[A. Call to Order (6:00 pm)] [00:00:02] >> GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS DECEMBER 16, 2025. IT'S NOW 6:00 P.M. IT IS TIME FOR OUR BOARD MEETING. AS WE START THIS MEETING TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE NO AUTHORIZATION FOR ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION. MRS. WYMACK IS NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF HIP. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ANY DETAILS, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY PRAYING FOR HER RECOVERY. WE'LL START TONIGHT WITH MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. BROWN? >> HERE. >> MRS. WYMACK IS ABSENT. MR. COX? >> HERE. >> MR. PUGH? >> HERE. >> MR. WEBB? >> HERE. >> NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS. I NEED APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA AS IT SO READS. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. PUGH AND SECOND BY MR. COX THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SO STATED ON BOARD DOCS. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. COX? >> YES. >> MR. PUGH? >> YES. >> MR. WEBB? >> YES. >> MR. BROWN? >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. NEXT, WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION FOR TONIGHT. [B. Closed Session] AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR US TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO AND CLOSE, SUCH PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2371181 FOR DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINE, OR RESIGNATION OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFERS, APPOINT TO YOUR EMPLOYEE. I FURTHER MOVE THAT SUCH DISCUSSION BE LIMITED TO THE DEPUTY ZONE ADMINISTRATOR, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND FOR THE DISCUSSION OF CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, FOUR YEAR TERMS, AND A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF ASSESSMENTS, A THREE YEAR TERM, AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION FOUR YEAR TERM, ALSO AN APPOINTMENT TO THE VIRGINIA GATEWAYS REGION, A ONE YEAR TERM, AN APPOINTMENT TO THE RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, WHICH IS A FOUR YEAR TERM AND AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ATMATIX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY, AND AN APPOINTMENT TO THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. >> SORRY, THAT'S THE NEW ONE MISS PASTOR. THAT IS A NEW ONE. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH THAT WE WOULD GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE MOTION THAT WAS JUST READ BY MR. COX. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH? >> YES. >> MR. WEBB? >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WILL BE IN CLOSED SESSION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSED SESSION ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED BEFORE. WE ARE NOW COMING BACK IN FROM CLOSED SESSION. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECONVENE AND CERTIFY THE CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE. >> MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AND CERTIFY THAT ONLY THE MATTERS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH FOR US TO RECONVENE AND CERTIFY THE CLOSED SESSION AS SO STATED IN THE MOTION. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB? >> YES. >> MR. BROWN? >> YES. >> MR. COX? >> YES. >> MOTION CARRY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE? >> MR. BROWN. >> YES, SIR. BOARD INVOCATION. >> I'M SORRY. I'M JUMPING WAY AHEAD, MAN. I WILL DO THE BOARD'S INVOCATION, [C. Business Meeting] AND WE WILL GET MR. WEBB TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING JUST TO SAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO MEET YET ANOTHER DAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASKED THIS EVENING FOR YOU TO WATCH OVER THOSE THAT WANTED TO BE HERE AND COULD NOT BE HERE, THOSE THAT MAY STILL BE ON THEIR WAY. WE ALSO ASKED THIS EVENING, HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS OF PROTECTION AROUND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR FIRE, EMS, OUR POLICE, AND PROTECT THEM AS THEY GO OUT AND SERVE EACH AND EVERY DAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME TO YOU THIS EVENING WITH A VERY HUMBLE HEART, ASKING FOR YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AFTER MRS. WYMACK AS SHE'S GOING THROUGH HER THINGS AND BE THERE TO COMFORT HER AND GUIDE HER AND HELP HER MAKE IT THROUGH. [00:05:02] HEAVENLY FATHER, I ALSO COME TO YOU THIS EVENING TO ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER OUR GRANDDAUGHTER AS SHE'S GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS FROM A CAR ACCIDENT. WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS OF PROTECTION AROUND HER AS WELL AND PROTECT HER FROM ALL OF THE PAIN AND STUFF THAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH AT THIS TIME. WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN YOUR NAME THIS EVENING, AMEN. >> AMEN. >> >> THANK YOU, MR. WEBB. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AS YOU KNOW THE DEAL, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU'LL COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS. IT'S FOR YOU TO BRING UP ANY MATTERS TO US, EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT. I'LL FIRST START WITH MR. YOUNG. IS THERE ANYBODY VIRTUAL THAT WANTS TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? >> YES, SIR. >> MRS. KNOTT, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP WITH YOU TO SPEAK TONIGHT? >> NO, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK AT THIS TIME? PLEASE DO SO. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M JOSEPH WYMACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYER. I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. I JUST SPOKE WITH MRS. WYMACK, AND JUST LEFT HER ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO. SHE'S DOING JUST FINE. SHE'S ON THE MEND, AND SHE'S VERY SORRY THAT SHE COULDN'T BE HERE IN PERSON WITH YOU OR VIRTUALLY WITH YOU TONIGHT, BUT SHE IS DOING WELL. IN MY FAMILY, EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT SHE'S VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT SHE'S GOTTEN FOR THE EIGHT YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RESOLUTION PRESENTATION IN JANUARY WHEN SHE CAN BE HERE WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY, AND WE CAN DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY ELSE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE AS WELL. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF SO, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> DEALING WITH THE BUGS AND Y'ALL GO TO DEAL WITH ME. TIMMY LUCY, 56 PRINCE SHORES DRIVE. JUST BRINGING UP SOME ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT THE INCREASED DEVELOPMENT THAT KEEPS COMING ON TO THIS COUNTY. ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE NEW 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITY COMING UP ON 156. LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAD A BOARD MEMBERS SAID THAT THEY KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTY. WELL, LITTLE HISTORY LESSON HERE. TWENTY YEARS AGO WHEN COMMONWEALTH CONCRETE BUILT THE PLANT OVER THERE ON 156. NOT ONLY MY GRANDPARENTS, BUT SEVERAL OTHER RESIDENTS ON 156 HAD TO DRILL NEW WELLS BECAUSE IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THEIR DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE'S WELLS STARTED GOING DRY BECAUSE THEY DRILLED STRAIGHT INTO THE MAIN SOURCE OF WATER. FAST FORWARD WHEN THE FORCE MAIN COMES THROUGH ALL THE DISTURBANCE OF THE WATER TABLE, MY GRANDPARENTS' SECOND WELL GOES DRY. MY FATHER'S WELL GOES DRY AND ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THAT SURROUNDING AREA HAVE DIRTY WATER TO THIS DAY, THE SAME COLOR AS THIS PODIUM. NOW, THIRDLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT'S GETTING READY TAPPING INTO THAT CIPHER YET AGAIN. MY QUESTION IS, WHO'S GOING TO FOOT THE BILL WHEN WE HAD THESE PROBLEMS AGAIN BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE OURS. WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING JUST FINE. THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT THING IS BEGINNING TO BE A PROBLEM. TODAY, I THINK PROVE THAT. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PUT OUT ONE LITTLE FIRE IN SCOTT PARK. LET ALONE SERVE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE INVITING TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK WE NEED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WE KEEP INVITING MORE PEOPLE TO COME, BUILD TO THIS COUNTY THAN WHAT NEEDS TO BE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? I'LL ASK ONE MORE TIME. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NO ONE MOVE THIS WAY, I NOW CLOSE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. NEXT WE HAVE IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [D. Consent Agenda] WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SO STATED. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. WEBB? [00:10:01] >> YES. >> MR. BROWN? >> YES. >> MR. COX? >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRY. AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, [E. Presentations] WELL, ON BOARD DOCS, THERE WERE THREE PRESENTATIONS. WE'RE ONLY DOING TWO OF THEM TONIGHT. THE ONE FROM MRS. WYMACK, WE'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY THE LORD WILLING AND THEY HAVE HER HERE WITH US. I WILL ASK MR. COX IF HE WOULD DO THE RESOLUTION FOR THE ACCOMMODATION FOR MS. DARLENE ROUSEY FOR HER SERVICE TO FRENCH GEORGE COUNTY. BOARD MEMBERS, I ASK YOU TO STAND, PLEASE. >> I'M VERY PROUD TO WANT TO DELIVER THIS ACCOMMODATION TO REVENUE AND SERVE WITH PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, PRESENTED ON JUNE 16TH, 2025. WHEREAS DARLENE ROUSEY BEGAN HER EMPLOYMENT WITH PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ON AUGUST 1, 1998 AS A PART TIME TEMPORARY CLERK IN THE TREASURER'S COMMISSIONER OF REVENUES OFFICE. WHEREAS ON AUGUST 16, 2000, DARLENE BECAME A FULL TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT IN THE COMMISSION OF REVENUES OFFICE, AND WHEREAS DARLENE ROUSEY FURTHERED HER CAREER ON FEBRUARY 1, 2004, WHEN SHE BECAME DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE AND ON OCTOBER 1, 2006 WHEN SHE BECAME CHIEF DEPUTY OF COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE. WHEREAS MS. ROUSEY WAS APPOINTED INTERIM COMMISSION OF REVENUE DECEMBER 1, 2006, WHERE SHE WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE ON JANUARY 1 2008, WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO SERVE THE COUNTY FOR PRINCE GEORGE UNTIL HER RETIREMENT ON DECEMBER 1 OF THIS YEAR. WHEREAS, DARLENE ROUSEY CONTINUED TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP TO THE COMMISSIONER REVENUES OFFICE, AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE COUNTY CITIZENS AS THE COMMISSION OF REVENUE FOR 19 YEARS, AND WHEREAS MS. ROUSEY BECAME A MASTER COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE IN JULY 1, 2018, AND WHEREAS DURING HER TENURE WITH PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, MS. ROUSEY, ALWAYS BECAME A FRIENDLY FACE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY CITIZENS WHILE SHE ASSISTED THEM WITH THEIR STATE TAX RETURNS AS WELL AS FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY, AND WHEREAS DARLENE ROUSEY IS A DEDICATED CONSCIENTIOUS HARDWORKING LEADER WHO ALWAYS PUTS THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY FIRST, AND WHEREAS THROUGH HER REMARKABLE CAREER IN THE COMMISSION OF REVENUES OFFICE SPANNING MORE THAN 27 YEARS, DARLENE ROUSEY HAS SERVED CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY AND THE COMMONWEALTH TO UPMOST OF HER ABILITY, DEMONSTRATING PATRIOTISM, INTEGRITY, AND DEVOTION, MANNER TO SPEAKING THE DEDICATION OF A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PEG THIS 16TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2025 DOES HEREBY COMMEND DARLENE ROUSEY FOR COMPLETION OF 27 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS AND BE A FURTHER RESOLVED, THIS BOARD WISHES TO EXTEND DARLENE ROUSEY MUCH HAPPINESS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS AS SHE ENTERS THE NEXT PHASE OF HER LIFE, SIGNED BY FLOYD M. BROWN JUNIOR CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISOR OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY [APPLAUSE] BEFORE I LET HER SPEAK, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING SHE CAN HAVE FLOOR FAMILY. DARLENE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SMILING FACE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU COME UP. SHE'S ALWAYS FUN TO HELP. I'VE BEEN BY SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD CHATS WITH HER AND COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER EMPLOYEE, BUT PRINCE GEORGE IS GOOD. I HATE TO SEE HER GO. BUT IT'S TIME AND SHE WANTS TO MOVE ON AND I CAN APPRECIATE. I HOPE YOU WOULD AGREE [INAUDIBLE] >> IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT HONOR. I JUST THANK THE GOOD LORD FOR GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY THAT I HAVE. IT'S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO SERVE. I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MY STAFF. APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. THEY'RE THE ONES ON THE FRONT LINE. THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE HARD WORK. BUT IT'S TIME TO ENJOY MY GRAND BABIES AND MY FAMILY AND ANOTHER SEASON, SO I'M EXCITED. SURE. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER IN LAW, AMANDA. OF COURSE, MY SON'S A UPS DRIVER. MY DAUGHTER, CHRISTINE, HER FIANCE BRANDON, GRANDSON, GRANDSON AND MY HUSBAND. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY. YOU ALMOST GOT LEFT OUT, MAN. >> CONGRATULATIONS. [00:15:10] >> YES, MA'AM. [APPLAUSE] >> CONGRATULATIONS, MS. ROUSEY. >> YES, SIR. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> HI MR. WEBB. >> ENJOY YOURSELF. COME HERE. YOU CAN GET IT. [BACKGROUND] >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. [BACKGROUND] >> EXCUSE ME. IT'S MY HONOR TO AWARD MR. BROWN WITH HIS ACCOMMODATION FOR SERVICE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. WHEREAS MR. BROWN JUNIOR, AND LONG LIFETIME RESIDENT OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY GRADUATED FROM PRINCE GEORGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1976, AND HELD A CAREER AS MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR A LOCAL IT FIRM WITH DIRECT SUPERVISION CONSULTANT GLOBALLY AND WHEREAS MR. BROWN WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR THE DISTRICT 1 IN NOVEMBER OF 2017 AND BEGAN HIS TERM IN JANUARY 1, 2018. HE SERVED AS VICE CHAIR IN 2019 IN 2024 AND CHAIRMAN IN 2021 IN 2025. WHEREAS DURING HIS EIGHT-YEAR TENURE ON THE BOARD, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY MADE RENOVATIONS TO THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, RENOVATIONS TO THE CENTRAL AWARENESS CENTER, RENOVATIONS TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE BUILDING, AND HE BUILT A NEW MILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHEREAS, MR. BROWN SERVED AS A BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVE ON THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION REGION, THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHIEF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICERS FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRADUATED AS A CERTIFIED BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBER FROM VIRGINIA ASSOCIATIONS OF COUNTY AND SERVED ON THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AND BUDGETING COMMITTEE. WHEREAS MR. FLOYD BROWN, JR HAS SERVED THE PRINCE GEORGE COMMITTEE IN MANY WAYS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME, INCLUDING THE PAST MEMBER OF THE PG BERCY CREW BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PAST PRESIDENT OF PRINCE GEORGE ROTARY, A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE NATIONAL BOARD OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, AND A MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES MASONIC LODGE, NUMBER 128 LOCATED IN DANA, AND WHEREAS MR. BROWN IS A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD THROUGH HIS MANY GOOD WORKS WITH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DANA, WHERE HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF HIS WHOLE LIFE, AND WHEREAS MR. BROWN IS DEDICATED, CONSCIENTIOUS, HARDWORKING LEADER WHO ALWAYS PUTS THE CITIZENS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY FIRST, DEMONSTRATED PATRIOTISM, INTEGRITY, AND DEVOTION, AND A MANNER SPEAKING, THE DEDICATION OF TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY 16TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2025, COMMENDS AND SINCERELY THANKS FLOYD BROWN, JR FOR HIS DEDICATION, CONSCIENTIOUS SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD WISHES MR. BROWN MUCH HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION AS HE PURSUES HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, SIGNED BY MR. JEFF STOKES. [APPLAUSE] >> I'LL SAY A LITTLE BIT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. TRUST ME, THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANTED. [00:20:03] ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT FOR ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT MY PERSONAL RECOGNITION. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I TRIED TO DO, THINGS WE GOT DONE, THINGS WE COULDN'T GET DONE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PLEASE PEOPLE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE. I JUST GOES WITH THE [INAUDIBLE]. I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH THAT I AM RETIRED NOW, RETIRED IN FEBRUARY AFTER 40 YEARS, IT, AND I'M ALSO NOW A MEMBER OF UNION BRANCH MAPIST CHURCH, WHERE I PROBABLY ATTEND CHURCH THERE NOW. MY WIFE IS HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ROB. MY FAVORITE COUSIN. MR. HERBERT PATRICK IS HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, MY FAMILY COULD BE HERE. BUT IT'S JUST BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE. I'LL SAY A FEW OTHER THINGS I WANT TO SAY, I'LL SAY THAT FOR WHEN SUPERVISOR COMMENTS COME UP, BUT ALL THE EMPLOYEES. I SAW IT AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY I'VE GOING AROUND TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS JUST TO SIMPLY SAY HOW MUCH I ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU OVER THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS. I GENERALLY CARE ABOUT THE STAFFS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET REFLECTED IN A VOTE IN YOUR OPINION THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANT TO THINK THAT. BUT I JUST HOPE GOING FORWARD THAT WE GET PAST ALL OF THIS NASTINESS BY TALKING NEGATIVE TO PEOPLE, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, THEN STEP FORWARD AND GIVE PEOPLE A RECOMMENDATION. BUT THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON TODAY. EVEN THOUGH I'LL MISS IT, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU, I AM GOING TO ENJOY TAKING A BREAK FROM A LITTLE BIT. I NEED THAT. AFTER THE DAY I'VE HAD TODAY, I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT I'M HERE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU BECAUSE THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT GOING ON TODAY TO THE PHONE CALL BUT WE GOT IN THE CAR TO COME HERE BY MY GRANDMA THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE. [APPLAUSE] >> HANG ON ONE SECOND. I GOT TO LOG MY COMPUTER BACK ON REAL QUICK. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE INTO COMMENTS AND WE'LL DO SUPERVISOR COMMENTS. [F. Comments] I'LL START WITH TO MY FAR LEFT WITH MR. COX. >> THANKS, SIR. >> SURE. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. SAD TIMES WHEN YOU LOSE GOOD PEOPLE. BUT HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL BOTH MS. ROUSEY AND MR. BROWN AND MS. WAYMACK WILL ENJOY THEIR TIME. I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE'RE IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE TO GET ON THE ROAD AND DRIVE AFTER THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING. PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN, KEEP STAY SAFE, AND HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPYNEW YEAR. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> MR. WEBB. >> THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT. I'M GOING TO ECHO SOME OF WHAT MR. COX SAID. IT IS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY, BUT IT ALSO SEASON TO BE VERY CAREFUL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE, BUT I'VE BEEN ON THE ROADS FOR 40 SOME YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT AS BAD AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. MOST OF THEM DON'T EVEN SEEM TO THINK THEY KNOW WHERE THE SIGNALS ARE LET ALONE THE BRAKE LIGHTS. BUT Y'ALL JUST BE CAREFUL AND HAVE A NICE CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> MR. PUGH. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS COMING UP. I WANT TO SAY I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH MR. BROWN AND MS. WAYMACK AND ALL THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HAVE RETIRED AND THE ONES THAT ARE SEEKING OTHER THINGS. I'M FORTUNATE TO SAY I ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM AND WISH EVERYBODY THE BEST. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> AGAIN, I ECHO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT MY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SAID. I REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS NIGHT. [00:25:01] HOW AM I GOING TO DO THIS? AM I GOING TO GO OUT QUIETLY? AM I GOING TO SAY WHAT I FEEL? I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BLEND OF BOTH. I'M GOING TO GO OUT QUIETLY. BUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID. I REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I'VE ENJOYED SERVING MY TIME FOR EIGHT YEARS. BUT MY TERM DOESN'T END UNTIL 12-31-2025. WHICH MEANS THAT I AM STILL THE CHAIRMAN UNTIL THAT TIME. I ASK OF EVERYONE, INCLUDING THIS BOARD, TO PLEASE RESPECT THE FACT THAT CURRENT LEADERSHIP IS STILL IN PLACE UNTIL 12, 31. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MY DAY DEALING WITH SOME THINGS TODAY THAT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU HAVE HURT ME TO MY HEART, TO HEAR ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, AND IT HURTS RIGHT TO THE HEART BECAUSE I FEEL I TAKE IT AS A DISRESPECT TO ME AND THE POSITION. AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE. THERE ARE A LOT OF MEETINGS, THERE'S BUDGET, THERE'S ALL STUFF, BUT IT DOES NOT NEED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND 12, 31. IT CAN TAKE PLACE ONCE THIS NEW BOARD IS ESTABLISHED. I SERVE UNTIL 12, 31, 2025, AND BASED ON OUR BY LAWS ON ONE AT 12:01 A.M. ON 1126, MR. WEBB BECOMES THE DEFACTO CHAIRMAN UNTIL THE NIGHT OF THE REORGANIZATION. THAT'S THE WAY IT READS IN OUR BY LAWS BECAUSE HE'S THE MOST SENIOR MEMBER. I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN TO ANY CITIZENS, TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. PLEASE RESPECT THE FACT THAT THERE IS CURRENT LEADERSHIP IN PLACE. PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME JUST TO TALK ABOUT THINGS. IT'S NOT ASKING MY PERMISSION FOR ANYTHING. BUT IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH PEOPLE OR YOU WANT TO GO TALK ABOUT THIS AND TALK ABOUT THAT, AND YOU'RE DOING IT AS BEING A BOARD MEMBER, I DO FEEL LIKE I'M AT LEAST OWED THE COMMON COURTESY TO KNOW THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN, BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S PUTTING OUR STAFF IN A VERY AWKWARD POSITION AND PREDICAMENT. I WONDER, WHO'S IN CHARGE? I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT AGAIN, I LOVE YOU ALL. AS I SAID IN THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL BE SAD SEEING ME GO. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO BE SITTING IN THIS ROOM SMILING AND HAVING JOY IN THEIR HEART, AND THAT'S OKAY TOO. BECAUSE GOD HAS DETERMINED HE HAS OTHER PLANS FOR ME. DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, BUT I HAVE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND WHEN HE'S READY TO LET ME KNOW, I'LL BE READY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS, AND THIS WILL BE DONE BY OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MS. KRISTIN PUTLO. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BROWN. JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY, SO WE'VE GOT ON THE 18TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION AND BUSINESS MEETING AT FROM 5:30 P.M. THEN THE WORK OR THE BUSINESS MEETING IS AT 6:30 P.M. HERE IN THIS ROOM. WE HAVE DECEMBER 24, COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND COUNTY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED OR GOVERNMENT OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED AT 12:30 P.M. WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH DECEMBER 26. WE ALSO HAVE JANUARY 2 HERE IN THIS ROOM, THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AT 6:00 P.M. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR FINANCE TEAM HAS WON THE GFOA AWARD. THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER ASSOCIATION HAS AWARDED PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR ITS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, MARKING THE 15TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION. THIS ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY'S LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, EXCELLENCE, AND ADHERENCE TO THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT BUDGETING. TO EARN THIS DISTINCTION, THE COUNTY'S BUDGET MUST MEET NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GUIDELINES FOR AN EFFECTIVE BUDGET PRESENTATION WITH MORE THAN 1,900 JURISDICTIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE GFOAS BUDGET AWARD PROGRAM. PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY'S ACHIEVEMENT PLACES IT AMONG A SELECT GROUP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THAT'S A BIG SHOUT OUT, AND THANK YOU TO MS. JURY AND HER TEAM, SO I GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. [G. Public Hearings] [00:30:07] NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING, AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS IN REGARDS TO OUR ENTERPRISE ZONE ORDINANCE. MR. JABBER, I BELIEVE, YOU'RE THE ONE PRESENTING. >> YES, SIR. I'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE SCREEN TO COME DOWN. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BROWN. >> GOOD EVENING, SIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS. MS. PUDLOW AND MS. PAST THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRESENT TONIGHT. TONIGHT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ENTERPRISE ZONE ORDINANCE AND THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AMENDMENTS, AND GO OVER A FEW THINGS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THE COUNTY HAS MAINTAINED AN ENTERPRISE ZONE SINCE 1990. THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ENTERPRISE ZONE RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2009 WHEN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE GRANT ACT WAS ENACTED FROM THE STATE. PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 3,754 ACRES OF ENTERPRISE ZONE, AND THIS INCLUDES TWO NON-CONTIGUOUS AREAS. THE COUNTY MARKETS A ZONE THROUGH BUSINESS RESOURCE MEETINGS, TRADE SHOWS, AND OTHER CHANNELS ONLINE AS WELL. ZONE REBATES HAVE BEEN USED FOR GRANT REQUIREMENTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT DIVERSIFY OUR TAX BASE. THIS IS THE MAP SHOWING OUR CURRENT ENTERPRISE ZONE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE TWO NON-CONTIGUOUS AREAS, ONE TO THE NORTH THAT INCLUDES OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS. TURN IT OFF. OH, RAN OUT OF TIME. >> OUT OF TIME. [LAUGHTER] >> THE NORTHERN ENTERPRISE ZONE ALSO FOLLOWS 460 AS WELL. THEN OUR SOUTHERN AREA CONSISTS OF THE TOURISM ZONE ALONG EXIT 45 IN OUR TOURISM ZONE. LOCALITIES CAN SUBMIT THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE ZONE BOUNDARIES OR LOCAL INCENTIVE PACKAGES. LOCAL ZONE ADMINISTRATORS MUST HAVE THE APPROVAL FROM THE STATE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD IN WHICH WE DO. THESE APPLICATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS, AND AMENDMENTS ARE ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT CALENDAR YEAR, IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE NOVEMBER 1ST. OUR ENTERPRISE ZONE HAS NOT BEEN AMENDED SINCE THE DESIGNATION SINCE 2009. THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU OUR CURRENT ENTERPRISE ZONE INCENTIVES. WE HAVE THE MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX CREDIT FOR FIVE YEARS, BUSINESS LICENSE TAX CREDIT FOR FIVE YEARS, REZONING FEES WAIVED, AND WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEE DISCOUNT OF 50%. THE INCENTIVE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED AND ARE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE IN THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS TONIGHT IS A REDUCTION OF THE MACHINERY AND TOOL TAX CREDIT FROM 100%-50% OF A REBATE. THIS IS DUE TO INCREASED TAX REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND. WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES ADJUSTED FROM 50% OF THE CONNECTION FEES OF UP TO $200,000 TO THE EQUIVALENT OF A FIVE-EIGHTH-INCH METER CHARGE. THIS ALSO IS DUE TO INCREASED UTILITIES AND BUDGET CONSTRAINTS TO HELP FUND UTILITY-RELATED PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. THE REZONING FEE WAIVER WILL NO LONGER BE OFFERED, AND THE ACCELERATED PERMITTING WILL BE IN ITS PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD FROM PROJECTS AND COMPANIES THAT THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMING RATHER THAN THE COST OF PERMITTING. [00:35:07] THE BOUNDARY AMENDMENT PROPOSED. EACH LOCALITY IS ALLOWED 03,840 ACRES AND UP TO THREE NON-CONTIGUOUS AREAS WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS 3,754 ACRES AND TWO NON-CONTIGUOUS AREAS. IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO ADD TWO NEW PARCELS TO THE ZONE AND BRING OUR UTILIZATION ACREAGE UP TO 3,824, AND ADDING ONE NON-CONTIGUOUS AREA. THE FIRST PARCEL IS THE FORMER WALTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE TO BE ADDED TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. THIS WILL UTILIZE THE REMAINING NON-CONTIGUOUS AREA THAT IS ALLOWED PER THE STATE AND INCREASE OUR ZONE BY 16 ACRES. THIS IS ALSO ADJACENT TO A 44-ACRE SITE BEING MARKETED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE, AND IT'S ALSO 2.4 MILES FROM THE NEW INCOMING PETERSBURG CASINO. THIS AREA WILL PRESENT A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY, AND ADDING THIS PARCEL TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE WILL HELP ENCOURAGE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SITE. THE NEXT IS THE MASSENBERG SITE, WHICH WE RECEIVED A FORMAL REQUEST FROM THE LAND OWNERS TO BE ADDED TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. THIS WILL ADD AROUND 54 ACRES TO THE ZONE, CURRENTLY BEING MARKETED TO BE SOLD FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USE. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR THIS PARCEL, AND OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IS COMMERCIAL USE. BY ADDING THIS PARCEL TO THE ZONE, IT WILL ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL USERS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, AND THAT WILL ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS. THE LOCAL ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS TONIGHT, THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY ENTERPRISE ZONE, DOES NOT HAVE A CURRENT ORDINANCE. CREATING AN ORDINANCE WILL ENSURE CONSISTENCY IN ENFORCING ZONE REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OVER TIME, AND IT WILL AID IN ESTABLISHING PROPER PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF INCENTIVES AND ENSURING THESE PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED. IT WILL ALSO BE ESTABLISHED THAT LOCAL INCENTIVES SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS IN STATE CODE AS WELL. TONIGHT, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE AMENDMENT PROCESS. IF THE BOARD APPROVES, THIS WILL THEN GO TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND IF THEY APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD SUBMIT THIS TO THE STATE FOR THEIR APPROVAL, AND ONCE THAT IS APPROVED, THIS WOULD BE RETROACTIVELY BACK STARTING JANUARY 1ST OF 2026. AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE ENTERPRISE ZONE ORDINANCE WITHIN YOUR PACKETS AND ALSO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AMENDMENT RESOLUTION, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE FOR THE SUBMITTAL IN THOSE AMENDMENT CHANGES TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS ALSO WITHIN YOUR PACKETS TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. >> DOES ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR MR. JABRI? >> NO. NOT AT THIS TIME. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING UP FOR THE PUBLIC INPUT PORTION INTO THIS PUBLIC HEARING. IT FOLLOWS THE SAME RULES AS PUBLIC COMMENTS GO. YOU CAN COME UP. YOU CAN SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. MRS. KNOT, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC INPUT PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING? >> NO, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> MR. YOUNG, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED INTO VIRTUAL? IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AT THIS TIME AND SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT CREATING THIS ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE ENTERPRISE ZONE? >> HI. MY NAME IS VANESSA. I LIVE IN 11313 CEDAR RUN ROAD. AS A REGULAR GIRL, WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS? HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT ME AS A HOMEOWNER? ARE MY PROPERTY TAXES GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE OF IT? DOES IT ADDRESS THE GENTLEMAN'S CONCERN ABOUT WELLS DRYING UP DUE TO CONSTRUCTION? HOW ARE WE GOING TO CARE FOR THAT? [00:40:01] WHAT ARE THE RISK AND CONTROLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO MANAGE FOR THAT? I'M JUST NOT HEARING HOW, OR MAYBE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'M LIKE, GETTING CAUGHT UP ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS STUFF. WHY DOES THIS MATTER? >> I'LL HAVE MR. JABRI COME BACK UP AND ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC INPUT PORTION? I SEE NO ONE ELSE COMING THIS WAY. I NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC INPUT PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MR. JABRI, I WOULD ASK YOU, PLEASE, SIR, IF YOU WOULD MIND ADDRESSING THE YOUNG LADY'S QUESTION DURING THAT PUBLIC INPUT PORTION >> YES AND IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WITH THE ENTERPRISE ZONE, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, IT'S BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE 1990, THIS IS TO INDUCE MORE INVESTMENT WITHIN THE ZONE TO DIVERSIFY OUR TAX BASE, TO THEN GO TOWARDS OTHER SERVICES LIKE OUR FIRE AND NMS, POLICE, SCHOOLS. DIVERSIFYING YOUR TAX BASE OFF OF THE RESIDENTS, WE'RE AT AROUND 15% FROM OUR REAL ESTATE TAXES COMING FROM COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, AND OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE THAT. BUT WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND THE CHANGES TONIGHT, WE HOPE TO HAVE A CLEAR PROCESS WITH THE ENTERPRISE ZONE, AND THIS ESTABLISHES TWO NEW PARCELS WITHIN OUR ZONE AS WELL. >> IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT TO HER QUESTION. THE ENTERPRISE ZONE EXISTS TODAY. IT IS A WAY TO ENTICE. IT'S USUALLY ESTABLISHED WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE. THE ENTERPRISE ZONE IS SOMETHING THAT APPEALS TO BUSINESSES COMING IN, AND THE WAY OUR CURRENT PROCESS WAS, IT WAS BASICALLY, AGAIN, GIVING THEM 100% OF THEIR MACHINERY AND TOOLS. >> CORRECT. >> IT WAS GIVING THEM A CREDIT FOR THAT. FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, THEY WERE LITERALLY PAYING NOTHING FOR THEIR TAXES ON THEIR MACHINERY AND TOOLS. IT WAS ALSO WAIVING CERTAIN FEES WHERE THERE WAS NO MONEY COMING INTO THE COUNTY DURING THAT SAME FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. WHAT THIS DOES NOW IS IT TAKES THAT FROM 100%-50%. OVER THE COURSE OF THAT FIVE YEARS, WE WOULD AT LEAST RECEIVE 50% OF THAT MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX, WHERE BEFORE WE WERE GETTING NOTHING. SOME OF THE FEES ARE NO LONGER WAIVED. THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY. THEN PERMIT FEES WERE, I BELIEVE, WAIVED, TOO. >> THE REZONING WAY. >> REZONING, YES, WAS WAIVED, AND THAT'S NOW BEING REMOVED BECAUSE MORE BUSINESSES ARE SAYING, HEY, WE DON'T MIND PAYING THE FEES. WE JUST WANT AN EXPEDITED PROCESS SO WE CAN GET OUR PROJECT DONE SOONER. I DON'T ENVISION THIS. THIS IS ME PERSONALLY SPEAKING. I DON'T SEE HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT YOU PERSONALLY, AS FAR AS WITH THE WELLS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. CAUSE THIS IS IN THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES. IF THIS WORKS OUT THE WAY WE WANT IT TO OR THE WAY IT'S BEING PRESENTED, IT REALLY SHOULD HELP US TO HAVE MONIES TO HELP REDUCE THE TAX RATE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S 100%, OR EVERYTHING'S BEING WAIVED. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING MUCH COMING IN FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS PART OF YOUR QUESTION AND CONCERN. WILL THAT BE OKAY, SIR? >> YES, SIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS, WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC INPUT PORTION. AT THIS TIME DOES ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. GO AHEAD, MR. COX. >> MR. JABRI, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A 50% TAX BREAK FOR FIVE YEARS. LEGO, WE PUT IN A STIPULATION THAT IT WAS PAID AT THE END OF THE FIFTH YEAR. IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO HERE? >> IT IS. WE CURRENTLY DON'T DO THAT. BUT THE PROCESS IS NOW IS THAT ONCE THEY GET THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THEN THEY WOULD START PAYING THOSE TAXES. THEN EACH YEAR, FOR FINANCIAL PURPOSES, WE WOULD THEN REBATE THAT BACK FOR FIVE YEARS. >> THANKS, SIR. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. JABRI? >> YEAH. WHAT A QUESTION. I SEE IT'S GOT TO BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1ST. [00:45:01] IS THAT NOVEMBER 1ST, 2026, OR WE? >> YES. HOW IT WORKS IS THAT IF YOU'D LIKE FOR THAT TO RETROACTIVELY GO BACK TO THAT CURRENT YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN BY NOVEMBER 1ST. BUT SINCE WE'RE AIMING TO START IN 2026, THERE IS NO DEADLINE FOR THAT. IT WOULD BE NOVEMBER OF 2026. >> WE WANT IT RETROACTIVE THIS JANUARY, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTION? WELL, BOARD MEMBERS, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? >> MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> I NEED A SECOND, PLEASE. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MR. PUGH THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AND WITH THE AMENDMENT ON THE ENTERPRISE ZONE CHANGES, AND ESTABLISH THIS ORDINANCE, AS SO STATED. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MRS. KNOT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH? >> YES. >> MR. COX? >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. MOTION CARRIED. >> THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE OUR REPORTS. [H. Reports] WE'LL START WITH A FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. THIS IS MR. ROLLER FROM ROBINSON, FARMER, COX. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SIR. AS YOU JUST SAID, MY NAME IS JOSH ROLLER. I'M PARTNER WITH ROBINSON, FARMER, COX, THE ACCOUNTING FIRM HERE TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR '25 AUDIT REPORT. FIRST ON, WE'LL START ON PAGE 9 OF THE REPORT THERE. PAGE 9 IS THE GFOA CERTIFICATE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING EXCELLENCE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER ABOUT THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. THIS IS THE FINANCIAL REPORT WHERE THE CERTIFICATE WAS RECEIVED AGAIN THIS YEAR. IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING THING YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND WE'LL AGAIN SUBMIT FOR 2025 AS WELL, BUT THIS IS A CERTIFICATE FOR LAST YEAR. FLIPPING FORWARD TO PAGE 15, PAGE 15 IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, SO A CLEAN OPINION, AND THAT'S THE BEST OPINION WE CAN ISSUE FOR THE YEAR. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS WITHIN THIS REPORT HERE, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 15, RELATED TO NEW GASB STATEMENT THIS YEAR HAS TO DO WITH HOW ACCRUED COMPENSATED ABSENCES, ACCRUED LEAVE, THE METHODOLOGY OF CALCULATING THAT LIABILITY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE HAD TO BE A RESTATEMENT OF BEGINNING NET POSITION. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT FUND BALANCE IN ANY FUND. THIS IS JUST AN ENTITY-WIDE FOR ACCRUAL ENTRY. ONTO PAGE 16, IT TALKS ABOUT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNAL CONTROLS AS THEY RELATE TO FINANCIAL REPORTING. THEN FURTHER DOWN THE PAGE TALKS ABOUT THE AUDITORS' RESPONSIBILITY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO TEST THOSE CONTROLS, TO TEST ACCOUNT BALANCES, TO GET TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF FOREIGN OPINION ON THE FINANCIALS. FROM THERE, THE COUPLE OF EXHIBITS, I WILL POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 37 AND 39. THESE ARE YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, MOST NOTABLY YOUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET ON EXHIBIT 3 OF PAGE 37. THEN EXHIBIT 5 IS YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, CHANGE OF FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR. AGAIN, MOST NOTABLY, THE GENERAL FUND THERE IN THE FIRST COLUMN, SHOWING A NET INCREASE TO FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR OF 741,000 TO GET TO THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 51.5 MILLION. [NOISE] THEN FLIPPING FORWARD QUITE A BIT. PAGE 123, THIS IS TIED INTO THE EXHIBIT 3, EXHIBIT 5, 123. EXHIBIT 12 IS JUST YOUR GENERAL FUND. THIS IS YOUR SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, BUT IT ALSO IS SHOWING THE ORIGINAL AMENDED BUDGET NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR. THEN PAGE 190 IS THE SECOND OF THREE LETTERS THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE REPORT. THIS IS OUR REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. WE DON'T ISSUE AN ACTUAL OPINION ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF THE COUNTY. BUT WITHIN THIS REPORT, IT'S A CLEAN REPORT. WE HAD NO ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE DISCLOSED HERE, SO NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, [00:50:02] NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES THAT HAD TO BE NOTED THERE. THEN THE LAST, PAGE 192, THIS IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S OPINION ON COMPLIANCE AS IT RELATES TO UNIFORM GUIDANCE. UNIFORM GUIDANCE IS WHAT GOVERNS THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT. [NOISE] WE HAVE ISSUED UNMODIFIED, A CLEAN OPINION ON THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE PIECE OF THE AUDIT THAT WE CONDUCTED. FROM THERE, HAPPY TO FILL ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROLLER? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> NEXT, WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY VDOT REPORT. MS. CRYSTAL SMITH? IS SHE NOT HERE? >> I THINK SHE'S NOT HERE. >> I GUESS WE HAVE TO MOVE ON THEN. NEXT IS A STATUS REPORT ON THE PRINCE GEORGE 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MR. GRAVES. >> [NOISE] GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BROWN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND MS. PUDLOW AND MS. PASTOR. COMING UP HERE JUST ABOUT A FEW MINUTES EARLIER THAN I EXPECTED. AS YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PRINCE GEORGE 2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 9TH, BUT THAT WAS POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 27TH BOARD MEETING. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AS YOU RECALL, AT THE OCTOBER 22ND JOINT WORK SESSION, THE BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECEIVED AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT PLAN AND REVIEWED SEVERAL TOPICS THAT WERE RAISED FROM THE PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE DRAFT PLAN. THE BERKLEY GROUP PRESENTED SOME GENERAL OPTIONS FOR CHANGES THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE DRAFT PLAN IF THERE WAS A CLEAR CONSENSUS TO DO SO. SINCE THERE WAS NOT A CLEAR CONSENSUS THAT NIGHT, NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PLAN AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK SESSION. BECAUSE STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDED TO DISCUSS THE TOPIC SOME MORE AHEAD OF THEIR UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 20TH, THE COMMISSION SCHEDULED AN ADDITIONAL WORK SESSION FOR NOVEMBER 17TH. THAT WORK SESSION RESULTED IN THE COMMISSION BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE DRAFT PLAN AND THE TOPICS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE PUBLIC DURING THE DRAFT REVIEW, BUT THERE WAS STILL NOT ANY CLEAR CONSENSUS TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE DRAFT PLAN. AT THAT POINT, THE DRAFT PLAN WAS STILL ON TRACK FOR THE SCHEDULED DECEMBER 9TH BOARD PUBLIC HEARING. ON NOVEMBER 20TH, DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED MAKING SOME MINOR WORD CHANGES ON TWO PAGES IN THE PLAN FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES. BUT THEN DURING THE BUSINESS MEETING LATER THAT NIGHT, THEY ULTIMATELY MADE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT PLAN THAT WERE MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN WHAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. THESE AMENDMENTS WERE MORE SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE THEY NECESSITATED REVISIONS ON MANY PAGES, I'M GOING TO GO OVER THEM IN A MINUTE. THEY NECESSITATED REVISIONS ON MANY PAGES AND REQUIRED THE MAJOR MAPS IN THE PLAN TO BE REVISED. THESE CHANGES ARE SUMMARIZED IN THE COMMISSION'S ADOPTED RESOLUTION IN THE PACKET FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT, AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE CHANGES NOW, SUMMARIZING THEM. THE FIRST CHANGE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, WAS TO CHANGE THE TEXT IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX [NOISE] ON THE RURAL FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY. BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT LOT SIZES, THE TEXT WAS SUGGESTED AS A WAY TO CLARIFY THAT THE COMP PLAN DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE LOT SIZES, AND DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THEM LATER. IN FACT, THERE ARE A LOT OF ALTERNATIVE REGULATORY TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE USED TO LIMIT DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS. THE BIG THING TO BEAR IN MIND IS THAT ANY REGULATORY CHANGES ARE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN CONTEMPLATE IN DETAIL AT A LATER TIME WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TEXT OR THIS CHANGE? >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> I'LL WAIT. [00:55:01] >> [NOISE] GO AHEAD, SIR. >> THE NEXT CHANGE WAS TO CHANGE THE PRINCE GEORGE PLANNING AREA BOUNDARY AROUND DISPUTANTA, AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, SO THAT THE PGPA, PRINCE GEORGE PLANNING AREA, BOUNDARY WILL BE REDUCED IN SIZE TO BASICALLY JUST FOLLOW ROUTE 460 AND END WHERE THE LAND IS ALREADY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USES. THE COMMERCIAL ZONED AREA IS COLORED RED ON THIS MAP. SINCE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BACK AT THE OCTOBER JOINT WORK SESSION ABOUT WHERE THE ENTERPRISE ZONE IS LOCATED, WE'VE MARKED IT ON THE SCREEN AS A REFERENCE POINT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT PRINCE GEORGE PLANNING AREA WOULD CONTINUE PAST WHERE THE ENTERPRISE ZONE ENDS AND INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL LAND TO THE EAST DOWN ROUTE 460. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE? >> I THINK WE'RE GOOD SO FAR. THEY'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AT THE END. >> THE AREA THAT IS NO LONGER PART OF THE PRINCE GEORGE PLANNING AREA IN THE DRAFT PLAN WOULD BE CHANGED TO A RURAL DESIGNATION INSTEAD OF SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, AS IS CURRENTLY SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. CHANGE NUMBER 3 WAS TO REMOVE THE RURAL PRESERVATION CATEGORY AND JUST HAVE ONE RURAL FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY. THIS WAS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE CHANGE BECAUSE THE RURAL PRESERVATION CATEGORY APPEARS OR IS REFERENCED ON MANY PAGES THROUGHOUT THE DRAFT PLAN, AND THIS REQUIRED THE MAPS AND SOME VISUALS TO BE UPDATED. THE BENEFIT OF THIS CHANGE IS THAT IT SHOULD SIMPLIFY RURAL LAND USE PLANNING AND ANY FUTURE REGULATORY IMPLEMENTATIONS YOU'LL NEED TO THINK ABOUT. IN THE PREVIOUS DRAFT VERSION, SOME LAND WAS DESIGNATED AS RURAL PRESERVATION, AS YOU CAN SEE. REMEMBER THE DARK GREEN ON THE MAP, THAT WAS BASED ON SOMETHING CALLED ECOLOGICAL CORES WHICH IS A CONCEPT THAT DEFINITELY CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S DIFFICULT TO BUILD ZONING REGULATIONS AROUND THAT. YOUR PLANNING STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS CHANGE DOESN'T GET RID OF ANY OF THE PLAN'S CORE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RURAL PRESERVATION. EVEN THOUGH THAT EXTRA CATEGORY IS GOING AWAY, IT JUST CHANGES THE COURSE ON HOW YOU THINK ABOUT IT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE? THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE TO THE DRAFT PLAN. WITH THOSE CHANGES, BASED ON THE STATE CODE, THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDED, OR AS THE STATE CODE CALLS THE CERTIFIED PLAN, IS REQUIRED TO BE POSTED ONLINE PRIOR TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THE AMENDED PLAN PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S PUBLIC HEARING. WHEN THE ORIGINAL PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK AND THIS SCHEDULE WAS WORKED OUT WITH THE BERKLEY GROUP WAY BACK IN 2023, IT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD MAKE SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT PLAN ON THE DAY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT IF THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT WOULD BE BEFORE THAT POINT. BUT SINCE THEY DID, AND WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE HOLIDAYS AND THE SNOW DAYS, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE SCHEDULE TO PROPERLY PREPARE THE PLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AHEAD OF THE BOARD'S ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED DECEMBER 9TH PUBLIC HEARING DATE, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK. WHERE WE STAND TODAY IS THE DRAFT PLAN IS CURRENTLY BEING REVISED BY THE BERKLEY GROUP, AND WE ANTICIPATE POSTING THE REVISED VERSION ONLINE NEXT WEEK AND ADVERTISING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO OCCUR AT THE JANUARY 27TH BOARD MEETING. BASED ON THE STATE CODE, THE BOARD MUST ACT WITHIN 150 DAYS FROM NOVEMBER 20TH, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD THEIR PUBLIC HEARING, AND SO THAT DATE WOULD BE APRIL 19TH, 2026. STATE CODE OUTLINES THREE BROAD OPTIONS THAT THE BOARD CAN CHOOSE FROM TO ACT ON THE PLAN ONCE IT'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS TO APPROVE AND ADOPT, AND THAT WOULD MEAN ADOPTING THE PLAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ANOTHER OPTION IS TO AMEND AND ADOPT. THESE ARE THE WORDS USED BY THE STATE CODE, AMEND AND ADOPT. WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS DIRECTING STAFF TO MAKE SPECIFIC CHANGES, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE PLAN READY TO ADOPT IT. STAFF WOULD THEN DO THAT AND THEN REVISE IT AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ANOTHER DECISION. THE BOARD ALSO HAS THE OPTION TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAN. ACCORDING TO THE STATE CODE, IF THE BOARD DISAPPROVES THE PLAN, IT SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ITS RECONSIDERATION WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE REASONS FOR ITS DISAPPROVAL. THEN THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE 60 DAYS IN WHICH TO [01:00:03] RECONSIDER THE PLAN AND RESUBMIT IT WITH ANY CHANGES TO THE BOARD. IT'S SUPPOSED TO KEEP COMING FORWARD UNTIL IT GETS ADOPTED AT SOME POINT. ALL OF THIS IS OFFERED AS A PREVIEW OF WHAT DECISIONS THE NEW BOARD WILL HAVE BEFORE THEM. OF COURSE, THE STAFF DO PLAN TO RECAP THIS AGAIN ON THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 27TH WITH THE NEW BOARD. THAT CONCLUDES THE UPDATE I HAD FOR YOU. NOW I CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. >> I'LL START TO MY RIGHT BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. >> I WATCHED THE MEETINGS VIA ONLINE. MY QUESTION WAS, WHEN I WATCHED THE WORK SESSION, THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF THE THREE ACTIONS THAT WERE CHANGED. >> WHICH WORK SESSION, THE 17TH? >> I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAST. >> THE 20TH? >> IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE 20TH BECAUSE IT WAS DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TEXT FOR CLARIFICATION, AND THEN THE THREE CHANGES CAME ABOVE. UNLESS I'M WRONG, I NEVER SAW THEM DISCUSS THE THREE CHANGES. IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE READING OFF A PIECE OF PAPER AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THESE CHANGES. >> AS IT SHOWS THERE ON NOVEMBER 17TH, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION, JUST RECAPPING THE TOPICS FROM OCTOBER 22ND. >> CORRECT. >> THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL OF THAT. IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IF THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE DRAFT PLAN AT ALL, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME VOTE. THEN YOU GO TO THE 20TH AT THE WORK SESSION BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WOULD OCCUR AN HOUR LATER. THERE WAS MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. IN BETWEEN THE 17TH AND THE 20TH, STAFF HAD DRAFTED THE ALTERNATIVE TEXT FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION ABOUT HOW TO CLARIFY THAT THERE'S MORE OPTIONS THAN JUST CHANGING A MINIMUM LOT SIZE. THEY LOOKED AT THAT AT THE WORK SESSION, BUT DURING THE WORK SESSION, THEY WERE ASKING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHAT IF WE DID THIS? STAFF WAS DOING THE BEST WE COULD TO GIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION OPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU. BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT, WE DRAFTED UP SOME TEXTS THAT THEY COULD USE FOR SAMPLE MOTIONS. THERE WERE OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD CHOOSE FROM TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, OR CHANGE IT AND COME UP WITH THEIR OWN. BUT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY ENDED UP MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY DID, AND THEN WHEN YOU TOOK THEM ALL TOGETHER, THEN THAT'S HOW WE GET THE CHANGES THAT WE JUST REVIEWED TONIGHT. >> YOU SEND THOSE CHANGES TO US SO WE COULD REVIEW THEM AS WELL. >> THE SUM OF WHAT THEY VOTED ON IS IN THEIR RESOLUTION. >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PIECES OF PAPER THAT THEY RECEIVED AT A COMMISSION, GAVE THEM THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT. >> IN A SENSE, YEAH, HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE PAPER THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT. >> PLEASE DO. >> BUT IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY VOTED ON, BUT THEY CHOSE SOME THINGS. >> YOU GOOD? MR. WEBB. GO AHEAD. >> I DIDN'T WATCH THE WORK SESSION. I WATCHED THE ACTUAL PLANNING MEETING, AND THEY DID HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS BACK AND FORTH, AND THEN THEY FINALLY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. >> YEAH, THROUGH THEIR VOTES. >> THROUGH THEIR VOTE. >> YEAH. >> THEY TOOK TWO VOTES THAT NIGHT. >> THEY THEY HAD THREE VOTES ON CHANGES AND THEN A VOTE TO ACCEPT ALL THOSE CHANGES, AND THEN RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THOSE CHANGES. >> WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO. >> ANYTHING FROM YOU, MR. COX? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> OKAY. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY TO THIS, AND I WATCHED THE MEETING THAT NIGHT AS WELL. TAKEN BACK, THOUGH, BECAUSE I DID NOT FIND OUT THAT WE WEREN'T STILL GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THE TUESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING, WHICH IS DURING OUR AGENDA REVIEW. I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU LIKE IT IS. I JUST FELT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME EARLIER COMMUNICATION TO THIS BOARD TO LET US KNOW THAT THE DECEMBER 9TH WASN'T GOING TO STAY THE SAME, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE WEEK BEFORE I HEARD IS WHEN, OH, WE'RE JUST GETTING AN UPDATE, AND I ASKED MR. STOKE, WHY ARE WE JUST GETTING AN UPDATE WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING ON IT? THAT'S JUST MY TWO CENTS WORTH GOING FORWARD. >> YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD ON THAT NOTE IS JUST IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW, [01:05:01] LIKE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING AND PROCESS IT AND THEN, GO THROUGH THE COMP PLAN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANT AS FAR AS UPDATING IT. THEN WHEN WE CHECK, REVIEWED THE STATE CODE AND READ WHAT THE STATE CODE DECIPHERS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S TELLING, THE COUNTY THAT HAS TO DO, IT TOOK SOME TIME TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION AND YOU HAD THANKSGIVING BREAK HIT THE DAY, RIGHT AFTER. >> I'M NOT SAYING ABOUT, I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT THAT TOOK PLACE. EVEN IF WE HAD JUST BEEN GIVEN OUR HEADS UP HEY, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO REALLY DIG FURTHER, AND IT COULD IMPACT THE DATE. EVEN THAT HEADS UP TO ME WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN FINDING OUT IN THE AGENDA REVIEW MEETING WHEN I HAD PEOPLE, I HEARD IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE OFF THE STREET THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE VOTING ON IT. WHEN THEY ASKED ME, I'M LIKE, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK AS A BOARD MEMBER, THAT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO BE. BUT I DO RESPECT THE FACT OF ALL THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO GO INTO THE CHANGES, SO. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT THING WE HAVE IS OUR POSTPONED ITEM, WHICH WAS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPTION DISCUSSION. WE, OF COURSE, WILL NOT HAVE THAT BECAUSE MRS. WAYMACK IS OUT AGAIN. BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS WILL NOW NEED TO MOVE AGAIN, CORRECT, MS. PASTOR? >> YES, SIR. ACCORDING TO THE BY LAWS, IT SAYS THE NEXT MEETINGS AGENDA, WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD BE IN JANUARY [OVERLAPPING]. >> THE 13TH OF JANUARY. >> AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING? >> NO, IT'S NOT AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL BECAUSE. >> 'CAUSE THE BY LAWS JUST SAY BOARD'S NEXT AGENDA? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY? >> YEAH, TYPICALLY, THE REORGANIZATION MEETING IS STRICTLY JUST THOSE REORGANIZATION TOPICS. IT'S USUALLY NOT ANY OTHER BUSINESS, CORRECT, MR. WEBB? >> YES. >> IT SHOULD MOVE TO THE FIRST BUSINESS MEETING FOR THE BOARD, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE 13TH? >> YES, SIR. >> I THINK SO. NOW WE'RE UNDER ORDER OF BUSINESS. [J. Order of Business] WE WILL HAVE MRS. DREY UP FIRST TO TALK ABOUT CERTIFICATION OF THE RECEIPT OF OUR ANNUAL AUDITED FINANCE REPORT. >> YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, MS. PUTLOW AND, MS. PASTOR. MR. ROLLER PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING A DRAFT OF THE FY 2025 AUDIT, THE VIRGINIA AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, THE STATE AGENCY TO WHOM ALL LOCALITIES, TRANSMIT A LETTER AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REQUIRES THAT EACH LOCALITY SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION THAT THE AUDIT REPORT WAS RECEIVED AT A PUBLIC MEETING. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THE AUDIT REPORT AND ITS FINAL FORM, WHICH YOU RECEIVED THIS EVENING WAS A DRAFT. I WILL POST THAT TO THE WEB PAGE, BUT WE WILL CERTIFY TO THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS THAT THE AUDIT REPORT WAS RECEIVED AT A PUBLIC MEETING. THE APA REQUIRES THAT THAT CERTIFICATION BE SUBMITTED AND SIGNED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BOARD CHAIRMAN AND THAT IT BE NOTARIZED. I AM ASKING THIS EVENING IF THE BOARD WOULD PROVIDE BY ROLL CALL VOTE, APPROVAL TO ALLOW THE CERTIFICATION TO BE SUBMITTED AND SIGNED BY MR. BROWN'S CHAIRMAN AND MS. PUTLOW, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, FOR MR. STOKE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> WE STILL NEED TO DO THIS AS A MOTION, RIGHT? >> YES, SIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS, FIRST OF ALL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DREY ON WHAT SHE JUST STATED? >> NO. IT'S PRETTY STANDARD. >> YES. IF NOT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CERTIFY THE RECEIPT OF THIS ANNUAL AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT AND AUTHORIZING MYSELF AND MRS. PUTLOW, TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. I WAS PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. WEBB, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE RECEIPT AND CERTIFICATION OF THIS ANNUAL REPORT AND AUTHORIZING MYSELF AND MRS. PUTLOW TO SIGN THOSE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MRS. NAT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN? >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. SECOND ITEM IS A RESOLUTION. THIS IS IN OPPOSITION TO A VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER RATE INCREASE, AND THIS WILL BE MR. MOLTON OUR COUNTY ENGINEER. >> GOOD EVENING MR. CHAIRMAN, MOST IMPORTANTLY. >> GOOD EVENING, SIR. >> HELLO, MS. PASTOR. AS YOU KNOW, WE DO PURCHASE WATER DIRECTLY FROM VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER TO SERVE THE REGIONAL JAIL, [01:10:05] AS WELL AS THE NORTH RANGE ON FORT LEE. THEN VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER ALSO DIRECTLY SERVES ROUGHLY 770 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS HERE IN THE COUNTY. WE ARE MADE AWARE THAT VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER FILED AN APPLICATION IN EARLY NOVEMBER TO INCREASE THEIR RATES. THEY'RE LOOKING TO RAISE ABOUT ANOTHER $21 MILLION. THAT'S GOING TO GO TO MULTIPLE FACETS, BUT PRIMARILY HERE IN HOPEWELL, I'M SURE IT WOULD BE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR PLANT ISSUES. THIS IS THE WATER PLANT, NOT WASTEWATER PLANT THAT VIRGINIA AMERICAN OWNS. IN ADDITION TO OTHER MULTIPLE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS THAT EVERY UTILITY IS DEALING WITH. ALL THAT BEING SAID, THEY MUST FILE THAT APPLICATION WITH THE SEC. SEC HAS A VERY DEFINED PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. THEIR APPLICATION WAS WELL OVER 300 PAGES, HAVE DOWNLOADED SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND TRIED TO DIGEST SOME OF IT. MAJORITY, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL THAT MY IMPACT THE RESIDENTS, IT'S ABOUT A 27% INCREASE TO THEIR RATES. FOR AN IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS FOR THOSE THAT USE THE AVERAGE 4,000 GALLONS PER DAY, WOULD BE ABOUT $11 PER MONTH INCREASE ON THEIR BILL. AS FAR AS HOW THAT MAY IMPACT THE COUNTY, WE SELL THAT WATER DIRECTLY TO VIRGINIA AMERICAN. ANY INCREASE GETS PASSED ON DIRECTLY TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT WE SELL THAT WATER TO. WE WOULD NOT, IF THERE IS AN INCREASE, THAT INCREASE GETS DIRECTLY PASSED ON TO THOSE CUSTOMERS THE JAIL AND FORT LEE, WE ONLY ADD ON A 5% INCREASE FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES. THE INTERIM RATES ARE ANTICIPATED TO GO INTO EFFECT ON MAY 1ST WHILE THEY WORK THROUGH THIS APPLICATION WITH THE SEC. IN THE PAST, LOCALITIES HAVE PULLED THEIR RESOURCES TO REVIEW THESE DOCUMENTS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT OVERREACHING. IN THE PAST, WE'VE PULLED RESOURCES WITH HOPEWELL, EXCUSE ME, OTHER LOCALITIES BEING SERVED BY BG AMERICAN AND TRY TO GO UP TO THE SEC AND SAY THIS IS NOT FAIR OR PRESENT OTHER EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY THAT THEY WERE PRESENTING IN THEIR APPLICATION. WE'VE ALSO IN THE PAST JUST SENT MYSELF UP THERE TO GO UP THERE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SEC. THE BOARD HAS THAT OPTION TO TAKE ON THIS ADDITIONAL ROLE OF TRYING TO PULL THEIR RESOURCES. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER LOCALITIES ARE ALREADY LOOKING TO DO JUST THAT. THE POTENTIAL COSTS COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 7,500 FOR COUNTIES PORTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO HIRE A LEGAL FIRM TO GO UP THERE AND SPEAK ON THE COUNTY'S BEHALF. OTHERWISE, IT COULD BE STAFF THAT GOES UP THERE AND PRESENTS ANY INFORMATION THAT WE'VE SEEN PERTINENT TO OPPOSE THE INCREASE OR NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSE THE OVERALL INCREASE, BUT LEASE COMPONENTS OF IT. TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU, IF THE BOARD SO CHOOSES. WE WILL WORK TO IDENTIFY THE OTHER LOCALITIES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN JOINING WITH PRINCE GEORGE TO OPPOSE OR AT LEAST DO FURTHER RESEARCH INTO RECOMMENDING AN ALTERNATE RATE FOR G AMERICAN WATER. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MOLTON? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. >> NO, ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS. I THINK WE NEED TO DO WE CAN TRY TO ARGUE. >>TONIGHT, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR US TO DO THE OPPOSITION AS FAR AS WHAT PATH WE TAKE, WHETHER IT'S STAFF OR GETTING IN, LIKE, A LITTLE COALITION WITH THAT SOMETHING TO DETERMINE LATER, AM I CORRECT? >> WE'D LIKE PERMISSION IF YOU WANT TO UTILIZE REVENUES FROM OUR ACCOUNT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT MONEY TOWARDS LEGAL FEES TO ADDRESS IT OR IF YOU WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO JUST ADDRESS IT SOLELY. >> OKAY. BECAUSE I PERSONALLY WOULD BE LEANING TO US OPPOSING THIS, BUT DIRECTING STAFF TO AS DONE BEFORE. BUT OF COURSE, I'M ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR SITTING HERE TONIGHT. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD, MEMBERS? >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO OPPOSE. >> HAVING STAFF TO DO THE. GOT YOU. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. PUGH AND SECOND BY MR. COX, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE VIRGINIA AMERICAN WATER RATE INCREASE, AND ALSO THAT WE ARE WANTING STAFF TO REPRESENT AND FIGHT THIS OPPOSITION ON THIS. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION IS NOT WHAT YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? >> MR. COX? >> YES. >> MR. BROWN? >> YES. >> MR. WEBB? >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. [01:15:01] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO FILE A PETITION FOR WRIT OF SPECIAL ELECTION. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE. MS. PASTOR. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BROWN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MS. PUTLOW. >> GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION. AS WE ALL KNOW, MRS. ROSEY HAS RESIGNED FROM HER POSITION AS COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE AS A DULY ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER AND PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 24.2-2228.19C. DICTATES THAT THE GOVERNING BODY AFTER RECEIVING SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE OF A RESIGNATION, MUST PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR A WRIT OF A SPECIAL ELECTION SO THAT WE CAN FILL THAT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TONIGHT TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT ME OR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE TO FILE SUCH A WRIT AND PETITION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? >> PRETTY STRAIGHT UP. >> THIS WOULD BE FOR NOVEMBER 2026 ELECTION. >> NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026, CORRECT? >> ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? >> MAKE A MOTION. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING OUR ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY TO FILE A PETITION FOR WRIT OF SPECIAL ELECTION. THIS IS IN REGARD TO THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE POSITION. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, MRS. NAT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. BROWN? >> YES. >> MR. WEBB? >> YES. >> MR. PUGH? >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRY. THE NEXT DISCUSSION IS A RESOLUTION TO OUR MOST FAVORITE TOPIC. CHICKEN ENFORCEMENT MORATORIUM. MS. PASTOR. >> YES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. IN THE PAST, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAD PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED STAFF TO REFRAIN FROM ENFORCING ANY COUNTY ORDINANCES AS THEY PERTAINED TO CHICKENS. THE PAST RESOLUTION HAD EXPIRED ON JUNE 30 OF THIS YEAR. I'M ASKING FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT TO PASS ANOTHER RESOLUTION IF THE BOARD SO DESIRES FOR US TO STILL WITHHOLD ANY ENFORCEMENT UNDER THESE ORDINANCES, AND THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL JUNE 30TH OF 2026. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. PASTOR? WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CHICKENS TO GET ARRESTED, HAVE WE? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. >> OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE BOARD MEMBER? >> I MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB, AND I'M GOING TO GO THIS WAY. IT WAS SECOND BY MR. PUGH, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CHICKEN ENFORCEMENT MORATORIUM EXTENSION THAT WOULD GO THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2026. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, MS. NAT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB? >> YES. >> MR. PUGH? >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT NUMBER FIVE IS A RESOLUTION PROVIDING INTEREST REVENUE FOR THE SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND, AND THIS WILL BE MS. DREY, AND IF I NEED ANY ASSISTANCE FROM MR. BARNES, IF NECESSARY. >> YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE SCHOOL DIVISION, DR. LYLE AND MR. BARNES ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING. SHOULD THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM OR THE FOLLOWING ITEM. BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2025, THE COUNTY TRANSITIONED BANKS TO PRIMIS BANK AND BEGAN EARNING INTEREST ON ITS MAIN BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE. SCHOOL ITEMS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND ARE INCLUDED IN THAT MAIN BANK ACCOUNT ACTIVITY. THE SCHOOL DIVISION STAFF HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING PROVIDED A PIECE OF THE INTEREST REVENUES THAT THE COUNTY IS EARNING ON THE MAIN OPERATING BANK ACCOUNT BASED ON THOSE SPECIFIC SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND ACTIVITIES. THE SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND IS CONSIDERED A SELF SUPPORTING FUND, MUCH LIKE OUR UTILITIES ENTERPRISE FUND, AND IS ALLOWED TO CARRY A FUND BALANCE IF THEY HAVE ONE AT YEAR END. IT IS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD FROM SCHOOL DIVISIONS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO RECEIVE INTEREST REVENUE. THE SCHOOL NUTRITION COORDINATOR DID PULL MULTIPLE SCHOOL NUTRITION COLLEAGUES, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER WHO DID RECEIVE INTEREST EARNINGS. [01:20:02] KING WILLIAM, PORTSMOUTH, MECKLENBURG, LUNENBURG, APPOMATTOX, PRINCE EDWARD, NEW. KENT, AND DEN WITTE, ARE PROVIDED INTEREST REVENUES MONTHLY, AND WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY COUNTY RECEIVES THOSE EARNINGS ANNUALLY. AGAIN, THE BANKING ACTIVITIES FOR THE SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND, ALONG WITH ALL OTHER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY'S MAIN OPERATING ACCOUNT, BUT WE CAN ISOLATE BY AP CASH, BY FUND WHAT THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE. JUST TO GIVE THE BOARD SOME CONTEXT BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST AND JUNE 30TH OF 2025, THE COUNTY DID ACCRUE FROM PRIMIS ABOUT 265,000 IN INTEREST EARNINGS, OR ABOUT A MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 44,000. NOTHING WAS BUDGETED IN FY 25 BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT BANKING INSTITUTION WE WOULD GO WITH OR WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD EARN INTEREST. FOR THE FOUR MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 1 AND OCTOBER 31ST, WE HAVE EARNED JUST UNDER 123,000 OR ABOUT 31,000 A MONTH. THE RATE THAT WE ARE EARNING INTEREST IS 2.25, BUT IT IS A VARIABLE RATE THAT COULD CHANGE WITH MARKET RATES. BASED ON SCHOOL NUTRITION ACTIVITIES, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IF YOU DO APPROVE SHARING THIS REVENUE, IF THE RATE WERE TO REMAIN AT 2.25, BUT AGAIN, IT IS VARIABLE, THEIR MONTHLY EARNINGS WOULD RANGE $1,250-1,580. FEES OF ABOUT $8 WOULD BE DEDUCTED BASED ON THEIR ACTIVITIES. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT IF THE BOARD DOES APPROVE THIS, THAT WE DO IT RETROACTIVELY TO JULY 1. AS '25 HAS BEEN CLOSED. A DRAFT RESOLUTION IS IN YOUR PACKET, AND AGAIN, MR. BARNES AND DR. LYLE ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF ME OR THE TWO OF THEM. >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DREY OR DR. LYLE OR MR. BARNES? WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE BOARD. >> MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE WITH BEING RETROACTIVE FOR JULY, CORRECT, BETSY? >> YES SIR. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. WALE THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION, PROVIDING INTEREST REVENUE FOR THE SCHOOLS NUTRITION FUND FOR FISCAL '26. THIS WOULD BE RETRO BACK TO JULY 1 OF 2026. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE RESOLUTION FOR A FISCAL '26 BUDGET TRANSFER WITHIN THE CIP FUND. I'LL LET MS. DREY GO OVER THE DETAILS. >> YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AS YOU ARE AWARE, DID RECEIVE SOME CARRYOVER FUNDING, AND THEY REQUESTED APPROPRIATION TO THE COUNTY WIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. THEY HAD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT DID HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE AT THE PROJECT COMPLETION, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TRANSFERS TOTALING $175,998 FROM THOSE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND PURCHASES THAT HAD A REMAINING BALANCE INTO, I BELIEVE IT IS THREE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS. THEY'RE REQUESTING TRANSFERS INTO PARKING LOT REPAIRS FOR FOUR ACCOUNTS. PARKING LOT REPAIRS TO PURCHASE SMART BOARDS WITHIN THE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE, BEASLEY INTERCOM AND CLOCK PURCHASES OR UPGRADES, AND INTO A ROOF REPLACEMENT ACCOUNT AT JEJ MORE. I'M SURE MR. BARNES IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE ABOUT THOSE TRANSFERS. THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN INCREASE, BUT JUST TO TRANSFER AVAILABLE SAVINGS AND FROM UNEXPENDED PROJECTS INTO THOSE FOUR ACCOUNT CODES. >> ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? IF NOT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A TRANSFER. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. WEBB, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THESE FISCAL '26 BUDGET TRANSFERS WITHIN THE CIP FUND FROM UNEXPENDED SCHOOL PROJECTS. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. MOTION CARRIED. THE NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL 26 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION OF FIRE PROGRAM FUNDS. [01:25:03] >> YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THE COUNTY, AS YOU KNOW, RECEIVES ANNUALLY STATE FIRE PROGRAM FUNDS, WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS A2 LOCALITIES. MY OFFICE, ALONG WITH FIRE NMS, SUBMITTED OUR ANNUAL REPORTING, AND WE DO EXPECT A DISBURSEMENT THIS MONTH IN THE AMOUNT OF $240,724, AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN APPROPRIATION OF THAT AMOUNT IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. THOSE PURCHASES, OF COURSE, ARE GOVERNED BY THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, WHAT IS ALLOWABLE PURCHASES, IS IN THE NOTE SECTION OF YOUR BOARD AGENDA ITEM, BUT THEY ARE TARGETED TO TRAINING, FIRE PREVENTION, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, EXPANDING FIRE SERVICE TRAINING FACILITIES, PERSONNEL COSTS, MEDICAL TRAINING FOR FIRE PERSONNEL, PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, FOR USE AND FIRE SERVICES, OR TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR ITEMS DESIGNATED TO REDUCE CANCER AMONG FIREFIGHTERS. THE USES ARE FIRE SPECIFIC, BUT THEY ARE FAIRLY BROAD, AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN APPROPRIATION OF THOSE AMOUNTS. CHIEF KASARIS IS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE, IF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS. >> BEHIND YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DREY OR FOR CHIEF? IF NOT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD MEMBERS? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. PUGH, AND SECOND BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION OF THE FISCAL '26 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND APPROPRIATION OF FIRE PROGRAM FUNDS. $240,724. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION? MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TOO. >> NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPUTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTMENT THAT WE DID A WHILE BACK. WHO'S COVERING THIS ONE? GO AHEAD. YOU CAN JUST DO IT FROM THERE. >> CHAIRMAN BROWN, THIS IS TO REMOVE CHARLES HARRISON AS THE DEPUTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, THE APPOINTMENT IS NOT NEEDED. THE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS WITHOUT THAT, IT'S COVERED BY ORDINANCE, AND SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THAT APPOINTMENT BE REMOVED DUE TO THE MANY FUNCTIONS THAT MR. HARRISON ALREADY PERFORMS FOR THE COUNTY. >> LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT REMOVING MR. HARRISON, IT'S JUST REMOVING A TITLE THAT WE PLACED UPON HIM A WHILE BACK, AND IT'S NOT NEEDED. BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? >> MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. PUGH AND SECOND BY MR. COX THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION REMOVING THE TITLE OF DEPUTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTMENT FROM MR. HARRISON. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. NEXT IS TWO APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THESE ARE TWO 4-YEAR TERMS. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD MEMBERS? >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CARRY THESE OVER TO THE JANUARY MEETING. >> OKAY. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH THAT WE WOULD POSTPONE THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THIS WOULD COME BACK TO THE JANUARY 13 MEETINGS, SIR? RIGHT MR. COX? >> YES. >> JANUARY 13TH MEETING. >> YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION AND SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR A RECOMMENDATION OF ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF ASSESSMENTS. IN THIS PROCESS, THIS BOARD ONLY MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT OR TO THE JUDGE, AND THEN THE JUDGE ACTUALLY MAKES THE FINAL SAY ON THIS. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD MEMBERS? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND MARIANNE WHITE. >> CAN I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH, THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND MRS. MARIANNE WHITE FOR APPOINTMENT, AND THIS WOULD BE AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE JUDGE FOR THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. [01:30:06] YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. YES. MOTION CARRIED. NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR ONE APPOINTMENT, AND THIS IS FOR THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION. THIS IS A FOUR-YEAR TERM. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD MEMBERS? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH APPOINT DAVID W. CLEMENTS. >> OKAY. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH, THAT THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING MR. CLEMENTS AS THE APPOINTEE FOR THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION, AND THIS IS FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR ONE APPOINTMENT, AND THIS IS FOR THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION, AND THIS IS A ONE- YEAR TERM. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD MEMBERS? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE APPOINT DONALD ROSS HUNTER. >> A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD APPOINT MR. DONALD HUNTER AS THE APPOINTEE FOR THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR ONE APPOINTMENT FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND THIS IS FOR RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY. THIS IS A FOUR-YEAR TERM. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, BOARD MEMBER? >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. KRISTIN PUDLO. >> GET A SECOND, PLEASE? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. PUGH AND SECOND BY MR. COX THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MS. PUDLO, TO THE RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. >> YES, MA'AM. >> I THINK IT'S FOR THE POSITION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR/DEPUTY. >> OKAY. >> COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. NO NAME. >> BUT THIS WOULD BE THEN BY POSITION, NOT BY NAME. >> YES, SIR. >> THIS WOULD BE TO APPOINT EITHER THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR THE OR THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO THIS RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY. >> YES, SIR. >> WE GOOD, BOARD? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. I'LL GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME. NEXT IS A RESOLUTION FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOR EITHER THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND THIS IS FOR THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY. >> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPOINT THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECOND BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THIS APPOINTMENT EITHER FOR THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION? MRS. KNOTT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. THE LAST ONE WE HAVE IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR/INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. >> THIS ONE IS BY NAME. >> I'M SORRY. >> THIS IS BY NAME. >> TO THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, AND THIS WOULD BE BY NAME, PLEASE. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE WILL JUST APPOINT YOU THERE. THIS IS TO APPOINT MS. KRISTIN PUDLO, WHO IS DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR NOW, BUT WE'LL BE SERVING AS OUR INTERIM TO THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. MOTION CARRIED. NEXT, WE WOULD HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. WEBB AND SECOND BY MR. PUGH THAT WE WOULD ADJOURN AT THIS TIME. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, MRS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MR. PUGH. >> YES. >> MR. COX. >> YES. >> MR. BROWN. >> YES. >> MR. WEBB. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIED. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. MEETING ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.