[0:01] It is 6 o'clock. I will call the August
11th, 2026 meeting of the board of
[0:06] supervis with county board of
supervisors to order. I will noted that
[0:09] we do have a quorum with all members
present with the exception of supervisor
[0:13] Terry who is out of town. If you would
stand tonight, we have Pastor Darren
[0:17] Smith from Ignite Church of Retreat by
the invocation. Remain standing for the
[0:21] pledge.
Smith,
[0:26] » thank you all for having us tonight. and
uh Pastor Darren from Ignite Church.
[0:30] Just want you all to know we're praying
for you as our leaders. Uh Romans 13:1
[0:35] says, "Let every soul be subject to the
governing authorities for there is no
[0:38] authority except for God from God. The
authorities that exist are appointed by
[0:42] him, which puts a lot of responsibility
on your shoulders." And we appreciate
[0:46] you. Let's pray. Father, tonight, what
an honor it is to be uh here uh in this
[0:54] beautiful county. Lord, we just pray for
our leaders tonight. We pray that you'll
[0:58] use them, God, for for every person
that's represented here tonight. Would
[1:02] you watch over them, give them guidance
tonight, God? Let let wisdom reign in
[1:07] our hearts and minds tonight. And God,
let your will be done as we give you
[1:11] glory and honor for all of it. God, we
ask that your blessing be upon in Jesus
[1:16] name. Amen.
>> Amen.
[1:19] [snorts]
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[1:24] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[1:30] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[1:47] All right, the first item on the agenda
is citizens time. I will remind you you
[1:50] have three minutes um for talk about
issues for with county. Uh Miss Crockett
[1:55] will be keeping a time and again I will
remind everybody to be respectful to the
[2:00] speakers. Don't interrupt. If you have
to have a conversation, please step
[2:03] outside. Uh and it's it's free
admission. We'll let you back in. So we
[2:07] just need to make sure that people speak
and gets their time. Okay, first person
[2:11] we have to speak is Mr. Joe the board.
[2:32] My name is Joe Deour and I live at 158
Widner Way
[2:36] Creek, Virginia 24368.
I rise tonight on several several
[2:43] different topics. The first of all,
I think we all should uh remember a
[2:50] great W county.
He and his family have served with
[2:55] county well and with distinction for
years
[2:59] going back generations.
and that's known as Walter Sam Crockett.
[3:06] He is one of the pillars of our
community, our county, and we certainly
[3:11] do appreciate what his life brought to
counter.
[3:15] He was a friend of mine, and I want to
share that with you tonight.
[3:20] Now, we have a few problems we need to
discuss tonight. First issue is the
[3:25] speedful field. We need to get the
lights turned on at the speed field. We
[3:30] understand there is a problem with
regard to bureaucracy in our county
[3:35] government that uh has slowed this down
tremendously.
[3:42] I suggest to you folks tonight that we
can cut that bureaucracy easily. Number
[3:48] one,
that that field
[3:54] and the likes thereof were put together
by the people of that community.
[3:59] Literally, they put them up.
It's our duty to make sure that they
[4:05] burn for the people of that community
and the whole county. That is the only
[4:11] place in W County that we have a lighted
field, period, other than major park.
[4:18] Now
that is a combo field. In other words,
[4:23] you can use it for different things.
Uh it's big enough to do a lot of things
[4:28] with. Now the problem we have according
to the bureaucrats
[4:34] is that's a school property. Okay,
that's true.
[4:41] But
who uses that property is another issue
[4:46] in itself.
And what I mean by that is
[4:50] it is used for recreation after school
lets out the whole whole area right
[4:56] there. In fact, people have have uh uh
wanted to use that thing for for uh
[5:05] games and stuff like that. So, we need
to make sure that those lights are
[5:10] turned on and I will work to make sure
that happens. Thank you for your time.
[5:16] » Thank you, Mr. board.
Mr. Bird, what's what's the situation
[5:20] with the lights at speed field?
[clears throat]
[5:24] » The um to to my knowledge, what it Mr.
the board said is correct that the
[5:29] lights were put up by citizens years
ago. They were there. Uh the county has
[5:33] never been involved with u the the
lights on that field or anything like
[5:38] that. uh I you know I advised them to
talk to the school board about that to
[5:42] see what they are interested in in doing
if it's just a matter of replacing bulbs
[5:47] if it's still v functional lights. I do
not know when the last time those lights
[5:51] worked but I'll be glad to talk to the
school board some more about it.
[5:55] » I was going to ask I'll get with Mr.
Dorg after the meeting but I know that
[5:57] we have meetings scheduled next week
with the school board um the vice chair
[6:02] and the chair. So, uh, if, uh, we can
get that on our agenda to have that
[6:06] discussion with them or talk to Dr.
Street.
[6:10] » Sure.
>> Thank you, sir.
[6:13] » Uh, next person we have to sign up is
Mr. Bob Walton.
[6:20] » Good evening.
>> I live in Whitfield. I spoke last week.
[6:26] Um, and I'm talking in general about the
data center, something that I know y'all
[6:32] have heard a lot about. Um, the last
time I talked to you, I talked about,
[6:36] you know, there had been discussion
about the amount of water used, the
[6:39] closed loop, um, system, and I discussed
that a closed loop system, yes, use a
[6:45] lot less water. It transfers the heat
dissipation to current to electricity.
[6:52] So much electricity, a lot of
electricity used dissipate the heat in
[6:57] lie of the water which can be a really
good thing except for our grid. Um so
[7:04] when I left I said well let me see what
what have we discussed what's been
[7:09] discussed about that because I'm kind of
coming in late on this. I've been out of
[7:12] the country and whatnot. Um so I
submitted a foyer request um for any
[7:19] communications with you all with um
count the county employees um regarding
[7:27] effect of the progress park project data
center project on the grid. Um the
[7:32] response was there was none. So court,
I'm taking that according to your own
[7:38] records.
There was no discussion, no written
[7:43] discussion, no documented discussion,
verbal discussion. I'm sure there was.
[7:48] Um, and I think what happened is the
company came in and said, "Hey, you've
[7:52] got a 90 megawatt substation there.
That's more than enough power to power a
[7:58] data center." Which is true. And that
was it. Trust us, let's go with that.
[8:04] Um, no independent studies, no technical
verification, just a sales pitch. Um,
[8:11] I also was told that you all never
entered into an NDA. So, I've had some
[8:15] misinformation on that. Um, if that's
the case, I don't understand why all
[8:20] this was done in in secret or a lot of
it was done in secret because that
[8:25] really put you in a bad position where a
lot of the public right now feels like
[8:29] they've lost trust in you because you
were working on something in secret, it
[8:34] came out later and people didn't like
it. Um,
[8:39] so here we are. Um, one thing, by
choosing to do this in the dark, you've
[8:44] lost credibility. two, Governor
Spamberger
[8:48] pushed on the SEC to ensure that data
centers pay their own way when it comes
[8:53] to grid, upgrade to the grid, etc.,
etc., etc.
[8:58] That makes it really clear that local
government, meaning you all,
[9:03] have the leverage and have the backing
and the responsibility to work with
[9:09] energy regulators to protect your
citizens. Now's the time to be doing
[9:13] that. You're not powerless. You have the
responsibility to use this leverage you
[9:18] have been given wisely. Um, local
governments all over the country,
[9:24] including Texas, which is not a bastion
of liberal theology, have put a hold on
[9:30] these centers. I'll be done in just a
second. And um, so I think, you know,
[9:35] we're seeing all over the country people
putting a hold on it. Doesn't mean that
[9:39] we shouldn't progress. It doesn't mean
that we won't progress because
[9:42] personally I think we're past that
point. Um
[9:46] what I think we need to do is you all we
rely on you all to look at how is this
[9:53] going to affect the grid. If there's a
problem in the future if they exceed the
[9:57] usage they're very successful they're
using more.
[10:02] How is that going to affect the grid?
How is that going to affect rate pay
[10:06] rates that we pay for electricity?
That's the one thing that I'm just not
[10:11] seeing that you all have following
through on and I hope that you can as
[10:14] you move forward.
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Walton. If you
[10:16] have any else, just make sure you get
it.
[10:19] » Yeah, that's fine. I'll I'll send it in
to all of you through the
[10:22] » Thank you, sir.
>> Next person we have to speak is Mr. Andy
[10:26] Kegley.
[10:33] » Good evening, Andy Kegley. Um, following
up on some of what Bob said and um,
[10:39] something on your agenda here later
tonight, um, I'd like to ask again about
[10:43] the transfer of land in Progress Park
mentioned in the minutes of the June
[10:46] 30th meeting. just come out and tell us
please that if it's related to Solless
[10:50] Arcs for construction or for petitioning
the Blueest Star lot or something to do
[10:55] with VOTE's road new roads. We'd like to
know because every meeting that passes
[11:00] without any disclosure of what you're
doing with the public's assets via
[11:04] secret transactions does nothing to
restore
[11:08] our trust and further undermines your
credibility. I do appreciate the chair's
[11:13] transa clarification excuse me about the
NDA as expressed in the last meeting.
[11:19] It's worth noting observing
too that anything to do with lot 35
[11:24] project gradient the solless arcs
project should not be considered covered
[11:29] by any prior non-disclosure agreement as
either of the two parties to the NDA
[11:35] from sometime early 2025 are no longer
connected to the project. The IDA
[11:40] director is gone and the original
developer of Solless Arcs sold a fluid
[11:43] sack. So please no more hiding behind
that faded fig leaf. The same closed
[11:50] door discussion on the very same subject
acquisition disposition of real property
[11:54] east with Fort Chiswell is on the
calendar on the agenda here later
[11:58] tonight for closed session. And just as
a reminder, we're doing an egg district
[12:03] meeting Thursday at Southern at
Clintonwood Church and we've got some
[12:08] interested land owners in that part of
the county interested in hearing more
[12:11] about it. Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Caitlin.
[12:16] Next person [clears throat] we have to
speak is Miss Stacy Beamer.
[12:25] » You guys miss me?
[12:29] Uh, I wanted to first um I went back and
watched the U meeting and I heard uh
[12:36] Miss Crockett ask a question about
electricity and listening to Mr. Walton
[12:41] talk. Um, when the big city slicker
woman came in here to sell you guys on
[12:47] Fluid Stack, I do recall, if I'm
correct, that she said that that company
[12:53] would pay for all electricity. I may be
wrong, but that might be something
[12:59] we need to ask them about.
Uh, back in the day when was considered
[13:05] a very safe place to live, I'm sure some
of y'all, me, we played a game called
[13:10] kick the can. Remember that?
So, I want to thank Mr. Cook for his
[13:16] comments. Um, I was at the beach last
week, but I did go back and watch the
[13:19] meeting. Um,
about
[13:25] to stop kicking the can on this zoning.
Um, when I talked to about three or four
[13:31] of you all at the Fort Chisel meeting
March 30th and I ask you please,
[13:36] please don't stretch this out. Don't
stretch it out. let get it done because
[13:43] the longer you stretch it out, the more
companies you're going to have in here
[13:47] like the one on exit 86 buying up
farmland.
[13:52] So, I want to thank Mr. Cook and as he
says, uh, let's stop kicking the can and
[13:58] get rolling. And, um, you know, if your
constitu constituents don't want it, it
[14:05] might be they don't understand. When we
first started this, a lot of citizens
[14:09] had no idea we were getting a data
center. They didn't even know what it
[14:12] was. So, it may be they're looking at
the old way of zoning from years ago.
[14:18] So, that's your job to explain to the
people that voted for you what this new
[14:25] zoning is about. And Mr. Cook had a
very, very good point when he said, just
[14:30] pass it. They can come in if they have a
complaint. They can meet with us. we can
[14:36] reszone it because you're never going to
make anybody happy and you're never
[14:40] going to get to a good medium with this.
So, thank you.
[14:45] » Thank you, Mr. Beamer.
[clears throat]
[14:50] » Next person we have to speak is Miss
Miranda Edwards.
[14:57] » Hi, Miranda Edwards. I have handouts I'd
like to be passed out.
[15:08] Um so on behalf of preserve with we
started a zoning survey to see what the
[15:15] interest would be in implementing zoning
in with county. We wanted to be unbiased
[15:21] so we left the option for yes no or
undecided.
[15:25] Um everyone had to put an address and
their name to verify they lived in with
[15:30] county. Um, they also had the
opportunity to leave a comment. So,
[15:34] several comments were left on our zoning
survey. Uh, this has been emailed to
[15:39] each of you. I just sent it earlier
today. So, I recommend um taking some
[15:45] time to look at those comments that was
sent to you via email. Not all of them
[15:49] are on this uh printed handout, but it's
just a couple. So I just want to share
[15:54] that we received 2475 responses so far
from the dates 729 to 810. Uh 246 of
[16:03] those were yes, 22 were no, and then
seven were undecided.
[16:09] Um just curious, is this a helpful
number to help you make your decision
[16:14] regarding zoning? Um like how many is
have reached out to you from your
[16:19] constituents? U and then just further uh
break it down by district. District one,
[16:26] the Blackwick district, uh there was 14
yes, one no.
[16:31] West Wville, District 2, 43 yes, two no.
District three, East Wville, 46 yes, one
[16:39] no, two undecided.
District four is Fort Chisel, 61 yes,
[16:46] six no, two undecided. District five is
lead mines, 62, yes, eight, no, three
[16:53] undecided.
Last is district six, Speed Wool, 21
[16:57] yes, and three no. I do want to call out
if you look at that email that I did
[17:01] send you, you'll notice some of the ones
that voted no or put no in the survey.
[17:06] Um, they left a comment for no data
centers. So, I worry that maybe
[17:11] sometimes there was like some confusion
if this is a survey for no data center.
[17:16] So, highly encouraged to look through
those comments. Um, verify the responses
[17:21] that you received. Um, just some
comments that were left by the
[17:26] individuals in our county is that this
is an issue that affects our health, our
[17:30] financial budget, our environment, uh,
resources, and who we are in West
[17:34] County.
Another is uh moved here from Northern
[17:38] Virginia to get away from overpopulation
and all the data centers. Would hate to
[17:43] see this beautiful area destroyed.
Another is, I moved here to get away
[17:48] from the shortsighted destruction of
land and siphoning of resources going on
[17:52] in Florida. Once it's gone, you can't
get it back. Limited zoning law will at
[17:56] least create transparency and
call/benefit discussion beforehand. So,
[18:02] thank you for your time. Encourage
everyone to look at the email and the
[18:05] handout of the zoning survey.
>> Thank you, Miss Ed.
[18:12] Next person we have to speak is Miss
Dena Allen.
[18:18] » [clears throat]
>> Hello, I'm Dana Allen. I'm from the
[18:20] Baron Springs area. Um to follow up on
her with the um the survey, the lead
[18:29] mines, some of the comments is we need
zoning to keep data centers from
[18:33] destroying our beautiful county. Stand
up border supervisors.
[18:38] Farmland and natural resources are too
important to destroy for technology. no
[18:42] data centers, whatever we need to do
with county and southwest Virginia
[18:46] doesn't need doesn't need or want them.
Um, zoning is intelligent decision
[18:52] making. Please pass zoning regulations.
Our community needs protection. I'd
[18:57] rather see a farm in outstanding
conditions with a bunch of cattle on it
[19:02] than a data center any day. Um,
following up on that, I had asked the
[19:08] last meeting about a letter of intent
and gave it to you. I never heard
[19:13] anything for two weeks. Nobody's called
me. Um, I'm wondering if this is the
[19:18] land that is going for the property
y'all are having a close meeting for
[19:23] today. Um, but I would like an answer on
it. I don't know why we've got y'all
[19:29] voted on it. She said nay and then
everybody else yay. But nobody seems to
[19:34] call. That's why we don't trust. It's,
you know, it's like we're being left in
[19:39] the in the dark. It's like y'all don't
want to do anything like y'all got
[19:43] another close meeting tonight. So,
please let us know if this is, you know,
[19:49] the one that y'all already done the
letter of intent is the same one that
[19:52] Jesse was talking about or if it's
another piece of land. I mean, we don't
[19:57] know. Y'all are not letting us know
anything. Thank you.
[20:01] » Thank you, Miss Allen.
Next person we have to speak is Miss
[20:05] Donna Ner.
[20:17] » Hi, Dctor.
I'm gonna follow up on Randa and what
[20:22] she was talking about with the survey.
Uh, my notes are kind of all over the So
[20:29] bear with me. Um, basically we put
together the survey so that we could get
[20:34] an unbiased representation of what folks
in W County wanted. Um, we put it on,
[20:42] you know, all over social media on
various platforms. We went to the
[20:46] Witville Farmers Market, Baron Spring
gobble stop to our neighborhoods. Um,
[20:51] you know, we're we're trying to go
different places so that we can get an
[20:55] unlass view. Um
there were
[21:02] several um comments that said no data
centers. So there's some confusion on
[21:07] the survey of you know we the question
that was asked was do you do you support
[21:12] do you support um zoning and some folks
responded um I don't want data centers
[21:20] no data centers. So, so that was that. I
don't know if that translates to Yeah.
[21:27] Yes, we want zoning then or because they
just said no data centers. Um
[21:35] Yes. So, um in Fort Chiswell, um the
district that I'm from, we had um 90
[21:43] yes,
uh 90% yes, 7.4 no, and 26
[21:51] undecided
which translate to 61 yes, six no and
[21:57] two undecided.
Um some of the comments that they made
[22:03] were I own and operate commercial
business on the New River and with
[22:06] county. We need to conserve the New
River and the surrounding land around
[22:09] it. If they build the two data centers,
Progress Park and with Pilaski County
[22:14] line, I'll be stuck halfway in between
with less than nine miles from each.
[22:17] That was not my comment, but me too.
I'll be stuck in the middle of them. Um,
[22:22] no one likes zoning, but at least it's
zoned, the public has some control over
[22:25] the development, which can help prevent
data centers or solar farms. Zoning may
[22:30] be lesser of two evils, but if it keeps
data centers out of the county, then I
[22:34] support it 100%. I don't support data
centers in W County. I think we need
[22:39] zoning. So, data centers cannot be built
on private farm land. Zoning makes sense
[22:44] for W County because it would clearly
define residential lines and commercial
[22:48] properties.
Um,
[22:52] I mean, we're trying to do this to be
helpful to give everybody an idea of,
[22:56] you know, what folks want. I'm really
curious like how many people have
[23:00] [clears throat]
contacted you, like is it five, is it
[23:03] 50, is it 200? You know, I I I want to
reach more people. So, if you have any
[23:08] ideas on how we can do that, that would
be great. And as far as the
[23:14] uh a
providing
[23:18] the electricity to um fluid staff.
My understanding was that if they could
[23:27] not provide all of it, they would
provide their own. So, did that mean
[23:32] generators
and how does that affect the environment
[23:37] and everybody?
>> Thank you, Miss Nister.
[23:41] » Thanks.
>> Next person we have to speak is Miss
[23:44] Amanda Amanda Baines.
[23:51] Good evening, guys. Here again. Um,
oh, I stood before you most recently,
[23:59] approximately two months ago, and asked
you to invite the attorney general in to
[24:02] investigate my claims into the Wick
County Sheriff's Department and their
[24:05] failure to investigate. I have had no
response as of yet. Two months ago, I
[24:11] stood before you as a citizen of the
community asking for your help.
[24:15] Tonight I stand before you as a mother,
as a parent,
[24:23] dressed like a mother who has ran around
to three different counties today
[24:26] dropping off things.
My seven-year battle in 19 pages to
[24:31] various news outlets and radio stations.
I didn't realize the Whiffle Enterprise
[24:36] was no longer stationed here, so I have
um actually an extra one if anybody
[24:41] would like to bring it. Um, may I give
it to you?
[24:47] I crossed out Southwest.
[24:52] [clears throat]
Um,
[24:58] recently I was just arrested on a felony
warrant for posting Kelly Sus's picture
[25:02] along with the song Dead Pedophiles
attached to it. Heard what you did to
[25:06] that kid in the stairwell. Now you want
to walk free. Call it fair help. I
[25:11] remember little shoes by the trash can.
Fingerprint fear in a broken down trash.
[25:15] You pray, I pray, that's a bad mix. You
touch, I judge with a brick. No therapy
[25:21] available when you cross that line. Just
a shallow ditch, just a cardboard sign.
[25:26] Dead pedophiles don't reaffend. That's a
one-way road, a dead end. You can't hurt
[25:32] kids if you're under cement. The halo
you fake, I tear, I bend. Is there one
[25:39] person here tonight in this room that
does not agree with those words?
[25:46] Does Kimberly Ayers and Kelly Sluss not
agree with that? After seeing the
[25:51] horrible things they have as a CPS
workers, but never did I say I was going
[25:55] to kill anyone, I just agreed. So tell
me how or why this board would agree
[26:02] with them and sit in silence to protect
them. Silence is compliance. With that
[26:10] being said, I ask this board today,
what's worse? Perpetrating the crime of
[26:14] sexual abuse of a child or standing back
in the shadows to allow it.
[26:21] I know you're not allowed to respond.
I have reached out and I have pled and
[26:28] begged to every single one of you, not
as a citizen, but as a parent, as a
[26:34] mother, to investigate my claims. You
won't even look.
[26:40] The evidence is in that envelope. Have a
look.
[26:46] Look.
Don't glance.
[26:50] Read.
[26:53] and I hope to hear from someone soon.
Thank you.
[26:57] » Thank you, Miss Baines.
That's all we have signed up for
[27:00] citizens time. So, I'll close citizens
time. Next item on the agenda is
[27:05] approval of the pay payment of invoices.
All board members received the packet of
[27:09] the invoices. Is there any invoice that
any member has questions about or would
[27:14] like to pull out?
Hear none. I'll entertain a motion to
[27:18] approve the invoices as presented. So,
>> move a motion Mr. Burn, second by Mr.
[27:22] Morgan. Any questions or concerns? Do a
roll call vote. Mr. Bernard.
[27:27] » I
>> I
[27:28] » I
>> I
[27:29] » I
>> I.
[27:30] » So approved. Next item on the agenda is
approval of the minutes from our
[27:33] previous meeting July 28, 2026. Again,
all members have a received a copy of is
[27:39] there any additions or subtractions to
the minutes as presented?
[27:44] I hear none. I have a motion by Mr.
Bernett. I have a second.
[27:47] » Second.
>> Second by Mr. Martin. All in favor 65
[27:51] saying I.
>> Anybody opposed? Same sign. So approved.
[27:56] Next item on the agenda is old business.
Mr. Ber, do we have anything for old
[27:59] business?
>> Do not, Mr. Chairman.
[28:00] » Mr. Henkins,
>> I don't.
[28:03] » All right, moving on to new business. We
have Mount Rogers community service
[28:07] update with Miss Sandy Bryant.
>> We try to be quick because I'd like you
[28:13] to meet some of our other leadership. uh
we'll be as brief as possible, but I did
[28:19] uh I'm sorry.
I did uh give you a couple pieces of
[28:24] paper I wanted you to see. Um the first
one is the impact snapshot. We uh in u
[28:32] year 25 through 26, we year fiscal year
25 26 we saw 272 county residents.
[28:42] That's 7.3% of your population.
Um you're seeing an increase in children
[28:50] and uh you can see um that down at the
bottom of the page. Um thank you for
[28:57] your allocation that will go to u help
pay for new nurse practitioner for the
[29:03] increased need we have to serve children
in this area. Um,
[29:10] and uh the next page, just to let you
know, uh, we've gotten quite busy.
[29:16] Again, July 25, we saw 299 children.
That month, this year we saw three, uh,
[29:24] last month we saw 314.
Uh,
[29:29] last July 373 18 to 40 year olds and now
389. So we are seeing an increase in
[29:37] those young adults and young children.
Again that allocation will go to that
[29:43] nurse practitioner nurse to help serve
uh the increased uh needs in county to
[29:50] serve young adults and children. So I
appreciate it very very much. Thank you.
[29:58] » Thank you Miss Brown.
[30:04] Good evening. My name is uh Anthony
Craraver. I'm the program manager of
[30:08] veteran and wellness services. So I'll
try to make this quick so they get a
[30:11] chance to speak. Um
I reside in Smith County but I you know
[30:17] of course work up here in W. You'll have
a lot of awesome resources here in I
[30:23] will say that right with the seabbach um
DBS office here locally. One thing that
[30:28] um there's kind of a gap is that peer
support right. So, I'm a 8-year Air
[30:33] Force veteran, uh, two combat
deployments. I am 100% disabled, so a
[30:38] lot of the work I do is out of my heart,
right? Um,
[30:42] fishing for vets is one of those. So, I
get any veteran that wants to attend,
[30:48] right? Together, we fish, I give them
fishing equipment, we hang out. Some
[30:52] other things I do is I work closely with
Southwest Virginia together with
[30:57] veterans. We do a lot of events. So, if
anyone is interested, knows somebody um
[31:02] has anybody in their family that's a
veteran or is a veteran is interested in
[31:06] participating in groups like these, then
I would love to take them out and meet
[31:10] those individuals. All right. Thank you
all.
[31:13] » Thank you, sir. And thank you for your
service.
[31:19] » Hi, Samantha Crockett. I'm the senior
director of of wellness and community
[31:23] engagement. And along with some of the
things that, you know, Anthony was
[31:27] talking about with our with our veteran
services, I wanted to touch base a
[31:31] little bit about our uh pure wellness
centers. So, this is something that's
[31:34] fairly new in our service area. Um right
now, we do have one here in Witville.
[31:40] It's at um um the bottom of our crisis
care center, which is in the old health
[31:46] department at the the top of the hill
where our administrative office is. Um
[31:50] that is available by by the bus route.
So, we're getting a lot of um people
[31:55] there. One of the main things that we're
trying to do with our career wellness
[31:59] centers is have a space that is open
that anyone can come to. Um a space that
[32:06] uh you do not have to receive any other
Mount Rogers service, but they can
[32:11] someone can come in, they can get that
initial um connection, right? They can
[32:17] they can walk through the door even if
they're not ready for services yet for
[32:21] whatever reason. Maybe it's because of
internal stigma within themselves.
[32:25] [clears throat] Um, or maybe they're
already receiving services from us or
[32:29] someone else and they would like another
place to come for three hours, three
[32:33] days a week to, you know, just have an a
supportive environment while they're
[32:40] there. Um, sometimes people come in,
they want to take a shower, they want to
[32:44] um, wash their clothes, they have an
opportunity to to get some food. Um but
[32:50] the biggest thing that we're really
trying to do is um we have a peer
[32:55] specialist and a wellness specialist.
And so that wellness specialist is is
[32:59] really working with them to get those
basic wellness needs met, but also make
[33:03] sure that they have access to uh
different supports throughout the
[33:07] community. And that peer specialist is
there to share their story because story
[33:11] storytelling saves lives. And so making
those connections um people are then
[33:18] feeling more confident and more
comfortable being able to to get into
[33:22] services. And so we are seeing that over
the course of um you know 3 to six weeks
[33:27] of somebody coming in they're ready to
actually transfer into uh their treat to
[33:32] treatment services. So we're able to get
more people in there and more
[33:36] comfortable. Um, so we are we're trying
to expand those hours and I would invite
[33:41] any of you to to come and to visit any
of those. Uh, we would uh love to to
[33:46] share more wellness and and treatment
services. Thank you.
[33:50] » Thank you, ma'am.
[34:00] » Hello, [clears throat] my name is Mark
Mour. I'm the senior director of
[34:04] community based services at Mount
Rogers. And I was going to talk to you a
[34:07] little bit about permanent support
housing, which is a program that we have
[34:10] in Mount Rogers. Um, with county
information, we have uh land 12
[34:16] landlords that uh support this program.
Um, for uh our SMI or serious mental
[34:23] illness uh PSH apartments filled, we
have 39.
[34:27] um our uh PPW which is our parenting
pregnant women uh permanent support of
[34:33] housing apartments. We have seven built
with that. The full program which would
[34:38] be all of the counties um total slots we
have um auxiliary grant supportive
[34:43] housing and that is 45. So we're at
capacity with that. Uh PSH um as a whole
[34:49] there's 140 slots available. We have 60
of those filled and pp is 15 and we have
[34:55] 12 of those filled. And so out of the
state hospital discharges, we have 43
[35:00] folks placed in permanent permanent
support housing. Total landlords
[35:04] throughout all the counties that are
working with our program are 27. And
[35:08] then we have 32 PH staff that serve in
that catchment area. Thank you.
[35:13] » Thank you, sir.
[clears throat]
[35:23] » Hello. I'm Kathy Crestell. I'm the
senior director of operations at Mount
[35:26] Rogers specifically over our buildings
and grounds and just wanted to piggyback
[35:30] on uh Mark's presentation about uh the
permanent supportive housing. Um as you
[35:36] know um housing in this area is limited
and um when we're trying to find uh
[35:42] landlords also in the area um it's a
little difficult. So we decided to do
[35:47] something a little different and we
decided to become a landlord ourselves.
[35:51] And so, um, as you all know, we, um, uh,
purchased the, um, old Trail Motel in
[35:58] Grahams Forge where we call now our
Peaks View Apartments. And just wanted
[36:02] to let you all know that is now a very
successful program where we're able to
[36:06] integrate community members along with
our permanent supportive housing members
[36:11] um, in a um, a supportive environment.
We're up there um, whenever we need it
[36:17] need to be. uh things are very quiet and
we're happy to report that. Um and I
[36:25] think that um the um the way that we're
able to um successfully integrate um
[36:34] community members as well as our
individuals
[36:37] um is really
a a shining star for Mount Rogers. So,
[36:43] » thank you.
>> Thank you, M. Chris.
[36:49] » [clears throat]
[36:52] » We showed up in mass tonight. Um I'm Kim
Williams. I'm the senior director of
[36:57] crisis services. Wanted to talk to you a
little bit about the services that we
[37:01] provide specifically for W County. Um or
cover the W County area. So we have a
[37:06] mobile crisis team that um we have had
for quite some time. Uh probably about
[37:13] six years. We we were one of the first
CSBs to have a mobile crisis team. And
[37:18] when we first started that team, it
targeted youth specifically.
[37:22] And so we that program has been very
successful. About three years ago, we or
[37:27] two and a half years ago, we expanded to
covering adults and youth. We now
[37:32] partner um through uh the regional hub
and um we are dispatched now by 988.
[37:40] Folks can access our crisis services by
calling us directly and we dispatch um
[37:46] right to where they are or they can call
the 988 number that is [clears throat]
[37:51] now the 911 equivalent for mental health
crisis and we are dispatched. We we are
[37:57] dispatched um up to two hours outside of
our catchment area but we continue
[38:03] obviously to cover with county as well.
Just in the past fiscal year, we served
[38:10] I know Sandy gave our numbers earlier
for youth, but youth specifically, we
[38:15] had over 200 around 270
assessments for youth where going out
[38:22] into the community or seeing them at our
local emergency department,
[38:28] uh you know, responding to their homes,
responding to schools,
[38:32] um just basically wherever that child is
we try to go to them and with our mobile
[38:38] crisis team. Another thing that we do is
we try to coordinate with our local law
[38:44] enforcement agencies. So, uh, Mary and
PD or excuse me, Wville PD and then the
[38:51] sheriff's office. We if we get
dispatched to a call and we're unsure
[38:56] about that situation, they've assured us
that we can call them and they will
[39:00] respond with us. and we have assured
them that same um same guarantee that if
[39:07] they need us, if they get out and
someone's in a mental health crisis and
[39:11] um they would like backup, we're happy
to do that. Our goal essentially is to
[39:17] assist the state with the bed crisis
that I'm sure you all have heard about
[39:21] in terms of mental health pl placements
and keep people in our community. and
[39:26] our our mobile crisis team has been a
pretty successful part of that continuum
[39:30] of services that we provide to make that
happen.
[39:34] » So, ma'am,
>> excuse me.
[39:37] » If you have a if you go out and you have
a a child that needs to be admitted,
[39:44] » um how far do you got to take them now
to find them a bed?
[39:47] » So, we do not get to determine where
that child is placed. Um what we do is
[39:53] we follow we have a like a standard
evaluation that we have to complete. We
[39:58] have a platform provided to us through
the the department of behavioral health.
[40:03] We upload that information and that
child is that that information is sent
[40:08] out to all of the um children and youth
facilities in the state of Virginia at
[40:15] one time. And then the placement is
determined by who reviews that case the
[40:22] fastest and who accepts it the fastest.
So whoever has a bed available um
[40:28] whoever can accept that child or youth
with the level of acuity that they are
[40:34] presenting with.
if they are more um acute, if there is
[40:41] aggression and those kinds of things,
those those kids are harder to place
[40:47] privately. And so that's when we see
that they are then picked up by the
[40:52] state hospital as a bed of last resort
because private facilities won't take
[40:58] them. We do have a youth crisis
stabilization unit in Grahams Forge that
[41:04] is now under my umbrella and we are
currently looking at how we can increase
[41:10] our acute manage the management of
acuity so that we can take kids you know
[41:16] and and keep them one from having to
wait forever for beds because that's not
[41:21] therapeutic. Um, and then how we can
keep them in our own community and keep
[41:26] them with the resources that they need
for a more effective recovery, keeping
[41:30] them closer to family, keeping them
closer to the resources in in the
[41:35] community that you all provide to more
effectively support them rather than
[41:39] sending them to the other end of the
state for that. So, we're trying to
[41:42] problem solve on our end to try to help
with some of that as well. Now, I know
[41:46] when I worked for the school system,
we'd have kids and
[41:49] » they have to go all the way to Stanton
or somewhere else and their families
[41:52] down here and they're half a state away.
>> We pass each other. I mean, our law
[41:56] enforcement pass each other sometimes.
So, you know, I I will say that I'm a
[42:02] member of the emergency services council
for the state and we we constantly have
[42:07] those advocacy conversations about can
we look at changing that process so that
[42:12] we aren't doing that kind of thing.
>> Thank you.
[42:17] » So, I appreciate the question.
>> Thank you, ma'am.
[42:21] » Again, we just thank you. Appreciate the
partnership and please let us know how
[42:26] we can continue to improve. Thank you,
Mr. Questions.
[42:30] » I just I can't believe you you're going
to get in and out of here without Richie
[42:34] Pack talking.
>> Oh, [laughter]
[42:37] » I was impressed. I was going to applaud
you.
[42:40] » You you you
[42:44] have done something that people's been
trying to do for a long time.
[42:49] » I forgot Richie.
[42:54] » Richie, I'm I'm ready.
>> I'm ready. Mr. spoke up on my behalf.
[43:00] » Hey, I'm ready, Mr. Pack.
>> He's ready. I am Reggie Pack. I was the
[43:05] chief manufacturing officer [laughter]
for our agency, but I'm not sure.
[43:10] » Maybe Miss Brian forgot to tell you
something on the way in.
[43:13] » She did. But I do appreciate the
opportunity to speak.
[43:19] And uh as hopefully most of you know, we
support folks with jobs in various ways.
[43:26] supported employment in our community
which we partner with community
[43:30] businesses and uh commercial
partnerships that we bring that work
[43:36] into our three facilities and do that
work. The other piece is we partner with
[43:43] DA defense logistics in Philadelphia and
Source of America to bring government
[43:49] contracts in. Tonight I just briefly
want to talk about those government
[43:53] contracts.
We've always done a little bit of hand
[43:57] cutting, but we've always had to
subcontract out our government contract
[44:03] cutting as it needs to be precise and it
needs to be uh most effective in
[44:10] material usages. So, I'm happy to say in
the last few years, Source America has
[44:17] added uh grants that they offer to
nonprofits all over the country. You
[44:24] have to lobby for those and you have to
apply for those. Well, we applied last
[44:28] year and believe it or not, I told
Sandy, I'm so old, we'll probably get
[44:32] it. And I didn't want to do another huge
project, but we got it. And in the last
[44:38] seven to nine months, we have added an
Acu Mark Acu
[44:44] Scan CAD system. We've added a new uh
Electra I6 automatic cutter. And we've
[44:52] added two 52 foot air flotation tables
and we've also added two Gerber
[44:58] spreaders and it's going to make a
difference in our cost over time. And
[45:03] it's uh right now we currently have
three individuals that we serve uh
[45:09] working in that department. Two of them
are spreading and one of them is
[45:12] bundling. We did by the grace of the
good Lord find a Electra CAD operator
[45:18] within our procurement area that came on
board and we've got a gentleman who used
[45:24] to hand cut for us is now running that
automatic cutter. So, I offer each of
[45:29] you to come and see state-of-the-art
equipment and it's in our Witfield
[45:33] facility and our local Mike Doss
gentleman which is from Ivano is our
[45:39] plant manager and he's running that
facility and he's doing a great job.
[45:44] Thank you.
>> Thank you, Richie. And I'll just echo if
[45:46] you haven't been out to the IDC uh for
anybody in the room and for all the
[45:50] board members if you haven't been out
there you need to go out and look at
[45:53] that that
workflow and that process that they have
[45:57] set up. It's
It's it's it's real good. So, it's
[46:02] better than good. I mean, it's it's
awesome site to be at. So, I know you
[46:06] got Richie and Mr. Dolls out there. So,
they do a good job with it. So, Miss
[46:10] Bryant, thank you for
>> Thank you for coming. Anybody have
[46:14] anything for Miss Bryant and her team?
[46:18] Richie, you done well.
>> Thank you, sir. [laughter]
[46:24] So, just in case the people in the room
doesn't know, Richie and I, we go way
[46:27] back. Uh, Richie actually broke my ankle
in freeze one one time playing
[46:31] basketball.
>> I am from freeze. I did not
[46:36] [laughter]
even on
[46:39] » No, we do appreciate y'all coming out.
So, thank y'all. appreciate that.
[46:42] » You're more than welcome to stay for the
remainder, but if you need to leave, we
[46:44] understand
[46:50] one of those.
[46:54] » Good deal.
[46:58] » All right. Thank you all.
>> Thank you.
[47:02] » Next item on the agenda is the FY26
health department carryover request. We
[47:06] have Miss Megan Helmet, I think.
>> Dr. Parame come on up.
[47:16] » All right. Thank you guys. I appreciate
you having me. Um so we had some
[47:21] carryover or some unspent funds from
FY26 mainly related to salary turnover
[47:27] and um the federal shutdown that took
place the end of 25. We were we had to
[47:32] pause some discretionary spending and
things like that. And we looked at the
[47:36] needs that we may have that we haven't
been able to fill. And one of those is
[47:41] an all-wheel drive vehicle um mainly for
our environmental health staff, but in
[47:45] order to ensure that we utilize all the
resources, it would be open to other
[47:49] staff if environmental health wasn't
utilizing that. And um that's because
[47:54] our environmental health staff do a lot
of on-site um surveying and they test
[47:58] the soils for septic and well and um do
some bare applications it's called where
[48:05] they're actually uh digging the drain
fields and things like that and laying
[48:08] those out for folks. And in with county
um we do a a lot of those and our with
[48:13] county staff also cover the bland county
area for some of their on-site as well.
[48:20] And so, um, our request is to be able to
use the unspent funds from FY26 to
[48:25] purchase a vehicle. Right now, we have a
Nissan Sentra in the W with County
[48:30] Health Department and that is not really
suitable. So, our environmental health
[48:34] staff are using their own trucks and
their own vehicles to perform their
[48:39] duties. And we are reimbursing the
mileage, but that is um up to $10,000 a
[48:45] year sometimes. and mileage went up
again on July 1st to 76 cents a mile.
[48:51] And so, um, it is an ongoing cost that
we have to reimburse staff for that. And
[48:56] if we had a vehicle, um, we'd be able to
reduce that operating cost, um, the
[49:02] unknown operating cost, I will say, of
travel because we don't know
[49:05] applications that come in and how many
times our staff are having to go out and
[49:09] stuff like that. So, that's our request.
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Chairman.
[49:13] Um, [snorts] y'all know I like saving
money as much as anybody else in the
[49:17] process. However, the health department
budget this year was $34,000 less than
[49:22] what it was the previous year in the
process. What you funded, uh, I have no
[49:27] objections to, uh, recommendation of
this carryover. I do worry about Tuck
[49:32] Holiday driving it, but it's a separate
[laughter] matter. So,
[49:36] » all right. I'll entertain a motion to
approve the carryover as it presented.
[49:40] » So, moved.
>> Got a motion. Mr. Martin will have a
[49:42] second.
Second by Mr. Morgan. Is there any
[49:45] questions or concerns?
Any questions for Mr. Helman? All right.
[49:50] He hear none. We'll do a roll call vote.
Mr. Morgan.
[49:52] » I
>> I
[49:53] » I
>> I
[49:54] » I
>> I
[49:55] » So approve. Thank you, ma'am.
>> Mr. Baron, [clears throat]
[50:01] » is there any other new business?
>> Uh, no sir.
[50:04] » Mr. Hankens?
>> No sir.
[50:06] » All right. Moving on to board reports.
Buildings and grounds committee.
[50:11] » Yes sir. The building grounds committee
met on August 5th, August 4th, I'm
[50:18] sorry, 2026. The building grounds
committee made the following
[50:22] recommendation.
Dog shelter engage in an architectural
[50:26] firm with whom the county has an
engineering services term contract to
[50:30] draw plans for the animal shelter.
All right, coming from committee. It
[50:35] doesn't need a second. Any questions or
concerns with this as this request as
[50:39] present?
I hear no none with a roll call vote.
[50:43] Mr. Bernard,
>> I I
[50:46] » I
>> I.
[50:47] » So approve.
>> Anything else for the buildings and
[50:51] ground?
>> That's it for building. We're just going
[50:53] to call this Jesse's hour. So you got
the hot mic. So water committee
[50:59] » uh water committee met on August 4th,
2026 recommending the following actions.
[51:03] Number one, for chisel sewer wave
connection extension for 90 days.
[51:08] » All right. again come from a committee
that doesn't need a second. Any
[51:11] questions or concerns with this request
as presented
[51:14] here? None. We'll do a roll call vote.
Mr. Morgan.
[51:17] » I
>> I
[51:18] » I
>> I
[51:20] » I
>> I
[51:21] » So approve. The second item is the
Barrett Mill Road sewer wave connection
[51:26] extension to wave connection fee for 90
days.
[51:31] » All right. Again, come from committee.
It doesn't need a second. Any questions
[51:34] or concerns with this request to present
or hear? No. With a roll call for all
[51:39] vote, Mr. Burn.
>> I
[51:40] » I
>> I
[51:42] » I
>> I
[51:43] » I.
>> So approved.
[51:46] Anything else, Mr. Burn?
>> That's it from the water.
[51:50] » Moving on to board of supervisors time
since you got the hot mic, Mr. Burn. Mr.
[51:53] St.
>> Very well. I just have a few items. Um,
[51:58] Miss Allison, would you be able to get
me an email on what you requested,
[52:02] please? And I will make sure you get an
answer. Thank you. Um,
[52:06] I wanted a
work thought I was very important. I
[52:10] ended up missing the county picnic. I've
heard that it was really good and um I
[52:14] expressed my u me not being able to
attend. Um but anyway, I've heard it was
[52:20] really nice. I appreciate everybody that
attended. Um
[52:26] I have three items for VOT. One is the
grading on Dry Pond Road.
[52:34] One is on Castleton Road half a mile
before you get to Route 100, there is
[52:40] some very bad pothole
u pavement.
[52:47] And then from Route 100 from the fire
department to Gardener Road, they would
[52:51] like to do a speed study to see if they
could lower it to 45 miles per hour.
[52:56] [clears throat]
[53:00] And that's all I have for Von.
And then u
[53:06] Allison did a fantastic job on the web
page uh about the Dylan rule. I look
[53:12] forward to what she puts out in the
future uh about additional information
[53:17] regarding the county and county and how
the county work. And that's all I have.
[53:24] » All right. Thank you, Mr. Burn. Mr.
Crockett.
[53:28] I just want to say uh thank you to Miss
Edwards um for your work on the survey
[53:33] and for everyone who came to talk
tonight. Um appreciate the time that you
[53:37] all put into this. Um if anybody is not
aware, today was the first day of
[53:42] school, so I'm going to use this moment
as a plug for something that is
[53:45] important to me. Um so my kids both
started school today. They're both very,
[53:50] very excited about it. Um it's kind of
cute. I hope it continues for the rest
[53:55] of the year. Um
I think we'll just go downhill from
[53:59] here, but um I school infrastructure is
very important to me. Um both of my kids
[54:05] go to Spiller and both of them got the
honor of sitting next to the air
[54:10] conditioning machines. Um so I
personally support the 1% sales tax. Um
[54:18] it's going to be on the ballot. I
encourage everybody to go out and vote
[54:23] for it. um you know, school
infrastructure is important to me and I
[54:28] feel like financially that is one way of
getting something um that is important
[54:33] to me and also makes sense to me
financially. Um but I encourage everyone
[54:37] to do what makes sense for you and what
is important to you.
[54:41] So that's all I have.
>> Thank you, Mr. C.
[54:44] » Mr. C. [clears throat]
>> Well, I was I went out uh over lots gap
[54:50] last week. I think it was last week and
uh there was a ditch across the road and
[54:56] it was probably about 4 in deep and I
hit it and thought my chest was going to
[54:59] fall apart and then I came back over
there this weekend and they filled it
[55:04] in. So, thank you to VOTE for fixing
that ditch across the road. Other than
[55:10] that, I have nothing.
>> All right, Mr. Mark, [clears throat]
[55:14] » just right out the gate. Want to
apologize for meeting missing last
[55:17] week's the last board meeting that we
had [clears throat] and want to thank
[55:21] the staff for all the efforts they put
into putting the putting the picnic on
[55:26] for us last week. That's all.
>> Mr. Morgan.
[55:30] » Yeah, I want to thank the staff for
about the picnic. Did a did a fine job
[55:34] with that. Uh the other thing I want to
uh uh
[55:41] give kudos to VOTE on the roads uh that
I've requested to get fixed and they've
[55:47] they've done it in a timely manner. So I
appreciate that. That's all I have.
[55:52] » All right. Thank you. Uh so I got
several things. Uh one, I want to
[55:57] apologize for not being able to make the
picnic. Um I'm in the same category as
[56:02] Mr. Burn. I was tied up at work. Uh, so
I do want to thank the the staff for
[56:06] everything that they done and everything
that they do for the county throughout
[56:09] the years. Um, and uh, you know, I know
that they had a enjoyable time for that.
[56:14] So I do thank everyone that participated
in that. Um, the other pieces on the
[56:20] school um, to echo what Miss Crockett
said, school did start today. Uh, so I
[56:25] would just ask that everybody take extra
time and extra precautions as you're out
[56:29] going to work or the mornings with the
school buses out. We got children out
[56:33] there getting on school buses and
they're getting on the buses very real
[56:37] early in the morning. So, just be aware
of that as you travel um throughout the
[56:41] county because we've had a period of
time that we've was able to speed
[56:45] through the county getting to work, but
now these these yellow buses is out
[56:49] there and they got precious cargo on it.
So, please please uh take your time on
[56:53] that one.
Uh so, that's that. So, um Mr. Mr.
[56:59] Henkins, I know we had talked about the
wreck department and some of the
[57:02] situations that's going there. I look
forward to your follow-ups on that one
[57:07] to to get that reconciled and taken care
of.
[57:13] Mr. Ber, I know we briefly discussed the
cigarette tax. That was a question that
[57:17] came up in our meeting last night. So,
if you can kind of give us an update
[57:21] where we at on that are
>> Yeah. Yeah. I be uh I I do sit on that
[57:25] board uh and and I pulled up the report
after you commented on it. Um the last
[57:31] year uh the fiscal year 2526 report uh
with county's total taxes were $33,000
[57:42] from the cigarette tax. Um you all can't
see the the the
[57:49] chart that I'm looking at, but overall
collections for the um um Mount Rogers
[57:56] Cigarette Tax Board has continued to
decrease since its implementation. Um
[58:01] this year is currently holding just a
little bit below last year's uh numbers
[58:06] in the process. Uh there was some
discussion about some of the recent law
[58:10] changes on vapes may may be creating
some of the the rebound of those numbers
[58:16] in the process, but I want to say we
were up in the 375 to 400,000 range
[58:21] originally and it's continued to drop
since then, but I will I will share this
[58:25] report with you all.
>> All right. Thank you, sir. And that goes
[58:27] to the general fund, right? It's not
here.
[58:29] » It Well, it goes into the general fund.
We have always applied along with the um
[58:35] gambling the regional commission money
into the uh emergency services
[58:41] department but it does just go into the
general fund.
[58:43] » All right. Thank you, sir.
Uh let's see. Um Mr. Morgan and myself,
[58:49] we met with the Farm Bureau last night
um to specifically talk about zoning. I
[58:53] know zoning has been a big talk topic
tonight. Um, so we did meet with the
[58:58] Farm Bureau last night and uh we talked
a little bit about zoning and a whole
[59:03] lot about other things um in the county.
A lot of it was around the 1% sales tax.
[59:09] They they wasn't fully understanding
that that they thought we had raised it,
[59:14] but actually we had voted on the
resolutions for it to be put on the
[59:17] ballot. Uh, so we explained that. We
talked about the, uh, the commission tax
[59:23] revenue off of the casino. Uh, we talked
about the cigarette tax. Um, Mr. Morgan,
[59:30] if I'm missing anything, and we talked
about the schools, uh, and the shapes of
[59:34] the schools. Uh, we did talk about some
of the funding from the data centers.
[59:38] The data centers wasn't a very big topic
like we thought it would be. Uh, when we
[59:43] finally got back to the zoning,
um, it was kind of a
[59:49] a mixed bag really is. None of them was
really for it, but then some of them
[59:54] knew that we have to do something. Um,
so we we went to the the Farm Bureau to
[59:59] get the a industry involved in it
because they're going to be the biggest
[1:00:03] impact with the zoning. So, we did have
those meetings. I'm sure we're going to
[1:00:07] have another follow-up meeting with
those folks because we got some
[1:00:10] information that we owe them some of the
questions that they had. But overall, it
[1:00:13] was a good meeting. I thought um we they
told us we would be in and out pretty
[1:00:18] quick and it was a good time. We we made
sure all the questions was answered to
[1:00:23] the best of our ability and the
satisfaction of that group. So um it it
[1:00:28] was a good meeting from that part. Um so
the next thing I have is the fluid
[1:00:34] stack. I know Mr. Bever I think you
asked the question or you made the
[1:00:39] comment. You are correct. the lady that
was here from Fluid Stack did make the
[1:00:43] comment that they would be responsible
for the electrical upgrades or anything
[1:00:48] that they needed. So, she did say that.
So, just clarifying that that that you
[1:00:52] were correct in what you heard
on that. And then the last thing I got,
[1:00:57] I know um we kind of mentioned it early,
Mr. Dorg mentioned it, but um former
[1:01:03] treasurer Sam Crockett passed away. Uh
so, we do want to keep his family in our
[1:01:08] thoughts and prayers. Um Sam was a good
guy. He done a lot for the county and
[1:01:12] served the county for many, many years.
Um I I actually looked up to Sam a lot.
[1:01:18] Would aggravate Sam a lot when I'd go in
to pay my taxes and would always joke
[1:01:24] with him if if your book says my
property or my vehicles are worth what
[1:01:29] you're saying it is. Just write me a
cashier's check. And he'd always laugh
[1:01:32] at me. But um he's going to be missed. I
know we I haven't had too much
[1:01:36] interaction with him over the last six
or eight months. Um but before then I
[1:01:41] would see him pretty often. So u but
yeah just keep that family in your
[1:01:44] thoughts and prayers and then at the end
of the the meeting we'll probably we'll
[1:01:48] do something in honor of him as we
dismiss out of the meeting. So
[1:01:53] with that we'll move on to the next item
on the agenda is the closed meeting
[1:01:57] under the code of Virginia 2.23711 23711
A3 acquisition disposition of real
[1:02:02] property east Wville and the Fort Chisel
districts.
[1:02:05] » Mr. Chairman, before you entertain that,
may I make just one comment while we
[1:02:09] still have a lot of the audience here
that sometimes leaves in the process.
[1:02:12] Um,
couple times it's been suggested uh
[1:02:16] about board members trying to take tours
of some data center sites. We've
[1:02:20] actually been working on some some tours
over the last couple months that have
[1:02:24] not come to fruition. Uh members of the
board uh will be going tomorrow. Uh four
[1:02:31] members of the board will be going
tomorrow. We'll be two in one car and
[1:02:34] two in another car uh to to visit the
Haniko data center site. Just wanted to
[1:02:39] pass along that information to those
that are here. So thank you sir.
[1:02:44] » All right. Thank you Mr. Mayor. I'll
entertain a motion to go on a closed
[1:02:47] meeting as presented.
Got a motion by Mr. Morgan. Do I have a
[1:02:51] second? Second by Mr. Martin. Do a roll
call vote. Mr. Morgan.
[1:02:56] » Hi.
>> I
[1:02:59] » All right. So, we're now in close
session.
[1:03:09] » All right. I'll entertain a motion to
come out of closing session.
[1:03:12] » We need to read this first.
>> So, got a motion. Cook and a second by
[1:03:16] Mr. Martin.
>> Any questions or concerns? Hear none.
[1:03:21] Roll call vote. Mr. Morgan.
>> I.
[1:03:23] » I. I
>> I
[1:03:25] » I
>> I
[1:03:26] » All right, we're now in open session.
Mr. Bourne, you read the certification.
[1:03:30] » Uh whereas the W County Board of
Supervisors has convened a closed
[1:03:34] meeting on this date pursuant to an
affirmative recorded vote and in
[1:03:38] accordance with the provisions of the
Virginia Freedom of Information Act. And
[1:03:42] whereas section 2.2-3712 2-3712 of the
code of Virginia requires a
[1:03:47] certification by the W County Board of
Supervisors that such a meeting was
[1:03:51] conducted in conformity with Virginia
law. Now therefore be it resolved that
[1:03:56] the W County Board of Supervisors hereby
certifies that to the best of each
[1:04:00] member's knowledge
one only public business matters to
[1:04:04] exempted from open meeting requirements
by Virginia law were discussed in the
[1:04:09] closed meeting to which this
certification resolution applies. And
[1:04:13] two, only such public business matters
as were identified in the motion
[1:04:17] convening the closed meeting were heard,
discussed, or considered by the whip
[1:04:22] county board of supervisors.
I got a motion by Mr. Morgan. Do I have
[1:04:26] a second?
>> Second.
[1:04:27] » Second by Mr. Martin.
>> All in favor signify by saying I. I.
[1:04:32] » Anybody opposed?
>> Right. Is there any more business to
[1:04:36] come before the board? Sir, I'd like to
make a motion motion to authorize county
[1:04:41] administrator to execute land lease
agreement with option to purchase lot 30
[1:04:47] and lot 32 of park to Archipelago DCco
LLC conditioned on Archipelago accepting
[1:04:55] recommended edits.
>> All right, I got a motion. Mr. Morgan
[1:04:58] will have a second.
[1:05:05] » Second. Got a second by Mr. Cook. Any
questions or concerns with this request?
[1:05:12] » All right, we'll do a roll call vote.
Mr. B.
[1:05:14] » No.
>> No.
[1:05:16] » I I
[1:05:20] » I
So approve.
[1:05:24] » Any other new business come before the
board? Mr. Ber,
[1:05:30] » I I mentioned to you, Mr. Chairman,
before the meeting, I'll mention for the
[1:05:32] the edification of the other board
members, the regional improvement
[1:05:36] commission will meet next uh Thursday in
Abington. Uh this is the happy meeting
[1:05:40] where we get to uh do the annual
allocation of the casino funds. Uh this
[1:05:45] year, we expect the allocation to be
1.85 million per locality. So, um,
[1:05:51] between that and the $800,000 build for,
um, uh, ambulance services and the
[1:05:57] roughly $400,000 for cigarette taxes, we
we still don't cover the $3 million it
[1:06:03] cost us to to cover uh, emergency
services, but we're we're glad to have
[1:06:07] that as a source of revenue.
>> All right. Thank you, sir. You'll keep
[1:06:09] us posted on that. We'll take all we can
get. All right.
[1:06:13] Anything else, Mr. H?
>> Mr. Far? Yes, sir. Miss Collins,
[1:06:20] any other board member
hear? None. I will honor Mr. Sam
[1:06:25] Crockett, former treasure with county uh
as we adjourn tonight. So, in honor of
[1:06:29] Mr. Crockett, we will be adjourned.