENS TOTAL.

WHILE I TAKE NO ISSUE WITH THE EXPRESS LIMIT ON BIRDS, I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE ACREAGE STIPULATION THAT IS CONCURRENT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.

IF WE LOOK TO OUR DIRECT NEIGHBORING CITY OF HOPEWELL, WE CAN SEE THAT THE RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY ARE FAR MORE RELAXED AND YET STILL RESTRICTED ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND BALANCE. HOPEWELL COURT OF CODE OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NUMBER 2014-12, SECTION 6-4, PARTS B 1-9 S PECIFICALLY, LAY OUT EXACTS TO KEEPING POULTRY OR FOWL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

YET THERE IS NO VERBIAGE TO SUGGEST THAT ANY LOT SIZE BE OF A CERTAIN ACREAGE.

THE CITY OF RICHMOND ALSO HAS A PUBLISHED GUIDE THAT ESTABLISHES THE PARAMETERS OF SAFE, RESPONSIBLE AND PERMITTED KEEPING OF LAYING HENS.

IN RICHMOND CITY, RESIDENTS ARE PERMITTED UP TO SIX LAYING HENS GIVEN THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE APPLIED FOR THEIR PERMITS WITHIN THE CITY, THE PERMIT PROCESS IS LONG AND DRAWN OUT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE THE SAME FOR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.

ALLOW ME ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.

IN A COUNTY THAT IS KNOWN FOR OUR FARMLAND AND AGRICULTURAL CAPABILITIES, I FEEL THAT AT LEAST AN EXPLORATORY LOOK INTO REVISING THE EXACT REQUIREMENTS FOR HEN RAISING IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS SHOULD BE HONORED.

WHILE INSTITUTING APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS REGARDING POULTRY MAY FEEL COMPLICATED, LITIGIOUS, OR OTHERWISE FRIVOLOUS FRIVOLOUS, MYSELF AND MANY OTHER RESIDENTS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY FEEL THAT THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE ARE OUTDATED OR PERHAPS EVEN EXCLUSIONARY, AFFORDING THE RESIDENTS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THEIR FOOD SECURITY INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, NO MATTER THE SIZE OF THEIR HOMESTEAD, WOULD HELP TO FOSTER COMMUNITY, PIQUE THE INTEREST OF GROWING MINDS, AND EVEN INSTILL THE IMPORTANCE OF RURAL TRADITIONS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK?

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I WAS NOT AWARE SHE WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS.

SO I'M ALSO HERE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE ABOUT THE CHICKENS OR THE POULTRY.

WE FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE UPDATED.

I READ THAT IN 220 THERE MIGHT BE POSSIBLE CHANGES TO LIVE RESIDENTS WHO OWN LESS THAN TWO ACRES TO OWN CHICKENS AND OTHER POULTRY WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WE LIVE ON A CORNER LOT ON TARBOE ROAD, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IS THAT OUR HOME IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM A FARM.

THEY HAVE COWS FROM TIME TO TIME AND WE LOVE THE COUNTRY FEEL AND WE LOVE WATCHING THE COWS.

AND WE WERE BOTH WORKING AT THE TIME.

BUT AS IT GOT CLOSER TO MY TIME TO RETIRE, WHICH WAS AROUND 2017, WE DECIDED TO GET SOME CHICKENS.

WE GOT FIVE LITTLE BUNDLES OF FLUFF.

NOW WE HAVE SIX, BUT I READ THAT WE COULD HAVE SIX HENS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE PART ABOUT THE ACREAGE.

WE DO NOT HAVE TWO ACRES.

WE HAVE 0.55 ACRES.

OUR BACKYARD IS FENCED IN, IT'S A LARGE BACKYARD ON A CORNER LOT.

OUR CHICKENS HAVE A COOP THAT THEY STAY IN AT NIGHT AND A ENCLOSED RUN, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BACKYARD FAR AWAY FROM ANY HOUSE AROUND US.

MY HUSBAND IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR COOP.

MANY RIDE BY OUR HOME AND HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT OUR CHICKENS OTHER THAN THEY LIKE THEM.

THEY WALK BY THERE AND STOP TO SEE THEM AND TALK TO THEM AND ALL OF THAT.

WE LOVE OUR CHICKENS.

AT OUR AGE, THEY ARE A COMFORT TO US.

NO ONE HAS EVER COMPLAINED UNTIL LAST THURSDAY.

AND A MAN CAME TO MY DOOR AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

NEVER GAVE ME HIS NAME, BUT TOLD ME I HAD TO GET RID OF MY CHICKENS.

I WAS VERY UPSET IN FACT, I WAS SO UPSET I FORGOT TO ASK HIM WHAT HIS NAME WAS.

SO YESTERDAY I RECEIVED THE WRITTEN VIOLATION THAT WE MUST REMOVE OUR CHICKENS NO LATER THAN 5/2024.

THEY'RE NOT JUST CHICKENS TO US, THEY'RE ACTUALLY MY BABIES.

THEY'RE BOTHERING NO ONE.

I DON'T THINK THEY'VE BITTEN ANYONE.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVEN'T CLUCKED AT ANYONE.

AND THEY'RE NOT NOISY.

WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE NOISY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DOGS BARKING AND CARS GOING BY WITH LOUD MUSIC, I CAN'T TELL.

BUT ANYWAY, WE FEEL THAT A CHANGE NEEDS TO BE MADE IN REGARD TO THIS ORDINANCE.

WE BOUGHT CHICKENS BECAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE WONDERFUL TO WATCH AND THEY DO LAY EGGS, WHICH WE EAT.

WE DON'T SELL THE EGGS.

THEY LAY ONE EGG A DAY, WE DON'T HAVE A ROOSTER.

AND IN FACT, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT.

YOU DON'T NEED A ROOSTER FOR A CHICKEN TO LAY EGGS.

BUT WE FEEL WE FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE POULTRY ON OUR ACREAGE AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED TO RUN AT LARGE DAY OR NIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ANY HELP WITH GETTING THIS ORDINANCE CHANGED.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? GOOD EVENING BOARD.

JUSTIN NOBLIN, 8724 CENTENNIAL ROAD.

I HAD PLANNED ON COMING UP TONIGHT TO THANK THE BOARD PERSONALLY FOR LISTENING TO US AS A COUNTY WITH THE CONCERNS WITH THE ASSESSMENTS.

YALL DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.

I KNOW IT WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING, AND I UNDERSTAND THE EXTRA MONEY THAT NEEDED TO BE SPENT.

AND AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATED EVERYBODY LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS HAVING MEETINGS.

I'VE MET WITH SEVERAL OF Y'ALL SEVERAL TIMES AND NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT Y'ALL TOOK THE TIME AND EFFORT AND CONCERN FOR THE CITIZENS.

AND THAT WAS MY INTENT TO COME UP TONIGHT.

FOUND OUT RECENTLY BEFORE THE MEETING ABOUT MRS. BUSH'S ISSUES.

HER SON AND I HAVE BEEN LIFELONG FRIENDS.

THE FARM THAT SHE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM IS THE ONE THAT I LEASE AND PUT COWS ON FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND I GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE, I'VE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE SEEN HER CHICKENS FOR YEARS.

HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A TWO ACRE MINIMUM, EITHER.

I DON'T THINK MOST CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY DID, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT WASN'T ENFORCED UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.

AND I'M I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AS THE OTHER WOMAN STATED, HOPEWELL ALLOWS CHICKENS RICHMOND CITY ALLOWS CHICKENS.

IT'S IT'S BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THEM ESPECIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020.

I WOULD ASK THAT THAT Y'ALL ONCE AGAIN, LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS HERE.

AND AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL CAN DO TO PREVENT HER FROM LOSING HER CHICKENS THAT SHE'S RAISED FOR YEARS.

I JUST WENT THROUGH A ISSUE WITH CHICKENS IN JANUARY, WHERE I LOST ONE TO A HUNTING DOG.

AND ANIMAL CONTROL WAS PHENOMENAL HANDLING THAT SITUATION.

THE COURT SYSTEM HANDLED IT, TOO.

AND AND I APPRECIATED EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNTY DID IN THAT SITUATION.

BUT THAT WAS A CHICKEN THAT I HAD RAISED FOR THREE YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS MORE THAN POULTRY.

IT WAS A PET.

AND SO I KNOW EXACTLY HOW SHE FEELS AND, AND DON'T WANT HER TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH LOSING A PET.

IN THE SAME MATTER, SHE'S LOOKING AT LOSING SIX OF THEM, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR.

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SO I ASK, Y'ALL ARE ARE PHENOMENAL PEOPLE.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HERE.

I'M GLAD TO SEE MISS WAYMACK BACK.

BUT I WOULD ASK Y'ALL TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS AND DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT THEM FROM LOSING THEIR PETS.

IN THE MEANTIME, UNTIL WE CAN GET ALL OF THIS RESOLVED, I KNOW, Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING Y'ALL CAN.

AND AGAIN, I JUST APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

MAY SPEAK TO ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

SEEING NO ONE I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.

NEXT WE HAVE ADOPTION OF AGENDA.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA.

AS WE ALL KNOW, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS NOT GOING TO BE BACK INTO SESSION UNTIL MAY THE 13TH TO VOTE ON BUDGET ITEMS AND SUCH. WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE 7TH AS A BUDGET MEETING, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A TOPIC ADDED TO THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE CANCELLATION OF THAT MAY 7TH MEETING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ADDITION TO THE AGENDA AS WELL.

I'D LIKE TO PUT A DISCUSSION OUT ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS A MORATORIUM.

MR. COX, CAN WE HANDLE ONE FIRST? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SECOND IT. SECOND.

MISS KNOTT CALL THE ROLL.

ALL RIGHT, MR. COX. I'D LIKE TO ADD AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION ON A MORATORIUM ON THIS ZONING ISSUE WITH THE CHICKENS TO BASICALLY PUT A MORATORIUM IN PLACE ON ENFORCEMENT UNTIL WE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS.

I DON'T KNOW. I'D HAVE TO ASK YOU IF THAT'S.

AND DIRECT STAFF TO REVIEW IT.

CAN WE DO THAT? [INAUDIBLE] I'M ASKING OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY.

YES. SECOND. OKAY.

I JUST NEED TO KNOW BEFORE I VOTE.

MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM WE'RE ADDING.

IT. ALL RIGHT.

[C. Consent Agenda]

MAKE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MISS KNOTT CALL THE ROLL.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 9TH.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS. OH.

WE DID. I'M SORRY. MY MISTAKE.

I'M GOING DOWN THE LIST.

NEVER MIND. MY MISTAKE GUYS.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT'S MY MISTAKE.

[D. Comments]

MR. COX, I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL.

AUDIENCE FULL OF PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT MAKES GOOD GOVERNMENT PEOPLE INVOLVEMENT.

I DO WANT TO TAKE TIME TONIGHT AND THANK OUR POLICE OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY.

I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON EASTER SUNDAY THAT TOOK PLACE ON PUDDLE DOCK.

ALL THREE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED.

SO HATS OFF TO THE OFFICERS AND CAPTAIN YOUNG IS BACK IF YOU WOULD PASS THAT ON TO THEM THAT WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE APPREHENSION OF THESE PEOPLE.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, ALL THE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS THAT KEEP OUR COUNTY SAFE DAY TO DAY.

I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO THOSE PEOPLE.

I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE COUNTY.

WE HAVE A RELATIVELY SAFE COUNTY, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

SO HATS OFF TO YOU ALL.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

MRS. WAYMACK.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WE HAVE IN PRINCE GEORGE.

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THANK YOU.

MR. BROWN.

JUST AGAIN ECHOING THE SAME, THANKING EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE INPUT INTO THE VARIOUS TOPICS.

I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE I KNOW FACEBOOK SEEMS TO BE A VERY POPULAR WAY OF COMMUNICATING, BUT I THINK IT WORKS BEST WHEN YOU YOU COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN, OR YOU REACH OUT TO BOARD MEMBERS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY TO ASSIST YOU.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

MR. PUGH.

ECHOING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

GLAD TO SEE ENGAGEMENT.

I WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.

SO MY PHONE'S ALWAYS ON IF YOU GOT AN ISSUE, CALL ME AND I WILL SEE THAT WE GET IT STRAIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. AND I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT MR. COX STARTED OUT WITH OUR POLICE FORCE BECAUSE WE GET THE UPDATES, THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.

THIS WAS A SPECIFICALLY DIFFICULT ONE, BUT THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB APPREHENDING THESE GUYS AND GETTING THEM OUT OF THE WAY.

WE DON'T NEED THAT MESS IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.

SUPERVISOR COMMENT.

COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. TWO, TWO.

TWO DATES COMING UP.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, IS CLEAN COMMUNITY DAY.

AND THE PRINCE GEORGE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT AND THE CONVENIENCE CENTER AT UNION BRANCH ROAD 8 A.M.

TO 1 P.M..

WATCH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON WHAT YOU CAN DROP OFF.

ALSO ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH IS NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAY THAT WILL BE HELD AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SORT OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH CLEAN COMMUNITY DAY FROM 9 A.M.

TO 4 P.M..

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS OR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[E. Public Hearings]

THE FIRST ONE IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 2005, AS AMENDED BY AMENDING SECTION 82-261,-262,-536,-537 TO REVISE WATER AND WASTEWATER CONNECTION FEES AND USER CHARGES.

MR. HALTOM. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE MRS. ERARD.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR REQUESTED RATE INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

AND AS YOU KNOW DURING OUR 2025 BUDGET CYCLE, WE OUR DEPARTMENT DID AN EVALUATION OF OUR EXPECTED EXPENSES, AND WE TRY TO GENERATE THOSE TYPE OF ENOUGH REVENUES TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES.

AND THIS YEAR, WE EXPECTED ABOUT ANOTHER $198,000 IN ADDITIONAL EXPENSES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO WE ARE THEREFORE REQUESTING THAT WE DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR, OUR RATES.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS FIRST SLIDE AFTER LOOKING AT THAT, WE ARE REQUESTING A 3% INCREASE IN OUR PROPOSED TIER TWO AND TIER THREE WATER USER CHARGES.

WE DO HAVE THREE TIERS.

THE FIRST TIER WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS IT IS NOW, AND WE'RE ONLY ADDRESSING THOSE SECOND AND THIRD TIER.

SO THEREFORE, THE MORE WATER YOU USE IT WON'T IMPACT OUR OUR LOWER USERS, ONLY IMPACT OUR HIGHER USERS.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING A 1% INCREASE IN OUR SEWER USER CHARGE.

THAT IS A ESSENTIALLY A ONE RATE FOR THERE ARE NO TIERS IN OUR SEWER CHARGES.

THERE'S ONLY ONE TIER YOU PAY PER 1,000 GALLONS, AND IT'S ONE RATE FOR PER THOUSAND.

WE'RE WE'RE REQUESTING A 1% INCREASE TO THAT RATE.

WE ALSO REQUESTED SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGES FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICES THAT HAVE A ONE INCH METER OR LARGER AND ADJUSTMENTS IN THOSE SAME RATE BLOCKS FOR THE ONE INCH AND LARGER METERS AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, THESE WILL GENERATE ROUGHLY $198,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO COVER THE EXPECTED EXPENSES.

TO SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS ARE.

THIS CHART SHOWS YOU OUR MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGES.

IT HAS THE CURRENT IN THE MIDDLE AND OUR PROPOSED TO THE RIGHT, BUT FOR ALSO, FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR DISCUSSION, I WANTED TO SHOW FISCAL YEAR 22 RATES.

HERE TO THE LEFT IN THE IN THIS BLOCK.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ON THE VERY FAR RIGHT PROPOSED FOR THOSE METER SIZES, WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE OF THE RATE FOR THE MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE.

HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 22 YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE RATES FOR IN LOOKING AT THE WATER WENT FIRST.

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THE REASON THAT IS, IS WE HAD BACK IN 2022, WE DID A SIGNIFICANT RATE CHANGE TO LOWER THOSE MONTHLY MINIMUM CHARGES FOR THOSE LARGER METERS AND KEEPING WITH A NEW METHODOLOGY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS IS EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE BASED OFF THE FIVE INCH METER AND THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR METER AS YOU GO UP IN METER SIZE THE VOLUME OF WATER IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES.

SO WE'RE USING THAT CALCULATION BASED ON WHAT THE VOLUME OF WATER YOU CAN RECEIVE THROUGH THAT METER.

SO NOW NOW WE'RE GOING TO THAT CALCULATION.

IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THESE TO THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, WHERE THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN A MULTI MULTI YEAR INCREASE TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THOSE.

IF WE DID IT ALL IN ONE YEAR, THESE WOULD BE SOMEWHAT SUBSTANTIAL AFTER DROPPING BACK IN 2022.

SO YOU CAN SEE AGAIN NOT NOT AS MUCH OF AN INCREASE EVEN THOUGH IT'S 40% FROM OUR CURRENT PRICES, OUR CURRENT MONTHLY CHARGE.

IT'S NOT AS SUBSTANTIAL WHEN YOU LOOK BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 22 AND SAME THING WITH OUR SEWER CHARGES, THEY GO FROM ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 90% DOWN TO ANYWHERE, AGAIN, FROM 1% UP TO 6.2%.

AND OUR COMMODITY CHARGE.

THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S CHARGED BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU USE PER 1,000 GALLONS.

WE HAVE SOME CHANGES, NOT ONLY INTO THE RATES, BUT ALSO IN THE THE RATE BLOCKS.

THE RATE BLOCKS, AGAIN, THERE'S THREE TIERS.

SO FOR, FOR YOUR TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL METER IS FROM 0 TO 6,000 GALLONS THAT YOU PAY, C URRENTLY AT $4.05 AND THAT WILL NOT CHANGE G OING INTO FISCAL YEAR 25.

ONCE YOU USE OVER 6,000 BUT LESS THAN 20,000, YOU GO UP TO THE SECOND TIER, $5.07.

AND ANYTHING BEYOND 20,000 GALLONS, YOU WOULD PAY $5.

60. AND TO THE VERY FAR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PROPOSED RATE CHANGES ARE.

IT'S 0% FOR, FOR TIER ONE AND 3% FOR TIERS TWO AND THREE.

AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THAT PROPOSED RATE BLOCK COLUMN WHAT THE CHANGES ARE FOR THE OTHER METERS.

SO THE METER SIZES ARE ALL REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU'RE GETTING TO THE HIGHER TIER A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN YOU WERE IN YEARS BEFORE.

TO THE VERY FAR LEFT ON THIS SHEET YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT SEWER RATE STRUCTURE OR SEWER RATE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT $9.27 PER 1,000 GALLONS.

AND WE'RE REQUESTING THAT TO BE INCREASED TO $9.36 PER 1,000 GALLONS.

WE ALSO HAVE A FLAT RATE SEWER CHARGE FOR THOSE WHO THAT HAVE NON METERED SEWER.

THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE WELL BUT USE OUR PUBLIC SEWER.

WE'LL HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE AS WELL.

IT'S $1.15 INCREASE FROM $1 FROM $112.85 PER BILLING PERIOD, WHICH IS TWO MONTHS TO $114 FOR THAT SAME PERIOD. CONNECTION CHARGES.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN SEVERAL OF OUR CONNECTION CHARGES FOR OUR SMALLER METERS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALSO MOVING TOWARDS THE SAME METHODOLOGY.

EVERYTHING'S BASED OFF THE 5/8 INCH METER.

SO ONCE THAT'S SET, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGES, WE'LL SET THE CONNECTION FEES BASED ON THAT SAME METHODOLOGY.

RIGHT NOW, THE LARGER METERS ARE HIGHER THAN THAT NUMBER.

WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING BRINGING THEM DOWN.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP THEM CONSTANT UNTIL WE REACH THOSE NUMBERS.

AS IN FUTURE INCREASES.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE, TO THE CONNECTION FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL HOME SIZE, WHICH IS OUR 5/8 INCH SIZE GOING FROM 4,000 TO 4,800. AND THE SEWER WOULD GO FROM 5,000 TO 5,200 AS WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CHARGES WILL CHANGE ALSO FOR THE ONE INCH THE ONE AND A HALF AND THE TWO INCH FOR THE SEWER AS WELL.

SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO TO OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS MAKE UP ABOUT 90% OF OUR REVENUES.

SO WE DO LOOK AT THOSE FIRST TO SEE HOW THEY ARE IMPACTED.

AND THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER DOES USE ABOUT 5,000 GALLONS PER MONTH.

WE BILL ON A TWO MONTH CYCLE.

SO WE TAKE THAT AVERAGE AND YOU MULTIPLY IT TIMES TWO.

SO WE WE ASSUME IT'S $10,000 PER BILLING CYCLE.

EXCUSE ME 2,000 GALLONS PER BILLING CYCLE.

SO BASED ON THAT, THAT AVERAGE USAGE, WE LOOK AT THE WATER BILL FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, WE ONLY WILL THEY WILL ONLY SEE AN INCREASE OF $0.60 PER

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SO IF YOU HAVE A COMBINED ACCOUNT, WATER AND SEWER, YOU ONLY SEE $1.50 INCREASE PER BILL OR $9 MORE PER YEAR.

FOR THE SEWER BILL FOR THE NON METER SEWER CUSTOMERS AGAIN WILL WILL RISE ONLY $1.15 PER PER BILL OR $6.90 PER YEAR.

SO ALL OF THESE ARE ARE CONTROLLED BY THE OUR COUNTY ORDINANCE.

AND AS I MENTIONED ALREADY, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE WHAT SECTIONS THOSE ARE IN CHARGE OF OR REFERENCE TO.

AND AGAIN, OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 UTILITY BUDGET DOES INCLUDE AN INCREASE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER USER CHARGES TO GENERATE THOSE NECESSARY REVENUES TO COVER THE UTILITY COST.

IF APPROVED, THESE WILL GO BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2024.

BUT WE MUST FIRST HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING PER PER STATE CODE TO BE ABLE TO AMEND THESE AMEND THE ORDINANCE.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAPPY TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE IN THESE PARTICULAR SECTIONS, TO REVISE THESE WATER AND WASTEWATER CONNECTION CHARGES, USER CHARGES, AND RATE BLOCKS.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. QUICK QUESTION.

THESE THIS DATA YOU PULLED HERE IS THAT INCLUDING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON TO THE WATER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING REVENUE FROM, LIKE THE MEADOWS ADDITION, CHAPEL CREEK, THINGS LIKE THAT? OR ARE THESE BASED OFF OF PREVIOUS NUMBERS THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE SYSTEM? I'M UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.

YOU'RE ASKING IF IF CURRENT CUSTOMERS WILL BE PAYING THIS OR THE FUTURE CUSTOMERS.

NO. WHAT I'M WHAT I'M ASKING IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN THAT $198,000, IS THAT INCLUDING ALL THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY ADDED TO THE COUNTY THAT ARE ON WATER AND SEWER? YEAH, IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION WE ALWAYS TRY TO PROJECT HOW MANY NEW HOMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

OKAY. AND SO YES, WE DO PROJECT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF NEW CONNECTIONS TO GENERATE THE NUMBER OF ESPECIALLY THE CONNECTION FEES PART, THAT WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. HALTOM. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

PLEASE COME UP. ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? MISS KNOTT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP DO YOU? NO, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NO ONE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.

MR. CHAIRMAN, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION WITH AMONGST THE BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS CHANGE FOR THE RATES FOR WATER AND SEWER.

I SECOND. MISS KNOTT CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION ON SE-23-11 REQUESTS WITHIN A GENERAL BUSINESS B-1 ZONING DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVATE SCHOOL PRESCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AGES THREE THROUGH FIVE PURSUANT TO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 9-393 (32) AND TO PERMIT A CHILDCARE CENTER.

RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION DAYCARE FOR CHILDREN AGES THREE THROUGH 12 PURSUANT TO SECTION 90393(28).

SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 5258 OAKLAND BOULEVARD AND IS IDENTIFIED TAX MAP 120(03)00-00C-0.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES THE PROPERTY IS PLANNED FOR COMMERCIAL LAND USE.

MR. GRAVES, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WEBB.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKE AND MRS. ERARD.

YOU'VE GOT A MAP HERE TO VIEW WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE COUNTY, IN THE NORTH WEST PORTION, CLOSE TO THE CITY OF HOPEWELL, ALONG OAKLAND BOULEVARD.

AND THE PART OF THE CROSSINGS SHOPPING CENTER IS OUTLINED IN BLUE.

THIS THIS REQUEST IS FOR THAT PART OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

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AND AGAIN, IT'S FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] SLIDE.

IT'S WHERE THE DESTINATION CHURCH IS.

AND THE DESTINATION CHURCH IS THE APPLICANT AND THEY ARE HERE AS WELL, IN ATTENDANCE.

SO THERE'S ANOTHER OUTLINE OF THAT SPACE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER.

THERE'S THE ZONING MAP OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL OR GENERAL BUSINESS.

AND JUST BRIEFLY SUMMARIZING SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE REQUEST.

THEY WANT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 12, AS YOU HEARD IN THE DESCRIPTION.

AND SO THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PRESCHOOL COMPONENT AND THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT AND AS WELL AS THE DAYCARE COMPONENT, AND THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SUMMER PROGRAMS. SO THIS WOULD BE A YEAR ROUND OPERATION.

IT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

NOT JUST THE CHURCH MEMBERS.

THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE UP TO 250 CHILDREN IN THERE.

IT'S A BIG SPACE. SO THEY WOULD BE UTILIZING A LARGE SPACE FOR THAT, ABOUT 12,000FT² JUST FOR THE DAYCARE.

THEY WANT TO OPEN UP AS SOON AS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 A.M.

TO 5 A.M., 5 P.M.

AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT THE REAR ENTRANCE.

THEY WANT TO HAVE THE OPTION. IT COULD BE IN THE FRONT OR IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.

REQUESTED LAND USES ARE ALLOWED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION OF THE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND AS A CHILD CARE CENTER.

PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING IN MARCH, AND THEY VOTED 6-0 TO APPROVE IT, SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT.

AND THEY PROVIDED A REASON THAT YOU HAVE THERE.

AND THERE WEREN'T ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, AND NOR AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WE ADVERTISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE CODE.

YOU HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE IF YOU WISH TO APPROVE THIS.

AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVAL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF ON THIS ONE? ANY QUESTIONS? AND AS I SAID, THE THE APPLICANT DESTINATION CHURCH IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. GRAVES. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, HERE AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

DO I HAVE TO SAY MY ADDRESS TOO? NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

HI, I'M AMANDA MATTHEWS-COLSON 6775 HARE ROAD, DISPUTANTA, VIRGINIA, 23842.

THIS IS NEWS TO ME.

NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT.

BUT I AM A MOM.

I'M A MOM OF THREE.

I WENT TO PRINCE GEORGE CHRISTIAN AS A CHILD.

AT THE TIME, IT WAS ONLY PRESCHOOL YOU KNOW, THAT WAS GOD CENTERED.

NOW WE HAVE OAKLAND BAPTIST, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE SOUTH END.

I I THINK THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL IDEA.

I DON'T GO TO DESTINATION I'VE NEVER BEEN, BUT IT'S A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH.

AND I KNOW PERSONALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I I'M UP AT THE SCHOOL A LOT.

I'M ON THE PTA.

THERE IS A LOT OF PARENTS IN NEED FOR CHILD CARE.

ESPECIALLY MY YOUNGEST IS 17 MONTHS OLD.

AND IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEONE IN THE COUNTY CLOSE TO HOME THAT IS WILLING TO WATCH YOUR CHILD, LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, THESE PLACES THAT YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEND YOUR CHILD BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THEM.

BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE SENDING YOUR CHILD TO A CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL OR EVEN IF IT'S NON-DENOMINATIONAL, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT GOD INTO YOUR CHILD'S LIFE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW MORE THAN ANYTHING.

SO THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT I KNOW OF, PRESCHOOLS THAT ACCEPT CHILDREN OF THAT AGE IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.

I MAY BE WRONG. I'M NOT 100%.

BUT I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE WONDERFUL NOT JUST FOR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, BUT FOR FORT LEE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? GOOD EVENING BOARD.

JUSTIN NOBLIN, 8724 CENTENNIAL ROAD.

ME AND MY WIFE HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH FOR FIVE YEARS.

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I HAVEN'T BEEN VERY CHURCH GOING UNTIL WE GOT TOGETHER.

BUT FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, WE'VE GONE PRETTY FAITHFULLY EVERY SUNDAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN THIS CHURCH OR NOT, BUT THAT SHOPPING CENTER WAS WELL ON ITS WAY TO BEING COLONIAL CROSSINGS.

AND THEY CAME IN AND REVIVED THIS CHURCH ON SUNDAY.

THERE IS NO PARKING LEFT IN THIS CHURCH.

IT IS TREMENDOUS THE CONGREGATION THEY HAVE THERE.

THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DID A LOT WITH THE SCHOOLS THIS PAST YEAR WITH PLANTING FLOWERS, REFRESHING A LOT OF STUFF IN THE SCHOOLS THEY'VE DONATED TO THE POLICE STATIONS. THEY THEY ARE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THIS COUNTY.

THEY HAVE A KIDS ZONE IN THERE NOW FOR KIDS WHILE THEY'RE AT CHURCH THAT IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.

THEY THEY GIVE PHENOMENAL MESSAGES.

AND ANYTHING THAT THEY TAKE ON, THEY DO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S EXPECTED.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN EITHER, BUT IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE WE DEFINITELY NEED IT IN THE COUNTY.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YALL APPROVE THIS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.

IT'S IT'S VERY WELL NEEDED.

AND THEY WILL, I'M SURE, DO A ABOVE AND BEYOND PHENOMENAL JOB GETTING THIS DONE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. I WOULD AGREE WITH THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID TONIGHT.

I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT DESTINATION CHURCH DOES HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT ANYTHING THAT THEY PUT THEIR HANDS ON TURNS OUT TO BE PHENOMENAL. AND IT COMES FROM THE THE DEDICATION OF ALL OF THEIR CHURCH MEMBERS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST TO THE PRINCE GEORGE COMMUNITY, IT'S TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HERE THROUGHOUT THE TRI CITIES.

SO I WOULD ECHO ALL OF THE STATEMENTS TONIGHT THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WELL NEEDED IN THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK THAT DESTINATION CHURCH WOULD DO A FANTASTIC JOB WITH WORKING THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND MAKING THIS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN BE PROUD OF.

ANYBODY ELSE GOT A MOTION? OKAY. NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY.

I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THIS, FOR THE DAYCARE CENTER, CHILD CARE CENTER.

AND WITH ANY OF THE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

SECOND, MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.

EXCEPTION SE-24-02.

REQUEST OF DONALD D AND SHERYL S DEAVER DEVER.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE [INAUDIBLE] TO PERMIT A FURNITURE SALES AND REPAIR SHOP AS A HOME OCCUPATION WITHIN AN ACCESSORY BUILDING, WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL R-A ZONING DISTRICT.

PURSUANT TO PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTIONS 90-103(10) AND 90-103(53). THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 8.73 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED AT [INAUDIBLE] 15200 LINDBERG DRIVE, DISPUTANTA, VIRGINIA, 23842 AND IDENTIFIED IN TAX MAP 510(12)00-016-0.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES THE PROPERTY IS PLANNED FOR AGRICULTURAL USE.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WEBB AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

GOOD EVENING [INAUDIBLE] I'M KOTY GRAY.

I'M THE PLANNER, ALONG WITH TIM GRAVES AND BOB BALDWIN.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE THE LOCATION MAP OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL LOCATED OFF OF LINDBERG DRIVE.

THAT WILL SHOW YOU THE MAP OF THE ZONING, WHICH IS R-A WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY ALSO BEING R-A RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL.

THAT'S A SATELLITE VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE DEAVER'S TRIED TO DO THE HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESS OUT OF IS LOCATED THERE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN

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THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE OR WHERE THE BUSINESS WOULD OCCUR.

THIS 40 BY 48 INCH STRUCTURE.

I'VE SEEN IT.

THEIR GOALS ARE TO OPERATE A HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESS WHERE THEY REPAIR AND RESTORE ANTIQUE FURNITURE AS WELL AS BUILD KITCHEN TABLES.

I THINK THEIR CUSTOM KITCHEN TABLES.

THIS FALLS UNDER THE REQUESTED LAND USE OF FURNITURE SALES AND REPAIR SHOP AS A HOME OCCUPATION WITHIN AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE PURSUANT TO 90-103-(10) AND 90-103(53).

THERE IS NO DEFINITION WITHIN OUR ORDINANCE FOR THIS USE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A VOTE PUBLIC HEARING VOTE ON MARCH 28TH OF THIS YEAR WITH AN APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THIS IS DONE BEFORE PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A NEIGHBOR WHO EMAILED IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESS.

ANY QUESTIONS? IN QUESTION? NO, SIR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

ANYONE WISH TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? SEEING NO ONE, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE.

SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR SE-24-03.

REQUEST OF ALYSSA J.

AND CHARLES M JOHNSON JOHNSTON TO PERMIT A RE UPHOLSTERY SHOP AS A HOME OCCUPATION WITHIN AN ACCESSORY BUILDING WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE R-A ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 90-103(10) AND 90-103(53). THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 5.2 ACRES IN SIZE, LOCATED AT 17000 JOLLY ROAD, DISPUTANTA, 23842, AND IS IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP 600(0A)00-025-0.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES THIS PROPERTY IS PLANNED FOR AGRICULTURAL USE.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LOCATION MAP THE SUBJECT PARCEL APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER FIVE ACRES.

AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY [INAUDIBLE] SURROUNDED BY R-A RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY.

THERE'S A SATELLITE VIEW OF IT WITH WHERE THE EXISTING BARN IS, WHERE THIS HOME OCCUPATION WOULD TAKE PLACE.

AND THERE'S A SIDE VIEW OF THE PROPOSED BARN OR SUCH AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOW THERE KIND OF WHERE THE METAL LEANS INTO THE WINDOW, THAT'S THE AREA.

THEIR GOALS ARE TO OPERATE A RE-UPHOLSTER SHOP AS A HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESS WITHIN THAT 8 BY 22 ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

THE RE-UPHOLSTER SHOP WILL PRIMARILY BE USED FOR RE-UPHOLSTERING SEAT CUSHIONS FOR RECREATIONAL TYPE VEHICLES AND PATIO CUSHIONS.

RE-UPHOLSTER SHOP AS A HOME OCCUPATION WITHIN THE STRUCTURE IS PURSUANT TO 90-103(10) AND 90 -103(53) AND THE REQUESTED LAND USE.

THERE IS NO DEFINITION FOR THIS ISSUE IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

ON MARCH 28TH OF THIS YEAR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDED CONDITION, WITH A 6-0 VOTE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE CODE REQUIREMENTS.

THERE WERE NO COMMENTS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING OR PLANNING COMMISSION.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.

SIR. THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT FOLKS. PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME FORTH IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

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SEEING NO ONE I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.

MOTION WE APPROVE.

SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO REPORTS.

[F. Reports]

AND I BELIEVE OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MISS DREWRY, IS GOING TO PRESENT.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS MRS. ERARD, MR. STOKE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31ST.

OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE COMING IN AS ANTICIPATED, AND OUR CUMULATIVE REVENUES AS OF MARCH 31ST ARE AT 54.3% OF WHAT THEY ARE BUDGETED AND THE AMENDED CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR POSITIONS IN THE PRIOR TWO FISCAL YEARS AT THIS TIME.

REVENUES TOTAL WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND $40.68 MILLION.

AND AS THE BOARD IS AWARE WE DO HAVE A RAINY DAY FUND OR OUR FUND BALANCE.

OUR AUDITED GENERAL FUND BALANCE WAS $41.1 MILLION.

AS OF JUNE 30TH OF 2023, THE BOARD HAS COMMITTED ABOUT $1.4 MILLION OF THAT FUND BALANCE FOR VARIOUS RE APPROPRIATIONS OF PURCHASE ORDERS.

OUR GRANTS AND DONATIONS THAT CARRY FROM YEAR TO YEAR ARE RE APPROPRIATED.

THE SCHOOLS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THEIR FUND BALANCE BE TRANSFERRED OR RE APPROPRIATED TO TRANSFER TO THE CUMULATIVE OR THE COMBINED HEALTH FUND.

WE ALSO HAD TO MAKE A RETROACTIVE OVERTIME ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND THE BOARD APPROVED AN APPROPRIATION FOR THAT PURPOSE, AS WELL AS AN APPROPRIATION TO RECEIVE SOME CONTRACTED ASSESSMENT SERVICE FROM VISION.

THE BOARD APPROVED THAT FUNDING APPROPRIATION IN MARCH.

SO, ALL TOLD, YOU'VE APPROPRIATED ABOUT $1.4 MILLION, WHICH LEAVES $39.77 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS ABOUT 27% OF YOUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET TOTAL.

AND THAT BUDGET TOTAL DOES INCLUDE YOUR GENERAL FUND, YOUR SCHOOL OPERATING AND GRANT FUNDS, AS WELL AS YOUR BUDGETED DEBT SERVICE FUND.

YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT REQUIRES MAINTAINING 12.5% OF YOUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, AND YOU FAR EXCEED THAT.

THE BOARD ALWAYS TARGETS LEAVING AT LEAST 15% IN FUND BALANCE, WHICH WOULD BE $21.9 AND AT $39.8, WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION.

JUST SOME NOTEWORTHY ITEMS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.

REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES ARE AT OVER 50% OF COURSE, HALF OF REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES ARE DUE IN DECEMBER AND THE OTHER HALF WILL BE DUE ON JUNE 5TH. SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABOVE 50% IS A GOOD INDICATOR THAT WE WILL MEET OUR BUDGET TARGET FOR FY 24.

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE NOT DUE UNTIL JUNE 5TH, SO WE ALWAYS FLY BLIND, EVEN WHEN OUR BUDGETING FOR FY 25, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT YEAR COLLECTIONS WILL BE.

THOSE BILLS ARE IN PROGRESS.

I KNOW THAT THE PERSONAL PROPERTY BOOK WAS COMPLETED LAST FRIDAY, AND THE TREASURER IS WORKING TO GENERATE OR WORKING WITH A CONTRACTED AGENCY TO GENERATE THOSE BILLS.

AND THOSE, AGAIN, WILL BE DUE ON JUNE 5TH WITH THE SECOND HALF OF OUR REAL PROPERTY BILLS.

SALES TAX REVENUES, SEVEN MONTHS WORTH OF REVENUE HAS BEEN POSTED TO THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WE WILL MEET OUR BUDGET TARGET OF $4.3 IF TRENDS CONTINUE.

WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT 4% MORE THAN WE HAD AT THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

SO THERE ARE NO ALARM BELLS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

OUR DOLLAR TOTAL IS $40.6 MILLION, COMPARED TO $37.8 MILLION IN THE SAME TIME IN 2023.

WE WILL, AS ALWAYS, CONTINUE TO SPEND CAUTIOUSLY AND CONTINUE OUR CAREFUL MONITORING OF REVENUES.

OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

WE HAVE EXPENDED $53.9 MILLION OF OUR AMENDED $74.9 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

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AND I DID WANT TO MAKE MENTION.

I HAVE ADDED A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT THERE ARE NO SPENDING ALARM BELLS, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.

I'VE ADDED THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO READ ON THE SCREEN.

IT JUST PROVIDES A DOLLAR COMPARISON OF EXPENDITURES AS OF MARCH 31ST OF 24 COMPARED TO MARCH 31ST OF 23. AND THERE'S A BIG NOTE AT THE BOTTOM.

OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET DID GROW BY $3.7 MILLION.

SO LOGICALLY, IF YOUR BUDGET GROWS, YOUR SPENDING WILL GROW.

AND IT GREW FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

WE ADDED FIVE FIREFIGHTERS.

WE DID SOME THINGS ON A CAPITAL BASIS TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR OUR L3 HARRIS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, WHICH WE WILL BEGIN HAVING TO PAY IN FY 26. WE ADDED A SOCIAL SERVICES WORKER, WE ADDED A PLANNING DIRECTOR, AND WE PROVIDED SOME PAY IMPROVEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

SO OF COURSE, OUR DOLLAR SPEND IS GOING TO BE HIGHER.

WHEN OUR SALARIES ARE INCREASING, THE BENEFITS PROPORTIONATELY INCREASE.

AND WHEN WE ADD PEOPLE, PAYROLL WILL GO UP.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THE DOLLAR SPEND BEING DOWN IN CERTAIN AREAS COMPARED TO IT BEING HIGHER IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON HOW THAT DATA WAS PULLED OR COLLECTED BY A CITIZEN.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL, BUT IF HE WAS USING OPENGOV, IT IS VERY CHALLENGING TO TRY TO GO BACK AND PULL AT A PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME FOR A YEAR.

IT'S CUMULATIVE INFORMATION THAT'S POSTED, SO TO TRY TO DO A DOLLAR COMPARISON I'M NOT SURE THE TRANSPARENCY PLATFORM HAS EVEN THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THESE ACTUAL NUMBERS OUT.

OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING IS $1.7 MILLION HIGHER THIS MARCH COMPARED TO LAST MARCH, AND OUR BUDGET GREW.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT THERE IS SOME GRANTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANT.

I KNOW ONE OF YOU MADE MENTION OF THE ARREST FOR THE SHOOTING, SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUY WITH THAT ARPA LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THAT ARREST.

SO THE GRANT SPENDING DID PAY DIVIDENDS CHIEF EARLY JUST PROVIDED THAT REPORT LAST THURSDAY TO US AT OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING.

GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AGAIN, I'M JUST GIVING YOU THIS FOR YOUR INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT LINE BY LINE.

BUT PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING WAS CERTAINLY UP.

POLICE WAS UP COMPARED TO WHAT WAS INDICATED AT THE LAST MEETING.

FIRE AND EMS WAS UP BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF 5 FIRE MEDICS.

AS LOGIC WOULD INDICATE, IT SHOULD BE.

OUR OUR OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES ARE $282,000 HIGHER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR, BUT OUR BUDGET GREW.

ADDITIONALLY, FINANCIAL SERVICES IS UP.

WE DID IMPLEMENT OFFICE 365, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT $100,000 OF THAT COST INCREASE.

AND SOCIAL SERVICES IS UP AS WELL.

WE DID ADD ONE WORKER AND THE TIMING OF SOME OF OUR CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT BILLS MIGHT VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WHICH CREATES INCREASES OR DECREASES YEAR OVER YEAR.

THIS IS JUST AN INDICATOR OR THIS IS OTHER AND TRANSFERS AGAIN, DIFFICULT TO READ ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE FINANCE WEBSITE AFTER THIS MEETING.

OTHER SPENDING IS ACTUALLY DOWN, OTHER SPENDING AND TRANSFERS BECAUSE THE BOARD MADE A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO CASH FUND, A COURTROOM RENOVATION OF $2.1 MILLION IN 23 THAT IS ABSENT THIS YEAR.

THAT IS THE LARGEST REASON THAT OTHER SPENDING IS DOWN.

ONTO THE UTILITY FUND.

UTILITY OPERATING IS ABOUT AS EXPECTED.

WE WE WERE RUNNING AT A SLIGHT OPERATING LOSS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31ST COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN ONE BILLING CYCLE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM HOPEWELL AS OF MARCH 31ST, THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE PRIOR MARCH.

WE HAD PAID ONE MORE BIENNIAL OR BI MONTHLY BILL THAN WE HAD THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, BUT NO CONCERNS WITH THE UTILITIES OPERATING FUND.

NON-OPERATING WE ARE RUNNING A SURPLUS AND OUR NET POSITION IS POSITIVE $1.5 MILLION.

CAPITAL PROJECTS AGAIN, THIS SCHEDULE IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO READ ON THE SCREEN, BUT I WILL HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

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SOMETIME SOON AFTER THE BUDGET PROCESS, STAFF WILL BE BRINGING BE BRINGING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION ON WHICH WAY TO GO TO EXPAND THOSE BOND PROCEEDS.

BUT JUST TO HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, OF COURSE, THE GARAGE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION IS COMPLETE.

THE GARAGE LIFTS THAT YOU AUTHORIZED ARE ON ORDER, AND THE PURCHASE OF THE BUCKET TRUCK WAS MADE WITH SAVINGS FOR THAT PROJECT BEING UNDER BUDGET. CIRCUIT COURT ROOM RENOVATIONS WERE AWARDED TO VIRTEXCO IN NOVEMBER, AND THEIR WORK IS APPROXIMATELY 98% COMPLETE.

THE FINAL PAY APP AND RETAINAGE IS DUE AND COURT IS IN SESSION IN THAT RENOVATED COURTROOM.

THE JEFFERSON PARK FIRE STATION IMPROVEMENTS, CENTENNIAL RESTROOM RENOVATIONS WERE 95% COMPLETE.

I ACTUALLY GOT THE FINAL PAY APP TODAY MR. STOKE APPROVED THAT.

SO WE WILL BE MAKING THAT PAYMENT IN THIS WEEK'S BATCH.

WE DO STILL AWAIT THE SWIPE ENTRY AND THE GENERATOR.

STATION EIGHT, MR. SIMMONS DID INDICATE THAT SUBURBAN DID HOOK UP, PROVIDE THE HOOKUP FOR THE GENERATOR, AND HE WILL BE SCHEDULING A RESUMPTION OF THAT WORK WITH FRAZIER ELECTRICAL.

FUEL FOCUS, OUR SUPPLEMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION REMAINS ONGOING.

THE FUELING EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED, AND INSTALLATION WAS TO HAVE STARTED THIS WEEK.

THE KEY VALET BOX IS INSTALLED AND IS AWAITING PROGRAM PROGRAMING.

THE SCOTT PARK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT INVITATION FOR BID HAS ACTUALLY BEEN POSTED.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO USE VDOTS CONTRACT COOPERATIVELY, AS WE ORIGINALLY HAD THOUGHT, DUE TO A CHANGE IN CONTRACTOR AND DUE TO I GUESS A AUTHORITY PERSON AT VDOT SAYING THAT THAT IT WASN'T COOPERATIVE USE WAS NOT PERMITTED.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT IFB ISSUED AND THE BIDS ARE DUE MAY 9TH.

WE HOPE TO BRING THAT AWARD TO YOU AT THE SECOND MAY MEETING.

PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO PROJECT.

THE L3 HARRIS RADIO SYSTEM IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND IN USE.

THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS ON ORDER WITH THOSE FUNDS, BUT THE REMAINING PROJECT FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PAY THE ANNUAL RADIO MAINTENANCE COST TO L3 HARRIS IN FY 2026.

SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THERE ARE VERY FEW OPEN SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THIS POINT.

SCHOOL ROOF MAINTENANCE HAS ABOUT JUST UNDER $20,000 REMAINING.

THE NEW MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE.

WE DO STILL, I THINK THEY DO STILL OWN THEIR CONTRACTOR, RETAINAGE, AND I IMAGINE THERE MAY BE SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS STILL UNDERWAY.

THE HVAC UPGRADES, THE LARGEST PROJECT OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL WAS IS ABOUT 53% WITH THE FEBRUARY PAY APP THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR PAYMENT.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE MARCH PAY APP AS OF YET.

I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON ARPA FUNDING.

IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE'VE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE, BUT JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD, WE DID RECEIVE SOME ARPA FUNDING.

THAT RELIEF WAS TARGETED, THAT FEDERAL RELIEF WAS TARGETED TO SUPPORT COVID 19 RESPONSE.

AND THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC USES PUBLIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC IMPACTS CREATED BY THE PANDEMIC TO REPLACE LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE, TO PROVIDE A PREMIUM FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND TO INVEST IN WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE BOARD HAS SEEN OR MOST OF THE BOARD HAS SEEN THESE FIGURES BEFORE.

WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $7.4 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING, AND THE MAJORITY, OR $6 MILLION OF THAT, WAS PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO UTILITIES PROJECTS. THERE WERE SOME OTHER SMALLER INITIATIVES THAT WERE APPROVED AND COMPLETED.

WE DID PAY SOME CALL CENTER EMPLOYEES.

WE PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL CLEANING IN THIS BUILDING.

WE PURCHASED THE SWAGIT MEETING PLATFORM, AND WE DID AN AIR FILTRATION FOR THE AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM FOR THE COURTHOUSE.

AND WE PROVIDED A SMALL AMOUNT OF APPLICATION BASED CAR TAX REBATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON SOME FIBER UPGRADES THAT MR.

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WE ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE SOME INVOICES ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK FOR THAT PROJECT, AND IT IS NEARING COMPLETION.

WE HAVE $6 MILLION AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WAS COMMITTED FOR UTILITY USE.

AND THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO DATE BY THE BOARD ARE PUMP STATION NINE AND TEN REHAB.

THE EQUIPMENT WAS ORDERED WITH THE $203,000 FOR NINE AND TEN.

AND THE BOARD DID AWARD THE THE REHAB CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AT YOUR 1ST APRIL MEETING.

SOUTH POINT BUSINESS PARK SEWER PUMP STATION AND FORCE MAIN REALIGNMENT THAT IS NEARLY COMPLETE.

AND THE ROUTE TEN WATER LINE EXTENSION, A PORTION OF THAT PROJECT WAS FUNDED WITH ARPA FUNDING, IN ADDITION TO $3.2 MILLION IN EPA COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH OUR MATCH THAT WAS CHAMPIONED BY THE LATE CONGRESSMAN MCEACHIN.

UTILITIES CONTINGENCY REMAINS AT $2.8 OR $2.8 OF THAT $6 MILLION HAS NOT BEEN COMMITTED.

MR. HALTOM WILL BE BRINGING SOME IDEAS TO THE BOARD, I THINK, AT YOUR 1ST MAY MEETING TO TALK ABOUT COMMITTING THE REST OF THAT, ALONG WITH ANOTHER $743,000 THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN COMMITTED, THAT IS SHADED IN PURPLE.

THESE FUNDS MUST BE ENCUMBERED, WHICH MEANS THE PURCHASE ORDER HAS TO BE ISSUED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEY MUST BE FULLY EXPENDED BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026.

SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THE BOARD AN UPDATE ON THAT AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENCUMBER THE REST OF THAT FUNDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEADLINE.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO USE IT ALL.

TOURISM FUND.

THE TOURISM FUND COLLECTIONS ARE GOOD.

WE ARE AT 79.6% OF OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAXES OR LODGING TAXES.

THEY EXCEED LAST YEAR'S COLLECTIONS BY ABOUT $90,000, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.

WE ARE RUNNING A POSITIVE BALANCE, OUR REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES AND NO ALARM BELLS.

WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE VTC ARPA FUNDING.

I BELIEVE THAT WRAPS UP JUNE 30TH, AND MICHAELA AND YOTI HAVE BEEN WORKING TO FULLY EXPEND THOSE GRANT FUNDS.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH WHICH OF COURSE IS SUPPORTED BY MEALS TAX.

OUR COLLECTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY WERE THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR $1,043,000, COMPARED TO $1,012,000.

WE'RE RUNNING A SLIGHT DEFICIT, CHIEFLY BECAUSE OF A MEALS TAX, MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX, MEALS REBATE THAT IS PRESENT THIS YEAR THAT WAS NOT PRESENT LAST YEAR.

NO ALARM BELLS THERE.

THINGS ARE GOOD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WE ANTICIPATE.

PROFFERS THERE WERE NO CHANGES SINCE THE PRIOR QUARTER.

COLLECTIONS REMAIN AT $10,000 AND NO USES HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO DATE.

OF COURSE, THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO USE PROFFER BALANCES FOR ANY CAPITAL PURPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROFFER AGREEMENT.

THE BUS REDFLEX PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE CAMERA PROGRAM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED REALLY TO CHAMPION STUDENT SAFETY AND TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE DRIVING AS THEY SHOULD BE AROUND SCHOOL BUSSES.

COLLECTIONS HAD KIND OF BEEN ON HOLD UNTIL SOME PRIOR YEAR OVERAGES HAD BEEN CLEARED UP, ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY, BUT WE DID COLLECT $1,158 AS OF MARCH 31ST.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS PUT INTO THE CIP FUND WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUS ACCOUNT CODE.

AND THAT AMOUNT SLOWLY ACCUMULATES.

IT'S MORE ABOUT SAFETY THAN MONEY.

HEALTH INSURANCE FUND.

OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FUND BALANCE AS OF MARCH 31ST WAS $1.7 MILLION.

THIS IS A DECREASE FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, THIS TIME IN JULY OF 22.

THIS WAS DURING THE BEGINNING OF LAST FISCAL YEAR.

THE SCHOOL DIVISION TRANSITIONED TO THE LOCAL CHOICE AND SEPARATED FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE PURPOSES.

CLAIMS CONTINUE TO TRICKLE IN WITH CLAIMS RUN OFF AS YOU KNOW, MEDICAL CLAIMS ARE SLOW IN BEING PROCESSED AT TIMES.

AND THE CUMULATIVE SCHOOL DEFICIT AS OF $53,000 AS OF MARCH 31ST WAS $53,689, AND OUR SURPLUS

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I WILL TELL THE BOARD THAT OUR CLAIMS DID EXCEED OUR CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN OCTOBER AND FEBRUARY.

AND AS THE BOARD IS WELL AWARE, WE HAVE AN INCREASE TO OUR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR FY 25.

YOU DID APPROVE THE RATE STRUCTURE AT YOUR LAST MEETING, AND AN INCREASE IN OUR CONTRIBUTION IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FY 25 BUDGET.

LOOKING AHEAD FOR FINANCE WE CONTINUE TO DO BUDGET TO ACTUAL MONITORING A NUMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM TO LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT YEAR END.

SOME OF THEM ARE REQUESTING BUDGET TRANSFERS TO PURCHASE SOME UNNECESSARY ITEMS. OUR PURCHASE ORDER CUTOFF FOR CURRENT YEAR SPENDING IS MAY 15TH, EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES AND ANY PLANNED CAPITAL SPENDING THAT MIGHT BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30TH.

OUR PRELIMINARY AUDIT WORK IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 15TH THROUGH 19TH, AND WE ARE IN THE WRAP UP STAGES OF OUR FY 25 BUDGET.

WE MAY BE ADOPTING THE BUDGET WITHOUT UPDATED STATE NUMBERS, BUT WE CAN BRING YOU STATE NUMBERS THROUGH BUDGET AMENDMENT.

YOU WILL HAVE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET ON MAY 14TH, AND I HAVE ADVERTISED THE INTRODUCED BUDGET ABSENT ANY CHANGES TO DATE.

BUDGET ADOPTION IS SCHEDULED FOR YOUR SECOND MAY MEETING.

AND AGAIN, WE WILL CAREFULLY MONITOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND SOME OF OUR SOMETIMES SOME SOME OF OUR OVERAGES RESULT IN CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT EXPENDITURES.

HOWEVER, WE SEEM TO BE ON TARGET WITH THOSE.

AND OUR JAIL EXPENDITURES ARE ON TARGET WITH WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EITHER TONIGHT OR BY EMAIL OR PHONE.

GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.

NO, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON STRATEGIC PLAN.

DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR KRISTEN PUDLOW.

GOOD EVENING BOARD MR. WEBB MRS. ERARD AND MR. STOKE. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.

THIS WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022.

SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH AN UPDATE.

HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE LAST UPDATE, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES HERE.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PLAN IS IT ALLOWS US TO HIGHLIGHT THE HARD WORK OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WORKING TOWARDS THESE GOALS.

WE ALSO IDENTIFY SOME CHALLENGES IN, IN WORKING TOWARDS THE GOALS AS WELL, SOME OF THEM.

OKAY. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER PRIORITY VISION AND MISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

OKAY. SO THE MISSION OR OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY AND CUSTOMER FOCUSED PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND GUESTS SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE A SAFE, ENJOYABLE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY ACCORDING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

OUR VISION IS WHO WE WANT TO BE A WELCOMING COMMUNITY, EMBRACING ITS RURAL CHARACTER AND FOCUSING ON ITS PROSPEROUS FUTURE.

THERE ARE FOUR MAIN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WITHIN THE PLAN.

SO THAT'S EXCUSE ME.

INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM THERE'S A LITTLE KEY.

YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE ICONS THROUGHOUT THE BRIEFING.

SO A GREEN CHECK MEANS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THAT GOAL OR IT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

A RED CHECK MEANS THAT THE GOAL IS NOT BEING WORKED ON ANYMORE DUE TO SOME TYPE OF AN ISSUE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE FINISHED WORKING ON IT UNTIL FURTHER BOARD ACTION.

THE GREEN EYE MEANS IT'S IN PROGRESS WITHOUT ANY ISSUES OR DELAYS, AND THEN THE ORANGE "I" WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE IT'S IN PROGRESS.

BUT THERE'S ISSUES, DELAYS OR BOARD DECISIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO OUR FIRST AREA IS WATER AND SEWER, UTILITIES SO THAT'S STRATEGICAL 1.1 THROUGH 1.4.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST GOAL IS INDUSTRIAL SEWER.

AND OUR GOAL THERE IS BY 2028, 55% OF NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PLANNING AREA WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AN ADEQUATE WATER SYSTEM THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.

SO IF YOU LOOK UNDER STATUS UTILITIES IS OUR MOST ONE OF THE MORE COMPLEX STRATEGIC PLANNING GOAL AREAS.

SO IT TAKES MULTIPLE PROJECTS AND PROCESSES TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

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THE UTILITY MASTER PLAN IS COMING ALONG NICELY.

DEWBERRY CONSULTANTS ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY OF 2024.

THE SOUTH POINT BUSINESS PARK FORCE MAIN REALIGNMENT PROJECT HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED.

IT IS OPERATIONAL, BUT IT IS STILL PENDING STABILIZATION.

HOWEVER, IT IS FULLY FUNCTIONING OPERATIONAL SO WE MARK THAT AS A DONE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE BLACKWATER SWAMP REGIONAL PUMP STATION.

AND CURRENTLY WE'RE PENDING HOPEWELL CAPACITY REQUEST APPROVAL.

SO WE'VE SUBMITTED MR. HALTOM. EXCUSE ME.

HALTOM AND HIS TEAM. HALTOM.

SORRY, FRANK. AND HIS TEAM HAVE SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO HOPEWELL FOR CAPACITY FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON.

THE SECOND GOAL HERE IS RESIDENTIAL SEWER.

SO BY 2028, 52% OF THE RESIDENTS IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PLANNING AREA WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AN ADEQUATE SEWER SYSTEM THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.

SO IF YOU LOOK UNDER STATUS 1.2 RESIDENTIAL SEWER, AGAIN, THE BLACKWATER SWAMP FACILITATES OR SUPPORTS THAT GOAL AS WELL AS THE MASTER PLAN.

SO I WON'T GO BACK OVER THAT.

THE NEXT GOAL IS INDUSTRIAL WATER.

SO BY ONE BY 2028, 43% OF NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PLANNING AREA WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE WATER SYSTEMS THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS. SO IF YOU LOOK UNDER STATUS THERE, WE'VE GOT THE MASTER PLAN AGAIN.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE RIVER ROAD TANK AND BOOSTER STATION THAT CONNECTS TO THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY.

THAT SITE PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED, EASEMENTS ARE NEEDED AND THERE IS A FUNDING GAP THAT EXISTS.

WE'LL BE BRINGING INFORMATION FURTHER TO THE BOARD ON MAY 14TH AND MAY 28TH ON ON THESE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO MORE TO FOLLOW HERE.

RESIDENTIAL WATER THAT'S THE NEXT GOAL.

SO BY 2028, 43% OF RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PLANNING AREA WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE WATER SYSTEM THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE UNDER STATUS WE'VE GOT THE TEMPLE AVENUE 24 INCH WATER LINE, APPOMATTOX RIVER CROSSING.

SO WE DID RECEIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DIRECTED FUNDS.

THE $959,000 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL GRANT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT.

SO IF THAT GRANT IS APPROVED, THEN THEY THAT MEANS $1.5 MILLION OF THAT PROJECT COST WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE REALLOCATED TOWARDS OTHER PROJECTS, THOSE ARE ARPA FUNDS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ROUTE 156 TANK AND BOOSTER STATION ON MIDDLE ROAD.

THAT IT'S IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND IT'S FUNDED FOR DESIGN ONLY AT THIS POINT.

SO THERE NEEDS TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND, AND DECISIONS ON THAT ONE SO.

THIS IS ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S KIND OF COMPLEX WITH THE MULTIPLE GOALS, BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE SAME INFORMATION.

I'LL TAKE A MINUTE AND LET YOU ALL LOOK AT THAT.

OKAY, SO THE NEXT GOALS ARE 1.5 THROUGH 1.7.

SO THIS DEALS WITH OTHER UTILITIES INTERNET AND TRASH DISPOSAL 1.5 BUILDING ON THE PROGRESS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, 90% OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CONSISTENT HIGH SPEED INTERNET.

AS YOU CAN SEE UNDER STATUS, WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR A DHCD VIRGINIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE OR A BODY GRANT TO EXPAND BROADBAND TO UNDERSERVED AREAS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THAT GRANT IS EXPECTED IN MAY OF 2024.

THERE'S ALSO A LINK THERE THAT ANYONE CAN GO CHECK THE STATUS OF THAT GRANT.

IT'S A PUBLIC THAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THEIR SITE.

THE NEXT GOAL IS TRASH DISPOSAL.

SO THE YANCEY TRACT ESTIMATED COST AT OVER $3 MILLION.

CURRENTLY, THERE'S NO FUNDING IDENTIFIED FOR THAT PROJECT, SO WE'RE PENDING ADDITIONAL DIRECTION OR BOARD ACTION FOR FOR THE STAFF TO CONTINUE ON THAT GOAL, SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE JUST GOT IT AS A RED CHECK.

AND THEN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

SO BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2023 FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

SO WE'VE LOOKED AT NO COST TRASH TRASH DISPOSAL THAT WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $2 MILLION PER YEAR.

SO AGAIN CURRENTLY CURRENTLY NO FUNDING SOURCE IDENTIFIED.

SO JUST PENDING FURTHER FURTHER INFORMATION OR ACTION BEFORE WE PROCEED THERE.

AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS OUR NEXT AND PROSPERITY IS OUR NEXT AREA.

SO WE'VE GOT EXIT 45 RENOVATION THE GOAL 2.8 BY FEBRUARY 1ST, 2025, THE COMMUNITY WILL EXPERIENCE THE BEGINNING STEPS OF EXIT 45 RENOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IF YOU CAN LOOK UNDER STATUS, WE'VE GOT A NEW WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION THERE AT EXIT 45 AT THE EXISTING ELEVATED TANK SITE.

ONCE THAT WELL CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, TESTING WILL DETERMINE THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF THAT WELL CAPACITY AND THE TREATMENT LEVELS NEEDED.

SO AFTER IT'S FUNCTIONAL, THEN THEY CAN START TO SEE WHAT WHAT CAPACITY WILL BE ABLE TO GET FROM THAT WELL, SO THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE AVAILABILITY FOR BUSINESSES AND ROOFTOPS AT EXIT 45.

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BY 2026, THE COMMUNITY WILL EXPERIENCE A GROCERY STORE AND SIT DOWN RESTAURANT AS PART OF THE EXIT 45 RENOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

IF YOU LOOK UNDER STATUS THERE, THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED A $12,000 DHCD GRANT TOWARDS EXIT 45 MASTER PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS OF FEBRUARY 2024. THEY ALSO CONDUCTED WITH THAT GRANT A KENT, EXCUSE ME, A STEPHEN KENT PRO FORMA RETAIL STRATEGIES OUTREACH.

SO THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED THAT ALLOWS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO GO ON AND EDUCATE CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT THAT AREA MIGHT BE WELL SUITED FOR, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT POTENTIAL PROFITS ARE AT THAT LOCATION.

SO, AND THOSE THOSE POTENTIALS COVERED IN THAT REPORT WERE HOTEL, FOOD, RETAIL AND A CONVENTION CENTER.

WE'VE ALSO HAD INTERNAL STAFF MEETINGS FOR EXIT 45 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN.

THE MASTER PLAN, HOWEVER, THAT'S AT MY LEVEL NOW.

SO WE'RE WORKING TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING YOU ALL WHEN WE HAVE CONTINUED PROGRESS THERE.

THE COUNTY HAS MADE 120 MARKETING OUTREACH CONTACTS SINCE DECEMBER OF 2022.

AND WE DID LEARN THAT GROWTH CHAIN GROCERY.

MAYBE WE DIDN'T I LEARNED SINCE BEING BRIEFED BY THE STAFF THAT CHAIN GROCERY STORES HAVE ROOFTOP REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED AN AREA FOR INVESTMENT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, EXIT 45 DOESN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA.

SO WE EXPECT THAT ISSUE TO CONTINUE THERE.

AND THE NEXT AREA IS WATER UTILITIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA BY 2024, SHORT TERM WATER AND SEWER CAPACITY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE PRINCE GEORGE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

YOU CAN LOOK AT TEN, EXCUSE ME, 2.10 WATER UTILITIES.

SO WE'VE GOT THE FORCE MAIN PROJECT, WHICH WE WENT FOR ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.

THERE'S OTHER LONG TERM PROJECTS WILL BE DISCUSSED ON MAY 28TH AS WELL.

THE NEXT GOAL 2.11 INDUSTRIAL AREA BUSINESS GROWTH.

BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2025, THREE NEW BUSINESSES WILL BE LOCATED IN THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AREA.

THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

SO IF YOU LOOK UNDER 2.11, NEW BUSINESSES INCLUDE SAM'S CLUB DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, WORLDWIDE RETAIL SOLUTIONS IN DECEMBER OF 22, AND TRIPLE DIAMOND GLASS IN NOVEMBER OF 23.

SO THAT GOAL HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND 2.12 AS WELL AS 2.13 THOSE ARE FUTURE GOALS THAT WE CAN ASSESS BETTER AS WE GET CLOSER TO THOSE DATES.

SO THAT'S IT FOR THIS SECTION.

THE NEXT AREA IS LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT.

SO RURAL PRESERVATION GOAL 3.14 BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2023, IN A WAY THAT PRESERVES THE RURAL WAY OF LIFE AND DIRECTS THE MAJORITY OF GROWTH IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PLANNING AREA, THE COUNTY WILL REVISIT AND UPDATE ITS LAND USE ORDINANCE.

SO THE UPDATE THERE UNDER STATUS.

THE COUNTY HAS CONTRACTED WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP TO ASSIST IN PREPARATION OF A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE.

THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TARGETED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN AUGUST OF 2025, AND THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING FOR THAT IS ON MAY 8TH.

AND THEN THE OTHER UPDATE IS THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES, THE PRIMARY TOOL REGULATING USE USE FOR COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND USE GOALS FOR RURAL PRESERVATION THAT'S TARGETED TO BEGIN DIRECTLY AFTER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS COMPLETED IN FY 26, AND THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO TAKE 12 TO 18 MONTHS, INCLUDING BOARD OF SUPERVISOR APPROVAL.

GOOD GOVERNANCE IS THE LAST AREA.

SO THIS IS 4.14 THROUGH 18.

SERVICE CAPACITY 4.

15 TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND SERVICE DELIVERY CAPACITY WILL BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY OF 23.

THAT WAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OF 23 AND IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC ON THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION PAGE.

AND CURRENTLY, NO PHASE TWO OF THIS STUDY IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

4.16 PUBLIC INFORMATION BY OCTOBER OF 22, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE BETTER INFORMED AND EXPERIENCE CONSISTENT MESSAGING FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AS EVIDENCED BY THE ADDITION OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.

SO WE HAVE HIRED A PIO AS OF OCTOBER OF 22.

CONSISTENCY IN MESSAGING IS BEING ACHIEVED AND THE COUNTY WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION PLANNING IS TAKING PLACE.

OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO A ONE PLATFORM EVERBRIDGE NIXLE.

SO NOW RESIDENTS CAN RECEIVE ALERTS FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS AND WEATHER RELATED MESSAGING FROM ONE PLATFORM.

WE DID PHASE OUT CODE RED.

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EXCUSE ME, 2022 COMMUNITY CITIZEN INQUIRIES WILL RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY IF THE QUESTION WAS RECEIVED ON A WEEKEND.

SO CURRENTLY COUNTYWIDE MANDATORY CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY AND AUGUST OF 24 VACORP IS PROVIDING TRAINERS AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY WEBSITE HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED WITH A CONTACT US PAGE AND THE 311 CITIZEN REQUEST AND CONCERNS PORTAL WAS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR, AND THE 24 HOUR RESPONSE REQUIREMENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DISCUSSED AMONG STAFF FREQUENTLY.

CUSTOMER FOCUS AND PERFORMANCE DRIVEN 4.18 PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IS A IS COMMITTED TO BEING A CUSTOMER FOCUSED AND PERFORMANCE DRIVEN ORGANIZATION.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THREE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED DEPARTMENTAL STRATEGIC PLANS, AND THOSE WOULD BE TIED TO ALLOW US TO TIE THEIR GOALS OR PRIORITIES TO FUNDING OR BUDGETS TO BE PERFORMANCE DRIVEN.

THAT'S HR, FIRE AND PARKS.

THOSE ARE AT DRAFT FORM REVIEW FOR MR. STOKE TO REVIEW AND THEN SUBMIT TO THE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL.

SO AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SCHEDULED PENDING FUNDING APPROVAL FOR FOR FOR THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS.

SO FOR NEXT STEPS, THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN IS BASED ON PRIORITIES SET IN 2022.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS.

SO WE DID WANT TO ASK THE BOARD IF AGAIN, NO DECISION NEEDED TODAY, BUT WE COULD DO A REVIEW OF THIS PLAN TO ENSURE IT ALIGNS AND ALL OF OUR GOALS ALIGN WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'D LIKE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON THIS PLAN OR UPDATES, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE.

AND AND AS STATED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE SOME UTILITY UPDATES COMING ON MAY 14TH AND MAY 28TH.

PENDING QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.

THANK YOU, MRS. PUDLOW. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE MOVING TO ORDER OF

[G. Order of Business]

DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MRS. DREWRY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDING.

WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $87,109.12.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROPRIATED YET FOR USE.

JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW, CUMULATIVELY, SINCE WE HAVE STARTED RECEIVING OPIOID PAYMENTS IN JULY, WE HAVE RECEIVED A GRAND TOTAL, INCLUDING THIS $87,000 $216,059.10.

THOSE FUNDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED ONLY FOR OPIOID ABATEMENT.

AND WE ARE RECEIVING THEM FROM A NUMBER OF PRIVATE ENTITIES, SETTLEMENTS.

THERE WAS A SHEET ATTACHED AND THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT TELLS YOU FROM WHAT PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, WHAT RETAIL PHARMACIES AND GROUP MEDICAL GROUPS, WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDS TO DATE.

WE HAVE NOT SPENT ANY OF THE FUNDING.

I KNOW THAT MISS [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DETERMINING THE BEST USE ALONG WITH HER CCJB BOARD.

AND SHE IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON WHAT THEY ARE DISCUSSING.

BUT WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING TONIGHT IS SIMPLY THE APPROPRIATION OF THAT 87,000.

AND I'M SURE MISS WOLF IS HAPPY TO COME TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT PLANNED USES, OR WOULD DO SO TONIGHT AT YOUR REQUEST.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER TONIGHT.

OKAY. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN WEBB.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. STOKES. MRS. ERARD.

AS MISS DREWRY SAID, THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TO DATE HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED.

THE LAST TIME THAT I CAME BEFORE THE BOARD WAS, I BELIEVE, IN OCTOBER OF 2023.

AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED COUNTY STAFF TO APPLY FOR A COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIP GRANT TO THE VIRGINIA OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY. THAT WAS A PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR A CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER HERE IN THE COUNTY.

WE DID THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SURREY COUNTY AS WELL AS DISTRICT 19, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, SERVING BOTH OF THOSE LOCALITIES.

OUR PROJECT PROPOSAL WAS DECIDED UPON, AS MISS DREWRY SAID, BY OUR COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE BOARD.

WE HAD STAKEHOLDERS FROM BOTH PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AND SURREY COUNTY PROVIDE INPUT AS TO HOW WE WANTED TO BEST EXPEND THOSE FUNDS.

SO WE DID SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE OAA.

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MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE OAA IS GOING TO MEET IN MAY, I BELIEVE MAY 24TH IS THEIR DATE TO MEET AND START REVIEWING APPLICATIONS AND MAKE AWARD DECISIONS.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR EITHER LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE IF WE RECEIVE AN AWARD.

AND OUR REQUEST WAS $2.1 MILLION APPROXIMATELY FOR FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.

QUESTION, MR. BROWN. NO, NO, NO, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

I JUST FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE SITTING HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME HEARING THIS AND WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? IT ALL WAS AROUND EVERYTHING THAT WENT DOWN OVER THIS WHOLE OPIOID CRISIS THAT WENT ON, AND A LOT OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WERE SUED, AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY JOINED THAT PROCESS.

AND NOW WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED ARE, ARE ARE THE MONIES THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WERE AWARDED AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO GO ABOUT USING THEM FOR THE RIGHT REASON THAT THEY WERE DESIGNATED FOR.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE SITTING HERE TONIGHT.

WE FOLLOW THIS EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR.

YOU GUYS MAY NOT.

AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, MRS. ROTH. YES. THANK YOU SIR.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

YOU TOO. AND I BELIEVE THE PLAN WAS TO USE OUR LOCAL OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDING FOR MATCH FUNDS FOR THAT COMMUNITY GRANT.

SO. OKAY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THERE IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE $87,109.12 CURRENT APPROPRIATION IS IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND JUST FOR OPIOID ABATEMENT FUNDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF AN AMBULANCE PURCHASE AND AWARD OF CONTRACT TO SOUTHEAST SPECIALTIES VEHICLES, $419,858 UPDATED FROM $418.763.

THAT WAS PRICE INCREASE.

INTERIM CHIEF TAYLOR IS GOING TO PRESENT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS.

MR. STOKES, MRS. ERARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

FIRE AND EMS RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF TWO AMBULANCES.

HOWEVER, CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FUNDING WITHIN THE CIP FIRE AND EMS APPARATUS ACCOUNT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO AMBULANCES.

STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PURCHASE OF ONE AMBULANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS IT CURRENTLY TAKES UP TO 30 MONTHS TO BUILD AN AMBULANCE.

A LIST OF CURRENT AMBULANCES IS PROVIDED FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW.

USING COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THE COST TO PURCHASE A LIFELINE AMBULANCE WITH A DIESEL FORD F-550 CHASSIS IS APPROXIMATELY IS $419,858 FROM SOUTHEASTERN SPECIALTY VEHICLES FRANCHISE DISTRIBUTOR OF LIFELINE VEHICLES.

A SUMMARY AND DETAILED QUOTES ARE PROVIDED FOR BOARD REVIEW.

THE FIRE AND EMS CAPITAL APPARATUS ACCOUNT CURRENTLY HAS $667,986.36 AVAILABLE, AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS PURCHASE.

CIP APPARATUS ACCOUNT SUMMARY IS ATTACHED FOR THE BOARD REVIEW.

STAFF REQUESTS APPROVAL TO PURCHASE AN AMBULANCE, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO APPROVE A PURCHASE ORDER TO SOUTHEASTERN SPECIALTY VEHICLES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $419,858 FOR A LIFELINE SUPER LINER TYPE ONE WITH A FORD F-550 DIESEL CHASSIS AMBULANCE.

A DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL IS INCLUDED.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS I DO, MR. COX. MR. TAYLOR.

WHY A 550 OVER A 450? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT IS THE WEIGHT CAPACITY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 450 AND 550.

THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER DIFFERENCE OTHER THAN SUSPENSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY? WE HAVE TO COME WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT TO THE VEHICLES WHEN IT'S LOADED.

RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, FAIR ENOUGH.

I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO LOOK TONIGHT AND TRY TO FIND THE $171,729 DIFFERENCE AND GO AHEAD AND ORDER TWO OF THESE UNITS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING, WE'RE TALKING A 26, 27 MODEL CHASSIS, 30 MONTHS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST THAT HE'S PROVIDED US, WE'VE GOT TWO AMBULANCES THAT ARE UNDER 100,000 MILES.

THAT'S IT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MILEAGE THAT'S FIGURED IN ON EACH MACHINE WITH THE IDLE TIME, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S GOT 194,000 MILES ON IT.

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WE'RE NOT FOOLING ANYBODY BUT OURSELVES.

WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY LIKE WE USED TO HAVE, OF BEING ABLE TO BUY SOMETHING ORDER IN AND GET IT HERE IN SIX MONTHS.

WE'RE TALKING 30 MONTHS.

SO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FIND THE ADDITIONAL MONEY, AND WE GIVE THEM AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE TWO AMBULANCES.

MR. COX, I APOLOGIZE THE ONLY MOTION ON THE TABLE TONIGHT IS FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CURRENT AMBULANCE.

WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM.

WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DO IT TONIGHT.

WHY WOULD IT NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DO IT WHEN WE'RE MAKING A MOTION TO INCREASE IT? WE HAVE A RESOLUTION IN A PACKAGE.

IT'S FOR THE ONE AMBULANCE.

AND THE RESOLUTION CAN BE CHANGED.

I MEAN, WE'RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE AND IT'S COSTING MORE MONEY THE LONGER WE SIT AND WAIT, THE MORE MONEY IT'S GOING TO COST.

NOTHING'S GETTING CHEAPER.

I PERSONALLY UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT WILLING TO SUPPORT IT WITHOUT KNOWING HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

WE TOOK A BIG STEP WITH THE REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND YET.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

YOU'RE FINE.

I WOULD SAY JUST MY $0.02 OVER HERE.

I KNOW WHEN MISS DREWRY GAVE HER EXPENDITURES AND ALL THAT STUFF, SHE SAID WE WERE RIGHT.

HEALTHY ON THE GENERAL FUND.

I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPTION OR NOT.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO BRING BACK ON ANOTHER MEETING NIGHT? WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM HAVING A DISCUSSION ON IT ANOTHER NIGHT.

I AM NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DECISION TO GIVE THEM THE AUTHORIZATION TO PAY TO ORDER TWO VEHICLES, NOT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY.

I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T AFFORD IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO.

I'D LIKE TO BE FIRM ON KNOWING WHERE THAT MONEY'S COMING FROM, AND WE TEND TO BE CAUTIOUS ON HOW WE PULL MONIES FROM THE FUND BALANCE. OKAY, SO BUT I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING NO.

RIGHT. I'M JUST SAYING I'M NOT IN THE I'M MORE I WOULD SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF THE ONE.

BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE YEARS AND STUFF GO, IF WE BOUGHT TWO NOW, THAT WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO PHASE OUT 1 OR 2 OLDER ONES.

AND THEN IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, 2 TO 3 YEARS, DO A RE CHASSIS ON ONE OF THE NEWER BOXES BEFORE IT AGES OUT, WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY SAVE US MONEY.

YEAH, I PERSONALLY WOULD FEEL BETTER KNOWING ONCE WE APPROVE A BUDGET.

ONCE WE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS GOING TO DO WHERE THEY MAY NOT.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO COME BACK TO US WITH AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FOR THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON, THAT WE DIDN'T PLAN ON.

I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO AT THE MOST.

AND I COULD BE WRONG, CHIEF TAYLOR, BUT I DON'T THINK MAKING A DECISION ANOTHER MONTH OR SO FROM NOW IS GOING TO BE THAT DETRIMENTAL IN YOU NOT GETTING WHAT YOU NEED.

THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.

I'M JUST ONE OF FIVE.

IS THERE A REDUCED PRICE IF WE BUY MULTIPLE VEHICLES OR ARE THEY ABOUT THE SAME? SAME. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND EXPEND THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE ONE WITH THE INTENTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ONCE WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET OR VOTE ON THE NEW BUDGET.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

THANK YOU, MISS KNOTT CALL THE ROLL ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'VE GOT WHAT WAS ADDED, WHICH IS TO CANCEL THE MAY 7TH BUDGET WORK SESSION.

I HAVE A MOTION. I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ONCE WE GET THE STATE FUNDING CORRECT OR GET OUR NUMBERS BACK FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO, CORRECT? IF IT HOLDS TRUE TO LAST YEAR, THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK INTO SESSION TO WHAT, THE 11TH? THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT A 15TH.

WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO THE AMENDMENTS LIKE WE WOULD DO BUDGET 17TH OR SOMETHING.

OKAY.

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SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN PAST YEARS, ABSENT AN APPROVED STATE BUDGET, IS THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ADOPT USING OUR BEST ESTIMATES AND HAND, AND THOSE HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE WE INTRODUCED THE BUDGET.

AND THEN WHEN WE DO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM ALL OF THOSE STATE FUNDING AGENCIES, WE BRING YOU THE CHANGES AND YOU APPROVE THOSE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET, ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE REQUIRED AND OR THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.

GOOD OR BAD. THAT CAN BE AN UP OR DOWN.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEES WHAT THEY HAD THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO WIND UP IN THE SECOND ONE.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS BEING AS I'M A NEW BOARD MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADD OR, YOU KNOW, TAKE AWAY, OR WE CAN COME TO A, YOU KNOW, AN AGREEMENT TO SAY, HEY, THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE FUNDED OR DONE VERSUS YOU KNOW, US TALLYING IT AND GETTING A CONSENSUS.

IF AN AMENDMENT IS POSSIBLE AFTER WE KNOW THE BUDGET, I THINK I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT AS LONG AS WE WOULD COME BACK AND DISCUSS MAYBE ADDING TO THE BUDGET, MAYBE SEEING A POLICE OFFICER GET FUNDED OR APPARATUS GET PURCHASED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU'RE. IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU'RE ASKING TO COMMIT FOR UNKNOWNS.

WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? WE JUST DON'T KNOW. AND WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS COME OUT AHEAD.

OKAY. WHEN THEY'VE COME OUT WITH THE BUDGET, IT HAS BEEN LESS.

AND BASED ON THE WAY WE BUILD THE BUDGET, MRS. DREWRY HAS ACCOUNTED FOR SOME OF THAT PLUS OR MINUSES.

SO WE DON'T HAVE IN IN A BOAT WHERE WE HAVE AUTHORIZED SOMETHING.

AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE BACK HERE SAYING, HEY, WELL, WE MISSED THE MARK, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO RAISE TAXES.

ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THERE'S NEEDS.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS OUT THERE.

THE AMBULANCES HAVE THE HIGHEST CALL RATE RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU STILL GOT FIRE AND EMS. YOU STILL GOT POLICE.

FOLKS WE FUND SCHOOL BUSSES AT TUNE OF $543,000.

WE FUND $450,000 FOR COUNTY REPLACEMENT VEHICLES FOR THE SAME REASON WE STARTED THAT YEARS AGO.

AND THE REASON WE DON'T BOND EVERYTHING.

WE SAVE IT BECAUSE WE SAVE THE CASH AND WHAT IT COSTS YOU TO BORROW THE MONEY.

TRYING TO SAVE EVERY PENNY WE CAN SAVE.

THAT'S WHY WE WENT THAT ROUTE.

AND THEY GO OUT ON A LIMB RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GOT BETTER NUMBERS.

WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

THE REASON WE GOT GOOD, GOOD BORROWING RATINGS RIGHT NOW BY TWO DIFFERENT FIRMS, AND THAT PUTS US IN A REALLY GOOD POSITION IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

WE STRESS ONE OF OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES.

BUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WHEN WE AGREED TO THE NEW SCHOOL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FOUR FINANCIAL POLICIES WE HAD, AND I HAD HEARTBURN WITH THAT.

I'M NOT THE ONE THAT LIKES TO GO IN DEBT.

IF I DON'T KNOW WHERE I GOT THE MONEY COMING FROM TO PAY FOR IT.

THAT'S JUST ME. I DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING UNLESS I CAN PAY IT OFF IN A MONTH.

IF I CAN'T PAY IT OFF IN A MONTH.

OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T NEED IT.

I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

OKAY. WE'VE HAD HOW MANY WEEKS SINCE THIS FIRST THING CAME UP.

WE COULD WE CAN HAVE OFFLINE DISCUSSIONS.

WE JUST CAN'T HAVE EVERYBODY IN A MEETING WITHOUT IT BEING A MEETING.

BUT IS IT ACTUALLY WORTH COMING UP HERE AND SITTING AND LOOKING AT EACH OTHER FOR THE OTHER MEETING WHEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY NUMBERS? IF YOU ALL WANT TO DO THAT, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

THE MAJORITY BOARD AGREES TO IT.

I DON'T SEE A NEED TO DO IT UNTIL WE GET SOME FIGURES.

AND MRS. DREWRY WILL SEND THOSE TO YOU AS SOON AS SHE GETS THEM.

EVEN BEFORE THE MEETING, WE WON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MEETING TO SEE THE NUMBERS.

SHE WILL SEND US THE NUMBERS AS SHE GETS THEM FROM MR. STOKES [INAUDIBLE]. AND MRS. DREWRY THERE'S NOTHING THAT STOPS US THAT ONCE YOU GET NUMBERS, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A BUDGET MEETING, WE CAN STILL DO THAT AS LONG AS WE ADVERTISE PROPERLY.

RIGHT? CORRECT.

YES, SIR. SO I MEAN, ONCE WE GET NUMBERS AND THEN IF WE WANT TO MEET, I THINK IT'S WORTH SITTING DOWN AT THAT TIME.

I'M CAUTIOUS ABOUT ADDING MORE AND MORE SALARIES, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO NOW CHANGES AND GIVES US A NEW BASELINE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET THAT WE DO. SO WHEN WE START ADDING ALL THIS ADDITIONAL STAFF, WE NOW HAVE JUST THAT.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE BACK THE NEXT YEAR.

THAT JUST CHANGES OUR STARTING POINT TO BE HIGHER THAN NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT'S IT'S A FIXED COST.

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OKAY. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S NEEDS AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THEM THIS YEAR OR FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET BECAUSE OF DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH THE, WITH THE ASSESSMENTS SO.

BUT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M IN.

I WOULD SO MOVE THAT WE WOULD CANCEL THE MAY 7TH MEETING OR.

I'M SORRY, DID SOMEONE HAVE A MOTION? I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY MADE A MOTION, I MADE ONE.

I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION.

OKAY. I'LL SECOND YOURS.

SORRY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? MISS KNOTT CALL THE ROLL.

NEXT. NUMBER FOUR IS A MORATORIUM THAT MR. COX ASKED TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA.

I WOULD ASK THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER A MORATORIUM ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CURRENT POLICY UNTIL STAFF HAS A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND GET IT BACK TO US. MR. COX, I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF CRAFTING WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE A DRAFT MOTION OR TWO, AND I SENT IT TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T READ YOUR EMAIL, WHICH I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT YOU HADN'T BECAUSE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THE MEETING.

YEAH, I DON'T READ MY EMAILS DURING MEETINGS.

YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO READ THE FIRST ONE? PLEASE. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE IS A MOTION TO DIRECT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO DIRECT STAFF TO SUSPEND ANY AND ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES PERTAINING TO FOUL UNTIL A CERTAIN DATE OR FOR A PERIOD OF X NUMBER OF DAYS, AND THEN AS A COMPANION MOTION I MOVE TO DIRECT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION THAT REMOVES THE TWO ACRE REQUIREMENT IN ORDER FOR A PROPERTY OWNER TO OWN UP TO SIX FOUL.

I'M OKAY WITH THE FIRST ONE.

I THINK THE SECOND ONE, I THOUGHT POTENTIALLY THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AND THEY WOULD BRING BACK THAT RECOMMENDATION OR WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION.

I JUST I DIDN'T KNOW, I WAS GUESSING, NO PROBLEM.

ON THE FIRST ONE, I WOULD PROBABLY TEND TO LEAN TO A TIME FRAME OF SUSPENDING THE ENFORCEMENT.

IF IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN COMES BACK TO US AT A MINIMUM, IT'S GOING TO BE 60 TO 90 DAYS BEFORE WE WOULD EVEN HEAR IT.

SO, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK WE'D PROBABLY.

IF WE SET A TIME FRAME, LET'S JUST SAY IF WE SAY THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE MAKE A DECISION AND MODIFY THAT ORDINANCE, WILL WE THEN HAVE TO COME BACK AND LIFT THAT MORATORIUM, OR WOULD THAT AUTOMATICALLY BE LIFTED AS A RESULT OF THE ORDINANCE CHANGE? IF THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, THEN IF SOMEBODY'S NOT IN VIOLATION, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ENFORCEMENT MEASURE.

OKAY. NOW IT COULD BE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO UNDO IT IF THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT MEASURES OTHER THAN, I DON'T KNOW, RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF FOUL. SO WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AND IF NECESSARY, WE WOULD INCLUDE IT.

I WOULD BE LEANING MORE TO MAKING THAT EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE END OF 2024.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU SAY 60 DAYS AND WE DON'T HEAR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DOWN, WE'RE BACK AGAIN EXTENDING THAT TIME, I THINK IT'S EASIER TO SHORTEN IT THAN TO KEEP EXTENDING IT, TO BE HONEST.

BUT BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS FINE.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. BROWN, THAT WE MOVE THE DIRECTOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO DIRECT STAFF TO SUSPEND ANY AND ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES PERTAINING TO FOUL UNTIL 12-31-24.

AND I'LL SECOND.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD, MR. BROWN. AND, FOLKS, THE REASON I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MR. BROWN ON THE SECOND MOTION IS I NEED TO SEE THE DATA AND THE IMPACTS TO EVERYBODY.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CHICKENS, FOWLS, DOGS, HORSES, YOU NAME IT.

I GOT EVERYTHING NEXT TO ME.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY IS.

SO UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE TO EVERYBODY.

IT'D BE UNFAIR TO THEM AS WELL TO TO GO WITH THE SECOND MOTION WITHOUT HAVING THAT DATA IN FRONT OF US.

ALL RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MISS KNOTT, CALL THE ROLL.

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BE INTERESTED IN HAVING A WORK SESSION ON THIS ITEM THE FOUL.

ONCE THEY HAVE SOMETHING.

ONCE THEY HAVE SOMETHING BACK TO US.

YES. OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. MR. STOKES CAN SCHEDULE THAT ONCE HE GETS THE INPUT OR WHOEVER HE'S GOT IN CHARGE OF THAT.

OKAY. WE'RE GOOD.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN TILL MAY 14TH.

MAKE A MOTION WE ADJOURN TO MAY 14TH.

SECOND. MISS KNOTT CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU FOLKS FOR COMING OUT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.